My next project(s)

This is my next mini project(s) will be one of the two routes:

Route #1: Starting from Agios Vasileios, take the road up to Pititsa, follow the Panachaiko Wind Farm intersection, up the farm and down to Kastritsi and eventually Rio.


Route #2: Starting from Kamares, head up and pass the Agia Eleousa monastery, follow to the Panachaiko Wind Farm intersection, up the farm and down to Kastritsi and eventually Rio.

Distance for both: ~45-50k

Elevation gain for both: 0m to 1200m to 0m.

Terrain: Asphalt, Trail

Gear:

• Good pair of running shoes
• 5lt camel backpack
• 3lt platypus water reservoir
  goes in camel backpack
  
• 2x650ml handheld bottles
  
• Cell phone
  
  
  extra battery or
  portable charger
  
  
  
• GPS
• Timer/GPS Watch
  (with return to start mode)
  
• Printed map
• Recovery bars
• gels/chews
• Saltstick + caps
• Cream crackers
  
• Cap
  
• Sunscreen

Todo:

• Will go for trail scouting to measure exact trail distance.
• Weigh all gear. Should not carry excess weight
  

More tips/information: http://www.UltRunR.com/

10 x Rio-Antirrio Bridge completed

My biggest 2009 project, to run the Rion-Antirio Bridge 10 times (~60k) was completed yesterday night after 6h37'40". It was very windy (no ferry was allowed to pass from Rio to Antirio) but it was worth it! I am proud to say that I spent over 6 hours of my life on a modern engineering marvel.

New Rio Antirio Bridge PB!

Rio-Antirio Bridge PB: 26'08"

Programming Languages List

Programming Languages List on Google Docs

My home temperature with arduino!

Purpose:
My home temperature with arduino!

URL:
http://sgez.homeip.net:888

Tools:

• Internet connected router
• Portforwarding to port 888 for ip 192.168.1.99 (arduino ethernet shield ip address)
• Arduino Duemilanove
• Arduino Ethernet Shield
• A buzzer
• Ethernet cable
• Cable connectors

Difficulty / Time to complete:
Intermediate / 30 minutes

Schematic / Arduino code:
The following abstract schematic was used:

Tutorial: First Arduino program - Kit's lights

Purpose:
Flash 4 leds from right to left and left to light.

Difficulty / Time to complete:
Beginner / 5 minutes

Tools:

• Arduino board (tested on duemilanove)
• 4 LEDs
• 1 switch
• 1 10K/.25W resistor
• Workstation with Arduino 0.017 or higher
  

Arduino code:

int leds[]={10,11,12,13};   //pins with leds
const int dl = 75;          //delay between moving
const int btn = 9;          //button pin
int btnS = 0;               //button state
int i=0;                    //general purpose counter

void setup(){
for(i=0;ipinMode(leds[i],OUTPUT);
}
pinMode(btn,INPUT);
myflash(leds,sizeof(leds),dl,false);
myflash(leds,sizeof(leds),dl,true);
}

void loop(){
btnS = digitalRead(btn);

if(btnS == HIGH){
myflash(leds,sizeof(leds),dl,false);
myflash(leds,sizeof(leds),dl,true);
delay(250);
}
else{
for(i=0;idigitalWrite(leds[i],LOW);
}
}

//myflash function: flash an array of pins to the R or L
void myflash(int arr[],int size,int delay1,boolean reverse){
int j = 0;
if(reverse==true){
for(j=(size-1);j>=0;j--){
digitalWrite(arr[j],HIGH);
delay(delay1);
digitalWrite(arr[j],LOW);
}
}
else {
for(j=0;jdigitalWrite(arr[j],HIGH);
delay(delay1);
digitalWrite(arr[j],LOW);
}
}
}

Note: After copying-pasting code to the Arduino IDE, press Ctrl+T to fix indents.

The final product (video):

Arduino - first impressions

Open source at its best (both in hardware and software)!

Pros (+):

• Nice, compact design
• Usb interface
• Broad source code from arduino.cc and other sites/blogs
• Ready-made IDE/usb drivers
• Linux/Mac/Windows portable (both IDE and PC-to-Arduino dev)
• Easy PC-to-Arduino dev via the Processing Language
• Very cheap!
• Lots of shields available!
  

Cons(-):

• Linux driver installation requires some more steps
• Addictive
• Must buy more shields (who wants to blink leds all day long?)!
  

I dual boot on my Eee PC 1000h (Windows Xp/Ubuntu 9.10b):there is a remarkable difference from the IDE to the sketch loading on the Atmel.

"Πόνος, ο"

Δύο χρήσιμα άρθρα:

ITBS

Έντονος εώς ανυπόφορος πόνος στην εξωτερική μεριά του γονάτου, φλεγμονή.

link: http://bit.ly/rwitbs

Piriformis syndrome

Έντονος Πόνος στο ισχίο.

link: http://bit.ly/rwpiriformis

Cosmote APNs for Android 1.5/1.6

The first list is for internet access, the second one defines MMS service for Cosmote (Operator in Greece):

LISTING 1 - INTERNET

Name

Cosmote Wireless Internet

APN

internet

MCC

202

MNC

01

APN type

default

LISTING 2 - MMS

Name

Cosmote MMS

APN

mms

MMSC

http://195.167.65.220:8002

MMS proxy

10.10.10.20

MMS port

8080

MCC

202

MNC

01

APN type

mms

Fields that are left as "Not set", are not mentioned because they have no values.

Works on Android 1.5 and 1.6 (> 4.2.9.1 32a magic bc1 kernel - Previous did not work for some reason - link)


More APN settings here: Cyanogenmod APN List

New 1k PB!

New 1k PB: 3'42"!