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Friday Smile

ppmartin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:59:34 +0000

Only in America …do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in America …do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. Only in America …do banks leave vault doors open and then chain [...]

A matter of degrees

ppmartin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:02:04 +0000

Brrrr, red wine is not the only item that is around 12 degrees in France Posted in Environment

Après Fesses-Bouc, le Pare-à-Fesses?

ppmartin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:45:03 +0000

Incroyable mais vrai… Après “Fesses-Bouc”, les douanes nous proposent le “Pare-à-Fesses” J’ai en effet reçu le message suivant des Aéroports de Paris : Voir mon Twit initial sur le sujet, ainsi que le billet de Mak Attack Et aussi: Posted in Fun, Travel Tagged: border, frontière, parafes

DELL-irium

ppmartin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:43:25 +0000

Delirium is an acute and debilitating decline in attention-focus, perception, and cognition that produces an altered form of semi-consciousness. It is a systemic syndrome caused by a chemical or disease-process which is disrupting the neurons of the cerebral cortex. Though hallucinations and delusions are often present, the symptoms of delirium are clinically distinct from those [...]

Cours d’Anglais

ppmartin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:03:50 +0000

Toto trouve sa prof d’anglais tout à fait à son goût, aussi il lui envoie un sms : - Douillou sink it is envisageable crak crak wiziou this ivening ? Scandalisée, elle répond : - Never ! Alors Toto, en joie, lui renvoie : - Splendid, disons never, never et demie. Merci Katell de Nantes Posted in Fun Tagged: Katell [...]

Video from last night’s typhoon in Hong Kong

ppmartin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:57:29 +0000

Typhoon Koppu Blasts Hong Kong – James Reynolds Insane Storm Chaser Footage Posted in Environment, Media, Travel Tagged: Hong Kong, Typhoon

Malade

ppmartin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:29:07 +0000

Je suis rarement malade, mais bon, un petit rhûme est vite arrivé entre les courants d’air dans les transports en commun parisiens et en bas des tours de la Défense, et les fluctuations de température dans mon bureau qui passe de l’étuve au frigo en fonction de la météo. Bref, le mal de gorge que [...]

Programme de Fidélité S’Miles de la SNCF

ppmartin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:33:43 +0000

Je ne comprenais pas pourquoi mon dernier voyage en Bretagne n’avait pas été crédité sur mon compte “S’Miles” de voyageur fréquent SNCF, et souhaites partager avec vous ce que j’ai appris lors de mon enquête à ce sujet. Pour les cartes de fidélités 12-25 ou Escapades (et probablement les autres aussi), il est en effet utile [...]

Removing Browser Highlighter

ppmartin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:47:49 +0000

I already tweeted about this problem, referring to the post by Oliver Bodnar, but as the Browser Highlighter also adds itself back “stealthily” during simple updates of Skype, I though I might as well post a reminder here as well. Close Firefox; Go to Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/Extensions; Delete the browser highlighter folder; Restart Firefox. That’s it, PPM PS: [...]

Disney Zombies

ppmartin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:10:10 +0000

Credits: The above set of pictures was first spotted on Finucane’s Plurk. In turn coming from Julia Segal’s Tumblr (Skull Swap). Itself based on a post on Total Film. And originally referring to the work by Jeffrey Thomas (*jeftoon01) in his Deviant Art page. Posted in Fun, Media Tagged: Disney Zombie Characters [...]

The cowl doesn’t make the monk

ppmartin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:07:41 +0000

“The cowl doesn’t make the monk” (from medieval language cucullus non facit monachum, or in french l’habit ne fait pas le moine), means that appearance is no reliable guide to a person’s true character (source Jennifer Speake, the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs). In France, we spend an inordinate amount of time debating whether the burqa, i.e. [...]

Are you smarter than a blonde?

ppmartin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:56:08 +0000

From the web A blonde participates to a quiz. The presenter asks the following questions: 1. How long did the 100 years war last ? a) 116 years b) 99 years c) 100 years d) 150 years The blonde uses her wildcard and does not respond to the question. 2. In which country is the “Panama hut“? a) [...]

What a clever boy :)

ppmartin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:36:39 +0000

A little story I was sent some time ago… What starts with an F and ends with a K? A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, ‘Harry, what’s your problem?’ Harry answered, ‘I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter [...]

#IranElections

ppmartin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:51:49 +0000

See updates on Twitter. Posted in Causes, Justice, Politics Tagged: elections, Iran

Gloutons du Rock

ppmartin — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:21:16 +0000

Samedi 16 mai 2009 Gloutons du Rock H1N1 Free 5ème édition Festival Musical Bucolique et Sympathique Programme: 19h30 Pique-nique. Apportez à manger et à boire. 20h00 Louis Coumian (Nouvelle scène française) 21h00 Duke (rock, pop, jazz) 22h00 RockingChair78 (blues chocolaté, recouvet de rock fondant) 23h00 Lov Love (rock, rock) Contacts: Marc 06 88 96 15 35 Bruno 06 22 15 10 16 Franck 06 72 79 15 57 Lieu: Manufacture [...]

The War on Women in Afghanistan

ppmartin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:57:37 +0000

I read an interesting article on “Karzai’s cynical war on Afghan women” in today’s South China Morning Post, on page A11 ( “Insight”). This was an article from Sreeram Chaulia, a researcher on international affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship in Syracuse, New York. Sreeram’s article was first published under the title “The War on Women [...]

Be prepared for the offline world

ppmartin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:46:29 +0000

I read an interesting article in today’s PostMagazine, Technology section (Sunday 12 April 2009 edition of the South China Morning Post, a.k.a. Sunday Morning Post). Bien Perez is the main contributor to this section, but this particular article – entitled “Gone, but nor forgotten”, was written by Peter Svensson and illustrated by Steve Yau. In short, [...]

Was Jesus Black, Jewish, Italian, Californian, American Indian, Irish, or a Woman?

ppmartin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:29:39 +0000

As seen on Guy Kawasaki’s HolyKaw blog on Posterous. There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black: 1. He called everyone brother 2. He liked Gospel 3. He didn’t get a fair trial But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish: 1. He went into His Father’s business 2. He lived at home until he was 33 3. [...]

Hard Drive Domino’s

ppmartin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:27:31 +0000

First seen on Linux Manua – Le Jeu du Geek n°1. Posted in Fun, Technology Tagged: domino, Geek, Hard Drive

Black-out Hadopi (suite)

ppmartin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:14:03 +0000

Suite à ma précédente mention du blackout du net en France, voir d’autres videos (comme celle ci-dessus) à ce sujet sur le site Youtube de Galeop. Voir aussi le visuel interactif du Monde sur “La Loi Hadopi vue par les internautes”. Ou encore le site “La Quadrature du Net”. Posted in Causes, Justice, Media, Politics, Technology Tagged: Hadopi [...]