Change process name in python (POSIX only, using dl module)

>>> import dl
>>> libc = dl.open(‘/lib/libc.so.6′)
0
>>> libc.call(‘prctl’, 15, ‘CRAP’, 0, 0, 0)
0
now our process is called CRAP

George Michael – Amazing (Patience Album)

“So now I walk in the midday sun
I never thought that my saviour would come
I think it’s amazing
I think it’s amazing…”

Schumann, Arabesque, Op 18 – Leicht und zart – Minore I – II

Great sound by Maurizio Pollini in this magnificent piece by Robert Schumann.

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and I travel

Afghanistan rebuilds Bamyan Buddha statues

Afghanistan rebuilds Bamyan Buddha statues

Windows Vista Speech Recognition MESS (must see this cool new feature)

After Blue Screen of Death in Windows 98, now we have this cool new feature (and it actually works) called Voice Recognition. Watch it yourself if you don’t believe me. It is amazing.

Or as a Windows Setup would say: “Sit back and relax. Windows just got better.” instead of saying: “Please don’t read what I have to say, afterall you’re gonna format and reinstall so many times, you’ll have the chance to read it the second or the third or the n-th time”

Google Maps on Athens (Greece): Quality Assurance is zero

They couldn’t even get the name of the international airport right!

Ο διεθνής, η διεθνής, το διεθνές. Πάμε όλα τα παιδάκια στην 3η Δημοτικού να τα μάθουμε. Με το ένα, με το δυο, με το τρία.

Α Ρ Π Α Χ Τ Ε Σ του Google

Τα έχω ξαναπεί, απλά όχι και το Ελ. Βενιζέλος λάθος! Η Μ Α Ρ Τ Ο Ν

ΥΓ. κι αν κάποιος βιαστεί να μου πει, ότι τα πήραν από Ελληνική εταιρία τα στοιχεία και ότι αυτοί είναι που φταίνε, τότε θα του πω να πάει να χωστεί που λένε και στην Κρήτη, γιατί όπως λένε και στην υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα: “Δείξε μου τον φίλο σου, να σου πω ποιος είσαι”

Google Maps names on Athens are for a ten years old boy to laugh at. My hips don’t lie

Coca Cola Lite Caffeine Free

the only reason to move in to US

Tefeli (Τεφέλι) on Google Maps

Tefeli’s Gymnasium, Location Where I Visit for Summer

Tefeli from above

NOTE: at the time of writing (August 06) Google Map Images are too old and don’t show the very recent modern road that is left to the village

Google Maps full of Typos in Athens

Γέρακας are you sure? maybe it is Γέρακασ

Also whatever happend to tonos?

is it Σπάτων or Σπατών;

(apart from the typos and the desultoriness, I also noticed some errors on the directions on some main roads. I won’t list them here, it’s not my job to afterall).

The Doors – People Are Strange

People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down

When you’re strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange
No one remembers your name