Tuesday's News

So, Cardinal Ratzinger is the new Pope, who will be known as Pope Benedict XVI. No surprise here; the bookmakers were having him and Cardinal Ruini as the favourites. If Jean Paul II was the first Pope with a globalised funeral, Benedict XVI is the first with a globalised election. It is amazing, though, how important moments like this seem so cheap, when seen from the globalised mass media (the same way that media gives away importance to cheap things).

I got the feedback from the Mobile Learning conference. They accepted the paper, which is excellent news...Well, then I calculated the cost of registering, flying, staying and attending the conference in Malta and my smile faded...Anyone willing to sponsor me?

Speaking of good news, today I had some excellent news: Nektarios and Michalis passed the exams for archaeologists and they were accepted in the Archaeological Service of Greece!!! I am very happy for you guys, many congratulations!

Now, I am supposed to be writing my thesis, aren't I? Why, then, am I flirting with more conference contributions? ICHIM or MobileHCI05? Or both? More importantly, do I have anything more to say?

Anna is in Durham for some AHRB training. Pia (the sister) is visiting us for the weekend, so this will be fun. Apart from that I am looking forward to watch tonight the next episode of Hustle; brilliant series. Don't miss it if you receive BBC One; at 9pm.