The Second Coming of GPS in Smartphones
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The Louis Vuitton Paris Show
Today I saw the Louis Vuitton Paris: Voyage en Capitale exhibit at the Mus Carnavalet in Paris. (The museum is part of the Parisian municipal museum system that includes the Notre Dame crypt and the catacombs.)
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