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Google judging the Icelandic economy? Embassy represented by a shopping trolley

The usual symbol for an embassy on Google Maps is a flag, yet the Embassy of Iceland to the UK is represented by… a shopping trolley. You can see the contrast in the screenshot to the right, and see it on Google Maps here.

Is Google passing a judgement on the Icelandic economy, that the country and its embassy are up for sale?

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Upgrade work complete

Scaffolding

Flickr / Creative Commons

The upgrade work for the new blog is complete. Here is a quick summary of the changes…

  1. Running on WordPress 2.7, with a new theme based on Hybrid / Leviathan
  2. New Sportblog added, with excellent mapping like this thanks to the excellent XML Google Maps plugin for WordPress
  3. Twitter updates in the sidebar, and for the first time, Amazon advertising on the Commission Concours page
  4. Reorganised RSS – prominent links to RSS feeds in the menu bar, and RSS for each category
  5. Related posts list for each post, paginated comments with avatars (linking to Gravatar)
  6. All running on a new server based in Roubaix, northern France, for better connection speeds

The pages have only been tested in Firefox / Safari for Mac at the moment – so in browsers that respect the rules the pages should look OK. If you’re still using Internet Explorer tough, erm, well, I’ll fix that once I’m back in Brussels next week. Check out Browse Happy if you’re exasperated.

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