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Les perles du web - Les perles du web du 24 avril. Why I Wanted to Interview Henry Blodget Altucher Confidential. Posted by James Altucher Last week I interviewed Henry Blodget about the fallout he experienced when (and after) he was going through the whole Spitzer crusade against him. The interview will be online at Businessinsider.com shortly. [Update: Here it is] It reminded me of a few years ago when I was talking to a multi-billion dollar hedge fund manager that Spitzer had also gone after in one of his glorious escapades.

“My secretary told me Spitzer was on the phone,” this guy said to me, “So while Spitzer was on hold I literally got on the other line and got $60 million ready with my bank just to instantly settle with Spitzer. Who needs the grief?” He said to me. By contrast, Henry Blodget got grief from Spitzer. Not to find out what happened. I didn’t care about the details in the case. For awhile, we hoped for blood. But I wanted to talk to Henry. He was an English lit major with nobody returning his calls and his bank account being drained and a family to feed. Related Posts: World’s oldest man dies at 114 - BlogPost. Posted at 09:19 AM ET, 04/15/2011 Apr 15, 2011 01:19 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost Walter Breuning, 114 years old, sits for an interview in the lobby of his senior residence in Great Falls, Mont., on Oct. 6, 2010.

(Michael Albans - AP) The world’s oldest man died of natural causes in a Montana hospital Thursday, the Associated Press reported. Walter Breuning had memories that encompassed two world wars, the Great Depression, the “swinging ’60s,’ the space race, and the technological revolution. But his first memory was from when he was three years old, when his grandfather would tell him tales of killing Southerners in the Civil War. “I thought that was a hell of a thing to say,” Breuning said. Breuning worked for the Great Northern Railway for more than 50 years, starting at just $90 a month. When Breuning sat down for an interview with the AP this past October, he offered what he thought were the secrets to long life. . — Embrace change, even when the change slaps you in the face. Des hommes, un Dieu et du vin sur une île. L'île Saint-Honorat est la plus petite des deux îles de Lérins, au large de Cannes, dans les Alpes-Maritimes.

Elle est accessible après une traversée d'une vingtaine de minutes, à quelques encablures de la Croisette, de ses festivals et de ses paillettes. L'ile abrite des moines depuis plus de seize siècles. Au gré des vicissitudes de l'Histoire, des invasions espagnoles ou autres, de la Révolution Française et diverses convulsions, c'est désormais une communauté de moines cisterciens qui est propriétaire des lieux. Les moines sont aussi vignerons. Ils pressent un vin corsé, très méditerranéen, élevé en alcool (14,5°) et pas vraiment bon marché. Les moines sont également hôteliers.

L'endroit est magnifique, coupé du monde mais avec l'électricité, des cabines France-Télécom dans la pinède, une connexion 3G sur tout le territoire et un excellent restaurant assez dispendieux. L'endroit vaut néanmoins le détour. (vous pouvez agrandir chaque photo en cliquant dessus) 37 Videos That Will Blow Your Mind and Inspire Renegade Action. It’s been an extraordinary year. And, as one of my thank you gifts for 2009, I’ve compiled this collection of 37 stunningly inspirational videos. Some you may know, many others will been new to you. But, each has immense power to instantly change your state of mind, your state of being…and your life.

Not because of the cinematography, the music or the editing. But, because the stories they tell bring us spiraling instantly back to what really matters. If you enjoy these inspirational videos, please: Revisit this post often to recharge and find motivation to come alive.Share any other videos you’d like to add to the list the comments below, and…Bookmark/share this post on del.icio.us, stumbleupon and twitter. Without further ado, in no specific order… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

And, feel free to add your own comments and additions in the comments below… Plain and simple. Du journalisme à la mauvaise foi, il n'y a qu'un pas | Benoit Deschodt … journaliste … La mission d’information parlementaire sur la prostitution remet son rapport ce mercredi à Roselyne Bachelot, la ministre des Solidarités. Il propose notamment de pénaliser les clients, en leur infligeant peine de prison et amende. 20 Minutes.fr Je suis une prostituée. Une pute. Une racoleuse active, passive, alternative. Je serais presque tentée de dire, heureusement, j’ai les fidèles. Pierre, le cabossé de la vie. Paul le poulpe… Il n’a jamais connu un regard désirant. Jacques le golden boy. Je reçois aussi Francis, Nicolas, Jean-Louis, et Nathalie parfois… et tous, toutes viennent là comme on va à confesse.

Je suis la Vierge pour eux… Et toi, pauvre con, tu voudrais qu’ils paient pour leurs souffrances… mais ils paient déjà, ils paient à chaque fois qu’ils viennent me voir. Tout ce que tu feras, c’est d’enfoncer encore un peu plus dans la crasse et la souillure du monde les filles et leurs clients. Les pires atrocités sont toujours commises avec les meilleurs intentions du monde… What Lucky People Do Different. Today’s guest contributor is former Wall Street Journal and Fortune writer, Erik Calonius. Erik collaborated with Dan Ariely on Predictably Irrational and he has a new book out from Penguin Portfolio, Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us. A few years ago I was standing in the garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer. I had an excellent guide that autumn morning: Steve Jobs himself. He was showing me where his desk sat in the cramped space; where Woz had his workbench; where they piled the boxes of freshly built Apple I’s.

“Look at this,” he exclaimed, pointing to the far wall. In the corner was a full-page newspaper ad for the Apple I computer, circa 1980. The headline read: What Is A Personal Computer? Today we certainly know what a personal computer is. The thing we don’t know today concerns Steve himself. Recently I stumbled upon a Stanford graduation address that answers that question surprisingly well.

He added, [Blog pro] Avantages et intérêt des interviews sur des blogs professionnels. Bonjour ! Quels sont les objectifs d’une interview sur un blog ? Vous l’aurez remarqué, je fais régulièrement des interviews sur ce blog (la dernière en date : celle de Camille, du Tiroir à collants). On me demandait l’autre jour pourquoi, qu’est-ce que j’en retirais… Sur ce sujet, je ne vais pas donner uniquement le point de vue du blogueur (le mien, hein ?

Je ne me substitue pas à toute la communauté…) mais également celui qui est interviewé… Il est très intéressant à mon avis de publier régulièrement des interviews, d’une manière ou d’une autre, du contenu produit par d’autres personnes (vous voyez où je veux en venir ? Découvrir Echanger Promouvoir Cette trilogie est intéressante, non ? Une interview est une découverte Souvent le blogueur qui propose cette interview connait déjà la personne interviewée. Je n’interviewe pas non plus les personnes au hasard, c’est bien qu’il y a un rapport avec ma ligne éditoriale. Une interview est un échange Et vous, qu’en pensez-vous ? Bushido: the future of hosting. Not too long ago, Sean Grove, a Hacker News and #startups member, showed me his latest project, Bushido.

It blew me away so much that I ended up advising him to not show it to anyone. But I'll write another article about that some other time. Today, I want to talk about Bushido itself, because it's an awesome project that deserves the attention. Birthing pains Whenever I pick up or want to adapt any kind of new Rails project, a painful question comes up eventually: where will I deploy this new thing? I already have well-documented and practiced setup documentation, to take a standard Debian install, secure it, set up the right users and SSH keys, set up the database, install the right version of Ruby and Rails, setup capistrano, setup the backup system, and so on.

But even so, it typically takes at least a few hours and is really tedious work. I think I spent several weeks hesitating about where to host swombat.com, before I launched it, and then a good half-day setting it up. Aaaah!