Monthly Archives: December 2008

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A comprehensive illustrated 18-page document: The Design and the Construction of the Millau Viaduct In English, downloadable and printable.

Béatrice Dalle [born December 19, 1964, wiki] is a bit of an enfant terrible in French cinema. She scored international success with her 1986 film 37°2 le matin (released in the UK and USA as Betty Blue), and played a … Continue reading →

No matter how bad the car market is, there’s always a defense order that earns some money: Star Wars in the desert? The defense branch of Renault Trucks has won the contract to supply 20 armored cabs for tanker lorries … Continue reading →

Malaysian cartoonist Lat went to France and returned home with some nice cartoons about France and the French. Here are two of them: More here | Via Digg

Intriguing clip by director Thomas Potez (website). I don’t know anything about him, but the song Où je vais la nuit is by (Philippe) Katerine. It’s quite sensuous and I like it. [quicktime width="450" height="338"]http://thomaspotez.com/Films/Katerine.mov[/quicktime] Si tu savais où je … Continue reading →

Meet Marie Steiss [wiki]. If you’ve never heard of her you may know her father, disgraced French ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin [wiki]. Marie, who uses her fake name to avoid being linked with her father (for the right or … Continue reading →

La clinique des poupees (the dolls clinic, website) in Bordeaux celebrates its tenth anniversary. Master doll surgeon Fabienne Mogue has won several prizes with her restoration work, and Reuters dedicates a series of pictures to her work. Click each for … Continue reading →

The small company that distributed the now (in)famous Carla Bruni bag has lost against the powerful legalists of the Sarkozy clan. Pardon was ordered to pay 40,000 euros to la prima donna, but must find some consolation in the fact … Continue reading →

This picture of the famous Millau Viaduct [wiki] is unique for two reasons. First, because it never snows so heavily in this part of France in December. Second, because so far it has never happened that the bridge could be … Continue reading →

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Barack Hussein Obama II is Time’s Person of the Year 2008. Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa was second runner-up, after Henry Merritt “Hank” Paulson Jr. Better hope for some luck next year!

It happened in the dark of night in Toulouse. The KLD Design art collective decorated the subway elevators with stickers and ceramics. The next day the result was clear to see. Remarkable! See more here | Via NotCot

I couldn’t find more information about this automobile, but it was way ahead of its time: The caption says: World Smallest Automobile Rambert France old photo 1934 in Clermont-Ferrand. Click for bigger (Vintage Photo).

The Telegraph features a picture gallery of Cities of the world, comparing late 16th and early 17th-century maps and engravings with current satellite images. Here’s Paris: This engraving shows the French capital hemmed in by city walls, but instantly recognisable … Continue reading →