This site contains my findings, ramblings and writings in English.
It’s a mix of what I learned, what made me react and also what made me smile…
This is my English website – Site Français ici (and the contents are completely different ;)
When I was in high school in the 90ies, I had one of the first "Programmable calculators" with a 6 line monochrome LCD screen that could also plot math functions. Today, about 30+ years later, I stumbled onto this:...
I recently compared those 3 kitchen scales from Amazon. They allow to display nutritional (macro and micro nutrients alike) info for each food you weigh. Here's a quick summary: RENPHO Digital Kitchen Scale (19.99 €) Pros: The App is fully functional…...
I first started tinkering with the original b2/cafelog software in the end of 2002, as the original author, Michel V. had stopped maintaining it. Then, in early 2003 it became apparent that I was going to fork it and start maintaining something of my…...
I ordered a British Berkefeld water filter on Amazon. This system uses Doulton filers. And those filters arrived wrapped in a wet paper, inside bubble bags. Under these condition it is not unsurprising to find some mold had developed between the filters…...
Back in April 2004, I quoted this: "Like heroin, I don't think the internet is one of those things that you can just do casually." I remember I really agreed with Rory at the time. Well... now I was about to …...
From time to time I do a little housekeeping on my blogs. Today I moved some old English posts from my French blog to my English blog. I'm not sure if it even matters, but it gives me some satisfaction to tidy things up. I do it as a distraction…...
The above is my first boot up of my Raspberry Pi 3, as purchased in January 2017. I am writing this because so much of the information you can find on Google about the Raspberry Pi is actually outdated with regards to what you get when you order one in…...
I haven't ranted for a while, so here's something: my biggest gripe about Apple Carplay! I basically need two things when I drive: directions and controls for what I am listening to. But Carplay refuses to let these 2 essential things share the screen.…...
If you search on the Mac App Store, you will find dozens of Markdown note taking apps with a markdown pane on the left and a preview / reading pane on the right. Many of them also feature a sidebar on the left where you can "conveniently" browse your…...
Ok, this is one of the most powerful productivity tips ever: decide on the one thing you are going to do today, and make that decision quickly after waking up! More specifically, try to think of the 3 to 5 things that annoy you the most / that you have…...