The SpamMeisters!

It’s now been close to four months since I modified the Akismet plugin to show me the country flag and name for each Spam message received on this blog on the administration pages (using my improved ip2nation database). While it’s been (and was expected to be) a somewhat useless and geeky exercise, it proved that […]

Omnigroup Statistics

Here's a page where you can access the data Omnigroup receives from their Software Update module found in their applications. There's loads of statistics for your viewing pleasure and considering that some of their apps can be found pre-installed in many Macs, well you get the picture. I was impressed to read that Intel has surpassed PowerPC on their customer base in just a few months. Wow!

Ζούμε πάνω από τις δυνατότητες μας.

Ενδιαφέρουσα η δήλωση του κ. Γκαργκάνα, διοικητή της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος που συνεχίζει λέγοντας πως 'η ανάπτυξη δεν διαχέεται σε όλες τις κοινωνικές τάξεις' και είμαι σύμφωνος πως 'η κατάσταση αυτή δεν μπορεί να είναι αποδεκτή'. Τι σκοπεύει να κάνει; Τι ακριβώς μπορεί να κάνει γι'αυτό, ούτως ή άλλως; Ένας στους πέντε πραγματικά φτωχός and counting..

Sanity Prevails.

I have decided to postpone my purchase of a new Macbook Pro for another 3-4 months. I had a chat about this with several friends these past few days. The reasons? Several actually. Here’s why: As I’ve written before, I really (really!) dislike getting first-revision Mac products. They more often than not have either design […]