http://www.ariadacapo.net Olivier Cleynen's personal webpage Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May the readers who don't read French forgive me for posting this text in its original language... a beautiful quote from Jean Sur. L’instant n’est pas le hochet du bonheur. C’est beaucoup plus qu’un fruit à cueillir : une porte ouverte sur un absolument autre, sur un entièrement nouveau que pourtant je ... http://www.ariadacapo.net/blog/linstant/ I wish it was a world where we would burst in laughter when told that you can fight terror with war that wars are winnable that we lock animals for their lifetime in cages just for the pleasure of gazing at them that talking about one's mistakes is the surest way to end one's ... http://www.ariadacapo.net/blog/wish-twas-world/ I recently discovered three interesting echoes to the Life's Not Read-Only website. Kevin Kelly rightly insists on the intrinsic copying nature of the Internet, and explains how economic value can be derived from copyable things. It's a clear, well thought-out article. ((addendum: this nicely seconds an article Taco Buitenhuis wrote last ... http://www.ariadacapo.net/blog/more-copyright-related-media/ Note: your mileage may vary. I don't "promote" the ideas below - these are merely personal beliefs. Rather than predict things for 2008, I had rather quietly look back what I can still distinguish with my lantern. So here are things learned in 2007. One That when we don't succeed in something, it's ... http://www.ariadacapo.net/blog/things-learned-in-2007/ I added a few photos in my gallery. They all were taken between 2004 and 2006. I have several hundred good photos now which I take pleasure in sorting and viewing; I shall be adding selected pieces of that collection progressively. [singlepic=41,320,240,,][singlepic=42,320,240,,][singlepic=33,320,240,,] http://www.ariadacapo.net/blog/a-handful-more-photos/