So Pope Benedict XVI is scared about humanity’s future…

In a new year address to diplomats from around 180 countries, he said that the education of children needed proper “settings” and that “pride of place goes to the family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman”.

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A couple of years ago, I met in Peru a young man named Hagay Peleg. We spent some time together, and because he seemed nice, I kept in touch with him! And thanks to the Internet, we easily keep contact.

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J’entends souvent parler des «pays en voie de développement»… » Read the rest of this entry «

(screenshot on 9/12/2011, three days after the original upload)

When you upload a video on Youtube, you have the option of closing the comments’ section. This is rarely done, but when it happens, it’s usually because you want to control the message or are afraid of the answers the video might bring.

One thing you can’t stop though is the like/dislike buttons. So, Rick Perry, were you expecting that much Youtube hate when you uploaded your video? » Read the rest of this entry «

According to the U.N. (United Nations), we are now about 7 billion people on Earth.

Oh yeah, that’s a lot.
And here are some great tools to visualize what’s happening.

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corportation tells me I’m now #5,047,777,862
What about you?

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maybe that incomplete love… » Read the rest of this entry «

I never LOVED a Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album after its first listen. So I wasn’t about to judge this one after only one round.

(album cover by Mr. Brainwash)

Five years have passed since Stadium-Arcadium RHCP’s double album release, and without amazing guitarist John Frusciante on board (who left the group, once again), fans didnt’t know what to expect. And the new stachy/emo lead singer Anthony Kiedis style wasn’t reassuring neither. Only good thing we knew about their silence? One-of-a-kind bass master Flea was taking some theorical music lessons (and that he was serious about it).

(picture of lead-singer Anthony Kiedis took in Terry Richardon‘s studio)

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this weapon is an illusion.

get closer, and you’ll understand. » Read the rest of this entry «

*Update below*

Dimitri Soudas, the  ”Communications Director to Prime Minister [of Canada] Stephen Harper”, uses Twitter… in a sometimes funny way:

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/PMOSoudas/statuses/78077690812436480"]

I don’t really mind what he talks about, but the thing I don’t understand is the fact that he got retweeted (direct RT, without extra comments) a couple of times, and some of them by CBC affiliates.
(thanks to Mathieu from l’@oursavecnous for the cue.)

• @CBCpolitics (The CBC’s Parliamentary Bureau on Twitter)
• @brachmancbc (assignment editor at cbc news)
• @StuMillsCBC (Newsreader, Host, Titanium collector, Tig Welder, Diesel tuner, Wittgenstein hacker, Vegan.)

Is there something important out there I’m missing?

Update

Actually yes, I was missing something. Well, not missing, but I didn’t link the information. Thank you Stu Mills for your fast answer.

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/StuMillsCBC/status/78560718357671936"]

You can read: “Hackers pull off Harper choking hoax” on CBC news.

Ah, the downsides of Twitter..

a good thing about waking in the middle of the night is discovering (very) interesting things.

(creative common picture by Dean Terry)

while reading an article from Graham Button on the “over-branding (that) kills profits and scares off consumers“, I jumped on to these two Ted talks he refers to, and they’re not only very interesting, but also paradigm-shifting.

first, Sheena Iyengar who talks about “the art of choosing”, and three assumptions she interestingly describes and gives examples of:

1. “make your own choices”
2. “more options = better choices”
3. “never say no to choice”

second, Barry Schwartz, about “the paradox of choice”, where he also puts in front of our faces the fact that more choice doesn’t mean more freedom which also means more welfare. (and that you should have low expectations in life!)

Voici un photo-shoot que j’ai fait pour Baise-Livres.
(en plus de leur site web, vous pouvez les suivre via Twitter, Facebook et Youtube)

Voici une de mes photos préférées ainsi qu’un montage que j’ai bien aimé faire. Cliquez sur les images pour les agrandir, et n’hésitez pas à explorer le reste de l’album photo sur flickr.com/photos/mysteryoussef/sets/72157626166343473

Merci pour vos commentaires ici-même ou sur le compte flickr!

Baise-Bain

Montage

Quelques clichés de ce match final de l’été 2010 de la Ligue Amicale Légitime d’Improvisateurs en Gestation.

Photos prises le 30 août 2010, au Saint-Ciboire à Montréal, avec une Canon 7D (et un flash externe, merci Joseph).

Cet album est tiré de mon compte flickr, et vous pouvez aussi trouver le reste des clichés (retouchés autrement), sur l’album Facebook.

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