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May 2003

The best contemporary Science Fiction authors: A paper on Kuro5hin.org cites: Vernor Vinge, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan (I'm not fully convinced), Iain M. Banks, Neal Stephenson, Peter F. Hamilton, Orson Scott Card, Kim Stanley Robinson, Richard Morgan, Elisabeth Moon (I don't know these two, yet) and Dan Simmons. It's a good selection overall and the detailed reasons are pretty good.

ZIP for Windows: Too many people use a shareware without paying the required fees. Sometimes, being honest is as simple as using a free software equivalent. Instead of WinZIP, I would advise to go to:

• UltimateZip
• QuickZIP (still has a bug in .RAR handling)

A unique travel in the world of the British pub: If you ever pushed the doors of a pub in the UK, you know that this is a very original place and that the heart of the British people lies there. I recently found a thought-provoking document about sociology and pubs: “Passport to the Pub” published by the Social Issues Research Center in Oxford, UK. A must-read for foreigners.

Opera 7.10: I have long been a fan of Netscape because I believe that Microsoft should not be the only player on the browser market. But I should have been looking at Opera. Interestingly, they seem to be the only innovator on the browser market, these days. Opera 7.10 is now available and it is fast, and it has features.

We must reveal the ugly truth: FBI is always looking into your Internet communicaitons. All the evidence and explanations are on This is True (and it works well with Netscape 7, too).

It's been months I have been speaking about starting to learn Japanese. Now I'm started.

A few web sites that seem useful for this:

• YLC - The Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon
• Kana
• Teach Yourself Japanese (excellent)
• The Gate of Japanese
• Where to find some Japanese Fonts on the Internet - supposedly
• Japanese: Learn Japanese language, grammar, kanji, culture and more for FREE!
• Japanese: How to read, write and speak it
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page
• Japanese Writing - Enabling Japanese Support on Windows 2000
• Writing Japanese Under Windows 2000 Professional/XP
• Viewing Japanese on the Web
• On-line Learning and Teaching with The Japanese Writing System
• Japanese Writing (right to the target)

 

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Other links

• An excellent freeware source : NoNags.
• Tom's Hardware Guide is THE reference web site about computer hardware. Can be found in various languages:
• English THG
• French
• German
• Italian
• etc.

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