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Geekdom Review

Rings of Power (season 1) Review Part II : Things I liked … less …. or not

Part II in my review of “Rings of Power” tv series : What was … not so good.

loopy
July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
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Geekdom Review

Rings of Power (season 1) Review Part I : Let’s stay positive

So I finally did it. I sat down and watched the entire first season of the "Rings of Power", the much-awaited Amazon Studio funded and...

loopy
June 18, 2023June 22, 2023
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Cinema Review

Film Review : La nuit du 12 (The night of the 12th)

A review of the French awared-winning crime thriller “La nuit du 12” (The night of the 12th) ; one of the most moving films that left devastated in years.

loopy
April 3, 2023May 18, 2023
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School stories

Follow-up : Digital Generation my *#&!

Follow up on the previous post : any technology once it matures. It just works, but we’re all the more dependent on it, the more it transforms into a magical black box of technology.

loopy
February 27, 2023February 27, 2023
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Funny School stories

Tales from School : Digital Generation my *#&!

The frustration was evident on his face as he declared “Sir … the sun buttons isnt work!ing”

loopy
February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
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Funny Physics/Science

On the current state of particle physics & ObG : Physics theories as women

A quick post on Sabine Hossenfelders video last week criticizing the state of research in Particle physics. AND an old but good : Physics theories as women!

loopy
February 16, 2023February 18, 2023
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Funny Geekdom

Oldie but Goodie (ObG) : Top ten things I hate about star trek

Top ten things I hate about Star Trek (an oldie but goodie from the 20 years ago …), not that i necessarily agree with most of this, but still…funny.

loopy
January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
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Essay School stories

Hypothesis and fear in the classroom – Part II

The more I thought about episode during the day, the more it came back to a some chronic problems with our current education system …

If I were to simplify things into a soundbite : “In north america you get marks what you know, in France you lose marks for what you don’t know”.

loopy
December 29, 2022January 7, 2023
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School stories

Hypothesis and fear in the classroom – Part I

My students in Terminale (final year of high school) had a chemistry test today on acids and bases. In the past I've always enjoyed tests...

loopy
December 29, 2022January 5, 2023
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Arts/Letters

The Sound of Sohrab’s Footfalls

A brief biography of the great modern Iranian Poet Sohrab Sepehri, and some of my own translations of his work.

loopy
October 6, 2022July 6, 2023
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