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Monaco in 2022 and 2023

Robert — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:48:21 +0500

Robert:

In Monaco, everything smells amazing: the trees outdoors and perfumes indoors.

Also, strangers greet each other when entering and exiting the elevator. Everyone has true respect for one another.

But sadly not all elevators have good typography. The 8 looks too much like a B, and the D looks too much like a zero:

The ventilator swastika is cool thô

A bit of nature:

A confident-looking man:

The Continental:

Crowdstrike before it was famous:

A tall building:

Textures:

Europe diagram, Brexit edition

Robert — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 01:01:37 +0500

Robert:

As the UK is about to leave the EU, I have updated my European diagram to reflect the new situation. I also added the Council of Europe for good measure.

Oh, and there’s a version in French as well:

Monaco’s flag

Robert — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:04:28 +0500

Robert:

This is Monaco’s flag. It’s identical, except for in proportions, to Indonesia’s:
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But Monaco has an alternative flag and pattern (mostly used on licence plates), which reminds of its moneymaker the Casino, which would make Monaco instantly recognisable anywhere on Earth:

Monaco, why not make the latter the official flag?

Updating CGP Grey’s Europe diagram

Robert — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:59:55 +0500

Robert:

I looked at CGP Grey’s Europe diagram yesterday and saw that it was outdated. Latvia and Lithuania are now in the Eurozone, and not just in the EU. I started with a blank sheet and worked my way through.

I also added the four countries that use the euro but aren’t in the EU: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican. I did not add Montenegro and Kosovo to this zone: if I added them, I’d have to add Zimbabwe, as they all use the euro but aren’t approved by the Council to do so.

My diagram is rather simple, as it only shows what is useful to a person travelling or working in Europe. Nothing extraordinary like this one from Wikipedia: