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Last month, David Galbraith updated his article published in July 2010, and in which he was investigating the location where the web was invented: “One of the more interesting consequences of the details below, that hasn’t been picked up anywhere, is that technically the web was invented in France, not Switzerland”. Great news but Galbraith adds: “The Franco-Swiss border runs through the CERN campus and building 31 is literally just a few feet into France. However, there is no explicit border within CERN and the main entrance is in Switzerland, so the situation of which country it was invented in is actually quite a tricky one“. Not such great news after all, but I like the way Galbraith concludes, very diplomatically: “So although, strictly speaking, France is the birthplace of the web it would be fair to say that it happened in building 31 at CERN but not in any particular country! How…⇒ READ MORE

Voilà une soirée qui m’intéressait beaucoup mais à laquelle je ne pourrais malheureusement pas me rendre (une fois n’est pas coutume…). Mais cela reste un événement Steampunk de premier ordre je trouve, et comme vient de le rappeler l’excellent French Steampunk sur Twitter (@frenchsteampunk), c’est donc ce soir que The Maxi Monster Music Show se produira sur la scène du Palace. Présentation de ce show : Orchestre de phénomènes de foire, le Maxi Monster Music Show plante le décor d’un surprenant cabaret clandestin librement inspiré du cirque d’antan et du cinéma burlesque. Dans l’ambiance feutrée d’une roulotte grinçante, l’affolante Poupée Barbue, maîtresse de cérémonie au charme vénéneux, exhibe tour a tour ses curieux complices : la Femme Tronc, l’Homme Fort, l’étoile filée du Bolchoï, l’être aux deux visages, l’Ange Noir et le Fakir insomniaque. Singulière et attachante, cette famille de freaks vous embarquera dans un concert road-movie horriblement drôle et bouillonnant d’inventions. Un…⇒ READ MORE

Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a UN resolution aimed at stopping the ongoing violence in Syria. Why shouldn’t we be surprised? It has been a long time since we accepted the ostrich policy, it is a shame we accept to put economic and political interests before human rights. In fact, Russia and China joining forces in a double veto to knock down a Western-Arab U.N. Security Council resolution is an exchange of good process which strengthens China, Russia and Syria mutually. From CNN today: ‘China and Syria gave each other understanding and support on issues concerning each other’s core and major interests,” the statement said. “China showed consistent understanding and firm support for Syria’s position on the Golan Heights while Syria remained committed to the one China position and rendered China staunch support on matters related to Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang and human rights [...] The total value of Syrian contracts with…⇒ READ MORE

Sometimes you wish a  news was true, especially when it comes to single seater personal air transport or jet pack. Do you remember the James Bond movie Thunderball? I wanted to have my own jet pack so bad after I watched  Sean Connery use one to escape the bad guys! And now this may be a dream come true: Jetpack Adventures, based out of the Galleon Resort & Marina, is the first company in the nation to offer the unique experience. A second company, Sundance Watersports, launches will offer the service at Hawk’s Cay Resort & Marina near Marathon (link). There was also the jet pack from Spy Kids and the one used in an Agent Cody Banks movie which used two big propeller-like engines. But it seems jet packs are not the next thing anymore; according to an article by Anna Dietrich, chief operating officer of Terrafugia Inc., published on CNN: ‘Personal aviation, where pilots operate small private aircraft, offers…⇒ READ MORE

I’ve always had a keen interest in photography, and I first wanted to be a photo journalist. I did not become a photo journalist but I still like photography and I’ve samazed the French city of Trouville-Sur-Mer, a seaside resort and port on the English Channel (Calvados). New photos will be published soon. A few months ago I saw the exhibition dedicated to French artist, photographer and writer, Claude Cahun and I will write about this amazing artist later. More recently, I’ve seen the beautiful photographs of Rashid Mahdi and the captivating ones of French photograph Claude Iverné. My Sama-friends at the Sama Gazette already posted about this exhibition: ‘A few days ago, we went to see a collective exhibition in Paris: “Photographies soudanaises” (Sudanese photographs). The gallery Clémentine de la Féronnière brought together, thanks to the Elnour collective founded by Claude Iverné in 2003, photographs by Rashid Mahdi but also by Richard…⇒ READ MORE