Petros was born in Greece, studied Computer Engineering at the Technical University of Crete and then moved to the far, cold north for his Master’s degree in Software Engineering of Distributed Systems at the KTH in Stockholm. He came to Berlin for a weekend holiday and ended up staying for almost two decades.
As a programmer, he has worked for companies specializing in everything, from smart homes and printer drivers to sex toys and synths.
Influential works
Music
- The Beatles – Red Album
- Rainbow – Rainbow Rising
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
- Sepultura – Roots
- Soulfly – Soulfly
- Τρύπες – Μέσα στη Νύχτα των Άλλων
- Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Comics
- Hugo Pratt – The Ballad of the Salty Sea
- Quino – Mafalda
- Arkas – The Rooster
- Reiser – Gros Dégueulasse
- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons – Watchmen
- Alejandro Jodorowsky & Moebius – The Incal
- Alejandro Jodorowsky & Juan Giménez – Metabarons
- Masashi Kishimoto – Naruto
Novels
- Isaac Asimov – Foundation series
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- Nikos Kazantzakis – Christ Recrucified
- Maria Iordanidou – Loxantra
- Philip K. Dick – Ubik
- Ursula K. Le Guin – The Dispossessed
- George R. R. Martin – A Song of Ice and Fire
Petros minutiae
- Old-schooler
- Loves lemons and spaceships
- He is passionate about metal and comics
- The only instrument he has ever tried to learn is darbuka and drums on pillows
- Prefers analog board games to electronic ones (except for some ’90s adventure computer games)
- Loves big tables with lots of food, wine and good company (Mediterranean style)
- Soup lover unlike his favorite comic heroine Mafalda