Articles posted on May 13th, 2003

Football: EPL (England) vs. Ligue 1 (France)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 • 9:41 pm

Comparing the current standing for the French Premier League with the final standing for the EPL, it’s fairly easy to see what’s wrong with the French league. With only two more games to play, the current leader (Lyon) has 67 points from 19 wins, 10 draws, and 7 defeats, and a goal difference of +25. […]

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Adobe becoming another Microsoft

Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 • 9:18 pm

Last June, Photoshop book author Don Margulis wrote an extensive and scathing review of Photoshop 7 and the many infuriating and totally unnecessary quirks it introduced: “The Upgrade from Marketing” by Don Margulis, Electronic Publishing We can all applaud the new brushes, Healing and otherwise, the Patch tool, the File Browser, and most of all, […]

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Monsieur Net

Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 • 5:43 pm

Je trouve tout de même incroyable qu’un produit aussi courant que le détergent “Mr. Clean”, qui a déjà un nom français bien établi en France (“M. Propre”), a un nom français différent ici au Canada (“M. Net”). Pourquoi diable les francophones du Canada persistent-ils à vouloir adopter une traduction différente de celle qui est utilisée […]

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