Studying at McGill In autumn 1981 I started my MSc in the Institute of Oceanography at McGill University. I flew from Athens to Montreal a few days before the release of the first IBM computer running MS Dos, on the 3rd of August. This day was marked by the famous Read more…
I happened to meet Brando once, around spring or summer 1973 … This was on Catalina Island (a large private island, off southern California). I was working alone on an isolated rocky shore, setting up food web experiments, and had not paid much attention to a man taking a nap Read more…
In January 2005, I had a stroke that paralyzed my right arm and caused several other complications. During my recuperation, I could not work – my favorite occupation – and I began watching TV. Yes, I was one of those snotty people who didn’t watch much television, if any at Read more…