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“they wanna make a supersonic man out of me”: Surfing the web at the speed of sound (well, almost…)

Fahrenheit”.

I think this is how in-flight ISPs Aircell, Row 44 or OnAir should have called their piece of hardware they supplied airlines with. But I doubt that their engineers were whistling Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” while working on their solution… or is it because it’s still light-years away from being something decently called “broadband Internet”? who knows… Continue Reading →

Mobilis in mobili* (my home in a container)

mobilis-in-mobileTired of your neighbors? Feel like reniewing the visual perspective on the buildings accross the street you’ve been sharing for the past years? Want to have your new home built in three days (without the help of the noisy team of Extreme Makeover Home Edition)? Or are you too original to stand leaving in a place which looks like any other?

If you’re either an industrial design concept lover, early adopter or “stay mobile” fan (but too posh to accept living in a mobile-home) you’ll probably love the idea developped by Adam Kalkin, an “artist, architect and many other things” as he likes to describe himself…

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The day after tomorrow: when fiction is catching-up on reality

day-after-tomorrow

“Where will I be” you say?

my guess: “mmm, working from home?”

Snow in London: take a day off or work from home

This morning all our worldwide offices received a mail from one of our London colleague informing us about the terrible weather conditions currently running in the UK. This is how it goes:

“Just to let you know that snow has caused havoc here. Most people WFH so just wanted to give you a heads up if you were trying to get hold of anyone.”

As this “alert” left me a little puzzled, I went on the website of the snow-in-londonBBC to know a little bit more about what was going one there. Continue Reading →