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« Après l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles. » — Jean de La Bruyère (Des jugements, 57)

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Choosing the right poison

April 10, 2019 Choosing the right poison2019-08-17T01:17:15+01:00
About one week ago I had exactly 50 types of tea at home. By tea, I don't only understand black-oolong-green-white tea, but also the various plant infusions that are actually…
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24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)

April 8, 2019 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)2019-04-12T19:39:37+01:00
While not being that much in the mood for writing, I had to clarify that I put a halt on my CCAV journey. It worked well, but I wanted to…
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Living Dangerously: CCAV 2.0 Beta

March 1, 2019 Living Dangerously: CCAV 2.0 Beta2019-03-28T10:28:21+01:00
While I recommended Kaspersky Security Cloud Free to everyone—wife and friends included—as a much better choice than Kaspersky Free Antivirus (for it's much more customizable), I don't use it anymore…
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The day the Chinese puzzles took over

February 22, 2019 The day the Chinese puzzles took over2019-07-29T19:08:39+01:00
I'm really furious when people don't bother to look for the original source of whatever they're posting on the Internet (I feel I have a duty). I'm also angry at…
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Should you live with no sense of smell…

February 22, 2019 Should you live with no sense of smell…2019-02-23T22:00:39+01:00
...you'd be missing quite a lot. I happen to be a person to whom the olfactory and the tactile senses are crucial—not that I could imagine myself blind or deaf,…
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Carracci—what else?

February 22, 2019 Carracci—what else?2019-04-14T13:13:21+01:00
I failed to update the blog with the coffees I've tried since the last post on this topic. I'll only tell you what I settled for: Carracci. Despite the fact…
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Nostalgia & Fun With Calculators

February 10, 2019 Nostalgia & Fun With Calculators2021-09-01T22:02:01+01:00
Despite having developed a dependency of my ~200 installed Android apps and ~150 installed Windows programs, I still use a hand-held scientific calculator. Most of the time I'm using it…
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Until further notice…

February 10, 2018 Until further notice…2018-02-10T23:10:00+01:00
...let's consider the contents of the previous posts as outdated. For the time being I have no motivation to correct or update them, nor to add new posts.
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Crypto-mining is the new adware, only worse

October 19, 2017 Crypto-mining is the new adware, only worse2021-06-16T21:28:51+01:00
When Emsisoft posted Is cryptocurrency mining malware the new adware? not long ago, I'm not sure they fully realized how serious this problem is. Of course they knew that At Least…
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Learning a language in 200 hours?

September 19, 2017 Learning a language in 200 hours?2021-02-15T09:35:33+01:00
German is an impossible language. Right after I got the Zertifikat Deutsch B1, I forgot half of what I've learned. This is in part because all the methods and textbooks…
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Guessing the weather forecast

August 28, 2017 Guessing the weather forecast2017-10-28T19:56:13+01:00
Weather apps: a tricky topic; most people wouldn't understand my obsession with weather apps and widgets. But I had to move the section about weather apps out of my post…
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Finding happiness in simple gizmos

August 3, 2017 Finding happiness in simple gizmos2017-12-07T23:11:27+01:00
Every now and then I read reviews of Bluetooth speakers, and I'm baffled how a same device can have both eulogistic and vilifying reviews. I know that any other kind of…
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The coffee saga goes on—Summer Edition

July 18, 2017 The coffee saga goes on—Summer Edition2017-10-05T00:10:17+01:00
My post on Nespresso-compatible capsules has become unmanageable because of its too many updates. I myself cannot use it as a guide anymore! As I've discovered some more capsules, it's…
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Kaspersky is one more time a valid choice

July 18, 2017 Kaspersky is one more time a valid choice2017-07-28T17:51:19+01:00
To stop adding comments to old posts, here's a small update as a full-fledged post. Despite my temporary commitment to Panda Internet Security (for its features called Data Shield and…
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How I Came to Hate Nova Launcher

April 6, 2017 How I Came to Hate Nova Launcher2017-04-06T15:17:29+01:00
This is nothing serious–take it as a grumpy rant on the opposite side of "Nova Launcher may be the best thing that ever happened for Android." Because I also hate…
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Going into Nougat and Motorola–rather unexpectedly

April 3, 2017 Going into Nougat and Motorola–rather unexpectedly2017-04-18T21:49:49+01:00
Remember my crappy Wiko Robby I wrote about? Well, I broke it–not before it somewhat started to fail itself and by itself, after only 8 months of usage! First, its…
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Panda, mon amour–true advanced security for 19.99 €/yr

April 3, 2017 Panda, mon amour–true advanced security for 19.99 €/yr2017-07-18T14:29:55+01:00
This is a follow-up to my previous post on security; or rather to its comments, where I said at some point that I was testing Panda Free Antivirus and that…
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Android Apps: What I Use

February 17, 2017 Android Apps: What I Use2017-10-28T19:41:19+01:00
No matter what I tried, this retarded Marshmallow performs "Optimizing app 1 of 1" after each reboot–a reboot that's a bit slow at that. And it's not a rooted device.…
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The End of My Search for What Can’t Be Found

December 31, 2016 The End of My Search for What Can’t Be Found2017-03-06T00:07:14+01:00
It happens to me more than once a year to change the antivirus-cum-antimalware solution. This is because all of them suck, yet I need protection. With the ransomware epidemic of…
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Inissia Kapselmaschine, was sonst?

December 9, 2016 Inissia Kapselmaschine, was sonst?2017-07-18T20:26:02+01:00
There have been years since various capsule-based espresso systems became popular even in the poorest countries of the EU. I remember a certain moment when the Dolce Gusto Piccolo had…
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  • Béranger on Looking for purity in Arch LinuxAs I said, I might try it, but so far Manjaro's installer never failed on me, on various hardware configurations.
  • Colin Smith on Looking for purity in Arch LinuxAs I said earlier 'Calam Ach does it all'. I have tried most of the others and they break down
  • Béranger on Looking for purity in Arch LinuxWell, Calam Arch's installer is Calamares, which is used by most Arch derivatives. Nothing new here. I might try it,
  • Colin Smith on Looking for purity in Arch LinuxCalam Arch does it all! I have tried most of the derivative installers, plus installed Arch from its basic installer.
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Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche
it was amazing
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]
it was ok
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
really liked it
Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours
by John King Fairbank
Une bonne introduction à l’histoire de Chine.
The Eighth Detective
liked it
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
it was ok
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
it was ok
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
did not like it
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
really liked it
Le Trésor du Cygne noir
by Guillermo Corral
Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber - Mais où est Kiki ? N/B
liked it
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
really liked it
Les Spectaculaires Prennent l’Eau
by Régis Hautière
Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes
really liked it
Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes
by Régis Hautière
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
it was amazing
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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