Jérémy "Le JyBy"

"Somebody that I used to know" by Canadian Band "Walk Off the Earth"

2012-02-03T14:56:00.002-03:00

Through wimp.com, I discovered the Canadian band Walk Off The Earth and their admirable take on the song Somebody that I used to know, by Gotye. The original recording and clip by Gotye and Kimbra is awesome as well, with the two voices perfectly expressing the conflict between two souls in a game of

Fever and Wordy Wood Spoons

2012-02-03T09:25:00.002-03:00

Four days after coming back from my trip to Africa, I started showing some fever (40) and dizziness. We were worried about Malaria, it turned out "just" to be the flu, and I followed with 8 days of intense fever, constipation, tiredness and inability to think much. Hence I found some activities which did not require much thinking, such as doing some wood

Happy Dragon Year!

2012-01-25T13:00:00.000-03:00

I did this etching for my youngest brother, some years ago, and I have absolutely no memory of having done so. I am getting old. I like the design: it's a nice variant on the theme of the Dragon and the Clown, this time with a young dragon. HAPPY DRAGON YEAR!

Religion is to education...

2012-01-22T23:35:00.004-03:00

Seeing an Arab brushing his teeth with a piece of wood, I remember that this is one of the many coranical orders related to hygiene. A thought crosses my mind, unexpected and surprising, as if told softly in my ear: "Religion is to education what dictatorship is to democracy" I guess that what brought the thought to mind is a recent discussion about how religion used to bring much more than a

The School of Kindiri

2012-01-18T09:38:00.001-03:00

I visited the primary school of Kindiri. The first of the three classes is simply a space in the shadow of a large tree. The setting is very poetic, and the professor who asked for walls so that the children would not look out and focus on the class was surprised when I told him that, in classrooms with walls and windows, the children look out too! They do

Visit to Kindiri, Chad, Africa

2012-01-18T06:14:00.002-03:00

Clamra spent several years at my parent's house when I was 14, we are like brothers. His mother had visited my parent's place when I was 18 and died two years ago. I had organized several visits to his native village of Kindiri, Chad, Africa, but each has been abruptly canceled (once because there were protests against French people in the capital!). This one

First thoughts from Chad

2012-01-05T23:35:00.000-03:00

I should have visited center Africa a long time ago. The experience is astounding. The difference of living conditions makes one realize how much is taken for granted in the Western world. I am not talking merely about tap water and electricity (there is both, although in communal place), but of simple things which are unexpectedly missing, given that I saw them in places with less ressources (

Aéroports côté français...

2011-12-28T11:38:00.001-03:00

La grève des contrôleurs de la sécurité (dont les motifs m'ont eu l'air plus que raisonnables) est terminée, mais c'est encore un beau bazar au terminal 2 de l'aéroport Charles de Gaule: une file exclusive pour hommes qui ferme et rejette la fin de queue, d'autres files suivant un code de couleur mysterieux (vert, orange, jaune, mon billet a une bande verte, je termine orange après les avoir

Africa!

2011-12-27T15:51:00.000-03:00

I am going to Chad, Africa, for two weeks, to visit some family and friends there. I hope to bring some good pictures! I am bringing many presents to the people I will visit, and in parituclar some beautiful copper pieces made by my friend Alberto in Chile. From top/left to bottom/right (

Paris!

2011-12-26T18:45:00.000-03:00

As I went to drop the papers for my visa to Chad early morning, I had some time to kill before calling on friends for lunch: I went walking and taking a few pictures!

Ma vie en 5mns

2011-12-23T10:11:00.000-03:00

Pour Noël Philippe m'a fait un album musical avec des photos de moi, de la famille et des copains, de la naissance aux années plus récentes. Vous vous y reconnaitrez peut-être! For Christmas, Philippe made for me a musical album with pictures of me, my family and my friends, from birth to later years. You might find youself in it! Para la

Dictaphone Scripts on GitHub

2011-12-18T20:29:00.000-03:00

I have been using for two years now the "Digital Music Player NWZ B163F" from Sony Corp. as a dictaphone. I carry it everywhere with me, record short ideas in it which I process at the end of the week, and sometime conversations with doctors and administrative people which I want to review later. I carry a spare one when I travel in case I lose mine and

Premiacion en el Indesor

2011-12-16T22:58:00.000-03:00

Friday was the celebration of the end of the year (both civil and educacional in the south half of the world) at the Institute for deaf people. < I saw there my favorite students and auxiliares. We gave diplomas to the students, and

Etched Glasses for Indesor competition

2011-12-10T10:04:00.002-03:00

J'ai gravé 6 verres qui serviront de prix durant la présentation des animations 3d des étudiants de l'Indesor, l'"Instituto de la Sordera": 2 par équipe, 3 équipes recevront un prix parmi 6, et chacun des 12 étudiants recevra un diplôme. Je ne sais pas encore comment j'assignerai les verres (e.g. premier, second et troisième prix, ou une paire pour "meilleure histoire", "

Glass Etching Party

2011-12-04T16:41:00.002-03:00

Saturday evening Kevin, Natalia and Marcela came to my apartment to dine, etch some glasses (and discuss the projects of the students of the course at the Institute for deaf people). We etched some cats, a Phoenix, <

BNCH-Jaibas

2011-11-21T16:57:00.000-03:00

I went last Saturday to a show by the company "Ballet National of Chile (BNCH)" on the music of "Los Jaibas". It was the first time that I saw such a great integration of music and dance, quite an iniciation. The show was free and the band is popular so that I was quite crowded, but the essence of

Photo Session at Indesor

2011-11-10T18:12:00.000-03:00

Aujourd'hui la journaliste du departement est venue à mon cours à l'institut pour enfants sourds, pour prendre des photos et pour un entretien avec la directrice. Elle a été ravie de sa visite et reviendra plus tard pour une deuxième session de photos et pour un entretien avec Jesús, le professeur de l'institut qui a collaboré a la création du cours, qui est en voyage aux

Etched Glasses of Alice Dinner

2011-11-06T10:26:00.001-03:00

Je commence à inviter plus de monde en même temps dans le nouvel appartement, et je manquais de verres gravés (pour que chacun sache quel est son verre basé sur le dessin). J'ai donc gravé trois nouveaux verres: ci-dessus le Troll à Fleurs et le Spinny Cat (intraduisible?), ci-dessous le Chat Timide aux yeux mouvants. J'essaye toujours d'assigner les verres aux gens selon ce que je sais de

Indesor

2011-11-03T20:51:00.002-03:00

J'enseigne depuis quelques semaines à l'institut pour mal-entendants de Santiago, aidés de 3 auxiliaires et d'un spécialiste qui sert d'interprète. Les élèves sont très contents, et mes auxiliaires et moi apprenons beaucoup! I have been teaching in the last few weeks at the institute for deaf-students of Stantiago, helped by 3 teaching assistants and one specialist who serve as an intepret.

Cheshire Glass for Constanza

2011-10-21T08:13:00.003-03:00

Constanza fût ma toute première auxiliaire pour mon tout premier cours d'animation 3D, il y a trois ans, et elle n'avait pas eu son verre comme les autres: c'est maintenant corrigé! ;) Constanza was my first TA for my first course on 3D animation, 3 years ago, and had not received her glass as the others: now it's corrected! ;) Constanza fue mi primera auxiliar de mi primer curso de

Regards de travers et Dragon Clown en cuivre

2011-09-25T13:22:00.003-03:00

Alberto m'a donné mon dragon-clown en cuivre, résiné, encré et vernis. Il a "corrigé" sans me dire quelques détails, je pense que j'en ferais un autre, mais j'aime bien celui-là quand même! Alberto gave me back my copper "Clown Dragon". He corrected several points, I think I would like to do another one and ink it myself to avoid interventions, but I still like this one! Alberto me entregó mi

Unicycling Club Hipico

2011-09-11T16:20:00.001-03:00

Un avantage de vivre plus pres, c'est que je peux de nouveau aller au travail en monocycle! (11mns au lieu de 15mns en marchant) One advantage of living closer to work, I can again go every day unicycling!( 11mns instead of 15mns walking) Una cosa sobre vivir mas cerca de mi trabajo: de nuevo puedo ir a la pega en uniciclo! (11mns en vez de

Club Hipico

2011-09-10T09:58:00.002-03:00

I moved a few weeks to an appartment closer to work, which happens to have a nice view over the hypodrome of Santiago. Il ya quelques semaines j'ai déménagé pour un appartement plus près de mon travail, qui a une belle vue sur l'hypodrome de Santiago.Hace algunas semanas, cambie de departamento para uno mas cerca de mi trabajo, que tiene una bella vista sobre el Club Hipico de Santiago.

Bobby Mc Ferrin

2011-08-06T22:16:00.004-04:00

La semaine dernière je suis allé au concert de Bobby Mc Ferrin. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas, il est bien connu pour sa chanson "Don't worry, Be Happy" (qu'il ne chante pas dans ses concerts depuis que George Bush junior l'a utilisee sans son accord durant une campagne electorale). Last week I went to Bobby Mc Ferrin's concert. For those who don't know

Clever Dog

2011-08-06T20:20:00.001-04:00

L'intelligence des chiens de Santiago m’étonne toujours. Celui-ci attendait le feu vert pour traverser la route! The cleverness of dogs in Santiago never ceases to amaze me. This one was waiting for the green light before crossing the street! La inteligencia de los perros de Santiago siempre me sorprende. Este estaba esperando la luz verde

Copper Dragon Clown and Glass Clown's prisonner

2011-07-05T16:33:00.002-04:00

"Copper Dragon Clown" Prêt à résiner! Ready for the finish! Listo para la resina! Mon nouveau verre pour la maison, et sa copie en cours sur cuivre. My new drinking glass, and a copy still in the works on copper. Mi nuevo vaso, y su copia en camino en cobre.

Trinatsat-piat

2011-06-30T13:43:00.004-04:00

Hier j'ai célébré mon cinquantième anniversaire (en base naine). J'avais commencé la journée bien fatigué mais je l'ai finie "boostée" par tous les bons vœux. Merci à tous! Yesterday I celebrated by 50th anniversary (in dwarfish base). I started the day tired but ended it boosted by all the good wishes. Thanks to all! Ayer cumplí 50 años (en nano base). Inicie el dia cansado, pero lo termine

Paula's costume shop

2011-06-27T20:36:00.000-04:00

La mère de Daniela tient un magazin de costumes. Daniela's mother has a shop of costumes, a kind of treasure trove. La madre de Daniela tiene una tienda de disfraces. La majorité des déguisements sont pour enfants, mais on y passe la tête. :) Most disguises are for children, but you can still fit

Showdanza

2011-06-25T11:02:00.001-04:00

From ShowDanza J'ai accompagné Daniela à son travail hier soir: j'ai pris quelques 133 photos, et en ai sélectionné 27 qui me plaisent :) En voilà trois. I went with Daniela to one of her dancing events yesterday evening: I took some 133 pictures, of which only 27 were left after selection :) Here are three of them. Fui a un evento

Alice Awards

2011-06-24T08:10:00.002-04:00

From Jun 22, 2011 - Alice Awards Mercredi dernier eut lieu la dernière classe du module "Alice" que j'enseigne, où les étudiants aprennent diverses techniques en programmant des animations pedagogiques en trois dimensions. Last Wednesday was the last class of the module "Alice" I am teaching, where students learn various skills while programming pedagogical

Glasses for Alice Awards

2011-06-21T22:09:00.004-04:00

Tomorrow is the last class of my "Alice" course, we will watch the best videos produced by the course. I etched some glasses to give out as prices: First place Second Place Third Place <

Ennio Morricone's concert!

2011-06-18T13:01:00.003-04:00

Je vais au concert d'Ennio Morricone ce soir! I am going to Ennio Morricone's concert tonight! Hoy voy al concierto de Ennio Morricone! J'étais trop occupé à écouter pour prendre beaucoup de photos, mais c'était super! I was too busy listening to take many pictures, but it was amazing! Comme la piscine pres de mon appartement est toujours fermée (trois mois en tout!), je suis parti à la recherche d'une autre piscine. Commme il faisait soleil et que j'avais besoin de me détendre, j'ai sorti le monocycle :) As the swimming pool close to my place is announcing one additional month of waiting before reopening (it has been two months already!)

Fire juggling at Gonzalo's birthday

2011-06-11T16:20:00.017-04:00

When Gonzalo invited us to the park for his birthday, he mentionned we should go early to have a minimum of sunlight: this made me think about bringing fire stuff. As he answered that this "was not a bad idea", I proceeded :) I tried to teach the kids, but they were more tempted in lighting and

New Glasses!

2011-05-07T23:35:00.000-03:00

J'ai profité d'une semaine ou j'étais fatigué pour me remettre a graver le verre... et des tasses de café pour quand je devrais me remettre au boulot! Mon Sacré-Mais-Pas-Saint Dragon Clown, pour moi tout seul, et un chat du Cheshire qui vous suit des yeux (les pupilles sont gravées a l’intérieur de manière a ce que la perspective forme une illusion d'optique, le chat a l'air de

Recolt in Stilts at Lidia's

2011-03-01T06:47:00.004-03:00

(FB users: this was originally posted on http://www.jyby.blogspot.com/) From Jérémy "Le JyBy" Dimanche dernier je suis allé de nouveau chez Lidia pour récolter des figues dans son jardin, sur les échasses: je me suis beaucoup amusé, et même si je ne suis pas beaucoup plus haut que sur un escabeau, c'est bien plus pratique avec les échasses! Last Sunday I

Dog Wash

2011-02-25T12:29:00.002-03:00

(FB users: this was originally posted on jyby.blogspot, where you can see the pictures...) From Jérémy "Le JyBy" Last week I went to a friend's place to help washing her 6 or so dogs. Lots of fun and love was there to have! I am going back there next week on zancos to help her to collect the fruits of her

Figaro en boite

2011-02-16T17:37:00.003-03:00

Figaro a trouvé une nouvelle cachette. Le plus fort c'est qu'il ferme lui-même la boîte!

Phone holders Bear and Lizard :)

2011-02-10T15:39:00.003-03:00

(FB users: this was originally posted on jyby.blogspot) From Jérémy "Le JyBy" I needed a holder (or more) for my android phone, so that not to look for the cable each time I need to connect it, and to keep the screen visible when I used it as a clock, a timer, a chronometer or a calendar. This is being Chile, and the android phone from Google being

Figaro, topmodel.

2011-02-08T08:57:00.004-03:00

(FB users: this was originally posted on jyby.blogspot) From MyArt Une photo très artistique de Figaro, par Daniela. A very artistic picture of Figaro by Daniela. Una foto muy artistica de Figaro, por Daniela. Il n'est pas toujours aussi calme! He is not always that nice! El no esta

Message in a bottle

2011-02-07T15:12:00.003-03:00

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, ohAnother lonely day, with no one here but me, ohMore loneliness than any man could bearRescue me before I fall into despair, oh A year has passed since I wrote my noteBut I should have known this right from the startOnly hope can keep me togetherLove can mend your life butLove can break your heartWalked out this morning, don't believe what I sawHundred

One hundred lives

2011-02-07T15:10:00.001-03:00

(FB users: full text on jyby.blogspot) I am watching this movie, and I feel their pains and their hopes, and I cry and I laugh, and I live 100 lives, and I learn 1000 lessons, and I am one million better for it. I want seven lives! I want more time, I want more space, to the stars and to the

Figaro, my new flatmate :)

2011-02-05T19:24:00.001-03:00

(FB users, see jyby.blogspot for the original post) Je vous presente mon nouveau colocataire: Figaro! Let me introduce you to my new flatmate: Figaro! Tengo el placer de presentarlos mi nuevo compañero de departamento: Figaro! Je le garde trois semaines pendant que sa maitresse est en vacance a Torres del Pine. La moustiquaire ultime... The ultimate protection against insects! A Daniela no le gustan las moscas!

Artistic presents

2011-01-02T22:08:00.003-03:00

Artistic presents Maintenant qu'ils sont offerts, je peux partager les photos des cadeaux de Noel que j'ai realise pour ma famille...

Cooking

2010-12-26T17:32:00.001-03:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) Un peu de cuisine Francaise... A bit of French cooking... Un poco de cocina Francesa... en France! In France! En Francia!

Our Christmas Tree

2010-12-04T12:11:00.002-03:00

Our Christmas Tree Premier calendrier de l'avent pour Daniela, premier arbre de Noel dans cet appartement, c'est bientot Noel!

The Blues of The Seven Lives

2010-11-10T16:02:00.002-03:00

Autoportrait I want seven lives, like a cat.I want one life for studying the world and making it better.I want one life for loving and caring for my wife and children.I want one life for playing music and drawing and painting and sculpting and etching.I want one life for running and cycling and jumping.I want one life for visiting all countries and learning all languages.I want one life for

Telethon in Stilts

2010-10-27T12:25:00.003-03:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) A few weeks ago I participated to an promotional events for the telethon -- in stilts -- with the awesome team of "Impacto Extremo Chile". It was a lot of fun, thousand of thanks to Daniela for "babysitting" me and carrying around all my things around: I think I will owe her a lot of babysitting in return ;) Dans Tes Yeux -- Anis (paroles) En Tus Ojos -- Anis (Traducción de JyBy, basado en Google Translate) Il y a dans tes yeux Comme un air curieux Il y a dans tes yeux Qui parfois sont vitreux La force vive de celles et ceux Qui en ont on bavé plus que pour deux Il y a tout ça dans tes

Despedida de Diego y Lucia

2010-06-15T09:14:00.002-04:00

Diego y Lucia Diego and Lucia leave today for Spain, before going to Waterloo for almost one year (Whichever friend from Waterloo who reads this, take care of them, they are very nice!). We had a party or two for their departure, it was nice, I was even the only one to dance with Lucia (or to dance at all for that matter!), and we had a lot of fun. Marcelo left last month for a position in

Manure and Friends

2010-06-06T12:39:00.007-04:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) I visited some streets within a 15mns radius from work, thinking about moving there. I liked the street "Club Hipico", stuck between the horse race stadium and a parc, which gives a feeling of Nature with a big N, only emphasized by the delicate smell of horse manure :) Au debut, j'ai appris que Yann Tiersen jouait a Mexico, un jour apres que j'ai quitte Mexico. Ensuite, j'ai appris qu'il jouait a Buenos Aires, mais les tickets etaient deja tous vendus. Puis il devait jouer a Conception, la ville detruite par le tsunami en Fevrier. Quand J'ai appris qu'il jouait a Santiago, j'ai achete deux billets

Nouveaux verres et Dessins

2010-05-29T03:05:00.005-04:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot)

El Rincon de Las Guitarras

2010-05-24T07:18:00.004-04:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) Samedi on a visite Valparaiso, et on a passe l'apres-midi dans un restaurant "El Rincon de Las Guitarras" ("Le coin de guitarres"), ou des musiciens (qui ne se connaissaient pas tous) jouaient ensemble. Je n'avais aucun de mes instruments (il faut vraiment que je prenne au moins mon armonica avec moi tout le temps!), et leur piano etait

Reserva de la Campana

2010-05-23T19:48:00.003-04:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) Je suis alle au parc de la cloche ce WE, a 2h de route de Santiago, un reserve naturelle ou les proprietaires de parcelles doivent se plier a des regles tres strictes (pas de chien/chat, pas de moto, maison ecologique, etcetera...). J'etais avec trois amies, on a joue de la musique (nouvelles partitions Klezmer!), on a fait du cheval,

Oaxaca

2010-05-10T20:09:00.002-04:00

(originally posted on jyby.blogspot) J'ai ete a Oaxaca au Mexique, et je me suis bien amuse, revu de vieux amis et m'en suis fait de nouveaux. I went to Oaxaca in Mexico, and I had a lot of fun, music, and old and new friendship. Me fue a Oaxaca en Mexico y tuve mucho placer, musica, amigos antiguos y nuevos. Des

Pour être malchanceux comme un clown, il faut s'entrainer !

2010-05-10T20:03:00.002-04:00

Dragon Clown Le clown essuie les larmes de Sara.- Clown, dit Sara en reniflant, les gens ont tellement ri lorsque j'ai pleuré!- C'est toujours comme ça avec les clowns, explique le clown, et il aide Sara à se moucher avec son foulard. Les gens se moquent de notre malchance! Mais pour être malchanceux comme un clown, il faut s'entrainer! Lu dans le livre pour enfant "Sara et le Clown" (Merci

Le Marriage de "Fefesse" =)

2010-05-02T09:04:00.003-04:00

(originally posted on http://www.jyby.blogspot.com/) Le mois dernier j'etais a un marriage qui me tenait tres a coeur... Last month I was at a wedding which was dear to my heart... El ultimo mes, estuve a un matrimonio muy importante para mi... J'ai revu des amis francais que je n'avais pas vu depuis longtemps!

Mes Voisins Ces Chilien

2010-03-10T10:53:00.003-03:00

Plop. Les temblores continuent, certains assez impressionnant: hier soir je me suis demande s'il fallait sortir du bâtiment, mais personne n'est sorti alors je suis retourne me coucher. J'ai reçu un courrier ce matin qui annonce le retardement de la rentrée scolaire d'une semaine de plus (ils l'avaient déjà retarde d'une semaine), sans donner de raison particulière. Je me suis porte volontaire

Trip to South of Chile

2010-02-23T10:13:00.005-03:00

(originally posted on http://www.jyby.blogspot) Je reviens de 10 jours de Camping au Sud du Chili. J'ai grimpe les volcans, et meme visite l'interieur de quelques-uns. Mon itineraire au complet: I am coming back from a 10 day trip to the south of Chile, camping. I climbed volcanoes, and even visited the insider of two of them. My complete itinary: Je vais sûrement être recalé à l'examen du grand sage Mais j'en profiterai quant même pour lui dire ce que j'en pense De l'existence, cette engeance Et s'il ne voit pas que je suis un ange, alors qu'il change de boulot ! Et s'il veut moi j'prend sa place... Y'aura des filles, et de la Ganja Des passions sans limites Nous batterons des ailes, et nous volerons bourrés Nous

Underwater pictures

2010-01-12T11:09:00.001-03:00

Beaucoup de boulot la semaine derniere, cette semaine je me repose/reorganise!

Alejandro and Natasha's wedding

2009-12-22T20:24:00.002-03:00

Group picture It was awesome. The best wedding I ever saw, a perfect example of the wonders of multiculturalism. And it was astonishingly well organized, I wish Ale's mother was working at my university ;)

Une histoire de Pasteques

2009-12-19T18:05:00.005-03:00

Une femme tire une remorque de pastèques bien mures et bien fraiches, pour les vendre au marche. Un homme en chemin lui propose de l'aider a tirer sa remorque en échange d'une pastèque. La femme accepte l'offre avec entrain, et ils tirent la remorque ensemble. A woman goes to the market with a trailer of fruits, to sell them there. A man on the path offer

Underwater pictures

2009-12-17T12:21:00.002-03:00

Light and bubbles I took some pretty awesome underwater pictures at the swimming pool of Alejandro Salinger, in the country side. The water was much clearer than in the swimming pool of the university, even though it was a private one, in a summer house, and outside, making for some amazing light effects. More to come after I get the authorization of people to publish their picture on the

Girls at the fountain

2009-12-04T22:11:00.002-03:00

Girls at the fountain For those who are in the middle of their winter ;)

Hearts

2009-12-04T07:46:00.001-03:00

Hearts Une exposition en plein air que j'ai trouve par hazard et beaucoup aime: des coeurs paints par diverses association, en soutien pour une campagne de publicite pour les dons d'organes. Le detail des coeurs sur Flickr (il y en a beaucoup plus que sur cette photo!)

Visite de Kat, Bennyben et Cami!

2009-11-23T06:30:00.001-03:00

Les allemands La semaine derniere m'ont visite Kat, Benny et Cami. On s'est bien amuse, Kat s'est fait une copine Allemande au Chili (on ne se refait pas), Benoit et Cami sont restes plus sobres, et ils ont tous bien bronze.La prochaine fois, il parait que c'est a moi de passer a Paris et en Asturias!

Danses Traditionelles a Rapa Nui

2009-09-26T07:47:00.003-04:00

J'ai pris quelques bonnes photos des danses traditionelles de Rapa Nui. I took a few good pictures of the traditional dances in Rapa Nui. Tome algunas buenas fotos de las bailas tradicionales en Rapa Nui. Beaucoup de portraits. A lot of portraits. Muchos retratos. Il nous arrive de tomber... Sometime we fall... A veces fallamos... On se sent submerge par les problemes. Sometime we feel submerged by adversity. Nos sentimos sin poder contra los problemas. Au point de ne plus pouvoir respirer. We can't

Guitar Hero (Clone) Party

2009-08-31T09:43:00.003-04:00

Guitar Hero (Clone) Party I bought a plastic guitar! (There should be a name for those "fake guitars". Any suggestions? I would go for "e-guitar" if it could not be mistaken for "electric guitar" instead of "electronic guitar"... The model was advertized as compatible with Wii, PS2 and PS3, and came with a connector for the wii remote, a PS2 connector and a USB connector for the PS3. I hoped

Pollution on Santiago

2009-08-12T14:00:00.003-04:00

Pollution on Santiago I am sick. I was very tired before I went to Pucon, and since I came back to Santiago I have headaches and pain in the eyes, and I feel exhausted, whether I sleep 6 hours or 10 hours a night, and I find it hard to concentrate on any non-technical work.A colleague complains about having a cold, and points to several other ones having colds as well. I do NOT have a cold,

Pucon

2009-08-11T18:40:00.002-04:00

The view from the balcony: beautiful! I went to Pucon for a conference on Astronomia. I got some nice contacts, maybe I will start to work on some Astronomy problems and visit some observatories in the North. The weather was good while we were meeting indoor, and crappy on the excursion on Sunday: so I don't have too many pictures. I got sick when I came back to Santiago, puffy eyes, feeling

"Fractal" concert

2009-08-02T20:00:00.001-04:00

Singing Violin I went yesterday to a beautiful concert from the band "Fractal" (http://www.fractal.cl/). I took many pictures, and selected more than a few on Flickr. I will go to Pucon for a conference on Astronomy next week, I expect to bring back some nice pictures: see you then,

Mountaining soon?

2009-07-17T07:10:00.001-04:00

La montagne Wednesday an undergraduate student from the CS department accosted me in the metro and started to chat with me: I had taught him how to juggle at last year's barbecue (in September 2008), but we almost never talked since, and it was the first time any Chilean student came to talk to me like this. We discovered a common interest in hiking and mountaining, he promised to invite

Trip to Valdivia

2009-06-08T19:11:00.001-04:00

Group picture for Camila's birthday This WE I was in Valdivia for Camila's birthday. With a 9h trip back and forth, I tried for the first time sleeping in a bus with bed, it was very comfortable! In Valdivia I taught juggling with fire, glass etching, and about taking photographies to a bunch of 15 year old girls and boys. It was a lot of fun!

Paparazzi

2009-05-29T14:19:00.003-04:00

Durant mon voyage au Nord du Chili, j'ai pris quelques photos d'une inconnue qui mangeait a une autre table dans le meme restaurant avec sa famille. A son depart je lui ai montre une photo, et lui ai demande l'autorisation de publier mes photographies, afin qu'elle puisse les telecharger. Elle a accepte et je lui ai donne une de mes cartes de contact avec l'adresse de mon

Group Picture

2009-05-29T12:33:00.002-04:00

Cherchez moi! Search for me! Busca me! Photo du Departement d'Informatique Picture of the department of Computer Science Fotografía del Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación.

Teaching Arts and Sciences Together

2009-05-27T07:28:00.005-04:00

"The difference between Science and the Arts, is not that they are different sides of the same coins even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather they are manifestations of the same thing." Mae Jemison, 2002, TED Talk ( Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together) I never heard someone who expressed better one of my core belief and motif of grief for current

Écrire

2009-05-25T08:14:00.002-04:00

Blue Sky Toujours avoir avec soi de quoi écrire.Garder, archiver, chaque bout de papier.L'oublier, y repenser et y revenir.Rassembler ses idées, les classifier, les publier.En faire bénéficier les autres, leur enseigner.N'est pas toujours évident ce qui vient naturellement.Le transcrire, pour le partager, ou pour la postérité.C'est de la que vient tout enseignement.Jérémy, Spa Cochiguaz,

Pedagogical Technology Center

2009-05-18T07:55:00.005-04:00

Here is my answer to Luis von Ahn's question of the day on his blog: Question of the Day If you had $100 million, how would you use it to improve a university? I'd like a solution with maximal impact. Depends of what you start with (the level of the university before using the grant), and what kind of impact you want (increased popularity, increased enrollment, increased scientific

Re: On marche sur la tête !

2009-05-13T10:11:00.011-04:00

Une idee pour ce qu'elle vaut, inspiree par la reponse que j'ecrivais a un post de Bruno Bellami contre la loi Hanopi en France. Bruno, ton avis m'interesse beaucoup, ainsi que celui de tes lecteurs, parce que si des artistes de renom voulaient participer, je pourrais peut-etre payer des etudiants pour developper un systeme tel que decrit ci-dessous. Un ami americain (Jason Hartline) a

Art

2009-05-12T07:22:00.007-04:00

The Eye after Inking "Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in." Amy Lowell This was one of the famous quotes that Afsaneh put at the end of her emails. She did not put the author usually, but a quick Google Search indicated that this one is from Amy Lowell, an American woman from the previous century. So maybe this

Morning Art

2009-05-08T08:53:00.004-04:00

I had a stupid nightmare, I was stuck in a world with my clarinet, supposed to have a fight with someone I did not know. I wanted to escape but could not, when I woke up. I had this drawing in my mind when I woke up, and drew it even before taking breakfast. While uploading it there was an earthquake, the building oscillating for five good minutes. Another thing I will have learned here, to

Chili

2009-05-06T11:02:00.003-04:00

mountains Je suis de retour au Chili. J'avais trois places pour moi tout seul dans l'avion, j'ai bien dormi. Il faisait beau en arrivant au dessus de la cordillere, j'ai pris plein de photos des montagnes, des nuages. Il commence a faire froid dans l'appartement, j'ai sorti le chauffage electrique, c'est l'hiver qui arrive un peu tot. Je n'ai pas repris le sport, je vais essayer d'aller me

La faim du tigre

2009-05-01T03:01:00.005-04:00

Zen La Terre a muri sa graine et s'apprete a la semer dans les etoiles. L'homme se trouve devant deux destins possibles: perir dans son berceau, de sa propre main, de son propre genie, de sa propre stupidite, ou s'elancer, pour l'eternite du temps, vers l'infini de l'espace, et y repandre la vie delivree de la necessite de l'assassinat. Le choix est pour demain. Il est peut-etre deja fait.

Je sais qu'elle m'attendra

2009-04-27T07:44:00.001-04:00

Clouds in Normandy J'ai rencontre la mort, eternelle.C'est une jeune fille, une demoiselle.Elle m'a souri, elle etait belle.Je l'ai caressee, elle etait impatiente.Moi j'etait prudent, elle me trouvait si lent!Je lui ai dit, tu sais, il me faut du temps.Du temps pour aimer, du temps pour apprecier,pour voir la vie dans tous ses reflets,pour clarifier, planter et voir pousser.Elle a compris,

Underwater pictures

2009-04-26T09:57:00.002-04:00

Nicolas I had a very good photo session with Nicolas and Sophie, the swimming pools of France look definitely cleaner than those from Chile!

Concert de l'orchestre symphonique de l'universite du Chili

2009-04-05T09:41:00.001-04:00

Solist J'ai ete a un concert de l'orchestre symphonique de l'universite du Chili, qui jouait le Bolero de Ravel, un de mes morceaux de musique classique favoris (et un des premiers que j'ai joue en orchestre). J'ai ete agreablement surpris par les pieces precedent le bolero, et notemment par un clarinetiste soliste Polonais tres bon, qui "parle" avec sa clarinette (pareil que moi, mais en

Brasse sous l'eau

2009-03-19T17:13:00.002-04:00

Brasse sous l'eauOriginally uploaded by LeJyByJ'ai teste cette semaine le nouvel equipement pour prendre des photos et videos sous l'eau. Je peux encore optimiser, mais je peux deja prendre de belles videos. C'est dommage que l'eau soit aussi sale, les couleurs ne sont pas tres jolies, j'essaierai dans une autre piscine.

10 things

2009-03-15T18:56:00.003-04:00

10 choses que vous ne voulez pas forcement savoir sur moi. 10 things that you not necessarily want to know about me. 1) Quand j'étais a l'école primaire, je ne pouvais retenir ni mon age ni mon numéro de téléphone. A la piscine, quand ils nous classaient par groupes d'age, je demandais toujours son age a Christelle qui

Depth-first and breadth first thinking

2009-03-10T20:50:00.002-03:00

I liked this TED talk in particular because of what the author said about the necessary balance between breadth first thinking and depth first thinking, which I had not thought about before. I am definitely a breadth first type of thinker, but I do know how to think depth-first, and I find helpful to think about those as distinct but both necessary

Feedback Learning and Teaching

2009-03-10T11:33:00.004-03:00

I always resented the lack of feedback in both learning and teaching. As a student, it is not always easy to be sure how well you grasp the concepts of the course, and what are the expectations of your teacher. As a teacher, it is always difficult to know what expectations to have, and to evaluate the effectiveness of one's teaching. I thought about this

De retour a Santiago.

2009-03-08T16:58:00.000-03:00

Je suis de retour a Santiago.

Jolie fresque

2009-03-06T13:57:00.005-03:00

Dans le batiment d'ingenierie ou j'ai donne mon expose a McGill, il y a une jolie fresque, qui permet d'isoler un peu les etudiants des gens qui passent devant les fenetres de la salle de cours. J'ai eu l'impression de ne pas etre tres bienvenu, laisse a moi-meme. J'ai croise le lendemain a l'aeroport Hamed qui passait