Category: Personal

Despite being at work all the time, and being constantly busy, I am still a human. I am social. I have a life, family, and friends. I have thoughts and experiences. Once in a while I share them, and when I do, I do so in this category. If you don’t know me personally, chances are you’ll find posts in this category particularly boring.

The first tooth

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the winner! The first and the only! The Tooth!

I think we were waiting for it to come out for the last three or four month. And now here it is. We thought that it was out yesterday, but after a thorough investigation agreed that it is out today.

It’s small. It’s barely noticable. Especially with Maxim closing his mouth, or licking everything with his tounge all the time. But if you’ll stick a finger in his mouth, starting from today you can feel how scratchy it is. Yey!

I just hope that the rest of them come out faster.

Closer to the dream with Sony Ericsson P990

This recent Slashdot post links to this pre-review of new Sony Ericsson P990 due to be release in the first quarter of 2006. I (and not only I – thanks Alex) felt like it was time to revisit my mobile phone feature wishlist.

Continue reading Closer to the dream with Sony Ericsson P990

Life cycle

At first, he can’t even drink any juice. Because he’s new born. Than you make some juice with water for him and hold his cup. Than you still make some juice with water, but he hold his cup himself. Than you don’t mix juice with water anymore. Than you just tell him – “Take some juice from the fridge”. Than you ask him – “Could you please bring me some juice from the fridge?” and he gladly does. Than you ask him “Could you please bring me some juice from the fridge?” and he tells you “Go get it yourself you old man”. Than he asks you if you want any juice from the fridge. And if you want it mixed with water. Than he no longer asks you, but mixes and brings juice with water straigh away. And than you can’t drink no juice, because you’re freaking dead. And than it starts all over again.

P-card from Hellenic bank and Flickr Pro

Vladimir told me about this new cool offering from Hellenic Bank – P-card, so I went to the bank today to see if I can get it.

Basically, P-card is a regular debit card. It is not connected to any of your accounts though, which is a nice thing if you want to use it on the web. The amount debited can be anywhere from 15 CYP and 500 CYP. If you run out of money, you can debit more. The P-card is for electronic use only, which is good enough if you ask me – web, ATMs both local and abroad, and shopping point of sale systems – are all good.

Applying for the card is extremely easy. Any clerk of any branch can issue the card in about 10 minutes. All you have to do is present and ID card or passport and debit either cash or from your account. The good thing is that you can even use P-card to give someone else money, like a gift for example.

I decided to start with a 50 CYP card, debitted from my account. I have received a package that contained the card itself, PIN, the copy of terms and conditions, and a bonus CYTA So-Easy 5 CYP card. Not bad.

I have also tried if the card worked on the web and didn’t have any problems. I have purchased myself a two year Flickr Pro account. By the way, I have a couple of ideas on how I am going to use it extensively in a very near future.

Resume: if you need a quick, simple, and secure way to buy stuff on the web or via other electronic means, get yourself a P-card from Hellenic bank. That’s a really good option.

Scheduled downtime

I am planning to bring the server down today for a few minutes. The reason for the downtime is the upgrade of the system. The machine is almost out of disk space and its hard disks urgently need replacement.

It’s been a while since I ugpraded hard disks and therefor it runs on a bunch of really outdated disks like 40 and 60 GBytes. I will pass by the computer shop today to see what’s the current situation with hardware and if the prices are good I am planning to get at least a 200 GByte disk. Maybe even a 300 GByte disk. Or maybe even a couple of 200 GByte ones.

This upgrade should also free up some space in the server’s case. At this moment there are five IDE devices installed in the room designed to hold only three of them.

Update: I’ve just purchased Seagate Barracuda 200 GByte hard disk in ComputerLand Center for a mere 68 CYP. It will be installed shortly.

Update: The old 40 GByte hard disk that was hosting root filesystem has been replaced by the new 200 GByte disk. Some hard disk tetris is yet to be played though. I still have to free up some space in the case and disconnect some old junky hardware. But all this will be done later. I am tired of the noise and dust at the moment.