lundi 26 mai 2003

Cube for OS X, going inside games, and a museum Just spent a while catching up with busy TSers. Derek Ardnt's free OS X game in progress, Cube, has hefty system requirements but it's worth the 12.4 MB download if you've got them. There are several download sites at Cube, a large number of links (to be explored), even a forum (multilingual, but mostly in English). Derek also has a weblog and site. (Thanks to Marcel, aka Mrious_be, for the tip-off. He'd been delving inside Mac games. Again...) zzz The trip to TS, after the weekend excursion with François into Apple's past and the history of other operating systems too, reminds me it's about time to give a mention to the ever developing Apple Museum that keeps Lukas 'Spartacus' Foljanty busy. A "mention très bien", indeed. zzz For Mac "addicts" without reason, desire or perhaps the funds to move on to Ten, reassuring company comes (in French) in the latest issue of SVMMac to plop into this morning's letter box between strikes, even on the day it reached the newsvendors. The item has yet to go up on their site, but June's issue has a feature article where "les irréductibles de Mac OS 9" have their say. 11:57:06 PM  link   your views? [] 'Dessine-moi un mouton,' birthday gal As the lady sings in this song, n'est-ce pas, chérie? Play that in a loop (en boucle) and your mother will be really delighted. Ah, Mylène... You know, she has fans everywhere, from Martin's page to Alexander in Russia (caution: pop-ups)? And magazines, plus a 'Univers' of her own? But you're the real star today, Marianne! Bonne anniversaire! I have decided to celebrate your 14 ans with some more pictures from your own gallery, after a first look through your eyes at la mode. OK, another demoiselle or three, but not a sheep in sight. Some of your pictures are simply fun. They include a series where you have a view of your own on publicity. I've chosen the Coke bottle-trap. The one of the "god television" was too big to scan. Women make another appearance here. Sorry about the feet! No room for everything. I think what both of these two are thinking is clear enough. But if it isn't, it reads "génération stérile". Since you haven't given this one a name, I call it 'Man-maze' ('Labyrinth d'hommes'). I hope I've got it the right way up this time. You have no title for this one either and neither do I, so for now it's 'Abstraction'. Has that teacher who's giving you some excellent marks nowadays told you and the rest of the punks about Max Escher yet? He lived and worked in the Netherlands (1898-1972). But I didn't know until today that his "proper" name was Maurits Cornelis Escher. There are a couple of small galleries of his work, at 'World of Escher and at a fine art site. Art.com has 60 of them. In French, it's mainly Escher and mathematics. Perhaps not on your birthday, huh? One day, though, you could take a look at some more optical illusions. If my own eyes don't deceive me, I'd say you just might have been to Africa a few times too. On the left, your 'Totem'. I don't reckon he'd be too unhappy in a gallery of masques africains. Plenty more of those at L'Afrique chez vous! But these days, a number of countries want the stolen ones back. I have no idea if the person on the right has a name, so I've just called it 'ancient'. Even if it's a recent piece of work. In any case, I like it. And I hope a few other people have enjoyed a look at your "birthday collection" too. Bonne soirée, darling. Bisous à maman. See ya next weekend. "Papa pr..." (but now you know why! At least, that's my excuse). By the way, what was it you said you actually wanted? 5:54:12 PM  link   your views? [] Alas, alack, ailing apart! My wildcat grieves me, for now she too is sick! In solitude, she paces the cage she has made and prowls distant, empty streets. Her wounded heart lacks resolve, her thoughts are dark, and other cats come to her in her dreams. In some fancy, she would like to mate with the lion and ride the tiger, but now she's locked in hyperdrive! So do it, darling! Follow Grace and place your "face right in the triangle door Till you can move right on through instead of just standing there Looking at the floor." While you rest alone and proud, I have but one flower for you today. From Mexico, the zinnia comes. Would that I could have been with you this past weekend! But no. I too was condemned to my corner; and by early afternoon my mind was dead. The hunt goes on, yesterday's battle was against possible amoeba, and this one, Fasigyne (French), four horse-pills in one go, was a killer. I'm saving up the worst for last, but not today, not after that! When still my brain-cells were ticking, I looked at that car on the emptied packet and thought of the host of e-mail jokes that circulated after the US Department of Homeland Security issued its silliest warning stickers. Still alive today, I now understand that the vehicle is not just a warning to steer clear of the wheel. It means: "Stay off any highways at all, even virtual ones, unless you want to get run down." 2:14:14 PM  link   your views? []

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