February 2010: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
A few days of visiting so many of the neighbourhoods of Barna and thinking to ourselves “well, I guess this could be home”
(4 photos)
Travelogue, street photography, a bit of poetry, and the simple pleasure of telling stories... A very large shoebox on the Web, filled with images and memories of places and people around the world. Europe where I grew up, Asia and Japan where I lived for many years – and left my heart in Tokyo –, and North America where life led me so often that I eventually settled there. For now…
February 2010: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
A few days of visiting so many of the neighbourhoods of Barna and thinking to ourselves “well, I guess this could be home”
(4 photos)
November 2009: Melaka, Malaysia
A few days in the straits of Melaka, between food and history. Musings on tourism, and the future of this place at the same time developing, destroyed, and re-created
(26 photos)
Last Update: 2010-07-20
On connaît beaucoup de la television japonaise ses couleurs criardes, ses jeux ineptes et "degradants", ses clowns sous acides, ses hotesses potiches. On en connaît bien moins, je crois, son alter ego hautement éducatif, obsédé des tableaux noirs et des panneaux de carton. Des panneaux de carton montrés à la baguette de bois, des emissions scientifiques poussées (d'aucuns diraient…
A l'exception tout juste notable d'excite "world", il n'y avait jusqu'ici pas foule de ressources folichonnes pour l'aide à l'apprentissage du japonais sur le Web. Puis Julien Quint créa A亜アあ (prononcer ah-ah-ah-ah), Un dictionnaire des kanji pratique, animé, exhaustif, interactif… Et accessoirement une jolie utilisation de la technologie SVG[*]. Magnifique. Bravo.
January 2008: Setagaya Boroichi - Night Market
Every year in January, Setagaya, the largest of Tokyo's wards, organizes a big open-air market in its streets, giving everyone an excuse to eat, buy or stroll.
(5 photos)