Archive for October, 2006

Do you feel this number?

Monday, October 30th, 2006

I don't know the real reason behind this but from the first time I saw numbers in my life I loved them. When I was a kid and was on a trip with my parents I was always adding up the numbers of all the plates of the cars I ...

Extreme thoughts

Monday, October 30th, 2006

What I like most about the human brain is that you can practically think of anything you want. Of course this is restricted to what you see and to how you view the world as a human being. However, thinking itself can be a very fascinating thing to do if ...

When the smoke is going down

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

I have many songs that I would consider to be my favorite ones. But one is above all. It's not only the meaning of the song but also the perfect music that gets directly into my brain when I am hearing it. I can listen to this song a hundred ...

Do it yourself lightbox

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

If you shoot macro photos or photos of small items the best way to do it is by using a lightbox. A lightbox is an empty white box where you put the object you want to photograph in order to avoid having any shadows or unwanted objects. You can focus ...

Slow motion video. Simply amazing!

Monday, October 16th, 2006

If you could have a camera that could shoot 2000 times a second you would be able to see the world from a total different view. I have been always amazed by those slow motion videos. Here is a link to download some of them: http://www.redlake.com/gallery/videos/RDT.aspx The balloon burst is unbelievable. See ...

Going off-road with Toyota Prius.

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Think of this crazy thing: I took my Prius off-road to a place where you are supposed to go only with an SUV. The exact location is shown here. The place is at the southest point of Peloponissos, Greece known as the fossil forest. The route was 12 Kms of really ...

Quit smoking: Here is why.

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

First of all I am talking from the safe side. I have never tried smoking. The reason is pretty simple. I am getting easily addicted to things I like so if I ever started smoking and liked it, I would definitely had hard time to stop it. Should you decide ...

Turn off TV. Yes turn it off!

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Two years ago I decided to turn off my TV forever. Don't freak immediatelly. I am still watching some DVDs and series like Lost and Prison break but I don't watch any shows, news, etc. My idea is nothing new. Many people (here is a couple doing this more than 10 ...

Google codesearch launched

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Google launched code search today. Seems to be a very nice feature targeted to developers. Google claims that the source code is collected through publicly available sources. Try the advanced search form to get language specific results. More info can be found here.

Web 2.0 project in stealth mode: Logo revealed

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

The last few days (maybe weeks) I am working very hard with Stefanos to get xufe.com up for a closed beta release. The website is almost ready. The idea is fantastic! So today we finally decided the logo we will be using. Any comments on this would be highly appreciated. Update: The ...