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Summer festivals
I visited the Folklife festival here in Seattle over the weekend and I had a great time. I was really surprised to hear Greek music from “Children of the Revolution” who were not bad (it turns out that their lead singer is a second-generation Greek). It was a great atmosphere with lots to see but,…
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Apparently I am a traitor and not a serious person
My last post about the collision between the Greek and Turkish airplanes (there are reports that the Turkish one might not have been an F16 but an F4 with spying capabilities) got me in trouble with a couple of fellow Greeks. There was a comment about the loooong history of warfare in the region, from…
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Greek and Turkish F16s collide
Apologies for the political nature of this post but I just wanted to express my frustration for the continuing stupidity of both the Greek and Turkish sides. The people have so much in common, we are so much alike that it’s ridiculous we allow the past to dictate our future. I personally equally blame the…
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The Ice Hotel
Just watched a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the construction of the Ice Hotel. If I remember well it was featured in a James Bond movie scene few years ago. It looks like a fascinating place to visit and stay. Hmmm.
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Visiting Fellow at the University of Newcastle (or, how ‘nsp20’ came back to life 🙂
In a previous post I had mentioned how the possible visiting position at the University of Newcastle never happened. Well, Paul Watson read that post and made sure that the situation changed 🙂 I got a letter from the University‘s Human Resources department offering me a Visiting Fellow position for the next three years which, of course, I…
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How difficult can it be to comment on a technology-related legal battle on the BBC?
Without being a technology expert? “Revealed: The identity of the BBC’s latest star” is a funny story by “The Mail on Sunday”.
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Cirque du Soleil
On Thursday I went to see Varekai, a Cirque du Soleil production. It was FANTASTIC. If you ever get the chance to see them live you should (I guess their other shows are equally or even better). I am going to try to go to Las Vegas just to see their “O” show which I’ve…
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REST here, REST there, REST everywhere. Where are the REST principles though?
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my views on a WS or SOA related topic. The “Simple JAVA and .NET SOA interoperability” article at InfoQ made me want to write something again. I can’t believe someone can write so many inaccuracies in a single article. I blame the use of the term…
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8 months in Microsoft
I haven’t been blogging lately and I haven’t been following your blogs either. I am now significantly reducing the number of blogs I am monitoring (~300 were too many) and also trying to better organize my time as part of a larger set of lifestyle changes that are coming up (read below). I have now…
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WS-Addressing a REC
The addressing specification for SOAP is finally a W3C REC! That took some time 🙂 Congrats to everyone involved!