Surveillance is the future !

Unfortunately, we are close to 1984 : Combat Zones That See, Terrorist/Total Information Awareness, SHopping Card... Where is privacy ? [prospective now] Soon we'll have to answer to weird mutiple choice questionnaire like : 21. How many persons do you know ? 22. How many persons depends on you ? ....

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C64 is back !

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Via transfert.net : Tulip Computers, which owns the Commodore brand name, plans to relaunch the brand to take advantage in an upsurge of interest in the obsolete Commodore 64 (C64) computer and its 1980s-era games, the company said in a statement Friday. Tulip Computers,...

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Gargoyle

Being a gargoyle is obviously one of the next big thing !! Gargoyle : a term from Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. It is meant to be a person who is decked out in computer gear such that they are able to catalog all data collected through their senses as well as get data that is useful to whatever go...

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Que dire de plus ?

"Toute la vie des sociétés dans lesquelles règnent les conditions modernes de production s’annonce comme une immense accumulation de spectacles. Tout ce qui était directement vécu s’est éloigné dans une représentation." - Guy Ernest Debord ...

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Utilisation de l'espace chez les jeunes

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Kokoreff, Michel. - La dimension spatiale des modes de vie des jeunes : le cas d'une cité de la banlieue parisienne. - Sociétés contemporaines (Paris). - (17), mars 94 : p. 29-49 ; bibliogr. ; résumé en anglais. - Une enquête ethnographique destinée à analyser les rappor...

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Analyse spatiale

Bonnes ressources concernant l'analyse spatiale L’analyse spatiale met en évidence des structures et des formes d’organisation spatiale récurrentes, que résument par exemple les modèles centre-périphérie, les champ d’interaction de type gravitaire, les trames urbaines hiérarchisées, les divers type...

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Hulk monster willy

Via the sun (english tabloid) : SHOCKED six-year-old Leah Lowland checked out a mystery bulge on her Incredible Hulk doll — and uncovered a giant green WILLY. (...) Considering the doll is only 12-inches tall it’s amazing how big his willy is. It is a weird story HOWEVER people still want to hid...

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Pics from Paris

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE The first picture is an flower vending machine (with air cooler inside !), the second is ... :) ...

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Space and trust

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Another function of space and place is to shape trust ! See "trust break down in electronic contexts but can be repaired by some initial face-to-face contact, " from E.Rocco at CHI 98. ...

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