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Entries from October 2006

The Economist: France’s Survey 2006

October 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Every two or three years, The Economist releases a survey of France and I always found them spot on. This year’s includes:

The art of the impossible
Insider and outsiders
Lessons from the campus
Reforming the unreformable
Minority report
Beyond these shores
Where there’s a will
Audio interview

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Tags: France

Nerd Goes Rap

October 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Wired article about computer nerds turned into rappers, great lyrics:
Cuz I can kick it in Algol
Roll it up in a Snobol
Anything from Ruby
All the way back to Cobol

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Tags: Music

Google is hiring

October 10th, 2006 · No Comments

That is not big news, I know. But there are 3 positions that are in my team so let me advertise them here:

Sales Engineer in New York
Sales Engineer in Chicago
Web Application Engineer in New York or Moutain View

Contact me quickly if you are interested!

Technorati Tags: google, jobs

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A French rapper brings his hometown into the spotlight on Google video

October 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Kamini, the one-horse town rapper, breaks from the stereotypes and raps about Marly-Gomont.

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Tags: Music