Category: Internet
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Script for 404 random page found
Some people have been wondering how I did the random selection of 404 page not found messages that are used on this web site. So, here is the nice little PHP script that I use here to redirect randomly to one of the right pages: <?PHP $address_list = array( “/404/404-01.php”, “/404/404-02.php”, “/404/404-03.php”, “/404/404-04.php”, “/404/404-05.php”, “/404/404-06.php”,…
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Watch TV online for free
OK, I know that I don’t have TV because I don’t want to be continuously force-fed with mindless junk. However, plenty of people would like to be able to have their TV on the Internet. Up to now, you were mostly depending on your ISP and possibly some subscription additional to your basic broadband Internet…
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Fight SPAM and scan books
It is well known that the human brain has pattern matching capabilities much further advanced than those of the best equivalent software programs. This explains that failure rates of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program may be as high as 1% (or even 2%) of errors, which is requiring later human proof-reading to ensure a reasonable…
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Octopart, a search engine for electronic parts
For both pro electronic engineers and amateur tweakers/hackers. Octopart
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Music without limits
The recent news lead me to talk again about digital music and its cohabitation (or lack of) with network technology. As a matter of fact, we learn this week that our new French President is in favor of a strong action against pirated music and downloads. This is not very new, indeed, but the confirmation…
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WordPress: How to survive being slashdotted or digged?
Being propulsed to the home page of a famous web site like SlashDot or Digg is intensely satisfying for the author of a blog, but it usually results in an intense traffic storm for your server that may not survive to the typhoon even if it comes from friends. DownloadSquad grouped some ideas on how…
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Amazon buys DPReview
DPReview has always been a very interesting photo-related web site with a vibrant community of forum users. Today, they announce that they have been bought by Amazon.com. It came to me as a surprise that a retailer like Amazon would be interested in such a web site, but it probably proves that the giant retail…
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Publish your own book
Print on Demand (POD) has become a very affordable solution for people willing to publish their own books. Previously, you had to convince a publisher to invest in printing hundreds if not thousands of copies of your book; then, you hoped for success and -usually- failed. Print your own book at: CafePress Lulu With Print…
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Experiment: Mobile Roumazeilles.net
I just installed a WordPress plugin to make Roumazeilles.net usable from a mobile phone (WordPress Mobile). If you want to test and tell me about problem, you’ll be thanked.