Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/09/2026“The art of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” Douglas Adams (quote from Life, the Universe and Everything) *also an explanation on how LLM/AI works 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 08/09/2026In fairness, the Renault Espace is a prime example of exceptional packaging but the bar now is so painfully low *this has nothing to do with regulations, safety etc, it's 100% a design choice 001
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 08/09/2026"the Cybercab is extremely spacious for a small car" Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/09/2026"You Can See Everything" directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. 'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors' 👀 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 30/08/2026Photo of the first S1LM physical model. Headlights are closer to the F1 than the actual S1/LM, maybe TOO close. *also a prediction: given that S1/S1LM mirror F1/F1LM production, 28 track only S1GTRs, 3 long tail S1GTs (even an optional LM inspired HDK for S1) are to be expected 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 28/08/20263-D map of the Himalaya rock-ice collapse and flood zone - a shockingly accurate depiction of the disaster zone in #Nepal ion.cesium.com/stories/view... Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 23/08/2026My personal favorite, hit me right in the feels, someone took the time to create a WORLD in Bryce 3D, one of my all time favorite software suites (and the one with the coolest UI). You can use AI with the same creativity and passion, but it is too compeling not too, resist! 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 23/08/2026Rave flyers were never appreciated as items of elevated design, there were a fringe fun area that was more of a mood than anything else. Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library www.flickr.com/photos/villa... 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/08/2026I saw the movie Hackers for the first time, ~30 years after its premiere. It is super cringe even for 1995, and easy to make fun of, but it is a genuine artifact of a time that people feel too superior to even acknowledge. *some stuff really resonate with today's world : 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/08/2026McLaren should have been the one to exploit and expand the F1 heritage, they're the proper ip owner after all. Apart from a few cosmetic trims and the bland speedtail they ignore it even if they watch it gradually achieve god like status. 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/08/2026In some ways F1 still is better than the T50 (ex. notice the whining noise inside, present at all road tests!), crazy given the time gap, budget and ambition. When G. Murray launched GMD with T.25/T.27, I expected groundbreaking products, wet got some niche F1 variants instead 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/08/2026F1 was mainly a Gordon Murray project, but the input of Peter Stephens, Ron Dennis and even Mansour Ojjeh made it what it was. T50 is similar but quite a departure in many ways. S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!) 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 14/08/2026Hot take: this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places 011
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 12/08/2026If you're missing the solar eclipse now, get ready for the total solar eclipse next year, 2 August 2027. It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e... www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola... 110
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/08/2026Gallardo & Murcielago are two of the best looking Lamborghinis ever. Luc Donkerwolke really was a worthy Gandini successor. He said that working for Lamborghini was a sharp contrast from the central european or california based design studios but the result was outstanding 110
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/08/2026partial solar eclpise - photo from 2006 nearby Athens, shot with my 5mp Sony DSC-H1 (my first digital camera!) with a custom "filter" made from two old film negatives. No tripod or zoom lens, I just wanted to see the solar eclipse without eyesight damage! Cool photos was a bonus! 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 06/08/2026De Havilland DHC-515 Production Update – Forward Fuselage and Wing Box Assembly | July 2026 full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovA... 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 03/08/2026I'm listening to my minidisc mixtapes I made 20+ years ago, such a great time capsule. Later I burned CDs mostly for listening on the car., but at some point I stopped doing it because the media changed so the timely compilation vanished, I should do this again on a monthly basis 101
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/08/2026#GoPro lifehack: if a battery suddenly dies and the camera doesn't open at all (or not even charging with this battery in) just leave it on the charger for a few hours, it's probably unbalanced and it will gradually come to life again. 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/08/2026NASA’s brand was redesigned by Richard Danne and Bruce Blackburn. Αfter the Challenger accident it was abandoned, but the worm logo was recently reintroduced (largely because it became fashionable). Unfortunately, it is almost always applied incorrectly * www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u... 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/08/2026The NASA Graphics Standards Manual* (1976) includes specific guidelines for aircraft liveries, explicitly stating that the NASA seal (let alone the meatball logo) should never be used alongside the new "worm" logo. Modernization is fine, but this is simply wrong. 111
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 30/07/2026Μετά την εξαγορά του twitter απο τον Musk ξεφύτρωσαν 2-3 κλώνοι, μινι thread με review για κάθε ένα: -- X : συνεχίζει να είναι το πιο δημοφιλές παρά το πολύ χειρότερο περιβάλλον, κυρίως απο monetized account που κάνουν σκουπιδοποστ για engagement και απειροελαχιστες βελτιώσεις 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 22/07/2026Two word review for "Disclosure day" : Insultingly bad 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/07/2026Backrooms review: you know the phrase "this meeting could have been an email", the review: this movie could have been a meme, this one below, that should have been enough 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 13/07/2026The joke "look at Tom Cruise that plays an old/fat/bald whatever guy DESPITE being so ultra fit" is stupid. Christian Bale played Dick Cheney, but behaved like Dick Cheney, not like a bald BATMAN. Being insecure with your image (after so many movies showing off!) is sad 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 13/07/2026Tom Cruise was plain silly on Tropic Thunder. If you're willing to play that role, behave as such, if you're so insecure that you have to move and dance constantly fearing someone forgets that you are Tom Cruise in disguise just don't bother. Digger looks *exactly* like that 110
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/07/2026Nothing keeps proving to the world that there's no better ROI than good design. They keep evolving their design language, making their products instantly recognizable without making them all look the same (quite the opposite) with minimal branding (despite a gazillion copycats). 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/07/2026Brief review for Obsession: I saw it a couple of days ago, I expected a fun shallow movie but it was so much more than that. It's not perfect but it's accomplished, with great performances and direction, while it works far beyond the horror plot. I fully recomend it 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 18/06/2026After this attack, there is even more pressure on Zelenskyy and Ukraine to surrender. If Ukraine does not surrender immediately, there may be no Russia left. 🎻 030
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 14/05/2026Join the rest of the internets and poke fun at the ridiculous AI filters of the new Sony #XPERIA with this Xperia AI filter simulation I just vibe coded! 🤪 (No actual upload, totally safe and free of course) xperia-ai.com 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 14/05/2026There's no other company that offers products that are so good and are simultaneously self sabotaging themselves to this extreme level. Sony should have been bigger than Apple but at the same time it is impressive that it still exists at all. x.com/sonyxperia/s... www.sony.co.uk/smartphones/... 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 13/05/2026Αυτό που λέμε στην Ελλάδα "ούπα" είναι εφεύρεση του Arthur Fischer, ιδρυτή της Fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG η οποία το 1993 αγόρασε* την Upat GmbH η οποία κατασκευάζει ανάλογα ψιψιψονια TLDR η λέξη "ούπα" είναι από το Upat (όπως λέμε χαζαπλαστ όλα τα προϊόντα λόγω της hansaplast) 101
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 11/05/2026British paratroopers jumping in to Tristan da Cunha – one of the world’s most remote communities – to deliver vital medical support for #Hantavirüs POV above the clouds (!) jump : 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/05/2026Bolide is an example of more is more done right, this Lamborghini special is what mighty car mods call "robot vomit" 100
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 17/04/2026a reminder that Russia commints war crimes *every* day 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 11/04/2026Enjoy this unedited photo of my cat, if you like it remember that this result is 99.9% gear and 0.01% skill (A7S - sigma 400mm) 110
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/04/2026All of a sudden, buying old GoPro 4 cameras doesn't look stupid anymore 🙃 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 04/04/2026NASA is using GoPro cameras for the external shots for Orion during Artemis II, but as usual with COTS great in space missions the model is a bit older than the latest one, so currently they're using GoPro hero 4 black! www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... 032
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 03/04/2026The cool thing about this photo is that the sun is behind the earth, this is the "dark side" of the earth (at that point in time) or "night" as locally called 🙃, but the high dynamic range shows the full colour and luminosity of earth 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 27/03/2026I thought you meant at the front! The rear was actually very usual for PSA cars, and was like that for decades since, it is similar in packaging to a torsion beam. However all 4x4 405s had a different layout with trailing arms and a subframe 110
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 21/03/2026Mike Melvill build a VariViggen (the first kit plane plans sold by Burt Rutan) and went to Mojave to show it to him, he was hired instantly and stayed until he became the first pilot who flew a commercially developped spacecraft into space, he was 64yo at the time. RIP legend 121
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 05/03/2026There's no better ROI for any company than good design. nothing is a great example 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 03/03/2026The late LJK Setright with his Dresda Honda CB750 *photo from the fb group dedicated to him. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BUa... 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 26/02/2026The job you do today may not exist in a couple of years, or it could become 100X more difficult to get one. Whatever you do, plan ahead. It sounds scary but it is also now or never to do what you actually want to do. 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 23/02/2026A prime example of the most pathetic stereotype on how wildlife is perceived through media. Showing the complex reality of nature is too difficult or boring so most documentaries impose a ridiculous 'story' about a mother rejecting her baby, reducing nature to a cheap soap opera 010
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 18/02/2026You can instantly judge a person's car design knowledge by their reaction to this image. If it's negative ignore their opinion. This is enough, I've yet to meet a person with educated and valued car design knowledge who doesn't appreciate the Fiat Multipla. 000
Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 16/02/2026Most movies directed by Mamoru Oshii, have a scene like this one in Patlabor 2 (1993) where a mid-action sequence forces you to take a step back, reflect on the essence of the movie, and become immersed in it. That’s why his movies are masterpieces. 000
