Author Archives: jnousis

Toyota Prius 2010 commercials

Posted on December 16, 2008 by jnousis

Here are what seem to be two upcoming commercials for the Toyota Prius 2010 model. The new model will be presented at the Detroit Show on 12th January and will go on sale on April 2009. Enjoy the videos!

Posted in Cars | Tagged | 1 Comment

Lava lamp or aquarium? Your best randomizer

Posted on December 14, 2008 by jnousis

I believe that one of the things that helps human brain to expand and to think more creatively is to observe a random movement. In reality we are not very used to observe these events. Our mind usually expects what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Extreme thoughts | Leave a comment

Amazon ec2 Europe

Posted on December 10, 2008 by jnousis

Amazon just updated their feature guide to include information related to the launch of European ec2 regions. This is something highly anticipated by many companies in Europe. We will be deploying both Magnet commerce and Zuni greek social network on … Continue reading →

Posted in Development | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Wii jogging

Posted on November 27, 2008 by jnousis

Here is another application that combines real world with computers. Wii jogging is an application for Wii that allows you to go for jogging at Tokyo using Google Streetview. You are jogging at the actual roads of Tokyo, in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Software | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Athens Startup Weekend

Posted on November 22, 2008 by jnousis

It’s really hard to start writing such a blog post on 1:45 AM Saturday night, but the time is perfect for the thoughts I would like to share. Since Friday I participate in the Athens Startup Weekend event. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship | 6 Comments

Hungry or angry? Dog eats car:)

Posted on November 19, 2008 by jnousis

I was really trying to figure out how to name the new category that this post should fall into. I believe I found a good name: “Hard to believe”. The slide show below shows how I found my car after … Continue reading →

Posted in Hard to believe | Leave a comment

Tutorial: Running a php/mySQL server on EC2 with EBS

Posted on November 5, 2008 by jnousis

Last week I did a presentation on Amazon Web Services meet up in Greece. During the presentation I showed how you can start an AMI of fedora 8 base, install apache, php and mySQL and make them all store their … Continue reading →

Posted in Development | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Microsoft launches Azure, a cloud computing platform

Posted on October 27, 2008 by jnousis

Cloud computing is one of the hottest industries right now. There are several companies already offering services like Amazon, Rackspace, Joyent, Slicehost, Gogrid and Aptana. Today Microsoft launched Azure, a cloud for applications designed for Microsoft Products. Azure is available … Continue reading →

Posted in Development | Tagged | 2 Comments

Great news for EC2!

Posted on October 23, 2008 by jnousis

Today is a big day for EC2. Many great things happened: * Amazon EC2 is now in full production. The beta label is gone. * There’s now an SLA (Service Level Agreement) for EC2. * Microsoft Windows is now available … Continue reading →

Posted in Development | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Amazon web services meet up

Posted on October 20, 2008 by jnousis

During the last open coffee event in Athens, Jason really inspired us with his speech. His most valuable advice for us was to team up and create new start ups. He mentioned a few tools that can be used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Development | 5 Comments