welcome to the blog!

welcome to the newest members of the blog!
Emmanuel, Antoine, Sebastian, Pierre, Jean-Francois, etc...

I've made you all "administrators" so you can also invite and approve other members and add links to the template!

A good class on Wednesday! And a very good vacation and holiday season! Merry and Happy,

james

remember to add "BlogThis!" to your browser's menu bar or favorites list to make it easy to add things to the blog!

knowing weather is so important !

Imagine that tomorrow you've got to go to Bucharest or to Stockholm or even more far. Should you take an umbrella or skis ? I've got the answer, it is the weather forecasts. Why not this one ? It is Meteo France: http://www.meteo.fr/meteonet/temps/monde/prev/mondew.html

Just a little game

Have fun with this one :-)

Need a Dictionnary ?

If you don't have a dictionnary, then this site www.dict.org is for you.

what's on rebecca's portal?

what's on rebecca's portal?

BBC World Home Page

BBC World Home Page this is what we saw in class

Everything about first names

If you want to know where your first name comes from, or if you want to know how many people have the same first name as you in france, just go to MeilleursPrenoms.com.

For example, the most popular first names in france are Jean for men (1.329.909 men have that name in 2000) and Marie for the women (1.349.090 women have that name in 2000) !

Welcome to Sequence Two

Sequence Two...

welcome to sequence two ... today we'll have our first class and will define what will happen in our next 5 classes of the sequence.

I hope the blog will be a useful team-blog for all of us to use.... (all of us!)

james

ps... i've tried to set the blog so it sends email messages to all of the class members (netclass@supelec.fr) whenever someone posts... let me know if this works!

Mairie de Paris-Education- Envie d'amphi
This looks interesting.... "How to create your own company" is one of the lectures at the ENST on Saturday morning!
It's just too bad that it's all in French! ;-)

Let them sing it for you Interesting sound based site!

This is a collection of tongue twisters from all over the world.
Very useful if you are learning a new language ;o) - English translation for all of them except the English ones
Have fun !
1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters

James, could you please give me the address of the dictionnary site, with the pronounciation of the words ? I forgot it, and this a shame since I don't have a dictionnary here in Supelec !

Thanks by advance.

Here is a link toward a funny site. It lists a series of english mistakes that have been made on different translations of signs or instruction manuals. It sometimes gives them funny meanings.
Tell me what you think of it !!!
http://www.engrish.com/
David

If you're afraid when you are connected on internet and you want know all about security, this site is for you:

http://www.securiteinfo.com

Nicolas

lecielestbleu.com : equus here are the horses! or are they donkeys?

sodaplaymore music!

lecielestbleu.com more horses..... and giraffes too! james

MIT for free, virtually | CNET News.com

Don't forget it next friday evening...

Make horses sing ;-)

I like your "stupid" website Arnaud ! How long did you stay with the button pushed ?

I made a bad time...

Claire.

Here's a site for all linux newbies : The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux.

Quite interesting when you search a software for linux.

http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/alcohol/alcohol.jsp?id=ns99993619

This is an interesting article about 'Irish Coffee'!

Benoît

Why VoIP is music to Kazaa's ear |CNET.com
What Kazaa's founders are up to now!

I had a doubt about this, but many different sources seem to confort it (courrier international, reuters, sciences-et-avenir, http://www.aegis.com/news/re/2003/RE030815.html, some other on-line newspapers)
It's about Science and Bush in America. A bit frightening, but seems to be true. If you have more information about this, please tell me...
This link leads to webpage about ingerence of Bush in American Science, I shall precise that redactors of the report presented are mainly issued from the Democrat party (Bush is a Republican).

http://www.politicsandscience.org
--
Jean-François

Shaker-Diffusion
A web site where you can buy music for Dj's. The interesting thing here is that you can listen to the music you are going to buy and that you can find the latest songs.

Stats Toolbox: Statistics The latest statistics about the internet... numbers of users, etc.

Thanck you JF for the site you advised us to visit (www.understandfrance.org ): it is effectively a quite interesting one. Bye Louis

Rhapsody Gets Real RealNetworks competition for the Apple music store....

Esoteric languages & obfuscation
some inspiration for a group that would like to talk about the history of hacking... james

Salon.com Audio | J. R. R. Tolkien listen to this great elvish poem...

Salon.com Audio | J.R.R. Tolkien English to listen to...

Do you like video games? Maybe are you nostalgic when you remember the old video games you used to play with ten years ago? This site could interest you :
http://www.abandonware.org

Nicolas

All the powerpoints about illegal websites are on my ftp :
ftp:\\supelec:supelec@bellicard.rez-gif.supelec.fr

Enjoy !
Claire.

Wanna know how a special physical phenomenon works ? You may just find what you're looking for on Physics 2000... But even though you haven't got a precise aim, just go for a stroll on this website which explains particularly well questions you always wonder about. You will undoubtedly be delighted to learn a lot on Physics and common modern devices. Yes the name is quite old-fashioned, yet it is a very good site thanks to surprisingly well-designed animations.
Physics 2000

News.com a site dedicated to tech news. Linked to my work on illegal music copies, take a look at this article : Is CD copy-protection illegal ?

How to explain France to American people ? Some American people made a website on the subject...
An interesting point of view about French and American people...
http://www.understandfrance.org
--
Jean-Francois

The Corporate Blog Is Catching On

Have you registered (for free) with the NY Times yet? If you have then you can follow this link....
see you Wednesday
james

Wired Magazine this is an interesting magazine! "Wired"

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Labthis is a great place to improve your listening comprehension!

enjoy!

Welcome to the Supelec netclass!

I hope that all the Supelec students participating discover lots of neat things on the Internet!

james

rebecca's pocket :: talks :: waging peace: using our powers for good

The Latest Net Scam—Modem Hijacking

Blogs: The Next Big Thingjohn dvorak pc magazine

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

AtomFilms - Wat's Pig

Why Munich Dumped Microsoft for Linux

Virus Writing 101

About.com : are viruses bad??? http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/whitepapers/virubad.html

Saturday, May 24, 2003

The Great Nigerian Scam

Commonly-Used American Slang - 280 Expressions

does this look funny? PR has been here!

English Study Quiz - Idioms (1)this is good for patrick

Fizzer Worm Is on the Move

Video Gallery: The Nando Times --cutting edge technology

BBC World Home Pagepalladium

The Online NewsHour: NewsHour Index

Heading Off Spam

Washingtonpost.com: Live Onlinethis is the "Life at Work" video online... with an approximate transcript!

Washingtonpost.com: Live Online

Quandary version 1 examples

Quia Creations

Quia - Class Page - Kennosuke Honda

Quandary version 1 examples

Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy

iTunes store: More than 1 million sold | CNET News.com

CraieFitiwarchalking

White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet

White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet

essays :: ten tips for a better weblog

United Nations Division for Sustainable Development -Directory of Case Studies

welcome to the new students of the last sequence___
!!! we need two more students!
james

Merriam-Webster OnLine

SearchDay - Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet - 16 October 2002

Finance: Identifying Identity Theft

Finance: Identifying Identity Theft

Writing Center Handouts how to write right in English!

The Blogs of War Dvorak... a critic

Washington D.C. 12:52:20

CIEE - Work & Travel USA Central

Do Cheaters Ever Prosper? Just Ask Them just for gamers!

DigitalVideoDocumentaries.com - EverQuest Players LFG Who plays EverQuest... and why???

go there: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu



schMOOze University... a nice place to visit!!

the web site of the university





An initiative of a language teacher, instructor, at the International English Language Institute, at Hunter College of the City University of New York that hosts schmooze university., helped by many volunteers, hosted by Hunter College.



A free community service offered by a dedicated language teacher, associated with Hunter College of the City University of New York who feels that schmooze is a valuable resource for learners.

Star Tribune will allow you to listen at Michael Moore's speech (against Bush) at the Oscar ceremony.

Hi supelec students :-p
I've started a 'fairy story' for the Writing Project, so if you have some time, it would be a good idea to check it and see if you can add a part. I'm especially targeting our SF fans here...

The WELL | Inkwell.vue home
A must read!
Welcome to Inkwell.vue, an ongoing conversation with authors, artists and creative thinkers.

The National Archives Learning Curve | Onfilm | Film Archive Main Menu Film Archive
Welcome to our film archive. Here you can view twentieth century films ranging from life in Britain to conflict in Vietnam. Please select which period you would like to see footage from.

great historical video!

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Hi guys !
I am sure you all want the interesting links we used for our presentation...
Here they are:

http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com
http://www.trepia.com
http://membres.lycos.fr/clancanardwc/forums.html
http://everquest.station.sony.com
http://everquest.allakhazam.com
http://www.eqdruids.com
http://pub58.ezboard.com/belvencrusade
http://rdgraphics.reddog3d.com/fanfaire/

Have fun and c u next week !
Morgann

ESL Quiz - Unscramble These Proverbs (Charles Kelly) I-TESL-J Unscramble These Proverbs
There is usually only one correct word order for proverbs.
Since proverbs have spread by 'word of mouth' over many generations, some have more than one correct version.

Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study Materials)

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Interesting activitites for students of English!

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BBC World Home Page Hello I'm Stephen Cole.
Welcome to Click Online's website. This week Tim Berners-Lee tells us of his vision of the web in the next decade; why you might want to use cyberspace to store your data, and the risks involved; why Hollywood celebs are being tempted to go all hi-tech; and from coral reefs to self-portraits, Sev's weekly roundup of websites right out of the top drawer.

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Letter From America | The flaws of the UN?

Sound file, transcript, British accent, view of American culture! Five stars!

About The Smoking Gun the recording of the court preceedings of the kidnapper who was just arrested after holding a little girl for eight months is really interesting listening.... scary!
james


The Smoking Gun

About The Smoking Gun the recording of the court preceedings of the kidnapper who was just arrested after holding a little girl for eight months is really interesting listening.... scary!
james

I changed the settings so that now netclass members have access to the template... that means you can add permanent links along the left and make yourself a team member... (first you create a user profile for yourself on blogger).

tgif!
james

this is a good listening resource!!

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

try it out!

this is a recent radio show about blogs...
try it!

NPR : The Blog

this is a really nice site for learning idioms!
Comenius English Language Center: Idioms

Added the DAYPOP link... the best way to find up to date news from news sources and commentary from bloggers!

this an attempt at making commenting possible... let's see if it works!
james

so to post you must go to blogger.com and sign in as netclass with the right password... then you can add and edit things here! be sure to put your name after your postings!

hope it works
james

hello supelec netclass students

here's an attempt to give us an online presence....
I've created a blogger user named netclass and the password is something that's easy to remember!! but ofcourse I expect you'll sign your postings too...

let me see what you can add to this blog!

james