The Economist: The decline of the abstract noun. What a reduction in abstraction says about the new France: “Of all the novelties of France under President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the more arresting is the decline of the abstract noun. In the past, no French leader would make a speech without liberal doses of destiny [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy and the decline of the abstract noun
December 14th, 2007
Tags: france · language · nicolas sarkozy
L’Enfer de la Bibliothèque, Eros au secret.
December 5th, 2007
Bibliothèque Nationale, L’Enfer de la Bibliothèque, Eros au secret (pdf): Dans les années 1830, les ouvrages imprimés dits « contraires aux bonnes moeurs » publiés sous le manteau, poursuivis ou condamnés, sont séparés du reste des collections de la Bibliothèque royale et rassemblés afin de constituer une section distincte intitulée Enfer et conservée à la [...]
Tags: art · bibliothèque nationale · france · library · literature · pornography · sexuality
Canopus
November 8th, 2007
“The French nuclear test codenamed Canopus, which was fired on 24th August 1968 in the Fangataufa Atoll.” Canopus – a photoset on Flickr.
Tags: atomic bomb · canopus · france
Le running du Président
July 5th, 2007
Times: More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy “Is jogging right wing?” wondered Libération, the left-wing newspaper. Alain Finkelkraut, a celebrated philosopher, begged Mr Sarkozy on France 2, the main state television channel, to abandon his “undignified” pursuit. He should take up walking, like Socrates, Arthur Rimbaud, the poet, and other great [...]
Tags: alain finkelkraut · france · nicolas sarkozy · politics · running · sport
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier: Psychiatric hospitals
January 26th, 2007
Liminous Lint: “In 1954 Jean-Philippe Charbonnier documented French Psychiatric hospitals and this exhibition includes rarely seen photographs from the series.” (Via WMMNA.)
Tags: france · jean philippe charbonnier · paris · photography · psychiatric hospitals
Santiago Calatrava
January 10th, 2007
Santiago Calatrava, Lyon-Satolas TGV Station op Google Video (22 min.). (Via Smashing Telly.)
Tags: architecture · france · tgv · video
links for 2006-05-31
May 31st, 2006
Belles de Pub…Mon petit musée virtuel de publicités féminines des années 1940 à 1960 “L’élégance et le charme sont mis en valeur par les plus grands illustrateurs de publicité et de mode : R.Gruau, P-L.Brenot, P.Simon, Bosc, C.Bérard, G.Demachy, Delfau, Vertès …et bien d’autres… “ (tags: advertising france fashion)
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links for 2006-03-22
March 22nd, 2006
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? “”What went wrong with Friendster? Why is MySpace any different?”” (tags: socialnetworks myspace friendster) Wired: How France Is Saving Civilization “New legislation in France would force Apple Computer to open the iPod and iTunes to competitors — and that’s a good thing for consumers, in the long [...]
Tags: apple · business · danah boyd · design · drm · france · friendster · internet · itunes · linden labs · marketing · media · myspace · nl · publishing · second life · signal versus noise · social networks · vpro