August 2020 – Homo Ludditus

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When Italian Design rhymes with kitsch

August 6, 2020 When Italian Design rhymes with kitsch2020-08-06T11:57:32+01:00 Projects 5 Comments

“Italian Design” is synonymous with good taste when used as a qualifier for clothing or cars. How about Linux distros? I'm afraid the things can be very, very different in such a case. Ever since I…

Don’t trust the magazines on choosing an OCR

August 6, 2020 Don’t trust the magazines on choosing an OCR2020-08-06T08:44:21+01:00 Technical No Comment

This covidiocy is so alienating that I wasn't in the mood of writing anything. Better late than never, a few notes on the free OCR software, simply because a stupid British magazine pissed me off. There…

Béranger on Nostalgia & Fun With CalculatorsFor the fun of it, here's a calculus that doesn't solve to an integer, even if it seems to: One
Béranger on Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus LinksI expanded the section on YouTube channels as helpers in learning a language (at the end, after the picture with
Béranger on Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus LinksI exposed Speechling for the fraud that it is.
Béranger on Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus LinksOK, I guess that was the last time I needed to change and rearrange the mini-reviews. I hope I didn't
Béranger on Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus LinksMore resources and ideas on All Language Resources. This doesn't mean I agree with them very often, but their review
Béranger on Learning a language in 200 hours?Continued in 2021.
Béranger on How to download full-size scans from Gallica.BnF.frI just got notified that in the case of Gallica, there's a simpler way to retrieve the full-sized native.jpg. No
gicu on How to download full-size scans from Gallica.BnF.frAsta "hack" misto! Probabil vor sa "conserve" largime benzii de download.
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IE insula (vezi si cazul Japoniei, cu numar mic de cazuri), populatie disciplinata, fara CC care sa anuleze amenzi, oameni
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IÂ case study: Record 200 days with no local coronavirus cases makes Taiwan envy of world. “Taiwan is the only
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part II disagree wrt Pyramidon/aminophenazone. The risk of leucopenia/agranulocytosis is really tiny. The paracetamol will slowly but surely kill your liver
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIDeprimant.
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part I"It’s been years since I said I’d write a book on the idiocies of our times, one chapter of which
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIMa come no, sarà così.
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIPe scurt - Submission (French: Soumission) is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq. Sper sa nu ajungem la asa
HAL on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouInkscape, GIMP, Krita ? Oh, you are an artist ! :D
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouI mentioned Celluloid as an example of something I might want to install as a Flatpak in Debian stable. There
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouYou're mean to Dedoimedo; but yes, Debian is the answer. Say, debian-live-10.6.0-amd64-kde+nonfree.iso
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouIt's simple, fast, and proven. I liked it 25 years ago, I'd like to be able to use it now
Alex on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouDedoimedo stopped being relevant long time ago. I'm actually surprised that anyone serious reads his reviews... He is typical example

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Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

by Riccardo Dottori

Questo libro di complessa analisi e interpretazione dei dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico è unico nel suo genere, e fortunatamente anche come e-book (non necessariamente per Kindle; l’ePub costa 9,99 euro all’IBS) comprende immagini di buona…

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

by Pierre Bayard

Après avoir lu « La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres » et « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles), je suis définitivement persuadé que la rigueur…

Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours

Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours

by John King Fairbank

Une bonne introduction à l’histoire de Chine.

The Eighth Detective

by Alex Pavesi

What eighth detective (or what eight detectives, in the UK edition)? You’ll understand towards the end of this unusual book which mainly consists of 7 stories, which per se are not that bad, so if one would only read the odd chapters fro…

Marseille Une ville sous influences

by Pierre Boisserie

Assommante comme histoire et très médiocre graphiquement, cette BD demeure assez instructive pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas Marseille. Mais ça, seulement si le prétexte d’une balade à travers la Marseille qui engendre une discussion en…

La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres

by Pierre Bayard

J’avoue n’avoir pas encore lu « Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ? » (c’est pour bientôt), mais j’ai été séduit par « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (que j’ai lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the…

L'homme de l'année 1989 - 16 - L'inconnu de la place tiananmen

L’homme de l’année 1989 – 16 – L’inconnu de la place tiananmen

by Jean-Pierre Pécau; Gin

Cette aberration est de la propagande pure. Je sais que cette collection n’est pas censée décrire la réalité, mais au sujet des évènements de Tiananmen, un peu plus de discernement s’imposerait.

En admettant qu’il s’agisse d’un massacre…

Le Trésor du Cygne noir

by Guillermo Corral

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber - Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber – Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

by Robber

On ne peut nier ni l’effort ni le talent, mais après avoir lu la version en couleurs dans Spirou, cette version noir et blanc, complètement redessinée par rapport à celle en couleurs, ne me satisfait nullement.

Les Spectaculaires Prennent l’Eau

by Régis Hautière

Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes

by Régis Hautière

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

by Sophie Hannah

I dare say it’s only with the fourth "New Poirot" that Sophie Hannah finally managed to reach a cunningness comparable to that of the Grande Dame of Golden Age’s Crime. The first three attempts were of unequal quality in my view: I rated…

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