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Framing Japan – Part 2
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2 min read
Let’s continue our photographic journey in Japan, by diving into the archives from my previous trips, for a moment of nostalgia. For this second part, I chose three photos. Sensō-ji temple The striking Sensō-ji temple pagoda, in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. If I remember correctly, I took this photo from the Denboi Garden, right beside the pagoda.…
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Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
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For me, the first two Ghostbusters movies are like real madeleines de Proust. I regularly enjoy watching them because I like everything about them and they make me feel good. They are on my list of “feel-good movies”. By the way, Bill Murray often appears in these movies, and I really like this actor. A few…
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Blogging without overthinking
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While reading this post by Manu, whose website I recently discovered and enjoy reading a lot, I came across another article by Matt Mullenweg titled “Birthday Gift”. In his article, Matt, who is soon to celebrate his 40th birthday, shares about the gift he wishes for: I want you to blog. Publish a post. About anything!…
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Thoughts and Self-Retrospective on Resolutions
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8 min read
Here comes a new year. Farewell 2023, welcome 2024. I have the impression that the older I get, the faster time seems to pass. Anyway, the flow of time is inevitable, so let’s embrace it and try to make the best of it. I don’t particularly believe in New Year’s resolutions, but I still like…
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Framing Japan – Part 1
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2 min read
The article I published yesterday contains two photos I took that same day. Publishing those photos made me want to publish more photos. So, I dug into my archives, and I came across photographs I took in Japan around 2012/2013. I miss Japan. My last stay there was in 2016 and I can’t wait to go…
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The Last Stroll of the Year
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Today, I took a nice walk with my dog in the nearby countryside. There weren’t many people around, I came across a few walkers, it was pleasant. Most of the time, I find myself feeling somewhat lazy when I think about going for a walk, even just a relaxed stroll. I’m comfortably settled at home…
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A FamilyMart in your browser
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In the past, I have had the opportunity — and the pleasure — to go to Japan several times and to stay there from a few weeks to several months. A few years ago, I spent three weeks in a not very touristic but charming and enjoyable neighborhood of a city located in the southwest…
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Redesigning my website – Part 2
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I tried to code the homepage I designed a few days ago. As a reminder, here’s the mock-up I made: To my great surprise, I managed to code this page quite easily and quickly! Of course, I had to google this and that, and I used the developer tools of my browser to get some inspiration…
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Redesigning my website
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5 min read
I am thinking about moving from WordPress to another CMS, and I thought it could also be a great opportunity to change the design of my website. But before talking design, let me try to explain how I ended up with that sudden envy of redesigning my website. I am currently (december 2023) using a…
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Il existe des sons qui nous plongent instantanément dans le passé, et projettent dans notre cerveau des images, des bribes de souvenirs, voire déclenchent une petite vague de nostalgie. Pour ma part, c’est par exemple le cas avec les jingles des années 90 de France Info, et notamment le top horaire et sa célèbre mélodie, composée par feu Gérard…