5 posts tagged ‘France’
Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction
Boing Boing,
Is Collins' Pocket Interpreters: France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, suggesting that a trip to France was less about seeing the Eiffel Tower and more about navigating a gauntlet of pickpockets, stalkers, and blood loss. — Read the rest The post Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction appeared first on Boing Boing.
One man's horrific saga of inadvertantly destroying municipal infrastructure with superabsorbent water beads
With viral challenges getting bigger and broader in scope, it can be easy to forget the consequences they have on people around them. The cautionary tale of French TikToker Cyrilschr, however, serves as a sobering warning to those seeking to get a little too big for their britches. — Read the rest The post One man's horrific saga of inadvertantly destroying municipal infrastructure with superabsorbent water beads appeared first on Boing Boing.
Vivlio
mjtsai,
Romain Dillet (via Jason Snell): While Amazon’s Kindle is the clear leader and Rakuten’s Kobo the obvious challenger, Vivlio has been building an open European alternative to these two tech giants. And it proves that you can compete with tech giants with a team of 35 as long as you have a distinct strategy with […]
Ridley Scott Cares Diddly Squat About France’s Feelings
Vulture,
The Napoleon director isn’t trying to win over the Académie des Beaux-Arts here.
Frederick Wiseman Reveals the Mighty Substance of Culinary Luxury
The New Yorker,
The nonagenarian’s new film, “Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros,” examines the social and aesthetic context of a world-famous three-star restaurant.