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  • Very slow network on Win2K

    Very slow network on Win2K

    On a PC computer equiped with Windows 2000, I had a major problem of network slowness (when accessing the network, all operations seemed to atke ages to complete). I admit I was somewhat lost without a solution. So, I decided to use the ever-powerful solution: Google. It allowed me to find a web site with…

  • Apple wants total supplier security

    This is the obvious conclusion of this minor news that may attract the attention of the engineers among us: Apple now has no less than seven suppliers for the Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) of its iPod (they expect a strong growth in 2007): Tripod Technology, Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing,…

  • Advertising turns to SPAM on MySpace

    When a good idea appears in the Internet space, it attracts people, a lot of idle people and a lot of marketing people. Of course, with marketing comes its shameful brother: SPAM. This is exactly what is happening right now on MySpace, the virtual social network where teens have been spreading and sharing for months…

  • Vista: Time for 64 bits

    While Vista will soon be available in a 64-bit version (and that GNU/Linux went down this path several months ago), it is time to ponder the following question: “Do we need to go 64 bits?” And the answer is surprisingly simple if you look at it. Currently, PC are more and more often equiped with…

  • Reading poetry in Paris

    In the evening of November 25, a poetry reading happened in the Equipages bookstore, rue de Bagnolet in Paris. It was organised with the help of Editions L’improviste. As I was in the public and that I had my camera with me, I shot a few pictures:     Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.

  • Cover your iPod nano in paper

    Some people wish they could cover their precious iPod nano with a decorated paper. The first solution is merely to go and buy to Sector29. But, I really think that $19,95 is a little too much for a piece of colored and folded paper. The solution? Do it yourself without spending so much. Use the…

  • AntiGravity: Toilets flush and Microsoft

    AntiGravity: Toilets flush and Microsoft

    There is no end to jokes about what Microsoft did wrong (they’re the number one target for many jokes and many grievances, just from their being #1 software company). Today, I want to point you to an excellent little paper by Steve Mirsky published in his excellent column in Scientific American magazine. In the October…

  • From Bras to Bag in 10 seconds

    Ok! We already knew that Japanese people were not thinking exactly like the rest of the world (it makes them both loveable and totally foreign to us Westerners). But, this time, I admit they caught me by surprise with this major (?) technological innovation serving what is at the core of every woman in the…

  • Deers in the woods

    Again in the Espace Rambouillet (South of Paris), here are a few deers that I shot in the limited sunlight of the woods. They honour the quality of the light exposure of the Dynax 7D. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.

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