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Turning away from 9/11

Published 1 year, 11 months ago in Thoughts, Photos, Unusual and Society. 0 Comments

There is an intriguing article over at slate.com revolving around a controversial photo by Thomas Hoepker. Do check out the article and the photo. The photo shows a group of young people on the Brooklyn waterfront in view of Manhattan on 9/11. I read the first paragraph and then scrolled down to the photo. I […]

Captcha Brain Power

Published 1 year, 11 months ago in Thoughts, Design, Experimental, Trend and Web. 0 Comments

I just came across a very interesting Google Video from Google. Luis von Ahn, a Carnegie Mellon professor, discusses the Captcha concept used to stop automatic systems from filling in forms and how currently Spam companies are trying to get around it.
Captcha is used to describe a system that allows a computer to automatically generate […]

The UK Government’s Wiki melt-down

Published 1 year, 12 months ago in Thoughts, Politics, Satire and Web. 1 Comment

Yes pun intended, the minister from the UK government that decided to create an open environmental Wiki that ‘all’ could edit must have been reading all the web 2.0 hype about getting people involved without any authentication required. Well the result is pretty impressive in that the site was defaced and lead way to numerous […]

Web 2.0 Bubble and Star Bubble

Published 2 years ago in Thoughts, Trend, Writing, Web and Film. 0 Comments

So what do film stars and Web 2.0 have in common ? Read on to see why value is not always where you think it is !
While checking out CNN I came across an article called “Beware the return of the Web Bubble”, which turned out to be about media companies potentially spending too much […]

Making Maths look Cool

Published 2 years ago in Thoughts, Trend, Education and Society. 0 Comments

The reason I changed from ‘not liking maths’ to appreciating how useful it can be, was due to a more appropriate teaching method.
What I should first confess is that I don’t like the way maths is taught in France. I spent most of my later schooling years in France. I left England when I […]

Single 1 - Married 0

Published 2 years ago in Thoughts, Personal, Trend, Society and Film. 0 Comments

A fascinating article at the New York Times covers the trend that being single is gaining on being married. The article called “Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife” that spans four pages discusses the factors that have changed the demographics in the US; it used to be that men in their mid […]

Note to people about chain emails : please don’t !

Published 2 years, 4 months ago in Thoughts and Personal. 0 Comments

Just a short note to say that I would really appreciate it if people sending me emails whether I know you or not, would please do not send me “chain emails”. For those that are lucky and don’t know what this is, it consists of picking up or creating an email that is supposed to […]

Remember when your kids came to you for the answers rather than the Internet ?

Published 2 years, 4 months ago in Thoughts, News, Trend and Education. 2 Comments

I came across a very funny article at MediaPost today called “Google Is Now Smarter Than Daddy” by Gord Hotchkiss and I recommend you read it. I suppose it was also funny to me because it reminded me of one or two recent events.
My younger brother Adam, when I was at my dad’s recently was […]

Following the unrest in France

Published 2 years, 4 months ago in Thoughts, Personal, Trend, Politics and Society. 0 Comments

On the 28th March in the afternoon I was thinking, wow it’s really quiet outside, that’s weird I thought there was supposed to be a demonstration today. Normally I can hear the jostle of people and cars, buses etc. down in the street. I was looking out of the window and then about five minutes […]