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November 20 2011
Saudi Double Standards
Many religions and “beliefs” are so ridiculous that one may wonders how on earth could people be so dumb as to follow them. However, as long as such beliefs are only “in your mind”, and that other people’s right to think differently is respected, that’s probably OK. That people of a certain “belief” form a [...]
November 13 2011
China’s Chen Guangcheng: Isolated but not forgotten (via BBC News)
China’s Chen Guangcheng: Isolated but not forgotten By Michael Bristow, BBC News, Shandong Province The BBC’s Michael Bristow was stopped by the authorities when he tried to meet Chen Guangcheng. The three men acted swiftly and efficiently – they had a job to do. They yanked open the car door, barked a few orders and [...]
October 02 2011
A very zen Oktoberfest :)
Sunday morning in October. No air conditioning, no heating, fresh air and birds chirping outside. What more can you ask? Ah, yes, breakfast coming soon Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Meteo, October, Sunday, weather, Zen
July 17 2011
May 30 2011
Tous unanimes, sauf mes amis Alsaciens
Le TGV, nouvelle marotte des élus et des décideurs économiques? (Dessin Joan) Ce dessin illustrait un article de F.Z. dans les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace du 24 mai 2011 sur la ligne à grande vitesse Rhin-Rhône : “Tous unanimes, sauf…” Tous unanimes… Les milieux économiques et les élus sont en train de monter au créneau pour [...]
May 28 2011
Peace and quiet
29 degrees Celcius and 54% humidity in Happy Valley on this sunny Saturday afternoon, very good conditions to relax Also an opportunity to do a minor cleanup of my blog, removing links that now point to nowhere, such as the defunct “Mybloglog” which Yahoo has bought and closed, as it did with a number of [...]
April 02 2011
The Saga Of Biorn
B(i)orn to be alive! The Saga Of Biorn via @baekdal. And sourced from Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop. Filed under: Fun, Media, Religion Tagged: Animation, Biorn, Video
March 31 2011
PPM’s Twitter Dailies
For English speakers @ppmartinPPM The Shakespeare Daily is out! http://bit.ly/fd4Lvv ▸ Top stories today via @stinson @zhiq @nowsourcing @russell1955 @nikpeachey 47 minutes ago via Paper.liReplyRetweetFavorite For French speakers @ppmartinPPM Le petit Molière illustré is out! http://bit.ly/guAgpn ▸ Top stories today via @ras_bo @tfsalomon @onlinerudy about 12 hours ago via Paper.liReplyRetweetFavorite Filed under: Media, Socialmedia Tagged: [...]
Time Flies
What a month March 2011 has been, with the Japanese people showing it’s courage in front of a triple disaster, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant failure, and with the Libyan people similarly showing its mettle, rising boldly against a bloodthirsty tyrant. It’s also good to see how most other countries take there responsibilities and [...]
February 05 2011
Stuff I Just Can't Throw Away – even though those are perfectly recyclable :)
Let me put a nice virtual “stamp” on this message’s “envelope”, and it will promptly be posted – just like magic – thanks to Plinky.com Stamps… As a kid, I started a stamp collection, and had a few special “Stamp Booklets” nicely organized etc. After a while, I had no more time to properly [...]
January 29 2011
Is spelling important?
Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy: it dseno’t mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that [...]
Neurological Test
1- Find the C below… Please do not use any cursor help. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 2- If you already found the C, now find the 6 below: 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999699999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 3 – Now find the N below… It’s a little more difficult. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM [...]
January 23 2011
A kinetic typography music video
A kinetic typography music video for Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac. Created using After Effects, Toon Boom Animate, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere. Filed under: Fun, Media Tagged: Typography, Video
January 09 2011
Firefox Add-Ons Reloaded
My fave Firefox add-ons (in alpha order) – this is an update from my previous two posts on this topic on 9 November 2009 and 27 April 2010: Adblock Plus 1.3.3 Cooliris 1.12 Coral IE Tab 1.85.2 etc Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.106 Diigo Bookmarks and Web Annotations 5.1.0.8 Download Statusbar 0.9.7.2 Evernote Web Clipper 4.0.0.106602 Feedly [...]
January 01 2011
Happy New Year 2011
Happy New Year 2011 Meilleurs Voeux pour 2011 Filed under: Event Tagged: Greetings, Voeux
December 26 2010
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to everyone Joyeux Noël à tous Filed under: Event Tagged: Christmas, Noël
November 29 2010
Définitions inédites
Quelques définitions inédites que vous aurez de la peine à trouver dans le dernier Larousse … (Merci MAK Autobus : Véhicule qui roule deux fois plus vite quand on court après que quand on est assis dedans. Taser : Instrument utilisé afin de mieux faire passer le courant entre la police et la jeunesse. Horloge [...]
October 24 2010
Strumpfette's Italian Holidays on Google Street View
October 23 2010
A few Asian “freedom of speech” web sites
Based on an article published today in the South China Morning Post, originally a report from Ben Doherty from The Guardian, there are a number of sites trying to ensure a minimum of transparency in the political news concerning several Asian countries. Quote Censorship in Asia: following the great firewall of China Governments across south-east [...]
September 19 2010
Quick Update from the Front
Greetings, dear Reader, After close to 16 months working at CA-CIB‘s headquarters in Paris, I moved back to Hong Kong last month with new regional responsibilities within the same bank. I am now now Head of Individual Risks for Corporate and Structured Finance, Asia ex-Japan, within Risk and Permanent Control – Asia Pacific, still at [...]
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