Category: Enterprise

  • Compuserve is dead, for real!

    We had forgotten that it existed, but this major pioneer of the modem age of computer communication, Compuserve, has now officially closed its doors. It had been trampled by AOL before loosing ground in front of the Internet explosion. But, now, there is nothing left of the communication service we (I) used to exchange information…

  • I have a horse dream

    YouTube link If you want to know more, you can even buy those horse legs.

  • Google finds future quitters

    When you’re a company big on data crunching, when you have a file, you can’t help it: You must explore it and draw conclusions. This is what Google is doing with its Human Resource files. They use algorithms to identify more easily people ready for a promotion, for an additional review, or people on the…

  • Strong iPhone 3G-S sales

    Steve Jobs is rejoicing: It seems that Apple already sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G-S (the new Apple mobile phone) in the first 5 days after its launch.

  • International Space Station in motion

    International Space Station in motion

    The International Space Station is the product of a complex assembly process out of elements brought upt here by rockets and the space shuttle. Here is a video animation from USA today showing the sequence of events in this build-up.

  • Manufacturing of electronic boards

    Some of you may know that I work in the electronics industry (for automotive applications) with Johnson Controls. This is the reason why I am in daily contact with industrial means of manufacturing of complex electronic boards. For a long time now, I wanted to share some of the knowledge I acquired, some of the…

  • Zoom into steel

    Visit the infinitely small as we zoom right into steel. Zoom into Steelpar Weird_Weird_Science

  • Schubert-Liszt concert

    Schubert-Liszt concert

    Free ad for friends in concert in Paris in a few weeks. Schubert Concert on Sunday 24 May 2009 @ 12h30.

  • It’s smarter to travel in groups

    YouTube link