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
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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
some interesting Videos from the Freakonomics team...
which do you like best?
please feel free to leave a comment.
have a good weekend
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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
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
Monday, November 21, 2011
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
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
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
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
Channels
Office Life & Office Humour
"How To Be Lazy In The Office And Get Away With It"
A useful site... perhaps.
j
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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
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.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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.
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.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
CORPORA: 45-425 million words each: free online access
CORPORA: 45-425 million words each: free online access: CORPUS.BYU.EDU
seven online corpora | 45 - 425 million words each
a good way to look at the way that English is being used today!
(also access to Spanish and Portuguese corpora.)
seven online corpora | 45 - 425 million words each
a good way to look at the way that English is being used today!
(also access to Spanish and Portuguese corpora.)
With Linguee, translation will never be a problem anymore...
Simply enter a expression you want to translate or that you don't understand, and Linguee will search in its bilingual sites database to find occurences of it.
Simple, and very useful to get the right expression that corresponds to the context - do not use "vendor" for "vendeur" if you are in a store for example...
Do you use this tool or other platforms for your translations?
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Monkey Business
Another humorous and at the same time fascinating article I stumbled upon a couple of weeks ago and that I would like to share with you guys involves monkeys.
Not any kind of monkeys, but funny-looking playful capuchins that were used in an economics experiment at Yale University. The goal of the experiment was to analyze whether our economic biases and choices (and in general the decision making process which seems to constitue our economic behavior) truly constitute what distinguishes us from other species or whether they are simply natural instincts.
What do you think? Is there only one Homo Economicus, or is there such a thing as Monkey Economicus? The answer begins here.
Not any kind of monkeys, but funny-looking playful capuchins that were used in an economics experiment at Yale University. The goal of the experiment was to analyze whether our economic biases and choices (and in general the decision making process which seems to constitue our economic behavior) truly constitute what distinguishes us from other species or whether they are simply natural instincts.
What do you think? Is there only one Homo Economicus, or is there such a thing as Monkey Economicus? The answer begins here.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Bill Gates and Energy innovation
As I was 'wwilf'-ing online the other day, I stumbled upon this very interesting TED talk with Bill Gates about the need for energy innovation, and I wanted to share it with you guys. As I am currently working on energy storage solutions myself and have become a bit acquainted with the existing solutions, I do agree with him in so much as there is a real necessity to further develop these innovative technologies.
Bill Gates also talks about Terranova, a new type of energy generation method which uses depleted uranium and should be able to operate for several decades without fuel reloading. (Of course, what he doesn't say outright is that he is the primary investor in this company). I'm a bit skeptical about this technology myself - it raises a lot of questions in terms of scalability, cost and risk of proliferation, and definitely requires more development before it can be considered an "energy miracle".
But before brushing aside this invention or others like it, for a breath of fresh air, I recommend taking a look at this website - another company where Bill Gates is a shareholder and that similarly has some really innovative (crazy?) ideas to solve the problems of the 21st century.
Bill Gates also talks about Terranova, a new type of energy generation method which uses depleted uranium and should be able to operate for several decades without fuel reloading. (Of course, what he doesn't say outright is that he is the primary investor in this company). I'm a bit skeptical about this technology myself - it raises a lot of questions in terms of scalability, cost and risk of proliferation, and definitely requires more development before it can be considered an "energy miracle".
But before brushing aside this invention or others like it, for a breath of fresh air, I recommend taking a look at this website - another company where Bill Gates is a shareholder and that similarly has some really innovative (crazy?) ideas to solve the problems of the 21st century.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Magazine�| Wired.com
Magazine -- Wired.com
Wired is an interesting magazine that you can read online.... It talks about how new technology affects our lives.
Wired is an interesting magazine that you can read online.... It talks about how new technology affects our lives.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Steve Jobs in His Own Words: A Video Retrospective | BNET
Steve Jobs in His Own Words: A Video Retrospective | BNET:
Steve Jobs in His Own Words: A Video Retrospective
Some interesting bits of IT history.... Have you already heard of a "blue box" (the first video). The two Steves used it to call the Pope when they were both students!
You can leave a comment if you're so inclined.... (hint hint)
talk to you soon
james
Steve Jobs in His Own Words: A Video Retrospective
Some interesting bits of IT history.... Have you already heard of a "blue box" (the first video). The two Steves used it to call the Pope when they were both students!
You can leave a comment if you're so inclined.... (hint hint)
talk to you soon
james
Friday, October 7, 2011
Stanford News Video: Steve Jobs to 2005 graduates: 'Stay hungry, stay foolish'
Stanford News Video: Steve Jobs to 2005 graduates: 'Stay hungry, stay foolish'
Three stories of his life!
The "CC" will show the subtitles (closed captions). (You might have to go back to the Stanford YouTube channel to see the subtitles.)
What do you think? Had you already seen it?
Have a good weekend
james
Three stories of his life!
The "CC" will show the subtitles (closed captions). (You might have to go back to the Stanford YouTube channel to see the subtitles.)
What do you think? Had you already seen it?
Have a good weekend
james
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world | Video on TED.com
Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world | Video on TED.com:
This is a short 6 minute Ted talk!
Maybe you could leave a comment. Which photos impressed you the most? What pictures did you expect to be in it that aren't....
Have a good week! james
This is a short 6 minute Ted talk!
Maybe you could leave a comment. Which photos impressed you the most? What pictures did you expect to be in it that aren't....
Have a good week! james
"Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look away -- or back."Bogdan wonders whether this picture be in it?
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.com
Welcome to the pjbj blog (Pierre, Julien, Bogdan and James), hopefully we can use this space to share some interesting things from the Internet -- YouTube videos, websites, TedTalks, etc....
To start I wanted to let you listen to a TedTalk. Since there are over a thousand on-line it's good to share the ones that we've discovered that are interesting. Almost all of them have the option of English subtitles and also the interactive script of the text. (It plays from where you click.)
So.... Do you know about "The woman with 12 pairs of legs!"
Here is Aimee Mullin's TED talk from a few years ago... (And she's not an octopus!)
In the comments on the blog you can say what you think of it.
Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.com:
You should get this message in your email with the link to the TedTalk, but in the footer there should be a link back to the blog... On the blog you can leave a comment... if you'd already seen it... what you think of it, etc.
I hope you enjoy it,
james
To start I wanted to let you listen to a TedTalk. Since there are over a thousand on-line it's good to share the ones that we've discovered that are interesting. Almost all of them have the option of English subtitles and also the interactive script of the text. (It plays from where you click.)
So.... Do you know about "The woman with 12 pairs of legs!"
Here is Aimee Mullin's TED talk from a few years ago... (And she's not an octopus!)
In the comments on the blog you can say what you think of it.
Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.com:
You should get this message in your email with the link to the TedTalk, but in the footer there should be a link back to the blog... On the blog you can leave a comment... if you'd already seen it... what you think of it, etc.
I hope you enjoy it,
james
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