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pocketcultures blogs of the world

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Reviews of selected blogs showing life in different countries. Read about life in other countries and cultures without leaving your home.

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  • Iceland wants to serve the world

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 06:37 in Iceland, Economy, science & technology

    So you’re a big company with loads of servers; big computers which power your website and other IT. The servers need electricity to stay alive and they need cooling otherwise all that computing makes them overheat. Where would you put them? A cold...

  • Every place has a thousand stories

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:17 in books, people, pocketcultures

    If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend making 20 minutes to listen to this talk by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the danger of a single story. It’s funny, articulate and very true. (Original here) Our countries and cult...

  • An Ethiopian feast

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 13:20 in africa, food, ethiopia

    Thanks again to prondis in kenya for this photo, from an Ethiopian restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya. If you liked this, check out our Food of the World photo group on Flickr to see more photos posted by PocketCultures readers around the world. We’d l...

  • Immigrants: Citizens of the World

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 11:47 in world, people, languages, immigrants, world citizens

    This is a guest post from Gina Vazquez, who is a Mexican living in Canada. Her blog Let’s Talk Languages is about languages, diversity and the experience of living abroad. A few days ago I was writing in my blog how we immigrants are a totally diff...

  • Iraqi barbeque

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 12:27 in food, Middle East, iraq, food of the world

    Thanks to Najma for sharing these kebabs on the barbeque from Iraq. Do you want to share photos of your country’s food? Join our photo group on Flickr and show us your photos. Read more: Madrid street food - Spain likes a barbeque, too Arrosticini...

  • Waste to goodness

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 11:49 in asia, food, indonesia, organic, markets, farming, science & technology

    Danamon Peduli’s Danamon Go Green project turns organic waste from Indonesia’s produce markets into fertiliser. This approach has two benefits: it improves hygiene around marketplaces by getting rid of waste before it starts to rot; and it help...

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BennyGreenberg

5 stars Benny Greenberg

This is waaaaaaaaaaaaay cool. I am all about learning - and this is one of those blogs that will teach you a thing or two or three or four...

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