Month: February 2010
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Clean up after yourself, please
There is something to be admired in the manners of Spaniards at QSRs (Quick Service Restaurants). No matter how highly…
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Tech failure update
The update to my blog in the morning about the tea dispenser in our hotel is that the malfunctioning machine…
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Queue you must here
Participants queuing to buy snacks For nearly everything, from registration to visiting the toilet, you have to queue for…
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Cheating cabbies
Why do Spanish cabbies love to touch the metre ever so often? When you enter, they adjust, when you reach…
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Tech failure
The automatic tea/coffee dispenser in our hotel swallowed fellow conferees’ two Euros this morning. It won’t release money. It won’t…
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Eye-controlled ear-phones are here
Eye-controlled ear-phones are here Sometime soon, your hi-fi stereo set will obey your eye commands. At the ongoing Mobile World…
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Just say the word!
Just say the word! You can send a full email by speaking to your phone! That is the future of…
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Cabanes, five minutes walk from notorious La Rambla
Cabanes Another shot. Can’t get anyone to snap me yet. I’m told there are two common possibilities when you give…
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The reverence of a Sunday morning
One of Barcelona’s busiest streets off the Famous La Rambla deserted this morning about 10 am. All the casinos, etc…
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Wanted: Teachers of social graces
It’s appalling how some people behave in public places in this country. I have been roaming about looking for free…
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Rebranding MMIA
It’s been a while since I used the services of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport. It was in 2007 when…
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