Author: Stephanie Booth

First Day of Work [en]

First day of work was really great.
For a start, the security guard wasn’t warned that I was signing in today – so I got a visitor’s badge.

Second, I had to wait one hour for my log-in (username and password), only to discover that I wasn’t granted access to the files I was supposed to work on.
Third and last, Powerpoint has such crappy export features that I think I’m going to have to do all the conversion with copy-paste. I hate textboxes and graphics.
Please don’t ask me if I have tried opening the files with dreamweaver – I’m still waiting for the IT security clearance to install it.

Moutons Electriques [en]

Je suis restée crochée trop longtemps sur ce superbe site pour le passer sous silence.

Comme toute BD, electric sheep contient du texte, et il est en anglais. Mais ce site vaut le détour rien que pour les images…

Electric Sheep [en]

Sorry, I had to. I stayed hooked on electric sheep way too long to omit mentioning it here. It is really worth the (long) visit.
Courtesy of astoundingweb.org.

Goldbach's Conjecture [en]

Goldbach’s Conjecture says that each even number is the sum of two primes.

For example, 6=1+5, 8=3+5, 18=11+7, etc.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?

The only problem is that up till now, nobody has managed to prove or disprove it. We do not know for sure that it is correct or false – though we do have good reasons to think it is true.

Des yeux pour entendre [en]

Si j’attends d’avoir écrit une critique complète de chaque livre avant de vous le recommander, je risque bien de ne jamais le faire…

Il est temps de se jeter à  l’eau!

Des yeux pour entendre par Oliver Sacks.
Critiques sur epinions.com (anglais).

Ce livre est une formidable présentation du monde des sourds. Il explore en profondeur les caractéristiques du langage des signes comme langue, et son influence sur le développement et l’épanouissement de ceux qui le parlent.
Un avertissement, toutefois: on court le risque de s’inscrire à  des cours une fois le livre terminé!

Seeing Voices [en]

If I wait to write complete reviews of books before recommending them to you, I might never do it.
Let’s get going!

Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks.

Reviews on epinions.com.

This book is a great introduction to the world of the deaf. It explores in depth the characteristics of Sign as a language, and its influence on the mind and development of those who use it.
A word of warning, however: you might find yourself taking up classes to learn Sign by the end of the book!

Chronicles of Narnia [en]

I’ve finished reading the Chronicles of Narnia (by C. S. Lewis). It must be at least the fifth time I’m reading them.
Another author who has kept me company lately is Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I read One Hundred Years of Solitude a year or two back (it kept me breathless), and during my week-end in England I finished Love in the Time of Cholera.