Idle ramblings...

walks through nature, culture, and my mind

Danièle Laruelle

Danièle Laruelle

About me

Very Tigger like.

My work

"Literary" translator"... i.e., translator of books for publishing.

Fast facts

  • At the movies I like to see:Vintage B&W classics (The Big Sleep, Gilda), Orson Welles, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly...
  • Last movie seen:Abrazos rotos (Almodovar) - Home (Yann Arthus Bertrand & Luc Besson)
  • Music I listen to:Opera... Verdi! Classical & jazz. Tango.
  • Best album right now:Susana Rinaldi - anything!
  • Favorite author:Perhaps Pratchett just now.
  • Last book read:Whatever I am translating, I'm reading now with a vengeance!
  • Best game right now:Don't like games
  • Favorite sports team:None
  • I'm passionate about:music, books, ecology, computers, photography...
  • I wish I could:Use instantaneous travel...
  • Favorite travel destination:St Kilda, Scotland.
  • On my vacation I..:like taking photographs, being on a boat in the middle of the sea.
  • If I won 1 million dollars, I would:Work for pleasure only!
  • If I were a super hero I would:Save the planet from ecological disaster...
  • Fashion I rather not see again:Who cares about fashion, anyway?
  • My worst purchase ever:The dud good looking car that wrecked my finances...
  • I want my coffee..:Now!
  • Food I like:Good food, home cooked food
  • I don't like:money, having to work to buy time off, competition of any sort...
  • Software I use:Opera, Nisus Writer Pro, Adium, skype, Cyberduck, Graphic Converter... Oh, and OSX!
  • Hardware I use:Hooked on Mac, more than ever since the X cats and Unix core.
  • I discovered My Opera from:Opera, of course...

Why I choose the Opera browser

Because it's the best by MILES...

And it does everything as well - mail, chat, RSS...

And M2 is the most intelligent mailer I know.

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