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SimCity (2013)

cosmix — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:40:00 +0000

Of all the games that I’ve played over the past twenty five years or so, SimCity, in its various incarnations, has to be the one that I cherish and have spent time playing the most. Ever since I laid my eyes on the first version of SimCity in the early 1990s, I became enamored with [...]

On CalDAV and Google.

cosmix — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:40:36 +0000

People are annoyed about the demise of Google Reader. Yet more than Google Reader, a service I’ve used and loved for more than 7 years, I am truly annoyed by the fact that Google is canning CalDAV. And not just because CalDAV is an open, free and widely used protocol (all very good things), but [...]

Perpetual Growth – Economic Pipe dreams

cosmix — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:14:53 +0000

BBC writes about the loss of Moody’s triple-A rating by the UK. And halfway down the article you’ll find this: This means it will take longer for the government to reduce the budget deficit – the amount it has to borrow as it is spending more than it gets in through tax revenue. That is [...]

Goodbye Dave.

cosmix — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:19:07 +0000

I don’t know why, it could be the cold weather or just coincidental, but December is fast becoming the month so many good Jazz and Blues musicians of ol’ pass away. Oscar Peterson, for example, in 2007. Or James Brown a year earlier. This time it’s Dave Brubeck. ‘Take Five’ is the piece most identify [...]

Oh my God, it’s full of funds!

cosmix — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:32:10 +0000

Νεοφυείς επιχειρήσεις. Καινοτομία. Εξωστρέφεια. Επιχειρείν. Ένα μεγάλο γαϊτανάκι από εραστές του φιλελευθερισμού, πιστούς του καπιταλισμού, των αγορών, κάποιους τολμηρούς και άξιους, κάποιους — απλώς — θιασώτες της όλης υποκουλτούρας, της ‘φάσης’, του χαβαλέ και της (σαφέστατα υποκριτικής) αίσθησης της αυτονομίας, της ελευθερίας κλπ. που επικαλούνται συχνά οι δορυφόροι της επιχειρηματικότητας. Παράλληλα ένα τεράστιο κενό σοβαρών [...]

A Very British Coup (1988)

cosmix — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:28:27 +0000

“‘A Very British Coup’ is a 1982 novel by British politician Chris Mullin” according to Wikipedia. But this post is not about the book. At least not directly. It is about the ‘original’, 1988 TV mini-series. I love mini-series as I find them to be perhaps the most appealing film-making format of our times, the [...]

Using OTE’s 11888 to provide fast CLID data for FreePBX/Asterisk

cosmix — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:04:13 +0000

For those using FreePBX (a configuration/administrative interface that manages Asterisk) there is a CallerID Lookup module, published by the FreePBX team. The module allows you to interface with data sources using several methods, one of them being http. Like many companies, we maintain several systems that can be easily integrated with our VoIP PBX system, [...]

Mazower’s Opinions

cosmix — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:22:58 +0000

Mark Mazower has, for some time now, been writing poignant and increasingly strongly worded opinion articles about the effects of the crisis, the social and political repercussions that few politicians and economists bother worrying about while trying, unsuccessfully, if not plain badly, to enforce a flawed economic policy throughout Europe. His articles are grounded, accurate [...]

Mango / Tears of Steel

cosmix — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:48:32 +0000

Tears of Steel is the fourth film (and the first live-action short) by the blender foundation and a giant leap forward for the community and the software. It is a sci-fi film that showcases recent work on blender, including Compositing, the Cycles render engine and many of the features introduced in the blender 2.6x series, [...]

Εκτός κατάταξης

cosmix — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:22:45 +0000

Δεν ξέρω αν θα ήμασταν πάνω από την μεγάλη πλειοψηφία των Αφρικανικών χωρών στο Web Index του Tim Berners Lee, αλλά είμαι βέβαιος πως το γεγονός πως δεν είμαστε πουθενά στην κατάταξη είναι δείγμα της έλλειψης σοβαρότητας, ενδιαφέροντος και αξίας που δίνουμε στην δικτύωσή μας ως χώρα. Αν μη τι άλλο, εν διαμέσω κρίσης, οι [...]