alexmikro.net » Fun http://www.alexmikro.net Tech blog by Alexander Mikroyannidis Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:38:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 12 days of Christmas! http://www.alexmikro.net/12-days-of-christmas/ http://www.alexmikro.net/12-days-of-christmas/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:05:34 +0000 Alexander Mikroyannidis http://www.alexmikro.net/?p=579 In anticipation of the Christmas holidays, here’s an intoxicating video I fished on YouTube. Enjoy! :D

]]> http://www.alexmikro.net/12-days-of-christmas/feed/ 0 I am in control http://www.alexmikro.net/i-am-in-control/ http://www.alexmikro.net/i-am-in-control/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:06:45 +0000 Alexander Mikroyannidis http://www.alexmikro.net/?p=479 I’m not much into gaming consoles, but we are talking about a real breakthrough here. Last week at E3, Microsoft unveiled a revolutionary controller for the Xbox 360 console: the human body! Project Natal aims in abolishing all conventional game controllers and replacing them with… nothing! The system uses sophisticated algorithms to capture human motion and translate it in real time into input for the console. The software actually does a lot more than that: it also recognises faces, voices, and human expressions. Seems like it comes out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s real:

]]> http://www.alexmikro.net/i-am-in-control/feed/ 1 The dancing eyebrows http://www.alexmikro.net/the-dancing-eyebrows/ http://www.alexmikro.net/the-dancing-eyebrows/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:46:02 +0000 Alexander Mikroyannidis http://www.alexmikro.net/?p=333 I’m not really a fan of Cadbury chocolate, but I love their ads! The latest one features two kids doing the “eyebrow dance” to a catchy tune! Hilarious! Watch it here:

Who can also forget last year’s gorilla-drummer ad! The facial expressions on that gorilla were simply amazing ;)

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Well, that’s the beauty of the blogosphere: you don’t have to be certified to express your views, although a bit of authority on the subject you argue about certainly doesn’t hurt ;)

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