Oct
1
I had to pay 2 kind of taxes in 2014:
Income tax: 2977
Housing tax: 677
Total: 3654 Euros
I am quite happy paying my share of taxes. I also decided to pay both every month. It does hurt less the pocket this way.
Sep
29
paRC du sAuSseT!
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That is where I run or bike everyday. The sun was out and I felt like taking some pictures: LINK
Not as pretty as Scotland or Ireland yet but a start:
Sep
28
mY sTrEeT vIeW!
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Finallly they updated the street view of my boulevard with my building fully finished. I live in the building near a gigantic water tower. The important thing about that tower is that it holds one of the nicest antenna for 4G from Bouguyes :). As you can see my place (marked red square) has a nice view to the boulevard and the cars are parked just in front of our building. The building next to us is nicer and it is just a year older.
Sep
27
da Fat BoY in ActIon!
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So here is my first catch using my surveillance system: LINK
Sep
25
vAnDalism and pOvErtY!
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Some poor dudes stole 4 wheels of a car at work, here is the picture of what is left:
Sep
24
fLu vAcCine!
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I just shot myself with a dose of the seasonal flu vaccine. It has just arrived. I like being a bit scared of the needle but I did it. My left arm feels a bit numb; Last year, I did not feel anything besides the pain from the needle. This year, I did it very slowly and I did not feel anything strangely! Sometimes just a pinch.
Sep
24
sUrvEiLLance!
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I do enjoy to the surveillance system. I can see people looking at my screens without turning my head. I guess someday it could be useful when the building will get robbed. It happened last year in my previous building and it will happen again in my building. Besides, I want to record the little idiot who will try to damage the door again probably in the near future.
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!
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