Author Archives: laura

Fairyland

Posted on January 15, 2012 by laura

The temperature was -6ºC in Franche-Comté overnight. The hoarfrost transformed the landscape into a magical world covered with icy down until late in the morning.

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Internet Search Is A Joke

Posted on January 14, 2012 by laura

I am trying to find an article I read sometime within the past two years. As I recall, it was a blog post in which the author was examining the question “Where exactly does the action take place when you … Continue reading →

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Day of Kings, The Aftermath

Posted on January 9, 2012 by laura

Photo taken this morning in the break room at work.

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Unphotographable Sign?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by laura

What better way to start the year than with a mystery? It might not be the most interesting mystery, but it’s the one that presented itself to me yesterday afternoon when I noticed that some information was missing on the … Continue reading →

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eBooks At Payot In Switzerland

Posted on December 18, 2011 by laura

Last year, a few weeks before Christmas, I went to Payot in Lausanne to see what the largest French-language bookstore in Switzerland was proposing to readers looking for eBooks. A year ago, they didn’t have a story. A few months … Continue reading →

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Swiss Apple iPad Email Features iBooks

Posted on December 16, 2011 by laura

It’s been over two months since Apple launched the iBookstore in Switzerland. I still haven’t seen any official announcement or marketing of the store. Yesterday, I received the following email from Apple letting me know that there is still time … Continue reading →

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Allegedly Unlawful Google Search Results Removed

Posted on December 12, 2011 by laura

I was looking for a quote this evening in Google on my iPhone, when to my surprise, I saw this message on the second page of results:

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Bitter Cherries: Les Lyonnais (Film)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by laura

Friday evening I went to see Olivier Marchal’s Les Lyonnais at the movies. The film tells the story of Edmond Vidal, leader of the gang responsible for some of the most spectacular bank robberies in France in the 70’s. Vidal … Continue reading →

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Swiss iBookstore Now Spricht Nur Deutsch

Posted on December 10, 2011 by laura

I finally got around to upgrading my iPad to iOS5. The process took about an hour and a half from start to finish and ate up most of my free time yesterday evening so I didn’t have time to investigate … Continue reading →

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A Kindhearted Breakfast

Posted on December 8, 2011 by laura

An early appointment took me into town this morning. On my way to catch the bus around 8:30, I took the covered underground passage beneath the main street that passes through the center of town. It was rainy, cold and … Continue reading →

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