Sep
21
inGeNiouS oR cREePy!
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I used a regular webcam from work coupled with a “mouvement sensor” program I found on internet to setup my free “live and online” surveillance system: LINK.
I would like to catch the dude who damaged the automatic door “in action”. I just do not want to record anything else creepier than that because my “street” is promising in terms of “unwanted” actions. If you click on the “live” screen , you will end up in the log files that recorded all the times during which something moved during 2 sec.
Sep
20
hP oFfIcejEt prO 8600!
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Finally, I invested in an HP Officejet pro 8600 printer. It was on sale for 158 Euros. It is a nice printer for small businesses and it has great and easy printing features: e-print (email), Airprint (iphone), Network printing (PC). The cost per page is also quite cheap 4.8 cents per page. Sometimes, I do need to be able to print something during the weekend or during vacation, most of the time I print stuffs at work.
Airprint, the Iphone built-in printing feature, is quite remarquable: “click and go”. It is the last technical luxury I need in my studio anyways. It can also scan a bunch of documents one after the other, no need to feed the scanner one by one. It is quite annoying sometimes.
Sep
19
aMioT tIzIe
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Amiot Tizie (apartment 5) came yesterday to ask me about the reception of her television. I fixed her problem, confirmed that one of her TV is dead and told her that she could use her smartphone to share the internet since she’s already paid for it. 9 people in the building have come to ask me for help regarding technical issues in the building already. My “Geek” status has been confirmed!
Sep
17
Yesterday, I checked the old photos from Ireland (Dublin) and the UK (Manchester). They did hurt me because I could not remember the names of people I was with. It was a lot of fun but it is forever gone. I guess these people forgot my name also. They still have some of my pictures on the hiking website of Manchester.
The memories of these events are slowly fading away and I do not have new ones to replace them. I should probably post all these pictures back on my Flickr site because they are really beautiful.
Sep
14
dAnGeRous neighbourhood!
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A 34 year old tunisian man killed a woman who was running in the park not far from where I live. We tend to have regular news of this type in my neigbourhood: LINK. It does not shock many people around here. Tragedy has become the normal standard where I live.
Sep
13
tAkINg cOntrOl!
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When I moved to my new studio six months ago, I loved the studio and it was very nice. I wanted to make sure that all unfinished business in the whole building would be completed by the company that was responsible for the construction.
I noticed that they delayed the requests and there was no follow-up. It left everyone quite frustrated and we all had the feeling that it would never be completely finished. I took up the challenge and decided to deal with every problem that we encountered. I first tried to be nice and sent out notices then I attacked them publickly using everything that I know (blog, Facebook, twitter, emails, Flickr).
After 6 months of continuous effort, I think I am about to take over the control of the building itself. I am not too sure I want to continue but if I don’t do it, who will do it? There will be soon a general assembly that will decide the fate of the building. I want to make sure that it will be in good hands.
I’ve kept the whole story on another blog because I was not sure I would succeed. I was quite violent but it worked in the end!
http://residencedesartistes.wordpress.com/
Sep
12
iPhOne 6 vs saMsUnG gAlaXy 5S
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I hope that the Iphone 6 will drive the price of the Samsung Galaxy 5S down. The real twist regarding the Samsung Galaxy 5S is LTE Advanced capabilities meaning 4G+ compatibility :).
Now what’s the use of having 4G+ if you can only afford to pay for 6 Gibabytes worth download!!! It’s like renting a highway and use it for 5 min each month!
Sep
11
2 BaGs of sTuFF!
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I gathered more stuffs to give away: an old coffee maker in perfect condition (Rowenta) and a designed wall clock. I spent 2 hours cleaning the coffee machine. I now have 2 bags full of useless stuff to give away. I will give them to the Roms couple if they stop by this Sunday. I will try to gather more stuffs at work. There are so many goodies to give away!
I will also try to buy these freebies on the net or in the shops that are 100% re-imbursed. I think I can get a nice amount of useless stuffs to give away if I really want to. Let’s put my weird brain at work.
Sep
11
beiNG hUmAn!
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I do recognize the simple fact that I am privileged compared to most people in my building. I see their everyday struggle and I feel lucky being in my shoes. The only thing that I can help people in the building with is my knowledge regarding internet and computers. I seriously doubt that they have time playing with computers though. I could offer them tons of free movies but all my movies are in English. I could also show their kids how to download and play tons of games for free but I do not know if it would harm them more.
Indeed, their usage of the internet and computers is quite basic and limited.
Sep
10
That’s how I call some people in the building. The “caddies” use a golf-like caddy to go shopping. Yesterday, I even saw the “young-couple” dude pushing a shopping cart full of stuffs to the building. It reminds me of the Chinese students in Australia. They do the same thing to carry their purchase home.
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