Apple vs Switzerland: watch the competition of no contest
With the unveiling of Apple's first smartwatch, did you correctly guess the name? The world's attention is being drawn to another technology that's been reinvented for the modern age. It was back in the 1980's that smart watches first began to appear ...
Butterfield & Robinson Launches First-Ever All E-Bike Trip in Switzerland
Butterfield & Robinson--the originators of luxury active travel--has further cemented its reputation for innovation with the announcement of its first-ever all e-bike trip, Switzerland E-Biking trip. B&R's first-ever departure to exclusively feature its ...
Angola: Switzerland - Angola At 27th Session of Human Rights Council
Geneva — Angola participates since Monday in Geneva (Switzerland), at the 27th Session of the Human Rights Council, whose general debate focused on the Report of the High Commissioner on the situation of Human Rights in the World, ANGOP has learned.
Switzerland May Grant Snowden Political Asylum in Exchange for Testimony Regarding NSA Surveillance
Finally, a sane, bold country emerges from the paranoiac ethos, seemingly unafraid of the blowback sure to come from the the U.S. government, and a few of their EU neighbors, in the coming days and weeks. It's kinda ironic (in a good way) that in such a ...
Hodgson on Switzerland, Welbeck and Rooney
Reaction after two goals from Danny Welbeck helped England to beat Switzerland 2-0 in their 2016 UEFA European Championship Group E qualifier on Monday in Basle, Switzerland. "I'm very, very pleased. This was always going to be a difficult game because ...
Correction: Switzerland Now Has An Incredible Competitor
So here we are, in the hours after the official launch of the Apple Watch, and we need to address just what the watch means for Switzerland. When I first saw the watch I literally thought that Jony Ive was right in regards to how – ahem – ruined the ...
SWITZERLAND CASTLE
We were in Switzerland and we were on our way to see a Castle! (We've already SEEN a castle but I like visiting castles where there was no touring of any kind. This is the castle we went to. It's called the Chillon Castle ( Chateau de Chillon) Here's a view of the entrance.
Mac Paint Pot in Rubenesque
As I mentioned in one of Switzerland posts we had a long wait at Gatwick airport before our flight, thanks to a two hour delay. And you know what that means? Duty Free shopping called my name, and I answered it. I didn't intent to buy anything, really, I didn't - I promise! But I was snooping around ...
Feral by George Monbiot
Feral is utterly inspirational. This book is George Monbiot’s manifesto for rewilding Britain and the world, with particular emphasis on Wales. Monbiot argues that it is not too late to halt the march of environmental destruction. In fact, his ambitions are much greater than those of most conservati ...
Kommode Verlag / Living Working Can't Stop Won't Stop
Feels great to be rapping up this project commissioned by Kommode Verlag in Switzerland. Artist Laura Johnston came in to illustrate a series of elements on the walls of my home. Over the past weeks my two sons played the roles, as I borrowed generously from the living/working philosophy of artist L ...
3 Surprising Interview Questions (by Optimizely’s CEO, Dan Siroker)
I came across the “Associate Project Manager, Engineering” for Optimizely and was tempted to apply. I say tempted because temptations are things you sort of feel like doing, but know you shouldn’t do. Does this sound odd? Well, thanks to Dan Siroker’s interview questions, particularly his 3rd one, i ...
