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Afternoon Siesta With WSJ Online Videos: Morse Code, Lenovo, Legos and the Geeky French!

by Kara Swisher
Posted on October 8, 2007 at 3:10 PM PT

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How much do we love this Morse Code guy in the Arizona desert–Chuck Adams, who is the eighth fastest in the world–in this video of what is a dying breed: the tappy-tapping ur-geek:

And Lenovo tries to grow a global business against competitors like Acer, IBM and Dell, although there is also a rural PC for farmers. So says Bill Amelio, CEO of the Chinese computer maker:

Making Lego movies–stop-motion films called “brickfilm”–which are a lot more gripping than a lot out there (but not much!):

Get your iPods and music and fashion and design at France’s Colette. It’s like an Apple store with tasty food!:

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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