Category World

'The Damage in Lebanon, and Beyond'

"I never supported Hezbollah before," a young student at the American University of Beirut told me shortly after I arrived in the capital city. "But now they are defending us against Israel." His view of Hezbollah is quickly becoming the norm for hundreds of thousands of previously unsympathetic Lebanese as American-made Israeli bombs and missiles continue to rain down on the country.

Fair Use and EULAs

Interesting article on Ars about a recent decision of a U.S. Court on the subject.

Cloning Biometrics.

It's not just Big Brother you should be worried about. It's those that create the security features (and holes) of the digital era. Some problems of the up and coming ePassports. Biometric chip-containing passports started being issued on the 1st of August 2006 in Hellas.

¡Felicitaciones Amigos!

The Spanish region of Extramadura, follows along the steps of many other European authorities (Paris, München among others) and switches to Linux and Open Document formats, saving many millions of Euros, promoting freedom both economic and practical terms. Compare and contrast with the blissfully ignorant Hellenic authorities that keep spending taxpayers' money on overpriced, buggy Windows software.

Inflaming the Middle East

The Israeli-Palæstinian conflict is now more than sixty years old. It’s clear to all, but the most extreme nationalists (of both involved nations) or naïve idealists (globally) that the only viable solution, at least for the coming decades, would be a two-state division of what is currently Israel and its occupied territories. That is the […]

A Tennis Thriller.

Forget the boring, mediocre, football World Cup final later tonight. A thriller is taking place at Wimbledon where two of — what seems to be — the dominant male players of the next 5-10 years are competing again, just a month after Roland Garros in France. I’m referring to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer who […]

The Monroe Doctrine.

In 1823, the United States issued what came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. The Doctrine is interesting (and important) for two reasons: first, it is the first post-establishment diplomatic expression of independence and a loud demand for acknowledgement of U.S. (increasing) power and, second, it is disguised under a thin veil of moral […]

Ιδιωτικότητα και κλοπή προσωπικών στοιχείων.

Έχετε πιστωτική κάρτα και την χρησιμοποιείτε στην Ελλάδα; Ρίξτε μια ματιά σε μια απόδειξη μετά από πληρωμή με τη πιστωτική σας κάρτα. Πολύ συχνά θα παρατηρήσετε πως η απόδειξη περιλαμβάνει τον αριθμό και την ημερομηνία λήξεως της κάρτας σας καθώς και το όνομα σας, ακριβώς όπως αναγράφεται στη κάρτα. Eίναι πλέον τυπικό, στις περισσότερες ευρωπαϊκές […]

Red FM

Γυρίζωντας πέρυσι για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα για χρονικό διάστημα αρκετά μεγάλο ώστε να ασχοληθώ με ο,τιδήποτε πέραν των διακοπών και όσων αυτές συνεπάγονται, άρχισα να ακούω — συνήθως στο αυτοκίνητο — ραδιόφωνο. Όντας μέγας φίλος της ρόκ μουσικής, γρήγορα ανακάλυψα τον Red FM. Παλαιότερα, δηλαδή πριν αφήσω πίσω μου την Ελλάδα, θυμάμαι ένα τόσο […]

Κύθηρα in photos

Μερικές φωτογραφίες από τα Κύθηρα που έχω τραβήξει τα τελευταία χρόνια θα βρείτε εδώ. Ο καταρράχτης στο Μυλοπόταμο, βρίσκεται στο προηγούμενο πόστ.