Saturday, December 22, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Cool promotion
After decades of popsicle promotions that included prizes printed on the stick, Brazilian ice-cream company Kibon has taken it to a new level by including the actual prize inside the popsicle: they will manufacture 10,000 specially made propsicles, identical in size and color to the actual thing, frozen with iPod shuffles inside.
They started to think about it back in March with the objective of putting the shuffles directly in the hands of the prize-winner. "It works like this: the consumer buys an Fruttare popsicle which comes in 10 different fruit flavors," Neto told us, "and may find an iPod Shuffle inside the package," ready to play. However, since people would be able to tell that an iPod is inside by looking at the package itself, they had to find an alternative. The popsicles with prize inside had to be exactly the same as the regular popsicles. The obvious solution was putting the shuffles inside a real popsicle, but this was ruled out as the humidity would have destroyed the shuffle in no time, even with plastic around it. The other idea: a fake ice cream that looked exactly like the real thing. "We developed a special prototype that emulates the real ice cream;" company's representative says, "it protects the iPod from humidity, and it feels like the real ice cream. It is virtually impossible to fell the difference without opening the package." Their testing proved successful.
Plus they will get by post of the ipod's manual and warranty plus a coupon that they can get the ice-cream in the same flavor as the fake one!!!
from gizmodo.com
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Poster!
Here is the gorgeous new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster! It's beautifully drawn by incredibly talented Drew Struzan and comes straight from IndianaJones.com.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
"Experience" the ultimate mind-blowing spectacle!
Can a live album ever get across the staggering brilliance of an utterly mind-blowing spectacle? Daft Punk's Pyramid tour (or call-me Alive tour 2007), certainly the finest electronic/dance show of all time, is arguably one of the best live performances in any genre by any group -- and if you think otherwise, you weren't there. This recording of a Paris show certainly captures the massive energy generated by blending and tweaking their catalog into submission, but sound was only part of the experience. As such, this is an excellent souvenir, but what's really needed is a DVD and a time machine to see it all again.If you want to see a video from their fantastic last June's show in Istanbul (I-was-there) click here!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
ABSOLUT THESSALONIKI!
This is an aerial photo of "Aristotle Square" in Thessaloniki-Greece. The photo is made by the photographer Andy Glass (a year ago) and was shot in purpose to show the bottle of Absolut vodka. You can check out his work at his site www.andyglassphoto.com. The agency he co-operates with, used it for an outdoor ad that really came out in Thessaloniki. What is more amazing about it, is the fact that there has been almost no retouching of the photo. Aristotle square in Thessaloniki actually looks exactly like this! Amazing coincidence!Saturday, November 17, 2007
Kanye West Medley
If you listened Kanye West's latest album "Graduation" over 100 times as I did then you will really appreciate this "piano medley". These melodies are always in my mind. I would also like to express my sincerest condolences for the loss of Kanye West's mother...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Britney's new album is unexpectedly good
It's kind of crazy but I do like the new album of Britney Spears "Blackout" and it seems that I'm not the only one. Most of the critics are positive and why not? Her album is full of future hits. The sound is fresh and different and even her voice sounds awkwardly decent for her standards. The quality of the whole package makes me wonder if she helped at all in its creation...
Play this web game and do something good for the world...
An internet word game has generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has said. The game, FreeRice, tests the vocabulary of participants. For each click on a correct answer, the website donates money to buy 10 grains of rice.
Companies advertising on the website provide the money to the WFP to buy and distribute the rice. from bbcnews.com
try it yourself www.freerice.com
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCATS! Hoooo
I brought up with this wonderful tv-series of the 80's. In 2010 a "Thundercats" movie will be released and this makes me really happy... I love hollywood sometimes ...
Gisele 'rejects dollar pay'
The world's richest model has reportedly reacted in her own way to the sliding value of the US dollar - by refusing to be paid in the currency. Gisele Bündchen is said to be keen to avoid the US currency because of uncertainty over its strength.
There are also reports that she will be paid in euros for a deal with Dolce & Gabbana to promote its The One fragrance.
"Contracts starting now are more attractive in euros, because we don't know what will happen to the dollar," Patricia Bündchen told Bloomberg. from bbcnews.com
Go go euro! :-)
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Mac OS X Leopard praised by critics
Apple's recently released OS is "by far the best operating system ever written" according to PC Magazine!
In his 4.5-star (out of 5) review of Leopard, Edward Mendelson (pcmag.com) maintains that Leopard is “by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers, with dozens of new features that have real practical value.”
read the review here and watch here the official guided tour
I'm back...
...to blogging!After a long time of "no-posting" it's time to return back to action. As a soldier (serving my country -Greece- in the Air Force) I had to be away from my base and be trained for Air Force policeman. I successfully graduated and from now on you will be able to see more interesting news, videos and photos from what interests me (if you will browse this blog you will see what I mean by that).
No more talking, let's continue blogging! -this was "cheezy"...
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Get Radiohead's new album, free of charge!
Yes! You read the title correct and there's nothing illegal!Radiohead decided to "sell" their new highly praised album "In Rainbows" through their website.
But there's no fixed price in order to get it. Actually there is a price, the "pay-what-you-want" price. You are entering the amount of money you want to give in order to download legally the album. You can even enter 0 and download it for free!
Just try it and enjoy one of the best albums of the year!
Blog Action Day
Today is the day...
It's a historic day for the bloggers around the world.
Over 14 thousand websites and blogs decided to take action and try to save the planet from Global Warming!
On October 15th, every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic.
But let's learn some simple steps we can all take to save energy and fight Global Warming:
- Raise your voice.
- Choose an efficient vehicle.
- Drive smart.
- Drive less.
- Buy energy-efficient appliances.
- Replace your light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.
- Weatherize your home or apartment.
- Choose renewable energy.
- Buy clean energy certificates.
for more information, click here
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Duet
Something interesting...
modern and classical merge in a sky-blue scenery at the first peep of dawn...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Is America right to demonise President Ahmadinejad of Iran?
Because of the furore surrounding the visit of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York for the UN general assembly session. He was greeted by headlines in the New York tabloids which screamed "The Evil has Landed" and "Madman Iran Prez".
How did he do?
He set out the policy of Iran's "peaceful" nuclear programme, and responded to questions about his troubling statements concerning his denial of the Holocaust and on seeking the destruction of Israel. But he destroyed his own credibility by asserting, in response to a question, that "in Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country".
So was the US right to try to silence him?
Of course not. The president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, undermined his own case for freedom of speech in his insulting introduction in which he described the university's guest as exhibiting "all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator" and expressed the hope that Mr Ahmadinejad would not remain in office.
he personal insults aimed at the Iranian president during his New York visit could also end up increasing his popularity at home, rather than the reverse.
s he convincing on the nuclear issue?
Yes, actually. He noted that Iran is within its rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. He argued that Iran needs to be self-reliant in producing its own nuclear fuel for energy because it had been let down by several western suppliers since the days of the Shah.
Is the US likely to attack Iran?
Yes...
* Sanctions won't stop Iran from pursuing uranium enrichment
* President Bush has promised that he won't leave office without solving the Iran problem
* US air power can be freed up to strike Iranian targets, despite military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan
No...
* The US is too bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan to free up military resources for such an offensive
* Economic sanctions need time to work, and there can be a diplomatic solution if the UN security council is united
* Iran could harm US interests across the Middle East by retaliating in case of military action
for more from this interesting article of independence newspaper visit this link
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
VW tube?
Do you remember the famous VW bus from the 60s? Here is an interesting new version exclusively developed for cool metros around the world :-)Photoshop did it again...
Too much sleep as dangerous as too little: study
Sleeping too much, just like sleeping too little, could be linked to a person's risk of an early death, a new British study indicates.
With seven hours seen as the optimal amount of sleep for the average adult, the study subjects who cut the duration of their sleep from seven hours to five hours a night had a 1.7-fold increased risk of death from all causes within the ensuing 11-17 years, according to the research. They also had twice the increased risk of death from a cardiovascular problem.More surprisingly, scientists found those individuals who increased the number of hours they slept per night from seven to eight hours or more were more than twice as likely to die within 11-17 years as those who kept sleeping for seven. They were more likely to die from non-cardiovascular diseases.
The World's Weirdest/Stupidest Conspiracy Theories
- The driver shot JFK.
- The Beatles were designed and sent to the U.S. by the British Psychological Warfare Division, to undermine the morals of American teenagers.
- Christ's Crucifixion was staged. Christ eloped with Mary Magdalene, and one or both of them fled to France to raise their family.
- HIV/AIDS was created in a lab.
- Man never landed on the moon. It's not even possible. But there is an alien base there.
- Stephen King killed John Lennon.
- WWII was staged. It never really happened. The Illuminati employed elaborate special effects, stage magic, and phony journalism to scare the world into pacifism.
- Queen Elizabeth I was a man. The real Elizabeth died as a child.
- The 1939 War of the Worlds radio broadcoast was a psychological warfare study funded by C.D. Jackson on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation, designed to find out how Americans would react to an enemy invasion. Funny... in a trailer for his mockumentary F is for Fake, Orson Welles did say the WoW broadcast had "secret sponsors".
- A really old one that just won't die: Jews drink the blood and eat the flesh of Gentile children during Passover. Some Catholics still revere the relics of Medieval child saints supposedly slaughtered and devoured by Jews.
- The doomed Franklin Expedition was sent to the Arctic not only to find the Northwest Passage, but to secretly investigate UFO sightings that had been reported since the 1700s. The men were captured, experimented upon, and eaten by giant aliens.
- Hitler and some associates escaped to the Arctic in a submarine, to live with super-advanced aliens who reside within the hollow earth.
- Scientology: Billions of years ago the intergalactic overlord Xenu used a film to brainwash our souls ("Thetans") into believing in the world's major religions, which he invented.
- Gnosticism: The entire material world is an evil trap created by the imposter God of the Bible.
- Jesuits sank the Titanic to kill some of the world's richest, most powerful Jews.
- Aspartame, flouride, genetically modified foods, and vaccines are used specifically to keep us sick and open to suggestion, and/or as part of a secret depopulation plan designed by the world's elite.
Columbia President Bollinger Introduces Ahmadinejad
Just watch it... America's hospitality is outrageously ridiculous and dangerous. Ridiculous is the guy that speaks in this video and dangerous are the supporters of the massacres of the US all these years. Iran is not "clean" but US is far more dangerous for the world than them. Why a flawed nation (as Iran is) cannot have a nuclear program (or even atomic bombs) while a more flawed and dangerous for the global peace US can have whatever they want? Since when they can judge and not be judged?
"Google trends" shows you the real winners
The graph shows who is the real winner in the "3rd generation war of the consoles".The service allows you to compare whatever you want and even select the country and year of search.
Just try anything you want. Who will be the winner between "WWI" and "WWII"? Surprise, surprise (?)...
Clockwork Orange
"Clockwork Orange". A cult masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick. A personal favourite... please watch the film and fall in love!
for more about this film click here.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Daft Punk's Electroma
This video is the final and touching scene of the latest film of Daft Punk, "Electroma". A film that cannot expressed in words, neither bad or good. You just have to watch it... even in fast forward...
Barcelona's Camp Nou set for redevelopment
FC Barcelona unveiled plans for a new-look Camp Nou at the weekend with club president Joan Laporta promising the stadium will be a "world reference point".The new plans mark the arena's third major upgrade. First opened on 24 September 1957, to replace the old Les Courts Stadium, the new-look Camp Nou will boast a dramatic Antoni GaudÃ-inspired façade and is being reworked by English architect Sir Norman Foster. "It's a personal project," said Foster, who also designed the new Wembley Stadium. "I have based this on three inspirations: football, the city of Barcelona and Catalunya, and Barça.
The stadium will have ten extra levels, using a cable structure which will protect spectators from the wind and rain but it will be flexible to allow sunlight on to the pitch. President Joan Laporta and his board have now decided it is time for a complete face-lift, the most dramatic feature of which will be the spectacular exterior, with blue, yellow and red panels coating the stadium, while capacity will rise again to 104,000. from uefa.com
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Promising new production for Greek television
"Stous 31 Dromous" is the first Greek serial drama television (for Mega) that filmed primarily on location in New York, US. The trailer looks promising and the young cast includes the daughter of the famous Greek singer Anna Vissi, Sofia Karvela.
The most advanced airport in the world...
The world’s largest and most advanced airport building - not only technologically, but also in terms of passenger experience, operational efficiency and sustainability – Beijing Airport will be welcoming and uplifting. A symbol of place, its soaring aerodynamic roof and dragon-like form will celebrate the thrill of flight and evoke traditional Chinese colours and symbols.for more exciting pics click here
Echochrome
In Echochrome, Sony's wacky new puzzle game for PlayStation Network and PSP, things are not as they seem. Or rather, they are as they seem, but only until you change the camera angle.
The idea is to "follow the echo", a little smoky outline that appears at different points along the solid white beams and pillars that make up the abstract levels, but you don't literally control your character - instead, you rotate the camera to change the rules governing the surfaces he/she/it is walking along, and in doing so the character's path is altered. from eurogamer.net
A very interesting game indeed...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Congrats Kanye!
The great new album of Kanye West "Graduation" sold a million records in just a week and it already declared "album of the year". This also puts an end to the competition between Kanye West and 50 cent. Curtis (the real name of 50 cent) failed to sell more records and he can now quit performing solo as he promised...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
New technology turn entire buildings into LED ads
AG4 and GKD Metal Fabrics, a German architecture and design company and a woven metal fabric company, respectively, have designed Mediamesh and Illumesh—an LED technology to turn regular building sides into gigantic colorful ads. These two new methods of cabling and lighting let developers place LEDs even over windows—which was verboten before—thanks to the fact that it's sleek enough to still be transparent and not obscure views. However, ads this large moving at regular speeds could be disorienting and vomit-inducing, something that we're sure they're working on avoiding. fromPrintMag
Monday, September 17, 2007
Greek PM wins again!
The governing conservative party of PM Costas Karamanlis has won Greece's general election, retaining a slim majority in parliament. George Papandreou's socialist Pasok party trailed Mr Karamanlis's New Democracy party by nearly four percentage points.
With 99% of the votes counted, New Democracy's majority has been cut to 152 seats in the 300-seat parliament.
Pasok had 38.1% of the vote giving it 102 seats and Mr Papandreou is under pressure to resign for failing to capitalise on criticism of the government's response the forest fires.Mr Karamanlis told his supporters that the party had been given a "clear mandate" to continue reforms.
"I feel doubly responsible to be more effective and avoid mistakes," he said. from bbcnews.com
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Sakis Rouvas - Ola Giro Sou Girizoun
Don't take me wrong. I'm not Sakis Rouvas fan or something. I just like this song and I'm glad that Greek music stopped using only bouzouki.
Back home from training
The pause is over... let's continue blogging...
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Greece under attack!
These are very difficult times for all of us,' as our prime minster Kostas Karamanlis said. Greekfires continue to destroy many parts of Greece. So many parts simultaneously that really makesyou wonder what or who caused this attack. And it's deffinetely an attack. More than 50 people died until now and the death toll rises from hour to hour causes desperation all around the country. For me it's deffinetely a somekind of a terrorist attack. All these fires lighted uptogether from arsonists in many parts of Greece. Their reasons? Greek general elections are set for 16th of September... who thinks that these two have no connection?
Friday, August 24, 2007
Wild monkeys!
A troop of vervet monkeys is giving Kenyan villagers long days and sleepless nights, destroying crops and causing a food crisis.The monkeys are more afraid of young men than women and children, and the bolder ones throw stones and chase the women from their farms. Nachu's women have tried wearing their husbands' clothes in an attempt to trick the monkeys into thinking they are men - but this has failed, they say.
"But the monkeys can tell the difference and they don't run away from us and point at our breasts." The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts. We are afraid that they will sexually harass us," said Mrs Njeri.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
"Cool" game
"We think that maybe some players get over-excited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," a spokesman said.
And what was the answer of the company?
The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," company spokesman Ayano Sakiyama told AP news agency.
I love Japan!
Monday, August 20, 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
There is one movie that you need to watch this summer and this is the 3rd in the series of Jason Bourne, "The Bourne Ultimatum". The movie exceeds expectations (as the critics agree) of how an action film should be. The action is extremely fast and continuous without leaving you much chances of taking some breath but it misses all this spying features of its past (as James Bond still does).
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Cat senses death...
A cat has "predicted" the deaths of 25 residents in a nursing home in the US. The residents of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in Rhode Island would be forgiven for getting a little anxious if Oscar was to curl up next to them.Animal behaviour experts in the US say Oscar is probably smelling a chemical given off by the body. And Jacqueline Pritchard, an expert in animal behaviour in the UK, agrees the explanation is biochemical, rather than psychic. "I don't doubt that the cat in this case is sensing death approaching. There's little we really know about it but as the body is shutting down, I could hypothesise that the cat is sensing and smelling the organs shutting down." Dogs, in the other hand, with an acute sense of smell and awareness are known to detect cancer and predict epileptic seizures.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance
and here is the new video for Chemical Brothers and it's awesome as always. Really :-)
Armand Van Helden 'I Want Your Soul'
Here is my favourite song for this summer. It's the new video of the DJ Armand Van Helden and his last album "Ghettoblaster". It reminds me of the dance songs of late '80s to beginning of '90s... enjoy!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Buildings from the future
30 St Mary Axe: Better known as the Gherkin to locals, this Norman Foster design has quickly become part of the London skyline. Its energy-saving techniques - including natural ventilation and insulation created by huge shafts that run up and down the 41 floors - make it highly efficient, using around half the energy a typical tower would consume. Photograph: Frank Baron/Guardian(picture in the right)
Stata Center: Iconic architect Frank Gehry was employed to build this, a modern centrepiece to the campus of the Massachussets Institute of Technology. Full of angles and empty spaces, the building appears to be collapsing into itself before reaching up into two independent towers. And if the building itself isn't advanced enough for you, then look inside: it is home to the university's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP (picture in the left)
Bank of China: This 1,034 foot tall tower is instantly recognisable in Hong Kong for its sloping roof. At the lower levels the building is rectangular, before switching to a triangular shape as it stretches upwards. Designed by IM Pei, the structure boasts an award-winning sustainability programme and environmentally-friendly operation.
Photograph: Michael Setbourn/Getty (picture in the right)
InterActive Corp: Frank Gehry is best known for swooping metallic structures such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao - but his latest creation is one of his most technically advanced. Housing the offices of IAC, a large web conglomerate, the outside is made entirely of glass - a decision which required "cold bending" of huge panes, sometimes up to a 150 degree angle. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty (picture in the left)
Taipei 101: The 101-storey green giant in Taiwan is decked out with hi-tech baubles:
fibre-optic and satellite net connections and the world's fastest lifts (they shoot up at 37 miles per hour). But perhaps most impressive is the 660 tonne ball of steel that hangs down inside the building from the 92nd floor. The mass damper, which hangs on a pendulum, is built to steady the building in extreme winds.
from guardian.co.uk
I'm "Lost"
These days, except of reading slowly (it extends the pleasure) the 7th book of Harry Potter, I'm watching the 2nd and 3rd season of "Lost" series. And what I can say is that I'm absolutely thrilled, first with the script (these guys are writing a movie for each episode) and second with the performances of the actors. Everything fascinates me and I'm still in the middle of the 2nd season. I hope I will finish it before I enter the army in 28th of the month :-)
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Tonight watch the sky...
Shooting stars are gracing the night sky with a spectacular light display.
Both hemispheres will receive good views but the prime locations will be Western Europe and North America.
Watchers will get the best of the display from about 2200 BST (2100 GMT) on Sunday 12 August, which will peak just before sunrise on Monday 13 August. from bbcnews.com
So get ready for many wishes :-)
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
One year to go
Exactly one year left for the opening ceremony of the summer Olympic games in Beijing.Most of the stadiums and the structures needed are ready and China will open the games in a very interesting stadium called "Bird's nest" (picture in the right).
The mascots of the games are five and their colors represent the respective colors of the Olympic circles. Altogether they called "Fuwa" but their names... Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni, altogether means "Welcome to Beijing"! (picture below)
"Milk or gold?" China says: "I'll better take the first"
You liked the title eh? It's silly actually. What is interesting is that China is becoming more and more used to "Western" habits as it is the drinking of milk!"I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day" ... said the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao but what's wrong with that? Except that it sounds like a dream from another century it will may shift the prices of milk elsewhere in the planet:
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, China's consumption of milk has gone from 26 kilocalories per person per day in 2002 to 43 in 2005. Westerners consume many times more, but their demand is stable. from bbcnews.comYou see, China's population adapts new habits that may cause "seismic shifts elsewhere".
Milk, enjoy it while it's affordable :-)
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
The largest known planet discovered!
I was always interested in what is "out there" and this one really fascinates me:An international team of astronomers has discovered the largest known planet orbiting another star. It is so big, in fact, that its size is difficult to explain using current scientific models of superheated giant planets. from bbcnews.com
Agapise me - Tamta
This song, as I said some days before in my blog, is the summer hit in Greece. Its lyrics and the whole sound suits pretty much with my current situation. Enjoy it :-)
Monday, August 6, 2007
I miss you guys...
Tonight I'm in my hometown Serres and the whole day rains! If it was raining like that in Ankara there wouldn't be any water problem for the rest of the year. 
Generally I love rain even in the middle of summer (especially because my vacations are partly over :-). But by listening the sound of the water dropping in my garden and by contacting with some friends via facebook I started getting sentimental. I remembered all these wonderful days in Istanbul, Amsterdam and Brussels with my dear classmates from the MA in European Studies program of Bogazici University. 
Almost a year passed since we graduated... All my classmates were so beautiful (inside and outside) and our connection was magical. We were a real team. I remember the jokes of Cagri, the sweetness of TugceBingul, the friendship of Mine, the politeness of Umut, the sex-appeal of Sena, the genius mind of Alp, the leadership of Pelin, the smi
le of Hande Ozhabes, the laughter of Zeynep, the absence of Kivanc ;-), the party instinct of Korur, the complex mind of Pinar, the beauty of Tutku, the wisdom of Ilknur, the cute difference of Caner, the innocence of Hande Unan, the craziness of Jennifer and of course Bahar(our beloved asssistant)...I love you all!
