Fire EXIT- Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre November 9, 2009Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre Malin comme tout ! There’s a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it’ll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this’ll be Apple’s 277th store, worldwide. It […]
- Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre November 9, 2009
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Could one answer to paid content be found in a bottle of water?
Could one answer to paid content be found in a bottle of water? Is news content gasoline, or is it bottled water? That is, is online news a necessary commodity that people will begrudgingly pay for, because they have to, … Continue reading
The digital age of rights
The digital age of rights Earlier this month Vivian Reding, the European Commissioner responsible for Information Society and Media, spoke of “a right to Internet access” and pointed out that the EU’s new telecommunications rules “recognise explicitly that Internet access … Continue reading
Do parties need philosophies?
Do parties need philosophies? Progressives cast themselves as the soul of the Democratic Party, with moderates seen as pragmatic compromisers at best, sell-outs or traitors at worst. More as a thought experiment than a serious proposal, I got to wondering: … Continue reading
Monde en crise, besoin de fiction
Monde en crise, besoin de fiction : Étonnants Voyageurs (Saint-Malo), Festival International du Livre et du Film du 30 mai au 1er juin « Retour de l’aventure », « retour de la fiction », « retour du récit » : … Continue reading
Le Roi et l’Oiseau
Le Roi et l’Oiseau Le roi Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI (Charles Cinq et Trois font Huit et Huit font Seize) est un tyran qui gouverne le royaume de Takicardie. Ce roi est amoureux d’une … Continue reading
Posted in Culte de la semaine
Tagged Animation, Children's, Coup de cœur, Film
Drew Gilpin Faust and the Incredible Shrinking Harvard
Drew Gilpin Faust and the Incredible Shrinking Harvard Suddenly, unthinkably, the World’s Richest University finds itself forced to reconsider what it can afford to be. (Losing $11 billion will do that.) But if its president has a master plan for … Continue reading
Culte de la semaine: Birdie Num Num
Culte de la semaine : Birdie Num Num, The Party (1968)
Posted in Culte de la semaine
Tagged Film
Japanese publisher prints horror novel on toilet roll
Japanese publisher prints horror novel on toilet roll Dire times for publishers. Horror writer Koji Suzuki has teamed up with a Japanese paper manufacturer to have his latest stomach-churning novella published in a very convenient form – on toilet paper. … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged Books, Publishing
Obama: Firmly Committed to Net Neutrality
Obama: Firmly Committed to Net Neutrality President Obama has done it again – re-affirming his unyielding commitment to an open Internet. It happened this time during an announcement on Friday of a new initiative to beef up the nation’s defenses … Continue reading
Mur de Berlin: Artistes Pour La Liberté
Mur de Berlin: Artistes Pour La Liberté Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Sculptures of the Palais Royal association under the tutelage of The Ministry of Culture and Communication, is presenting 31 sculptures by … Continue reading
