Category Technology

Ελληνικό Internet και Triple Play

Δύσκολα, πανάκριβα, αργά. Η νέα φράση-κλειδί για τους αφελέις/αδαείς είναι το ‘triple play’. Τα στελέχη των ISP το πιπιλάνε χρόνια τώρα. Μόλις κατάφεραν να θάψουν μερικά χιλιόμετρα οπτικής, να στήσουν ένα δύο DSLAMs αρχίσαν και οι διαφημίσεις. Επειδή μας φλομώνουν στη διαφήμιση, έστω και αν εμείς κατα κανόνα δε βλέπουμε τη τηλεόραση τους, δεν ακούμε […]

TheDailyWTF

A gentle reminder as to why the IT industry is so absurd. [thanks to stitch (and his chickens) for letting me know]

Mismatch.

Or Apple's way of saying: "Sure, our current 'professional' Macbook Pro displays might be utter crap. But not to worry: we're planning superior LED backlights for our next-gen laptops". The-MDD-windtunnel-turned-into-'quiet'-G5s effect lives on!

Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington!

The last episode of the Ricky Gervais Podcast, starring Ricky Gervais (duh), Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington was released today on iTunes (and I guess Guardian Unlimited). I found out quite late about the Ricky Gervais Podcast, despite it being one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Actually, let me rephrase it: probably […]

Linux Desktop Stagnation

A flawed summary of an increasingly common opinion on Linux Desktop development. Yet I tend to agree with some of the points: neither KDE 3.x nor Gnome 2.x are 'good enough' --- as many of the developers and hard core users seem to believe.

The Knowledge Navigator

In 1987 Apple was a huge force in the personal computer industry. First of all the industry was ALIVE. Thriving. Evolving. Competing. Apple still had loads of money from the success of the Apple II, the Mac was creating the DTP sector, the now 30-year old desktop paradigm was relatively new and there was no […]

OLPC στην Ελλάδα.

Διάβασα στο το blog του Παναγιώτη Βρυώνη σχετικά με μια συζήτηση στην οποία συμμετείχε πριν από μερικές ημέρες στο δικτυακό ραδιόφωνο του ελληνικού κόμματος ΠαΣοΚ σχετικά με το πρόγραμμα του MIT Media Lab, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). Ιδού οι απόψεις μου σχετικά. Αγνοώντας την αρχική πολιτική φλυαρία είναι εύλογο που ασχολείται κάποιο κόμμα με […]

My Favourite TextMate Themes.

TextMate is by far the best editor I’ve seen on Mac OS X or any other platform I’ve used since 1989, both in terms of features, usability and æsthetics And in its relatively short history, from October 2004 to date, it’s managed to get its fair share of accolades, a huge following and countless extensions […]

Supporting the Commons and Wikipedia.

As is the case for some time now this time of year, the Creative Commons and Wikipedia are asking for your support (== money) to keep doing what they are doing. I find that — at least — Wikipedia is doing a great job and is a highly valuable community service worth supporting. Creative Commons, […]