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The new Magritte museum is opening soon! On June 2, its doors will open on the magic world...
I was sitting with two friends under a mango tree drinking tchouk (millet beer). A middle aged man approached us in a manner both shy and sly.
“Bonsoir”, he said to each of us individually, studying...
I finished reading Jeff Jarvis' new book What Would Google Do? several weeks ago and some of the 'what ifs' and suggestions have haunted me ever since.
The word haunt not because many of these ideas...
At the airport
Since our flight to Costa Rica departed at dawn, we opted to spend the night in the Guatemala City airport. Apparently, although it is an international airport, people simply do not stay...
Wow, Thank you all so much for contributing to the Camp Informatique project. I can’t believe we reached our goal so quickly. My co-directors here are thrilled and excited to move on to planning the...
A friend recently created a site with a few other friends called CheerUp America. They created it because they were fed up with being depressed and overwhelmed by the constant flow of bad news and...
At the Roxie in San Francisco tonight, Evan Schwartz reveals the hows, whys and psychology behind the characters of The Wizard of Oz, as originally told by L. Frank Baum. (there will be two matinees...
When you visit another country, it helps to have some historical perspective to understand the culture a bit better. In the case of Argentina, if you only know that it's a Spanish-speaking country in the...
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