Monthly Archives: September 2006

VaudTax et mon MacBook

Posted on 17.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Seems the official tax program around here doesn’t work on Intel processors. *Firing up winbox…*[fr]Dites, j’ai la très sale impression que VaudTax 2005 ne tourne pas sur processeur Intel. En tous cas, je l’ai installé sur mon MacBook et il … Continue reading →

Posted in My corner of the world | Tagged compatible, impôts, incompatible, intel, lausanne, logiciel, macbook, Software and Tools, vaud, vaudtax, Wanted | 16 Comments

Rob Levin (lilo) of Freenode Just Died

Posted on 17.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Rob Levin, fondateur du réseau IRC freenode (plus connu sous son pseudo lilo) est mort des suites d’un accident de la route.[en]I’ve just received news of Rob Levin’s death (lilo on freenode) when logging on after coming back home from … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Cyberspace, freenode, IRC, lilo, Pieces of Me, roblevin, Venting | 2 Comments

Pourquoi faire simple…

Posted on 16.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Just an administrative letter which takes a way too convoluted route to explain something which is actually pretty simple. I suppose they needed to make the letter long enough for it to be worth using a whole sheet of paper.[fr]…quand … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged communication, compliqué, correspondance, correspondancecommerciale, cumulus, Languages / Linguistics, mauvais, migros, switzerland | Leave a comment

Eh ben mince, alors!

Posted on 15.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Too bad. Digital cable TV here does not allow me to do what I do with normal cable TV: listen to movies and TV series in English instead of the dubbed French versions. Bye-bye digital TV. Don’t want you if … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged bicanal, câble, cablecom, digital, dommage, feedback, insatisfaction, Life Updates, switzerland, tnt, tv | 16 Comments

Où sont les correcteurs?

Posted on 15.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Typo. And an article on why it’s stupid to try and solve the “dog bite” problems by outlawing certain breeds and making dogs wear muzzles in parks.[fr]Réponse: y sont partis! C’est le correcteur orthographique de MS Word qui fait le … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged chasseauxfautes, chiens, dogs, fautedefrappe, fautesdefrançais, français, Languages / Linguistics, lausannecités, Media, muselière, muzzle, My Photos, orthographe, safety, type | 9 Comments

Blog Design: Big Footers

Posted on 15.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Je commence à voir l’intérêt des immenses pieds de pages que l’on voit sur certains blogs, et qui servent en fait de sidebar secondaire. Je me demande s’il existe une modification du thème K2 qui offre ça (widgets à la … Continue reading →

Posted in Wordpress | Tagged blog, design, footer, theme, Weblog Technology, widgets, Wordpress | 2 Comments

Vidéo: utilité des blogs en entreprise

Posted on 14.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Subtitled interview (in French) of Joanne Colan talking about her role at Rocketboom and the relevance of blogging in a business context.[fr]J’ambitionnais de me coucher avant minuit, mais Kevin m’a attrapée pour me dire de regarder l’émission Rocketboom d’aujourd’hui. Eh … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate | Tagged blogs, Blogs et entreprises, entreprises, français, french, interview, joannecolan, rocketboom, Videos | 1 Comment

Feeds For Tags!

Posted on 14.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

Specially for you today, something that will make tagging comments really useful: feeds by user and tag. Let’s look at an example together to see how it works. First, a reminder: you already know you can subscribe to a user’s … Continue reading →

Posted in coComment | Tagged coComment | Leave a comment

Microformats et Bloggy Friday d’octobre

Posted on 14.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Announcement for the next Bloggy Friday formatted with hCalendar microformat, and my hCard. Can you do anything interesting with them?[fr]Octobre approche! Allez, j’annonce déjà notre prochaine rencontre: Bloggy Friday d’octobre au Café de l’Evêché, Lausanne 6 octobre 20h00 jusqu’à tard … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web, Web Standards | Tagged annonce, announcement, bloggyfriday, bloggyfriday200610, blogospherahelvetica, explication, hcalendar, hcard, itunes, Kit du blogueur, lausanne, microformats, Podcast, stephaniebooth, suisse romande, Swiss blogging, tails, vcard, Vie de la blogosphère, Web Standards | 32 Comments

Who Wants to Share a Room at Shift?

Posted on 13.09.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Je cherche quelqu’un avec qui partager une chambre à Lisbonne pour Shift, dans dix jours.[en]I’m late, I know, but I still haven’t booked my accommodation in Lisbon for Shift in two weeks’ time. Is anybody in the same situation, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged accommodation, ad, Blogosphere Interest, classified, hotel, lisbon, room, sharing, shift, Travels, Wanted | 4 Comments