This is amusing me no end. I must be in overload science mode, too much grant program writing! *click* If the quote at the top of the page is true ("It was mentioned on CNN that the new prime number discovered recently is four times bigger than the previous record." - John Blasik), I think I'll cry a bit for CNN people who also misplaced French ( Read more... )

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THEY WON!! It's time for the finals!

Out of curiosity, anyone in northern America can tell me what sport and which team I'm talking about? (I'm verifying a cultural observation here...)

I'm only surprised it took so long for the companies to get into this.

And a note for kelj99, self-devaluating posts should not have their comments screened! And don't you worry, we're all like that to various degrees. I usually summarize the list of adjectives by saying I'm evil or a mad scientist, whichever you prefer ;)

In fact no, just pics from my recent wonderful trip to Chamonix! I'm ( Read more... )

Des feuilles dans les arbres ici en plein mois de décembre... Certains arbres sont encore totalement verts, ça me donne un sentiment étrange. Je n'aurai que 3 semaines d'hiver cette année pendant mon voyage chez moi, juste assez pour profiter de la neige sans se tanner du froid! Parfait! Je vous souhaite à tous et à toutes un hiver pas trop froid ( Read more... )

I was looking up the definition of nerd vs geek in Wikipedia following a discussion I had a while ago with a friend when I found this test:


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I stopped at my butcher's store this morning to get a bottle of wine for visiting friends merrily this evening. (He enjoys all that tastes good, so he carries much more stuff than the classic ham and his is already crazy delicious!) Looking at the wine, I wonder how much I have on me & though wine is way cheap here, I had almost nothing so I'd have ( Read more... )

La semaine dernière, je me suis permise une folle dépense: j'ai acheté plein de chocolat!! Il y avait un salon du chocolat à la Porte de Versailles, c'était trop tentant pour ne pas y aller. Il y avait de véritables oeuvres d'art en chocolat, mais j'avais oublié ma caméra... Vous allez devoir vous contenter d'une photo des victuailles que j'ai ( Read more... )

Déposé. Terminé. Ça l'est.

Maintenant, je dois réussir à laisser ça aller...

Submitted. Done. It is.

Now, I just have to succeed in letting it go...