Apostolos Kritikos

John Verdon – Think of a number, A novel [book]

Excellent friend, colleague and co-founder of NewsFilter.gr, Aggelos Synadakis (a.k.a. asynadak), Mathematician and control freak ( sorry dude it’s true :) ) brought me this very interesting novel.

As I expect quiet a long summer vacation this year, books can be very handy. Take it from me that there is nothing more relaxing than the combination of the Greek sun, beach, Frappé Coffee and a good book. Try it!

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Ms. Eva (Eve) Ziaka, dear friend, colleague and charming female coder gave me a book of Mr-don’t-need-to-tell-me-more-than-the-acronym-of-his-name J.R.R. Tolkien. “Children of Hurin” was a book I was eager to read, but always forget to buy (due to great deal of work).

As I said before, the timing couldn’t be more perfect… beach bar, here I come with great reading material.

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Ms. (for the time being) Antigoni Vilelmini Tsouri & George (Kartman) Kemetzis, my personal confessors :P, gave me an audio cd with beautiful soul tunes (which I’ve already heard a couple of times).

Lizz Fields – When I see love

A bottle of Vin Santo [wine]

For about 7 years I have been the “wine opener” in the parties of A.U.TH‘s Computer Science Department fellowship (if I can put it that way). After having finished both undergraduate and postgraduate programs my dear colleagues acknowledged my contribution in opening wines and bought me a bottle of one of the most legendary wines worldwide… a Vin Santo bottle.

Two scenarios for the origins of name:

[1] Vino Santo (italian): The wine which is used by the Christians during the mystery of Holy Communion.

[2] Vino di Santorini (italian): Wine from Santorini, a marvelous Greek Island

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So very many thanks to: Christos Zigkolis, Yiannis Moschakis & Giouli Stamatopoulou, Stefanos Skalistis and George Filippou (a.k.a. Abraxas). Hope I didn’t forget anyone. If so, flame comments are more than welcome :)

A very sic and elegant white shirt [clothing]

(Will provide photo document when I’ll wear it). Ms. Martha Politou, another excellent friend and colleague, gave me this shirt of extraordinary quality and elegance. Its light fabric makes it perfect for the summer time. And the timing couldn’t be perfect as a couple of business oriented “special” occasions are approaching. I really love this shirt!

(+) Denis Guej – The Parrot’s Theorem [book]

This year’s family present was something really unexpected. A book! Usually is clothing but this year was… a book. And a very interesting one. Parrot’s theorem is a novel of my favorite kind, scientific literature.

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So, I have three books for my summer vacation and, as I’ve been told, three weeks time to read them… Could be an interesting challenge.