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http://twitdraw.com/orbv12 Le ciel (par Thomas) #twitdraw

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:21:30 -0800

http://twitdraw.com/orbv12 Le ciel (par Thomas) #twitdraw

@roulive processus endothermique ? bon rétablissement à tous.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:54:44 -0800

@roulive processus endothermique ? bon rétablissement à tous.

Digital Natives... "Ouille, ca me fait penser a quelqu'un..." http://bit.ly/3OIvFO

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:26 -0800

Digital Natives... "Ouille, ca me fait penser a quelqu'un..." http://bit.ly/3OIvFO

Digital Natives...

jf — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:16:00 -0800

"Le Digital Native déborde d'idées, il est ambitieux, imaginatif et multitâches. Il aime travailler en équipe, tout en ressentant un fort besoin d'autonomie et d'indépendance. Il a tendance à rejeter l'autorité, mais accepte la compétition."

Ouille, ca me fait penser a quelqu'un...

Source : Brainsfeed : (réflexion) > Les Digital natives: une nouvelle génération d'employés

Bruno Rives: Eblouissant... "Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo." http://bit.ly/2UJKFm

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:55 -0800

Bruno Rives: Eblouissant... "Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo." http://bit.ly/2UJKFm

La renaissance de la Porsche 928... http://bit.ly/3l1uE0

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:44:45 -0800

La renaissance de la Porsche 928... http://bit.ly/3l1uE0

Camel Market in Pushkar Mela - http://bit.ly/2RmybI

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:57 -0800

Camel Market in Pushkar Mela - http://bit.ly/2RmybI

RT @Stiliweb: http://twitpic.com/nobr2 - Google Streetview car visits Overijse (Belgium)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:01:08 -0800

RT @Stiliweb: http://twitpic.com/nobr2 - Google Streetview car visits Overijse (Belgium)

IBM OmniFind has a well-defined Java API for ease of deployment into existing enterprise applications. http://bit.ly/3C3STS

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:06:31 -0800

IBM OmniFind has a well-defined Java API for ease of deployment into existing enterprise applications. http://bit.ly/3C3STS

AC Milan-Real Madrid. Mireille says 2-4 I say 2-2

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:43:10 -0800

AC Milan-Real Madrid. Mireille says 2-4 I say 2-2

Having fun with the 100 Ridiculously Questionable T-Shirts http://bit.ly/yj4GY

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:35:43 -0800

Having fun with the 100 Ridiculously Questionable T-Shirts http://bit.ly/yj4GY

Things you don't say to your wife... http://bit.ly/45fDy2

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:26:41 -0700

Things you don't say to your wife... http://bit.ly/45fDy2

Beau travail ! RT @mulkers: We're ready for Halloween... http://bit.ly/2O6a6t

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:18:39 -0700

Beau travail ! RT @mulkers: We're ready for Halloween... http://bit.ly/2O6a6t

Today we visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. There we saw many elephants : http://bit.ly/17iEQ2

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:17:03 -0700

Today we visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. There we saw many elephants : http://bit.ly/17iEQ2

Last twit was to test the del.icio.us / Twitter integration...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:01 -0700

Last twit was to test the del.icio.us / Twitter integration...

http://icio.us/zzzdhb

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:35 -0700

http://icio.us/zzzdhb

Testing Business Processes with iLog Business Rules (Illustrated with Gliffy) http://bit.ly/JMQLH

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:49:14 -0700

Testing Business Processes with iLog Business Rules (Illustrated with Gliffy) http://bit.ly/JMQLH

Testing Business Processes with iLog Business Rules

jf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:00 -0700

This morning (Oct 28, 2009) I attended a iLog Business Rules Management System (BRMS) Demo and it gave me an idea.

iLog has a great tool for testing rules. It allows to design test cases using MS Excell that are sent to the Rules Engine in order to determine if a rule set provides the expected decision.

In the past I ave been involved with the difficult exercice of generating test data for Business Processes. Using the iLog testing tool, this could be realized like this :

1. Before the process is designed, use the BRMS to design the process vocabulary.

2. Create some basic rules which from process inputs produce process outputs. In fact these rules simulate the process.

3. Create the rules test cases such that the rule responds the right process output from a given process input. In fact the rules set must simulates the process for the foreseen test cases.

4. Communicate the rules and their test cases to the Process developpers so they can design and build the process using the test cases.

5. For automating the tests, at the end of the process (or at intervals if the process is composed of serveral parts), send the process inputs to the business rules and ask the rules engine to compare process results with the expected process results (this requires a comparison rule which allows to determine of two result sets are considered equivalent).

To illustrate this, I used the opportunity to test gliffy to make a diagram:

http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1872505/

Discussion: The Enterprise Architecture Network | LinkedIn "Linking Information Systems to Business Performance" http://bit.ly/4GdUxV

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:17:16 -0700

Discussion: The Enterprise Architecture Network | LinkedIn "Linking Information Systems to Business Performance" http://bit.ly/4GdUxV

Had a nice lunch with an ex-colleague ;-)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:36:10 -0700

Had a nice lunch with an ex-colleague ;-)

I have installed Polaris....http://bit.ly/20giy

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:54:27 -0700

I have installed Polaris....http://bit.ly/20giy

@Bleebot The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:12:34 -0700

@Bleebot The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes

Autumn in Tombeek

jf — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:32:00 -0700

BPMN isn't the Panacea for Business Process Management

jf — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:11:00 -0700

A typical approach when thinking about Business Process Management is to try to draw two types of diagrams:

the AS-IS Diagram: represents how the process is executed today
the TO-BE Diagram : how we would like to execute the process in the future

The TO-BE diagram aims at improving the business efficiency by for example automating certain tasks. The Business Process Modeling Notation is the standardized notation for such Process Diagrams. Once the process is modeled in BPMN it can be implemented using the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).

BPMN seems to be the way to go to manage a company's business process.

So the question is : Is BPMN the panacea (a cure to all pains) for Business Process Management ?

I dont think so. Here is why...

If the BPMN approach sounds logical, it has nevertheless some drawbacks:

How to get non architects draw their processes, they prefer natural language = to talk about it. Drawing and agreeing the right process is a painful exercise in most companies.
Some of the Process Drawing tools like ARIS, MEGA, System Architect require some training before they can be properly used. They are perceived as complex.
BPMN diagram don't represent the reality. It's sometimes very difficult to draw the reality because there are numerous exceptions to the process (exceptions are the rule...)

Alternative approaches to BPMN are than very useful. One can find at least 2 types of alternatives : Middelware and Applications.

Middelware (other than BPEL Engines) allow businesses to manage their processes. Here are some examples:

Business Rules Engines allow to determine what is the best next step to be executed in a process (decision), or determine how an activity should be performed (planning). At IBM this would be the iLOG BRMS.
Business Activity Monitoring and Complex Events Processing allow to monitor a process though relevant events (product purchased, payment completed...). At IBM we implement this with Websphere Business Monitor and Websphere Business Events.
Business Intelligence tools allow to create reports and dashboards which help Business Managers to lead their teams to execute the processes in the right way.

Companies have also been managing their business processes without modeling them. They have purchased applications or frameworks which contained ready to use processes:

Horizontal Applications like ECM solutions include standard document flows for publication and approval of information
Vertical Applications Packages like SAP, Temenos T24 or PTC Windchill include pre-canned business processes that "just" need to be customized to the company needs.
Industry Specific Frameworks include Business Processes. For example IBM proposes the Insurance Process Acceleration Framework. I the Media sector, IBM proposes the Media Hub.

The drawbacks and the alternatives of BPMN, demonstrate that BPMN isn't the Panacea for Business Process Management.

So, If you are interested in BPM, I would recommend you the following :

If you want to be closer to the business…

When thinking about BPM

Don’t think immediately BPMN, AS-IS and TO-BE

Rather, think

Natural Language
Business Intelligence
Business Events
Business Activities

Some HTML for the WII

jf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:52:00 -0700

What to do when there is nothing on TV ? Play with your WII.

I did that yesterday but not as you would expect.

I tried to develop web pages for my WII opera browser in order to:

play web radios on the WII. I developped the page thanks to some hacking pages but... on the same pages they explain there is a memory leak in the WII flash player that makes that the music stops after a few minutes. I also tried http://www.wiihear.com/ but it seems also to suffer the memory management problem.
Display photos on the WII. This works great thanks to Picasaweb.

I also tried iGoogle and Netvibes and it works, except when there is too much Flash.

Too bad there is this Flash memory leak because otherwise the WII could become a really great platform. My experience is that much of the new technology seems to have some glitch somewhere.

I just hope Adobe and Nintendo will upgrade Opera with a new flash player soon.

Entreprise Modernization : Switching between Web Applications with JavaScript

jf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:09:00 -0700

Some IBM customers have a lot of assets on "older" (or shouls we say more mature) platforms as zSeries or iSeries. Traditionnally those applications have "green screens".

Rational Host Access Transformation Services allows to easilly convert those 5250 or 3270 screens into Web pages exposing exactly the same functionality.

This allows to extend the reach of the i or z code.

End users also have an easier way to switch between their different screens. They can do that by:

having several browsers and using ALT-TAB to switch between them
having a browser with Multi-tab (like FireFox or IE7)
toggle between web applications in a page using javascript and iFrames for instance

I have built a small demo to show the last possibility.

By showing or hiding a div containing an iframe, one can easilly navigate between different web apps and stay logged in and in context (the hidden iframe just stays on the same page, until i is shown again).

You can test it here in 2 different flavors:

Of course this is a very simple and cheap solution, the ultimate way to do this would be to use Lotus Mashup Center.

L'eBook m a tuer : Réponse à Yann Queffelec

jf — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0700

Hier matin (jeudi 15 octobre 2009) sur Europe 1, dans la Polémique Culturelle de Olivier Faugiel, il y avait un débat sur l'ebook, intitulé l'e-book m'a tuer. Vous pouvez le revoir sur le site de Europe 1.

Yann Queffelec y a détruit l'ebook :"Le livre sera toujours là lorsque l'ebook sera 6 pieds sous terre". D'après Mr Queffelec rien ne peut remplacer de sentir un bon vieux bouquin et le plaisir de le toucher d'une main à 5 doigts.

Mr Laurent Picard, co-fondateur de Booken a bien essayé de le défendre mais j'aurais voulu mieux défendre cette technologie face à un comportement qui me semble un peu trop fermé.

Si j'avais été présent, j'aurais voulu poser à Mr Queffelec les quelques questions suivantes :

Quel plaisir y a t-il à sentir, ou plutôt à porter au container, les tonnes de publicité papier et journaux que l'on reçoit a la maison toutes les semaines ?
Quel plaisir y a t-il a chercher à la main les spécifications d'une pièce d'avion dans un manuel de 5000 pages ?
Quel plaisir y a t-il de stocker dans son grenier 10 mètres de classeurs de nos cours d'université qu'on ne relit jamais car on a aucune chance d'y retrouver le petit bout de théorie dont on a besoin et dont on ne se souvient que vaguement ?
La lecture lire un sketch de Raymond Devos sur un écran d'ordinateur ou dans un livre ne procurent-elles pas le même rire ?
Les mots sont-ils différents quand ils sont sur papier ?
Quel plaisir y a t-il à porter un Harry Potter de 1/2 Kg à bout de bras dans son lit, qu'on finit par en avoir mal au poignets ?
Quel plaisir a t-on à lire un livre avec une loupe car notre vision ne sait plus de lire la police de taille normale ? (Dans ce cas, on voudrait peut être tout de même 10 doigts...)
Quel plaisir a t-on a imprimer des documents dont on sait qu'on va les jeter dans une semaine ?
Quel plaisir a t-on à lire ses extraits de comptes ?
Quel plaisir à avoir une valise 5 Kg plus lourde dans l'avion car on lit beaucoup en vacances ?
Quel plaisir à partir chez un client avec seulement 10 brochures papier alors qu'on a 100 produits à vendre ?
Quel plaisir à imprimer des codes barres sur des papiers qui ont une durée de vie de 2 jours (produits frais), ou même 1 minute (tickets de caisse) ?
Quel plaisir ont les écoliers à porter un cartable de plusieurs kilos chaque jour ?

Il est évident que le livre électronique ne remplacera pas intégralement le papier. Mais l'ePaper en général et l'ebook en particulier présentent cependant pas mal d'avantages par rapport au même contenu au format papier.

Et puis il y a certains eBook qui fonctionneront tant que le soleil sera la et n'iront pas 6 pieds sous terre. L'eBook solaire de LG, par exemple..

Thomas peint par Ward Lernout

jf — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:16:00 -0700

Peinture par Ward Lernout, à la suite d'une action du Kiwanis de Overijse.

Balloon Trip we did this summer

jf — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:12:00 -0700

Here are some pictures of the Balloon trip we did in August this summer above the "Vlaamse Ardennen".

It was our first time in an Air Balloon.

After helping to fill the balloon with ambient air, warm air was blown for take off.

Take off is quiet quick and at that moment you think "My god, what am I doing here ?". But after 2 minutes you figure out it's perfectly working and also very quiet : there is no apparent wind. You can than start to enjoy.

The pilot of Balloon Heli did - I think -a very good landing, we had only two chocs to stop.

Once again Thank You to Maggie, Dimi and Julie who offered us this trip as a wedding gift.

Click on the photo below to see the Album on Picasaweb.

20090816BallonVaart

Worst Web Shopping Experience ever : Kinepolis.be

jf — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:58:00 -0700

Have your ever bought tickets on kinepolis.be ?

It's my worst Internet Shopping Experience ever:

1. You have to re-type your name and email address each time you change movie or schedule. If only flash was not used for that my browser could fill it for me...

2. You have to do the complete process before finding out the session is fully booked...

3. The payment process is scary, you have to pay without being sure it's the right cinema, movie and schedule.

4. In the payment process you are all a sudden required a ING password that you never use. Hopefully there was a forgotten password procedure that worked.

I have never liked the Kinepolis website because of its poor performance (Flash abuse). Now the content delivery seems to be faster, they managed to screw the next step : the shopping experience...

Entreprendre et réussir : Declercq & Associés - Philippe Declercq

jf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:38:00 -0700

Coaching and Transition !

Si ca ne marche pas, essayez de voir la vidéo sur le site de PME KMO TV.

Tout le monde, quelqu'un, chacun, personne....

jf — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:57:00 -0700

« Il était une fois quatre individus qu'on appelait
Tout le monde - Quelqu'un - Chacun - et Personne.

Il y avait un important travail à faire,
Et on a demandé à Tout le monde de le faire.
Tout le monde était persuadé que Quelqu'un le ferait..
Chacun pouvait l'avoir fait, mais en réalité Personne ne le fit.

Quelqu'un se fâcha car c'était le travail de Tout le monde !
Tout le monde pensa que Chacun pouvait le faire
Et Personne ne doutait que Quelqu'un le ferait…

En fin de compte, Tout le monde fit des reproches à Chacun
Parce que Personne n'avait fait ce que Quelqu'un aurait pu faire.

*** MORALITÉ ***

Sans vouloir le reprocher à Tout le monde,
Il serait bon que Chacun
Fasse ce qu'il doit sans nourrir l'espoir
Que Quelqu'un le fera à sa place…
Car l'expérience montre que
Là où on attend Quelqu'un,
Généralement on ne trouve Personne !

Coming Back on our Honeymoon Photos

jf — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:34:00 -0700

I eventually took some time today to blog on our Honeymoon we spent in July in Italy.

Here are some images illustrating the cities we visited (I chose 1 photo per city):

Lyon
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Nice
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Antibes
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Vence
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Cannes (It was the Festival De Cannes)
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Monaco (There was the F1 Grand Prix)
From 20090601HoneyMoon
San Remo
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Genova
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Portofino
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Cinquale
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Lucca
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Pisa
From 20090601HoneyMoon
San Giminiano
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Firenze
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Bologna
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Como
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Switzerland
From 20090601HoneyMoon
Strasbourg
From 20090601HoneyMoon

Security : The problem with Humans

jf — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:21:00 -0700

Humans are incapable of securely storing high-quality cryptographic keys, and they have unacceptable speed and
accuracy when performing cryptographic operations.

(They are also large, expensive to maintain, difficult to manage, and they pollute the environment. It is astonishing
that these devices continue to be manufactured and deployed. But they are sufficiently pervasive that we must design our protocols around their limitations.)

Kaufman, Perlman and Speciner

Netweaver isn't a real middelware (Karl-Heinz Streibich)

jf — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:53:00 -0700

01Net : En ciblant avec votre middleware les terres de SAP, vous vous opposez frontalement à Netweaver. N'est-ce pas risqué ?

Karl-Heinz Streibich: Non, car Netweaver n'est pas un vrai middleware. Il fonctionne pour des connexions internes à SAP mais n'est pas adapté aux problématiques B to B. Jusque-là, cette infrastructure n'a pas réussi à s'ouvrir. Et je doute qu'elle y parvienne dans les cinq prochaines années.

Source : O1Net
...

I doubt he has many SAP friends left now...

Madrid this weekend

jf — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:56:00 -0700

Last weekend for the birthday of my lovely wife, we went to Madrid for shopping and party.

A (very small) part of the colorful shopping happened at Custo Barcelona and at Folli Follie. Wa also were impressed by the Telephonica Flagship Store (Gran Via).

The party was at the disco Joy Eslava. At Joy Eslava I found the DJ good but VERY conservative. The best of the music being David Guetta (I got a feeling) and Calle Ocho (I know you want me). I would have expected more special mixes and some new cool sound.

For the rest we enjoyed the good weather (30+ degrees) and the city.

Mode écriture aujourd'hui

jf — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:43:00 -0700

Aujourd'hui je suis en "mode écriture" de ma thèse pour mon Master Program d'Architecte chez IBM.

J'ai recu hier un email de Christian Godefroid -
(c)2009 www.club-positif.com - dans lequel je me reconnais et que je trouve très relevant pour l'instant. Même si ce n'est pas très modeste, mais bon, je suis un Lion après tout...

"...Cela me fait penser aux élèves
et aux étudiants qui sont si
fiers d'avoir travaillé comme des
fous. D'avoir passé des nuits à
réviser. D'avoir refait leur
dissertation plusieurs fois.

Je vais vous faire un aveu: ce
qui me rendait fier lorsque
j'étais au lycée, c'était de
rédiger en 15 minutes, entre deux
cours, la meilleure dissertation
de la classe.

Je me programmais mentalement
pour cela. Je me disais que si
mon cerveau pouvait, pendant mon
sommeil, inventer des histoires
passionnantes bourrées de détails
INSTANTANÉMENT, une dissertation
pouvait être écrite au fil de la
plume et être parfaite."

Christian Godefroid se positionne comme un Gourou du Marketing Internet, un "faiseur de Millionnaires". Vous pouvez le suivre ici :
http://twitter.com/ ChrisGodefroy

Soulsister @ Druivenfeesten

jf — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0700

Yesterday (Aug 27 2009) we attended the concert of Soulsister at the Druivenfeesten. The show really exceeded my expectations.

That's why I like Mountain Bike

jf — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:52:00 -0700

First picture uploaded with my phone via Twitter

jf — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:09:00 -0700

Yesterday I uploaded a picture from my phone (via Twitter/Twitgoo) for the first time. It's a picture of the Druiven Koers.

You can find it here: http://twitgoo.com/2pg6f

Live from Druiven Koers 2009

jf — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:08:00 -0700

They just passed in front of my house... (Druiven Koers web site)

Online Communities

jf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:03:00 -0700

Netlash published today "5 tips to a successfull Online Community" (Deutch).

Many times I have tried to set up such communities (Bicycle Club, Work's Intranet, MBA distribution list, family, customers sites). very often those communities have died even before they were born.

There is one principle that I have kept out of all those web experiences : people use the communication tools only when they have a problem and when they are looking for a solution.

This is the "What's in in for me" principle : I have only recorded activities when people get an advantage out of the communication:

Forums : people asking questions see their problems solved, get information. Answering people raise their visibility. That's why on Linked In you can be flagged as an expert. Another example I saw was during MBA exams: the Forum was suddenly alive.
Distribution Lists are all a sudden used when someone wants to sell his car or quickly organise a barbecue.
Social networks are useful when you want to see what the others are doing (a kind of voyeurisme)
Viral marketing is like the new way of telling jokes (or stories). Why do people tell stories ?

I guess you can continue the examples by yourself : People communicate when they hope to get something out of it.

If you understand this "What's in it for me" principle, you understand that the web can be a very powerful tool to quickly find a solution to your problem. The range of problems is very wide : finding love, compiling Linux, buying Viagra, finding the perfect vacation, stay informed, find which WII game is cool and which one sucks... Identifying he community of people who have the same kind of problem than you can only bring you closer to the solution. This is for me the true engine of communities.

I use to say to my wife (as a joke ?) "Everything always comes back to 3 letters : SEX".
But in that logic that there are also 3 other letters : "EGO".

And than I guess there are some things like "Right man at the right place" and "Time to Market" also applicable to Online Communities...

Weekend in Frankfurt

jf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:59:00 -0700

This weekend we were in the area and Frankfurt as well as the Rhein valley.

Click on the following picture to go to the album:

From 20090821 Frankfurt & Rhein

Vacation at the Belgian Coast

jf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:59:00 -0700

97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

jf — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:41:00 -0700

FYI : 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

Well, I still have to go through the list... What is the best one according to you ?

Related : http://delicious.com/jfdeclercq/soa+architecture

Vacation at the Belgian Coast

jf — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:46:00 -0700

Well, we had a very nice week at the Belgian coast on the second week of August (2009). There was a lot of sun. The Belgian coast is really great when the weather is nice.

Mainly, we enjoyed some biking, the swimming pool and the beach. We also enjoyed some drinks on a terrace

(especlially in Blankenberge on the pig pillows)

There was also the traditional mini-golf.

On monday we wanted to see the FireWorks in Ostende but there was nothing : we were told they were cancelled because of the crisis ??? Nothing is more frustrating than a canceled fireworks.

On Tuesday we went for a 30Km bike tour in the country.

On Wednesday we went to De Haan on the beach.

On thursday we went to have a look at the Belgacom Beach Soccer but there wasn't much animation.

On friday we went to Plopsaland. There wasn't too much crowd. We only found that some attractions like the fire extinction were very dirty. We have also seen the "Samson en Gert" show in French for the first time : "Fred and Sanson". It was ok but they should stop translating from Dutch to French because it's a difficult exercise.

Already 3 Museums this summer

jf — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:59:00 -0700

This summer we already visited 3 museum

First, in Vienna we visited The Belvedere where there was a special exposition of Klimt.

In Paris, this weekend we visited an exposition of Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Musée d'Orsay.

Tour de France 2009 : My Photos

jf — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:47:00 -0700

A picture I took yesterday Rue de Rivoli.

And an other one is 700m before the arrival, during the last round, place de la concorde.

Still 700 Euros needed for the iRex Digital Reader 1000S

jf — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:12:00 -0700

Today I have to read a lot of documents (RFPs, white papers), therefore it would be more comfortable to print them.

But I feel ashamed to print documents just to read them and than throw them away. 75% of the people feel the same way (see the article from DataNews : "Vous imprimez et vous en avez honte").

Last year already I wanted to buy the iRex DR 1000s and as one can see the price has been the same for more than 6 months now. It is still 699 Euros.

I'm an enthusiast about ePaper but with this level of price I doubt it will become mainstream soon.

Following celebrities on Twitter

jf — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:19:00 -0700

Recently I started to follow a celebrity for the first time : Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong). Before that I thought following a celebrity was something not so interesting but now I follow Armstrong, I might change my mind.

Just after Lance Armstrong, I started to follow Axel Merckx (@axelmerckx).

It really gives the feeling that you get very close to those people. I enjoy it, in fact.

Bicycling accross continents : Bastien Demange

jf — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:24:00 -0700

Often I say that one of my dreams is to cross a continent (like America, Central Europe or around the Mediterranean sea) by bicycle for several months.

I always speak about Bastien Demange who did it last year. You'll find a summary of his journey here : http://bastiendemange.com/2009/06/08/video-cycling-siberia-in-winter-solo/

Tour de France 2009

jf — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01:00 -0700

I like the Tour de France a lot. Every night I enjoy the resume on een : Tour2009.

The main question this year is of course "Armstrong or Contador ?"

One can think that this competition within a single team is very unhealthy.

I don't think so.

First, it's excellent for the team because it's excellent for the sponsors: Astana. Every day that question comes back again and again.

Second, it's an excellent strategy for winning. If the Astana team mates can bring the 2 leaders safely at the top of the race when the real battle can begin, than you can let Armstrong and Contador challenge each other and let the fastest win... Plus : if one of the two leaders has a big problem, chances of winning are not lost for the team.

Now I'm curious to see if what I predict will become true : will Armstrong and Contador have a big fight "à la pédale" in the mountain ? I hope so.

One more picture of our cruise in Croatia

jf — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:53:00 -0700

From 20090614 Croatia

It's a good idea to use a Jennaker in the Kornati's Islands...

Pictures of our Sailing Cruise in Croatia

jf — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:16:00 -0700

Last week I was in Croatia with my family for a Saling Cruise in the Kornati Islands.

You can have a look at the pictures here :
http://url-ok.com/d97b27

20090614 Croatia

Cadeau de la fête des Pères

jf — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:56:00 -0700

Maybe you don't know about it but I have a collection of Porsche Model Cars.

For Fatherday, I received a new one : a Porsche RS Spyder (Le Mans 2008).

You can have a look at all some Porsches of my collection on this flickr Photo Album.

We are married !

jf — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:44:00 -0700

On February 28th (2*14) 2009!

Bolt in 3D at Imagibraine

jf — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:41:00 -0700

Ballade en Dromadaire

jf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:52:00 -0700

Voici une page pour ceux qui on fait la nuit Bédouine avec nous.

Vous trouverez ici les images :

http://picasaweb.google.com/jfdeclercq/20090306BalladeDromadaire

Et voici un petit film...

PS : Si vous trouvez que ces images sont une atteinte a votre vie privée, dites-le moi et je supprimerai les photos correspondantes.

Sledding in Tombeek

jf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:24:00 -0800

Don't tell my manager Dieter that today I stopped working for an hour to go sledding...

Have a look here (better with sound):

Happy 2009 : My 2008 Best Shots

jf — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:14:00 -0800

As usual, to send you my Best Wishes for the coming year, I send you my best shots of the year before. Here are my best shots of 2008.

HAPPY 2009 !!!

Druivenveldrit 2008

jf — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:53:00 -0800

From 20081214 Druivenveldrit

Links :

Paris : Ambiance de Noël

jf — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:36:00 -0800

Natalia

jf — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:57:00 -0800

This Sunday (Nov 30, 2008) we were at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp for the last concert of Natalia's Glamorous Tour.

It's the 4th time I see Natalia in concert. The first time was ok. The second time I was disappointed. The third time was ok but I still found she was shouting instead of singing.

This time was ... exceptional :

1. She was singing and not shouting: real emotions could flow instead of a mass of decibels.

2. There was a real dance floor : Natalia and the dancers provided a superior experience.

3. There were nice surprises like singing Prince and the appearance of Stam van Samang.

So it was an excellent concert this time !!

Trahison

jf — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:49:00 -0800

From jfdeclercq's Pictures Blog

Dessins Tom

jf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:17:00 -0800

Ce matin Tom a fait trois beaux dessins avec la palette graphique.

Promenade à Tervueren

jf — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:41:00 -0700

Yesterday afternoon we went for a walk in the beautiful parc of Tervueren.

Camion de Pompiers

jf — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:25:00 -0700

Commentaire de Thomas : "Je connais deux sortes de camion de pompiers: le pompe tonne et le camion avec la grande échelle. Ici j'ai dessiné le pompe tonne"

From jfdeclercq's Pictures Blog

Le dessinateur : Thomas

From jfdeclercq's Pictures Blog

Foot sur la plage de De Haan, ce 28 septembre 2008

jf — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:41:00 -0700

J'ai uploadé sur Youtube une vidéo d'une partie de foot filmée sur la plage de De Haan ce 28 septembre 2008. Je joue avec avec Thomas et Jonas (rencontré sur place).

Photos of the Pecha Kucha Brussels Vol 5

jf — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:37:00 -0700

The quality of my pictures isn't good but it's just to remind some of the bla bla...

The Picasa Album is here : Pecha Kucha Brussels Vol 5

A terrace in Belgium

jf — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:38:00 -0700

Do you guess where it was ?