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Your Daily Internet Dose by djStelios

Entries for July, 2006

Enough already with the megapixels

Generally speaking, the march of technological progress gives consumers what they expect. More stuff for less money, all the time. Hurrah.
Sometimes, though, some segment of the high-tech industry gets caught in an unprogressive eddy for a while. And it’s usually the fault of oversimplification.
As Albert Einstein said, everything should be made as simple as possible, [...]

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The dumbest bug on earth

Guy draws a border around the bug. Hilarity ensues.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juTOpk5RMvI]
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St. Maarten airport: A video tribute

Because of the popular demand of the 2 flight videos from St.Maarten airport, I decide to post a collection of my favorites videos from this famous airport located near a beach called “Maho Beach”, a supreme planespotting location!
Let’s take a look at the famous beach
Taped from Sonesta Maho Beach Resort (Room 315)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14e03dgUmiU]
A view from the [...]

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A tip for drinking Tsikoudia (Raki)

Copying from Wikipedia:
In Greece, in particular on the island of Crete, Tsikoudia or Raki is a grape-based spirit made from the distillation of pomace, i.e., the pieces of grapes (including the stems and seeds) that were pressed for the winemaking process. It’s a pomace brandy comparable to an Italian grappa or French marc.
If you ever [...]

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Total Commander: The ultimate file browser for your computer

Total Commander (formerly known as Windows Commander) is an old software (introduced at 1996), I cannot live without. I’m using it for many years on every Windows OS I ever had without any problem at all.
This is a “one on everything” solution for file management, based on the old “classic” Norton Commander of the “hard [...]

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