Cats have nine lives, or so everybody says. I’m not a cat, yet I’m in my third (lease on) life now. Two weeks ago, on our second day of a short vacation in Germany I felt dizzy, with some other symptoms that are best described as feeling “queer” or as the Germans say “komisch”....
Read more →ERT’s fine journalists had me cringe again today. Consider the following quotes from a recent article: According to results of two recent gallops, the ND party is firmly in the lead against PASOK party and… In a gallop conducted by Public Issue on behalf of Skai channel and Kathimerini newspaper, and finally… Another...
Read more →I told you that I was trying to entice Aretússa to write down the little stories that she keeps telling us so that I could publish them on my weblog. Well, Aretússa didn’t hesitate long. This morning I found the following in my mailbox. Without further ado, and by way of introducing Aretússa, I...
Read more →No es amor, no es amor, es una obsesion. I find this tune, a house remix by Aventura, pretty addictive. I got it on my newly acquired iPod Shuflle, a present given to me by my friend Petros. Petros used to be my downstairs neighbour, then a CS student at the UOC, who initiated...
Read more →We’re moving to a new address. The place we currently live in has become a bit problematic. First there was the (forced) public sale in April of 4 of the 8 appartments. Then 2 months later the owner put out adverts for the remaining 4 appartments. None of them have been sold yet, but...
Read more →Today Birte is moving out and I have promised to give the movers a hand with the heavy stuff. She lives on the first floor and since the elevator has not been fixed, we have to carry everything down the stairs. In the meantime I also have to contact Tellas for the new ADSL...
Read more →It looks like the Greek lifestyle doesn’t agree with a lot of electronic gear. I didn’t mention it before, but I haven’t had a lot of luck lately, electronically speaking. There was the defective battery in my Macintosh Powerbook back in spring. Small problem you would say, and it would be, except in Greece....
Read more →Blunder! Blunder! Blunder! How could I have forgotten to mention that this other fast-moving, high-powered, steam-rolling (how on earth does one roll steam?) invasion force that goes by the name of G&T Productions (just a cover for their real identity Frans-and-Nadine) are also preparing their second coming in a couple of weeks?
Read more →Many people have asked us what we thought of the Olympic Games, just in case you only just now crawl out from under some rock, this year to be held in Athens (some of them games also take place in Thessaloniki, Patras and our own Iraklio, none in Olympos though, funny enough). Most of...
Read more →There is a new virus out! Maybe it’s a worm too! Or another infectuous disease, I don’t know. It’s not in full swing yet, but reportedly 25.000.000 machines are already infected. Compared to this, the MyDoom virus/worm strain is peanuts. The bugger is called incredimail and it’s the biggest pain in the lower back...
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