We saw a TV report wich dealt with Vegetarian Dumpster Diving.
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.
Quote of the day :
« Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. »
David Frost
You can publish on Facebook or Twitter the place you are with Geolocation. It can be funny, but everyone can see where poeple usually are so you might be stalked by a madman. On the other hand, geolocation is able to save your life, for example if you are lost ; when someone is missing, the authority can find where the person is.
I think that geolocation is usefull, but you just have to be carefull.
Quote of the day :
« A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. »
Michel de Montaigne
In this video, there are two men in an elevator. In this elevator, there is'nt any button, it's new technology. So they try to say "Eleven eleven ELEVEN" because they want to go to the eleventh floor, but the voice say "Could you please repeat that?". It's very funny because the two men try again and again to repeat but the voice doesn't understand. That's mean that in fact new technology is not always good.
Quote of the day :
« A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. »
Bill Cosby
Last lesson, we talked about MJ's song : thriller !
Here are the lyrics :
It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl
But all the while, you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide) This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen [ From: I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Quote of the day :
« Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court. »
Mickael Jackson
In the first and second paragraph, the writer said that Victor Frankenstein see his creature taking life.
« The rain pattered dismally against the panes » provide the text whith a gothic atmosphere.
Victor Frankenstein's monster is depicted as horrible : « His yellow skin scarely covered the work of muscles and anteries beneath (...) his teeth of a pearly whiteness, but these luxiriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes ».
In the third and the forth paragraph, the terms such as « I continued a long time traversing my bed chamber », « I was disturbed by the wildest dreams », « a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed » etc. convey the inner turmoil of Victor Frankenstein.
Then in the last paragraph, the writer describes when Victor Frankenstein is hiding to escape to the monster he createred. He become nervousness « walking up and down in the greatest agitation ». He thinks that he is being observed and this feel accelerates the pace of the narrative. Finally he remains in the courtyard for all the night.
Quote of the day :
Today we described the Frankenstein's monster apparence ;
He's very tall, his skin is yellow and decayed and you can see a lot of scars on his face. His hair are very black, his teeth are white (it's the only good physical feature) and then he has got bloodshot eyes. He look like a corpse... Now you understand why Frankenstein was afraid of his creation !
Quote of the day :
« I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. »
Thomas A. Edison
Interview about the online dating.
Jonathan explaining to Jeff what is online dating. He said that people are rushed and it's difficult to meet people. If you go on online dating sites you can find million of people. You just have to sign up, put your pictures, informations, where you live etc, but you can stay anonymous too. Then you can search people, and maybe you'll find the right one...
Quote of the day :
« Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. »
Albert Einstein
In the last lesson, we listened a podcast which deals with a girl, Marion, who didn't know if she should buy a laptop or a desktop computer. She ask Todd what he think about it, and what the differents between this two kinds of computers. He tell her that a desktop has more power, more memory etc than a laptop. She wants to keep contact with her family, work and store her photos from her digital camera so finally she prefer buy a laptop.
Quote of the day :
« I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do. »
Steve Jobs
The nouns and the verbs are the following :
Verbs :
to send
to chat
to create
to publish
to download
to listen to
to record
to register / to sign up
Nouns :
a mouse
a keyboard
a screen
a head phone
a wireless
a remote control
Quote of the day :
« A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. »
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is a Voki who talking about the english riots.
Quote of the day :
« All things are difficult before they are easy. »
Thomas Fuller
