Here and there

"Overtalented" - Little Miss Allen.



A breath of fresh air. Christmas is around the corner, I'll be off to Paris on Saturday. In the meantime, I welcome the lightness.

"Above all, this man is an asshole" - from lil'sis. With subtitles.

And here's something else, with no thanks:

Internet addictions
Thursday, December 21, 2006

The Internet has given birth to a quirky range of addictions and maladies, the British weekly New Scientist notes in this week's issue.
They include: Ego-surfing: When you frequently check your name and reputation on the Internet. Blog streaking: "Revealing secrets or personal information online, which for everybody's sake would be bestkept private." Crackberry: "The curse of the modern executive - notbeing able to stop checking your BlackBerry, even at yourgrandmother's funeral." Google-stalking: Defined as "snooping onlineon old friends, colleagues or first dates." Cyberchondria: "A headacheand a peculiar rash at the same time? Extensive online research tells you it must be cancer." Photolurking: Flicking through a photo albumof someone you have never met. Wikipediholism: Excess devotion tocontributing to the online collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia.(Wikipedia even has a page where you can test whether you're an addict.) Cheesepodding: Downloading of a song "so cheesy that youcould cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter."Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favorites from the 1970s. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE