Archive for the 'General' Category
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
It was an unpleasant surprise to me to find out for the first time that passwords on my favorite instant messaging client, Gaim, were stored in a plain text file, and the only “security” the software offers is the native Unix privilege rights, thus very invulnerable, was hoping things would change with Pidgin, but […]
Posted in General, OpenSource Softwares | 26 Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
At the 40th birthday of the Assassination of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Catholic priest was accused in a series of deaths and kidnappings during Argentina’s Dirty War was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday in a historical court in Buenos Aires.
Any connection between the two events? Is the president Néstor Kirchner willing […]
Posted in General, Actualities | 6 Comments »
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Posted in General, History, Chile | 12 Comments »
Monday, August 13th, 2007
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, The Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn’t want to go to war.
Charles Barkley
Via Dismalden
Posted in General, Fun, Actualities, Quotes | 14 Comments »
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
I do respect Greenpeace and I consider it as one of the rare non-governmental organizations that make me feel that there’s still a hope to save the planet. But when those beautiful girls come to ask you 7 times per week about your bank account number to donate to the organization, I start to […]
Posted in General, Czech Republic, Brno | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
“If brains were dynamite, you wouldn’t have enough to blow your nose”
Some people are abusing the privilege of the right to be stupid. First it was funny and it was enough to ignore, then it became interesting, the situation evolved and became irritant, damn it’s getting an obsession and taking a part of my […]
Posted in General, Personal | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
El amor me lleva hacia ti
Con impulso arrebatador
Yo prefiero mejor morir
Que vivir sin tener tu amor
La inconstancia de tu querer
La alegría mató en mi ser.
Y el temor de perder tu amor
Hoy mi canto será dolor.
Malagueña de ojos negros
Me estoy muriendo de pena
Por tu querer.
Malagueña de ojos negros
Malagueña de mis sueños
Si no me quieres me […]
Posted in General, Music, Spanish | 7 Comments »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
First press conference of the controversial French President in the G8 summit.
It’s interesting to know that Putin wants to stay healthy and avoid drinking, however, Mr. Sarkozy drank all the vodka it seems, or was it German beer? If it’s the case, I recommend him Budweiser, he will like it.
Here’s the video of the […]
Posted in General, Actualities, France | 7 Comments »
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
It’s interesting to see an Aboul-Qacem Echebbi’s poem translated into English. No wonder that Wikipedia makes such an effort.
I have already translated the same poem into English and French one year and half ago, but I don’t have the skill of writing in poetic English.
In the poem “To the Unfair Tyrant”, the Tunisian young […]
Posted in General, Arabic, English, Poetry, Tunisia | 9 Comments »
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
As a reply for the question I received “What’s the crap you are writing”, nobody forces you to read my blog, I am just not in mood of writing. Meanwhile, my flickr gallery is often updated and you can have a look at it if you don’t like what’s here. If finally you don’t […]
Posted in General, Personal | 7 Comments »
Saturday, May 26th, 2007
It has been a long time I haven’t posted about chess, although I have been continuously playing online. What is interesting in the following game, is that it’s not interesting at all, at least, from technical point of view.
I was in a very bad position and my opponent thought he would beat me in […]
Posted in General, Chess | 4 Comments »
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
How were the dinosaurs developed and what do the Bible think about the evolution?
Crazy speech with an evangelist who tries to explain how much the scientists are lost, and unexpected comment from Christopher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxuuCt_cLQ
Posted in General, Movies, Fun | 7 Comments »
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
And it’s just a beginning!!
Posted in General, Czech Republic, Brno | 11 Comments »
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Paris
Paris Outragé
Paris Brisé
Paris Martyrisé
Mais Paris Libéré
Posted in General, Actualities, History, France | 3 Comments »
Friday, May 11th, 2007
Posted in General, France, Paris | 10 Comments »