I don’t know if it is this technology or the people that use it, but my internet connection was down for 5 days once more. You might have noticed my absence. It is not a good thing at the beginning of my renewed commitment to my blog-o-sphere. Alas it can’t be helped. Ti na...
Read more →For all you English speaking fans: this is in Dutch so that a very special little person can read this too. Voor diegenen onder jullie die Joëlle niet kennen, even voorstellen: Joëlle is onze trouwste (je zou kunnen zeggen”hardnekkigste”) fan in Nederland (op de foto hiernaast is Joëlle degene die geen gekke bekken trekt,...
Read more →Judging by the number of entries in the central database that keeps track of WiFi spots worldwide, you would think that Greece is the most developed region in the wireless world. There are more entries for Greece than for the whole of the United States of America! I can’t check the accuracy of the...
Read more →Well, we’re back online, sort off, as there is no line. Remember Einstein’s cat mentioned last month? When asked to explain the then new phenomenon of radio, Einstein is said to have answered “You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and...
Read more →We interrupt this program once more to let you know that we’ve had some problems with our internet connections lately. Some problems! Fact of the matter is that we have been virtually connectionless for the last 3 weeks. Or as Onslow would say, “I’m surrounded by no internet at all”. It looks like very...
Read more →If there is one thing to mention about this week it’s that it was soooooo hot, my brain was melting. The internet weather stations have all reported temperatures in excess of 30 degrees celsius. In this office that I am about to leave any minute now it felt more like 40 degrees… On wednesday...
Read more →For all those who wondered what was going on, and for all those who stopped wondering and started yelling at me, here I am again. Physically and spiritually in excellent shape, mentally slowly going nuts. As my pal Tom said: “I hope you didn’t go out and get a job or something crazy like...
Read more →Wednesday already! It has been a week since our furniture was delivered. We’ve cleared a bit over 100 of the 136 boxes that were occupying all the rooms last week. What’s remaining in boxes is mostly powertools and computer/office stuff. There is also three more lounge chairs still packed which we purchased form IKEA...
Read more →Saturday had been a reasonably nice day. It was dry for a change and the temperature had risen to 15 degrees. I thought it would be good idea for me to go to Kastelli Kissamou on Sunday. Sunday morning greeted me with a grey sky, the type that disappears unnoticed into the equally grey...
Read more →How the heating seriously hampered my climb on the social ladder, the curtains offended my deep sense of symmetry, jobs are weak and the drachme is strong, although VAT is on and off, automated responses aren’t and the Greek government is. Let’s see, what happened this week? In random order, since there is no...
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