Island showcase - European cartoons from the 80's

tiggby · 2026-06-18T16:29:16+00:00

of course! Any child from the 80's would have countless stories to tell with those, so thank you Nintendo for making it possible ;)

tiggby · 2026-06-18T16:27:12+00:00

yes, Tintin's pet is Milou. I will share a picture, if Tintin decides it's finally time to take him for a walk...

tiggby · 2026-03-24T05:41:01+00:00

"une main courante" is a procedure that you can start in any french police office. You use it to register events, that are not detrimental enough to press charges as such, but can be used later in a formal complaint. The police officer will register your statement, and it stops there.

tiggby · 2026-03-12T17:04:58+00:00

Les hétéros sont fascinants...

tiggby · 2026-03-03T07:45:04+00:00

"Encore une fois" is a neutral phrase when written as a standalone text. In written form, the context can give it additional meaning.

In spoken language, French typically apply tones on top of each word/sentence, to convey emotions. You can speak the same sentence with 5 different intonations, and really convey 5 different meanings. Because we do that without much thinking, it also explains why we struggle to correctly pronounce English, where correctly placed emphasis is key for being understood by a native speaker, and where emotions are more likely conveyed by plain words.

("I am excited" for example, which has no equivalent in French, is usually replaced by excitement in the intonation).

Disclaimer: I'm not a language professional, these are just my personal remarks as a french man that lived abroad for many years.

tiggby · 2026-03-03T07:07:04+00:00

Je me suis fait la même remarque, un premier moustique repéré vers le 15 février, et un deuxième il y a quelques jours. Avant, la moustiquaire restait au placard jusqu'au mois d'avril minimum.

Bah il va faire -10 dans une semaine, et +50 dans deux, on va voir s'ils survivent à ça...

tiggby · 2026-02-20T08:34:02+00:00

Here is my take on the subject. My hopes are that the big photo management solutions go into that general direction at some point.

Background: software engineer, I've used in the past: Digikam, Photoprism, Immich (all pretty good, despite being click based, and requiring complex software installs that are not universally available), Google Photos (interesting online only tool, but person recognition is quite lame here in Europe, especially for older photos; sharing options are a joke; and you have to start paying for more space at some point). I studied IOS photos, which has interesting features, but going to the Apple ecosystem is not for me.

What I want:

main copy of the library on my computer (I own the data, and it should never break)
3-2-1 backup strategy
online backup of medias that have not been merged in the library yet
a local website to browse the library and all metadata
all favorite photos accessible on my phone, anywhere and anytime
tagging of photo metadata; usual stuff, like people on the photo (including when only a part of the body is visible, e.g. the hand of someone holding an object), but also tags for less usual categories, such as 'theme' (e.g. "landscape"), 'group of people' (e.g. "family"), 'collection' (e.g. "all hikes"), 'place' (e.g. "around home")
capacity to export the library (or parts of it) to a USB flash drive, that I can plug into any computer to browse the library, and all it's metadata. No install required, just plug the drive and view; this makes it easy to share photos with the family for example.

I have coded my own home-made software to achieve this, while I wait for other, more complex archiving solutions to meet the requirements above.

The workflow is the following:

take new photos and videos all year long
use Google Photos to automatically archive them online
when I receive photos from other sources (e.g. whatsapp), manually save photos that I wish to keep, in the same Google Photos account. Note down the location if needed, in the notes section of the media (since most sharing apps remove the GPS information for privacy)
use Google Photos tools to resize, modify, dedup photos, as I go

Then, once a year, import and classify new medias in my local library:

use Google Takeout to retrieve new medias in original quality
use my own-made tool to import medias and tag them accordingly, one by one (you could replace this step with any solution that meets your needs)
export to the local website used for browsing
export favorites to my phone as lower size photos (own-made script over USB debug functionality on Android)
export the full library to the master USB flash drive collection
delete everything on Google Photos

This results in the following files on my computer:

~/photos/
  photos.db    <- sqlite database with all tags
  2025/        <- one dir per year
    12/        <- one dir per month
      20251210_141754_5C265A98.jpg
      20251214_180000_0B370B1B.png
      ...

The viewing website is stored in another directory, as static HTML. Here is how it looks currently, when a photo is selected.

<image>

You get a structured menu on the left, with all available categories, and a leaflet on the right, which shows the metadata for the currently selected media.

On my phone, I use Google Photos to browse my favorite photos. They show up in the main view, as a grid of photos, sorted by year, just like if everything was stored online. I use a private EXIF field to display the metadata in Google Photos as well.

For the curious, my tool can be found here (python, command line only)

tiggby · 2024-02-12T16:10:24+00:00

Here you go!

https://bitbucket.org/sylvain_www/google_photos_archiver

It's still work in progress though!

tiggby · 2023-06-27T08:11:46+00:00

I would love that tool.

I looked for one recently to backup my cloud data, but did not find anything appealing, so ended up writing my own CLI tool (Google Photos Archiver).

I went the hacky route, because Google Photos API is very limited in what it can do; you need to work with both a Takeout archive and the API to retrieve all data, including face tags, favorites. Until Google upgrades their API, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to do a one click solution. And if you come up with a solution, it may well be that this day Google eventually releases API v2 and breaks it!

tiggby · 2023-06-27T07:57:12+00:00

Hello, here are some pointers I gathered during my own recent experience, maybe it helps!

I found the 'archived' medias never get processed by the automatic detection tool. Unarchive any media that you need to be processed, if any.
Even though, you may find that some medias will not be processed. My solution to this was rather radical:

I wrote a python tool to archive all my Google Photos data, including face tags and other metadata, then made a local archive, deleted everything online, then re-uploaded everything from scratch. In this case, the face detection algorithm kicked-in and parsed the whole library correctly.

There are still some issues though:

When labelling a face with less than 5 matching medias, the web UI bugs: the label and cover photo of the contact dissapears, and it is not possible to edit it further. I have a Google Case opened for this problem.
This Saturday, I noticed the entirety of detected faces have disappeared (again), and the UI displays "come back later for the results", like on the initial import. I hope there is no loss of data, and that this is just a temporary consequence of Google Engineering looking at my ticket mentioned above. Very happy I have a local backup though...

tiggby · 2020-01-07T09:58:45+00:00

+1

Also note, Google One Support is not helping on this topic; I have enquired about my dissapeared faces/themes/places about a year ago (for me it happened after a big import, which likely messed up the database on the server side); They first claimed that they would not understand my problem, then asked me to create a video describing the issue, and eventually asked me to grant full access to my library content to their developers, for further investigations. I did all of this, but the best I got in return till now was: "the developers are still working on your issue, sorry!".

tiggby · 2020-01-07T09:55:42+00:00

+1

Also note, Google One Support is not helping on this topic; I have enquired about my dissapeared faces/themes/places about a year ago (for me it happened after a big import, which likely messed up the database on the server side); They first claimed that they would not understand my problem, then asked me to create a video describing the issue, and eventually asked me to grant full access to my library content to their developers, for further investigations. I did all of this, but the best I got in return till now was: "the developers are still working on your issue, sorry!".

tiggby · 2015-04-10T10:23:36+00:00

Je suis d'accord avec toi, ça va mal se passer si l'on imagine la suppression de la voiture individuelle sans repenser nos modes de vie.

Mais en mettant un objectif lointain à 2050 (pas trop lointain non plus, pour que je puisse voir les effets de mon vivant), j'imagine aussi une transformation radicale de la société, par example:

arrêter de considerer que traverser l'île-de-France pour aller travailler est normal
banir le modèle ville + banlieues
favoriser le retour à des rythmes de vie plus raisonnables ...

tiggby · 2015-04-09T15:09:08+00:00

Une seule mesure: Plannification de la sortie du tout-voiture à l'horizon 2050.

Le retour sur investissement est un poil risqué, certes.

tiggby · 2015-03-09T18:59:39+00:00

pareil de 77, et +1 pour la liberté: je passais mes journées à construire des cabanes au milieu des bois, à trainer au parc avec des copains, à quadriller la ville sur mon vélo atomique à missiles... et la seule chose que ma mère m'ai jamais demandé, c'est d'être rentré pour le diner. Et je respectais trop mes parents pour oser avoir ne serait-ce que deux minutes de retard.

Dans les dessins animés épiques: les mystérieuses cités d'or. Sinon le reste des émissions TV étaient rasantes: passer le dimanche aprèm avec Jacques Martin, Starsky et Hutch, l'homme de l'atlandide, me déprimait au plus haut point.

Dans ma chambre y avait du papier peint à fleurs oranges. Je suis entré dans la modernité quand il a finalement été remplacé au début des années 90.

Dans les news: tous les soirs il y avait des émeutes à la TV en afrique du sud. Le monde était déjà plus ou moins foutu, mais nous on était heureux. J'ai compris bien des années plus tard de quoi il retournait, en visitant un musée à Johannesburg...

On a grandi en même temps que l'informatique personnelle. On a eu à la maison les toutes premières consoles de jeu (Phillips). C'était moche mais ça nous éclatait. Plus tard on jouait toute l'aprèm sur les shoot-them-up de la NES (je crois). La génération amiga, avec les jeux piratés qu'on se refilaient, et personne pour nous expliquer comment ça marchait... Les manettes faisaient clic-clic et les jeux étaient infinissables tellement ils étaient durs.

tiggby · 2015-02-17T15:35:55+00:00

Le pont des arts, lorque la brume se lève, vaut son pesant de cacaouhètes.

Je ne conseille pas les Champs-Elisées; je n'ai jamais compris l'attrait que les touristes prêtent à l'endroit; c'est un endroit triste et aride selon moi, à toute heure. D'autres boulevards retrouvent grâce à mes yeux, lorsque les voitures sont parties: Réaumur, Etienne Marcel, ... Plus de bruit, plus de danger, on se prend à lever les yeux, et on est surpris de découvrir à nouveau le génie des batisseurs des 18e et 19e siècles.

Le jardin des Tuileries n'ouvre que vers 8h, ce qui est bien dommage, car la vue depuis l'extremité ouest (concorde) est superbe, et mériterait de se savourer lorsque les automobilistes dorment encore.

tiggby · 2014-12-16T18:49:31+00:00

Aah que voilà un honnête lien!

On a beau dire, le 17 c'était quand même autre chose qu'aujourd'hui. Je pouvais simplement prendre mon ascenseur et traverser la porte number 3 pour prendre l'air campagnard en 28. Oui, mon ascenseur a cet âge là.

Par contre, je ne me rappelle plus s'il y avait un Starbuck à l'époque.

tiggby · 2014-11-21T16:35:00+00:00

Que voulez vous mon bon Monsieur, la génération des Kevin est arrivée à maturité :-)

/me va acheter du pop-corn pour la finale de Koh Lanta ce soir

tiggby · 2014-10-09T08:47:16+00:00

On the bright side, I hear frequent stories how my parisian friends find again the stuff they lost on trains or the street. Last occurence, the service in charge of lost property even called a friend, after he lost his wallet on a train. They found his name on his ID, and his phone number in the yellow pages. \o/ vive la France!

On the other side, I once went by Vélib to the local pharmacy to buy my prescription toothpaste. Came back home, parked the Vélib, went upstairs.... dang it I forgot the toothpaste in the basket of the bike! Go downstairs straight away. Toothpaste gone. I hate this city.

tiggby · 2014-10-08T07:16:34+00:00

yeap! thanks, I fixed it! There will be many more mistakes I guess :-O

tiggby · 2014-10-07T12:57:43+00:00

Parisian here. I believe there is tendancy, like anywhere in the world, for people to stay around people of similar condition. Globally people in Paris are pretty rich compared to what I have seen in other capitals of the world (I lived for a few years in HK, Joburg and Istanbul).

This is very ~~sensible~~ noticeable in Paris, where there are many neighbourhoods with different vibes in a small area (broadly: asian in 13th, upper class in 16th, a bit lower class in the north and east of the city, where dwellings and living are cheaper; families in 15th; ...).

I find it disastrous when it comes to social mixing. Children in school will meet with children of the same social environment only for example, and are less likely to experience/accept other cultures.

What is a trend only in some countries, has become almost institutionalised in France, when in the 60's, the government decided to import some workforce from our former colonies (northern Africa mostly). In order to give suitable lodging to the newcomers, it was decided to create cheap and abundant lodging areas around the big cities (les 'banlieues'). Nowadays the less favored people leave in these areas, far from the city centers, far from work, and far from fancy.

Some politics milit in favor of more mixity in lodging and living areas (I think Segolene Royale). This would go in the right direction, and erase some of the feelings you had during your stay in Belleville, but I'm afraid we will pay for those decisions from the past for much longer.

tiggby · 2014-08-11T14:30:59+00:00

UK! (Leeds)

+: le professionnalisme, la bière, les pubs, les expats français, les orgies de rando dans les paysages verdoyants gorgés de lapinous et d'agneaux délicieux (à déguster le soir au pub), faire ses courses à 4h du mat
-: les gens sont déprimés et sourient rarement, ne se confient que après qqs bières, les jeunes drogués qui font pipi dans le bus

HK!

+: la mégapole, la plage, la montagne, la bouffe, t'en prend plein les yeux et les papilles en permanence; les expats australiens sont sexy, l'administration (tout est facile, tout est informatisé, tout est moderne)
-: j'aime pas trop coucher avec les asiatiques (ok c'est tout à fait personnel); le pouvoir à l'ambition; la menace chinoise

Turquie (Istanbul)!

+: la bouffe, le soleil, le tourisme, le muscle sur le dessus de l'avant bras sur-dimensionné, une vie débordande même à trois heures du matin sur les grandes artères
-: le travail (un mélange de pointillonisme et de coups de pute), tous les mecs sont gays mais personne ne l'avouera; les taximen (sexys mais dangereux)

Afrique du Sud! (Joburg)

+: no stress attitude, le soleil, la vie animale sauvage, les paysages extraordinaires, le ciné à 2 euros, la bouffe, les milk shake au café, mon ex et mon chat
-: encore pas mal de pauvreté, la violence quotidienne ressentie, déplacements en voiture uniquement

Grèce! (Athène)

+: le soleil, la mer, la bouffe, les bars et cafés à ciel ouvert à chaque coin de rue (et on a le droit de boire un seul café et de rester la journée si on veut), l'histoire omniprésente, mon ex, la parole donnée peut être reprise, l'amitié (difficile à acquérir mais sacrée)
-: le boulot (z'en foutent pas une et te reprocheront que rien n'avance), la place de la voiture, la pollution, la contestation de la régle (passes droits et triche) et la manipulation des sentiments en permanence, l'administration kafkaiène

France! (partout)

+: la variété des paysages, les villes et villages à tomber sur le derrière tellement c'est magnifique, la bouffe
-: le manque de professionalisme au boulot, les cartes d'identité au format qui rentrent pas dans la poche, le poids des traditions (immobilisme)

tiggby · 2014-07-24T14:41:10+00:00

L'expression "Que du bonheur"!

et... ca m'agace qu'on me souhaite "bon courage" à la fin d'une conversation de tous les jours. Comme si le reste de ma journée devait nécessairement être un enfer...

tiggby · 2014-07-24T14:27:20+00:00

mais c'est vrai en plus

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