Category: Weblinks and tech stuff

I wrote about that a year ago, but can’t find the post right now. By then, i was using Netnewswire for the first time. ‘Woah, that dude brings me fresh content directly in, i get notified of new stuff and have a preview of what this new content is. Isn’t that cool for lazy ass… Continue reading How Content Aggregators Change Navigation and Control of Content

“Le rêve de tout bibliophile d’accéder au contenu des plus grandes bibliothèques va bientôt devenir réalité. En effet, Google, le moteur de recherche bien connu, a décidé de collaborer avec cinq d’entre elles afin de créer la plus grande salle de lecture du monde”, annonce The Christian Science Monitor. L’idée de scanner et de numériser… Continue reading Google partenaire des plus grandes bibliothèques universitaires

A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms). The definition of geek has changed considerably over the years. Below are some definitions of the word… Continue reading geek – by wikipedia

* MT 3.14 (via heiko)

Now that i got my 2 new toys (cell+ipod), i need some money… deals: Get a package with my hosting provider, dreamhost, and put me as a referral so i can earn 65 bucks. I have the ‘crazy domain insane’ for 7,95$ a month, 3 domains, 120gb transfer – that does the job. Don’t forget,… Continue reading Catch the deal

See The New York Times spread… whew! (via antoine)

it’s gonna be either this one or this one, with fido. Any advice welcome.

Vu d’ici: This blog managed trough typepad since a little more than a year now is gonna be moved back to MT. Expect more features and easier navigation, early next year. I am quite happy to finally be working on the new layout and code, i feel so much more in control – not that… Continue reading Expecting changes

Update – Le geocaching, chasse au trésor high-tech J’ai trouvé un reportage sur le site web de la src qui explique assez bien le phénomène. * * * Reading this post (m. was at y’lblog meeting yesterday), i surfed to Michelle’s site and got introduced to some new usage of wireless network and got all… Continue reading Geocaching

There aren’t any really nice ones out yet, beside the hotspot bloom (which of course i would love to put my hands on…). Future Shop is selling the Canary Wireless for 30$ right now, i might go for it. Went there on lunchtime, they only have the kensington one.

The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives 4 million e-mails a day, but practically an entire department at the company he founded is dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox Mouin, cette nouvelle, pourtant vraie, me semble tout droit sortie de Microserfs que je suis en train de lire, et j’ai comme pas de… Continue reading When fiction meets reality

I am oh so sick of this:

Big thanks to françois who helped me setting up my new wireless router.. I thought it would be simple, but, hm, erh, i got lost. So yeah, i am now wifi all over the place!

Spectropolis: Mobile Media, Art and the City is a three-day event (October 1-3, 2004) in Lower Manhattan that highlights the diverse ways artists, technical innovators and activists are using communication technologies to generate urban experiences and public voice. The increasing presence of mobile communication technologies is transforming the ways we live, construct and move through… Continue reading Spectropolis – NY

I do want my Hotspot bloom! * Hotspot bloom and while we are in a gadjet crush, i would also like to have my groove tube * groovetube

Here is something we’ll all get sick of reading/hearing about in the next weeks (if not already) – but we might as well find it way cool: What is the iPodder application? iPodder is a media aggregator which automatically downloads podcasts to your computer or portable device based on a RSS feed, leaving you ‘one-click-away’… Continue reading Podcasting – the new buzz

For those of you who are (compulsively) buying on amazon on a regular basis, here is something you might wanna know: …since you’ve been using A9.com recently, virtually everything at Amazon.com is automatically an additional π/2% (1.57%) off for you. Collecting this discount is zero effort on your part. It will be applied automatically at… Continue reading 1.5% instant reward on amazon.. good to know

Comment il est ton site, sur 2 ou 3 colonnes? hm. hm hm. hm hm hm. Css is good, but hey, will all sites end up designed the same way, centered and on 2 to 3 columns grids? Don’t get me wrong here. I love simple and (sometime) straight stuff. But i feel like right… Continue reading CSS: Centered, Simple & Straight designs?

Yes, i am looking for an app to manage mailing list subscriptions on my portfolio site (managing posts would be an extra but i can still use my mail programm for that). any help?

I also wanna do my own radio blog mixes. Can anyone let me know how it does work -seems like working only on pc’s… Some people seems to have their mixes available for donwloads (uh, 90 mb download is kindof fat), others seems to have it streamed. I’m lost. ps: pms almost over – i… Continue reading Radio Blog

Got my new computer, fully equipped with an airport card. This means, i surely will be trying out some of our mtl hotspots. Since i am new to this, here’s a quick list of how to get going with wifi in mtl: * Ile sans fil Vous pouvez consulter un article sur les gens derrière… Continue reading i am now wifi

Un liens découvert via monsieur p. ‘Let them sing it for you’ is an art radio project. Type in your msg and let some of the world greatest stars give voice to it! * here’s mine!

Has anyone tried it yet? * Skype

I hope he would sing that he loves me… * i love u –> worth waiting the download time, if u happen to know who’s done the music, let me know. thanx to patrick for the link.

thanx to heiko, i now have my gmail account!

I really tried to work, but once that antoine introduced me to friendster, i was hooked for the whole evening. Finding friends there, and then friends of a friend which we have in common, and who knows who, categorizing everyone (single or not, male or female, age, job, tastes, etc.) I feel i better go… Continue reading trying to work while waisting time

Boys might say that this is girl stuff, but i know some boys also get it. Sark has a new website online. For those of you who might not know her, sark is the author of many books about creative living (creative companion and succulent wild women to name a few). Her books are mostly… Continue reading Sark’s new website

Je suis sur le point de faire le saut au sans fil à la maison, j’en ai ma claque des fils qui me tiennent confiné à toujours garder mon portable au même endroit. Plus, le wi-fi s’étend de plus en plus à mtl et je veux en profiter. ressources: * addresses wi-fi à mtl *… Continue reading Le parc lafontaine sans fil

really nice… Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator.

Many post about the topics today, i suggest you read this one since it covers most of the topic for now, or try it for yourself. From my point of view, i think a9.com is a nice domain name. Other then that, i did a search with “daily thoughts & musigns” which is the name… Continue reading Amazon launch A9