January 2007 Archives

Total fabulousness, now that's what I call a desktop.
(get yours at shilpa-shetty.com)

Not like us cheeky biker-types who are familiar with little two-stroke Yam's and their ilk (tho now that I've aged and drive a lumpen opposed twin, my serious revving days are behind me)...

Diego Rodriguez has posted an astonishing little film about revs in metacool: Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness and if you're looking for a pick-me-up you could do worse than listen in (it's a F1-Cosworth V10 doing a computer-controlled start-up sequence apparently).

So it turns out Cisco have a corporate blog:-)

They even use Movabletype, very kosher. Not sure who is the mind behind the stories, it seems like a PR firm is uploading stuff prompted by employees. In this instance, a note from Mark Chandler, Cisco's SVP and General Counsel on the iPhone trademark infringement thing. No amazing news but I'll be keeping an on it...

Jason D. O'Grady is blogging the conference in real time. They did it!!!! They really did the iPhone thing it wasn't a red herring!!!

MSWF07: Live blogging the keynote address | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com

ooops, ran out of battery right in the middle of the keynote...

• Her forearms are long and thin, and the sleeve of her floppy jumper keeps dropping as she fiddles with her empty teacup. She is reading Tolstoy.
• The sun is rising over Sidcup.
• I have padded plasters on my ankles as a preventative measure. Lots of walking today.
• Joel Stein doesn't want me to be his pen-pal. I have to say, I like his take on 'community'.

When I first moved to New York when I was nineteen (eighteen?) and was homesick I would sit in a restaurant and close my eyes and try to conjure up the clattering sound of a Paris restaurant in full flight. There's a particular kind of rumble, punctuated by the shouts of the waiters trying to get a coffee started or get the people waiting for a table to make some room for the food to through from the kitchen.

Last night I finished a long day in Issy-les-Moulineaux and shuffled over to what has become my regular couscous and found I couldn't get in for people:-) The food is great, so well worth the twenty-minute wait. If you fancy it, Chez Omar is:

Adresse: 47, rue de Bretagne / 75003 Paris
Métro: Arts et Métiers
Tél: 01 42 72 36 26

p.s.
I did a quick search online to get the address of the place and there are a surprisingly large number of negative reviews. The balance of opinion seems to be that the couscous is ok, the wine is terrible and the service intermittent at best. I guess I've been living in London so long my food-criticism skills have lost their edge. Still, if you're in the 3eme I would say have a go...

p.p.s.
Clémentine, je fais ces petites videos pour toi et là, je t'expliquais où j'étais sauf qu'avec tout ce boucan on m'entend pas. Je te disais bonne nuit et à demain--je reviens ce soir:-)