Category Archives: Fun

query-replace-regexp or “making movies enjoyable”

Posted on 2009-06-05 by

One of the movies I recently watched came with subtitles in a separate *.srt file. The subtitles had 99% correct timing information, a pretty amazing feat. They had a minor glitch though. Many instances of lowercase ‘el’ had been replaced … Continue reading →

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Η Οικονομική Κρίση Χτυπάει και στο IRC

Posted on 2009-05-27 by

Χωρίς σχόλια… 12:03 <lompas> error c2177: constant too big 12:04 <keramida> μάλλον το παράκανες με τα μηδενικά :P 12:05 <lompas> ναι έκοψα μερικά και τρέχει 12:05 <keramida> κρίση και στο coding 12:06 <vvas> lol 12:06 <vvas> περικοπές ε 12:06 <keramida> … Continue reading →

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Patras Local: Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Release Party

Posted on 2009-04-30 by

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Τόγιας ανακοίνωσε σήμερα το release party που θα κάνουμε στην Πάτρα αυτή την Κυριακή για την έκδοση 9.04 του Ubuntu Linux. Αντιγράφω από το μήνυμα της ανακοίνωσης, όπως εμφανίστηκε στη λίστα linux-greek-users: Το Ubuntu είναι ένα πλήρες λειτουργικό … Continue reading →

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Gnus message scoring actually works

Posted on 2008-11-15 by

From the let-the-flames-roll-baby department:

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Athens Digital Week 2008

Posted on 2008-10-15 by

From: keramida Subject: Athens Digital Week 2008 References: http://www.athensdigitalweek.gr/ Everything is ready, so I’m going to leave for Athens to attend the “Athens Digital Week 2008″ event tomorrow. Two short presentations have been prepared, and sent to the organizers. I … Continue reading →

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Fedora 9 release party at Patras

Posted on 2008-05-17 by

Dimitris and his Fedora friends are organizing a release party for Fedora 9 today (Saturday, May 17 2008).

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Slashdot AC dismisses LOTR in half a sentence or so

Posted on 2008-02-16 by

Sometimes, AC comments in Slashdot are priceless: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=456578&cid=22447110

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