xkcd webcomic
Το xkcd είναι ένα ενδιαφέρον webcomic. Ο συγγραφέας του το περιγράφει σαν "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Η θεματολογία του είναι αρκετά προσφιλής για ανθρώπους που ασχολούνται με...
View ArticleFolding paper for fun and office decoration
A few months ago I became interested on paper folding as a hobby. I searched the web for origami diagrams. Following the instructions I found, I created some of my own.I showed them around and after...
View ArticleReport compilation total time using GNU make
When working constantly on the same application, it is very useful to have an idea of the time it takes to compile. Having this information allows you to plan your work ahead, compare machines,...
View ArticleOffice decoration using origami
My interest in origami folding, found some usage as means of office decoration. Some nice examples are given in the photographs that follow.RosesBird (flying parrot) over ChamaedoreaBirds hanging from...
View ArticleΑποστολή SMS από τη γραμμή εντολών
Από τα πρώτα προγράμματα που έγραψα σε C ήταν το mycosmos, ένα πρόγραμμα αποστολής SMS από τη γραμμή εντολών μέσω μιας web υπηρεσίας. Όμως ο καιρός πέρασε, η web υπηρεσία άλλαξε και το mycosmos έπαψε...
View ArticleRelease cvsxxdiff v1.5
cvsxxdiff version 1.5 was released today. In this release many significant changes are introduced, as you can see from the ChangeLog. At the moment, there are no plans for a new project version with...
View ArticleΘεσσαλονίκη - Καλαμάτα, αναζήτηση δρομολογιού ΟΣΕ από το www.ose.gr
Στη προσπάθεια μου να μετακινηθώ μέ σιδηρόδρομο από τη Θεσσαλονίκη στην Καλαμάτα, επισκέφτηκα τον ιστοτόπο του ΟΣΕ (www.ose.gr). Η ημερομηνία του ταξιδιού μου ήταν η 12 Μαΐου 2008, ενώ η αναζήτηση των...
View ArticleRemove obsolete objects form a library archive using GNU make
The build system of an application I work on, stores each compilation object in a library archive (using GNU ar). With every project build, the contents of this archive are updated with new objects...
View ArticleΑφίσα με θέμα την Οδικη Ασφάλεια
Με αφορμή μια προκήρυξη διαγωνισμού αφίσας με θέμα την Οδική Ασφάλεια από το ΓΕΣ, έφτιαξα την παρακάτω αφίσα:η οποία έτυχε ιδιαίτερα θερμής υποδοχής από την διοίκηση της μονάδας όπου υπηρετώ.Η αφίσα...
View ArticleDetermining the age of a Linux installation.
Have you ever been curious of how old your current Linux installation is?Three indirect ways of finding this out follow:Retrieve info from the filesystem (ext2-ext3 only).Provided your installation has...
View ArticleBlogger Tag Cloud Widget
I wanted to have a Tab Cloud in my blog. However, blogger provides only the Label widget which gives only a list of the blog's labels.I found this blog entry , which produced something very similar to...
View ArticleFake road sign advertisement
Creating fake road signs is fun and quite popular on the internet. I gave it a go and I found out it is not that difficult to create one using standard tools (ex. gimp). Here is the result of my first...
View Article(wireless) Kodak picture frame w820 and Linux.
2 days ago I bought a KODAK EASYSHARE W820 Wireless Digital Frame. I intended of using it to stream media from my Linux computer, preferably using its wireless capabilities. The disappointing thing is...
View Articlefemio - A python reader for Finite Element Models
femio is an application that allows you to read a Finite Element Model in one of the supported formats and provide tools and functions on the model's contents. Also, it provides the required...
View ArticleEliteBook 8730w - OpenSuse 11.1 - Multimedia keys
To have the volume multimedia keys to work on OpenSuse 11.1 and the elitebook 8730w, you will need to configure the keys with xmodmap:put in ~/.Xmodpap:keycode 176=XF86AudioRaiseVolumekeycode...
View Article30 days with HTC magic: apps I installed
Its been 30 days with HTC magic. I have installed the following apps, all from the Market: AK Notepad AndNav2 Any Cut Astrid Task/Todo list Barcode Scanner CompareEverywhere Compass Connectot File...
View ArticleCreating a shared library on various platforms
When applications get bigger and code needs to be shared among different applications, then shared libraries sound like a great idea. To get this done, a multi platform compilation sprint race...
View ArticleContact info on a QR Code
Bar codes containing any kind of information seem to pop up everywhere these days. They get a big boost from mobile devices which support bar code scanner applications like zxing. The format most...
View ArticleSwitching to Opensuse
1 upgrade of OpenSuse 11.1 and 2 installations of 11.2In the last 3.5 years I used Gentoo Linux as the operating system of choice for my personal computer. Apart from Gentoo, I had also done and...
View ArticleFeeding images to a digital picture frame
My digital picture frame has a limited amount of build in memory. In order to put more pictures on the frame, I choose to resize them to the frame's native resolution of 800x480.I' m pretty sure that...
View ArticleΗ εμπειρία μου με το Android. Ελλάδα, Ιούνιος 2009 - Απρίλιος 2010
Τον Ιούνιο του περασμένου χρόνου απέκτησα ένα HTC Magic 32A κινητό από την Cosmote. Μέχρι και σήμερα, είναι το πιο διαδεδομένο Android κινητό που πωλείται στην Ελλάδα από τις εταιρίες κινητής...
View ArticleWireless connection affected by neighbor
Something strange happed this evening. The wireless connection at home had such a bad signal quality that none of my devices could connect to the router. At first, I did a router reset. Didn't help....
View ArticleFreeBSD on the SheevaPlug HOWTO
Six months ago I purchaged a SheevaPlug computer. After sharing my experiences about the device with my friend Minas, he managed to get his hands on the similar Sheeva computer and he installed FreeBSD...
View ArticleQ&A site για Κηπουρική (ερωτήσεις και απαντήσεις για Κηπουρική)
Πρόσφατα δημιουργίσαμε το "Ρώτα το Κηπολόγιο!", μια διαδραστική σελίδα Ερωτήσεων και Απαντήσεων (Q&A site) με θέμα την κηπουρική. Το νέο site αποτελεί ένα spin off του Κηπολογίου και βασίζεται στην...
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