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Πρόσφατα είχα την τύχη να ταξιδέψω στις δύο από τις τρεις βαλτικές χώρες, τη Λιθουανία και τη Λετονία. Πιο συγκεκριμένα επισκέφθηκα τις πρωτεύουσες αυτών των δύο χωρών, το Βίλνιους και τη Ρίγα, αντίστοιχα. Παραθέτω μερικές εντυπώσεις, όχι τόσο ταξιδιωτικές, όσο πολιτισμικές.

√ Apr 14th, 2008

Video: It's Not Just Miss South Carolina

This is bad. [via FP] √ Apr 14th, 2008

New version of Notepad2 is out

Minor update to Florian Balmer’s excellent replacement to notepad.exe. (It’s news because it hadn’t seen an update in ages; not that it needed one, though.) √ Apr 10th, 2008

Not your average "The Godfather" poster

This one is drawn using the movie’s entire script. Brilliant. [via] √ Apr 10th, 2008

The Paradox of Perfectionism

Moreover, the perfectionist’s creative process is so tiresome that he or she will lose motivation fast. If each blog post takes three hours to be written, formatted, and thought-out perfectly, you’ll publish less often and you’ll discard a lot of ideas that could’ve been great. This is the paradox of perfectionism: your best work is produced when you’re not striving towards perfection. Being a perfectionist is so de-motivating that you’ll wind up producing less and never create the masterpiece that realizes your full creative potential.

This post resonates completely with me. Trying to be less of a perfectionist is something that I strive to do daily, though it’s HARD WORK. [via] √ Apr 9th, 2008