effervescent refractions

I’m hopping on a plane tomorrow for Egypt. I’ll be off for two weeks swimming in the Red Sea, reading a few books and trying not to get a sun burn. I decided I really need to refresh my French so I picked up three books, the first being The Last Days by Raymond Queuneau. [...]

I mentioned it in my last post but Portal’s first trailer was released last night. I’m glad I told you to look out for this one because it just looks freaking amazing. The concept from Narbacular Drop appears simply translated to a new engine, but this Source-ified version just radiates flair. Both the lead developer’s [...]

Valve announced yesterday that the release of the long awaited Team Fortress 2 would coincide with that of HL2 Episode 2. Valve has received a considerable amount of deserved criticism over the years particularly regarding what seems a latent behavior on the release of new games and updates. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to [...]

Of the many special logos created for Google over the years the version displayed at Google.fr for the Quatorze Juillet (Bastille day) is the first that clearly read “Gongle”. Gongle. It sounds a bit naughty.

The greatest act of maturity I’ve seen in the past 24 hours was awarding Zizou the Golden Ball despite his more than inopportune reaction in last night’s game. I see his departure as unfortunate more than any of the many derogatory adjectives used to qualify the event of this final. It very simply saddens me [...]

Last night’s game between Italy and Germany was beautiful. Football madness has struck nearly every nation in the world, and after the demonstration we saw from both squads, I wonder why some are still unconvinced. I suppose I wouldn’t have much of a problem with it, if I weren’t studying in the United States. But [...]

OOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!
ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

France is still present. That’s all I’ve got to say.