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 [...]
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taken down for now because my reformatted version crashed someone’s browser, but you can watch it here.
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via à Berlin via Neues aus der Hasenheide
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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 [...]
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