World of GreeceCraft

The following picture, which I created last night after coping with some boredom, is dedicated to those who are both familiar with the Scarlet Monastery instance in World of Warcraft AND the recent breakout of a scandal concerning a greek monastery called Vatopedio... The Greek goverment decided to put taxes on the wealth of Church, and the priests are feeling... somewhat disturbed. Perhaps the best solution is raiding and looting! :P Special thanks to Kostas "Starfighter" (don't kill me) for igniting my inspiration, through a Facebook comment!

Exclusive! New instance loading screen: Vatopedium Monastery

Flowish

Sometimes, as I work (or not) on something, either at workplace or at home, there are bits of thoughts and feelings which seem to just instantly flow through me and then they're gone. Like a millisecond's glimpse of a past life, only that I know it is of this one. Those still memories and emotional sparks, are hard to keep up with, because they fade as fast as they appear, like dreams in the morning. But their significance feels huge (cough). I need to catch up with them, it's not much different than trying to catch a fly with a beer-cup. They sometimes seem like little jars containing life, waiting to be grasped while on air, expecting to be opened and examined.

Z-day, strikes and... torrents.

Gamato.info is - sorry, was, probably, the largest Greek torrent site around. A few days ago it was shut down by the police and some of its administrators were arrested. The police states that the money lost from the illegal content shared from the tracker has been almost 2 billion euros.

Its users claim that this is a tiny amount, compared to what the government has stolen from the Greek people the last 20 years, a situation that has brought the country near the edge of bankruptcy.

Today the first Z-day 2010 events for the Zeitgeist movement (http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/) take place in Greece at Syntagma Sqr. at 17:00...

...and Coincidentally, protesting against the shut-down of the most famous greek torrent website/tracker "Gamato.info" takes place at the same time and place.

All these happen the very next day after one of the most important strikes that took place in Greece, against the new harsh economical measures the government tries to settle, in order to increase its income.

Interesting times for Grecia, right?

Windows Live - Now Playing plugin for Foobar v1

It took me a little while but I discovered a plugin for displaying the current playing song from the Foobar player in Windows Live Messenger, that works with foobar versions 1.0 and above :)

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=66346

White Noise

Nothing can be everything all of the time and exist in peace. As in sound. All frequencies together simply produce noise. It's funny, though, how all colors simply produce pure white, which is never perceived as noise. Maybe this means that only "light" has the power to be everything at the same time and get away with it.

Musical Ignition

Τελικά έχει διαφορά το αν θα ξεκινήσεις τη μέρα σου ακούγοντας Opeth και Pain Of Salvation ή το soundtrack της ταινίας “Amelie”. Πάντα επιδίωκα να ακούω μουσική που θεωρούσα ότι αντιπροσώπευε την εσωτερική μου κατάσταση, ενώ σπάνια θα προσπαθούσα να κάνω το αντίστροφο, δηλαδή να προσαρμόσω την ψυχική μου κατάσταση στη μουσική. Εδώ που τα λέμε δεν θέλει και ιδιαίτερη προσπάθεια. Ούτως ή άλλως η μουσική σε επηρεάζει. Αλλά τι κάνεις αν λατρεύεις ένα καταθλιπτικό συγκρότημα και θες να νιώθεις και όμορφα; Η αλήθεια είναι ότι δεν είναι όλες οι στιγμές ίδιες, και σίγουρα δεν θα θες πάντα να νιώθεις σαν τις πεταλούδες την άνοιξη ούτε σαν τον κακό σου τον καιρό. Και τα νεύρα είναι απαραίτητα για την ομαλή λειτουργία του πνευματικού μας οργανισμού, και η θλίψη, και η μελαγχολία, και η σύγχυση, γιατί υποτίθεται ότι ωθούν σε ψυχική ενδυνάμωση. Και μετά έρχονται και οι πεταλούδες. Λαλα. Χοχοχο.

Zoned

Let me introduce you to Zoned's music...

Taken from his website:

"The material you find here is my creation. Mostly conjured with Reason 4, my steadfast PCR-800 MIDI keyboard, the awesome Echo Mia MIDI soundcard, and nighttime jammin' ...

And, should this music please you so much you want to use it for something, don't hesitate! It's free-as-in-beer to use. However, you must give me credits for the work (obvious). Also, the music cannot be used for a commercial project. :'D"

Social Wallpapering

Here's something for all us wallpaper lovers :) It is a nice effort to organize high-resolution wallpapers from around the web, for more technical details you can check the FAQ in their website.

http://www.socwall.com

A post-punk/coldwave/synthpop blog

A neightbour (and friend!) of mine suggested the following blog as a source of some rare pieces of "post-punk, coldwave, synthpunk, minimal wave, synthpop, and various other combinations of these styles.", as it says over there. So here's the link, enjoy ;)

http://systemsofromance.blogspot.com/

Suburbia

It is a funny feeling, sitting here, in the suburban railway of Athens, typing down random bloggy stuff on a netbook, while watching the buildings and the compiled garbage in the corners of streets move back in time. Now playing: Pain of Salvation - In The Flesh. And now it moves faster and faster. I hope the destination is not dark and cold.

Where are we going? Where are we coming from? "Next station: ROUF" - the stream of thought is violently interrupted by the 180dB loud voice of the driver.