This past summer I borrowed quite a lot of books from my school's library. Since I am a staff member the loan period is quite generous, so I could take out a box full of books and have them due back in October. Pretty sweet. So I decided to look at my GoodReads list and get as many books as I could find at my school which has the generous loan period.  After reading quite a few books from

άπαιχτο! (awesome!) What is Google+ (Google Plus) and do I need it? from Epipheo Studios on Vimeo.

I remember when "the internet" was a big thing and everyone was first talking about it Those graphics and operating systems are an awesome blast from the past! I wonder if there is an alternative universe out there where MacOS 8 (Copland) ever took form and the Apple Newton reigned supreme :-)

I seriously love the Assassin's Creed Universe, I can't wait for Revelations! Perhaps I should get the two PSP games in the meantime ;-)

In the form of traditional Club Admiralty, where I had a change log page for my site (man, those were the days), here's a change log resulting from the getting rid of the digital tumbleweed :-) So gone are the references to jaiku, to mySpace and to Plaxo from the jumper page. Adieu old networks :-) From the Articles page I got rid of the Google Reader widget of shared items and I created a page

OK, so this past week I took the opportunity to take care of some digital tumbleweed - online social services that I signed up for in order to try and I've just not used in a while. While  going through these services I also discovered that some of them had gone belly up (or were closing shortly!)  So first of all, a very quick adieu  to Radar (the picture sharing service, ember (a service

There are  some people that I have been following on Twitter that I have now started following on Google+ because they are quite interesting and quite a few times they give you some food for thought. Two of these people are Panagiotis and Nikos (both post in English and Greek).  The origin of this post comes from a question that Panagiotis (@vrypan) had about the utility

Τις προάλλες έτυχε να πετύχω μια δημοσίευση του Παναγιώτη Βρυώνη (γνωστός στο διαδίκτυο ως @vrypan) στο Google+. Είναι μερικά άτομα στο ίντερνετ τα οποία ακολουθώ στο twitter και σε παρόμοιες υπηρεσίες γιατί αρκετές φορές δημοσιεύουν

It would be funny...if it weren't true...

I have to say, I was a really big fan of Hell's Kitchen, but it's been slowly declining.  Last season was m'eh but there were a few chefs that made the show really worth watching.   This season has hit rock bottom - None of the "chefs" really have any personality. They are all annoying to watch, and what's even more annoying is that they just can't cook! What season is this now of Hell's