This is the year Jack Kerouac left us, 50 years ago, on October 21 to be precise. The opportunity to take stock of the popularity of one of the most emblematic authors of the Beat Generation… only surpassed here by Bukowski, the only author of this Beat Generation to have never claimed to be part of the movement. Do you know Gregory Corso, by the way? He is worth the detour, on the road to books to read at the end of 2019!
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The number of MSDOS games added recently to the Internet Archive platform , which has done a titanic job for 4 years to please all retro-gaming fans. The latter can [Login to see the link] now access nearly 7000 (old) playable titles! Playing a little Prince Of Persia between two meetings, that's the only real thing...
Prince of Persia
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In dollars, the amount that Internet users would demand to do without... Google for a year. A study by the Federal Reserve System (FED) which says a lot about the importance of the search engine for Americans, far ahead of the amount demanded to do without Facebook ($1,173 per year) and even more so Twitter: 0 euros.
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The number of kilometers traveled in one go (that's what counts) by the new holder of the longest regular commercial flight, operated between New York and Sydney by the Australian company Quantas on October 18. 19 hours and 16 minutes of flight, not recommended for heavy smokers.
18300 The number of kilometers traveled in one go (that's what counts) by the new holder of the longest flight.