Work’n for an internet based company can be funny sometimes. Our network went down for about an hour while the system admin went to lunch unaware. That meant that no-one could work for an hour even though the lights were on, our computers were on, even our screens had something on them, but the in-tire-net was down so… here we sat.. eating lunch… until our [...]
From the daily News & Analysis (DNA): HEILGENDAMM: US President George W Bush on Wednesday expressed surprise at the need for a German translation of his comments to the press at the G8 summit at Heiligendamm. “Everybody speaks English, right?” Bush asked, after a German interpreter began to translate his brief statement to the press [...]
By now you’ve probably heard about the contested “missile defense shield” that’s being put in the Czech Republic and Poland. The project consists of two parts.. one part will be (likely) a battery of Patriot Missiles the other part will be a “Radar station.” From the get-go Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has been against it [...]
Recently over the weekend my mind has been in a world of my own, I have been floating the idea of a sailing escapade unlike anything conceivable as of recent. For most of the ancient period, the seas were the mode and the wind was the catalyst for exploration. One could say that the twenty-first [...]
Welcome to June! The month of Summer. I thought it would never come, but behold! Here we are and I assume that in no time it’ll be gone… Today, for my lucky 77th post, I want to talk about a little known, but powerful, tool of international relations. It’s called “soft-power” (perhaps even charm power) [...]
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