Welcome to my site! My name is Yannis Sklikas and this is my personal blog. So what’s this all about? Well, my website is my reflection area, I share my thoughts on some events or anniversaries and talk about my experiences, especially those that have to do with travelling. I might also write something about some…
July 20 1969 – “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” It’s been already 46 years since “the Eagle has landed” on Tranquility base. This huge success was the combination of more than 10 years of effort on the Mercury and Gemini programs, that made this giant leap possible. So let’s…
It’s been exactly 4 years since the last launch of the last Space Shuttle, namely Atlantis with the flight number STS-135, marking the 135th overall flight of a Space Shuttle. So, it’s almost half a decade without the Space Shuttle and it’s already 34 years since the launch of the Shuttle Program. The recent launches of commercial…
Yes, referenda 😛 Admittedly, it took me a Google search to get the actual plural of referendum, as I myself thought it would be ‘referendi‘ 😛 Having said that, this article is just a sum up of my thoughts, on the 3 recent referenda. Starting from the Crimean referendum, on March, a trend seemed to…
Yes, the IB is finally over! These two long years finally ended with my French exam on the 21st of May. It was indeed a great delight to complete all of my exams, especially after my long study period. I had many mixed feelings initially. First and foremost, the excitement of having no lessons, especially…
President Putin proved us all wrong. Again! No one seemed to be able to deduce why Putin placed Russian troops in Crimea, while having no wish of getting involved in an ultimatum. While the situation slowly advances until Sunday, when the referendum for the independence of Crimea will take place, I would like to present…
The situation in Ukraine seems to be pretty harsh at the moment. People are afraid of a civil war and Russia has placed troops in the country. However, this situation is much more than an “Ukrainian Spring”, like the ones in Libya, Syria and Egypt. Here the international effect of the situation is directly recognisable….
The Biology field trip was a trip that our school did between the 13th and the 18th of October 2013. The purpose was to learn new things about ecology and to show this knowledge into 2 lab reports. These days involved a lot of work but they were enjoyable. We climbed a mountain, walked into…
CountdownCenter is a widget that does a live countdown for a given date… CountdownCenter is a widget that does a live countdown for a given date, which can be set by the user in the Settings application. This was an app that I made and my first one to be out for the genral public. This widget…
Arabic to Latin Number Converter Η δημιουργία αυτού του προγράμματος ξεκίνησε το Φεβρουάριο του 2012 όταν είχα δημιουργήσει τις πρώτες εκδόσεις του Latin to Arabic Number Converter, καθώς η ενασχόληση μου με αυτό το project με παρακίνησε στο να θέλω να εμβαθύνω ακόμα περισσότερο στη λογική των Λατινικών αριθμών. Ύστερα από πολύωρη και συνεχή εργασία το…