Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Igloo Fest 2010
In the summer time, your beer become warm and flat after an hour.
We went to Igloofest Dubstep Night just before I left for San Francisco and it was minus 38 degrees with the wind. Music was good, people dancing outside in the freezing cold. Such a fun event. You could see smoke coming from the crowd and it was coming from the body heat and breathing. And oh yeah, your beer turned into slush after 10 minutes and after 15 minutes it was full of ice and disgusting. Bottom's up!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Freakonomics
Je viens de terminer ce livre et c'est excellent. Je suis un grand fan des livres de Malcom Gladwell (Blink, Outliers, Tipping Point) et j'ai enfin trouvé un livre qui est du même genre et du même niveau. L'auteur utilise des outils d'économie pour examiner notre société et découvre des connections surprenantes. Saviez-vous que le niveau de crime n'a jamais été aussi bas au États-Unis et d'après Steven D. Levitt, ce serait dû a la légalisation de l'avortement? A lire.
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This is different quotes or notes from the book that I find interesting.
"A long line of studies, including research into twins who were separated at birth, concluded that genes alone are responsible for perhaps 50% of a child's personality and abilities. "
Parenting:
(...)She argued that parents are wrong to think they contribute so mightily to their child's personality. This is a cultural myth. Actually, top-down influence of parents is overwhelmed by the grassroot effect of peer pressure, the blunt force applied each day by friends and schoolmates.
Education:
A child whose parents are highly educated typically does well in school. A family with a lot of schooling tends to value schooling. Parents with higher IQs tend to get more education, and IQ is strongly hereditary.
On School performance:
Moving to a better neighborhood doesn't improve a child's chance in school.
"...Students from rural areas tend to do worse than average (...) while urban children tend to score higher than average."
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Books
Saturday, February 20, 2010
SF Coffee
I am a coffee snob. I am and I accept myself. I can drink bad coffee on a road trip and I will not complain but I have a lot of pleasure in drinking quality drinks. I am lucky enough to know some peoples in San Francisco and they made me discover the two best coffee places: The Ritual and Four Barrel. Sure, its full of hipsters with mustaches and peoples with laptops but god damn the macchiato's are good.
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San Francisco
Friday, February 19, 2010
Twin Peaks
La montée.
La vue.
La descente
En bref, c'est un excellent parcours de vélo. Pas trop difficile mais assez pour bien dormir le soir. Je dirais qu'après trois fois le Tour De Twin peaks, il faut changer de pneus car les skids sont fréquents. Je n'ai pas trouvé la Log Lady mais je pense que ça va être sur un autre Twin Peaks.
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San Francisco
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Meilleure musique des dix dernières années?
Ce site fait le tour de tout les blogs de musique et poste en ligne les chansons que ces blogs ont aimées.
Ce site me permet de découvrir de la nouvelle musique sans arrêt et il me permet aussi de découvrir des bons blog de musique.
Un de mes préféré est Motel de Moka.
C'est de la musique en générale assez tranquille mais c'est ce que j'aime écouter quand je travaille ou quand je fais de la lecture.
Le dernier post de Motel De Moka est leur "best off" des dix dernières années et on peut downloader toute les chansons. Quoi de mieux pour découvrir de la musique?
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Music
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