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Trivial Posts #12: Belgium Pranks France, As Cthulhu Pranks Copyright

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A slightly shorter burst of Trivial Posts this week, coming as it does in the week where I moved house (goodbye renting, welcome to somewhere that I own). Still, I needed some distracting, and this is what caught my eye online this week. As always, subscribe to the mailing list to never miss any of my weekly Trivial Posts. Belgium Pranks The French With Waterloo Coin Belgium asks for a commemorative Waterloo two euro coin. France vetoes the idea. Belgium finds loophole in the treaties and mints a commemorative Waterloo coin… for two Euros fifty cents. …three months ago, Belgium proposed the introduction of a commemorative Waterloo

Le Travelling Geeks

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Yes Le Web is coming up (and the full program has now been published so you can sort who you want to see and when the best time is to nip out for a decent sized-lunch), but I’ll be doing a little something in Paris beforehand. The Travelling Geeks. Organised by Renee Blodgett for the two days before Le Web will see a number of us descending early on Paris to see some presentations form the latest European start-ups and what they are working on in a smaller, more intimate environment. I’m looking forward to it, partly because it’s going