Posts under ‘Geneva’

Stephanie made an interesting post today reporting on a Suw Charman talk over at Google.
Now this is something I am directly involved in. I use both socially and feel that they are good and useful tools in businesses. One of the problems, from my point of view, is that technical enterprises tend to attempt to [...]

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Originally uploaded by JustGraham.

My son is my hero and I suspect he doesn’t realize the implications of that remark. Truth is I do look up to him and I know I’m his Dad but I’m sure he will have a very happy and successful life because he is who he is and also how he [...]

A good friend has played a practical joke on me today and sent me to this page where “I” have become front page news.
There is a video. Even if it’s in french I’m sure you understand the gist of it! Makes me smile a lot! Unfortunately, and I did try, I can’t embed it although [...]

I am following the debate on surveillance cameras in the press. I remember a while back that the French are testing cameras that detect road traffic offenses but haven’t gone as far as their English counterparts who also detect Insurance and licensing fraud.
What puts the system well apart from other surveillance systems is the software [...]

From memory, Swiss chocolate Easter Eggs are differently packaged from those available in the UK although with globalisation this might well have changed a lot since I left! I did promise to show some pics and here is some photographic evidence of what we are finding in the shops now.

Judge for yourself! Unfortunately I can only link to an article in french. The “sculpture” is called Lieux mécanisés (Mechanical places) and is a somewhat large exposition in our local Shopping Mall (Balexert).
By the way, it is in constant movement and is somewhat reminiscent of the works of Tinguely although less excentric.

The [...]

Title says it all really. In a recent comment Michelle was wondering what it looked like and you know me, I can’t resist a request or an idea for a post.
My office is on the 9th floor so the view is agreable (if a little Mary Poppinish if you see what I mean - [...]

Here in Switzerland some things (a lot actually) are legally binding. There a lots of laws, rules and obligations and when you own a house (well the bank does but that’s another matter) there a whole load of things that you have to do and each and every one of them leads you to dip [...]

I was up early this morning, as usual for a working day. As I have already mentioned, this winter has been very mild and now, at the end of February, I am allowing myself a certain optimism and looking forward to Spring.
Around about this time of year the days start to get visibly longer [...]

I’ve mentioned it before. We have to vote many times each year on various topics and the next voting day is next month. There are three subjects. The first is for or against establishing a State run Health Insurance system (For years there have been a multitude of competing Health Insurance companies). I might [...]