#Earthquake (#σεισμός) M2.2 strikes 29 km SW of #Sými (#Greece) 15 min ago. More info: http://m.emsc.eu/?id=1528473

#Earthquake (#σεισμός) M2.3 strikes 30 km SW of #Sými (#Greece) 1hr 10min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1271705

Neuer Beitrag auf dem Blog der "Reisenden Reporter" mit dem Titel: "Wein, Gyros & Meer – Das sind die 11 schönsten griechischen Inseln"

https://reisendereporter.de/2023/06/wein-gyros-meer-das-sind-die-11-schoensten-griechischen-inseln/

#Europa #Griechenland #Reisefhrer #ReisenUnterwegsSein #Kos #Kreta #Lefkada #Mykonos #Paxos #Poros #Rhodos #Salamina #Samos #Santorini #Symi

#Earthquake (#σεισμός) M2.3 strikes 27 km S of #Sými (#Greece) 12 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1242880

#Earthquake (#σεισμός) M2.5 strikes 26 km S of #Sými (#Greece) 12 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1235369

#Earthquake (#σεισμός) M2.5 strikes 21 km SW of #Sými (#Greece) 7 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1234404

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

ANNOUNCEMENT

I regret to announce the discontinuance of Book of the Month and Track of the Month on PHIDOC which began in March 2018. All my monthly ‘appreciations’ (110 altogether) will still be available on the site.

Unfortunately, as some of you already know, I’m currently suffering severe liver cancer, and although undergoing chemotherapy, it is unlikely that I shall live for more than another four-five months. Obviously I need to use the time I have left in other ways.

Ian Kenway

🇬🇷 Pushback-Nr. 1630 and counting...

Gestern Morgen kontaktierte 1 Gruppe von 17 Personen Aegean Boat Report von der kleinen griech. Insel Marmaras, westlich von #Symi, ein paar Stunden später trieben sie in einem Rettungsfloß in der #Ägäis.

https://aegeanboatreport.com/2022/09/30/pushback-nr-1630/

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for September is Conversations with Igor Stravinsky by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft and the Track of the Month is 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)' by Marvin Gaye.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#symi_international_film_festival #SIFF #festival #films #cinema #culture #symi #dodecanese #greece #global

#symi_international_film_festival #SIFF #festival #films #cinema #culture #symi #dodecanese #greece #global

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for August is The Bacchae by Euripides and the Track of the Month is La cathédrale engloutie by Claude Debussy

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for July is Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography by by Carol Easton and the Track of the Month is 'Banks of the Nile' by Fotheringay (Sandy Denny).

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for June is Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss and the Track of the Month is 'All The Pretty Little Horses' by Odetta.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for May is Endless Pressure by Ken Pryce and the Track of the Month is 4' 33" by John Cage

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#human_rights #liberty #economics #social #politics #declaration #symi #global #future

Symi Declaration - Future-of-the-World Checklist Rev. 1.01

"Not a Desiderata for Dreamers, but a Raft for Realists"

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for April is The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot and the Track of the Month is 'Computer Took My Job' by Maurice John Vaughn.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#symi #climate #IT #laptops #greece #global

I don't normally indulge in FB-style personal commentary. But I'm really glad we're now into April. Winter here on Symi has been long, wet and sometimes very cold, reaching down to 0 degrees C (such a contrast to last August when we exceeded 42 degrees). And yes the island experienced snow.

Spring has sort of arrived - though I'm still waiting for the my severely pruned vine and peach tree to start budding.

After Easter, the tourists will arrive in increasing number. Like most Greek islands, Symi has two aspects. November to April when the island is resident only to Greeks and a small number of ex-pats and then April-November when the population swells and sometimes groans with tourists. Fortunately, I live high up at the bottom of a mountain (Vigla) and can opt out of the tourism invasion as much as I want. Very few make it up here.

Sadly, my much-used ten-year old Samsung laptop started showing signs of its age about a month ago - the hinge broke, there were signs that the HD was on its last legs, the battery wasn't holding its charge well and I couldn't enter the BIOS because of the CMOS battery.

So I bought an HONOR MagicBook 15 (Intel® Core™ i5 processor version, 512Gb SSD version) from Germany for circa 750 euros. It arrived here in two weeks. I immediately got rid of the installed Windows 10 and installed the latest version of Linux Mint. It all went went well with just a few initial glitches - reflecting my unfamiliarity with the German QWERTZ keyboard as well as the soon-discovered need to manually upgrade the Linux kernel. But now all is fine. Compared to the old Samsung, it is incredibly snappy and responsive with no issues with hardware acceleration or running Pulseeffects. Also, I can enter and close down a legacy version of Windows 7 in VirtualBox in about 8 seconds or less. Nothing of course is perfect and, like many reviewers, I have reservations about the keyboard video cam despite its privacy plus point. Also I had to buy an external DVD/CD player.

Come on Spring, the Beach Awakes!

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The Book of the Month for March is Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and the Track of the Month is the Sarabande from the Fifth Cello Suite by J. S. Bach.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html

#phidoc #books #literature #music #greece #symi

The Book of the Month for February is Waiting on God by Simone Weil and the Track of the Month is 'Ballad of a Thin Man' by Bob Dylan.

https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html

https://www.phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.html