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The evolution of technology

(Saturday, November 14th, 2009)

Darwin did not see this. Darwin was too shy when he published his major work “the origin of species” on November 24, 1859. The evolution is also for machines and technology and the struggle for life has a meaning.


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The evolution of technology, beginning in the early stone age and evolving to the most powerfull technology of all times.

Client: SATURN
Advertising Agency: Scholz&Friends, Berlin, Germany (www.s-f.com)

GANTT projects for free

(Friday, November 6th, 2009)

Microsoft Project is expensive, very expensive. But once you started using it, you can’t stand not having a nice clean GANTT project chart. Why not get a free Microsoft Project? Even better than downloading MS-Project for free, I am proposing you to use an on-line GANTT chart/project builder that is completely free and works on-line: Gantter.

Gantter

Gantter

I have been really impressed by the quality of such a software program. It may need to get some interface polish for Opera users (I had a couple of little display bugs), but the operation is fully adequate for many projects.

Cool ad

(Monday, October 26th, 2009)

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Why did my colleagues help me?

(Tuesday, October 6th, 2009)

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I am leaving France for a photo trip to Nepal. Why did my colleagues pay a part of that trip?

Energy conservation in ads

(Sunday, September 20th, 2009)

Dont waste electricity

Don't waste electricity

There could be waste in the most surprising places. So, don’t waste, use electricity wisely.

Via FAIL Blog.

Progress: Auto crash tests

(Thursday, September 3rd, 2009)

We tend to forget it easily, but automotive technology made astounding progress in the past decades. And, there is a domain which has been simply transformed by this leap forward: Car safety. 1970’s cars were crushed by the energy of car accidents. The following video is a witness of what happened to pretty good cars (from VW) in these years, when they suffered a crash test. You will easily notice how the passenger compartment deformed itself and wasn’t doing much to protect the passengers (here, crash test dummies).


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The transparent factory of VW

(Thursday, August 27th, 2009)

This factory exists in Dresden (Germany) and the visitors can see all the steps of the building of their own car. Right before your eyes.


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However, my own experience with other car factories is that -even if they are not completely different- this is really slow manufacturing.

Best business card ever

(Saturday, August 1st, 2009)

Plenty of people will try to teach you how to create a good business card. Catchy, well-designed, well-balanced and unforgettable.

Apart from the plain design (OK by that time), here the best possible business card. You will never forget about this guy.

The best business card, ever

The best business card, ever

Unfortunately, we will not know who W.W.Green is.

The exact text:


USED CARS – LAND – WHISKEY – MANURE – NAILS
FLY SWATTERS – RACING FORMS – BONGOS
ENTERPRISES, Un-Ltd.
W. W. GREEN, President
Wars Fought Stud Service
Revolutions Started Tigers Tamed
Assassinations Plotted Bars Emptied
Governments Run Computers Verified
Uprisings Quelled Orgies Organized

Compuserve is dead, for real!

(Thursday, July 9th, 2009 by Yves)

We had forgotten that it existed, but this major pioneer of the modem age of computer communication, Compuserve, has now officially closed its doors. It had been trampled by AOL before loosing ground in front of the Internet explosion. But, now, there is nothing left of the communication service we (I) used to exchange information before SPAM could happen, when speeds were measured in bauds.

I have a horse dream

(Monday, June 29th, 2009)


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If you want to know more, you can even buy those horse legs.

Google finds future quitters

(Saturday, June 27th, 2009)

When you’re a company big on data crunching, when you have a file, you can’t help it: You must explore it and draw conclusions. This is what Google is doing with its Human Resource files. They use algorithms to identify more easily people ready for a promotion, for an additional review, or people on the verge of quitting.

This is probably quite feasible supposing that you have enough data and enough CPU/database power. Google has it all (and plenty of power for sure).

I am not quite sure if this undeniable technical step forward is really good news for individual liberties.

Source: The Wall Street Journal.

Strong iPhone 3G-S sales

(Friday, June 26th, 2009)

Steve Jobs is rejoicing: It seems that Apple already sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G-S (the new Apple mobile phone) in the first 5 days after its launch.

Schubert-Liszt concert

(Saturday, May 2nd, 2009)

Free ad for friends in concert in Paris in a few weeks.

Gabriela Ungureanu / Anne-Elisabeth Halpern - Schubert

Gabriela Ungureanu / Anne-Elisabeth Halpern - Schubert

Schubert Concert on Sunday 24 May 2009 @ 12h30.

It’s smarter to travel in groups

(Saturday, April 11th, 2009)


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Free movies (many)

(Saturday, March 14th, 2009)

We all love when things come free to us. Here I found a treasure trove of movies that are free to download. Legally.

Thanks to the Canadians of the National Film Board of Canada. They give us feature-length movies, documentaries, animated short movies. Everything, of the best quality, at the best price: Free.

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Ryan Air has new ideas to charge its customers

(Wednesday, March 4th, 2009)

We knew that Ryan Air was an Irish airline able to bring air fares to a very low level. They use all tricks at their disposition to spend as little money as possible. But sometimes they go too far and their latest ideas give a bad press to the whole low-cost airline industry which were merely having you pay for your lunch in the plane (and, after all, why not pay your own soda like in any convenient pub on the ground?) Here are some of their latest brillant proposals (sometimes already in place):

  • They tried to tell that there should be no valuables (sunglasses in the trial case) in the checked-in luggage. A judge corrected this.
  • It appears that on several trips, buying a round-trip is more expensive that buying two one-way tickets. Always check!
  • Ryan Air want to fine passengers caught with a hand luggage over the weight limit (checked-in luggage has to be paid for).
  • Ryan Air proposes to charge passengers to use the in-plane toilets. Your flight would better be on-time if you don’t have small change, or will they accept credit cards…

One charger for all phones

(Friday, February 20th, 2009)

universal_chargerThanks to European Community! It just proposed, no! Announced that they would force the mobile phone manufacturers to all use a single type of battery charger.

It’s been years that we all accumulated chargers ready to be abandonned because none is compatible with more than one phone. The EC decided to reduce pollution linked this electronic waste. A European regulation nobody will ever regret!

The universal charger will have to use the micro-USB interface already found on some existing chargers here and there. It will deliver 5V output in a maximum of 2.5 watts.

When will it be compulsory for photo cameras, PDAs?

The GSM Association (no less than 17 phone manufacturers) is setting up plans for an accepted 2012 target.


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