Boring stuff. Mostly nonsense.
It’s that time of year again. The latest version of Ubuntu, the most popular linux distribution of the past few years, version 7.04 codenamed “Feisty Fawn” just came out. But what does it bring to the average user? Before I start my brief review, let me preface this by stating that Feisty is definitely an […]
I was one of the early adopters of Skype, the, now ubiquitous voice over IP application/platform created by Niklas Zennström of Kazaa’s fame and now owned by eBay. But, truth be told I never really warmed up to it. You could say it was imposed on me when its simplicitly stood there laughing at my […]
Δυστυχώς για τους φίλους σινεφίλ, το άρθρο αυτό δεν αφορά στην εξαιρετική, ομώνυμη ταινία του Fritz Lang. Αφορά στην ολοένα αυξανόμενη τάση της μετανάστευσης σε πόλεις, τόσο στην χώρα μας — πρότυπο υδροκεφαλισμού, απάθειας, εξευτελισμού του επιπέδου ζωής μέσω της αστικοποίησης — όσο και διεθνώς, ως ένα από τα παράδοξα, συνέπεια μιας ‘κεκτημένης’ ταχύτητας που […]
It’s the third year that Google sponsors students to work on Open Source projects during their summer vacation. The programme is called ‘Google Summer of Code‘ or GSoC and attracts the attention of many of the most prominent open source projects around; projects that are typically non-commercial and that would otherwise have little chance of […]
Ever since I first travelled abroad on an airplane as a young boy, I found it interesting to observe the screening and security procedures at airports, train stations and borders. Customs/Immigration officers typically peruse a travel document, be it a passport or visa for less than 20 seconds before handing it back to its owner. […]
Greetings person of the digital era! Let’s see how you store your knowledge, your wisdom, your data. Your (very very early) ancestors had word of mouth. Then came drawings and hieroglyphics and then written language and tools let words be inscribed on stone. Scrolls, books and analogue storage of text, audio and video followed. And […]
Σήμερα άκουσα — μετά από πολύ καιρό — το Diesel And Dust. Ίσως επειδή — όπως πάντα συμβαίνει με τη μουσική — έχω τόσες πολλές αναμνήσεις, κυρίως καλές, που καλύπτουν το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της ζωής μου, ίσως επειδή η μουσική είναι εύπεπτη (αν και όχι ξεχωριστή) αλλά παράλληλα τόσο διαχρονική (η σχέση μου με τα […]
These past few years have been part of a period in which the computing industry, for the first time after many years, has been in flux. The importance of web applications is growing everyday. Alternatives to well-established platforms and application software, often powered by open source software, are challenging the status quo and there was […]
I admit it. I’ve liked microsoft’s split ‘ergonomic’ keyboards ever since they came out in the mid 90s. I had the original one. I loved the design, hated the feel. A couple of years later I replaced it with the smaller, more elegant Elite version that had the botched ‘cross’ arrangement for the arrow keys. […]
Το 2007 μου μπήκε περίεργα. Πρωτοχρονιά, όπως και χιλιάδες (;) άλλοι εκείνη τη περίοδο, αρρώστησα. Η πρώτη εβδομάδα έφυγε έτσι. Εγώ στο κρεβάτι, με σχετικά ανεκτό πυρετό (βλ. μέγιστο 38.5°C), απίστευτη δυσφορία, μπούκωμα+βράχνιασμα που με έκανε να μιλάω δύομιση οκτάβες κάτω και τρομερούς πονοκεφάλους. Και μετά; Τρείς ημέρες και κάτι πλήρους ανάρρωσης τις οποίες — […]