My hand is my extended memory: ...
[Weird] Another odd spam story
I received this interesing piece of text, spam gets more and more awkward: Basic rules for the C&D Method of instrument flight are fairly well known and are extremely simple. Here's how it's done: 1. Place a live cat on the cockpit floor; because a cat always remains upright. It can be used in lieu...
[TheWorld] Oil Crises and Climate Challenges: 30 Years of Energy Use: stop using cars!
New report of the International Energy Agency about Oil Crises & Climate Challenges. This new publication examines how energy efficiency and factors such as economic structure, income, lifestyle, climate, prices and fuel mix have shaped developments in energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA countries ...
[Space and Place] What makes a city thrive?
Nice piece of work in the harvard gazette about this very topic: What makes a city thrive? I put some excerpts here. The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. Does this mean Paris is three times as much fun as Boston, or that if Boston's population were compounded by thre...
[Prospective] Bruce Sterling's pokkecon: next to be social software
This week-end I read a nice short story. Since I am a lazy bastard and I don't have time to write a review, I put the one I found here. In Bruce Sterlings short story Maneki Neko, a similarly domestic icon the Maneki Neko, a Japanese good luck item in the shape of a cat is the icon for an in...
[Lyon] Next to be skyscraper in Lyon
In the Part Dieu area, in front of the station, close to the shopping mall: ...
[TheWorld] Backbone connectivity
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[TheWorld] my trip in milano/torino
I just came back from Italy. As usual I took picture, in particular strange low-rise and a cleaning vehicle. ...
(Games) Use foaf to se what/when/where your friends are playing !
xfire is a foaf-based social software that allow you to : -see WHEN your friends are playing online games - See WHAT game they are playing - See WHERE they are playing - JOIN their game with just one click! - unlike existing Instant Messengers, Xfire lets you receive IM's without disrupting your ga...
(TheWorld) How to be an Amazon reviewer
The way it works is interested in terms of social network building. According to many to many, this is a kind of smart social game: you ‘win this game’ by publishing reviews that other people find useful. How does it work: 1. What is the Top Reviewers list? The Top Reviewers list is a collection of...