Just an update on the state of the Dollar versus the Euro.
It is slowing down, but still going up...
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Podcast Experiment
Click on "The Pod Cast Experiment" to listen to my podcast
I think to create an effective Podcast you have to be pretty skilled at understanding how sounds are perceived, doing too much can quickly override whatever is said and doing too little makes a long Podcast sound pretty boring.
All together I enjoyed learning about Podcasting and I found it was relatively easy, even though I couldn't figure out the Subscribe feed part... I have posted a question on our forum if anyone wants to try to help me out... Thanks in advance.
Not too many Podcasts have been posted so far, but the one I really liked is Solveig's. She added 2 sound effects that were perfect with her text, the wave for San Diego and the ticking clock for her excitement over the visit of her friend.
As far as the blogs I have read, I have to be honest and say that most are interesting for someone who knows the author, but otherwise I found most blogs to be dull. On the other hand, Iliked Amanda's, she wrote about an article she read and that has triggered some serious comments and frictions... which I think is good.
I can definitely see the use of a Blog in my life: my family is in France and writing 3 different emails that pretty much say the same things could be replaced by a blog update... that would be great. On the other hand because it is posted for the whole world to see I might not speak as freely as I would in an email.
I can see why a certain organization or society would use a Blog, it is a good way to keep people involved and exchanging ideas, while not being together, but that is a little scary too. I like to have conversations with my friends and more than what they say their body language tells me a lot. I am concerned with physical isolation in this society, we are social creature and I don't think that online social life can do enough for me. But it might for others maybe, I don't know.
Also, writing anonymously might make some people feel they can say whatever without any consideration for others because they do not face them directly.
That's an interesting subject, how people will express themselves on a blog rather than in 'real life'. There must be some studies on that somewhere...
I think to create an effective Podcast you have to be pretty skilled at understanding how sounds are perceived, doing too much can quickly override whatever is said and doing too little makes a long Podcast sound pretty boring.
All together I enjoyed learning about Podcasting and I found it was relatively easy, even though I couldn't figure out the Subscribe feed part... I have posted a question on our forum if anyone wants to try to help me out... Thanks in advance.
Not too many Podcasts have been posted so far, but the one I really liked is Solveig's. She added 2 sound effects that were perfect with her text, the wave for San Diego and the ticking clock for her excitement over the visit of her friend.
As far as the blogs I have read, I have to be honest and say that most are interesting for someone who knows the author, but otherwise I found most blogs to be dull. On the other hand, Iliked Amanda's, she wrote about an article she read and that has triggered some serious comments and frictions... which I think is good.
I can definitely see the use of a Blog in my life: my family is in France and writing 3 different emails that pretty much say the same things could be replaced by a blog update... that would be great. On the other hand because it is posted for the whole world to see I might not speak as freely as I would in an email.
I can see why a certain organization or society would use a Blog, it is a good way to keep people involved and exchanging ideas, while not being together, but that is a little scary too. I like to have conversations with my friends and more than what they say their body language tells me a lot. I am concerned with physical isolation in this society, we are social creature and I don't think that online social life can do enough for me. But it might for others maybe, I don't know.
Also, writing anonymously might make some people feel they can say whatever without any consideration for others because they do not face them directly.
That's an interesting subject, how people will express themselves on a blog rather than in 'real life'. There must be some studies on that somewhere...
Sunday, March 2, 2008
"Get Lost Asshole!" or "Piss Off Poor Idiot!" ?
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has been caught on video during his visit to the yearly agricultural trade show in Paris insulting a visitor who refused to shake his hand.
Shocking!
Yes, but since Sarkozy has been elected president in May of 2007, he has been on the front page of every French people magazine and his life has been commented as if he was a celebrity.
So, in France, people are getting used to his controversial ways:
He announced his divorce from Cecilia a few month after the election, but remarried Carla Bruni only 2 months after his divorce (who gets married after 2 months? ...). He already lost it while visiting striking fishermen, and dared one of the man to come and explain himslef face to face. Got drunk with Putin and then gave a press conference, and so on...
Of course this new incident has been reported for days in France and comments have varied. Some said it was a shame the president couldn't control himself, some said it showed a macho exchange between two 'real' men, some said it was just one more mistake by our president, and some don't really care.
Whatever it is, it has started a craze, the "Casses toi pauvre con" move.
Now the problem is to translate the comments correctly in English and other languages so that everyone can be amazed at our president.
The original altercation goes:
- Ah non ne me touche pas tu me salis!
(Don't touch me, you're making me dirty!)
- Casse toi alors, pauvre con!
('Get Lost Asshole!' or 'Piss Off Poor Idiot!' or 'Then get lost, you poor jerk!' or 'Get lost, you stupid bastard!' in English.
In Italian: 'Ai via, vai via, allora, povero coglione!".
In Spanich: 'Rajá, pobre pelotudo!'
In German: 'Dann hau doch ab, Du armseliger Dummkopf!' or 'Dann hau doch ab, du Blödmann!'.
In Polish: 'Spieprzaj dziadu!'.)
Is this that big of a deal? I don't think so.
As the president we expect him to be flawless, but let's be realistic, everyone know he was a feisty little thing before he became the president. I don't think there is any surprise here, the man is not going to change, but his approval rate has sinked from 67% in July of 2007 to a tiny 37% today. Not good!!
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