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This Dopplr duck wants to travel by sea!
According to Dopplr, I have the velocity of a duck. I suspect that might go up a bit as I've got some more globe-trotting coming up in the next few weeks. What should I aim for? A goose? A peacock? As well as the animal-velocity meter and public profiles, Dopplr recently introduced a feature to calculate (for fun) your carbon footprint based on the amount of traveling you register with the site. That also means you have to let them...

Read the full post - Published July 14, 2008 in Greece, Web

.cc not .cy for the TRNC
I spotted this poster on the Underground the other night, and I was quite intrigued - no, not because of the lady in the bikini - but because of the domain name being used to promote tourism in 'North Cyprus'. Of course, one man's 'North Cyprus' is another man's 'Turkish Republic of North Cyprus', which is another man's 'Turkish occupied Κύπρος'. Whichever way you look at it, the TRNC does not have an internationally recognised TLD for the Internet, although...

Read the full post - Published July 2, 2008 in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Web

Euro 2008: The websites - League table
Euro 2008 is now down to just 8 teams, but over the last two weeks of matches I've been surveying the websites of the original 16 finalists. There weren't any major surprises there. It seems that the larger and more prosperous nations had the best websites - and the big three of Germany, France and Italy seemed to be dominating in the online world in the way they have so often done in the past on the football field....

Read the full post - Published June 19, 2008 in Austria, Euro2008, Football, Greece, Web

Euro 2008: The websites - Russia & Greece
As the Euro 2008 group stages have progressed, I've been reviewing the websites belonging to the Football Associations of the nations taking part. With today being the last day of group games it is the turn of Group D, and Russia take on Sweden tonight, whilst my old stomping ground Salzburg hosts eliminated Greece against quarter-final bound Spain. Russia and Greece are in the spotlight for my final Euro 2008 site reviews, two languages that stretch my ability to...

Read the full post - Published June 18, 2008 in Euro2008, Football, Greece, Web

Measuring the interactivity of the Greek press online
"The development of a solid, interactive online journalistic culture is hindered by journalists who view themselves as the mediators between the authorities and the public. Journalists see themselves gatekeepers, filtering what is newsworthy and what isn't. Such responsibilities provide to some prestige and status. Different levels of interactivity undermine the 'we write, you read dogma' of modern journalism" No, not the manifesto of Andrew Keen's mythical newstopia, but part of the conclusion of a fascinating piece of work published by...

Read the full post - Published May 25, 2008 in Greece, Newspapers, The Guardian

1906 Athens 'Intercalated' Olympic Games anniversary
The fact that the modern summer Olympics have generally been run in late summer means that there is a cluster of Olympic anniversaries in August. However, today is the 102nd anniversary of the opening of the 1906 games being held in Athens. These games are remarkable because they are no longer counted as 'official'. Athens held the first modern Olympics in 1896, and also wanted to host the 1900 edition. Paris was offered this honour instead, but by way of...

Read the full post - Published April 22, 2008 in Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Turkey

My Flickr photos from Torcello, Salzburg and Frangokastello on the web
Every now and again I like to write a little run-down of sites that have been using my Creative Commons Licensed photographs from Flickr. With all the moving around Europe I've done since I left the UK in 2005, it isn't much of a surprise to see that the three photographs I've recently been asked about are from three different countries. The About Archaeology site has used one of my shots of the exterior of the Santa Maria Assunta in...

Read the full post - Published February 19, 2008 in Flickr, Greece

From Athens, Georgia, to Athens, Greece - Democratic primary goes global
It may have been Super Tuesday that caught the world's press attention this week, but today the U.S. Election preliminaries switch from Athens, Georgia to Athens, Greece. The Democratic Party are holding their first 'global' primary for ex-pats and U.S. citizens serving overseas, and voting in Greece starts today. Although U.S. citizens can vote in the primary of the state they were last registered as resident in, some states have an electoral process, like the Iowa caucus, which requires the...

Read the full post - Published February 8, 2008 in Greece, Politics

Greece cosies up to Microsoft
Bill Gates was in Athens yesterday, meeting Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. They were no doubt discussing the fact that a few days earlier the Greek Parliament ratified an agreement between the Greek State and Microsoft. Well, when I say the Greek Parliament ratified it, what I meant was that the Νέα Δημοκρατία party ratified it. All the opposition MPs universally opposed the deal - one even went as far as to call it 'colonial', whilst others claimed it was...

Read the full post - Published January 29, 2008 in Greece, Microsoft

Some very British reporting of the Chania court case
For much of this week, my adopted hometown of Chania has been the focus of some of the British press pack. They've been here following the trial of John Hogan for the death of his son last year in Ierapetra. Some of the coverage has been ripe with cultural ignorance. Germaine Greer, for example, writes a textbook feminist interpretation of the trial - well, I suppose that is her job - that fails to take into account any local Greek...

Read the full post - Published January 26, 2008 in Greece, Media, Newspapers, The Guardian

Greece admits defeat against Olympic phone-tapping spies

Published January 23, 2008 in Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Politics

The ripples of the Zahopoulos scandal reach The Times

Published January 20, 2008 in Greece, The Times

Greece lets Athens Olympics domain names lapse

Published January 14, 2008 in Football, Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Web

Protection of journalist sources at the centre of the Zahopoulos affair in Greece

Published January 14, 2008 in Greece, Politics

Voting for your American Idol in Greece

Published December 10, 2007 in Greece, Media, Music, Voting

Return of 'A lemon tree of our own'

Published December 6, 2007 in Blogging, Greece

It is so hard to be a Depeche Mode completist these days

Published December 5, 2007 in Greece, Music

Watching the FIFA World Cup draw in Greece and online

Published November 26, 2007 in Football, Greece, Web

Not qualifying for Euro2008 - as it happened in Greece

Published November 23, 2007 in Daily Telegraph, Euro2008, Football, Greece, The Sun, The Times

Take-away facts and quotes from the Euro IA Summit in Barcelona - Day 2

Published September 27, 2007 in Application design, Greece, Usability, Web

Apple iPhone hits Greece ahead of the O2 deal in the UK

Published September 17, 2007 in Apple, Greece

Heraklion airport doesn't quite live up to the BA online check-in promise

Published September 14, 2007 in Greece, Transport, Usability

Greek police beat up a photo blogger

Published September 10, 2007 in Greece

Free public wifi in the Lasithi region in Crete. Well, almost

Published June 28, 2007 in Greece

I love my Flickr photos being on We Love Crete

Published June 8, 2007 in Flickr, Greece

Athens News apology for racism due in the shops today. Again.

Published June 8, 2007 in Greece, Media, Newspapers

Madeleine McCann and Alex Meschisvili - a culture contrast

Published May 28, 2007 in Children and Teenagers, Greece, Media, Popular

6.5% have "Fast internet" in Greece - but not me

Published May 18, 2007 in Greece

Games and Social Networking driving more young Greeks to use the internet?

Published May 16, 2007 in Children and Teenagers, Games, Greece, Web

Today's burning question: "What will the weather be like on the UK's Bank Holiday?"

Published May 7, 2007 in Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Greece, Media, Newspapers

"This Is Not My Country" blogger outed by racists and nationalists in Greece

Published April 27, 2007 in Greece, Politics, Web

Will virtual representations of sporting events become part of the online rights economy?

Published April 5, 2007 in Austria, Games, Google, Greece, Web

BBC News linking to the TRNC "government" in Cyprus related stories

Published March 9, 2007 in BBC, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey

Turkish YouTube ban unleashes the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast within

Published March 8, 2007 in Google, Greece, Turkey, YouTube

More reaction to Arsenal's move to ban all national flags from their stadium

Published December 19, 2006 in BBC, Cyprus, Football, Greece, Turkey

Arsenal forced to ban all national flags over Cypriot dispute

Published December 18, 2006 in Cyprus, Football, Greece, Turkey

Cypriot flag dispute at Arsenal

Published December 1, 2006 in Cyprus, Europe, Football, Greece, Turkey

Media coverage of a shocking sex attack in Greece

Published November 17, 2006 in Children and Teenagers, Greece, Media

Where did hosting the IGF leave Greece on the internet?

Published November 7, 2006 in Greece, Web

Blog censorship in Greece ahead of the IGF forum in Athens

Published October 27, 2006 in Greece, Web

Erratic search quality on Google Earth

Published September 21, 2006 in Google, Greece, Localisation

Greek Universities against the use of the internet

Published July 21, 2006 in Greece, Web

Using Wikipedia as a statistical source in the Athens News

Published July 3, 2006 in Greece, Media

Usability issues with OTEnet's On Wireless wifi service at Athens airport

Published June 22, 2006 in Greece, Product review, Web

Google.co.uk in Greek

Published May 15, 2006 in Google, Greece, Localisation, Search

Greek internet usage is the lowest in the EU

Published April 20, 2006 in Greece

The Olympics have started on the BBC

Published August 14, 2004 in BBC, Greece, London Olympics, Olympics