http://www.oriste.com Yvonne and Luc in Wonderland Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:25:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently volunteered to assist in the migration of a wordpress.com hosted blog to a self-hosted installation of the open source wordpress CMS. As far as the technical aspects were concerned all went pretty smooth. The challenge appeared to be to make the self-hosted site look exactly like the wordpress.com ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/25/avatars-for-wordpress-251-and-fjords-theme That's the answer to my last question "How long does a Saturday afternoon in Greece last?". Answer: until Monday morning. We did get a visit by a technician from the water works on Sunday though. But it wasn't clear to me what he came to do. He ascertained that we had ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/23/monday-morning We have been rationed for our water supply since October last year. If we had one hour of water a day we counted our blessings. When we had water, we would be so lucky to have sufficient pressure to fill the tank on the roof, so that when water was ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/22/saturday-afternoon That was kind of a long break. I've been exploring the social networks, what I call the sociosphere™, sometimes referred to as the Microblog Community. I didn't find the whole idea attractive over a year ago when it started, but now I'm fascinated by it. It's compelling, addictive even. The ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/17/microblogging Sadly -- for us -- another legend goes to rock heaven. They must be having a hell of a welcome party there now. http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/03/bo-diddley Piraeás was still sleeping when I arrived. I wandered around for a few hours before the shops would open. No need to hurry since my appointment with Michalis was at 11:00, and the one with the seller at 15:00. Michalis' shop, called Classic Motorcycles Ltd is at Kalliroïs Street, south ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/06/01/more-motorbikes-and-helmets I'm on the ferry to Piraeás, destination Athens. Two weeks ago I saw Manolis' Royal Enfield Bullet 500 and I knew immediately that that was the motorbike I had been saving my money for for the last 5 years. Simple, spartan and with this oh-so seductive old-timer's look. After some ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/05/30/motorbikes-and-helmets Dear webmasters of multi-lingual sites (that includes you, blogspot.com!), Please, STOP STARING AT MY iPEE! I'm not staring at your ... okay, we don't need to go into that, you get my point already. That being said, now that I have your attention, here's the deal. I live in a country of which ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/05/23/stop-staring-at-my-ipee As far as reading goes, I'm not a gourmet, I'm a gourmand. I read everything that falls into my hands. Today, while I was taking my daily infusion of "ellinikó métrio" at the Internet Cafe opposite our street on Knossou, I read an article by Rika Vagiani in Ethnos newspaper. ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/05/22/greece-doesnt-hurry "A plunge in the Greek real estate sector". That's what a number of local newspaper headlined over the past days. It was about time, not the action of the newspapers, but the plunge.  Since our arrival here in early 2003 I've tried to make sense of the prices of real estate. ... http://www.oriste.com/2008/05/19/greek-home-sweet-home