Category: Web sightings

  • Depressing Christmas carol

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  • An SLR camera + some software = three videos

    Fabian Tischer is obviously gifted to create small videos from visual effects supposed to be simple (but actually quite tough to master) in order to offer us some cool movies: Berlin TV tower – lift off from Fabian Tischer on Vimeo. Insider footage showing NASA’s strange theft of famous Berlin landmark. little airport from Fabian…

  • GANTT projects for free

    GANTT projects for free

    Microsoft Project is expensive, very expensive. But once you started using it, you can’t stand not having a nice clean GANTT project chart. Why not get a free Microsoft Project? Even better than downloading MS-Project for free, I am proposing you to use an on-line GANTT chart/project builder that is completely free and works on-line:…

  • Extraordinary Chinese health notice

    Extraordinary Chinese health notice

    You can’t read Chinese? That’s a pity. You would learn from this official announcement that some foods should not be eaten together (it is not clear how the exact risk was identified, though). According to Xinjiang, the list of terrible mixtures is: Pork + water chestnuts = a stomach ache Beef + chestnuts = vomiting…

  • The map of my trips

    Nairobi, Kenya Rangiroa, Polynésie française Biarritz, France Lourdes, France Paris, France Rambouillet, France Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Bilbao, Espagne Grenade, Espagne Madrid, Espagne Séville, Espagne Manchester, UK Dublin, Irlande Galway, Irlande Cuiaba, Brésil Tefe, Brésil New York, État de New York, États-Unis San Francisco, Californie, États-Unis Voir mon profil Créez votre propre carte…

  • Firefox: more than Internet Explorer

    Firefox: more than Internet Explorer

    I am not sure that this is exact all over the Internet, but I just noticed that this is true for YLovePhoto, one of my web sites: There are more visitors using Firefox than Internet Explorer. Then, I checked for Roumazeilles.net itself, and I noticed the same situation: It appears that Firefox is moving very…

  • Ukiyo-e books by Kitagawa Utamaro

    Ukiyo-e books by Kitagawa Utamaro

    A friend of mine recently bought a copy of a Japanese wood engraving. While reading this article from BibliOdyssey, about the wood engravings of Kitagawa Utamaro, I thought I should share some of the pictures of this artist.

  • Planetary pictures and wallpapers

    Planetary pictures and wallpapers

    I consider that the most useful and often the most interesting wallpapers for your computer desktop are images that are relatively feature-less. A picture full of little details continuously grabbing your attention is a major nuisance. It’s much better to have either a very smooth image or a photo containing a lot of continuous tones.…

  • The DTB saws cameras in half

    The DTB saws cameras in half

    The Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin is a museum presenting a large mount of technology history. Quite naturally, they are biased toward presenting a lot of German achievements and this country is known for hosting some of the very best optical engineers and being rightfully proud of brands like Carl Zeiss, Leitz/Leica. Charlie Sorrel wrote a piece…