Archive for December, 2011
Airport Security
Vanity Fair: Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? “The only useful airport security measures since 9/11,“ says Schneier, “were locking and reinforcing the cockpit doors, so terrorists can’t break in, positive baggage matching”—ensuring that people can’t put luggage on planes, and then not board them —“and teaching the passengers to fight back. The rest [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2011 under General.
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Cesária
Cesária Évora nous a quitte le 17 décembre 2011. Video from cultureunplugged.com.
Posted: December 29th, 2011 under General.
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Tips for vacation
Jason Kottke (who, amongst other things, introduced me to The Wire and JP Auclair) found the 15 golden rules to live by while travelling the world as “contain(ing) a number of good ideas that (he) ha(d)en’t really seen before”.
Posted: December 18th, 2011 under General.
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It’s your fault
It’s a very long time since I read Anil Dash, but reading through Hackaday‘s new comment policy, I came across this littel jewel: If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault. I personally think Make‘s new online commenting policy and community guidelines (implemented nearly 2 years ago) is the right approach. No anonymous comments [...]
Posted: December 17th, 2011 under General.
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Ferme du Pouzat
Jack Dupety (connu par l’arpent nourricier) est un farouche defenseur du BRF. Auteur avec Bernard Bertrand de “BRF vous connaissez?” (128p., Éditions de Terran, 2007) (autres lectures). Il a presente le BRF a TEDx: Et sur Chemin faisant: CheminFaisant_BRF_jacky dupety par ling010 ou sur France2: Reportage France 2 sr le BRF par ling010
Posted: December 10th, 2011 under General.
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