Archive for September, 2006

Bread and Web ?

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

JFB asked for some contributions to his blog.
First I had no idea.
Then too many.
Eventually I have found out that I would end up writing about my own fears and obsession, my own “hobby horse”.
I am a lucky man, for the last two years I have had a steady stress-free well-paid job.
Like a lot of people [...]

Is Web 2.0 a scam ?

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Is web 2.0 a scam ?
What do I care what Digg users have “Dugg” ? Most probably the smallest common denominator of their interests, certainly not the highest of mine.
Comments ? The comments on Youtube are amazingly uninteresting : “Oh man, that is awesome” or simply ” hahahahaha”.
Myspace…. What is Myspace for ? “Yo What’s [...]

Can Web 2.0 be scary ?

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

Yes it can. I found two websites that are resolutely 2.0 and scary. One is Chicago Crime. It’s a mash up of google map and Chicago Police database. It can locate crimes on a map, and sort it by tags : date, street, type of crime… Some areas seem really dangerous.

Second one is My death [...]