Saturday, March 29, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
This Machine Kills Fascism
Use, abuse, spread and believe.
Print it out, put it on your computer, camera, tablet or phone.
Print it out, put it on your computer, camera, tablet or phone.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Alternatives to Windows. Zorin OS 8 (Linux) - How to install Linux on your Windows computer
Part 1 - getting started. How to create a bootable USB drive.
Part 2 - installing Linux on your Windows PC.
This is a step by step guide on how to try out Zorin OS 8 (Linux) on your Windows PC without changing permanently your computer. If you don't like it all you have to do is turn off the machine, pull out the USB flash memory and your computer will be exactly the same as it was beforehand.
To get the installer program you will need to visit Pendrivelinux.com
For the Zorin OS 8 software download page click here.
You'll need
1 A reasonably modern Windows PC (5 or 6 years old).
2 Access to the internet.
3 Either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
4 A USB flash memory stick. Minimum 2GB.
Zorin has created a wonderful system that works very smoothly on more modern hardware. If you wat to try out Linux but don't want to change your computer's settings permanently, these videos will help walk you through the process. Must be remembered that by running Zorin (or any other kind of Linux) from a USB stick nothing will be changed or lost on your computer. To get back to the way it was then all you need to do is switch off your device and remove the USB stick. Once you switch it back on it will exactly the way it had been before you started.
For older machines I would suggest using Zorin OS 6 (lite) which demands less in terms of hardware. I installed it on my aged and much battered 2005 Acer 2300 laptop and it worked just fine.
Part 2 - installing Linux on your Windows PC.
This is a step by step guide on how to try out Zorin OS 8 (Linux) on your Windows PC without changing permanently your computer. If you don't like it all you have to do is turn off the machine, pull out the USB flash memory and your computer will be exactly the same as it was beforehand.
To get the installer program you will need to visit Pendrivelinux.com
For the Zorin OS 8 software download page click here.
You'll need
1 A reasonably modern Windows PC (5 or 6 years old).
2 Access to the internet.
3 Either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
4 A USB flash memory stick. Minimum 2GB.
Zorin has created a wonderful system that works very smoothly on more modern hardware. If you wat to try out Linux but don't want to change your computer's settings permanently, these videos will help walk you through the process. Must be remembered that by running Zorin (or any other kind of Linux) from a USB stick nothing will be changed or lost on your computer. To get back to the way it was then all you need to do is switch off your device and remove the USB stick. Once you switch it back on it will exactly the way it had been before you started.
For older machines I would suggest using Zorin OS 6 (lite) which demands less in terms of hardware. I installed it on my aged and much battered 2005 Acer 2300 laptop and it worked just fine.
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Now for something completely different.
Once again Kathara Deutera (Clean Monday) is approaching and since I'm feeling in a festive mood I'm going to embark on a two day cooking binge preparing for the traditional start of Lent for Greek Orthodox Christians. So, goodbye to meat and hello to a plethora of seafood and salad recipes, hard to believe this is meant to be the start of a fast with so many delicious things to eat.
So what's on the menu?
Mussel pilaf (mydia pilafo)
Yellow split pee puree (fava) - a lot better than the English translation suggests.
Deep fried battered fish fillets (basically, fish cooked like fish and chips).
Spicy feta cheese dip (xtipiti or tyrosalata).
Broad beans in a rich tomato sauce (fasolada).
Deep fried battered courgettes (kolokythakia tyganita).
Pickled sardine fillets (sardelles marinates)
Tomato and feta salad (well, you know what I mean).
I'll be posting recipe, pics and video over the weekend. Till then I suggest you check out this wonderful blog, My Little Expat Kitchen to see what you're missing.
So what's on the menu?
Mussel pilaf (mydia pilafo)
Yellow split pee puree (fava) - a lot better than the English translation suggests.
Deep fried battered fish fillets (basically, fish cooked like fish and chips).
Spicy feta cheese dip (xtipiti or tyrosalata).
Broad beans in a rich tomato sauce (fasolada).
Deep fried battered courgettes (kolokythakia tyganita).
Pickled sardine fillets (sardelles marinates)
Tomato and feta salad (well, you know what I mean).
I'll be posting recipe, pics and video over the weekend. Till then I suggest you check out this wonderful blog, My Little Expat Kitchen to see what you're missing.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
George Orwell's 1984 is sponsored by GCHQ and Yahoo
George Orwell's 1984 is sponsored by LG: "The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it,", a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.
"Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Your silence will not protect you - Audre Lorde
Thursday, February 13, 2014
No More lies - Greece
With the crisis dragging on in Greece, voters are growing ever more angry at the lies and spin the government coalition parties employ to distract from their corruption, incompetence and lack of vision for the future.
In May the country will vote in both local authority and European parliamentary elections and if current opinion polls prove correct, then this mark that end of the monopoly on power the nominally socialist PASOK and far right New Democracy parties have held since the late 70's.
PASOK in particular, is likely to hardest hit with possibility that its share of the vote will be as low as 4%, a startling decline from the 44% it won in the 2009 general elections. New Democracy's base is also shrinking as people,sick of austerity and endless finance scandals turn their back on them, many changing allegiance to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party .
The position of the two main parties is not helped by the fact that between them they have 270 million euros in non-performing loans, which have been serviced since January 2013, making them technically bankrupt.
With the prime minister announcing new taxes on food, property and cigarettes, the chances that his New democracy party will fall from second place to third place behind SYRIZA and Golden Dawn should not be ruled out.
Whatever the final tally is poor results in May's elections will further increase pressure by party supporters and backbench MPs on PM Antonis Samaras and deputy PM Evangelos Venizelos to step down, so opening the way to more instability and the possibility of new national elections in the summer.
In May the country will vote in both local authority and European parliamentary elections and if current opinion polls prove correct, then this mark that end of the monopoly on power the nominally socialist PASOK and far right New Democracy parties have held since the late 70's.
PASOK in particular, is likely to hardest hit with possibility that its share of the vote will be as low as 4%, a startling decline from the 44% it won in the 2009 general elections. New Democracy's base is also shrinking as people,sick of austerity and endless finance scandals turn their back on them, many changing allegiance to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party .
The position of the two main parties is not helped by the fact that between them they have 270 million euros in non-performing loans, which have been serviced since January 2013, making them technically bankrupt.
With the prime minister announcing new taxes on food, property and cigarettes, the chances that his New democracy party will fall from second place to third place behind SYRIZA and Golden Dawn should not be ruled out.
Whatever the final tally is poor results in May's elections will further increase pressure by party supporters and backbench MPs on PM Antonis Samaras and deputy PM Evangelos Venizelos to step down, so opening the way to more instability and the possibility of new national elections in the summer.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Day We Fight Back. February 11 2014
"In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight."
thedaywefightback.org/
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight."
thedaywefightback.org/
Saturday, February 08, 2014
Lord save us from the fury of the Northmen; The official EU prayer(southern version)
Lord save us from the fury of the Northmen" The official EU prayer (southern version), a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.
"A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine"
The Day We Fight Back. February 11 2014
"In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight."
thedaywefightback.org/
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight."
thedaywefightback.org/
"12 dead on Farmakonisi. Coast guard = Murderers"
"Amnesty International expresses its profound concerns over the loss of life of migrants and refugees
including several small children near the island of Farmakonisi on 20 January 2014. In the early hours of
Monday, 20 January 2014, a fishing boat carrying 28 migrants and refugees including many small
children capsized and sank near the island of Farmakonisi. The group consisted of 25 Afghans including
ten children aged between one and nine years old and three Syrians. "
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR25/002/2014/en/60426d...
"By order of Samaras 3,000,000 uninsured" Greeks protest health cuts
"By order of Samaras 3,000,000 uninsured" Greeks protest health cuts, a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.
Under the leadership of prime minister Antonis Samaras 1 in 3 Greeks are now unable to access basic public health care as they no longer have health insurance.
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