Archive for the 'In Europe' Category

Istanbul days

Friday, November 21st, 2008

About 10 days ago we were in Istanbul for a few days. We rented a nice place with a stunning Bosphorus view through manzara-istanbul.com.
Here are some images I brought back.
I can only post them now since my MacBook’s hard drive went down during that week-end and I had to change it myself. Now I have [...]

Back to paper ?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

It’s interesting…
Many magazines, newspapers and radios already do it : taking more and more of their stories from the web.
As Le Monde announces, a new French newspaper is claiming they will give you the best of the web, for 1,5 euros, but on paper.
It’s called Vendredi (Friday), it’s a weekly, it’s 1,5 euros, and it [...]

Shit idea ?

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Back from vacation and on to serious stuff again.
Here is a nice and fun website + revolutionary concept :

What is it ?
Quite simply the amazing shit box, a “lightweight portable cardboard toilet”. Great for camping, rock festivals and all outdoors activities. Brought to you by The Brown Corporation… a solid company.
Only 15 £. With a [...]

The metal frog

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I have a folder in my bookmarks called “Posts restants”, where I store websites for later posts.
In it I found the works of a French sculptor called Edouard Martinet, who makes insects out of scrap metal.
Turning this :

into this :

Edouard Martinet Sculptures