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Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais j'ai recemment l'envie de lire sur Rome et le monde romain. J'ai donc commandé 3 livres sur Amazon. Celui-ci m'a particulierement plu: une histoire de rome condensée en 270 pages, de la création de la ville à la chûte de l'empire romain d'occident. Avec plein de récit tirés de Livy et autres historiens de l'époque. Une histoire fascinante qui me pousse à en lire plus (j'ai commencé "The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome" et ai lu pas mal de passage de "As The Romans Did : A Sourcebook in Roman Social History", un bouquin de référence très complet sur tous les aspect sociaux dans la rome antique).

Bref, je me met a relire, ce qui prouve aussi que mes capacitées de concentration reviennent! Ca va dans le bon sens (je le sens aussi au boulot).

Posted by francois at 03:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I had given in the past a quick look to Path Finder, but it did not convinced me enough to switch to it as a full replacement to Finder. And if you have to jungle with the two little guys, I don't really see the point.

But a couple of days ago, I read about Path Finder 4, and how cool it was. I tried it, and I'm hooked. It's not perfect, and it's not a 100% replacement for the Finder, but it's way out there. Full of features, well thought all around; in a word, heaven for a geek like me (is it the first time I acknowledge this state of mind?). I'm not going to enter a detailed list of the numerous features, but this App rocks. If you are a geek, give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Posted by francois at 02:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I just discovered this service (that probably exist for a long time already): google maps offers direct API so you can insert maps in your home pages. Neat.

And by the way, this is where I live. Note that what's interesting are the controls (upper left).

Posted by francois at 07:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)