Category Archives: Computing

Netbeans hates me! (to be updated after I submit my coursework)

So, I am trying to finish a sequence diagram for my Software Engineering coursework. Netbeans is neither fast nor accurate, it takes ages to select an item and then you have to be super careful on how you resize/move/edit it. What best than stepping back for some seconds and tweeting about it? And that’s what [...]
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Minimalism

Minimal Mac is a blog about…minimalism. And Macs. I submitted a screenshot of my desktop last night and I was more than happy today when I saw that my submission was approved. Check it out if you want. I also, once again, changed my blog’s theme to a more minimalistic one. I still want to modify [...]
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Overflow

Overflow condition: a situation that occurs when more information is being transmitted than the hardware can handle This is one of the biggest problems I have to deal with: information overflow. Google Reader, Twitter, Mail, Facebook, MSN, Skype, Safari: Seven different sources of information. Seven different sources of different information. I am subscribed to blogs about Apple, [...]
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Open Letter to Opera

Below is the post I made in the Opera Forums, some minutes ago, as I am about to stop using Opera. It’s not tech-savvy but I think I am making my point. Click on read more to read it or here to participate on the forums.
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Help an Apple fan help his wife!

Quoting Saldanah: Here’s the situation: my wife needs medical care; and we don’t have health insurance. As we all know, desperate times call for desperate measures. So… I’m forced to liquidate my absolutely amazing Collection of Apple Memorabilia! Take a look around, see what you like, and email me to discuss your needs. Many items have some [...]
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nubyCast [1x00] – Pilot

[podcast]http://podcast.sebkom.me/nubyCast00pilot.mp3[/podcast] Πρώτο (αλλά αριθμούμενο 00 αντί για 01) επεισόδιο του nubyCast. Μπόλικη αμηχανία, μπόλικα “λοιπόν” και “ας πούμε” αλλά και μπόλικη διάθεση. Lay back, άκου το, διάβασε τα shownotes, αν σ’αρέσει βαλ΄το και στο iPod σου (δεξί κλικ, save content as) και αν δε σ’αρέσει πες μου γιατί στα σχόλια. (Feed και iTunes submission to follow [...]
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Google PowerMeter

Από τώρα μπορώ να φανταστώ λιβελογραφήματα του στυλ “Είχαμε το facebook για την προσωπική μας ζωή, είχαμε τις εταιρείες κινητής τηλεφωνίας για τις συνομιλίες μας, είχαμε τους Αμερικάνους με τους δορυφόρους της να μας παρακολουθεί συνεχώς, τώρα θα ‘χουμε και τη Google να ξέρει πόσο ηλεκτρικό χρησιμοποιούμε. Κάτω το ιντερνέτ!”…
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