Among the things I learned this week:
* Spotify doesn’t allow you to hide your existence/profile. (Courtesy: Spotify)
* North Korea had its first Ultimate Frisbee tournament. (Courtesy: North Korea Economy Watch)
* Google Alerts doesn’t work with filetype searches. (Courtesy: Google Alerts)
* The United States and Canada prohibit gay men donating blood, and a host of other countries have behavioral restrictions on whether a gay man can donate blood. (Courtesy: NYT).
Among the things I learned this week:
* A significant number of music videos from Russian artists have Soviet- or tsarist-era imagery and symbolism. (Courtesy: Music Box)
* I live as well (better, really) as Kim Jong Il, based on the brands of “luxury” goods he has imported. (Courtesy: North Korean Economy Watch)
* Jazz, or at least open jazz clubs, do not exist in Athens during the summer. (Courtesy: Athens)
* Pigeon houses (for more, see this description and this photo) are a serious deal in Tinos and directly connected to its arts/sculpture tradition. (Courtesy: Tinos)
* Bootlegging in the US is often dominated by immigrant populations. I suspect this is because of the high capital costs of creating a legal distillery and emigres’ limited access to capital and credit. (Courtesy: NYT)
I have more than a passive interest in North Korea, although my interest is hardly dedicated or a research one. In any event, I have read and watched a few interesting North Korea-related items lately.
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