Apple CEO Tim Cook's First Time in the Red Chair at D - Ina Fried - D10 - AllThingsD

Apple CEO Tim Cook's First Time in the Red Chair at D - Ina Fried - D10 - AllThingsD:

Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Hot Seat at D

Do you know about -- All Things D?

The Geek's Guide to New York City - Midmarket - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

The Geek's Guide to New York City - Midmarket - News & Reviews - eWeek.com:

"Welcome to the first in a series of guides to eWEEK's favorite world cities-from the geek's perspective! Here, we look at museums, high-tech infrastructure and architecture, famous locations in geek history and much more. We start, naturally, with the world's greatest, most dynamic city-New York. The city that never sleeps is also an epicenter of technological feats of wonder, pop culture oddities and video game bars—a true gateway to geekery."

I thought you might enjoy this.  Have a nice long weekend!

james

ZIG ZAG - Portes ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes de Gentilly - 2012

ZIG ZAG - Portes ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes de Gentilly - 2012

Of course my students are invited too... but don't come on Friday! Saturday or Sunday afternoon is fine!  By the way, the 57 bus stops in front of my door... (the "rue d'Arcueil" bus stop) otherwise it's 10 minutes from the back exit of the RER Gentilly (just after the Cité U).

james

Make your plans live with MagicPlan

http://www.sensopia.com/french/index.html

The most magical app I've ever seen...

TEDxESCP 2012 - LiveStreaming

TEDxESCP 2012 - LiveStreaming

If you're free this afternoon and not at the ESCP you can still attend thanks to live streaming!

TEDx ESCP "Make the Difference"

hope you get to see it!

james

Best Super Bowl Commercials 2011? You Decide (POLL) - Celebrity Circuit - CBS News

Here some classic commercials... and some new ones.


Best Super Bowl Commercials 2011? You Decide (POLL) - Celebrity Circuit - CBS News:


and

http://www.superbowl-commercials.org/

and

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/46/commercials#video=09000d5d826a052a

which are you favorites??

james

Valentine's Day Google Doodle - YouTube

Valentine's Day Google Doodle - YouTube

Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com

Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com:

This is the gapminder software in action!

Combien de bises ?

Combien de bises ?: How many kisses?

Combien de bises faites-vous dans votre département ?

I thought you might comment on this... Does it seem accurate to you?
james

Christopher Paolini Reads Brisingr Excerpt - YouTube

Christopher Paolini Reads Brisingr Excerpt - YouTube:

For Fantasy Fiction fans... Eragon's author reading....

Happy New Year

Human Computation

Human Computation: 51:31 - 5 years ago

As a follow-up to the earlier post.... a google techtalk with CC's (subtitles) if you wish....
Here's an earlier talk about Captcha's and human computing, interesting..... what do you think?

"Google TechTalks July 26, 2006 Luis von Ahn is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also received his Ph.D. in 2005."

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration | Video on TED.com

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration | Video on TED.com

have you heard about the reCaptcha project....

hear all about it here!

talk to you soon

happy new year!

james

Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy | Video on TED.com

Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy | Video on TED.com:

Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy.

Do you know expression, "Go fly a kite"?

Have a really good holiday season....

merry, happy!

james

Freakonomics -- Videos

Freakonomics -- Videos

some interesting Videos from the Freakonomics team...

which do you like best?

please feel free to leave a comment.

have a good weekend

Shift Happen's 2010 - YouTube

Shift Happen's 2010 - YouTube:

Shift Happen's 2010

Is this the same as "Did you know?"

What the Americans think about British accents Hilarious! - YouTube

What the Americans think about British accents Hilarious! - YouTube:

I thought you might enjoy this...

(This is a follow-up to another video about different American accents... which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vF9g37FCmk&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLA4AABC612634E584 )


james

We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar: An exploration of human emotion, in six movements
by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

I thought you might enjoy this Internet art work by Jonathan Harris. He's also given a ted talk where he talks about other art projects he's done on the internet.

have a good week!

james

That's Why I Chose Yale - YouTube

That's Why I Chose Yale - YouTube:

First musical post. All about Yale.

James

How To Be Lazy In The Office And Get Away With It (Office Humour)

How To Be Lazy In The Office And Get Away With It (Office Humour):

Channels
Office Life & Office Humour



"How To Be Lazy In The Office And Get Away With It"

A useful site... perhaps.

j

October 25, 2011 - Susan Saladoff - The Colbert Report - Full Episode Video | Comedy Central

October 25, 2011 - Susan Saladoff - The Colbert Report - Full Episode Video | Comedy Central:

Do you all know "The Colbert Report"? This is an ironic, satirical and often funny presentation of current events in the world and the US.
What do you think?
talk to you soon
james

October 25, 2011 - Susan Saladoff
Herman Cain's campaign ad gets buzz, Ben & Jerry's endorses Occupy Wall Street, and Susan Saladoff explores the myth of frivolous lawsuits.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation

This is a well-known Amerian poem about making decisions! (All American students read it as part of their literature courses.)

On the site you can listen to a recording of the poet himself, Robert Frost, reading it just before his death in 1963. Do you know other poems by him or other American poets? Do you know e.e. cummings' work? He's another poet I like.

(Have you heard the expression, "Good fences make good neighbors"? That's from an other Frost poem.)

Have a good long holiday weekend.
james


The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.