June 2010 archive

Avestan keyboard layout

Keyboard Layout - Avestan

According to Wikipedia, Avestan (pronounced /əˈvɛstən/ [1]) is an Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i.e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name. The language must also at some time have been a spoken language, but how long ago that was is unknown. Its status as a …

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Three facts about Firefox in Greece

Browser statistics for Greece, during the first half of 2010.

Since the start of 2010, Firefox and Internet Explorer were more or less head to head in Greece at about 44% each. Since the start of March 2010, Firefox increased the gains compared to Internet Explorer. The peak half-way in the graph corresponds to the Greek Orthodox Easter vacation period. The graph depicts the weekly …

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Stix Fonts, eventually out.

StixFonts in OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Insert Special Character)

The StixFonts project is a project to produce high quality fonts for academic publications. It has been in progress for over ten years and there has been a beta about two years and a half ago. At the same time there had been a discussion on the relevant license for these fonts. The first draft …

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Αεροφωτογραφίες της Ελλάδας από το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Ενέργειας και Κλιματικής Αλλαγής

Αεροφωτογραφία Ομόνοια, Αθήνα από το ktimanet.gr

Πριν λίγες μέρες ανακοινώθηκε με δελτίο τύπου από το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Ενέργειας και Κλιματικής Αλλαγής η διάθεση αεροφωτογραφιών εξαιρετικά μεγάλης ανάλυσης. Αυτή είναι η ανάλυση που προσφέρει αυτή τη στιγμή το Google maps για την Ομόνοια, Αθήνα. Ενώ αυτή είναι η ανάλυση που προσφέρει το Υπουργείο μέσω υπηρεσίας από το Κτηματολόγιο Α.Ε. Η ανάλυση για …

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