Fast Guide to IT Humor - a Whatis.com definition

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

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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 Unofficial Cookie FAQ

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...

Xplanet desktop

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: 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)

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

this is that fascinating posting in the IWE that we looked at in class...

Fotolog.net

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

RSS Feeds

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

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!

Sorry Everybody

Sorry Everybody

an interesting post-election site!
james

ZDNet AnchorDesk: Dealing with technology in real life

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

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"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 making tech headlines instead.
"We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," Newsom said in his state of the city address last week. "Every San Franciscan" equals about 740,000 people in 46.7 square miles. Beyond being a generous offer from the mayor, the announcement points to a fundamentally more useful way to think of Wi-Fi: hot spot-free and seamless .
When Wi-Fi is seamless, everything changes. You won't have to screw with glitchy, goofy, 3G cell phones for a data connection on your hip. A device like a Treo becomes much more useful. And instead of using a cellular  phone, you might just run VoIP software on a Wi-Fi PDA. Tasty.
The cellular carriers and phone makers have been overpromising 3G for so long, I'd love it if we just skip right over it as consumers. Besides, digital cell phones sound so bad, VoIP on your hip has to be an improvement in audio quality.
With seamless Wi-Fi, the in-car radio business could really be turned on its ear. I've spoken to several start-up stage firms that want to make Wi-Fi the new car radio, opening up your commute to thousands of interesting Webcasts instead of the tedium the major broadcast companies have made radio. I'd love it if we could shove those 22-minute commercial loads and junk syndicated content right up their greedy, overleveraged, Wall Street-beholden asses.
And finally, seamless Wi-Fi will also improve our appreciation for coffee. You'll actually be able to find a place to sit  at Starbucks once the high-tech hoboes realize they can get a Wi-Fi connection somewhere else.
"

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

- 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

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

speech accent archive

speech accent archive

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

Watch Live TV broadcasts on the Internet.

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)

- International Writing Exchange Advanced (IWE Red)

This is the writing project I suggested you participate in!
do it...!
james

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

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

Project We Say Tomato: Play Samples

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)

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)

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.

Forbes.com: Best Blogs

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 newspaper editor, could, at least in theory, reach the entire Internet-connected world with their ideas. Some who embraced the Web early went on to become media barons all their own. "

Cobuild Concordance and Collocations Sampler

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

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 which of the Star Wars characters you are. So, if you want to know if you could have been Princess Leia, run to : .. After a little trip on this page, you would have no secret for yourself any longer. Enjoy.
Fanny

Blog Survey: Summary of Findings

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

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

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

nice place to hear news reports!

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

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!

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

sodaconstructor

sodaconstructor

robots anyone?

Apply to a big paneuropean event, for free !

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 question either to the organizers, to me, or to one of the members of Cercle Europe.
You will be asked for a motivation letter, because places are limited , and of course the number of applications is huge. I can give you tips for your motivation letter. Deadline is January 1st. Tell your friends about this great event!!

European Week Eindhoven

BBC World Home Page

BBC World Home Page: "phished"


have a look at this great resource... clickonline!

SL_lists: Student Forums

SL_lists: Student Forums here are some subject areas...

Student List Project

Student List Project
hummm an interesting project for our class.... who is out there? what can you discuss with them? what can you do with them?

How to get an upgrade, BOFH-style | The Register

How to get an upgrade, BOFH-style | The Register

a british slashdot... all about IT and of course also the BOFH

English Dictionary from freesearch.co.uk

English Dictionary from freesearch.co.uk
a new search engine? see you later! james

WhatIs.com | search

WhatIs.com | search

Merriam-Webster Online

Merriam-Webster Online
have a look at the way you say "orange" with a nice American accent...

Who's Taking the Bait: 'Phishing' Skyrockets--Watch out for Phishers!

Who's Taking the Bait: 'Phishing' Skyrockets

DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy

DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy
warez, where is? where was?

YABLA

YABLA
YABLA --a sneak preview of a neat documentary on NYC
have a look at "The Verge" about the ny singer...
enjoy
james

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Saving Private Ryan - Captain John Miller Addresses his Unit on Saving Private Ryan

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Saving Private Ryan - Captain John Miller Addresses his Unit on Saving Private Ryan

movie excerpts, texts, famous speeches....


have a good vacation!

Apple

Apple

if you're interested in computers that work...

antony's travel diary

antony's travel diary

this is a very interesting site

Wired News: Vigilantes Troll for Pedophiles

Wired News: Vigilantes Troll for Pedophiles What is good? What is bad?

BBC NEWS | Business | Salon warns time is running out

BBC NEWS | Business | Salon warns time is running out
whoops... one of my favorite sites!

BBC NEWS | Business | eBay hit by credit card scam

BBC NEWS | Business | eBay hit by credit card scam this looks like an early incarnation of the scam we looked at last week!
see you tomorrow
james

Macromedia - Getting Started Movies

Macromedia - Getting Started a nice little movie about how to use DreamWeaver

and more tutorials... also in American English... (my favorite is "customize your workplace")

Technorati: Top 100 Blogs

Technorati: Top 100

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things (Blogs....)

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
blogs blogs and more blogs

South Africa Languages & Culture

Kunjani???
You Know what?
South Africa has eleven official languages!!!
Lot of other amazing things you can discover (Wildlife for example)
by clicking here
Go and find out what's "Sala kakuhle" :p

A.R.

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - What is BlogThis!

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - What is BlogThis!

BBC World Home Page

BBC World Home Page


wow this is about South Africa

RSS Readers: Bringing the World to Your Desktop

RSS Readers: Bringing the World to Your Desktop: "Tired of surfing? Want to hang up your board? Through the magic of RSS, now the internet can come to you. All you need is a good RSS newsreader.

If you're not clear on what RSS is, don't sweat it. It's simply an XML-based format used to syndicate articles from blogs, news content and other data. RSS turns the e-mail newsletter model on its head. Instead of having a publisher e-mail an update to you daily, weekly or hourly, they just have to create an XML file in a mostly standard format. Then you use an RSS reader to pick those XML files off the web, and translate them into easy to view content summaries. "

Looks good doesn't it!

Human Clone

Human Clone was not welcomed by most of the world because it seems to be not ethical or for different other reasons... RAELIANS announced that they made the first human clone so I tried to see what is the Raelians belief and goal of doing an act...
U can find out more on the official website:

www.rael.org

A.R.

COMEDY CENTRAL -- les Guignol's à l'Americain?

COMEDY CENTRAL les Guignol's à l'Americain?

News from the whole world

Do you like to know what happens in the world ? Here is a site which allows you to see some articles from real newspapers: Courrier International

Mechanical calculators

After having visited this website : Triumph of the Nerds: A History of the Computer, I wondered how were working the mechanical calculators that are presented in the first part of the timeline. I found a website that, I think, is very interesting and that give some details : Mechanical calculators

Colin

Do you know where the thing you're typing on come from ?

Here is a website I found. It's not very attractive as it is not interactive but it is very interesting (it's my point of view). It is the story of the ENIAC, our computers' ancestor. I find it interesting to notice that the war has been an important actor in computer emergence.

Here is the site

Colin

USATODAY.com - Pepsi ads wink at music downloading

USATODAY.com - Pepsi ads wink at music downloading

Here's the article about the ad.

have a good weekend

james

Apple - Pepsi - Super Bowl Ad 480

Apple - Pepsi - Super Bowl Ad 480
This is the great ad with the kids that were busted for downloading music.

music sites

Hy everybody!

Those sites are about trance and house music.
I use them quite often.
They are really complete.

http://www.psyshop.com
http://www.discogs.com

Henri

Howard Dean and the Online Political Revolution

Howard Dean and the Online Political Revolution
This article talks about politics and the Internet!

HoustonChronicle.com - Working@home

HoustonChronicle.com - Working@home
blogs in business?

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

Some sites where you can read comic strips...

If you like reading comic strips or if you want to descover it, here some interesting sites are...

www.megatokyo.com
www.Garfield.ucomics.com
www.Userfriendly.org

Links forgotten for tutorials ...

http://www.planetphotoshop.com
http://tiemdesign.com/HOWTO/Photoshop.htm

Some sites for helping you in the use of Photoshop.

You will find in these sites some interesting tutorials...

Nice pictures of cats

Do you really love cats? Well, maybe they don't like YOU.
(If you don't like cats...you can still watch these pictures!)

http://www.mycathatesyou.com

Carole

QUIZZ about Internet

This link needs an introduction from last week's group!
--I'm sure it's coming soon!
james


QUIZZ about Internet

Free and Legal MP3 download

Here is a nice site wich allows you to download some songs from one album or another...
So, you can discover new artists, and then, maybe, buy their CDs...

Enjoy http://www.epitonic.com!

--
Jean-François

Typical Jamaican Recipes

Want to discover Jerk Chicken or Pepperpot soup ?

Have fun :

http://www.jamaicans.com/cooking/

--
Antoine

For those who play the guitar: My song book. Well the site is quite long to load but it's worth waiting.
Sébastien

You don't remember where to find african recipes ? Go there : http://www.congocookbook.com/

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

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

British News about the world -- for learners of English!

Google -- "miserable failure"

Google

Do a search for "miserable failure"... click on i'm feeling lucky!

Bush in 30 Seconds

Bush in 30 Seconds: "Bush in 30 Seconds is a contest for the ad that best tells the truth about President Bush's failed policies."

But remember..... not everyone in America is against Bush!

see you on Wednesday!

james

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base -- What is BlogThis!

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - What is BlogThis!

This makes it easier to post to the blog!
james

ENG-FRA -- a bilingual discussion list

ENG-FRA Info Page

In our Class One some of you expressed a desire to use the Internet to COMMUNICATE with real English speakers... university students and otherwise. (And in a more serious venue then simply a chat room...)
:-)

ENG-FRA is a bilingual mailing list...(part of the eTandem network)...and its goal is to provide a platform for native speakers of both language to discuss the two languages , English and French, and anything that concerns the cultures and people that speak them.

Since I'm one of the coordinators of the forum I follow all the messages and recently the French members have been very quiet and the English speakers have been asking for discussion and conversation...

subjects offered for discussion recently include literature... (books critical of the US and Canada), the Muslim veil question in France, and "where are all the French participants"? :-)


here are two recent postings:

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ENG-FRA: English-French discussion forum
In a message dated 1/6/04 8:35:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, domergue@cirad.fr writes:

Pourtant tout le monde est la :)


Il nous faut avoir des sujets très séduisants pour nous inciter de se discuter. Je pense que, en part, le silence tient aux brouhahas existant aujourd'hui entre la France et les Etats-Unis concernant la Guerre en Irak, la politique de George Bush, etc. Aussi, les vacances de Noël doit y avoir pour quelque chose. J'ai l'impression que les français vont à la plage ou d'ailleurs où il n'y a pas de connection sur l'internet pendant leurs vacances. Donc, ils ont une bonne excuse. : - )    

Je peux tenter d'ouvrir un nouveau chemin en entamant une discussion sur la littérature. Aimez-vous la littérature québecoise? Moi je commence à lire Bonheur d'occasion de Gabriel Roy - c'est très bien.   

Côté politique, un type dans ce forum m'a conseillé de lire Le Livre Noir du Canada Anglais. Connaissez-vous ce livre? Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? 

John 

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ENG-FRA@lists.rub.de
http://lists.rub.de/mailman/listinfo/eng-fra

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ENG-FRA: English-French discussion forum
Bonjour John,
No, le forum n'est pas mort au moins il existe encore. Je crois
que il y a beaucoup de gens en vacance à présent et il n'y a pas de
dialogue depuis longtemps!

Est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose à discuter?

Toutes les corrections de mon français sont bienvenue!
A+

Ken

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> ENG-FRA: English-French discussion forum
> Bonjour! Est-ce que le forum est mort? Rien que le silence! Il y
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> personne?
>
> Is anybody out there? Is the forum dead? What's going on?
>
> John
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ENG-FRA: English-French discussion forum
Comment allez-vous? Il est sympatique entendre les choses interessant sur le forum, comme les sujets des livres et politiques. Je pense ce n'est pas seulement les Etats Unis qui n'as pas une histoire parfait. Mais avec tout les problemes les monde premier a eu, nous devons apprendre de les faux pas et ne ses cacher pas. Dieu benent Canada, la terre d'espace profundie. Je voudrait l'aller. Gens me disent qu' il est tres, tres beau et symaptique. Il est bon avoir le forum actif encours et entend de tous de vous. Je irai au France quelqueheure en juin ou julliet. Laissez-moi si vous voudriez une amie de stylo.
Qu'est-ce que je doit voir? J'espoie que tout le monde avoir une bon-temps ser les fetes de fin de l'annee.

How are you? It is nice to have interesting things to talk about on the forum, like books and politics. I think it is not only the U.S. that doesn't have a perfect history. But with all the problems that the first world has had, we must learn from the mistakes and not hide them. God bless Canada, the land of deep and plentiful space. I would like to go there. People tell me that it is very beatiful and friendly. It is good to have the forum active again and to hear from all of you. I will go to France sometime in june or july. Let me know if you would like a pen-pal. What should I see when I am there. I hope that everybody has fun this holiday. Seasons Greetings, Molly

How to find the name of someone with a phone number?

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How to find the name of someone with a number of someone?

http://www.infobel.com/france/wp/search/default.asp

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The best of British blogging

Happy new year!

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The best of British blogging

The best of British blogging

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
james

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