Author: Stephane Venne

Stephane Venne (aka Ennev) is an IT consultant with a broad range of interest. Ennev been using computers since 1978. So he has the emergence and fall of various technologies, this give him a good perspective to evaluate the current trends. What is his great quality in this business? He’s as interested to tech as he was in 1978. So he still maintain a BBS (80’s tech) and is embracing the newest technologies. His expertises also extend to hardware, video, audio. This blog will focus on the tech side of its interests. Expect to find link to tech news, Tests and preview of open source application, iPhone/iTouch apps. This blog is also a testing ground for the WordPress platform, so expect evolution and changes on a regular base.

Yahoo criticized by the father of PHP

From Valleywag: Über-Programmer Ditches Yahoo Over ‘Lame’ Microsoft Deal No one likes Yahoo’s search deal with Microsoft. Wall Street wanted more up front money; tech elites called it an abdication, a “shame” and “seppuku.” Now Yahoo is losing a programming icon over the embarrassing arrangement. Rasmus Lerdorf, inventor of the PHP programming language, confirms he…

Really a rumour, too good to be true

According to Gizmodo: LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80? [Rumor] That’s a lot of information to swallow in the headline, but a leakster to MCV (a respected UK gaming pub) may have outed Project Natal launch plans early. The information is apparently the result of behind-closed-door meetings in…

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home

To the future and ……. …… The museum? NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home NASA’s cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it’s not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

It’s a zombie Jim?

Got the 10$ used power supply I was talking about in my last post at Dantech. Actually the power supply was of a better design than the original one. After the scare of having lost an hard drive, which was nothing because it was simply unplugged. So everything is fine, no damage! Almost a miracle,…

It’s dead Jim

( mtlgeek.synchro.net is down) So after 11 years of service this poor power supply (on the picture) fried, I had to do a shutdown for an update, when i turned it back on everything was fine, but after like 10 min. “SCrihhhhhhhhhHHHH” and a bad smell (known as “Blue smoke” see the : Blue Smoke…

Picasa 3.5 quick review (super quick)

In 2 words it has now the “face recognition” so I played with it and it’s fun. The only bad things i can say it’s that is kind of slow with RAW files. Unfortunately this is how i take 99% of my pictures. But yeh! it work fine, you have to expect any application to…