Analog brains, digital minds

Talking about RSS, I just find it one of the best innovation in IT since, well, the invention of internet…

Seriously, when you love news and reading newspapers or weblogs, you definitely don’t want to spend hours just looking on 50 different sites to see if there are new updates, and I think using an rss aggregator (as newsfire for example if you use mac). You gain so much time in reading news and blogs and you can now almost in real-time when your favorite website has been updated.

I found lame (LAMEEEEEE!!!) that nowadays many news website do not use RSS. It’s a shame, because many newspapers I’d like to read more often, I just read once a month because the site has no rss feed. These website lose so much potential readers just because they lack such a simple and basic feature! For example, the swiss newspapers 24 heures and le matin, or the magazines l’illustré or l’hebdo. Even though they are maybe not the preffered source of information for L’académie francaise, they are certainly the most read newspaper from the french part of switzerland, but gosh in 2006, they still don’t have rss! Unbelievable! They should show the right example less technologically advanced countries should follow, and not the contrary! For example, I read daily 2 romanian newspapers gandul and adevarul, and both have been using rss for a while! Of course, le temps and neue zürcher zeitung (in my opinion on of the best european news paper, though it’s in german), two swiss newspapers that I estimate particularly, also use rss (at least).

However, another thing that I disregard, is that most newspaper’s rss feed contain only one line summary, and often cut it in the middle of a sentance, I hate that! It means that if you want to read the full article, you have to go on the website, and so they get more money through adsense. It’s no good for me. The good thing behind rss is that you can only extract the relevant (and complete, please) content of an article without having to visit the website, unless you need to access specific information. And pictures of course. However, some vicios people use rss as another publicity propaganda method. If people want to use adsense on their website, fine, but I want to allow information without if I want (unless it’s the only way to keep the access to information free). Look at most blogs, you can access complete posts with pics from your rss client. And I love it!

Seriously, I’m a fan of liberty of freedom (never wondered why there’s a link to the excellent reporters sans frontières on the sidebar?) ! I really would love a world where everybody has the right to access facts, rather than opinion or biased information. But most people cannot tell the difference… And worse, they don’t even care whether there is one!

I just read in an interesting report by pewinternet (fint it here) today that over 30% of bloggers consider themselves as journalists. Gosh! Right! Having worked as journalist, I can tell the difference between “journalism” and just “writing”, but obviously many people don’t!

Hahaha, and US medias pretend to do journalism! Of course, dear! How would you call, if not journalism, the emphasis that for example cnn puts on some killed israelis, while hundreds of lebanese victims are slightly forgotten?

Mouhahahahaha!!! Impartiality? My …! Information!

Japan is definitely a funky place! I keep saying that, cause every day here brings me more and more original discoveries.

Last weekend, I went in Kyoto for Gion Matsuri, the biggest traditional festival in Japan, that was great, nice, cool, impressive, and amazingly crowded. I’ll post some pics sooner or later. Also, I redesigned the photo section of my website. Now it looks cleaner and less 14 year old teenager’s first website.

Yesterday, I went clubbing in osaka and I met some cool guys from Montréal. We headed towards my favourite bar, who serves a “delicate” drink from Okinawa called haboushou. There’s a dead snake infusing in a huge bottle of alcohol, it tastes like death, as you’re about to enter hell’s playground, but actually it’s quite healthy, as long as the minimal delay of one week is respected between two consecutive shots.

Then we went to a japanese-only club (some guys suggested us to), where I spend a lot of time to analyze the social behavior in japanese herds of über-trendy guys. You got like a band of 10 guys who must contribute to at least 1% of the national income of japanese hair saloons making some choregraphy on the stage. But these guys were not a band or what-ever, just the funkiest people elected from the club, and they all knew the choregraphy, so this complex kata must be quite famous. So what? The point is that all the people in there has to imitate the same choregraphy in real-time in order to be considered as normal, so people were wathching weird at me because I was just dancing normally, and they looked even weirder when I attempted to do the movements. I found it so scary! However, I felt like what it is to be a foreigner in japan. It’s scary! They even didn’t want to serve me water from the tap at 5am! Geez! People at my japanese pottery class (I’m straight okay?) are nicer than these real incarnation of manga heroes! Shinjirarenai!

Gotta take a nap. My brain requires some serious rest right now.

Check this out, it’s a great flash movie.

Well, ya I’m Romanian. So what? Just scientific facts… Nothing nombrilistic… Wanna come by and get a palinca (by the way, the pics of this guy are cool)?

Man, this country is soo crazy? Why? because it’s so hot, woooh boy. Besides it’s soo humid that it makes all insects feel great! Seriously, I’ve never seen in my whole life such a complex plethora of creatures. Not only thy are ugly, but they are huge! Just today I’ve seen a “Mante religieuse” (I don’t know that word in english, but must be manta something, maybe?) for the first time. It’s kinda cute, though! But that’s nothing, I’ve seen so ugly and huge animals that they eat birds, and not the contrary! Seriously! I’m so happy to look at them from the other side of the window, as long as they don’t break it! But it could be worse, like the window could be open.

But kids here like these things, you can even find insect food in any shops here! I’m not yet creative enough to make this blog interesting, but “c’est en forgeant que l’on devient forgereon!” ( Famous french motto: “This is by forging that one becomes blacksmith). I don’t know maybe I’ll start just posting one-liners like this.

And I just bought a license for ecto, I think that’s a great tool (and costs just 4 starbuks mocca lattes), and I’ll do my best to use it because I paid for it! Ha!

I found these lines on the web, instead of working.
Use them with pleasure at work, in a club, on the beach, at your manicurer, you’ll see how the atmosphere will become pleasant… At least for you

As would Brice say: “Je t’ai cassé, là!!!”

1. I can see your point, but I still think you’re full of shit.
2. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in
public.
5. I’m really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my
way.
6. I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter.
7. I’m out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message..
8. I don’t work here. I’m a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can’t understand a word you’re saying.
10. Ahhh…I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again…
11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don’t give a damn.
14. I’m already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We’re all refreshed and challenged by your unique
point of view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
20. I’m not being rude. You’re just insignificant.
21. It’s a thankless job, but I’ve got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
23. And your crybaby whiny-butt opinion would be…?
24. Do I look like a people person?
25. This isn’t an office. It’s Hell with fluorescent lighting.
26. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
31. I’m trying to imagine you with a personality.
32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
33. Can I trade this job for what’s behind door #1?
34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
35. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
36. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
38. I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.
39. Take this job and ….