Yes, yes, we are still doing fine. We had a beautiful summer this year. The weather was absolutely fantastic and we practically went “camping” every weekend at some remote beach in the south of the provinces of Iraklio and Rethymno. We covered the whole stretch from Tertsá, west of Ierapetra, to Rodákino, just short...
Read more →Well, summer is over, more or less. We still have regular sunny days, but we’re never sure of it anymore. That means that we have to take something warm and waterproof with us when we leave the house. The socks have also come out of the drawer at the beginning of this month. It’s...
Read more →Disclaimer: I didn’t write this, I wished that I had or that I could, but I didn’t and I can’t. This was passed on to me by a friend, sorry I don’t know the source or author, it speaks for itself though… I dedicate this to a friend in the U.S. who had tubes...
Read more →At a quarter past six, straight from the office, I was in the vendor’s shop. Michalis, the technician whom I had been dealing with, was waiting for me, clearly embarassed. I told him not to worry, but that I was now at the end of my patience. I offered 2 alternatives. Either they rang...
Read more →Last week the summer officially gave way to autumn, at least that’s what the calendar wants us to believe. It could have fooled me. During the weekend it was so hot that the pigeons fell off the roof. We went to Chania on Saturday morning and spend the early afternoon with Linda and Giorgos...
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 →The coast guard today evacuated around 380 passengers from a ferry due to leave Piraeus after receiving an anonymous telephone call warning that there was a bomb aboard the vessel. However, the passengers were allowed back aboard the Marina about an hour later after a search revealed no explosives. Passengers running late for their...
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 →Not much of an entry today. I’m too depressed. I read too many rotten war stories, analyses, justifications, explications, spin doctoring, clarifications. I saw too many rotten photographs today. You’ll have to excuse me. Tomorrow will be better.
Read more →Wired has a nice article about and an overview of RSS readers, also called news aggregators. From the article: These programs are hybrids of a Web browser and an e-mail client, allowing Web users to peruse hundreds of information sources in one place. Instead of surfing dozens of sites for the latest news or...
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