Ten:Ten

JM. Monday, 10:10

P1080822, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Bus extract....

JM. Saturday, 10:10

P1080818, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Strange sky this morning

JM. Wednesday, 10:10

P1080807, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

In the office, Muriel and Xavier are leaving...

JM. Saturday, 10:10

tenten - 24/10/2009, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

In a furniture store, looking for a living room table...

JM. Friday, 10:10

tenten - 23/10/2009, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

At work, morning coffee!

JM. Saturday, 10:10

P1080667, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Colors on the church floor... Good invitation to meditation no?

JM. Friday, 10:10

15 octobre 2009, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Outside of the Bordeaux office of my company where I will meet the R&D people. There is a continuous change here and I am sure that there will be new buildings there before next time I came...

JM. Wednesday, 10:10

14 octobre 2009, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

I am in a UK train for Hook in the countryside outside London.... very suburb feeling no?

JM. Sunday, 10:10

Luca runs runs runs, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Luca is in his "no picture" period: he just do not want to be photographied.... Just succeed to take this picture of him running!

JM. Friday, 10:10

tenten - 09/10/2009, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Muriel is working with me for more than a year now: we got good feeling and things are easy.

JM. Wednesday, 10:10

Bad weather in Helsinki, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Bad weather in Helsinki.
Not that cold (not yet) but windy and rainy...

JM. Tuesday, 10:10

In my way or Helsinki..., originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Leaving Paris for Helsinki....

JM. Sunday, 10:10

Luca à l'escrime, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Luca is doing his first fencing competition today: not go that well but he keeps good spirit even if he loose a lot ;-)

JM. Saturday, 10:10

tenten - 190909, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

In the bus in Paris going to the Quartier Latin...

JM. Thursday, 10:10

tenten - 170909, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Walking in Bordeaux to reach the office... Bordeaux is almost 500km from Paris so I do not go there that often!

JM. Tuesday, 10:10

tenten - 150909, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Today I am in Munchen in Germany... At this time in the taxi to reach the hotel where there will be the business workshop.

JM. Sunday, 10:10

P1080239, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

At the marketplace looking for vegetal, cheese and some meat.

JM. Saturday, 10:10

Luca runs in the Parc de Sceaux, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Luca runs in the Parc de Sceaux... He is 11 now and teenage is becoming more heavy! He suddenly decided that he do not want anymore to be photographied.... In this picture he was trying to escape the camera ;-)

JM. Thursday, 10:10

tenten - 130809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Walking on Corso Ruggiero in Cefalù.

JM. Monday, 10:10

tenten - 100809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Going to the beach....

The myth about 10:10

(posted by pam)

Why are clocks in pictures commonly set to 10:10? From Mental Floss:

First things first, let’s get the myths out of the way. There are plenty of people out there who think that clocks in advertisements and in-store displays are set this way memorialize Abraham Lincoln/John F. Kennedy/Martin Luther King Jr. because that was the time at which they were shot or died. In reality, Lincoln was shot at 10:15 p.m., and died the next morning at 7:22 a.m., JFK was shot at 12:30 p.m. CST and was pronounced dead 1 p.m. and MLK was shot 6:01 p.m. and pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.

Another theory has it that 10:10 was the time that an atomic bomb was dropped on either Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and the setting is in memory of the casualties. The Fat Man bomb was actually dropped on the former at 11:02 a.m. local time and the Little Boy on the latter at 8:15 a.m. local time.

The real reason for the setting? Aesthetics. The 10:10 position gives the clock or watch a number of benefits:

• The hands not overlapping, so they’re fully and clearly visible and their styling can be admired.

• The arrangement of the hands is symmetrical, which people generally find more pleasant than asymmetry, making the product more appealing to customers.

• The manufacturer’s logo, usually in the center of the face under the 12, is not only visible, but nicely framed by the hands.

• Additional elements on the face (like date windows and secondary dials), usually placed near the 3, 6, or 9, won’t be obscured.

According to the folks at Timex (who set their products at 10:09:36 exactly), the standard setting used to be 8:20, but this made the face look like it was frowning. To make the products look “happier,” the setting was flipped into a smile (occasionally, you’ll still see the 8:20 setting on some clocks or watches where the manufacturer’s logo is at bottom of the face above the 6).

Question: Had you heard any of these myths before?

JM. Friday, 10:10

tenten - 070809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Let's have a sea bath....

JM. Thursday, 10:10

tenten - 060809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Today I am on the "long beach" (litteral traduction of "lungomare") of Cefalù, weather is nice even is the sea is still unusually moving...

JM. Thursday, 10:10

tenten - 060809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Going down to Cefalù on the strada Ferla in a red Jeep...

JM. Wednesday, 10:10

tenten - 050809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Walking along the beach of Cefalù (called the "lungo mare") the sea is unsually animated today and the waves are really big today!

JM. Tuesday, 10:10

tenten - 040809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

In the swimming pool, water temperature is fantastic: so cool!

JM. Monday, 10:10

tenten - 030809, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Walking in via Roma in Cefalù. Will try to post more videos as I am in holidays in Sicily with plenty of time... and a DSL connection!

JM. Saturday, 10:10

tenten - 250709, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

I have rent a box in a storage stuff that is just bellow my building. I need to clean up my flat as there will a full repainting during the august holidays.

JM. Wednesday, 10:10

tenten - 230709, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

This is a view of the "perif" (a nickname for the motorway ring that surround Paris. Here we are in the south of Paris close to the "Porte d'Orleans" (Orlean's door). All the main roads connected to Paris are called "door".

JM. Tuesday, 10:10

tenten - 210709, originally uploaded by jmgobet.

Today I do down the "rue de Rome" on my bicycle! Going to buy some coffee stuff for work. Every morning I have to climb this road to go to the office. A kind of Tour de France training every morning!