Month: October 2011

Day in brief – 2011-10-22

  • @marios This is absolutely awesome! I saw you previous work and I felt it lacked story. This one feels like "part 2" but it hits the nail! #
  • Battery low. Shutdown. Beep! Beep beep beep. Reboot. Beep. Date. January 1st. WTF??? #
  • Maxim says that being a teacher is a hard job cause you have to shout on people who misbehave. I think I need to look into that. :) #
  • Just uploaded slides from my yesterday presentation: What is version control software and why do you need it? http://t.co/huDLntJ9 #
  • Beautiful morning! I feel like … like I want to kill a few people. #BlackOps time it is then. :) #
  • @pavlatom thanks. He sure is. :) #
  • Shared: Caught: 7,000 drunk drivers http://t.co/612WhraE #
  • Shared: Buddies http://t.co/3U0F4kUx #

Day in brief – 2011-10-21

  • I just ousted @o_yudina as the mayor of Logos School of English Education on @foursquare! http://t.co/LAIiu3Eh #
  • I'm at Logos School of English Education (33-35 Yialousa St, Limassol) http://t.co/igQ1g67I #
  • Early mornings I hate. Morning coffee I love. Is one worth the other? Not at all. #
  • According to @Klout, @mamchenkov's Klout score is 33. How influential are you? http://t.co/JiRc4SI1 #
  • @savvides Try Speaktoit Assistant as well. http://t.co/tQOa3xWL #
  • Friday, Friday, Friday! (@ FXCC) http://t.co/hRp2Cp47 #
  • I still have Google Buzz enabled, but I miss it already. :) #
  • @JRhodesPianist Kurt Vonnegut is awesome. He made me write this haiku. Not really. A haiku. :) #
  • Sometimes I want to snap a picture of a bright blue sky, with nothing else in it. Then I realize how boring such a picture would be. Really. #
  • Google Latitude is not much fun when all your friends are at an Unknown Location. #privacy #FAIL #
  • @pavlatom Think simple: match first, negate later. :) if (!preg_match('/^photogallery/', $string)) { … } #
  • @pavlatom Have a look at mod_rewrite manual. You need something like: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !photogallery #
  • Shared: Курение в ресторанах http://t.co/REWT3grD #
  • When I send instant messages to several people and get no replies, I first check if the Internet works fine.Then I check if it's lunch time. #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video from @crlsndrsjmnz http://t.co/nvHXPKJF New Gmail design #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/dshiK2Jo Assassins Creed Revelations Single Player Trailer [HD] #
  • @klout thinks that I am influential about #Documentaries #Beer and #WordPress This is weird. Especially with Documentaries. :) #
  • LOL! :) Is it #friday http://t.co/DZJA8VUB #
  • The dullest blog in the world http://t.co/NwOI0d0l . I wish it updated more often, cause it is hilarious. ;) #
  • Let's see if another cup of coffee will wake my consience up. Doubtful. #
  • Midnight Sun | Iceland on Vimeo http://t.co/gp21Iuut #
  • I find it interesting that I usually share links for the content and only Shashdot articles I share for the comments. :) #
  • I just learned that #iPhone doesn't have widgets. What? Really? #
  • Shared: Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android http://t.co/D202RJ32 #
  • Apparently, with #iPhone you can place a shortcut to a contact (or to call/sms contact) on the desktop either. How do all these use it? :) #
  • Friendly reminder: Free Software Workshop starts in about half an hour. If you are in #limassol #cyprus . http://t.co/6jeIRupM #
  • @timdetone Usually a beer session follows in a nearby pub. My bet for tonight is Ship Inn. :) I'll tweet. :) #
  • I'm at Green Apple [pic]: http://t.co/0CPAfXat #
  • I'm at Cyprus University of Technology http://t.co/SIt0XtfL #
  • I'm at The Ship Inn (1 28 Oktovriou, Limassol) http://t.co/nhRfYOVY #
  • @timdetone Ship Inn. We are here. :-) #

Free Software Workshop 2011

I totally forgot to blog and let you know in advance about this, but they say it’s better late than never, so here it goes. The Ubuntu-Cy guys are organizing yet another event – Free Software Workshop 2011. It’s going to take place tonight, Friday, October 21st, 2011 at KXE1 Computer Lab at Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) in Limassol, Cyprus.

Below is the English version of the announcement, including the program. Visit this forum thread for any updates and for the Greek version.

Workshops of Free and Open Source Software 2011

The Ubuntu Linux Local Community in collaboration with the Information Systems and Technology Service of CUT and the New Technologies Club of CUT, invites you to a showcase event about the features the Free/Open Source Software in medicine, computing, home entertainment and search methods . The event will be held on October 21, 2011 in the KXE1 computer room of CUT, in the Andreas Themistocleous building (Old Land registry) in Limassol:

Click here for the Google Maps location

The agenda of the event is as follows:

18:00 to 18:30: “Free / Open Source in everyday medical practice” (Greek)
Dr. Eugene Metaxas

18:40 – 19:10: “What is version control software and why do you need it?” (English)
Leonid Mamchenkov

19:20 – 19:50: “XBMC as a core of home entertainment” (English)
Michael Stepanov

20:00 – 20:30: “make install: Installation Methods of Free/Open Source Software” (Greek)
Marios Isaakidis

20:30 to 21:00: “Intelligent search techniques” (Greek)
Theodotos Andreou

21:10 – 21:40: “Linux Security Tools” (Greek)
Gregoris Chrysanthou

The event is open to everyone and you can bring your laptop if you need any help. We are also going to give away Linux CDs/DVDs

Try Free and Open Source Software! Information without obstacles!

As you can see, I will be one of the speakers. Also, my very good friend Michael will do a presentation.

Once we are all done with the talks, we’ll probably move to a bar to continue the discussion over a pint. So if you are interested in Free and Open Source software, Linux, or just want to meet with fellow geeks, don’t miss this opportunity. They don’t come that often.