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2005-10-17T15:00:00.000+02:00

APCC - Publications

TripSpot Packing Tips

2005-09-30T13:44:00.000+02:00

Ever worried about what to take when you travel ? this site makes your packing list for you !!! Plenty of tips to travel safe, light, with a backpack, a suit case or a just a carry-on bag. I give you one tip from my own experience: there is no need to worry about anything but official papers. All the rest can be found everywhere on earth !! Enjoy your trip :-) Olivier

2005-04-20T15:45:00.000+02:00

Rocketboom VideoBlog... vblogs... better than CNN?

2005-04-12T22:43:00.000+02:00

Rocketboom : I thought you might enjoy this daily vblog.... it's different than the mainstream media! hope to see you all again soon! james "Rocketboom is a three minute daily video weblog based in New York City covering information and commentary ranging from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 9am EST, Monday through Friday. With a

Free music at SXSW-- south by southwest festival

2005-03-16T00:14:00.000+01:00

south by southwest festivals : "SXSW Music March 16-20, 2005 Hope you're all doing well.... SXSW is actually three festivals at the same time.... music/ film / and "interactive" IT... I thought you'd like the music most! james read more below..... 'Now in its 18th year, the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, is a veritable fantasyland for music fans. There's a nearly 24-

MSNBC - Students ordered to wear tracking tags

2005-02-13T18:40:00.000+01:00

MSNBC - Students ordered to wear tracking tags big brother! could this happen in France? maybe in a few years? all the best from james

Using a non-standard browser might send you to jail ...

2005-02-11T14:50:00.000+01:00

Perhaps you remember of this english Solaris user who was arrested because he made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx, a text-based browser ? No, you don't ? To put it in a nutshell, his connexion to the web site was considered being a hack-attempt because it was different from the others (that's to say it didn't come from Internet Explorer ...), that's why armed policemen came and arrested him

USATODAY.com - Radio to the MP3 degree: Podcasting

2005-02-09T19:16:00.000+01:00

all the best to all of you in this new sequence! now you'll know what podcasting is all about! james USATODAY.com - Radio to the MP3 degree: Podcasting

Needing computing cycles ?

2005-02-07T01:34:00.000+01:00

Sun Microsystems is launching a new grid computing service for companies which sometimes need high computing power but can't (or don't want to ...) afford a supercomputer ... If you have a problem to solve and need a quick answer, you can submit it to this new Sun service : hundreds of computers will simultaneously work on it, and you are likely to quickly receive the result. President of Sun

Man, windows sucks...

2005-02-05T11:39:00.000+01:00

Go here

Junk Mail is rising ...

2005-02-02T00:08:00.000+01:00

According to recent studies, spam has gone up ... but what is really annoying is that this rising has particularly been noticeable since the CAN-SPAM act, which aimed at reducing junk mail, was passed. Moreover, spammers seems to improve their techniques : junk mail is now more precisely targeted : in January, for example, scam mails decreased by 40 %, as people are usually not ready to invest

Open source beer !

2005-02-01T11:53:00.000+01:00

Some geeks who like beer now will be able to claim "I only drink open source beer". It is the first one in the world, and a proof that open source isn't only dedicated to software. Of course, all of you should only drink open source beer : first of all it is open source, and all of us know that the Microsoft beer is full of bugs... But the real question is "what does that beer taste ?"

Ananova - Man peed way out of avalanche

2005-01-30T20:52:00.000+01:00

Did you ever think that beer could save your life ? I cannot beleive it... Ananova - Man peed way out of avalanche

Alice and Bill.com - Independent Tech

2005-01-26T13:08:00.000+01:00

Guess who just hired the head programmer of the FireFox project.... ??? you can read about it here! an interesting tech blog! all the best from james Alice and Bill.com - Independent Tech

Now your car is able to understand you ...

2005-01-26T12:38:00.000+01:00

The company Affective Media has been working on creating a system able to recognize and understand human mood through their voice ! This feature is likely to be useful to adapt the behaviour of a machine to its user, and this system is already studied by Toyota to be implemented in cars. Indeed, in the future, cars will include voice-activated commands, and consequently, adding this feature to

The Motley Fool UK: google vs skype!

2005-01-24T19:10:00.000+01:00

hello everyone! looks like Google is going to compete with Skype! wow! all the best james The Motley Fool UK: Comment 24/01/2005

Earning your living ...

2005-01-18T23:54:00.000+01:00

Do you want to write for a famous geek site ? Engadget is hiring columnists and even interns ! For more information, see this page ... Just one detail : you have to live in New York area to be selected ... And to conclude, a "funny" piece of news ... Sorry, misses ...

HumanAdSpace.com - My Forehead has been RELISTED!

2005-01-18T21:37:00.000+01:00

the auction has begun again because the winning bidder disappeared... the bids are up to 4000 dollars with two more days left.... hope you're all doing well! james HumanAdSpace.com - My Forehead has been RELISTED! quote.... "You have seen it all over the news. You have seen it all over the world. Human Ad Space is HOT right now. I am glad to say that I turned this simple idea into a worldwide

George Mason Officials Investigate Hacking Incident (washingtonpost.com)

2005-01-14T17:28:00.000+01:00

hello everyone! this explains why universities are such inviting targets for crackers! watch out for identity theft! have a nice weekend! james (big brother is watching you) George Mason Officials Investigate Hacking Incident (washingtonpost.com)

2005-01-12T11:12:00.000+01:00

Bored wearing panties ? Sorry everyone, I couldn't prevent myself from posting this. This may be the beginning of a new era : After beginning smaller, and smaller, and smaller... They disappear ! Girls won't wear panties anymore ! An even greater revolution that nuclear power thanks to fusion ! But what about fetishists ? Warning : This is no serious post. ;op Star Wars freak ? Maybe I

I know there are Mac Fans amongst you ....

2005-01-11T21:38:00.000+01:00

Today was the Apple Keynote, a great conference by Steve Jobs in which he announces the brand new products to be released ... For Mac Fans all around the world, this is a real event ! The main piece of news is the oncoming availability of the "Mac Mini" : a small, affordable Macintosh to be sold at pricing starting at 499$. Although very thin and design, this is also a powerful computer, and

once again with the link to the site, sorry guys =P

2005-01-10T13:14:00.000+01:00

here is the link to our site! here you guys can download our presentation and take part in our google quiz. Winners stand to win fantastic prizes! So do not hesitate anymore, go to our site and start clicking! regards, Sebouth Adrien Ching Lik

the website for our presentation. thanks sebouth! =)

2005-01-10T13:12:00.000+01:00

here you guys can download our presenatation and take part in our google quiz. Winners stand to win fantastic prizes! So do not hesitate anymore, go to our site and start clicking! regards, Sebouth Adrien Ching Lik

Supelec netclass

2005-01-09T16:24:00.000+01:00

Supelec netclass Dear SUPELEC Internauts, In our next class I would like to continue with our project ? creating a user friendly tools for computer and Internet illiterate users. If you have time, could you click on the following link and listen for a few minutes : http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/index.html Jan Rybar

To geek or not to geek ....

2005-01-04T22:55:00.000+01:00

For those who may have spent too much time in front of their computer, here is an interesting gagdet which might help them to go back to real life, yes, the one in which you have to walk, go out, work, in a word : to be active ...

Learn more about the effects of this disaster on children

2005-01-02T18:05:00.001+01:00

UNICEF - UNICEF Home 1/3 of the victims of this tragic event are estimated to be children. Reporters from the various TV stations have already commented that in Indonesia, where more than 40% of the population are children, the streets in Acheh seemed oddly quiet. You can read and watch the videos from UNICEF and help too in the relief efforts. Ching Lik

Learn more about the effects of this disaster on children

2005-01-02T18:05:00.000+01:00

Fast Guide to IT Humor - a Whatis.com definition

2004-12-29T19:35:00.000+01:00

Fast Guide to IT Humor - a Whatis.com definition here's a happy way to finish 2004! happy new year! hope to get to see you all soon! james

p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site

2004-12-16T16:41:00.000+01:00

Google Library... You always wanted to read Shakespeare in English, but you had no occasion to find Hamlet in Supelec's Library ? Google is (will be...) there to supply you with the needed cultural material you are looking for... What do you think of that?

the netclass site

2004-12-15T23:16:00.000+01:00

I've made the index page of our site (http://supelec.netclass.free.fr). There you'll be able to download some of the presentations (including Edouard's and mine), and many other very interesting things... Well, I have to admit that my page is quite ugly, but it still is better than a list of files... You are an artist? Feel free to replace it with a creation of yours!

Presentation about anonymity on the Internet

2004-12-15T23:02:00.000+01:00

Hi, Here is a short description of what we told you about today, ie about being spied on on the Internet: Many "tools" are used by browsers to make the connection faster or the sites easier to use, like cookies, cache memory, environment variables... But these contain data that could be used negatively, so you have to be careful of what your browser accept. Examples of pieces of information

The Unofficial Cookie FAQ

2004-12-15T19:48:00.000+01:00

The Unofficial Cookie FAQ this is if you want to know where "cookie" comes from (question 1.2)... It is rather disappointing :-(. But geeks can probably find usefull information about cookies in this page anyway...

MPAA to crack down on illegal downloading ...

2004-12-15T06:46:00.000+01:00

Reuters reported yesterday that BitTorrent, the well know p2p network, is now aimed at by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). More precisely, the MPAA is going to sue the server operators who make films illegaly available on this network. They already took to court two hundred people who where charged with sharing films on other p2p networks. Through this announcement, the MPAA

Xplanet desktop

2004-12-08T19:01:00.000+01:00

Xplanet hi netclass members, what I'm using is a Mac version based on the xplanet project... Here is actually the MacOSX version I'm using: OSXplanet enjoy! james

Triumph of the Nerds: The Transcripts, Part III

2004-12-08T18:29:00.000+01:00

Triumph of the Nerds: The Transcripts, Part III: "software celebration hasn't been easy. It has involved huge gambles, passionate commitm" the text of our video today!

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

2004-12-08T18:23:00.000+01:00

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red) this is that fascinating posting in the IWE that we looked at in class...

Sorry for keeping you all waiting...

2004-12-02T14:18:00.000+01:00

We promised you a short résumé of our presentation. So here it is, enjoy ! RSS, which stands for Real Simple Syndication, was designed for sharing headlines in 1997. It is based on an XML grammar (see here for more details). It enables webmasters to distribute news way more easily : the RSS feed is read by millions of people (if your site is famous of course ;p). It is also really convenient

Fotolog.net

2004-12-01T22:09:00.000+01:00

Fotolog.net here's an interesting community website... a community of photographers! hope you all have a good Forum! I'll see some of you next week! james

Bill Gates, my hero

2004-11-23T01:48:00.000+01:00

A review of the interview Bill Gates gave in Paris last wednesday, with pictures and videos! http://supelec.netclass.free.fr/PhotosBillGates/

RSS Feeds

2004-11-17T19:56:00.000+01:00

RSS Feeds here's another answer to Henri's question: "Can you tell me once again, in simple terms, what RSS is?"

Cobuild Concordance and Collocations Sampler

2004-11-17T19:38:00.000+01:00

Cobuild Concordance and Collocations Sampler This is the site that lets you search in the collection of 56 million words that were used to create the Cobuild Dictionary!

Hello Kitty meeting gothic horror

2004-11-17T17:47:00.000+01:00

Do you know Hello Kitty ? this nice little cat from Japan having "kawai" adventures ? Do you know Chtulhu and Lovecraft's gothic horror universe ? Well, here is a funny mix of both ! http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-11-30 Adrien

New technology...

2004-11-15T14:03:00.000+01:00

Here are a few examples of gadgets that will (or won't) be used in the future. Site Nicolas H.

Sorry Everybody

2004-11-13T01:54:00.000+01:00

Sorry Everybody an interesting post-election site! james

ZDNet AnchorDesk: Dealing with technology in real life

2004-11-12T14:22:00.000+01:00

ZDNet AnchorDesk: Dealing with technology in real life interesting column... also concerning "always on, everywhere!" here is the news from SF.... And what have you seen recently that's interesting? james ************** "October 27, 2004 The end of the hot spot Already famous for his backing of same-sex marriage and his wife's recent overshare, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is finally

Free.fr account

2004-11-11T16:52:00.000+01:00

It's great to have 100Mb to store data for Netclass presentations. But how to use a FTP client (LeechFTP or CuteFTP for example) to upload and delete files on a server? In fact, if you are not in Supelec, a FTP client is not mandatory to upload or delete files on the free.fr account : you may just write this command in the adress bar of your internet browser : ftp://login:password@

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

2004-11-10T23:01:00.000+01:00

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red) this is the advanced writing project that I encourage you to participate in! just do it! james

webspace for supelec.netclass.free.fr

2004-11-10T22:27:00.000+01:00

Index of the supelec.netclass.free.fr/ dear students, here is a good place to place the webpages of your presentations... then you can link to here from the blog! I'll send you the ftp info and pass by email! james

Somebody spoke about love ?

2004-11-10T01:01:00.000+01:00

Here they are our best love websites !! http://www.links2love.com And one shall not forget our russians girls !! http://www.activelovemeeting.com/index_e.php Good luck, i hope it will help you... ;-) Edouard

Fun french sites

2004-11-10T01:00:00.000+01:00

U can find some great and fun websites, have an eye on them: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/collec-tirebouchons/collec_tirebouchons/index_en.htm http://www.radins.com/best_of.php enjoy ! Edouard

2004-11-09T23:29:00.000+01:00

http://www.irobot.com/consumer/ These robots vacuum by themselves. They can detect walls. They will calculate a map of your room and vacuum it entirely. They will go under your bed where it is usually very hard to dust. I think I need one of those! Damien

Free but expensive ?

2004-11-09T21:01:00.000+01:00

Free software, particularly operating systems, are now quite "fashionable" in the industry. Many people think that thanks to Linux and other open source and free software, they will save money. It's obviously right for you or me, but for a company, the problem is slightly different. A few studies showed that a complete switching from Microsoft environment to Linux system is likely to be very

Firefox!

2004-11-09T17:57:00.000+01:00

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 was released today. You may try to download it here, or anywhere else as their servers have a lot of connections today :) You can go and celebrate this event : just find a party organised near where you live. Here's a list of the best add-ons available Music FoxyTunes (1.0) - Control any audio player Anti-ad AddBlock (1.0) - kill ads. Mandatory. Download and FTP FireFTP (

Nerds : another quarell

2004-11-08T18:54:00.000+01:00

In a Slashdot news, we can find back our friends nerds from Novell and Microsoft that were "acting" in the nerds video documentary last two weeks : "This morning Novell announced that it had settled a potential law suit with Microsoft related to its NetWare product line. Microsoft agreed to pay $536 million to Novell, but this is not the end as there is another litigation against them pertaining

speech accent archive

2004-11-06T09:53:00.000+01:00

speech accent archive Every wondered about the different accents in English? Here are some interesting examples!

Free music downloads on SoundClick.com

2004-11-04T18:09:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone ! If you miss the old mp3.com and if you want to discover new music, check out this site : www.soundclick.com It offers streaming audio and free music downloads from well-known artists and, which is the most important : unsigned bands. The site currently is adding more than 40,000 songs each month, and over 5,000 bands. (Currently there are 777,752 songs and 128,428 bands) For

US election results

2004-11-04T13:09:00.000+01:00

On the CNN site, you can find every results about the us election (president, senate,....) for each county, with very interesting figures such as: - who did the church attendants vote for? - who did the hispanic women between 30 and 45 vote for? - how many men voted for Bush in Pocahontas (Iowa) ? .... http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/

Watch Live TV broadcasts on the Internet.

2004-11-04T00:57:00.000+01:00

Watch Live TV broadcasts on the Internet.: "Your broadband Portal to watch live TV broadcasts and on demand TV broadcasts on the Internet (wwiTV.com is an index to streaming media available on the web) Travel to 3000 live feeds and on demand video & audio streams This should interest our Russian participant, Gallina! There are several Russian streams!

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

2004-11-04T00:49:00.000+01:00

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red) This is the writing project I suggested you participate in! do it...! james

Happy Tree Friends

2004-11-03T11:00:00.000+01:00

I'm sure everybody know Happy Tree Friends, however, it is still a pleasure to watch the last episodes... http://happytreefriends.atomfilms.com/index.html

Wiki is good for you ...

2004-11-02T21:12:00.000+01:00

Antoine managed to set up a very good wiki page, so I would like to post a few links about this technology. This first link deals with wiki being a very convenient way to share datas in companies. It's easier to set up than huge programs like Lotus Notes, more resistant to viruses than e-mail and easy to use. However, good access control is needed in order to avoid spam or data loss. But on the

More about P2P

2004-11-02T20:32:00.000+01:00

To remember you the presentation you heard last week: Peer-to peer is a type of internet connection. It means client to client connection. Some are with central servers which gather information about the files shared by the different computers and organise the connections between them: p2p hybrid like donkey

Wiki again!

2004-11-01T22:43:00.000+01:00

Coding a wiki site by myself was (is) unthinkable. That's why I was looking for embedded solutions to create a free wiki site. www.seedwiki.com provides good solutions, tested with the great help of Didier. Other possibilities here. The Netclass Wiki Site (direct link) may be reached via www.seedwiki.com, by searching for 'netclass' at top right of the page. Here are the parameters of the

Ig Nobels!

2004-11-01T22:29:00.000+01:00

http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html Do you know the Ig Nobels? They used to award research that should never have been done. Now they award research that "first makes people laugh, then makes them think", which is a more PC way of saying it! But they are still very funny. My favorite one is the 2004 Medecine Ig Nobel. The authors have studied the effect of country music on suicide...

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | US sues student 'song swappers'

2004-10-30T01:27:00.000+02:00

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | US sues student 'song swappers' How many song-swappers are being sued?

2004-10-29T15:09:00.000+02:00

Google Labs Aptitude Test solved by some people working on Mathematica development. Study reveals many men talk to Google more than to girlfriends "Blogs are good for business", Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has said, in a speech to an audience of chief executives in Redmond. "More than 700 Microsoft employees are already using blogs to keep people up to date with their projects. " He

Project We Say Tomato: Play Samples

2004-10-29T12:08:00.000+02:00

Project We Say Tomato: Play Samples Different people, different cultures, different accents... here are a variety of English accents, both native and non-native speakers! why don't you add yours? what do you think of this? james

English Reading: Proverbs (EnglishClub.com)

2004-10-29T10:46:00.000+02:00

English Reading: Proverbs (EnglishClub.com) Here are some more proverbs that are well known in English, of course some of them come from other languages. You can click on a link for their meanings.

English Reading: Proverbs (EnglishClub.com)

2004-10-29T10:45:00.000+02:00

English Reading: Proverbs (EnglishClub.com) Here are some more proverbs that are well known in English, of course some of them come from other languages. You can click on a link for their meanings.

Did hobbits really exist ?

2004-10-29T09:40:00.000+02:00

Maybe J.R.R. Tolkien was right : "hobbits" skeletons may have been discovered : read this.

Forbes.com: Best Blogs

2004-10-28T14:06:00.000+02:00

Forbes.com: Best Blogs: "Best Blogs Arik Hesseldahl, 02.12.04, 3:00 PM ET NEW YORK - One of the earliest promises about the World Wide Web was that it would put some of the power of the press back in the hands of regular people. The same people who once wrote thoughtful polemics or commentary on handbills and in pamphlets of limited circulation, or through the occasional letter to a

Do you want to be free in a free world ?

2004-10-28T08:41:00.000+02:00

We talked yesterday about P2P, and the risks of downloading copyrighted music illegaly. But did you know that there is music that you can download legally without paying ? Based on the model of free software, free music is protected by a license that allows the user to copy, modify and distribute it. There's many of this license, and not also for music, but also for books (and more generally

Cobuild Concordance and Collocations Sampler

2004-10-27T23:50:00.000+02:00

Cobuild Concordance and Collocations Sampler: "56 million words of contemporary written and spoken text that you can search... is "softwares" used????"

2004-10-27T15:55:00.000+02:00

Hi guys, Being the only girl of this class, I feel obligated to introduce you to a typical feminine activity : filling tests. Tests are so great, you could learn anything about you thanks to them. For example, have you ever asked yourself which is the flavor that represents you? Or what is your music match? I hear you telling me that this does not interest you.. Wait, you could also discover

Blog Survey: Summary of Findings

2004-10-27T10:03:00.000+02:00

Blog Survey: Summary of Findings Expectations of Privacy and Accountability You're a blog writer... what are your responsibilities and liabilities? Could you lose your job, or your friends, because of your blog??? Interesting study carried out by a graduate student at MIT... (see the link giving background information on the study. what do you think? james

Computers and design ...

2004-10-26T21:24:00.000+02:00

Over the past decades, computers have been keeping reducing. However, it really took a long time to get rid of these ugly beige computer cases. A few years ago, more attractive devices were launched : black computers, TFT monitors .... A few weeks ago, this mouse was released by MicroSoft : it was designed by Philippe Starck, and in my opinion, it's really lovely ! But Apple has always been a

2004-10-26T19:14:00.000+02:00

A geek test : Which File Extension Are You? A flying lawn mower [via Slashdot.org] What about a new layout for the Netclass Blog? When you're writing a new post, click on the tab "Template", then "Pick new". You may vote for the one you prefer in the comments of this post.

Report on Internet Software : to be continued...

2004-10-25T10:26:00.000+02:00

Report on Internet Software : to be continued... Hello, As James asked us, there is a little summary of the first part of our report about Internet Software we did last Wednesday, to make you wait patiently for the following on next course : Introduction : The software we use to browse the websites, read our mail, or chat with friends, may influence the "way we live the Internet". The choice is

Bad link...

2004-10-24T20:14:00.000+02:00

Ooops, I made a mistake with the link. Copy/Paste is not that easy ;o) The right link is here. Nico H.

Microsoft IE is not the only browser to have flaws...

2004-10-24T20:04:00.000+02:00

Do not trust completely web browsers like Firefox or Opera, they can have flaws too, you can understand why here. Of course they are much better than IE but not perfect. Nicolas H.

May Apple be with you

2004-10-24T19:21:00.000+02:00

As a great Star Wars freak, I felt obliged to post that link. I may even consider usig a Mac if Saint George does (of course I'm kidding, I am allergic to Macs...) ;op

webopedia

2004-10-24T16:09:00.000+02:00

To continue the topic of www.howstuffworks.com or www.whatis.com, which we used last time, I invite you visite the website Webopedia, which is quite like Whatis, but entirely dedicated to the definitions of terms connected to the internet and computer science. Nicolas BERNARD

Still a n00b ? Become a h4ck3r online !

2004-10-22T08:35:00.000+02:00

learn how to hack and improve your skills legally.

A game geeks will dream of ?

2004-10-22T08:30:00.000+02:00

A new version of the famous game "Pong" that you control with your mind!!

BBC World Service | Learning English | Words in the News - archive 2004

2004-10-20T19:02:00.000+02:00

BBC World Service | Learning English | Words in the News - archive 2004 nice place to hear news reports!

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

2004-10-20T17:37:00.000+02:00

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds! this is the pbs site with the script of the video we looked at...

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

2004-10-20T17:29:00.000+02:00

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds! this is the pbs site with the script of the video we looked at...

A few informative sites...

2004-10-20T13:20:00.000+02:00

That is what sports fanatics are up to do... Antigravity might not be only a dream anymore And a few new materials tha have some awesome abilities... That's all folks !

American people are crazy

2004-10-20T11:16:00.000+02:00

If you got cable TV for 5 years free of charges, what do you do? Sue the cable company of course... Olivier Portier

Google

2004-10-19T23:51:00.000+02:00

The name Google comes from the name of the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. Some links about the most efficient search engine today : Google is not only a simple search engine in text mode : some options currently working here, and soon you'll be able to try that. Google is now able to search through your personal files, on your hard drive. You want to work at the Googleplex in

Spread Firefox

2004-10-19T19:19:00.000+02:00

You may know Firefox, an alternative and free web browser. Its main particularity is to be open source : anybody might modify Firefox source code to adapt it to a special use. On November 9th, Firefox 1.0, the first official version, will be released. However, the community who contributed to Firefox developpment wants this date to be remembered : today, a great campaign was launched to raise

sodaconstructor

2004-10-19T11:40:00.000+02:00

sodaconstructor robots anyone?

A piece of information for bikers

2004-10-15T13:20:00.000+02:00

That is what happens to happy bikers who accidentally inhale bugs while laughing

HowStuffWorks

2004-10-12T22:32:00.000+02:00

Hi. The famous website http://www.howstuffworks.com/ wants to explain "how everything works". This is probably excessive but there is a lot of interesting info there! If you wanna know how washing machines, GPS receivers or hard drives work or why you sweat or even how to pick a lock you might have an answer there. Explanations are simple but surprisingly precise (most of the authors have a Md)

Till death do us part ...

2004-10-12T02:35:00.000+02:00

Here is a site which will please the web addicts among you ... Indeed, many people (I feel affected ...) can't do without the Internet and particularly e-mails. It can't be denied that mails are a very convenient way to communicate with your friends or family. However, an unexpected event may prevent you from telling everything you would like to to your boss or to your girlfriend. Fortunately, an

We are not alone !

2004-10-11T23:55:00.000+02:00

We now all know that the weirdos who claimed we were not alone were right. But our visitors aren't exactly the aliens they claimed they had met. Most of the cells in your body are not your own, nor are they even human. They are bacterial. From the invisible strands of fungi waiting to sprout between our toes, to the kilogram of bacterial matter in our guts, we are best viewed as walking "

Improve your English online :o)

2004-10-11T01:51:00.000+02:00

Here is a useful and entertaining web site : http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html This site can help you improve your English knowledge. It offers you more than 250 free exercises to train yourself. You have the choice to learn some grammar or vocabulary and many other things. But don't worry, it is oriented like little games, each time you answer badly, your score sinks. One other

Apply to a big paneuropean event, for free !

2004-10-09T12:13:00.000+02:00

Hi everybody! If you are willing to speak english with 350 students from 40 european countries, about a very interesting topic : How big is YOUR Europe? Explore its dimensions , feel free to apply to this great event. It is free, you will be given a place to sleep and typical dutch food, and there are dutch parties every night... From April 10th to April 15th, in Eindhoven, NL. Feel free to ask

Wiki & Publishing

2004-10-08T23:54:00.000+02:00

To comment on the two latest posts, I would like to add that the Stevenson's dynamic website is a technology called Wiki, which enables anyone to modify any page. It started in march 1995, and its name come from the hawaiian word "Wikiwiki", which means "quick" or "super fast". Today, the most famous wiki website is certainly Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia in many languages counting more

Why software should not have owners ...

2004-10-08T22:48:00.000+02:00

I think this text is very interesting : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html I know it's famous, but I think it's really important. In fact, there's a lot of very interesting texts on http://www.gnu.org, but this one is certainly the first you should read if you don't know anything about free software. And if you think that free software means software that you don't pay, you should