Club Admiralty Blog
A blog about life in general, in as many languages as I can manage. Ενα ιστολόγιο περι ζωής, πολυγλωσσο - σε όσες γλωσσες εχω μεράκι να γράψω.
Adventures in iPad land...
Friday, Sep 30 2011, 17:47 Apple, iOS, iPad PermalinkIt's been about a week with my adventures in iPad land and I can't wait for iOS5 to hit! The two functions I miss the most from my jailbroken iPhone are multifl0w (and alternative app switcher that looks like expose) and LockInfo (information on your lock screen).
One the one hand, the smart cover makes it so that I almost never see the lock screen, but the app switcher can be an issue. I just don't understand why apple-tab wasn't implemented on the iPad to switch between open apps - that would have been über cool and quite useful.
The other issue is access to Google Docs, not something Apple can fix. I downloaded QuickOffice HD, which is a pretty nice app, but it doesn't support the commenting feature of Google Docs, something that I use a lot. It would be awesome if Google had some native apps for Google Docs on the iOS that supported all the features :-)
Other than that, I am liking my iPad. I've started an experiment to see if I can go paperless this semester - let's see how that works out.
One the one hand, the smart cover makes it so that I almost never see the lock screen, but the app switcher can be an issue. I just don't understand why apple-tab wasn't implemented on the iPad to switch between open apps - that would have been über cool and quite useful.
The other issue is access to Google Docs, not something Apple can fix. I downloaded QuickOffice HD, which is a pretty nice app, but it doesn't support the commenting feature of Google Docs, something that I use a lot. It would be awesome if Google had some native apps for Google Docs on the iOS that supported all the features :-)
Other than that, I am liking my iPad. I've started an experiment to see if I can go paperless this semester - let's see how that works out.
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Το Σάββατο μπορείς; οοοχιιιι οοοοχιιι…
Thursday, Sep 29 2011, 17:54 Διακοπές, Ελλάδα, Ελληνικά PermalinkΤις προάλλες κοίταζα στο διαδίκτυο για τιμές εισιτηρίων για την Ελλάδα. Την τελευταία φορά που είχα πάει ήταν πριν έξι χρόνια για την κηδεία του παππού. Η αλήθεια είναι πως μετά από αυτό το ταξίδι, μία τα έξοδα, μία η ακρίβεια Ελλάδα δεν ξαναείδα. Τώρα που τα εισιτήρια πέφτουν λίγο σε τιμές (για ταξίδι τον Δεκέμβρη ή τον Γενάρη) τα πράγματα πάνε κατά διαβόλου στην Ελλάδα… Αναρωτιέμαι πόσο χαμηλά μπορούν να πάνε τα πράγματα στην Ελλάδα…Αξίζει το ταξίδι, και ας πηγαίνουν τα πράγματα κατά διαβόλου; Για να δούμε...

Μπλόγκ από τα παλιά τα χρόνια!
Wednesday, Sep 28 2011, 17:48 Ελληνικά, Ιστορικά, Σχολείο PermalinkΗ αλήθεια είναι πως μπλογκάρω από το 1998 όταν άρχισα την πρώτη μου (δημόσια) σελίδα στο Geocities (ψψψψςςς! το θυμάστε το Geocities;) Το μόνο κακό είναι πως όποτε έμπαινα να κάνω update την σελίδα μου πάντα έσβηναν τα παλιά και κράταγα μόνο τα καινούργια, οπότε δεν κράταγα και αρχείο. Τώρα πρόσφατα διέσωσα δεδομένα από παλιά CD και DVD backup και βρήκα παλιά μπλόγκ πόστ από το 2000, οπότε ευκαιρία να αντιγράψω αυτά τα παλιά ποστ από το στατικό HTML στο blogger.
Αυτό που παρατήρησα ήταν πως έγραφα ποστ όταν είχα ελεύθερο χρόνο, και αυτό ήταν το καλοκαίρι, και όποτε είχα σχολικές διακοπές (Νοέμβρη, Δεκέμβρη, και Πάσχα lol ) :-)

Alone in the dark: the bad camera work!
Tuesday, Sep 27 2011, 17:25 Entertainment, VideoGames, XBOX PermalinkThe next game I decided to tackle Alone in the Dark. I guess a sense of nostalgia was the main cultprit for this decision having played the original Alone in the Dark on my Performa 635CD! Having not played Alone in the Dark 2 and Alone in the Dark 3 I found myself a little lost in the beginning, but who cares? I think that the story will probably explain itself once it gets underway.
The main problem with this game is control of the character (whatever the heck his name is) and camera control (or lack thereof). I can switch between first person and third person view (for some things anyway), but it's really hard to not get dizzy while playing this game. I guess this game necessitates being more awake and more patient. I've often found myself just putting the game down for the evening because the camera angles and janky control scheme is just frustrating. In comparison Halo 3 and Quantum of Solace were much easier to pick up and play when you were a bit tired and got you into the action in a much more pleasant way.
More thoughts about this game to come as I play more...
The main problem with this game is control of the character (whatever the heck his name is) and camera control (or lack thereof). I can switch between first person and third person view (for some things anyway), but it's really hard to not get dizzy while playing this game. I guess this game necessitates being more awake and more patient. I've often found myself just putting the game down for the evening because the camera angles and janky control scheme is just frustrating. In comparison Halo 3 and Quantum of Solace were much easier to pick up and play when you were a bit tired and got you into the action in a much more pleasant way.
More thoughts about this game to come as I play more...

Άλλη μια σειρά τέλος!
Saturday, Sep 24 2011, 13:04 Ελληνικά, Τηλεόραση, Ψυχαγωγία PermalinkΤο περασμένο σαββατοκύριακο είπα να κάτσω να δω το τελευταίο επεισόδιο της σειράς LAPD, μια σειρά που άρχισα να παρακολουθώ όταν πρωτοβγήκε στην τηλεόραση αλλά λόγο μαθημάτων την είχα κάνει πέρα. Τέλος πάντων, μετά από μια παρτίδα με τον Τζέιμς Μπόντ στο xbox είπα πως ήταν καιρός να τελειώσω το τελευταίο επεισόδιο.

Τέλος πάντων, καλή η σειρά, μας κράτησε κοντά στην πατρίδα, αν και δεν ήταν haute TV, αλλά οι σεναριογράφοι τα κάνανε λίγο μπουρδέλο προς το τέλος :-)

Super MBTA World
Friday, Sep 23 2011, 17:09 MBTA, nintendo, SNES, Transportation, VideoGames Permalink
Thoughts on Quantum of Solace
Thursday, Sep 22 2011, 17:22 Entertainment, VideoGames, XBOX PermalinkIt's been a while since I finished Quantum of Solace on the XBOX, so this mini review (and thoughts about the game) is a tad bit late - but given that the game has been out for a while it's quite alright ;-)
The thing that really struck me about this game as how short it was in comparison to other FPS games that I've played on the XBOX. I think that it only took me a few weeks to finish (so based on my game play that would be about 20 hours?) where other games have taken me much much longer to complete. Yes it is true that I did play the game in easy mode, and it's probably true that I am getting better at FPSs since I've played quite a few of them, but it really did strike me as rather short game play.
The game was enjoyable, I had seen Casino Royale a long time ago but I had not seen Quantum of Solace so there wasn't much repetition in my entertainment experience. The controls are as you'd expect an FPS's controls to be, and the learning curve is pretty easy. I did finish the game with only 16 achievements, so I guess I need to go back and play the game in harder modes to get those badges...and also do the odd little things (like shoot all satellite dishes in Sienna) to get other achievements. While the game was enjoyable, and easy-ish (even in hard "007" mode), I don't know if I want to revisit the game so soon after I am done. Perhaps I should go onto Alone in the Dark now, and come back to this later.
Is Assassin's Creed: Revelations out yet? ;-)
The thing that really struck me about this game as how short it was in comparison to other FPS games that I've played on the XBOX. I think that it only took me a few weeks to finish (so based on my game play that would be about 20 hours?) where other games have taken me much much longer to complete. Yes it is true that I did play the game in easy mode, and it's probably true that I am getting better at FPSs since I've played quite a few of them, but it really did strike me as rather short game play.
The game was enjoyable, I had seen Casino Royale a long time ago but I had not seen Quantum of Solace so there wasn't much repetition in my entertainment experience. The controls are as you'd expect an FPS's controls to be, and the learning curve is pretty easy. I did finish the game with only 16 achievements, so I guess I need to go back and play the game in harder modes to get those badges...and also do the odd little things (like shoot all satellite dishes in Sienna) to get other achievements. While the game was enjoyable, and easy-ish (even in hard "007" mode), I don't know if I want to revisit the game so soon after I am done. Perhaps I should go onto Alone in the Dark now, and come back to this later.
Is Assassin's Creed: Revelations out yet? ;-)

Un grand expérimente en l’apprentissage de Français !
Tuesday, Sep 20 2011, 18:06 Apprentissage, Français, Langue PermalinkCe semestre j’ai décidé a retourner a la classe pour améliorer mon français. Le dernière fois que j’ai parle français était en 2005 quant j’ai fait des vacances en France. Let dernière fois que j ‘ai écrit quelque chose en français était en 2001 quand j’ai eu une correspondante. Alors, je crois que ma maitrise de français n’est pas bon et j’ai voulais de faire quelque chose pour le remédier.
Le professeur était super mais désolément je n’ai pas beaucoup de temps pour aller a la classe ; Alors, j’ai décidé de faire le blogging pour améliorer mon français et de voir des films en français ce semestre ; peut-être je peux écrire des critiques de ces films. Je peux aussi lire les livres que j’aurais lu pour cette classe que je suis pas.
Alors, qu’est-que cet expérimente de qui je parle? Je veux voir des film – bon. Je veux écrire des blogs – bon. Ou est l’expérimenté ? Je voudrais que vous, les francophones que lisez ces blogs, corriger ces blogs. Est-ce-qu’ il y a des erreurs vocabulaires ? des erreurs grammaticales ? des erreurs stylistiques ? Dites-moi pour que je puisse améliorer :-) Chaque blog a un Google Doc ou vous pouvez corriger le blog et ou vous pouvez fournir des commentaires a la stylistique (et la grammaire).
Google Doc pour ce blog : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuidnWU-PYkt1InXg-6_CPkC_j6GHZ1G2w7u8Kblf0I/edit?hl=en_US
Le professeur était super mais désolément je n’ai pas beaucoup de temps pour aller a la classe ; Alors, j’ai décidé de faire le blogging pour améliorer mon français et de voir des films en français ce semestre ; peut-être je peux écrire des critiques de ces films. Je peux aussi lire les livres que j’aurais lu pour cette classe que je suis pas.
Alors, qu’est-que cet expérimente de qui je parle? Je veux voir des film – bon. Je veux écrire des blogs – bon. Ou est l’expérimenté ? Je voudrais que vous, les francophones que lisez ces blogs, corriger ces blogs. Est-ce-qu’ il y a des erreurs vocabulaires ? des erreurs grammaticales ? des erreurs stylistiques ? Dites-moi pour que je puisse améliorer :-) Chaque blog a un Google Doc ou vous pouvez corriger le blog et ou vous pouvez fournir des commentaires a la stylistique (et la grammaire).
Google Doc pour ce blog : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuidnWU-PYkt1InXg-6_CPkC_j6GHZ1G2w7u8Kblf0I/edit?hl=en_US

Blogger People Connect [idea]
Saturday, Sep 17 2011, 14:15 Google, Idea, Internet PermalinkThe other day I was thinking about some blog posts to write and I inevitably came to the conclusion that I often reference people in my blog posts. Sometimes those references happen to be to specific blog posts, in which case I link to the specific blog post in question. Most times howerver I am interested in just mentioning a person.
For example if I head from @cdetorres that LoudCloud LMS is insanely expensive, and I wanted to mention that in a blog post, @cdetorres is obviously a Twitter handle, but when you are reading this post @cdetorres is not underlined and it does not take you to his twitter stream. If I wanted to make mention to someone I share information with on Google+, on Google+ I would add a plus sign and then add that person's name (+Apostolos Koutropoulos would be mine for example). Facebook has similar functionality for mentions.
Back a number of years ago, when I was experimenting with various blogging platforms I was experimenting with LiveJournal. LiveJournal had (and probably still does) have a way of connecting people you mention in your blog posts to their LiveJournal profiles - of course the caveat is that the mentioned people have to have a LiveJournal account. This is a great feature, but I don't use LiveJournal, and most people I know don't. So how about a Blogger People Connect? If you have a Google+ account you can automatically link to people by putting +TheirName, but if you don't (or want to use additional services) you can tell Blogger your Facebook and Twitter handles and anytime you start to type something that looks like an @username Blogger can recommend people to link to - no fuss.

Back a number of years ago, when I was experimenting with various blogging platforms I was experimenting with LiveJournal. LiveJournal had (and probably still does) have a way of connecting people you mention in your blog posts to their LiveJournal profiles - of course the caveat is that the mentioned people have to have a LiveJournal account. This is a great feature, but I don't use LiveJournal, and most people I know don't. So how about a Blogger People Connect? If you have a Google+ account you can automatically link to people by putting +TheirName, but if you don't (or want to use additional services) you can tell Blogger your Facebook and Twitter handles and anytime you start to type something that looks like an @username Blogger can recommend people to link to - no fuss.

χωρίς ρεύμα!
Monday, Sep 12 2011, 15:58 Ελληνικά, ενδιαφέροντα, ενδιφέρον, παρατηρήσεις, σχόλια, τοπικά PermalinkΧτες το πρωί είχα πάει στον φούρναρη (ναι, ο φούρναρης είναι ανοιχτός τις Κυριακές στα μέρη μας) να αγοράσω ψωμί, και κανένα πρωινό φαΐ τύπου κρουασάν, τυρόπιτας κτλ. Ο φούρνος άρχισε μικρός, αλλά έκανε επέκταση στα προϊόντα που παρείχε, πρώτα άρχισε με ψωμί και με γλυκά, και σιγά σιγά έκανε και σάντουιτς και καφέ. Οπότε ο φούρνος έγινε σαν μικρή καφετέρια.
Σε όλο αυτό το χρονικό διάστημα που γίνονταν οι αλλαγές στον τύπο του καταστήματος η πελατεία μου φαίνονταν πάνω-κάτω η ίδια. Πάντα είχε κόσμο (και μουσική) το κατάστημα. Χτες λοιπόν που μπήκα μέσα σχεδόν νέκρα! Δεν είχαν ηλεκτρικό οπότε δεν μπορούσαν να κάνουν ούτε καφέ, ούτε σάντουιτς, ούτε κρουασάν - τα κρουασάν πάντα τα ψήνουν τελευταία για να είναι φρέσκα φρέσκα στην αρχή της μέρας. Ψωμί και άλλα γλυκά είχαν επειδή αυτά τα ψήνεις πιο νωρίς, και μερικά γλυκά πρέπει να «κάτσουν» λίγο πριν τα σερβίρεις.
Τέλος πάντων, αυτό που μου έκανε εντύπωση είναι πως το κατάστημα πια δεν το θεωρούν πολλοί ντόπιοι ως αρτοπωλείο που έχει και καφέ, αλλά ως καφετέρια που έχει και αρτοπωλείο. Αν το θεωρούσαν οι ντόπιοι ως αρτοπωλείο που έχει και καφέ πιστεύω πως και χωρίς ρεύμα θα είχε πελατεία, όπως τις αρχικές του μέρες.

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