Jailbreaking a PS3: CFW or HEN?
Two completely different routes, and which of the two is possible is decided by the console's model — not by preference.
The Blog
Why the space around them never empties
There is a kind of person who doesn't register that someone is standing next to them. The strange part isn't that they exist — it's that there is always a crowd.
What makes a sport change you
A post from the Olympioi Katerinis club says wrestling costs you everything. It's right, and it is worth naming exactly what it describes.
When a like became a move
The thumb moves towards the heart and stops. How an act that cost nothing became one that has to be explained — and why silence wins.
The algorithm doesn't tell you what to think
The largest experiment ever run found that removing the algorithm doesn't change opinions. But that was never the question.
Margaret Hamilton: the engineer who built failure into the design
She died on 30 September 2026, aged 90. She wrote the software that landed Apollo 11 and coined the term software engineering.
How an acquaintance becomes a stranger without anything happening
Two people who once knew each other well pass on the street and neither looks up. No falling out, no decision — and since covid, more easily than ever.
The cockroach and the butterfly: why we choose with our eyes
This morning I saw a cockroach and killed it without thinking. A second later the question arrived: if it had been a butterfly, would I have done the same? I know the answer — and then I thought of something worse: I do the same with people.
The PHP you remember no longer exists
Property hooks, asymmetric visibility, the pipe operator, worker mode at 3× the throughput, PHPStan level 10. The criticism I hear about PHP was fair — in 2012. What actually changed, what has not been solved, and why I still choose it.
Why I started iRox
The market sells speed; nobody sells durability, because durability is invisible until the day it is missing. Why I started a small software boutique with no clients, what that choice costs me, and the mistake I missed on my own site.
The 2026 season in Paralia Katerinis: full sunbeds, lighter tills
Was this season down or up? Neither — and that is the problem. Arrivals and overnight stays matched last year, but spend per visitor fell. The numbers from the Bank of Greece, ELSTAT and the Pieria hoteliers, and the three reasons behind them.
How much coffee is there inside a four-euro freddo?
I did the arithmetic. The bean inside your freddo costs 12.5 cents — the state takes 82.8. And the whole wild ride of this year's world price, from $2.39 to $3.57, is worth five cents in the cup. Why the coffee is never the story.
Ten minutes in the morning: the De'Longhi Dedica and the ritual of coffee
I wake up and open nothing. I press a button and wait forty seconds. Why a simple machine and coffee ground at the corner shop are enough, what actually changes the cup, and what shifts when you do one thing at a time.
Where OpenCart is heading: community governance and a new version scheme
On 3 September I opened a discussion on OpenCart's GitHub. Three weeks later the project has community maintainers and a clean branch scheme. What was decided, and what it means if you run a store.
WellRox: what I learned building a booking platform
I built a platform where people book appointments at hair salons and wellness studios without calling. The hard part was not the calendar — it was availability, and the two-sided problem.
Katerini's centre is emptying while the city grows
Pieria lost 5.7% of its population. Katerini, though, grew by 12.29% — and the centre is emptying. The shelf moved into the phone, take-away coffee rose 55.5%, and 27.3% of Greeks cannot afford to go out.