Category: Europe
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Why the French blog
The French distinguish themselves, both statistically and anecdotally, ahead of Germans, Britons and even Americans in their obsession with blogs, says the International Herald Tribune. More than three million internet users, or more than 12 percent of those online in…
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If it looks too good to be true…
Today is my lucky day! I got this letter in the mail from Spain to tell me that I just won €615,810 in La Primitiva Lottery! It was sorely tempting to do what the prize letter asked – fax back…
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11 percent of Britons are bloggers
Does anyone know of any recent stats on blog usage in Europe? I asked on Wednesday following the release of such stats for the US by the Pew Internet project. Yesterday, The Guardian provided some answers with news of Britons’…
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Two degrees of separation
Whew! What a scorcher! The heat wave here in Amsterdam and across much of western Europe that we’ve had for the past week continues unabated. Here’s the temperature at about 4.30pm today – 32.2 degrees Celsius or 90 degrees Fahrenheit.…