Back from Sölden!

October 28th, 2008 • Blogging, Editorials
Tags: Alpine Skiing, Esperos, Sölden

Hey guys! I’m back from Sölden, the opening World Cup Giant Slalom race of the 2008/9 season and I can say that it was great! Not only the atmosphere was great, but also the people, athletes and parties! Lot’s of parties and drunk people because of too much beer, heh!

Besides ski training with Esperos and the perfect snow and weather conditions, I’ve got lots of autographs in two (one big and one small) posters! There were too hard to find (really) and I am very happy, because if you think it, I am the only guy in Greece who has them with so many autographs. Yay!

By the way, you can see two videos on my Youtube account, one with Bode Miller and the other with Aksel Lund Svindal. Both were shooted in the BIB Draw on Saturday. Also don’t forget to see my photos, in the Flickr set I created.

P.S.: I picked a new avatar for my web profiles. I think it’s cool, huh?

Review: Google Web History

October 22nd, 2008 • 1 comment Reviews, Web
Tags: Google, Google Account, Google Search, Review

How many times you found a great website with a search term you don’t remember now? How many times you were thinking “this great site which I don’t remember it’s name”? Well, Google (once again) has the right answer.

Do some Google search -the query can be whatever you want- while signed-in with your Google (Gmail) account. Click on some results you find interesting and then check google.com/history. There, there will be all your search activity. The terms you searched for, the results you clicked on and Google Reader-like trends system in which you see your search activity; search queries related to yours and some other cool features.

You can also pause your log and resume afterwards. Not only this, you can also “star” (just like Gmail and Google Reader) results you find interesting and helped you find what you want.

By default, Google Web History logs only your search queries and clicks on results. If you want though, you can expand your logging services, by installing Google Toolbar, in order to get more personalized image searches or search sites you have already visited and other features. Though as an idea it’s interesting, I don’t recommend it, because firstly, I don’t like using toolbars -the slow the browser, the shrink your website view and in general they are not so much useful, don’t worth a download/install- and secondly because Google Web History it’s enough good as it is.

Concluding, I recommend using this Google product because it can be really helpful in your web feature. Who knows? Sometime in the future, you may want again to visit “this great site with the photoshop tutorial about hardcore image manipulation”.

Συνδυάζοντας σχολείο και blogging

October 19th, 2008 • 1 comment Editorials
Tags: Editorial

Τις τελευταίες βδομάδες όπως παρατηρήσατε, δεν ανεβάζω πολλά post στο blog όπως επίσης έχει πέσει και η συμμετοχή μου σε Twitter, Delicious και Digg. Γενικά όλο μου το web ego είναι λίγο πεσμένο.

Και ο λόγος? Το σχολείο και οι υποχρεώσεις που προέκυψαν είναι γενικά πολλές. Ευτυχώς όμως, που την επόμενη βδομάδα τελιώνει η “εποχή των τεστ” και θα ψιλοχαλαρώσω με την όλη την κατάσταση. Εννοώ ότι δεν θα είμαι τόσο πιεσμένος. Αφού ακόμα δεν είδα αναλυτικά τα καινούργια Macbooks που ανακοινώθηκαν την Τρίτη και έχω να διαβάσω feeds στον Google Reader από την προηγούμενη Παρασκευή.

Anyhow, την Πέμπτη φεύγω για Sölden με τον Έσπερο για να δούμε τον εναρκτήριο World Cup αγώνα της φετινής σεζόν. Γυρνάω Δευτέρα αργά βράδυ με πολλές φωτογραφίες για Flickr -α, υπάρχει και ένα ξεχασμένο batch από το Hintertux τον Αύγουστο που δεν ανέβασα ακόμα, οπότε θα τα ανεβάσω και τα δύο μαζί. Θα έχει και internet το ξενοδοχείο που θα μείνουμε, οπότε θα keep up μαζί σας.