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Santa’s new helper

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:39:41 +0000

Christmas eve is coming soon, the busiest day of the year for Santa Claus
But this year, Santa has got some extra help!

Merry Christmas!

Google launches Gmail Motion

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:34:03 +0000

Tired of sitting on your desk, typing and clicking? Well, Google is changing this! Try the new Gmail Motion and you’ll never go back to the keyboard and mouse!

…but also look closer at this post’s date

It’s a small world…

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:30:20 +0000

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12 days of Christmas!

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:05:34 +0000

In anticipation of the Christmas holidays, here’s an intoxicating video I fished on YouTube. Enjoy!

I am in control

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:06:45 +0000

I’m not much into gaming consoles, but we are talking about a real breakthrough here. Last week at E3, Microsoft unveiled a revolutionary controller for the Xbox 360 console: the human body! Project Natal aims in abolishing all conventional game controllers and replacing them with… nothing! The system uses sophisticated algorithms to capture human motion and translate it in real time into input for the console. The software actually does a lot more than that: it also recognises faces, voices, and human expressions. Seems like it comes out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s real:

The dancing eyebrows

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:46:02 +0000

I’m not really a fan of Cadbury chocolate, but I love their ads! The latest one features two kids doing the “eyebrow dance” to a catchy tune! Hilarious! Watch it here:

Who can also forget last year’s gorilla-drummer ad! The facial expressions on that gorilla were simply amazing

Licensed to blog

Alexander Mikroyannidis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:21:59 +0000

Today’s User Friendly comic strip brings up a rather intriguing question about blogging:

Well, that’s the beauty of the blogosphere: you don’t have to be certified to express your views, although a bit of authority on the subject you argue about certainly doesn’t hurt