- USA 2-0 Mexico (Again… the team needs more than a winning mentality to win)
- Scotland 2-2 Finland (Interesting usage of new players by both teams)
- Belgium 0-2 Czech Republic (Belgium still seems to have forgotten how to play)
- UK 0-1 Spain (Horrible game, great goal by Iniesta)
- France 0-1 Argentina (Most entertaining match overall last night)
Category Archives: in english
Globalisation is…
a Vietnamese student correcting the English language usage of a French marketing teacher in Brussels…
And a Mexican posting about it in his blog.
3rd Matchday: Chivas 0-1 Pachuca.
Chivas lost on an injury time goal from Landín at home.
At least the team knows now that they aren’t invincible, so they should keep alert.
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Best explanation I’ve ever seen of Web 2.0 below. Ties in quite well with what we’ve discussed on the singularity.
Via Noveno Colectivo and Ceronne.
Le Superbowl
Few things I know are weirder than a Mexican watching the Superbowl in Brussels via a French
channel at 2 a.m. Shortly thereafter I went to sleep, and Chicago lost.
The photo is from the kickoff and ensuring touchdown run. What an amazing start! And to think I don’t even like gridiron that much.
Merci France 2!
The Rainbow
Heard from a friend, having a conversation with his little kid.
“Dad, what’s that?”
“That’s a rainbow.”
“But what is it.”
“It is something that God puts in the sky.”
“God has to be a little girl then.”
“Why?”
“Because only little girls would think about putting so many colours in the sky.”
Human Rights for Robots
I read this in the Financial Times some time ago and it definitely caught my attention. Given that we would be approaching the singularity supposedly soon, it doesn’t sound so out of touch with reality.
Talking about this with some people I know, they were decidedly spooked by this given that, they say, “robots don’t have a soul”. The issue of having it or not for me is irrelevant, for as long as something is self-aware and can express it they should have rights (this applies also to animals). I wanted to give them an introduction to this, but they dismissed it as a waste of time, and truth be told, our world has more pressing concerns.
I wonder if they will still think that way later on.
Hittail review
I’m using a search hits reporting tool called HitTail. This way, I now know that people searching the internet find my blog while looking for Mexican hand gestures (yes, I still have to post that video in YouTube) or Pan’s Labrynth.
If you write a blog, I’m sure this utility will be useful.
Political Compass
I found this from Ceronne’s blog, and just had to take the questionnaire. What about you?
The top ten international stories you missed in 2006
The interesting list from Foreign Policy magazine here.
I, for one, didn’t know that for example Russia is selling arms to Latin America.