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May 15th, 2008

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May 13th, 2008

Tweets for Today

May 13th, 2008
  • 18:07 Feedburner subscription to my blog plays yoyo…From 2 faithful readers, I’m up to 11 this morning then 8 tonight….. #
  • 18:07 Upgrading my blog to Wordpress 2.5.1 #
  • 18:09 Wondering what to do with my crappy blog (11 readers, 100 unique visitors a week -who are you guys?? - i.e. less than my Twitter "audience" #
  • 18:12 Keep a blog as an online scrapbook, or simply shut it down and 100% twitter instead? #

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Are we being milked by oil conglomerates?

May 13th, 2008

Here’s an arithmetic puzzle for you, French and European consumers and drivers:

In 2000:

  • 1 US Dollar was worth 1.2€
  • The Oil barrel cost was 60 US Dollars i.e. 72 Euros
  • the gas liter (roughly 1/4th of a gallon) was paid 1.00€

In early 2008:

  • 1 US Dollar is worth 0.66 Euro
  • the Oil Barrel costs 105 US Dollars i.e. 69.3 Euros
  • the gas liter costs 1.50€

So, if the barrel is 5% less expensive, how come is the gas liter at the pump 50% more expensive?

So, I am asking you, where’s the arithmetic flaw, because as it is right now, we are being milked big time !!!

Now imagine that the barrel is like today at 126 US Dollars and the euro dollar parity goes back to ‘normal’ levels, what’s the price going to be ????

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May 12th, 2008

Tweets for Today

May 12th, 2008
  • 15:34 Building a template for monthly investors relations. #
  • 15:35 while listening to the latest DJ Zebra’s podcast (this one IS good for once) #

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May 10th, 2008
  • 14:49 Outlining the financing closing process… #

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On my father’s discovery on CO2 absorption

May 9th, 2008

My father recently gave a conference last Monday at the French Academy of Sciences (he’s an academician, too) on his work on porous solids, whose application, among others, is to massively absorb carbon dioxyde (CO2).

Articles on his conference can be found on :

Articles are also to be published in Le Figaro and Le Monde.

links for 2008-05-06

May 6th, 2008

May Day

May 1st, 2008

Muguet du 1er Mai

May Day in France, and in Europe, is a major holiday that honors all workers. All shops are closed, some bakeries/butchers/florists are open for a few hours in the morning for that last minute baguette and bouquet; transportation runs on holiday schedules; all business and trades have the day off; and of course no school.

We’re not lucky with the weather. So I guess I’ll spend some time with my family.

Finally, a loving thought to my late brother, who would have turned 42 yesterday and who left us already twenty years ago.

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April 29th, 2008

Tweets for Today

April 29th, 2008
  • 13:24 My blog is hardly read - sorry guys, better things to do these days - and I’m bombarded with spam…thanks Akismet. #
  • 13:25 wondering what the new exclusive service (though in a competitive space) announced by TC tomorrow will be…. #
  • 13:25 My 70Gb fat iTunes library bores me….. I tried lastfm, but I think that Deezer rocks. #
  • 13:30 THANK GOD the French didn’t elect that miserable lady : tinyurl.com/4u6n89 #
  • 13:31 Après un week end des plus printaniers, météo pourrie sur pays Nantais…. Ca me déprime ! #
  • 14:19 I guess I’ve lost my GTD habits to file stuff. My desk is a zoo! #
  • 14:19 Anyone tested, bought and used this paperless office scanner ? tinyurl.com/3hf6w7 #
  • 14:50 My lawyer is on vacation (!!!!) therefore I have to bring modifications to a shareholders’ agreement myself! :-( #

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April 27th, 2008

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April 24th, 2008

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April 23rd, 2008