Author Archives: welsh_dwarf

Arthur et les Minimoys 2, quand l'argent triomphe sur le scenario

Posted on December 8, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Le premier Arthur était plutôt bien réussi, il était distrayant sans pour autant trop tomber dans les clichés déjà abusés à mort par Disney entre autres. C’était un voyage magique qui pouvait faire rêver ensemble petits et grands. C’est ainsi … Continue reading →

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On a soduku solver…

Posted on October 3, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Yesterday, when I was on the bus, I got pulled into a sudoku. Then I started wondering how a machine could be programmed to solve these puzzles. Note: For the rest of this post: A square is the un-devidable unit … Continue reading →

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D'étranges visiteurs à Nantes

Posted on June 12, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Décidement, on n’en finira pas avec les rencontres étranges du côté de Nantes. Après la visite des geants qui ont envahi les rues, maintenant ce sont les transports en commun qui ont été pris d’assaut!

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AAC – Round 2

Posted on May 20, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

I’ve just gotten back into ffmpeg fun after a long haitus, during which ffmpeg v5 has come out. (No deb instructions this time since I’ve passed on to arch, which has a perfectly functional package). A couple of thing seem … Continue reading →

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DNS 101

Posted on March 2, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

I just thought that I’d post a quickie on DNS FQDNs (Fully qualified domain names). Go to your browser, type in www.google.com, you get the google home page. Everythings normal there. Now, change your url, ad a dot (so that … Continue reading →

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New server – same blog

Posted on February 18, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

I’ve just finished moving my blog (and my mail) over to a new server. For once, the new machine is less powerful than the old. This blog is now running on an opengate with 512Mb ram and 512Mb of disk … Continue reading →

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Les choses qui tombent bien

Posted on February 4, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Je viens juste d’être contacté par un de mes copains d’enfance. Quelqu’un que je n’avait pas vu depuis mes 11 ans et ma depart de Fécamp pour la région Bretonne. A l’époque j’avais 11/12 ans, je venais de revenir en … Continue reading →

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Bienvenu identi.ca

Posted on February 3, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Normalement, ce post devrait apparaitre sur identi.ca. Croisons les doights

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Comment spam

Posted on January 25, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Oh well, the turning test is commeing closer and I need to update my challange code to keep ahead of the curve. The new test is a multiplication, but it isn’t in math notation, so it should hold out a … Continue reading →

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Motivation

Posted on January 15, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

Sometimes I wonder why there isn’t more stuff on this blog. I think it boils down to the fact that I seem to be almost incapible of sticking to one project. As an example, at the moment here are the … Continue reading →

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