Month: May 2006
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Akismet 1.15 – More for less SPAM
Akismet did it again. They upgraded slightly their excellent SPAM-fighting tool. It is currently protecting my web site against SPAM in the comments and trackbacks. I wouldn’t do without it. Highly recommended.
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«The alchemy of desire» of Tarun J. Tejpal
«The alchemy of desire» is a surprising book. Its author, Tarun J. Tejpal, is know in India as an essay writer and an investigative journalist participating fully to the political life of his country. But his first novel is a total success. I had heard an interview of the author in les Matins de France…
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A new TLD for Internet: .mobi
This is not everyday that Internet adopts a new TLD or Top Level Domain. We were quite well used to the more common .com, .net, .org, .fr and other similar national suffixes. Now, here comes .mobi targetting use by the mobile operators (mostly in telephony) a little like we had received .tv some time ago.…
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US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike
An article from the Raw Story titled “US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike” seems to be complementing my previous paper about a future nuclear war in Iran. What is interesting is not that military is preparing the war (they are asked to prepare all kinds of options with plans,…
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A MIG25 drowned in Iraqi sand
In August 2003, American armed forces found in Iraqi more than 30 military planes buried in the sand of the desert (no doubt to protect them aginst the attacks of the American forces during the second Gulf War). The Aerospaceweb.org web site presents us photos of the extraction. This is sufficiently weird and funny that…
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Choosing a Linux distribution
It is always difficult to find the right GNU/Linux distribution for a specific need (There are so many of them around the Internet!). This is why I wish to show you a web site where you’re supposed to answer a few simple questions to be directed to the best possible distribution for your Linux needs.…
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You’ve got free reading
This is not because we are on the web that we are not interested in reading newspapers. On the contrary, reading a web site like Roumazeilles.net proves that you may be quite interested, first, in reading. I collected a few web sites where you can get some professional publications that invite you to join their…
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Tired of SPAM on WordPress
Tired of running around to cancel spammers messages since I setup the feature of comments on this site, I decided to reinforce the filtering policy and to setup an automated filter. For that purpose, since I use WordPress, I chose Akismet whose operation is very efficient. The vast majority of the SPAM is simply detected.…
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June, month of HDMI graphic cards
All information points to June 2006 being the month when we will see the first graphics cards compatible with the HDMI standard for HD television and screens. Up to now, none was available. But ATI and others are preparing their first HDMI-compatible cards and it seems that the price difference between HDMI-compatible and plain cards…