The WNDW team has released its second edition of the book "Wireless Networking in the Developing World". The 425 page book includes lots of new material, including new chapters on solar power and economic planning, several new case studies.

The book is released for free under a Creative Commons license and is available in several languages (including Spanish, French, Italian, and soon Arabic and Portuguese). and it is free to download, print, update, or redistribute it.

The Wireless Networking in the Developing World book is just one part of the WNDW project. Community forums, training workshops, and additional material are also available on their website, http://wndw.net/.

via : Lunch over IP 

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Radar Networks, is releasing a free Web-based tool, called Twine, that it hopes will change the way people organize their information.

Twine website is a place where you can share any kind of information and knowledge such emails, bookmarks, documents, RSS feeds, contacts, photos, videos, product info, data records, and collaborate around common interests, activities and goals with friends, colleagues etc.

Once Twine has some information, it starts to analyze it and automatically sort it into categories that include the people involved, concepts discussed, and places, organizations, and companies.

Twine uses the Semantic Web, natural language processing, and machine learning to make your information and relationships smarter.

It still look unclear how Twine could make a real difference about organizing and sharing information but apparently a public beta version of the site may emerge soon.

Another question, Twine will be able to compete with what Techcrunch calls "the Google lethal social weapon", the project Maka-Maka.

Twine register form is available here.

More about Twine: Technology Review,  Read/Write web.

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It is impressive to see the quantity of bad news that reached Microsoft's headquarters this week.

Motivation may not be at its highest level in Redmond.

• Only 60 millions licenses (sic!) of Windows Vista have been sold. It is rather low considering that includes OEM and Corporate agreements (companies getting Vista licenses as part of their contract, but with no short-term plan to deploy it).

• Yahoo announced the acquisition of Zimbra, an open source server and client software for messaging and collaboration (email, group calendaring, contacts, and web document management and authoring).
• Google welcomed "Presentation", a new addition to the Google Docs & Spreadsheets family which has now all elements to compete with MS Office.
• IBM released the beta version of Symphony, a web-based open source office suite, based on the open document format (ODF).
• International Standard Organization (ISO) rejected Microsoft Office 2007 file format, called Office Open XML (OOXML), to be recognized as an ISO standard. Critics said the format was flawed and laden with MS-specific features.
• SCO group, a Microsoft ally to seize parts of the Linux market, took step of filing for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Last but not least

Microsoft lost its appeal before the European Court of First Instance regarding 2004 European Commission act that found MS abusing of its near-monopoly position. Final  Microsoft's bill in fines (689 millon USD) and penalties could reach about 2.8 billions USD.

Don't worry Bill, on Monday starts another week!  

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Adobe has released its latest version of Lightroom with embedded version of Camera Raw 4.2.

Among others, following RAW formats are now supported:

• Canon EOS 40D
• Fuji FinePix IS-1
• Olympus EVOLT E-510
• Panasonic DMC-FZ18
• Pentax K100D Super
• Sony Alpha 700

For these using computer with non-English operating system or Regional Settings there is a simple trick to make sure that Lightroom appears in English:

1. Open your Lightroom installation folder (e.g C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2) in Windows Explorer.
2. Create a folder named e.g "Disable languages"
3. Open the Resources folder and move all unused language folders (e.g "fr", "de", "jp") into your newly created "Disable Languages"
4. Et Voilà!

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After receiving an email from Kpjas, an Ipernity member, who informed me that he took a photo of mine to illustrate "50 Places To See Before You Die" selected by BBC viewers in 2003 in his blog, I reviewed the list and noticed that I have already visited more than 50% of these places that BBC viewers dream about (lucky me).

This list raised some interrogation to me about why these places have chosen instead of other famous ones ?  I could not find any relevant explanations except perhaps a majority of places where the spoken language is (was) English (but it makes sense as enquiry took place in UK). One thing is sure, after reading names of these great location, you just feel to escape from your office, pack you stuff and go travel.

Personally I would definitively add some places to this list (Okavango delta, Yunnan mountains, Kalahari desert, Japan, etc..) and perhaps drop some but for sure, I'll not be able to keep it to only 50 locations.

BBC 2008 Viewers "Must See list"

Africa
La Digue, Seychelles

(visited)
The Pyramids, Egypt (1993)
Luxor, Egypt  (1993)
Abu Simbel, Egypt (1993)
Masai Mara, Kenya (1993/2002)
Victoria Falls, Zambia / Zimbabwe (1994)
Cape Town, South Africa – (1994/1998)

Americas
The Grand Canyon, USA
Yosemite National Park, USA
Las Vegas, USA
Hawaii, USA
Alaska, USA
San Francisco, USA
Niagara Falls, Canada / USA
Canadian Rockies, Canada
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Barbados, Barbados

(visited)
New York, USA (1996/2000)
Florida, USA (2000)
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1999)
Machu Picchu, Peru (2001/2004)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1989/2000)
Iguassu Falls, Argentina / Brazil (2001)

Asia
Singapore, Singapore
Golden Temple, India
Taj Mahal, India
Bali, Indonesia
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
The Maldives, Maldives
Terracotta Army, China

(visited)
Bangkok, Thailand (1994/2002)
Great Wall, China (2005)
Angkor Wat, Cambodia (1995/2006)
Himalayas, Nepal (2006)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2006)

Europe
Rome, Italy

(visited)
Paris, France (1980/2007)
Venice, Italy (1977/1982)
Barcelona, Spain (2001/2007)
Iceland, Iceland (1992)
Zermatt, Switzerland (1992/2005)

Middle-East
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(visited)
Petra, Jordan (2003)

Oceania
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
South Island, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand

(visited)
Sydney, Australia (1996/2005)
Uluru, Australia (1996)
Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1996)   

Some pics are really crap, so good excuse to visit some of these places again  

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Since few days now, iMinR is tracking what's going on this website.

This new service of “measurement of personalized audience” as its creator, Stéphane Guérin, indicates it on his Internet site. The iMinR statistics service makes possible to discover more about visitors of a site in general and, as from now on, this one in particular.

Among statistics provided on the free account version of iMinR we can find :

• Visitors (IP address)
• Visits (per hour, per day,)
• Pages viewed (url, title)Pages vues (url & titre)
• Geographical information (Country, Region, City)
• Web Origin (domain and url)
• Search Engine
• Query String
• Keywords
• Incoming and Outgoing points
• Global duration of the visit
• Time duration per page
• Click stream
• Frequent paths
• Client configuration(browser, operating system, resolution, language, etc..)

About the installation, well it's definitively too easy. You either have to add the provided line of code in your footer's page (also available for secured pages) or, if you are using WordPress, to install, activate and configure the iMinr plugin and that's it.

No update, no maintenance and training required. iMinR is adapted to sites using AJAX and the 100% javascript invisible (free account users are requested to add iMinR logo on their web site) marker works with any HTML pages (PHP, ASP, etc..).

Real time reports can be personalized according your needs and are accessible either on a web page;  using a javascript function or simply from the iMinR web site.

Today the beta 2 version has been released but so far the interface is exclusively available in French. I have not asked, but the English version should follow no ?

To know more about, check the demonstration page.

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Not very well known is the non-french speaking world, Gaston Lagaffe has turned 50 on 28th of February. The office clerk started working for Spirou Magazine in 1957. 

To celebrate this birthday, Mr Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Bruxelles, who looks like Mr De Mesmaeker, has decided to offer a day of free parameters over his the territory, paying respect to Gaston's battle again these "affreux mange-fric".
 

 

Sources:
in english : weborgers, wikipedia,
en français :  official site, special 50 ans, wikipedia,

 

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Last friday, thai B-list actress Chotiros "Amy" Suriyawong created controversy revealing her full length black evening gown, featuring a slit up to her hip and a 3-inch-wide gap that runs up her torso during  The Thailand National Film Awards. 

On February 14th, the controversy hit the English-language press with a column by Nation editor Tulsathit Taptim, who criticized the dress but really takes to task the hypocritical authorities and executives who have called for punishment (Thammasat University, which Chotiros attends and is by reports an excellent student has taken decision to punish the actress to 15 days of community services). 

While Tulsathit Taptim titles "sexy dress exposed ugly truths about society's hypocrisy", I wonder if such big noise is not made to divert public's attention from more serious subjects such Suvarnabhumi airport debacle (cracks on runways, corruption allegations, flooding, etc..) or the Bang Na-Bang Pakong expressway scandal, among many others.

Indecency is not exclusively related to Indecent exposure.

Sources : Rotten Tomatoes,  The Nation,
More Chotiros' pictures here

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In a country where discussions about how to cope with 4 differents national languages are on weekly agenda at the parliament, Swissinfo found a way to avoid such dilemma in a series of 15 seconds funny ads currently broadcasted on TV5 channel.   

p.s this post is the 1st one with embedded video on this site. Thanks to Viper007bond and their great plugin.

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European curriculum vitae format

Personal information

Name		Cedric
Address		Not Available on the online CV
Telephone		Not Available on the online CV
Fax		Not Available on the online CV
E-mail		click on this link to get it

Nationality

Swiss

Date of birth

Not Available on the online CV

Work experience

• Dates (from – to)		1996 – Present day
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross , Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Regional Coordinator 2005 – current : Asia & Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand 2002 – 2004 : Great Lakes area, Eastern & Southern Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya 1999 – 2001 : Americas based in Bogota, Colombia 1997 – 1999 : Western Africa based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 1996 – 1997 : Commonwealth of Independent States based in Moscow, Russia
• Main activities and responsibilities		Coordination of telecommunication & computer networks activities of the ICRC Design & follow-up of ICT regional & institutional projects Technical adviser for ICRC executives Technical support to ICT field engineers Technical support & user training Financial & administrative tasks related to ICT systems Negotiations with national & regional providers, telecom authorities, etc.. Human resources management Implementing institutional ICT policies
• Dates (from – to)		1993 – 1995
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Field Engineer 1993 : Sudan 1994 : Angola, Rwanda 1995 : Angola
• Main activities and responsibilities		Installation and maintenance of radio communication & computer networks User training & support
• Dates (from – to)		1992 – 1993
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon Sarl., Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva & Lausanne Branch Director
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations Administrative & financial related tasks.
• Dates (from – to)		1988 – 1991
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva Branch Manager
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations
• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Specialized electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Telephone & computer cabling systems
• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Small & medium construction projects

Education and training

• Dates (from – to)		2001
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelona, Spain Cisco Network Academy Program
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		WAN & LAN Networks, Ethernet Standards, Routing Protocols, Network design, Security policies, Router configuration, IP addressing, Transport protocols, Network Management, Troubleshooting.
• Title of qualification awarded		Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Dates (from – to)		2001 – 2002
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelone, Spain Master in Network & Services of Telecommunications (MXST)
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		Telecommunication networks & services, Network Management, Project Management, Mobile communications.
• Title of qualification awarded		Master in Network & Services of Telecommunication (Màster en Xarxes i Serveis de Telecomunicació).
• Dates (from – to)		1981 – 1985
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland & CEPIA (Professional school) Electrician Apprenticeship
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		Electrical installation & maintenance. Telephone & Alarm systems installation & maintenance
• Title of qualification awarded		Federal Proficiency Certificate of Electrician (Certificat Fédéral de Capacity) Mention : Good
Other professional training		Managing & Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment (IT TrainingAcademy, Geneva 2005) Implementing & Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Global Knowledge, Geneva 2003). Lotus Notes R5 Domino Server Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 2001) Linux Suse Network Configuration (www sistemas, Bogota 2001) Linux Suse Administration (Acis, Bogota 2000) Administration & Technical Support of Microsoft Windows NT 4, TCP/IP interconnection (Digicomp, Geneva 1999) English Advanced (Australian College of English, Sydney 1997) Project Management (ESMT, Dakar 1996) Effective Presentation Technics (Marchstore Ltd, London 1995) Training of Trainers (Cegos, Paris 1995) Local Area Networks (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) MS-Dos 6.2 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Codan HF Radio Module (Codan UK, Farnham 1995) Novell Netware 3.1x Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995/99) Novell Netware 3.1x Installation & Configuration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Administration 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Development 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Basics + Technical User (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Computer Security (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Windows Ressources (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Sales Technics & Customer relationship (CAFI, Lausanne 1991) Alarm & Security systems (Rochat, Geneva 1990) MS-Dos 5 (Bernard Marchon, Geneva 1990) Telepax PABX Systems (Telepax, Geneva 1990) Hasler Integral 2 PABX system (PTT, Bern 1989) Ericsson GDX/GFX PABX Systems (PTT, Bern 1989) Telephone installation 2 (CIS, Geneva 1987)

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

FRENCH

Other languages

		ENGLISH    -   SPANISH   –  PORTUGESE
• Reading skills		Excellent   –  Excellent    -      Basic
• Writing skills		Good         -    Good      -        nil
• Verbal skills		Good         -    Good      –        nil

Social skills and competences

Team Work: I have the chance of experiencing team working on both national and international level with colleagues of various nationalities. Intercultural Skills: As working & living on permanent basis abroad since 1993,  I have the opportunity to collaborate with international and intercultural teams on daily basis, mostly aimed at the regional management of an international humanitarian organization.

Organizational skills and  competences

Management of technical national & expatriate staff at regional level. (more than 40 employees). Regional ICT project management (in more than 15 countries) Regional yearly ICT seminar organization & professional courses (about 25 participants) ICT Budget preparation & follow-up. Assets management Head of ICT regional Emergency Response Unit Promotion & auditing institutional ICT policies.

Technical skills and competences

Competent on electrical, telephone, lighting/grounding & 2-way satellite systems. Competent on wired & wireless telecommunication, HF/VHF/UHF radio communication & computer networks. Competent on various Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT4, XP Professional,  2003 server). Competent on design, installation, maintenance & troubleshooting of computer systems. Good knowledge of Lotus Notes/Domino R5 workflow environment Good knowledge on MS Office tools, computer security systems. Good knowledge on power supplies (generator, solar & wind power) Some web-building, graphic editing, Linux & MS SQL experience. Some Cisco routing & switches experience. Some competences on various PABX systems

Artistic skills and competences

Amateur Photographer, Photo-editing, Web-publishing

Other skills and competences

Driving licence(s)

Swiss & International driver license (light vehicle & motorbike up to 1235 cm3)

Additional information

Annexes

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