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  • Ridiculed scammers

    For once, a scammer let us smile (though against his will). Let’s smile. Today, it is the 419 scammers that have been baited by an Internet user who decided to have fun with them and convinced them that he would give a lot of money to people who would recreate famous scenes from movies or…

  • Software RAID: a question of light

    Today, I am asking a simple question to solve a little problem I have : Since I installed a RAID array in an OpenSUSE machine, I can observe that the little red LED light of disk access flashes once every seoncd -even when I do not try to use the array. Would somebody be able…

  • Valentine’s day

    Valentine’s day

    Source: XKCD.

  • A short break to prepare the US Presidential Campaign

  • Why login?

    If you look at the left-hand side menu on this page, you will notice that there is a link to either register yourself (Register) or login (Login). These links are here to give you the ability to identify yourself when your are visiting the Roumazeilles.net web site. It is a two-step process: Register yourself, for…

  • All about Sushi

    You certainly heard about this most-symbolic meal of Japanese culture. They are probably nearly all what we, Westerners, know about Japanese food. However, I offer you to discover -or re-discover- them through a video -dubbed in Japanese- that will make their taste ring under the discreet humor of Japanese people.

  • A display in a lift

    Where I live, we are currently renovating the four lifts that bring the tenants to one of the 30 floors. The new lifts are bright and shiny with one little gadget included at the last minute in the price negociation by the lowest bidder: An LCD display in the wall of each lift cabin to…

  • Prank-a-telemarketer guide

    We always love to receive those phone calls from a telemarketer ready to sell car insurance, phone subscriptions or financial services, don’t we? I previously advised to keep them hanging, but here are two web sites providing other ideas: How to prank a telemarketer to fight back. When you absolutely want to go to provide…

  • RSS feed – What is it?

    RSS feed – What is it?

    You may have noticed a new logo appearing on our web site since the redesigned interface went online. If your web browser supports it (Opera 9, FireFox, Internet Explorer 7), a similar orange icon may appear on the web address bar. This is a feature that is good both for users and for web site…