Burn marks

April 18th, 2005 by Samuel Tardieu

As I took my washing machine apart to test its capacitors and resistors, I removed the filtering device (three capacitors and one resistor) and noticed burn marks near the plugs. Is that expected after six or seven years of service? Note that all the components were still meeting their original specifications.

recoverjpeg 1.1 is released

April 5th, 2005 by Samuel Tardieu

I have just released the new version of recoverjpeg (1.1), a software allowing you to retrieve pictures from corrupted digital media. This version adds two output file name formatting options, thanks to Pierre Beyssac for his contribution.

Asterisk - build your own PBX

March 23rd, 2005 by Samuel Tardieu

Several people asked me to describe my home PBX installation, based on the Asterisk Open Source PBX in order to build their own.
Infrastructure
My home network is made of several devices; only those related to VoIP (voice over IP) are represented here:

Posting too fast can be dangerous

March 10th, 2005 by Samuel Tardieu

I guess the intent of the poster was to forward this post to a colleague, not to post his remark to the whole list. In english, it gives:

Ghozlane, here is a possible client, do not hesitate to give him a call in order to hook him.

Why do I have the feeling that they aren’t going [...]

How recoverjpeg saved my day

December 29th, 2004 by Samuel Tardieu

People sometimes do stupid things. I do at least. After I experienced a fatal disk crash a few days ago (the disk could not even be seen in the BIOS), I congratulated myself for having done a full online backup of thousands of pictures I had been taking for years with my digital cameras on [...]

Gmail invitations

December 23rd, 2004 by Samuel Tardieu

Just as PRCman did, I am offering invitations to Gmail. Let your name and address in a comment if you are interested in my 6 invitations. Almost all my friends are already using it, so I have no other uses for them at the moment.

Review of the Google AdSense program

December 22nd, 2004 by Samuel Tardieu

I see more and more sites containing ads provided by Google through its AdSense program. Out of curiosity, I went and check their Online Terms and Conditions and was stunned by the requirements set out by Google.

As noted on FFII site, software patents in Europe, which was supposed to be included in the agenda of agricultural council, as been withdrawn at Poland’s request.


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