In a recent survey, an amazing 39% of 18-to-24-year-olds said they would consider changing employers if their company instituted a ban on Facebook. A whole generation is growing up with the social habits of Facebook. At least, we can look forward to “poking” people and sending “vampire bites” to become accepted social practices [...]

Does anyone still get real mail these days? Forget for a moment about the stream of advertisements, bills, and bank statements that populate (pollute?) your mail box, and consider the last time you received a real, personal communication in the form of a letter or a postcard. I doubt it is an overstatement [...]

Back in the 1800s, visiting cards were considered essential personal accessories for anyone with a social life. Today, visiting cards are an increasing rarity outside the business world and are considered antiquitated by the youngest generations which are more likely to exchange an SMS with buddies. Still, I find visiting cards incredibly convenient, [...]

In a couple of months, the citizens of Europe will be subjected to the one of the more kitschy, forgettable, and partisan competitions of modern times, the Eurovision song contest. Eurovision, for those fortunate enough to live outside of the Old World, is a televised song contest in which each country submits one band [...]

Though sparsely covered in the Swiss press, the story of Switzerland accidently invading the Principality of Liechtenstein is old news in the blogosphere. On March 2nd, 170 infantry recruits lost their way in the night and walked several kilometers into the territory of their neighboring country. Liechtenstein is just 25 kilometers long by [...]