Category: Switzerland
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Playing with Computers or Machines
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow many computers do you have at hand. Years ago I used to have two computers. A Mac Book Air and a Mac Book Pro. Eventually I sold the Mac Book Air and just used the Pro. I went to an event with the Pro and it was stolen so for a…
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The Instant Message Déluge
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the golden age of chatrooms and instant messaging there was a rule. Do not post more than two or three messages before waiting for an answer. I regularly broke this rule until at least two or three times I was told off for the deluge. From then on I posted two…
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The Apple TV Vietnam War Documentary Series
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I watched the first episode of a documentary series on the Vietnam war, made by Apple TV. It’s eighteen hours of documentaries covering different aspects of the conflict. In the first episode they speak about boots on the ground and tunnel rats. Through the exploration of this topic we…
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Historic Photos and Facebook
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the reasons for which I keep using Facebook has to do with peoples’ sharing of old photos, paintings, sketches and more. I love to see photos of Nyon, Morges, Neuchatel Lausanne and other places through time. Recently I saw a photo of La Dole with a group of children skiing…
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The Bad Habit of Daily Streaks
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe US has a culture of streaking. I don’t mean running around naked at events. I mean of trying to do something daily for weeks, months or even years. As great as it can be, to develop consistent habits I believe that it can have a negative impact. For months I wanted…
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Digital Sovereignty and I
Reading Time: 4 minutesI want to start by saying that I hate using the word sovereignty because I think it has right wing baggage. Having said this it is the term often used by Infomaniak and others and it helps shorten the explanation. Infomaniak, like Proton, and many other European solutions provide us with the…
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Snowshoeing in Shallow Swiss Snow
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I went snowshoeing as a child I was photographed and it was used by the St Cergue Tourism board. I still have that poster in a room. Since then I went snowshoeing a few years ago and didn’t really enjoy it. The snowshoes didn’t feel comfortable. A few weeks ago I…
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The Seasonal Desire Not to do Things
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow I could go for a drive and then walk on snow shoes to get to the top of a peak I have wanted to go up for a while. What slows down my desire to do this is the possible need to wear snowshoes. In theory they’re fine but ordinarily…
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Two Hundred and Fifty Cameras to cover the Superbowl 59 (LIX)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImagine covering an event with almost two hundred and fifty cameras.. What strikes me about this article is that although hundreds of cameras will be used there is no mention of how many of these cameras will be operated by human beings rather than automated, or locked off to get a…
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Thoughts on the Midnight Library
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn December I read The Midnight Library with ease. It is a lighter book than others and I could see parallels between Midnight Library and The Good Place. Specifically imagine a reality where you get to try reality after reality, after reality until you learn what you needed to learn, before the…