I recently treated myself to a few seasons of Columbo “photoplays”, as they were called in the early 70s. Look at the quality glimmers! Here are the “memes” I collected along the way. Aren’t we all?… ”It’s a whole different attitude.” Awkward feminism: “[It’s the first time someone told me] they liked me for my … Continue reading Memes from Columbo episodes| coralie's contemplations in markup
Léonie Watson tagged me last week in her blog questions entry “tag, you’re it!”. It’s a thing that has been going on since the start of the year, I think, where people are all answering the same set of questions about their blog, and then pass the baton. I’m in good company, being tagged by … Continue reading Tag, you’re it!| coralie's contemplations in markup
I realized this week that I seem to have a lot more interest in architecting than in execution. I also remembered that we become different persons based on what happens to us or the choices we have, even based on how good or bad we feel. Change may occur gradually after a long time or … Continue reading Architecting| coralie's contemplations in markup
2024 was the 5th year in a row I've been exercising daily. This is my review post of my exercising year 2024.| coralie's contemplations in markup
I would like to draw big! If only because of the person this will go to, but also because it’s a challenge in a good way, relative to my usual practice. I am still not there yet 😅 A combination of things that go in the way (procrastination maybe? fear of failure certainly) and there’s … Continue reading Art: Torii in forest (more prototyping)| coralie's contemplations in markup
I want to draw big! I am not there yet 😅 This will be for my friend Amy who has a frame to fill and wanted a red Torii in a forest. Loose pencil sketch on A3 paper (11×17 inches). Trying the various reds and greens I have on a folded printing paper, and making … Continue reading Art: Torii in forest (prototyping)| coralie's contemplations in markup
Riverside at dusk, inspired from artwork by Hasui Kawase. Acrylic on two postcards (10.5×15.5 cm) side by side in a white wooden frame (21×29.7 cm). It took me about 5 hours for both paintings. I wrapped and sent it to David to thank him for sending me honey he made.| coralie's contemplations in markup
It’s been 13 days since I last saw her. Our semi-feral cat, with us five years, was estimated to be 17 or 18 years old. A respectable age to bow out. Since February 2019 when I brought her home, there was not a single day without her showing up several times a day to be … Continue reading Goodbye Jack| coralie's contemplations in markup
I was excited to use Piwigo on my self-hosted site but encountered significant issues with its functionality, particularly with GPS metadata for photos. I tried solving the problems but felt overwhelmed and frustrated. Despite considering hiring help, I will continue to use Flickr while feeling disheartened by my technical challenges.| coralie's contemplations in markup
This is a docked houseboat and snow, based on artwork from the 1930s by Hasui Kawase. Acrylic on watercolor postcard (10.5×15.5 cm), in a white wooden frame. It took me about 3 hours, including painting the mat in pale blue so that only the snow and the frame would be white.| coralie's contemplations in markup
To thank the people who attended my mother’s funeral and the people who sent condolences cards, I made and sent (22) homemade cards on watercolor paper, using acrylic paint pens to create three patches of solid colors and a black pen to draw the outline of a monstera leaf in the foreground:| coralie's contemplations in markup
My mum passed away on Thursday 25 April 2024. She was found on Monday 29 April. She died in her bed, in her sleep, and didn’t suffer. I don’t remember when I last spoke to her. Probably over a year ago. The last time I wrote about her, 8 months ago, to put into words … Continue reading RIP Maman, Laurence Victoria Taranto Mercier| coralie's contemplations in markup
Today I read We Need To Rewild The Internet by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon (April 16, 2024), and I selected personal annotated highlights from it.| coralie's contemplations in markup
Somehow I missed the fourth anniversary, two weeks ago, of my exercising daily 🤷🏻 It’s probably become so much part of my life now that I don’t pay as much attention to the day it all started in 2020. That 8 March 2020, my Apple Watch suggested that it wasn’t too late if I wanted … Continue reading Four years of daily exercise \o/| coralie's contemplations in markup
25 January 1999 was my first day at W3C. I was 23 years old when I started. I’ve now spent more than half my life at that. I regret nothing because I find the work I do really interesting, important, meaningful; and I don’t tire of it because I feel like there’s renewal every now … Continue reading 25th work anniversary| coralie's contemplations in markup
This blog was hosted on wordpress.com in 2013-2023, and displayed at koalie.blog since 2018. This setup expires –and will close– in July 2024. These are my notes for future me and whoever may be curious. Blogging software I’ve been blogging offline since 2005 (I used a local instance of Blosxom as a diary which I … Continue reading mv wordpress.com WordPress (self-hosted)| coralie's contemplations in markup
2023 is the fourth year in a row I’ve been exercising daily. This is a review post of my exercising year 2023, similar to the summaries I wrote for 2022, 2021 and 2020. 2023 was another good year where I got a lot of fulfillment out of exercising. I’ve worked out everyday except 3 days, … Continue reading Exercising: 2023 review| coralie's contemplations in markup
Gouache painting of my siberian cat, Mickey-Raccoon, curled up on the side. (Commission from DanielD for his sister who regularly gives me hand-made ceramic items <3) Step by step| coralie's contemplations in markup
For my son’s 16th birthday, I painted a dragon. Adrien wanted me to paint some version of Toothless and Light Fury from the movie series “How to train your dragon”. I had intended to paint them in gouache. But in the meantime I discovered the Sennelier Payne’s Grey ink brushpen. This is after a digital … Continue reading Art: Payne’s Grey Dragon| coralie's contemplations in markup
I discovered the Sennelier brushpen in Payne’s Grey and was enamoured with its indigo blue. I used it with a water brushpen on thick watercolour paper. For the boat I used the Geranium Red Kuretake…| coralie's contemplations in markup
Léonie Watson tagged me last week in her blog questions entry “tag, you’re it!”. It’s a thing that has been going on since the start of the year, I think, where people are all answering the same set of questions about their blog, and then pass the baton. I’m in good company, being tagged by Léonie, AND being tagged with Lola Odelola and Mia (Miriam Suzanne)! I’ve known Léonie for a long time (over a decade for sure), but I’ve met Mia only twice at meetings in Seville (2023) a...| coralie's contemplations in markup
“Humanity’s biggest problems require a collective intelligence that’s smarter than any of us individually, but we can’t do that if our tools are systematically downgrading u…| coralie's contemplations in markup
2023-11-16 update: since release 3.8, which happened yesterday on my tablet, straight lines are now available as a new feature! | coralie's contemplations in markup
An author for IEEE asked me last week, for an article he’s writing, to write a high level introduction to the World Wide Web Consortium, and what its day-to-day work looks like. | coralie's contemplations in markup
The myth of “neutral” tech “Systemic fragility will persist as long as it is culturally and legally justifiable.” Center for Humane Technology Claiming that technology is &#…| coralie's contemplations in markup
Externalities “Our economic activity is causing the death of the living planet and economists say, ‘Yeah, yeah, that’s an environmental externality.’ There’s something…| coralie's contemplations in markup
Technology vs. human nature As humans, we inherit evolutionary conditioning that developed over millions of years. Center for Humane Technology 🤔 Not to freak out entirely just yet, but my brain ju…| coralie's contemplations in markup
Setting the stage (notes from 2022-07-10) “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions; and god-like technology.”Dr. E.O. Wilson, …| coralie's contemplations in markup
This module addresses how to make lasting changes, building on the tenets of humane technology and highlighting the most pressing issues and stakes around building technology that interacts with hu…| coralie's contemplations in markup
This module explores the goal ultimately of humane technology: respecting human nature, minimizing harmful consequences, centering (on) values, creating (fostering) shared understanding, supporting…| coralie's contemplations in markup
Justice is the degree to which citizens can practically experience democratic values such as freedom of speech, due process, voting. A “capability approach”, as described by Professors …| coralie's contemplations in markup
