2022
CAC installation weekend
24 SeptemberCAC Work in Progress
22 SeptemberGoose's first grooming
21 September🎂 Happy birthday to me!
20 SeptemberGutter installation
16 SeptemberBrandhaus Openhaus
15 September🐕 Goose Homecoming!
11 SeptemberFirst hockey practive with coache Matthew Ford
9 September✈️ Alekos going back to SF
6 September🐕 Met Goose!
5 SeptemberAlekos + Vic HVAC install
2 September✈️ Alekos visiting
1 September🎂 Alex nameday!
30 August👰 Wedding Anniversary!
21 AugustLost playoffs from the Pirates
20 August🎂 Elvis Anniversary. 🎸 RHCP
19 AugustFirst playoff game against the North Stars. Won 6-1
15 August🏢 Back to work
8 August🌴 Back from vacation
6 August😎 Paros arrival
30 July🌴 Protaras, CY vacation
25 July✈️ Flight to Pafos, CY. Stay at Panik
21 July🎆 Holidays begin. RO roadtrip
16 July🎂 Mom bday!
14 July🎂 Vasia bday!
11 July✈️ 2nd attempt to RO
5 JulyFlight cancelled. Stuck in 🇬🇧
2 July✈️ to RO
1 July👶 Matias Luca was born
29 JunePride Parade!
26 June🎸 Rockabilly ensemble recital
24 JuneWelcome Isaac Nealey at ANL
13 JuneRelative Premiere
8 June4 JuneNicky's B-day party
3 JuneWelcome Jason Ortiz at ANL
1 June👰 Vasi & Kevin's Wedding
29 May👰 Jac & Ian's Wedding
28 May🏠 Anniversary!
26 May✈️ to ATL. Jac & Ian's wedding
25 MayStranger Things pop up
23 MayHellenic Parade
22 MayNarciso DEMO day
13 May🚌 ANL Bus Tour
12 MaySAIC fashion show
7 MayECP Annual Meeting
5 May✈️ Alekos Mainelaos leaving town
2 MayVasia off to Jac's Bachelorette party Alekos Mainelaos ✈️ in!
29 May🐰 Happy Greek Easter!
24 AprilPreview: The Other Art Fair
21 April🐰 Vasia's parents arrived for Easter
15 AprilTodd leaving for the retreat in Chico
21 March💼 After 1.5y I have an office at ANL!
17 MarchTodd arriving in Chicago
16 March✈️ Back to Chicago
13 MarchTodd arriving in SF
11 MarchSubmitted paper at WOIV
7 March🎂 Happy birthday Nikos!
6 March🌲 Weekend at a cabin in Yosemite
4 March✈️ Travel to Oakland, CA to celebrate Katia's 30th. 🎉 Happy bday!
3 March💼 ANL re-opens!
28 February🎸 Dropkick Murphys
26 FebruaryANL will re-open on Feb 28th
17 February❤️ Happe Valentine's Day to my better half, Vasia
14 February🏈 Super Bowl LVI
13 February🐶 Day trip to Toledo, OH to meet Stella
12 February🎂 Happy bday Todd!
19 JanuaryASCR Workshop on Visualization for Scientific Discovery, Decision-Making, & Communication
18 January⛸️ Blackhawks Road Watch Party!
17 JanuaryFirst private 🎸 lesson with Alex
7 January🎈 Happy Nameday Laz!
6 January💼 Back to the lab
4 January🎉 Happy New Year!
1 January2021
🎅 Merry Christmas!
25 December🎄 Xmas lab closure
24 December💉 COVID-19 booster!
20 December🎸 Covers for Cover live
11 December🍻 Happy hour with VIS folks at Prost
3 December🍺 Picking up Advent Calendar from Marz
27 NovemberSAUCED Night Market
19 November🍷 Beaujolais Nouveau Release day
18 NovemberSuperComputing 2021 kick-off
15 November🍰 Happy Nameday! Dinner at Bavette's
11 NovemberVIS & LDAV kick-off
25 October🍕 lunch with the ALCF folks!
15 OctoberFamily visit is over. Mom and dad ✈️ back to 🇷🇴
10 October🚧 Basement gym almost done. Drywall is up. Thanks dad!
9 October🎉 Launched VIS/HCI deadline page
8 October🎉 First steak 🍖 on the new BBQ. Delicious!
7 OctoberMet with Jac and Ian for brunch
2 October✈️ Laz and Silvi flying back to 🇷🇴
30 September🎉 LDAV Early Career Researcher Lightning Talk accepted
27 SeptemberFirst ribs, pulled pork 🍖 on the smoker. Yummy
26 SeptemberSpending my 🎂 with my family!
20 September🎸 Guns N' Roses @ Summerfest with Laz and Silvi
18 SeptemberFamily arrives from 🇷🇴 Dad stuck in 🇹🇷
17 September🎸 Zac Brown Band: The comeback Tour
10 September🎉 LDAV Poster accepted
7 September✈️ to 🇺🇸
28 August💒 Wedding day! Best day of my life
21 August🎂 Happy anniversary!
19 August✈️ to 🇬🇷
31 July🎉 James Morrissette wins second place at the ACT-SO Nationals
15 JulyHappy 🎂 mom!
14 July🎂 Vasia's bday dinner at Piccolo Sogno.
11 JulyJames presented his ACT-SO project
7 JulyMet with Kouf family for dinner
17 JuneMoving out from LSD to RF. Next chapter begins!
11 JuneBought a new 🏠! Keys in hand
25 May✈️ Back to Chicago
22 May🎂 Happy nameday to to mom and Vasia's father!
21 May✈️ Flight to Bucharest to spend weekend with Laz
20 May✈️ Flying back to Athens
17 May✈️ Flying to Paros for wedding preparations
17 May🥚 Happy Greek Easter
2 May✈️ Flight to Greece for Vasia's father surgery
23 AprilOffer accepted!
18 AprilSubmitted an offer for a single family home
16 April💉 Vaccination day!
26 MarchHappy (from home) St. Patrick's day 🍻
17 MarchRefinished the LSD bathtub
4 MarchFirst time out since the pandemic started! Lottie's Pub 🍻
21 February💋 Hapy vday to my other half, Vasia
14 FebruaryMeeting with Costa Lembessi, 11 years after!
6 FebruaryBack to PS1 after almost an year
5 February🏤 Capitol insurrection. Sad day for democracy. Laz nameday
6 January🎸 Back to Rockabilly Ensemble
5 January💼 Back to work!
4 January🎉 Happy New Year!
1 January2020
🎄 Merry Christmas!
24 December😃 Last day of work!
23 DecemberJason's PhD defense. Congrats Dr. Archer!
11 December🦠Two weeks since first symptoms. Mom and dad corona-free!
1 December🏠 Bidding war. Lost house. Universe has spoken
24 November🦠Smell is gone
23 November🦠Dad posted positive for COVID-19 as well. Mom doing well
22 NovemberKick-off meeting with ACT-SO student
21 November🦠Worst fears comfirmed, mom COVID-19 positive
20 November🦠Mom feeling sick, probably has COVID-19
17 November🏠 Put an offer for the Halsted townhome
16 November1 year since Pappou's passing
13 November🎉 My nameday!
11 November🏠 Problems found with Association. Contract cancelled
4 NovemberElection day
3 November🏠 Radon test negative
27 October🏠 Inspection passed
22 October🏠 Offer accepted!
20 October🏠 Put an offer for a townhome! Fingers crossed!
19 October😢 RIP Ted Williams. You will be dearly missed
17 OctoberChicagoCHI Officer's meeting
8 October😡 Vasia's Dad needs to do a hip revision surgery on both hips
30 September💪 First day back at the gym! Training with Franci Fontanez
28 September🎂 Bday dinner at Wakamono
25 September🎂 36!
20 September🦠COVID-19 test negative
6 September🦠COVID-19 test
4 September🎉 First day at new job! (ALCF)
31 August✈️ to Chicago
30 August🎉 Dad's + my nameday
30 August🚢 to Athens. Vacation over! Dinner with parents
29 August🚢 to Paros. Meeting with Todd, Vasia's parents
22 August🎂 Happy Anniversary! 🎉
19 August🚢 to Naxos. Meeting with brother, Sylvana, parents
16 August🚢 to Santorini 🎉
12 August🦠Test negative. Woohoo!
9 August✈️ Arrived. 🦠COVID-19 test. 🚢 to Mykonos
8 August✈️ to Athens. Vacation starts
7 August🦠COVID-19 test negative. Cleared for takeoff
6 August🦠COVID-19 test
4 AugustSubmitted my two-week notice
23 July🎉 Accepted offer from ALCF
22 July🎂 Happy bday mom!
14 July🎂 Happy bday to my other half!
11 July🎆 Happy 4th!
4 July🎉 11 yeas dating anniversary at piccolo sogno
1 July🎉 Happy Father's day!
21 June🦠First time out of neighborhood. At Big Star
18 JuneDiagnozed with shoulder impingement
15 June💔 RIP Theia Konstantina
9 June🦠First time out. At Mahony's
6 June🦠Chicago moves to phase 3!
3 June💥 New website launch
2 June🦠First time driving downtown
29 May🦠Week 11 of shelter at home
29 May🦠Week 10 of shelter at home
22 May🎂 Happy nameday to my mom, aunt, and Vasia's father!
21 May🦠Week 9 of shelter at home
15 May6 months since Papu's passing
13 May🦠Week 8 of shelter at home
8 May🎂 Happy bday Laz!
6 May🦠Week 7 of shelter at home
1 May🦠First time out for curbside pickups
29 AprilHappy bday to Vasia's dad!
24 April🦠Week 6 of shelter at home
24 April🦠Shelter at home extended to end of May
23 April🐰Happy Easter!
19 April🦠Week 5 of shelter at home
17 April🦠Video meetup with John and Jason
15 AprilHappy nameday little bro!
11 April🦠Week 4 of shelter at home
10 April🦠Video meetup with Hockey Bros
5 April🦠Week 3 of shelter at home
3 AprilMigrated all websites/mail to new server
2 April🦠Not so funny April Fools' Day
1 April🦠Week 2 of shelter at home
27 March🇬🇷 Happy Greek Independence Day!
25 March🦠🎸First online Guitar class
24 March🦠Week 1 of shelter at home
20 March🦠Happy (at home) St' Patricks day
17 March🦠Last day we went out and to the gym
14 March🦠It's official - indefinite WFH
13 MarchHappy nameday Todd!
7 MarchC2E2 2020
29 February✈️Flight to Chicago
24 February💒Antonis + Lina Wedding
22 February✈️Flight to Greece
20 February💑Happy Valentine's Day
14 FebruaryWent to Qi's Jam
13 FebruaryEmergeNEXT Panel, Vasia's mom leaving
12 FebruaryTeen Innovation Summit 2020
11 FebruaryEllie's Hearing Test!
10 February🏒BOS @ CHI with Ellie
5 February🎸Buddy Guy concert
24 January🏛️Andy Warhol Exhibition
22 JanuaryStar Wars Trivia
16 JanuaryWisdom Teeth Surgery
10 January🏒NSH @ CHI
9 JanuaryHappy Nameday Laz!
6 JanuaryHappy New Year! Happy nameday to Vasia!
1 January2019
Back to work!
30 December✈️Flight to Chicago
29 December🎄Merry Christmas!
25 December✈️Flight to Athens
20 December✈️Flight to Paris. One month without Papu
13 DecemberMy beloved Papu passed away...
13 NovemberHappy nameday to me and Papu!
11 NovemberChicagoCHI chaptered!
31 OctoberACM SIGCHI chapter application sent!
19 SeptemberCHI crunch time!
18 SeptemberUbicomp over, back to CHI
14 SeptemberAt Ubicomp 2019
11 SeptemberWellcomp Workshop (Ubicomp)
9 SeptemberOff to London for Ubicomp
7 SeptemberBack to work
26 AugustOff to Chicago
24 AugustHappy Anniversary!
19 AugustOff to Bucharest
18 AugustOff to Paros, Greece
3 AugustHappy bday mom!
14 JulyAnniversary Vegas Weekend
12 JulyHappy bday Vasia!
11 JulyFriends leave (Theodore M.)
5 JulyHappy 4th!
4 JulyHappy Anniversary!
1 JulyZac Brown concert
29 JuneFriends arrive from Greece (Theodore M.)
28 JuneBob Kenyon's retirement party!
26 JuneRolling Stones concert
25 JuneGuitar Recital 🎸
18 JuneBottling the Impossible 🧙
15 JuneMaifest Chicago
2 JuneMSI After Hours: Wired to Wear
31 MayGN 150th Anniversary
30 MayMemorial Day
27 MayPrsentation at BSN/BHI
22 MayAt Cirque du Soleil's VOLTA
21 MayThe other art fair
18 MayHappy Mother's day
12 May🐰Happy Easter!
28 AprilWired to Wear VIP Event
22 MarchWired to Wear Official Opening
21 MarchWired to Wear Press Opening
20 March2018
Website redesign
28 DecemberMerry Christmas!
25 DecemberNameday!
11 NovemberStarted job @ GN A/S
24 SeptemberBack to CHI
31 AugustJimmy's Wedding 💒
25 AugustBack to Athens
23 AugustOff to Bucharest
19 AugustOff to Greece
2 AugustBack to CHI
19 JuneMike's Wedding 💒
16 JuneOff to Greece
12 JuneGraduated!
13 May2017
Rainbowed.us Launched
16 MarchmHUB Grand Opening
2 MarchSBDC Client Showcase
16 FebruaryHappy New Year!
1 JanuaryChicago Innovation Awards Reception
7 September2016
Image of Research Winner
6 SeptemberInfinity Labs Incorporated
12 MayTEDx talk
8 AprilSpiderSense @ Technori
29 MarchSpiderSense @ We Are Wearables CHI
25 FebruarySpiderSense @ All-American Makers
3 FebruaryFellowship Reception
22 JanuaryRIP David Bowie
11 JanuaryTodd left
7 JanuaryRIP Antwan McBee
3 JanuaryHappy New Year!
1 January2015
Merry Christmas!
25 DecemberTodd arrived
11 DecemberHappy Thanksgiving!
26 NovemberIt’s my nameday (and my grandfather’s)!
11 NovemberLaunched human-augmentics.org
7 NovemberStarted at Catalyze Chicago
1 NovemberHappy Halloween!
31 OctoberData Improvisations – VISAP art opening
27 OctoberTalk at MOMA (Health Related Mobile Apps)
26 OctoberBack to Chicago
22 OctoberNew York City
18 OctoberThinkChicago
15 October30th Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
8 OctoberAt FUND Conference
6 OctoberPaper due @ VR 2016
21 SeptemberBirthday!
20 SeptemberAbstract due @ VR 2016
14 SeptemberRiot Fest
11 SeptemberGreekfest!
23 AugustBack to the Windy City
22 AugustVegas Elopment with Elvis Presley
19 AugustMini-Vegas-Vacation
16 AugustLast day at MSR
14 AugustHappy 4th!
4 JulySurprise Engagement Proposal 💍
1 JulyTalk at Chicago TechWeek
26 JuneStarted Internship at MSR
25 MayVasia’s Commencement
11 MayHappy Mother’s Day!
10 May2015-2016 Dean’s Scholar Award Recipient
20 AprilConcept2Venture Competition
17 AprilHappy (Greek) Independence Day!
25 MarchNew Website Design
19 MarchApplication to MIT Media Lab submitted
15 MarchHappy (unofficial) St. Patty’s Day!
14 MarchProblems with hosting, another sleepless night
13 MarchStarted website redesign
10 MarchReceived MS Research offer
9 March