Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 February 2013

My laptop has a story to tell

This is a success story from a year ago, which at the time I was very hyped writing about it, but postponed it until I processed and edited the video I took of the process.

Well, guess what. One year later, the video has not been edited yet.
So, I thought of talking about the story without the video, for now at least.


Monday, 26 November 2012

Repairing my Magsafe T connector

As I already have mentioned, the power cord of my laptop was cut because of too much use and twisting. I needed to fix it, because I need my laptop to work. (And have access to my previous work too)

So I searched for options:
a) buy a new adaptor
b) give it for repair
c) repair it myself

Guess what I chose.^^

Thursday, 31 May 2012

What have you been surfing about lately?

Exam period means procrastination, and procrastination means internet surfing. And of course this time is no exception although considerably less than other times. So the inspiring and educational things I have to show you today can be summarized in the following: TED Talks, Mario Testino photoshoots, comics, articles, patterns and an interesting discovery.


Sunday, 9 May 2010

Gedanken

It's amazing.... really.

Today I was thinking about motivation and determination. And the lack of them this very moment. Yet, without an answer, or a clear image of the situation now, I just thought of doing what I do everyday, browse through internet, while in the same time, wondering what have I become, who I want to become in the future, what the hell am I doing -- not working or studying.

And then,

a sudden realization. It's only natural not to be motivated in uninteresting things. And I should brake free from all the stereotypes I was raised with.

What I study, is useful almost everywhere, yes, but is not interesting with the meaning of knowing or understanding the world. It's a field created by humans and developed by them. Don't misunderstand. I like being an engineer, I like solving problems, and why not, use my creativity now and then.

But I also like the feeling of understanding the world, of the nature that surrounds us, of people beside us. That is the world of a scientist. Aren't engineers supposed to have both? Qualities of scientists and engineers? Why the hell is that not happening??? Why is everything in the faculty so boring?

And what should I do to obtain both and be happy?

 
Also, what's more, while being young, I got used to the idea of judging 'how good people are in a field' by the number of studies they had, high scores and how much they have studied something. But in later years I realized that a sheet of paper or a number do not prove anything. But instead of feeling calm about it, I fell - and still fall- in despair. I immediately question myself: Fuck the others, what are YOU doing? And the answer I get: NOTHING. I always get the feeling that I learn absolutely nothing from my faculty, and this year I have quite abandoned it, because of the many trips I do. Ok, you will think, what's the problem with this? For me it's a big one, because one of my life dreams is to be successful to what I choose to do, and also to gather as much knowledge as possible. My judgement about the situation right now is one: SLACKING. And I hate this. And here comes the determination part. I have lost any kind of determination, and that's not like me. I have always had the will to do everything, however tiring or boring it was.

All in all, I feel like a different person, like I have lost myself. And I wonder, how am I going to solve this?




ps: most of the above, are some of the reasons why I am so much involved in knitting...

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Inspiration

Χτές πέρασα μια μέρα, μπροστά στον υπολογιστή.
Μετά τα γερμανικά, δεν έκανα τίποτε άλλο. Σάπιζα στον υπολογιστή και χωμένη στα σκεπάσματα του κρεβατιού μου, διαβάζα εφημερίδες, έβλεπα βιντεάκια στο ted.com, έψαχνα στο threadbanger.com διάφορα projects, για ιδέες και μελλοντικά.. δημιουργήματα. :) Επίσης κοίταγα και για ιαπωνικά βιβλία, μπας και βρώ τίποτα της προκοπής να αγοράσω...

Το αποτέλεσματα όλων αυτών ήταν να έχω τέτοια υπερένταση που να μην θέλω να κοιμηθώ και να θέλω να ξεκινήσω να φτιάξω τα πάντα, να τα έχω έτοιμα μέχρι το επόμενο πρωί. Για διάβασμα; ούτε συζήτηση φυσικά! Μόνο σήμερα σάπισα στο διάβασμα. (για την ακρίβεια δεν έχω τελειώσει ακόμη -- γκρρρ ατελείωτες δομές!!!) Και τώρα που το θυμάμαι,  αύριο πρέπει να διαβάσω και γερμανικά. Και έχω πολλά να κάνω... :(

Anyway, από το ted talks αυτή την φορά δεν ενθουσιάστηκα τόσο, αν και είδα αρκετά βιντεάκια -- μερικά μου την έδωσαν κιόλας, αλλά τι να κάνεις.. --, υπάρχει όμως ένα αρκετά καλό και ενημερωτικό. Πρόκειται για μια ομάδα που ασχολείται με ρομποτική και στο βίντεο παρουσιάζονται τα ρομπότ που φτιάχνουν και ο τρόπος με τον οποίο δουλεύουν. Το βρίσκω αρκετά ενδιαφέρον, μιας και στην Άγκυρα είχαμε κάνει και εμείς κάτι παρόμοιο, είχαμε φτιάξει ρομπότ που συμμετείχε σε διαγωνισμό ρομποτικής (άλλο επίπεδο βέβαια).


Και αφήνοντας τα περί ρομποτικής και τεχνολογίας, στο ThreadBanger, βρήκα το εξής DIY βιντεάκι, το οποίο εξηγεί πως να φτιάξεις εύκολα και γρήγορα kirigami λουλούδια:





Όσον αγορά τα βιβλία που ανέφερα... σήμερα έπεσε στα χέρια μου το παρακάτω βιβλίο:


Το οποίο είναι καταπληκτικό!!! Και μόνο που αντίκρυσα τις παρακάτω φωτογραφίες, μου έφτανε για να το ερωτευτώ!



Και δεν το συζητώ, εννοείται ότι θα τα πλέξω!! Ειδικά το φόρεμα και το neck warmer. Βέβαια για να γίνει αυτό, χρειάζεται πρώτα χρόνος!! Θα τον βρώ όμως, που θα μου πάει ο άτιμος..

Ε, όπως βλέπετε μάζεψα αρκετή έμπνευση, ας ελπίσουμε να την αξιοποιήσω, και σύντομα!





Wednesday, 3 March 2010