Nothing and Some More

First post and last post
A few days later, NaSM is (re)born The tagline was I'm not rude, I'm french. The first post is about google, broken english, pretty foreign eyes on Frenchies and France and links, quite a good sample of all that will follow.
The year 2000 shows that I hadn't grokked the concept of flipping pages yet
This Madeleine/Je me souviens exercise is inspired by Emmanuel's answer to Chryde, the journalist who needs YOUR opinion.

I guess I should tell you how NaSM got started, then. Like you care ! But you know me, I love to talk about myself.
Well, I had the feeling something needed to be said about the usage of Open Source in Education. So I gave it a try. It turned out I had not enough time to make it worth a read. And that SEUL-edu was doing a perfect job already. So I let it die.
Then, surrounded by zillions of weblogs, I tried it again, the usual way this time: quick, a tongue-in-cheek and almost in your face tone and zillions of links, of course. English was obvious to me since 80% of what I read then (and still do) is in english. I found quite absurb to post a commentary in french of something in english: because if you understand only french, you're teased but you can't have the orgasm, whereas if you read only english, you have some sort of action but you miss the great foreplays that were the heart of the writing: my obviously smart and witty introduction and/or comments (after a while, like in any good relationship, I dropped the foreplays, but sticked to english nevertheless). The french version was spinned off, in the pure tradition of US TV, during end of summer 2001.
Did NaSM succeed the second time? I'm still posting, and you're (still) reading.
What did I learn, apart proper english syntax ? That I can build a site an article a day. That I can be first hit on Google. That CMS can indeed be useful. And restrictive too. That sex sells.
The future ? it depends if I'm optimistic or not. To be honest, I don't give a damn about the future, I have my personal space where I can write and be read or found by google. I'm happy that way. And Yeah, it's that easy, go and get a domain and publish: skip the theory, practise, just do it your way.

Do it Alone or in group.

What We're Doing When We Blog

Windtalkers

But there's a secret coded message embedded deep within the obvious one, and it explains why Woo, even when he's fiddling around with some of Hollywood's oldest conventions, still has the power to make movies that resonate. He doesn't work in the same imaginary Hollywood he used to, but he's built a new one for himself on top of the old. In the real Hollywood, as opposed to the dream one, the movies are slicker, the politics more slippery and the financial stakes much, much higher.
In John Woo's Hollywood, sound, light and movement still reign supreme, and the relationships between characters mean everything. As he did in the old Hong Kong days, he still values, above everything else, the things that money can't buy.

Salon sucks more, No it does not (via US MediaNews)

Also via MediaNews, For Network News, Finding Younger Viewers Is a Gray Area

Those in their 20s and 30s have grown up on a news-on-demand diet, providing them round-the-clock options such as cable and the Internet, as well as alternative news sources that include reality shows, MTV and late-night comedians.

Is Rolling Stone dying ? (via NY Times, NY Post, NY Daily, via EdCone.com)

The appointment signals the end of Rolling Stone's history as a publisher of epic narratives and literary journalism, in part because the owner, Jann Wenner, believes that today's young reader has little patience for long articles.

Offspring: Why don't you get a job ?

Well my friend
You gotta say 

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way Why don't you get a job Say no way, say no way, no way Why don't you get a job

A joke

Open Source sucks, sort of.

The Daily Cal is back!

Shaving is a chore every man dreads - especially for those who sport the big Persian goatee that I do. (Note to the ladies: That's not the only big thing Persians boast)

Plus an Ode to Baja California. And the usual talk about sex:

While I am opposed to sex tourism and might not think so highly of spring breaking, I actually believe that sex and traveling can be great partners. My friend and her boyfriend once decided to have sex in the bathroom of every café in Copenhagen—a sort of Tour de Toilettes. They especially liked Cafe Europa because the walls, floors and ceiling of the bathroom are covered with mirrors (just in case you find yourself in Copenhagen). The game they invented strikes me as a particularly swell way to explore a new city with your lover.

Why accessibility matters