Lac Léman or Lake Geneva Seen via Shelley and Byron

Image via WikipediaIn spite of never mentioning the correct name for the Lake, Lac Lemon, Tony Perrottet writing in The New York Times Travel section puts together a lively account of his journey in the footsteps of Shelley and Byron.

Besides a really good guide to the current day Swiss shore of the lake, it is an intriguing window on the past adventures of the then the 28-year-old celebrity poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, and the struggling poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.



see Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It

Original caption from the article "Panoramic view of Lake Geneva and the medieval Château de Chillon, which inspired Byron’s “Prisoner of Chillon.”


Why Lac Léman? Geneva is only one, small part of the lake whose shores touch the Swiss Cantons of Vaud and Valais, and of course the French side of the lake dominated by Evian-les-Bains with that water.

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Les frigos ouvertes - Paris souterrain

"En temps normal, l’endroit est interdit au public. On entre aux Frigos en grimpant un escalier en colimaçon barbouillé de graffitis. "

from Merci Alfred

see Les frigos de Paris : Virée underground

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- samedi 28 mai de 14h à 22h 
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Au 13 rue des Frigos, 75013 Paris

The Pandora IPO: To Bubble or Not to Bubble?

?"Pandora will be hitting the public markets in the near future, and if it's successful we have no doubt it will be one of those IPOs that has people screaming bubble."

from SAI Business Insider's Chart of the Day

see The Next Tech IPO That Will Drive People Crazy

The Happiness Index: Top and Bottom's Rule!

The Economist's widely quotes index, at least in the Australian press, shows a curious fact: the happiest countries are all either at the top of the world or the bottom of the world.

At the Top:       Canada and Sweden
At the Bottom:  Australia and New Zealand

What does that mean?

Being further away from the centre means you get less spin, perhaps?

And yes I know Chile is down there with the 'Bottom's'. But hey, that's the exception the proves the rule, right?

FPS - First Person Shooter - For Real

"In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets."

from Gizmodo

see This is Real War, Viewed from the Call of Duty Camera Angle

Link to the video in The New York Times featured in the Gizmodo article


Combat in the First Person: Haruti

Other YouTube videos can be found here