Publishing things (as notes, code, blog posts, videos, ...) is very powerful, because what has been done at a given point in time is not lost. We can reuse previous work and build upon it.
Human memory has a short span and is quite inaccurate (we tend to forget). I often …
Recently, I have been thinking about how to organize the things I've been doing over the last years. I happened to post a little article on my blog from time to time, but I feel that this format becomes a bit messy as time goes by, and that it doesn't …
Contrary to what I found on most websites when googling about comparisons between inkjet and laser printers, the cost per page on high end inkjet printers is lower than that of laser printers.
Moreover, when buying a new printer one has to consider the number of pages that will be …
With cloud Virtual Machines prices dropping month after month, we may be asking if the margins previously done by cloud operators were not outrageously high. I actually find surprising that current VM price is on average higher than equivalent dedicated server even though virtualization allows sharing more hardware.
As a data geek, I've been wondering how I could protect my data from the main threats (if possible by using only open source software). For instance, losing data because of a hardware failure is just something that shouldn't happen anymore, thanks to all the technology available today. One could …
When using several computers (or devices) from different locations, the question of data management arises. Basically, I wish being able to access my data from any computer; I wish my data to be protected, accordingly to its privacy and I wish my data to be backed up appropriately.
With the …