Why European Mobile Calls Don’t Get Dropped

Tech writer David Pogue is too much of an Apple cheerleader to get my regular read, but I accidentally learned something from his column today, which I accidentally read. (Because it was a list and had cocktail-party in the title?)
Q: I’m always losing cellphone calls. How come that never happens in Europe or Asia?
A: Two [...]

This post (currently with 3 comments) was created on April 29, 2009 at 15:59 and categorized under Europa, Technology, USA.

That Socialist Nightmare You’ve Been Hearing About

taken down for now because my reformatted version crashed someone’s browser, but you can watch it here.

This post (currently with no comments) was created on April 22, 2009 at 17:47 and categorized under Economics, Sweden, Video.

Those Rebellious Kreuzbergers

via à Berlin via Neues aus der Hasenheide

This post (currently with 5 comments) was created on April 8, 2009 at 17:59 and categorized under Berlin, Kreuzberg, Music.

The Heavy Red Line

The NYT’s young Berlin bureau chief, Nicholas Kulish, sees a connection between Germany’s refusal to pony up stimulus funds in proporition to the U.S. with a red line guarding a “barefoot zone” beyond which no shoes my trod. Everyone strictly obeys the line and grown men freeze in place when they see it, demonstrating a [...]

This post (currently with 3 comments) was created on April 6, 2009 at 22:14 and categorized under Capitalism, Economics, Europa, Geopolitics, Germany, USA.

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