Author Archives: Thibaut Wdowiak
Easy to sale ain’t Easy to build
Easy to sale software: has a nice UI (neat logo, neat look and feel) is easy to set up quickly and to demo (has a lot of “by default” options so you don’t need to tweak everything to start with) … Continue reading
Yahoo Pipes is web ETL
Lately I discovered Yahoo Pipes. I was actually looking for a tool to union all my feeds from twitter, this blog and flickr and make one feed. I found Atomisator, written in Python, but I needed to install it on … Continue reading
Building a music library: mp3 and flac
I just wrote a set of utilities to build a music library or at least to improve an existing one. It is quite specific to my needs, but maybe the convert utility could be reused. It converts between mp3, ogg … Continue reading
Install of ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx on a Sony Vaio VPCS12V5E
I lastly bought a brand new shiny Vaio laptop to replace my 6 years old HP. Of course it ships with window$ $even preinstalled. As I have been using Ubuntu for years, I want to use the latest version, and … Continue reading
First steps as a webmaster
I have been a member of my current tennis club for about 3 years. 2 and a half years ago, another member and I decided that the website needed a little fresh air. We needed something to communicate with the … Continue reading
USA trip / The rest of the trip
A little while ago, I started a series of posts about the trip my girlfriend and I made to Western US in April – May. I must confess I have a hard time finishing up. The truth is that it … Continue reading
USA trip / Stop #3: Monument Valley
Fully rested at Lake Powell, we were ready for some intensive touristic activity. Monument Valley is actually in the middle of nowhere. We took the full measure of how vast the US are. We got a sense of the pride … Continue reading
USA trip / Stop #2: Lake Powell
Our first stop at the Grand Canyon left us flabbergasted, absolutely amazed and has really set us in the mood for traveling, exploring and just enjoying this wonderful feeling of having 2 entire weeks ahead of us for the sole … Continue reading
USA trip / Stop #1: The Grand Canyon
I spent my last holidays in the US, visiting the national parks and the cities of Las Vegas and San Francisco along a road trip. It was a nice long trip (2 and a half weeks) like I never made … Continue reading
Gear to shoot the lights of Las Vegas
I am really excited, I finally got a tripod for my DSLR camera. I wanted this one exactly (SILK Sprint PRO) because it is the best trade-off between weight, size and stability on my budget. It weights 1,1kg, has … Continue reading
