Technology opinions and digital photography
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Default calendar in iOS
When I recently replaced my ageing iPhone, I had to install some applications again and I encountered a little issue: Since I have several calendars all in the same phone (my office Outlook agenda, the personal calendar from Google, and some others), the phone insisted on creating all my new meetings in the wrong calendar.…
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Happy Birthday HAL-9000!
It’s on January 12th, 1992 that, according to Arthur C. Clarke, was born HAL-9000, the computer from “2001, A space Odyssey” (the book from Arthur C. Clarke and the movie from Stanley Kubrick). Actually, the first time it was powered on. So, it is exactly 23-year old today. Happy birthday HAL-9000! HAL-9000 is an Artificial…
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#IAmCharlie
In solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, the victims of 7 January 2015 and all defenders of freedom of expression. The bastards can kill, but they will never be right.
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Happy new year
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Panda discovers Toronto’s snow
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Synology on a sub-domain (with a dynamic IP address)
My problem: I’ve got a Fiber connexion to the Internet (at Numéricable, one of the main ISP in France) which is forcing a dynamic IP address on me (no fixed IP address, even with a premium; They’ve settled in the XXth century). This would not be very serious except that I host a RAID server…
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Explore Mount Everest (in photo)
An impressive photograph shot at (very) high resolution from the first slopes of the Pumori looking at the Mount Everest, where you will be able to immerse yourself into for hours (just click onto the picture below): You can simply spend hours exploring the rocks, the ice of the glaciers or look for the expeditions…
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Steam locomotive
These old steam locomotives look great on their ancient engravings. Source: Bibliodyssey
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Polar bear hunting – Seen from the prey’s eyes
Filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, while shooting a BBC documentary in Svalbard, Norway, experienced being considered as a prey worth hunting. Despite ending with no killing (the glass cage was strong enough), this must have been a real moment of stress. Some of the photos shot by Gordon are in the article published in the Daily Mail…
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