Change layer content in PS CS4.

Or rather, someone please change Adobe’s mind. Today I spent some time looking online for what’s changed in the latest version of Photoshop (CS4). Along with numerous improvements across the board, I stumbled on a number of posts in forums and a few blogs on the ‘Change layer content’ menu removal. This is unbelievably bad […]

Μάθημα Αντι-διαφθοράς.

Το BBC γράφει για 'μαθήματα ενάντια στη διαφθορά' στην Ινδονησία. Μπορεί στην Ελλάδα να μην έχουμε τόσο μεγάλο πρόβλημα, όμως η διαφθορά παραμένει τεράστιο κοινωνικό, πολιτκό αλλά και οικονομικό ζήτημα. Ίσως τα 'μαθήματα διαφθοράς' στο σχολέιο να αποτελούσαν εφόδιο για τους νεώτερους ώστε να ξεφύγουν από την 'παράδοση' των γηραιότερων.

TED2009 — Part II

The second day of TED2009 was somewhat more interesting. Oliver Sacks, probably most known (if at all) by the masses for his book Awakenings, upon which the synonymous movie was based. His presentation kickstarted the day focusing on syndromes that affect people with limited vision. One symptom is the creation or fusion of vision with […]

TED2009 — Part I

This year I watched, along with a few friends and acquaintances of mine, TED 2009 over the ‘net. The experience was — overall — positive, although there were quite a few surprises (more on that later). In this post I’ll summarise some of the talks that made an impression (negative or positive) to me. I’m […]

Objectified (2009)

Having seen Helvetica, I can't wait for Objectified to come out in a few months time. If you're one of those enjoying (industrial) design, appreciating usability, but demanding æsthetics, this movie is probably for you too. Sadly, I doubt it's going to be in any cinemas in Hellas, given that there aren't any arthouse movie theatres around here, really.

An ISP is not a court.

The saga continues, with the music industry attempting to subvert the law in Europe and turn ISPs into policy enforcers and courts of law all at once. With ever higher profits in 2008, and a pretty grim record of accusing and prosecuting the elderly, single mothers with no computers etc. in the States, it seems like the music industry would rather hand the dirty job over to ISPs. This is, besides illegal, pretty prone to error --- as history has shown. I'm really looking forward to the next settlement Eircom will reach, this time with wrongly-accused (and disconnected) individuals. Hopefully it'll be more than enough to compensate for their stupidity.