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31 octobre 2006

Family Matters

Family Matters
Family matters, by Rohinton Mistry Warm, humane, tender and bittersweet are not the words one would expect to describe a novel that portrays a society where the government is corrupt, the standard of living is barely above poverty level and religious,...
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29 octobre 2006

Gorazde

Gorazde
Safe Area GORAZDE, The war in Eastern Bosnia, By Joe Sacco Safe Area Gorazde is a harrowing documentary comic destined to become a classic of war reporting. In the waning days of the Bosnian war, Joe Sacco, the cartoonist behind Palestine , made several...
27 octobre 2006

Boss is calling!!!

bossiscalling Vidéo envoyée par jdelage This video caught my attention. Good point for the technology. As for the employee, I must say his creativity makes up for lies...
25 octobre 2006

Good bye Laptops and Notebooks

Good bye Laptops and Notebooks
Amazing technology from Japan... but can you guess what it is? Look closely and guess what they could be... Are they pens with cameras? Ladies and Gentlemen, Congratulations!! You've just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future. Here...
24 octobre 2006

Hezbollah's victory

Hezbollah's victory
I went to Lebanon a couple of months ago and all along the road heading south from Beirut, one could see those posters. This is Hezbollah's propaganda. A divine victory? Tell me about it! This is what the Lebanese won: 1200 civilians dead (including many...
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23 octobre 2006

The God of Small things / Le Dieu des petits riens

The God of Small things / Le Dieu des petits riens
The God of Small Things, by Arundhato Roy With sensuous prose, a dreamlike style infused with breathtakingly beautiful images and keen insight into human nature, Arundhati Roy's debut novel charts fresh territory in the genre of magical, prismatic literature....
21 octobre 2006

The City of Joy

The City of Joy
The City of Joy, by Dominique Lapierre It is ironic that one of Calcutta's most devastating slums should be known as "The city of Joy". By mixing glimpses from the lives of a French priest, a rickshaw driver, and an American doctor, Lapierre offers an...
19 octobre 2006

Our camera

Our camera
We are often been asked what camera we are using. For several years, we've been using this one. A Sony Cybershot, DSCV1. It's a pocket size camera, but makes quite good photos, because of its good lense (Carl Zeiss), and gives the possibility to use manual...
18 octobre 2006

A Princess Remembers / Une princesse se souvient

A Princess Remembers  /  Une princesse se souvient
A Princess Remembers, Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur, by Gayatri Devi This book gives a detailed picture of personal life of Maharani Gayatri Devi. The book has details of early childhood, adolescence, after marriage and post independence aspects of...
17 octobre 2006

A Fine Balance / L'Equilibre du Monde

A Fine Balance  /  L'Equilibre du Monde
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry. . The time is 1975; the place is India, in a unamed city by the sea. The corrupt and brutal government has just declared a State of Emergency, and the country is on the edge of chaos. These events, along with the government's...
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