by Minter Dial | May 27, 2009 | Entertainment, Mobile, New Tech
In another spam scam, Deezer, Europe’s leading “music on demand” site (equivalent of LastFM), has been attacked. They quickly reacted by sending out this mail (in French as it is a French based company), alerting its users that the offer of a free...
by Minter Dial | May 27, 2009 | Politics
Aside from Iran’s attempts to block Facebook in the run-up to the election (they just lifted the ban, according to this LA Times piece), I have also noticed that there is an increasing number of spam scams on Facebook. In the most recent hack attack, you receive...
by Minter Dial | May 26, 2009 | Travel
At the airport of Marrakesh, Morocco, as we were leaving, I snapped this photograph (above) of the “official” sortie. The Passport Control desk has a sign above it in three languages. The French is given prime real estate. I trust the Arabic is spelt...
by Minter Dial | May 23, 2009 | Travel
We made a last minute decision and reservation at L’Epi Dupin, 11, rue Dupin in the 6th arrondissement (Paris). For a restaurant that began in 1995 and which we learned about living in London via the London Times, this restaurant continues to be running on all...
by Minter Dial | May 22, 2009 | Sports
This year, Roland Garros and the French Federation of Tennis (FFT) have launched a programme (“Operation Balle Jaune”) to recycle the used tennis balls as part of a Sustainable Development program. There are 14 million balls sold every year in France...