Archived entries for Personal
I can’t believe I won…
While browsing a very popular site, minding my own business, I was fortunate enough to land on the winning page, and was greeted by this – oh so beautiful – banner!
I really can’t believe how fortunate I am to win this prize!
While you were away…
I found this in my voicemail this morning…
Msg0004 (115 KB): Listen on posterous
Επιτέλους, το πρώτο Drupal related event στην Ελλάδα
Στις 14 & 15 Μαρτίου στο Microsoft Innovation Center στα πλαίσια του Media Camp Athens και με την μορφή BarCamp, θα δούμε επιτέλους να “οργανώνεται” λίγο το σκηνικό γύρω από το Drupal στην Ελλάδα.
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες καθώς και για να δηλώσετε συμμετοχή, ακολουθήστε τα links: DrupalCamp & MediaCampAthens.
I really am selling my PC.
UPDATE: SOLD
The PC is in perfect condition, almost as new, since I haven’t put in that many hours of work on it. The monitor is a brilliant PVA panel display.
Tower:
- Pentium D, 3.00Ghz
- 2GHz RAM
- 300Gb HDD
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 256Mb
- NEC DVD RW (- +, Lightscribe, Dual Layer)
- Extra CD/DVD drive
- Windows XP Pro English
Monitor:
- EIZO S1910 19″, PVA, Rotatable
Peripherals:
- Logitech MX5000 wireless bluetooth keyboard/mouse set
- Creative Labs speakers
- Creative Labs Mic
- Logitech webcam
Price, very reasonable.
Attached are some pics, don’t mind the mess.
Contact me via direct message on Twitter http://twitter.com/cdemetriadis
Testing the Posterous service
After a small introduction from @alexoid to Posterous… I think I will give it a shot. Sounds very promising, and for the first time, I think there is a service to rule all services. Cheers Alex!
Twitter in Athens riots
This post is a copy-paste of my reply to Georges’ post. Read it here.
Great article George! Was planning on writing about this whole experience myself. Truth is that Twitter really did show it’s practical and informative side, unfortunately in these disastrous occasions. I can’t say that I followed up on the Mumbai issue through Twitter, but the Athens riots had me refreshing my cell phone every 2 mins.
The pattern was always the same. Twitter posters sent in the information. After 3 or 4 different people posting the same thing, this was a means of cross-checking the info, I noticed TV stations we’re relaying that single piece of information… Amazing!
At one instance, a twitterer posted that Kolonaki was under attack. 3 mins later, there was a TV crew headed to Kolonaki following a tip they had.
That tip can be easily identified as Twitter.
But let’s face it, Twitter wasn’t the only “high tech” gadgetry used. SKAI TV broadcasted live via 3G video calls, thus rendering the huge and bulky cameras and crews of three people, obsolete.
So, what we saw these past few days happening is that, although people headed to the web for immediate information, they were not the only ones. Traditional media relied on these new technologies as much as we did. So, we can’t really say that the traditional media is fading out, or dying… they’re just adapting, just like we are…
Global “χ kilo” Constant
There is a global “χ” constant in this world we live in. The “χ weight” or “χ kilo” constant. The theory is this…
At any given moment, the complete population of earth’s inhabitants (by species: humans, canine, feline etc) is always the same “χ” kilos
Now this theory may come as a shock to many, but believe me, it explains alot of weird things. First off, if in fact this theory is real, then we can explain global hunger, which is not really “hunger”, just a way of balancing the obesity that’s present in some countries (eg US). Since the weight of an average person in the US is quite high, that means that the someone must lose weight in order to keep the “χ” constant correct. Unfortunately, some countries suffer due to natures’ correction mechanism (eg Africa)
In fact, nature’s way of course correcting is often camouflaged behind medical terms such as “metabolism“. You might say that someone has a high metabolism and that’s why he/she cannot accumulate any weight… I say it’s just nature’s way of correcting an in-balance in the “χ kilo” constant.
The “χ kilo” constant is so delicate that it can run down to the smallest details in your life.
Take me for example, when my wife was pregnant and started gaining weight, I was losing weight. After the birth of our daughter, my wife some how managed to return to her self again, and on the other hand, I’m quite larger now…
So, to say the least, the “χ kilo” constant is real. I’m sure most of you can relate…
The Pacifier Switch
Here is what I’ve learned so far being a new daddy.
function pacifier_status ($status) {
if ($status == "active") {
echo "I'm happy and I might even fall asleep";
sleep("still contemplating");
} else if ($status == "inactive") {
echo "Too lazy to work on it, maybe I should cry?";
sleep("no way");
} else if ($status == "dropped" {
echo "zzz... zzz...";
sleep(1000);
}
}
Orson Welles 1985
The great Orson Welles chat’s with Merv for the last time. He died two hours after the taping of this interview. At the age of 70 years old.