Velib'
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Mayor of Paris has installed bikes all around the city to help Parisians with heavy traffic. Live pic of Velib' in action.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Velib'
Velib'
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Animoto A great production tool
I just tried animoto to publish some pics on a slide show. Easy to make and looks great.
Friday, August 17, 2007
FaceBook vs. Blogs
I posted a question on FaceBook "Are FaceBook and Twitter blog killers??"
Here are the anwers:
Jeremie Berrebi
Twitter perhaps...But Facebook..not at all !
Aydin Mirzaee
Not yet... you can't easily search for written content on Facebook whereas blogs are very well indexed...
Baptiste Snaet
No, Twitter and facebook are no blog. This is not the same. like TV and Internet
Fidji SIMO
All articles these days seem to prove so, but it is not my case: I use Twitter to share interesting links or concepts which are not worth a long article, and keep quality content and analysis for my blog.
Pat Phelan
Absolutely but their first kill was linkedin, I am using it less and less now. Am I blogging less due to Facebook and Twitter? no but my information for blogs are certainly better informed.
Jean-Dimitri Dewavrin
I think FaceBook, Twitter and Blog are complementary. Each are his specifity. Facebook is an all-in-one plateform. Twitter is easy and funny. Blog is a own tool, i mean something personal.
Suzanne Bowen
My own URL points to my blogger blog, feels more personal; all can access w/o having to be Blogger members. My blog posts are fed to Facebook anyways. I and my "potential audience" will use what is most convenient/rewarding at any given point in time.
Jobic De Calan
I think Facebook and blogs are two different tools and they will flourish independently.
Leigh Fatzinger
I think Facebook is a Twitter killer - why use multiple apps when you can have this information on one profile, and at one single access point? However, blogs have so many facets, and so many uses, I don't think the platform will overtake the blog.
Here are the anwers:
Jeremie Berrebi
Twitter perhaps...But Facebook..not at all !
Aydin Mirzaee
Not yet... you can't easily search for written content on Facebook whereas blogs are very well indexed...
Baptiste Snaet
No, Twitter and facebook are no blog. This is not the same. like TV and Internet
Fidji SIMO
All articles these days seem to prove so, but it is not my case: I use Twitter to share interesting links or concepts which are not worth a long article, and keep quality content and analysis for my blog.
Pat Phelan
Absolutely but their first kill was linkedin, I am using it less and less now. Am I blogging less due to Facebook and Twitter? no but my information for blogs are certainly better informed.
Jean-Dimitri Dewavrin
I think FaceBook, Twitter and Blog are complementary. Each are his specifity. Facebook is an all-in-one plateform. Twitter is easy and funny. Blog is a own tool, i mean something personal.
Suzanne Bowen
My own URL points to my blogger blog, feels more personal; all can access w/o having to be Blogger members. My blog posts are fed to Facebook anyways. I and my "potential audience" will use what is most convenient/rewarding at any given point in time.
Jobic De Calan
I think Facebook and blogs are two different tools and they will flourish independently.
Leigh Fatzinger
I think Facebook is a Twitter killer - why use multiple apps when you can have this information on one profile, and at one single access point? However, blogs have so many facets, and so many uses, I don't think the platform will overtake the blog.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Bad luck
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
No internet
No internet
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Air France business lounge in new E terminal in Charles De Gaulle airport has only 3 macs (I hate them) and no internet. This is not the 1st time I see them down!!
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Friday, July 20, 2007
My last HP
My last HP
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
I am surprised and disappointed to see that HP printers are really becoming a piece of crap.
First of all it's all cheap plastic, USB cable is not included, ink cartridges are only for few prints.
But worse is that my brand new All in One 5610 is not 'finished'.
I tried to put ink cartridges into printer when I found out a piece is missing. Not a small tiny piece but a major piece that holds and control cartridges.
Don't they know about quality control?
Now I have to bring it back, wait for a replacement, be happy if they change it quickly and not to expect any possible upgrade...
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Inside the Western Wall
Inside the Western Wall
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
King David Jerusalem
King David Jerusalem
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Every since I married we celebrate our anniversary at the King David in Jerusalem.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Sunset from my place
Sunset from my place
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Beautiful sunset in Tel Aviv.
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Kelly, Esther and me!
Kelly, Esther and me!
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
After a day at the beach...some are red, some are white and some are tired...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Now in TLV
Now in TLV
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
Magic Shenkin Street...quiet today - very unsual.
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Craze has begun!!
Craze has begun!!
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
LinkedIn power!!
I have been a member of LinkedIn for a long time but never put any attention to it. Another networking service...until my new web-friend Pat sent me a LinkedIn invitation to join his network.
I had a couple of connections from the old days in April. Today over40 50 new connections!!
Mostly in my field - mobile/wireless telecommunication. I had few good contacts and everyone seems to have something interesting to say.
LinkedIn can be very useful when seeking new ressources. We are currently working with an independent contractor found on my network. You can also use LinkedIn to promote your company/products.
After all networking is not a bad thing eventhough its time consuming. Some people just add new connection to beat the system and be in top linked members. Can be an ego problem...check with your shrink!
Anyway if you think we have some common matters you can send me add me to your network.
I had a couple of connections from the old days in April. Today over
Mostly in my field - mobile/wireless telecommunication. I had few good contacts and everyone seems to have something interesting to say.
LinkedIn can be very useful when seeking new ressources. We are currently working with an independent contractor found on my network. You can also use LinkedIn to promote your company/products.
After all networking is not a bad thing eventhough its time consuming. Some people just add new connection to beat the system and be in top linked members. Can be an ego problem...check with your shrink!
Anyway if you think we have some common matters you can send me add me to your network.
Who said Frenchmen are stupid?
Reading the following article really made me laugh.
BlackBerry can endanger France. Give me a break!!
They should also stop using Internet, phones, post office, GPS, mobile phones, safe boxes, VPN…
PARIS (AP) -- BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful - and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.
"It's not a question of trust," French lawmaker Pierre Lasbordes told The Associated Press. "We are friends with the Americans, the Anglo-Saxons, but it's economic war."
Le Monde newspaper, which broke the story, described BlackBerry withdrawal among those who have given them up. "We feel that we are wasting huge amounts of time, having to relearn how to work in the old way," the daily quoted a ministry office director as saying.
E-mails sent from "Le BlackBerry" pass through servers in the United States and Britain, and France fears that makes the system vulnerable to snooping by the U.S. National Security Agency, Le Monde reported. The company that makes BlackBerrys, however, denies such spying is possible.
Lasbordes, who was commissioned in 2005 by then-Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to look into such issues, said he alerted the government to this "weakness" months ago. He said he met with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to discuss the problem in the course of preparing his report on the security of French information systems.
The Canadian company "admitted that there was a certain fragility in the protection of information when you use the e-mail system" and promised it would be resolved, said Lasbordes, adding: "That was more than a year ago."
BlackBerrys pose "a problem with the protection of information" and "the risks of interception are real," Alain Juillet, in charge of economic intelligence for the government, told Le Monde.
Research In Motion insisted that BlackBerry e-mails cannot be read by the NSA or other organizations. The e-mails are more heavily encrypted than online banking Web sites, Research In Motion said in a statement.
"No one, including RIM, has the ability to view the content of any data communication sent using the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution," the company said.
The BlackBerry system has been accredited by security agencies in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Canada, Research in Motion said, adding that a certification process is under way in the Netherlands and Germany.
In France, the circular on BlackBerries from the General Secretariat for National Defense applies in theory to all ministries, and "it's up to everyone to be responsible," Lasbordes said.
Another official in a major ministry who got rid of his BlackBerry following the order said authorities are looking at other types of hand-held computers to use instead.
The prime minister's office would not confirm that it and the presidential palace were included in the circular, as Le Monde reported. But a spokesman, Severin Naudet, cited the General Secretariat for National Defense as saying that no type of hand-held computer is risk-free.
"It's not a problem if you're writing to your mother-in-law," Lasbordes said. But "one can imagine a minister coming from a meeting of the G-8 or G-7, et cetera, or a meeting in Brussels, and he sends information to his colleagues. It goes via Canada and the United States and that's it, game over."
Suspicion goes both ways. At a Group of Eight summit in Germany this month, White House aides were instructed to leave their wireless e-mail devices behind, apparently for fear of Russian eavesdropping.
Source: AP News
BlackBerry can endanger France. Give me a break!!
They should also stop using Internet, phones, post office, GPS, mobile phones, safe boxes, VPN…
PARIS (AP) -- BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful - and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.
"It's not a question of trust," French lawmaker Pierre Lasbordes told The Associated Press. "We are friends with the Americans, the Anglo-Saxons, but it's economic war."
Le Monde newspaper, which broke the story, described BlackBerry withdrawal among those who have given them up. "We feel that we are wasting huge amounts of time, having to relearn how to work in the old way," the daily quoted a ministry office director as saying.
E-mails sent from "Le BlackBerry" pass through servers in the United States and Britain, and France fears that makes the system vulnerable to snooping by the U.S. National Security Agency, Le Monde reported. The company that makes BlackBerrys, however, denies such spying is possible.
Lasbordes, who was commissioned in 2005 by then-Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to look into such issues, said he alerted the government to this "weakness" months ago. He said he met with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to discuss the problem in the course of preparing his report on the security of French information systems.
The Canadian company "admitted that there was a certain fragility in the protection of information when you use the e-mail system" and promised it would be resolved, said Lasbordes, adding: "That was more than a year ago."
BlackBerrys pose "a problem with the protection of information" and "the risks of interception are real," Alain Juillet, in charge of economic intelligence for the government, told Le Monde.
Research In Motion insisted that BlackBerry e-mails cannot be read by the NSA or other organizations. The e-mails are more heavily encrypted than online banking Web sites, Research In Motion said in a statement.
"No one, including RIM, has the ability to view the content of any data communication sent using the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution," the company said.
The BlackBerry system has been accredited by security agencies in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Canada, Research in Motion said, adding that a certification process is under way in the Netherlands and Germany.
In France, the circular on BlackBerries from the General Secretariat for National Defense applies in theory to all ministries, and "it's up to everyone to be responsible," Lasbordes said.
Another official in a major ministry who got rid of his BlackBerry following the order said authorities are looking at other types of hand-held computers to use instead.
The prime minister's office would not confirm that it and the presidential palace were included in the circular, as Le Monde reported. But a spokesman, Severin Naudet, cited the General Secretariat for National Defense as saying that no type of hand-held computer is risk-free.
"It's not a problem if you're writing to your mother-in-law," Lasbordes said. But "one can imagine a minister coming from a meeting of the G-8 or G-7, et cetera, or a meeting in Brussels, and he sends information to his colleagues. It goes via Canada and the United States and that's it, game over."
Suspicion goes both ways. At a Group of Eight summit in Germany this month, White House aides were instructed to leave their wireless e-mail devices behind, apparently for fear of Russian eavesdropping.
Source: AP News
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Opera Mini Vs. Iphone
I love it!! Mac is using same advertising against Windows...now Opera is using it against iPhone.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Tutorial for BlackBerry Curve - Get all hidden themes and suppress PTT
After trying many combination I have finally an ATT curve working with my T-mobile with all themes unlocked and no Push to Talk.
PTT is useless for me as for many. Therefore you can free some memory and have your curve run faster.
Files below were tested with O2, Att/Cingular and Rogers latest OS.
Download, unzip and place both files in :
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files
File blackberry.alx will unlock all themes
File platform.alx will remove PTT
Once you have installed both files you need to remove vendor.xml from your pc:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader\vendor.xml
Then connect your curve to the PC and launch Desktop Manager.
If no message is shown during synchronization then launch Application Loader and simply press next a couple of times.
Your device will reboot automatically. Unplug after reboot and enjoy your new themes.
Download files here.
PTT is useless for me as for many. Therefore you can free some memory and have your curve run faster.
Files below were tested with O2, Att/Cingular and Rogers latest OS.
Download, unzip and place both files in :
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files
File blackberry.alx will unlock all themes
File platform.alx will remove PTT
Once you have installed both files you need to remove vendor.xml from your pc:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader\vendor.xml
Then connect your curve to the PC and launch Desktop Manager.
If no message is shown during synchronization then launch Application Loader and simply press next a couple of times.
Your device will reboot automatically. Unplug after reboot and enjoy your new themes.
Download files here.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Blackberry curve test photo
Blackberry curve test photo
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
You can judge the quality with this pic taken at sunrise this morning.
Friday, June 08, 2007
My new curve has arrived!
My new curve has arrived!
Originally uploaded by Cizake.
That's it! Here is my new BB...a lot of fun during the week-end.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Just ordered a BlackBerry Curve
This is my 1st post in english and certainly not my last. Anyway I just ordered a new BlackBerry Curve. Currently my provider - T-Mobile - does not carry this handset but I was fortunate enought to find an unlocked AT&T Curve.
I will keep you posted as soon I receive my new toy.
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