Monday, December 15, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
This is not going to end well
They are going to make you a crepe you cannot refuse!Thanks to Alcibiades for that one!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Yatzer.com article about Yiannis Ghikas
"One of Greece's most important Industrial designers, Yiannis Ghikas will participate with his BASIC I & II side tables at "L'Europe des Designers" part of FLIGHT NUMBER TEN exhibition during the Saint–Étienne International Design Biennial in Saint–Étienne (FRANCE) from 15-30 November 2008. The FLIGHT NUMBER TEN is curated by Chloé Heyraud.
"L'Europe des Designers" highlights European designers through innovative ideas which could turn customs upside down. This presentation is put together in partnership with Culturesfrance as part of the European Cultural Season.
ABOUT YIANNIS GHIKAS
Yiannis Ghikas was born in 1969 in Greece, a few kilometers out of Athens and he was an 18-year-old student of informatics at the Athens University of Economics and Business, when he realized that he wanted to become an industrial designer. So It took him a long time to become a student again, this time in product design. His official website holds his name under the title"Concepts on a waiting list", because according to his words "most of my ideas are waiting to come to life".
YIANNIS GHIKAS answers yatzer's questionnaire
Describe yourself in five words.
Impatient, reliable, social, controversial, obsessed
If you could be a different nationality, what would it be?
I would keep the great Greek mother and I would add a Scandinavian father to balance the Mediterranean nature, so a mixed one.
What’s your favourite movie?
It couldn’t be just one. I’ll name a few that stayed in my mind for a long time: Lars von trier’s “breaking the waves”, Gus van sant’s: “Gerry” and Wang kar wai’s “In the mood for love”.
What kind of music you like to listen?
I like many completely different kinds of music. Quality is the key. An example of a timeless music I really love is R. Straus’s “Vier letzte lieder”.
What is your favorite design material?
I love natural oak and white porcelain.
What is the most expensive piece of furniture in your house?
A pair of Eames LCW chairs and a Citterio’s 6 drawer mobil box.
What inspires you?
Everything I have experienced.
You are going for a weekend “somewhere” and you have to invite seven famous people, dead or alive to join you. Where would you go and who would they be?
I would invite Manos Hadjidakis, Issey Miyake, Akira Kurosawa, Dawn Upshaw, Joep van Lieshout and the Bouroullec brothers at their floating house.
Are you afraid of the future?
Yes I am afraid of the future concerning the climatological changes and the consequences of people’s political inactivity.
Describe me the perfect day?
Exploring an unknown city, sharing the experience with people I love.
What does space mean to you?
A necessity
Luxury is?
Dissipation of resources
Design is?
Design is an applied art rich in cultural content"
via yatzer.com
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Athens Swing Riot!
Saturday the 25th of October at Trova (Athinas 24 & Vlahava, Psiri)
Dress Code: 20's to 50's.
Free Entrance.
Dress Code: 20's to 50's.
Free Entrance.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
The UberCool Ubiquity!
This is what the Prototype already does:Imagine that you have Ubiquity installed on your Mozilla browser. You select some text on a web site (say a good review of a restaurant) ... control-tab ... ubiquity side-tab/window appears ... you write "email to angelina" ... gmail opens with the address filled-in (angelina@jolie.fr) ... the text is already there in the body ... you then select the address of the restaurant (within the email or anywhere) ubiquit "map" and a map appears centred on the address ... you choose "insert" and the mail now includes a map of the area. Now you also ubiquit "add to (calendar) lunch with Angelina tomorrow at 2:00 pm" ("lunch with Angelina" appears on your g-calendar for 2:00 pm the next day). Now all you have to do is to have someone call Brad on an all day audition tomorrow for the next safari blockbuster ... in Timbuktu. You also send Muppet-theatre tickets for the nanny to take the children. You finally ubiquit "weather Paris" and before you're done writing ... you see the weather there ... so you know what to wear I guess. :)
I'm serious. You don't believe me? Check it out for yourself:
Introducing Ubiquity
User Tutorial
x-tra Ubiquity Verbs
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Chrome!
Update 2008-09(September)-07(Sunday):
So far ... possibly because I tend to have tens of tabs opened at the same time, I've found that Firefox is much faster than Chrome, which seems to slow to a crawl and then stops working altogether after opening more than a few of them.
As excited as I was bout Chrome, it got on my nerves. And so I'm writing this in Firefox 3. As of today Chrome doesn't even come close to it.
Admittedly I have not explored Chrome's every feature. And given that it's open-source, it is certain to improve. It's still in beta in any case. And it's probably already much better than ie (which undoubtedly sucks). It's just that Firefox users are spoiled. It's an amazing browser. And our expectations are very high. Give Chrome some time I guess.
So far ... possibly because I tend to have tens of tabs opened at the same time, I've found that Firefox is much faster than Chrome, which seems to slow to a crawl and then stops working altogether after opening more than a few of them.
As excited as I was bout Chrome, it got on my nerves. And so I'm writing this in Firefox 3. As of today Chrome doesn't even come close to it.
Admittedly I have not explored Chrome's every feature. And given that it's open-source, it is certain to improve. It's still in beta in any case. And it's probably already much better than ie (which undoubtedly sucks). It's just that Firefox users are spoiled. It's an amazing browser. And our expectations are very high. Give Chrome some time I guess.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Amazing LHC at CERN
Use the Force, Luke!
View of the ATLAS detector during July 2007 (Claudia Marcelloni, © CERN)
"This is not only the largest particle accelerator ever built, it's the largest ... anything ... ever built ...". Besides creating mini Big-Bangs, deadly strangelets and micro-black-holes, the LHC also has things like a "Time Projection Chamber"!?! Say ... what exactly does that do? :) In any case it's amazing just to look at. It's all very sciencefictiony.
Via "The Big Picture" from the Boson Globe, where they have many quality pictures of it (besides the LHC, it also hosts many other stunning photos).
Some Info Links:
public.web.cern.ch
lhc.web.cern.ch
The LHC on the BBC
Einstein Papers
Concerns
PS) And just to show that we humans don't lack a sense of humour, there is also a hilarious article at Cracked magazine, in which the LHC features prominently, all about experiments that are likely to destroy the world.
And of course you just can't have doomsday without some kind of attempt at a soundtrack:
View of the ATLAS detector during July 2007 (Claudia Marcelloni, © CERN)
"This is not only the largest particle accelerator ever built, it's the largest ... anything ... ever built ...". Besides creating mini Big-Bangs, deadly strangelets and micro-black-holes, the LHC also has things like a "Time Projection Chamber"!?! Say ... what exactly does that do? :) In any case it's amazing just to look at. It's all very sciencefictiony.
Via "The Big Picture" from the Boson Globe, where they have many quality pictures of it (besides the LHC, it also hosts many other stunning photos).
Some Info Links:
public.web.cern.ch
lhc.web.cern.ch
The LHC on the BBC
Einstein Papers
Concerns
PS) And just to show that we humans don't lack a sense of humour, there is also a hilarious article at Cracked magazine, in which the LHC features prominently, all about experiments that are likely to destroy the world.
And of course you just can't have doomsday without some kind of attempt at a soundtrack:
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Scooter Dog
In Piraeus, a dog on the roof of a funny scooter-thing, feels like the king of dogs. :)
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Blind Kid that Sees: Echolocation
An amazing ability, almost like a superpower. In its article on Human Echolocation Wikipedia tells us that ... "Some blind people have described the phenomenon not as a learned method of navigation, but as an inherent and intuitive extra sense. For example, a blind person could walk past a line of trees and feel a "pressure" at their side as they passed each tree"!!!
Blind Kid - Echo Location!
Blind Kid - Echo Location!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Caminito del Rey walkway
Right above is a video showing a walk-through of the "Caminito del Rey" on the way to one of the best climbing spots in Europe at El Chorro, Spain. Also known as the Camino del Rey (which means "the king's path"), this walkway is definitely not for the acrophobic. This guy seems to casually stroll through it. This place is like something out of Myst ... only for real. Yikes! And it's only after this that you start the actual climbing. Enjoy (from the safety of your armchair)! :)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
The Hydroptere again ...
... as one fine day in 2007 ... it casually breaks its first world speed record ... to then dominate sailing for the decade to come.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Hipstairs at Soul Stereo
Programmer extraordinaire Theodore Demaras will be performing with his band The Hipstairs, who are teaming up once again with the Modtown crew to deliver some tasty soul food!
Tomorrow (21/2/2008) at Soul Stereo, Evripidou 65, Psiri, Athens, Greece Doors open at 22:00. Free entrance
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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