Category: General
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Unobtrusive Flash Objects (UFO) v1.0
bobbyvandersluis.com | Unobtrusive Flash Objects (UFO) v1.0 A great article which explains a useful way to include flash content in your website without compromising standards.
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More Salsa
Youssef promised that if I tried salsa dancing for one month twice a week by the end of the month I would be able to dance more or less. And he was right. Who would have thought? I’m so maladroit I don’t think I really believed him, but its so much fun that I didn’t…
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong
**** I just finished Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French. Apart from the title, I found it really interesting. And actually, I think the authors love the French as well, even if sometimes they are delighted with them the way you would be watching monkeys sling shit…
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Phew!
Alexandra has found her wedding dress. She asked me to be her temoine, something like a bridesmaid without the pink taffeta, last week and I happily accepted. I’d love to post a picture of her beautiful dress but we don’t want Etienne to see it!
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Upgrade
Please pardon our appearance while we are managing the upgrade to WordPress 1.5.1.3 in response to a security hole. Normally I would prefer to upgrade and make pretty all at once but this time it couldn’t be helped.
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Night Swimming
Actually, we’ve only gone during the day, but there are some municipal pools open at night. We’ve discovered the Parisian pool system. There are three to four pools withing walking distance from our house, and many others that we could access with a short ride on the metro. We bought a card for ten entries…
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Le Moving
Last night I went to a gym, le Moving, where they have salsa nights on Fridays and Saturdays. Classes started around 9h30 though I think they were slated to start at 9. The entrance fee was 12€ plus 2€ for the vestiare. Drinks and snacks were included in that price. Watery sports drinks or sugary…
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La Coupole
Hier soir, je suis allee a la Coupole pour faire deux cours du salsa avec Seve et Mouaze. Le premier etait un vrai cours debutant. Nous avons passes une heure entier sur les pates base. A la dernier minute il a rajoute un tourne super simple s’appelle la “Dile que no !“, que on a…
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Extroverted !?!
But I’m and INFP! I just retook the Myers Briggs test, and granted at this point I know a little bit too much about it to be sure it is objective, but I scored extroverted. Kind of. I got a 1. I took the test once before moving to France and then again after being…
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La Pachanga
I went to the last beginner salsa class at the Pachanga, it wasn’t nearly as hard as the classes at the latino cafe, but I was still way out of my league. They have a new beginner class starting next week, and hopefully I can start to learn all the basics that I’ve been flubbing…