There are so many frustrating things happening around us nowdays and there are times we need to find a comfort zone somewhere, to have a rest, to recuperate and get our strength back. For me, music is one of the best medicines towards that goal. Back in the days when
Twelve years ago, whenever I wanted to buy a bottle of wine, I had a ceiling of six euros regarding its price. From one hand it was the era after the 2009 government-debt crisis: no money to bye mandatory items, let alone wine. From the other hand, wine is
On 05/06/2026, my soulmate, Foteini Kantzavelou participated in an sculpture exhibition organized by the municipality of Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece. Following the workshop classes by Stelios Sarros, she presented her first artifacts along with other students of her class. Although I am not a fan of exhibitions, I
Couple months ago I had a discussion with a theater enthusiast, friend of mine. She proposed a theatrical play titled "The Movie-Teller" (Η αφηγήτρια ταινιών). Unfortunately theaters had stopped performing due to warm weather. The story she described however intrigued me and I found the book it
My first teacher in Artificial Intelligence was Andrew Ng. Well, I have not met the guy in person (not yet at least!): back in 2017 I did the "Machine Learning" specialization in Coursera. That course, when first launched in 2011, attracted over 100,000 students and had millions
Allow me to start with a joke. A reporter interviews a well known and successful CEO. * "How did you manage to become so successful?" asks the reporter. * "Wise decisions." he replies smiling. * "Yes, but how did you manage that?" * "Experience!" * "Yes,
The last three months (or so), every week I read something that triggers me to write a post. There are a lot of things going on, so post writing is ... postponed! Then the next wow thing happens ... It is kind of frustrating. So, this time, I decided to act quickly!
In IMDB, this 4 episode TV mini-series is described as "One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system". There is much,
Did you ever want to place something new in a space you live in, that turned everything upside down? We decided to replace a twenty year old TV with a newer model. It was a kind of a ripple effect! The whole space had to be redesigned. This is where
Two years ago, a friend of mine asked: "How is it possible, you of all people, not to read science fiction anymore?". It was a reasonable question given that part of my library contains about two hundred science fiction books and I am the author of a science
People may be divided in two broad categories. Those who (more or less) managed to follow their dreams and those who had to work in more mundane activities to sustain living. In the first category, I place a lifelong friend of mine that owns a winery. For him every day
The first robot vacuum cleaner, Electrolux Trilobite, was released around 2001 and cost around $1.500. Now, one may get a basic model in the range $100–$300. My experience is that despite the relatively easy things that it requires to do, almost twenty five years later, a descent model