Venice, Italy

From Bologna to Venezia The landscape on the train is lovely, with many bright colored houses. I would definitely stop and spend part of the day in Padova if my leg allowed for it, since my train stops there for a few minutes. Unfortunately I know it will ruin the rest of the day, so…

Bologna, Italy

In my last post, I left you a few minutes before being given a snack and then being fined 10 euros for having taken the wrong train? That is: I got the train that left from quay 2 at 1.50pm for Bologna instead of the train that left from quay 2 at 2pm for Bologna.…

Turin, Italy

Day 1: strolling around I am delighted to announce that the first thing that happened when I got out of the hostel this morning was running into a woman on a bike, telling her friend: « ma la pasta era buona! » (« but the pasta was good! »). I’m in Italy alright! I like Torino, I really do…

Grenoble to Torino

Because all trips have to start somewhere. I left home at 3.30pm, ready to take the first few trains: one to Chambéry, then a whole adventure ending in Torino a bit before 10pm. (Good thing summer time started today, or I’d be exhausted.) This first journey is the biggest hassle I’ll have of the entire…

March 2024 in review / Récap de mars 2024

I turn 30 years old today, and I am happy. This past month has been mostly about wrapping up everything before disappearing going on holidays for a month (and a half in the case of my day job). I finally feel ready for my trip − and my leg has healed enough that hopefully it…

My web archive, from 2001 to 2022

Finding the Internet Archive link for my 2012 blog made me realize that the Internet Archive (bless them, and of course, support them financially) has a bunch of my 2012 to 2017 blog posts which I mostly considered lost forever. While I might prefer for them to be lost forever, I’ll still dive into the…

101 blog posts ideas for your personal website

Inspired by James’s recent lists of 100 things you can do on your personal website, here’s a list of 100 blog posts you can write. They’re based on enthusiasm for blogging and writing, not SEO or career advancement like so many of these lists are. I didn’t want to say content so I said blog…

Une injonction à la pédagogie militante

Cet article est une injonction à la pédagogie militante − et oui, la pédagogie militante, c’est épuisant. Tout ce qui est dit dans cet article se limite au cadre fixé dans mon article Comprendre et éviter l’épuisement militant, c’est-à-dire le cadre d’une conversation privée entre des personnes de bonne foi qui se connaissent bien. Rappel…

Accessibility notes from your headache-prone friend

This blog post was written as part of this month’s IndieWeb carnival, hosted by orchids on the theme of Accessibility in the small web. It was written during the Brighton IndieWebCamp: I’m attending remotely, but having the livestream on makes me feel like I’m sitting with all these productive and likeable people and gives me…

Un plan marketing (presque) tout fait pour votre asso

Il y a deux associations que j’aime beaucoup mais dont je ne participe absolument pas aux événements et aux conversations, parce que leur communication ne se fait pas là où je peux y participer, ou qu’elles font toute leur comm sur des plateformes où l’algorithme me cache leurs publications ou me montre leur nouvelle soirée…