Things that are close enough to other things that we can make the social excuse to use one other the other. WC signs at the …
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The definition of a “walk-off” in a world of autonomous vehicle mobility? Discovering your vehicle has strayed beyond social/legal norms while you are away.
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The desk in today’s office has a commanding view of Toubkal, the 4,167m meter peak in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. Not that I’m going to …
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A foreigner drawing attention to spitting in China is probably the one issue that creates more negative feedback from educated, cosmopolitan Chinese than any other, …
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Don’t get mad. Change the rules. The biggest frustration of using ZipCar is that the vehicle that you’ve booked has not been returned on time. Standing …
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The conversation started three hours into the journey and proceeded with a rhythm set by the motion of the train, overlaid with second languages and …
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Encountered a nice touch on returning from a business trip to urbn hotel Shanghai, where on arrival the receptionist refused to take my credit card …
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We’re heading down to Huye for the first real day’s research in Rwanda, and Ali our driver-cum-hustler pulls over and we pile out to catch …
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ANA has solved the reclining seats problem on their new Dreamliner – none of the seats recline backwards, instead they all “recline-forward” with the same …
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Prepping for a field study in Rwanda and a few other places this week. Knowing how to interpret a satellite photos and data from other mapping …
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