Cat Versus Tomato

How to use Pinterest

noreply@blogger.com (Cat Verus Tomato) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:21:00 +0000

Tutorial how to use Pinterest

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Customize your related posts in Blogger and Wordpress with nRelate

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:11:00 +0000

There are several widgets bloggers can use to show related posts with a thumbnail including the widgets on BloggerPlugins.com and LinkWithin.

Problems with Linkwithin

When I changed the name of my blog, there were two thumbnails with different urls. Please look this screen grab from my blog .

The articles are not related to the content, but they are still shown. On my article "Marlon Brando, l'Homme et le Mythe du cinéma" (Marlon Brando, the Man, and the Icon of Cinema), they were underneath several articles related to Michael Jackson.

I have found a very good widget that is customizable and fits the model to the template of your blog that is called nRelate. It can be used on Blogger and WordPress and Tumblr.

For more information on the plugin for Wordpress, please read : nRelate Related Content

Integrate nRelate on Blogger

Go to the website https://partners.nrelate.com/

Register an account and do not forget to validate the link that you will received by email.

Log to your account and go to your dashboard :" Install " and enter your blog's URL.

Then choose how you would like to display it:

Customize the widget

Go to Manage Setting

Main Settings

Chose how you would like to display thumbnails : text, or text only
Size of the thumbnail : 80, 90, 100, 110 (par default), 120, 130, 140 et 150 pixels

nRelate will display a thumbnail of a video or a image from the related articles (if you choose thumbnails)
If there is only text on your article, nRelate provides your defaulf image if the related post does not have a picture. You can choose to use your own image by entering the url of the image (for example, you can host it on Photobucket)

You can change or remove the default title for the related content box (ex. "You May Also Like -").
You can pick the number of related posts to be display is the plugin is between 0 and 10.
You can pick the relevancy of the result: low, medium or high. (I advice you to leave the choice on "low" so the widget will display more choices)
You can change the number of characters per line
You can change how deep into your archive you would like to go for related posts : hour, day, week, month, year

Layout Settings

Display or don't display the logo of nRelate

Advertising Settings

You can receive a revenue share from ad clicks generated on your blog. You have to sign up to the ad network of nRelate by following the instructions on the site to enable advertisements. In your dashboard you can choose the number of ad spaces and their placement on your plugin.

Partner Settings

Show related content of other blogs

Reporting

nRelate provides some analytics of your widget (clicks, nRelate Click through Rate, widget impression views). You can read them on your dashboard (Reporting):

Result

You can see the result on my article "Marlon Brando, l'homme et le Mythe du cinéma". As you can see on this screen grab, the widget shows related posts regarding my article on Marlon Brando.

The widget fits to the design of the blog.

(The purple link shows which has been read)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to comment under this article.

This article is the translation of my blog in French Personnalisez vos articles similaires sur Blogger et WordPress avec nRelate.

Sherlock Holmes 2 in Strasbourg

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:38:00 +0000

Some scenes of the movie will be played in Strasbourg. The district of the Cathedrall has been decorated in particular for the movie. All shooting must take a minimum of five days during the begining of February

For more information please read this article from CoffeeToday: Guy Ritchie Made Sherlock Holmes in France

Pictures and slideshow made by : Shehrazad

Place of pictures :
Strasbourg (France)

Music : The Three Dances
Composer : Bedrich Smetana
Performer: US Army Band
http://www.musopen.org

Friday 28 January 2011

If

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

If - Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you.
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream -and not make dreams your master
If you can think -and not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute,
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run.
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -which is more- you'll be a Man, my son!

Music: Romance De Juegos Prohobidos
Composer: Francisco Tarrega
Performer: Neo Clasic

Pictures: Shehrazad
18 mars 2010

Strasbourg and its lights during Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:13:00 +0000

Strasbourg and its lights during Christmas.
Christmas 2009

Music : The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
From Rossini

29 august 2009 : a special tribute to Michael Jackson

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:10:00 +0000

My tribute to Michael Jackson

Chapter 1 : A new day has come
There are some days hard to understand

Chapter 2: the market
There are some days where i feel nothing goes my way

Chapter 3 : the botanical garden
There are some days where the time is for silence

Chapter 4 : the museum
There are some days where i feel that the world should be recreated

Chapter 5 : the end of the day
He would have been 51 years old today

High security

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Nato in Strasbourg

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0000

A NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government is held on 3–4 April 2009 in Strasbourg.
France has manned an impressive force itself (9000 !) and Germany 14 000.

These sterling thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:20:00 +0000

These sterling thoughts from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

What shall I do?
Let emerge
These sterling thoughts
These killing thoughts
It is only a matter of truth...

Let there be silence
Of an unspeakable cowardice
Let the questioning begin
It is only a fear of displeasing

But to keep in mind
When the scars in my memories
have cracked my skin
At the twilight of my life
I will able to say without sigh
With a head voice
It is only a matter of dignity

My slideshows on Vimeo

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:10:00 +0000

Merry Christmas from Strasbourg

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:46:00 +0000

Joyeux Noel de Strasbourg from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Christmas in Strasbourg

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:44:00 +0000

Noel à Strasbourg from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Go Ahead !

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:00 +0000

Go ahead from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Go ahead !

When I was a child,
My father told me this story

Long time ago
When that great general
Was about to conquer the land of Spain
He burnt his ships
And then he said to his soldiers:
Behind you is the sea,
Before you is the enemy
Go ahead!

I want to learn everything
As if I am going to die tomorrow
My days and my nights are too short
Nobody will contradict me
Succeeding must be obvious
But what is success?

But nowadays
I am like this general
I go ahead
Because life has obviously taught me:
The word “desperation” must be removed from the dictionary!

But where are they now ?

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:46:00 +0000

But where are they now ? from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

But where are they now ?
Tonight
I want to scream....
Where are my childhood heroes?
Where are they hiding?

Where are the Fairies and their magic wand?
the Magicians and their potion?
The Genies and their lamp!

I want a magic book of spells
I want some magic words
I want a miracle
I want everyone to be happy

I don't understand anything anymore!

This evening,
I want everyone to be happy

This evening
I would like to thank them
one thousand and one times
To live only
In fairy tales...

The black cat

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:37:00 +0000

The black cat from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

The black cat

Text and pictures : Shehrazad
Music : "Ton simple plinn "
From Beg melen, Album Demo (2006)
(Public domain music)
The black cat : Pacha
Thanks to Carolle for her help in English
Thanks also to Pacha
to let me share his flat

2008

Nymphea

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:16:00 +0000

Nymphea from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Photos et diaporama : Shehrazad
Lieu des prises de vues : Le jardin botanique de Strasbourg (France)
Musique : Etude No.1 in A Major, Op. 25 Compositeur : Frédéric Chopin

Les canards de Strasbourg

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:32:00 +0000

Les canards de Strasbourg from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Photos et montage : Shehrazad
Lieu des prises de vues : Strasbourg

This moment of silence

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000

This moment of silence from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Text, pictures, video : Shehrazad
Place of pictures : Strasbourg (France)
Music: Symphony No. 4 in A Major 'Italian', Op. 90 - III. Con moto moderato
Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

This moment of silence

Now I do know you during these beautiful days
The songs of poets are no longer pipe dreams
The life is no more black and white

I can forget the darkness of this world
Our tomorrows become an empire of serenity and real promises
The earth is shaking
My heart is melting
This is a whisper of light
No need to think just to dream

Shall I know you again during those deep dark days When everything is taken away from me?
When I am rich in a body full of tears ?
When my only sight is a cry for help ?

Why now is there this moment of silence?

A beautiful day

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:20:00 +0000

A beautiful day from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

A beautiful day,

A new day is about to come.
My black cat woke me up early this morning.
It may rain today.
My cat is lying by the window watching the people walking in the street...

I don't have a car.
Actually I prefer to ride my old bicycle to enjoy better life in the city

A friend calls me.
He is very sad.

I tell him:
« Please do not worry.
Never give up!
Do believe in your tomorrows
Tomorrow will be a better day."

I ask him to come with me.
But he prefers to stay by himself.
He will meet me tonight.

Then I seat by the river and I read a book.
And the wind helps me to turn the pages….

Now it's raining heavily.
But in fact I like this rain in the summertime.
I come completely wet at home.

This night, I am waiting for my friend in front of a flower shop.
Fortunately he is late, so I can admire the orchids.

Then he comes. He asks me why I am taking pictures.
So I answer him:
«I am just a human being who likes beauty".

A sentence begins with a capital letter and finishes with a full stop.
We forget sometimes this breath, this restful time, the time to think of each word...
We forget sometimes the comma.

Happiness is in each single moment of the day, that we want to be.

The haven

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:19:00 +0000

The haven from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Music: Danza Espanola, Op. 37, H. 142 - XII. Arabesca
Composer : Enrique Granados
Performer : William Riley
Public domain music

Apparitions

noreply@blogger.com (Tomate Joyeuse) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:18:00 +0000

Apparitions from Shehrazad on Vimeo.

Photos et montage : Shehrazad
Lieu des prises de vues : Strasbourg (France)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/fr/

Musique : Suite Española Op. 47 - Leyenda
De : Isaac Albéniz
Interprète : Gordon Rowland
Musique du domaine public