Yeh! According to the register, Commodore is not dead and is up to release a YAipD (Yet Another iPod-like Device). Above all, it is called e-Vic, not passé, not old-season, just trendy. ...
[Weird] How to use...french toilets
Incredible website about a toilet travelguide. You can learn how to use french toilets. It seems a bit not so up to date :) 1. Close the door and look for a dry place to put your toilet paper. 2. Drop your pants just far enough, keep them up as high as possible. The floor is mostly filthy and wet. ...
[Weird] How to become immortal
L'Academie Francaise explains how to become immortal on their website: L mort d’un académicien entraîne la déclaration de vacance du fauteuil dont il était titulaire. Toute personne peut se porter candidat à ce fauteuil. Si les gens de lettres sont nombreux dans la Compagnie, il n’est pas indispens...
[VideoGame] Celebrity through location-based services
For those who want to become a celebrity thanks to positioning technologies, check supafly. ...
[Research] Getting your socks wet: Augmented Reality Environmental Science
Getting your socks wet! is a cool mobile learning project. As simulations go from the desktop to portable devices, we hope to harness the unique affordances of handhelds including: (1) portability can take the computer to different sites and move around within a site; (2) social interactivity ca...
[Research] Collaborative Activities Analyses
FESSAKIS G., PETROU A., DIMITRACOPOULOU A., (2004) Collaboration Activity Function: An interaction analysis tool for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning activities, In 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2004), August 30 - Sept 1, 2004, Joensuu, Finland...
[Weird] Mercenary Call for Participation
Wanna be a soldier of fortune in Cote d'Ivoire? I got this in my email box: AGENCE DE RECRUTEMENT "BON SECOURS" Rue. jardins 2 ptx Cocody-Abidjan Cote d'ivoire Nous recrutons et plaçons en Cote d'ivoire pour le compte de la cellule officieuse de campagne d'un grand parti politique ivoirien des exp...
[Weird] Ethnography of Nerds
The Gaming Geek Culture is a paper about nerd ethnography by Diana Dinh written in 2002. She describes geek behavior toward gaming. Here is the situation... Conner laughs offhandedly, and replies: “Yeah, people think we’re weird. They come in, and we’re loud and everything. But we don’t care. Whate...
[Weird] Temporary Invasion Zone
Temporary Invasion ZoneUFO Workshop - esad strasbourg - 2004, Thursday 10th June 2004 (21h00 / 09:00pm) [GMT +1 - French Time], duration ~15 mins The intention of the Temporary Invasion Zone is to invest an existing web3d community using a "troyan horse" action. All sorts of avatars are spreading o...
[Tech] Presence Awareness Tool
Alex discovered a nice feature of iTunes: a presence awareness tool: Spreading the iTunes meme at work has had an unexpected effect: I can now easily see how's around and who's not in the office, just by looking at my "Shared Music" option ...