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Kostas Stergiou

Kostas Stergiou is a Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was the former Director of the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters of HCMR (2013-2021).He has research interests on fish and fisheries ecology, modeling and forecasting, ecosystem management, and bibliometrics. He has contributed more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and several other publications (see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k8hb4pIAAAAJ).Since 2008 and 2015 he developed the home cinema and smart home hobbies and has installed different home cinema setups in two different houses which have lately been transformed to smart ones.
Movies, actors and directors

Die Hard: dialogues are superb

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe dialogue is an important element of a movie scenario. It contributes to character development, advances the plot and builds the required tension for the viewer. The dialogues of Die Hard are real diamonds. The penetration of humor makes them more entertaining and effective. Even idle chit chat allows us Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 27, 2024 ago
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Setting up a HTPC as the heart of the home cinema: the hardware (2/3)

Reading Time: 3 minutescontinued from here Motherboard and Processor The motherboard and the processor, or CPU, are two of the most important parts of a PC. The motherboard is the heart of a computer that connects all the components and peripherals together. The CPU is the brain of the computer. It executes instructions Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 21, 2024 ago
Movies, actors and directors

Who is more famous: Seagal, Van Damme

Reading Time: 2 minutesBruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are all iconic action heroes for the 1980s and 1990s. Each one has its own idiosyncrasy and personal style of acting. Yet, all three have contributed some of the best action movies ever made, which are nowadays considered classic. In the last decades, Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 19, 2024 ago
Movies, actors and directors

Who is more famous: Bruce, Arnold or Sylvester

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Ngram tool Michel et al. (2011) produced the online tool Ngram. Ngram produces a graph in which the y-axis shows how many times a phrase occurs in a corpus of books (making up about 6% of all books ever printed; Lin et al. 2012) relative to all remaining phrases Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 17, 2024 ago
Smart home cinema

Apple AirPods Pro 2

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA pair of good headphones, both over the head and earbuds, with good noise cancelation is an essential accessory for our home cinema room. There are times when we must keep the sound in the home cinema room at very low levels, e.g., late at night when our younger family Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 8, 2024 ago
Movies, actors and directors

Cinemas in Vienna during Christmas

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI visited Vienna from the 29th of December till the 6th of January 2024. The New Year eve was impressive as is Vienna in general.         During all these days I continuously walked throughout the city, enjoying the Viennese coffee and hot chocolate, strudels, krapfen, sachertorte, and Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 2, 2024 ago
Smart home cinema

Smart lightning: meet the Govee Neon Led Strip

Reading Time: 2 minutesSmart lighting is essential for home cinema (see previous posts). One elegant smart light which is essential for the decoration and function of the home cinema room is the Govee Neon Led Strip Light.         This strip is very flexible. It can take a plethora of shapes. Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsJanuary 2, 2024 ago
Movies, actors and directors

We love Bruce: Why Die Hard is the best Christmas movie

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a previous post I discussed why Die Hard is one of the best action movies. In this post I will show why it is also the best Christmas movie. Die Hard is also a love story Die Hard is also a unique love story. The Nakatomi Corporation, that separated Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsDecember 26, 2023 ago
Movies, actors and directors

We love Bruce: Why Die Hard is one of the best action movies

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe movie Die Hard is an action thriller. It appeared in the cinemas 35 years ago, in 1988 (by Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures). The protagonist The protagonist is the one and only Bruce Willis. He plays John McClane, a New York City police officer who joins his Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsDecember 24, 2023 ago
Smart home cinema

Setting up a HTPC as the heart of the home cinema: the hardware (1/3)

Reading Time: 3 minutesA windows PC is for me the heart of the home cinema. It has the power to handle everything related to home cinema including gaming. Its use is easy, and most people know how to use it. The main parts of the Home Theater PC (HTPC) are the case, the Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsDecember 21, 2023 ago

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