I cannot overstate how disappointed I am after having a discussion with people who tend to partially mix the various declarations of Rights and the Law in order to make a point valid enough to justify their actions. I am not really the one to tell whether such behavior derives from competence or incompetence. What [...]

Okay. It’s been five years since I started this website and I feel I want to share with you one or two things about it. In this post I’ll try to go back in time and write about why I started it and what this web journal has accomplished so far. I also post some [...]

I wish a happy new year to all, full of happiness, health, creativity and peace of mind.

If you are in “Rome“, the above is a golden rule to follow, if you really care about surviving there. That also means that you will most probably have to do things in different ways than you had initially planned or in ways that are against your principals or code of conduct. But, in return, [...]

It’s official: My new ISP, after being subscribed to it for 5 whole months, has finally sent me the codes, so I can check my bill’s status online. I mean this is fantastic! No more speculation on what might have gone wrong with the ISP, the post office, the mailman, the mailbox or me not [...]

It took me several years to realize that I have serious issues with a particular kind of evangelists. This is not only about computer software evangelists, but a more general conclusion about evangelism in various aspects of real life, including computers and software. In general, I should clarify that I am not against evangelism. Actually, [...]

At least I hope so. After 2 and a half days of problems with telephony and internet services, it finally seems that everything has been sorted out! The official explanation for the outage is that the increased electrical load on an adjacent cable increased the level of the electrical noise on my line, which resulted [...]

I’d like to thank Simos and Nikos for adding the CodeTRAX.org feed to Planet ELLAK and Planet HELLUG respectively. This feed will contain information and announcements about the development of Project CodeTRAX, an effort to develop the necessary software in order to automate the deployment and management of a personal project hosting environment like codetrax.org. [...]

I was astonished by the photo sets on Dark Roasted Blend. Simply amazing! A visit is highly recommended.

This is a quick notice that the website’s domain has changed. The new domain is: www.g-loaded.eu. All the old links are properly redirected to the new domain. I’d be happy if you updated your bookmarks and your links to my website. Although I have made that move with great care, some detail may have sneaked [...]