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Easter Friday traffic heading past Nyon on the A1 motorway

Northern Exposure and Blowing Bubbles

8 April 2023 richard environmental, environmentalism

Northern Exposure is a series about a doctor who finds himself sent to Alaska to be a doctor for a few years. He thinks that

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Playing With Migros SubitoGo

31 March 2023 richard Swiss walks

Yesterday I tried playing with Migros SubitoGo and the experience was good. You scan the QR code for the shop as you enter and then

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March Vineyards with the Léman and Alps

The Immature Coming of Age of Social Media

15 March 2023 richard Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking

Around a decade and a half ago I grew tired of seeing blog headlines that said “The top ten blah blah”, “Three signs that …”

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The Absurd

5 March 2023 richard environmentalism

Over the last few weeks I have been thinking about the absurdity of life during this pandemic. People are pretending the pandemic is over and

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RTS info about the pandemic

The Illusion That The Pandemic Is Over

26 January 2023 richard environmental, social conscience

Switzerland is living under the illusion that the pandemic is over. If you look at the data on the RTS website and other sources of

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On Engagement and Leaving Social Media Platforms

30 November 2022 richard social media, Social Media Deontology

I used to like Facebook and Instagram because they were extensions of my social life. I left both of them when I saw that only

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On Not Listening to Podcasts

10 September 2022 richard environmental

There are times when I listen to two or three hours of podcasts a day and I learn from them. I usually listen when I

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Playing With Harmonicas

9 September 2022 richard Swiss walks

During a walk a few weeks ago I came across L’Harmonica pour les nuls, Harmonica for Dummies, so I picked up the book and within

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Garmin Etrex32x and Software Updates

4 June 2022 richard reviews

Updating software is something that we do every single day, often without knowing that it is being updated. WatchOS updated two or three days ago.

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Cycling From Nyon To the Signal De Bougy and Back

30 May 2022 richard cycling, Sports, Switzerland

Yesterday I looked at the wind, and when I saw that it was coming from the east I decided to cycle into it, for the

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