Archive for the ‘General’ Category
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Perp? On Google’s Street View
Monday, January 7th, 2008
I’m back from quite a hiatus, so best wishes for the new year everyone! May 2008 be fun and prosperous to all!
I was passing the time on a virtual walk around San Francisco on Google Maps “Street View” earlier today, and came upon a peculiar image.
A man is apparently hanging from an iron gate, supposedly [...] -
I’m here, I’m here
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Hey! So, you thought I gave up on this place again, didn’t you? Truth is I’ve been so busy I hadn’t even checked the comments (sorry) - let alone post. I’m running out of excuses though, and blogging isn’t really a chore - not if you have people who actually care to read through your [...]
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I am an Ocean Defender
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
OK, so we live in a consumer society. Nothing wrong with that, is there? Unfortunately, we often consume far greater resources than we are able to reproduce. However, every once in a while there comes a chance to do something nice. A chance to do something meaningful not only for ourselves but for the entire [...]
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How to learn Chinese - online, fast, easy and free
Saturday, August 5th, 2006
Chinese is a language spoken by more than 1.3 billion people word wide. Mandarin is the most commonly used and widely spread dialect of the Chinese language group, and the Official language of the People’s Republic of China.
China is an economy which enjoys a high annual growth and continuously attracts the interest of businesses around [...] -
Introducing, my Newsvine column
Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Well, as if this place wasn’t keeping me busy enough, I went ahead and started a weekly column over at Newsvine.com. You can read my column there at the following address:
http://pavlos.newsvine.com
Soon, you’ll be able to also follow my Newsvine activity on my sidebar here. My first article there has to do with the current crisis [...]