tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185802792012-01-13T19:34:02.319+01:00The N+1 step of the tommpouce blog experience.tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.comBlogger1041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-62676006730626632722010-02-10T20:50:00.002+01:002010-02-10T20:57:14.163+01:00

Yesterday's and today's wallpaper at the office.I've started an experiment to change my desktop wallpaper at the office every day, since the first week of January. Today was the first day on which I didn't change it. My brain wasn't firing on all cylinders.I'll try to post most of them here. With a bit of hope, it's going to give me more incentive to write.

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Today's wallpaper at the office.

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Plus d'un an après avoir envisagé d'apprendre la Langue des Signes Française, je m'y suis mis.Tous les lundi, de cette semaine à fin mai sauf pendant les vacances scolaires. 2h15.Au total 60h de cours. Nous sommes 13 grands débutants, de 18 ou 20 ans jusqu'à probablement 50-55 ans, avec une proportion féminine intéressante.13 personnes assises sur des chaises en demi cercle autour du tableau,

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Yeah, black is nice, but now is the right time for a change of mood. And my photo's gone. Damn Photobucket. Gotta find a new pic. And store it intelligently.

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Moi, et monsieur bébé. J'aurais des photos avec mademoiselle fillette sa soeur, sauf qu'il me faut au moins mes deux mains pour jouer avec elle, et que je ne sais toujours pas manipuler mon téléphone avec la langue.Je note que l'autoportrait sur un téléphone à écran tactile est une science approximative. Je ne trouve le bouton qu'une fois sur trois, et le cadrage est instinctif. Et malgré tout,

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More than a month since the last update. This might actually be my sweet spot, from 4 to 6 weeks. At least, it feels about right. I don't really have that much to report in fact. Work's going OK, not-work is going OK too. We had family in Toulouse this week end, which was nice. A couple of restaurants and two afternoons at the park watching kids exercise on the playground. It actually got me

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iPhone is jailbroken.I lost my iPod some time ago. Plus it was an old generation. Colour, video (never used that, mind you), but no touchscreen, no wifi/3G. And lower than an antique Creative on the coolness scale. So I bought meself a 32GB 3GS, in black. Received it today round noon. It's got video, and a frigging compass. And copy-paste. Oh by the way, that manipulation is awkward.I've already

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Always going back to it, no matter what, it's always there.Vivaldi's Summer Allegro, Bach's Suites for Cello, Beethoven's Pastoral, Greensleeves... Even a touch of Ravel or some Renaissance or Medieval compositions.Either a heresy or a tribute, Metallica's Symphonic & Metallic, transcended through a classical orchestral formation.

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I had a moment yesterday morning. The day before was the forst really hot day in Toulouse this year. 29° by 9PM. It felt good. I always feel better when the weather is too hot for most people. I revive. So I had a good evening, finally feeling that my time had come. As usual, I had a book for the bus trip to Toulouse center. "Cessez d'être gentil, soyez vrai". It's all about how we need to listen

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The answer was: my brain preferences.Big on imagination and concepts (yellow), pretty adept at rational thinking (blue) and emotional perception (red). Highly emotional under stress. And I seriously hate planning and organizing stuff (green), including my thoughts. No really, all of that and so much more.Ce qui explique que je n'écrit que par impulsion, que je ne relis jamais ce que j'écris, que

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I'm yellow, red when pressed hard, and I don't get greens.Care to guess?

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I want one: http://store.azfn.com/kingcoat.htmlBut they don't seem to ship out of the US.Actually, I'd want a hoodie, with an asymmetric cut, I have the design right here in my head. Can't find it anywhere. Can't find anything approaching anywhere.Each time I want to dress creatively, I get the same problem. The clothes I'd like don't exist for us males. They're either completely bland or printed

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Movies, too.I've seen way more movies than I've read books. it takes less time. Most aren't worthy of anything (Hellboy 2, Tropic Thunder, anyone?).But some are quite interesting. I kinda liked Quantum of Solace, though it's a bit too close to the Bourne franchise.Mesrine, a two-films series about the infamous french public enemy. The first movie showed a multi-faceted personality, staying safely

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Not gonna talk about work, not gonna...Ok, a little.The office was officially closed today, officiously open for those who didn't have anything better to do. So I went. I had better to do, but heck, one work day with no colleagues, no phone calls, no mail, no interruption. Too precious to lose. I'll cancel my RTT on Wednesday so I can take it another time.I ain't workin for free. 7:45AM to 6:50PM

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so many things to say, so many things to do, so little energy, so much alcohol in my veins...May write tomorrow.tom

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I'm going to see the surgeon tomorrow for my knee problem.He's the colleague of the surgeon I wanted to see. I (don't) know this surgeon (not the one I'm seeing, his colleague) through a friend of him whose daughter lives with a guy who is the son of a friend of my mother. And I'm not making this up.Yup, that's what I call connections.And I'm working my ass off at work. 7:10AM to 6PM, as many

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(a prononcer avec une voix caverneuse).Gorge prise, nez pris, cerveau embrumé. Je suis même persuadé avoir un peu de fièvre. Sinon je vais bien.les onigiris avec une tomate séchée sont top. Et les sucrés avec une cerise confite et des raisins secs et des abricots secs sont sympa aussi. Mais c'est difficile de faire un mélange homogène avec les raisins et le riz, et du coup ils se démontent en les

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Photo stolen from the internet. You remember my camera's is empty, right?Yes, I have bought a rice cooker, finally. 30 euros, who doesn't have one? You have 30 minutes to buy one and come back. Now.Onigiris. I had always thought it would be a great idea to cook my own and bring them to work for the lunch break. Slightly out of the ordinary and totally japanese. They seemed completely idiotic to

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No message in 3 months. That has to be a record.So Christmas came and went. Birthday came and went. New Year's Eve...I'd love to post a few pics, but the camera I bought 15months ago and lost 14months a half ago has dead batteries. Yes I found it back, on January 3rd when looking for my office badge.The pics I'd love to post are:A Go board, Go stones and Go stones bowls. 5.5cm thick board, glass

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-49986016036625921862007-10-11T22:09:00.000+02:002007-10-11T22:31:52.190+02:00

Today was supposed to a tough long enjoyable day.Much work to do in the morning at work.Participation to a recruitment forum organised by my company in the afternoon.Internal meeting of interested members of my Business Unit to present current activities in the afternoon.8:10AM to 9PM, long. Tough. But enjoyable.It turned out quite the opposite.Arrived later than planned due to traffic jams in

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officially, until the end of the month.Leaving in an hour for Rabastens where I'll meet other recumbent cyclists for a little ride tomorrow. Back on Sunday.Not that you'll notice, anyway.

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That was supposed to be the second "must see" match of the Rugby World Cup.36-0.Must. See. NOT.Ok, the english did fight. A bit. For 10 minutes. Or less.Complete and utter domination. One way fight.Watched the match at the Prairie des filtres with 3 colleagues. It's pretty much part of the culture in France to root for the underdog, but this was an extreme. Either the underdog is really an

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and I have enjoyed it. I think it took me 9 hours to get through it, waiting for my plane, flying back to Toulouse and lazing on the bed monday afternoon.The story is a fitting conclusion to the 6 previous ones, with the required twists and turns of the intrigue. It's also a departure from the other books, for many different reasons.It closes an era, which had started when HP4 was published and I

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And will read it on sunday night in the plane and on monday!!This fine example is my very own.I wanted to show a pic of it, but I'm afraid JKR's lawyers are going to sue the bike and the HP book outta me.

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-78207735972683262352007-07-05T22:58:00.001+02:002007-07-05T23:05:18.464+02:00

Guess what's the subject? I'm separating it from my "personal" blog which is this one, because it's going to be less personal.Different audiences, different editorial content (is that the correct terminology?), different places.As a side-bonus and as an introduction, I'm the guy in the white T-shirt with the sunglasses.here's the blog. trois roues, deux pedales

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It's gonna rip three thousand euros from my bank account, it's gonna be impractical, it's gonna make me look like a nerd/wacko/disabled/attention-whore. But it's gonna be mine.Don't try to convince me against it. In fact, i've already ordered it and I should have it before August.Too bad I have a tendinitis developing in my right knee.

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-91237996766936972632007-06-09T22:43:00.000+02:002007-06-09T23:43:45.069+02:00

...he said. You know, the little kid on the tricycle in The Incredibles. When Daddy Incredible lifts his car up in the air. And then he said something like "awesome" a while later. If you haven't seen that movie, what the hell are you doing here?Well I will steal those two deep and profound sentences and make them my own.Because that's what I thought all afternoon. See, it's Bike Week in France.

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-24627960156371589552007-05-31T19:16:00.000+02:002007-05-31T19:30:39.291+02:00

Hello,oui, comme on me l'a fait remarquer, mon dernier billet remonte au 27 mars. Ca fait 2 mois (et 4 jours). On m'a dit un jour que je n'ecrivais que quand ca n'allait pas. Donc j'ai decide d'arreter d'ecrire quand ca ne va pas. Mais comme je n'ecris pas quand ca va... Et bien, je n'ecris pas beaucoup tout court.Les deux derniers mois ont ete un peu difficiles, quelques problemes au taf,

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-45557695165236904652007-03-27T20:57:00.000+02:002007-03-27T21:31:07.137+02:00

Those in the know will have recognised the World of Warcraft leetspeak.I've started playing less than 2 months ago, I'm hooked.In a nutshell, WoW is an computer game that one plays on the internet. A massive virtual world has been invented and is hosted on an equally massive server, where every player has a character.Of a given race (human, dwarf, gnome, night elf, Draenei, orc, troll, undead,

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The sad news of the day (for an aircraft enthusiast)We have received a little mail at work this afternoon that the A300-600 MSN878 has left the Final Assembly Line at Airbus today. This particular aircraft is the last aircraft of the Wide Body family that was to be built by airbus. It's the direct descendant of the A300B2 that first flew on October 28th, 1972 and launched airbus into the

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-74238462877321283962007-02-25T21:56:00.000+01:002007-02-25T21:59:55.087+01:00

It took me years to stop messing my journeys by train.I wish I'd at least know where I'm going in my journey through life.

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-22752091514569460622007-02-13T18:36:00.000+01:002007-02-03T21:42:51.260+01:00

ok, ok, je vais mettre mon blog a jour en francais!!tire du blog de monpetitchaton7 choses que je fais bien:heubensortir des blagues a la conparler anglaismaintenir ma chambre dans un desordre digne de ce nompedaler (c'est pas complique, mais bon)me passionner pour les trucs les plus inhabituels7 choses que je fais mal:ecoutercuisinerconduiremenager la sensibilite des autresparler allemandme

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Bad day, bad week, bad month.I probably haven't been so close to depression in years, or is it that I haven't been that deep in a depression as I am now.I hate my life, I hate my job, and I loathe myself with my weaknesses and superficiality. I hate being the fool, I hate feeling like everyone's better than me, is happier than me, is brighter than me, is more energetic than me. I hate being

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-58432524240737053942007-01-06T21:51:00.000+01:002007-01-06T22:36:06.491+01:00

that question occured to me a number of times already.I'm not much of a writer, my life is rather boring, I can spend the longest time without writing anything, and when I decide to write I realize before I start writing that the post is yet again not going to turn out the way I wanted. Which means it will probably turn out worse than I wanted, not relaying what I did want to tell (and just

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Merry Christmas (late)Happy new Year (early)Not dead yet.

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So you thought I was despairing?Yeah, I was. Because Miss A was angry, seemingly at me and in reality at her bf.So I'm less despaired.And then I'm having my best day at work tomorrow:Morning: tests on that airplane of our equipment from one of our suppliers to verify the good functioning of one feature I have responsibility for. "Unfortunately", I will be the one with the most extensive knowledge

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1163448702569299162006-11-13T21:07:00.000+01:002006-11-14T22:07:56.968+01:00

written on September 9th:still aliveoverwhelmed by contradicting emotionsnot doing to wellbut am okdon't worryAs accurate now as it was then. Couldn't have said it better.

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I've been playing squash for 2 or 3 months now, with colleagues, on average once a week. And whatever their level from total beginner to very confirmed, I've never won a single match, not even a single set.I lost at least 4 matches I had the level to win.Am I made to lose?It's not an empty question with a quick "of course not, you're not made to lose, you just have to be a little bit better", and

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and I consider myself taggedHow do you like your eggs?: with potatoes and cheese, in omeletHow do you take your coffee/tea: coffee, as prepared at work, black, no sugar. Or cappuccino if available. Tea, strong, black, no sugar, maybe with honey.Favorite breakfast foods: No breakfast, but a massive bowl of milk with cereals is nice. Plus another helping of cereals. And a rhubarb jam tartine.Peanut

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Following Apol's Le LTO post about her having received her driving licence, I've managed the feat of not scaring the daylight out of my inspector and thus, I have officially been stamped [approved for driving].I need to return to the driving school on monday or tuesday to get the yellow paper that gives me the right to drive until my official driving licence is processed.I have now been accepted

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Yesterday, I had officially worked for 3 months with my current employer.Meaning, under the french legislation, that I am now a fully-fledged undismissable salaryman. Yay!!So I decided to offer myself a worthy gift. Dream, think... A car, a computer, a bike, new clothes, another hat... Nope. A beer, a restaurant, a movie, a concert... Nope. A vaccuum cleaner.And a movie.I'll pay myself a

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1157814647244529372006-09-09T17:08:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:56.643+01:00

still aliveoverwhelmed by contradicting emotionsnot doing to wellbut am okdon't worry

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So I screwed up... big time... at work... before the end of my 3-month trial.If the client turns sadistic, heads may roll, and I'm the first in line.Nothing dangerous happened, noone was put in any kind of danger, no priceless equipment was lost and no bunny was harmed in the making of that episode. We only spent a number of weeks doing out supplier's job, and I didn't realize they manipulated

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The musical circus event was great!!If you have the chance, go watch Les Acrostiches, or Pulcinella, the jazz band I went to see 10 days ago. Both performances are really amazing.Met two ex colleagues from my time at airbus last year. We've decided to meet again at a restaurant next week or the one after. I hope they bring in a couple of guys from the service, haven't seen the troops in a while.I

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So last week was kinda long too, with some tough times at work. Damn box broke down with the latest patch, completely.I went cheer for a colleague who happens to be a model plane pilot (good model plane pilot) with another colleague. We drove for a couple of hours in the Pyrenees, great roads, narrow tyres, screeching sounds from the four corners of the car, got busted by a century-old Renault 16

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1153943403242532182006-07-26T21:26:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:56.394+01:00

We're wednesday, I've blogged for the last time barely 4 days ago and I've lost track of time already.In the 3 days of work I've done this week, I've spent over 30 hours in the office or in the lab. Can't actually remember what I did on monday. Tuesday, I was at the lab at 8, left at 3pm, cycled to the office and worked till 6:30 to prepare this morning's meeting. Today meeting at 9 which was

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On est samedi, et la journee a ete superbe. La temperature a a peine depasse 30, un vrai bonheur compare au 35 qu'on a subi ces derniers jours. J'en aurais presque profite pour faire une grande ballade en bord de garonne ou du canal, mais je ne me sentais pas d'humeur a partir a l'aventure.Je me suis donc contente d'un film sans pretention a la seance de 18h. Sortant de la, j'ai quand meme

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1152654144973691752006-07-11T23:19:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:56.246+01:00

Je l'savais, je l'savais!!! C'est une fille!!! Pas la mienne, non, j'ai pas encore d'enfants, a ma connaissance. Mais on sait depuis lundi que le bebe de flo et son mari sera une ptite fille. M'est avis qu'elle va rendre beaucoup de monde gaga. Ahem. Et moi ca m'fait grand plaisir.Enfin bon. Ca fait 1 mois tout pile ke chuis au boulot, ca s'passe bien, les collegues sont top, le boulot est

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1152566419304434442006-07-10T22:55:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:56.186+01:00

And at the same time, it's only been a month?Work's progressing fast, I'm understanding more and more almost every day, and the first official tasks have been given to me. Proof reading of external documents, follow up on test results, minutes of meeting writing...And I'm better familiarised with the documentation, how it works and how it does not work.The workforce has also increased, they were

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Found that on Mik's post, as always...Your Values ProfileLoyalty:You don't really value loyalty.In your opinion, friendship should be earned.If you don't agree with someone, it doesn't matter how close you are.You'll let them (and everyone else know) exactly what you think.Honesty:You don't really value honesty.You do value getting your way, no matter what.And if a little lying is required to do

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So am starting tomorrow morning, and I hate every second that brings me closer to that 9am deadline.To tell the truth, my prime motivation to find a job was that unemployement doesn't pay much. And I need much to live. So economically, I had only 2 simple solutions:find a jobfind a rich woman to marryFeasibly, solution 1 was the only viable.I've been evading settling down for a long time, waiting

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I looked for another title, but I can't find any that fits better cuzI HAVE FOUND A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I signed this afternoon, after two unnerving weeks.Since monday afternoon, I was set to sign on monday morning at firm B to work "in situ" at firm A. Acceptable job, with major pros and major cons, but lousy contract. At least, I had a job.Tuesday Guy 3 of firm C calls me to set an

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que je peux encore parler francais (avec les fotes quand meme)!J'ai deux entretiens cette semaine, l'un avait lieu lundi, l'autre a lieu demain. A chaque fois, la necessite de prendre le velo pour aller sur place, 10 kilometres sous un soleil magnifique et sans un nuage. Temperature de printemps (29 au plus aujourd'hui), pas de vent, et la Garonne commence a descendre, on en voit le fond le long

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UBUNTU 6.06 DAPPER DRAKE IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It's time to close the curtains, switch the lights on, order pizza and beer and lock myself in. Return to geek mode, in short.So, that Ubuntu thingy is the flavour of linux that did turn me into a die-hard linux fan. I've only kept Windows so far for a few reasons:Can't read MKV files on linux in fullscreen and many animes are encoded in mkv.

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I've just noticed (right...) that I hadn't updated in many days. So, what's been happening in those numerous days?I spent last week end in Hamburg, Germany to celebrate the birthday of a friendHadn't seen her in 2 years. She was my boss at the drama club in engineering school and a passionate member of my rocket builders team the year before. One year younger than me and a resume that's way more

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1146968769114009452006-05-07T04:04:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:55.721+01:00

I was reading about a couple of guys who built a lego robot to play Super Mario Bros (lame design, by the way, punching buttons on a preprogrammed timing is just lame, use a camera and digital analysis next time).side note: hey, trying to teach a computer to play Super Mario Bros may be way cool, or just to start, play Tetris cuz it's simpler. I'll need to try something when I get around buying a

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Talked about them in that post.They're regulars when party-crashers invite themselves in my life. Which feels a bit like they just did. Until now, I was running pedal to the metal, knowing full well that I could get any job I set my eyes on. Dream on, mate. You're no better than anyone else. Failure is also part of your life. And suddenly, life feels a lot lonelier.On the positive side, my dad's

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"Someone else has been selected for this position".Ouch, I didn't want to hear that. Another department was interested by my resume, but I screwed the interview.With some chance, other departments will also be interested. And I haven't heard back from Eurocopter, which isn't bad news but isn't good news either....

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Posted under Linux...Yup, I've made it, I've turned into an ubergeek, and nothing can make me come back.This screenshot from my computer is:Internet Explorer 6, running on Linux.I need to install Windows Media Player now, but am not in a hurry.I've done some progress on the robot simulator on linux, but I haven't touched my little rectangles on Matlab since the video in the previous

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Thursday over, I've already had 3 interviews this week and I'm having the fourth tomorrow.The one on tuesday (Eurocopter, Marignane) went wayyyyyy to well for me. The job would be awesome (core calculations on all main rotors of the Eurocopter helicopters, with expertise in performance, mechanical loads and acoustics), I'd be trained for 300 hours in the first year, and well, I'd be working on

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1145224934878278452006-04-16T23:54:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:55.386+01:00

I wanted to write a lyrical post, but... here's the picture anyway:A portraitI just love the work by this photographer: Manny's page

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Hey all :-)I've got my schedule for monday-tuesday.I'll be arriving slightly before 5pm in Marseille on monday.Anyone knows a nice and acceptably cheap resto over there? I wanted to arrive later, but that was the only train with available seats.If I don't forget to reserve a room, the hotel is situated less thana kilometer away from the airport. My interview is at 10 am, running till noon (I'll

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Job hunting is coming along, I've got my third interview for the black box analysis sometime this week or the next one. It will be scheduled by my employer and the customer and told to me afterwards. This interview should be fairly routine and there's little risk they'd refuse me.I was also contacted for a first interview by Eurocopter Marignane. I had replied to a job offer to work on the main

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Programmed in less than 1 hour 2 days ago.The principle:If the robot sees more light red than dark red, it turns left;If the robot sees more dark red than light red, it turns right;The bigger the difference in pixel number of each colour, the slower it goes.Here it isIt's now coded in WMV, and it probably will remain like that, until someone can show me a point and click software to encode raw

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1144089053046793652006-04-03T20:28:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:54.922+01:00

I've made 1 new version of the vid from yesterday. Tell me if it works or not.If it doesn't, I'll do some research on the internet on how to encode them for WMP, cuz matlab won't do it.Video1 CinepakOther news:Passed my code, rode 20 kilometers, waited for ages, spent 25 minutes in a dark room, and pedaled back 15 kilometers. But the result is: I don't need to worry about it anymore. It's been

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Actually, I rushed it out yesterday night.Although the picture was real, it was only the result of a proof-of-concept. So I went back to it right after I posted and kept coding until I arrived to something that looks better. That happened around 6:30 AM this morning. At that point, most of the basics was done. There was some more work to do to present it to the wide world (anyone who doesn't have

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Took me weeks to obtain that picture!!!And I'll need a few more nights of work to make it worth anything.Yes, you can try finding what it is, andNo, I'm not mad yet, or at least not more than the average in the family.

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1143819462622039682006-03-31T17:19:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:54.746+01:00

Remember how I talked about those figures I've managed to breed on my computer?I've probably found the ultimate evolutionary computing example.Check this outWith luck, you may soon be able to buy a mythological petYup, this guy breeds mythological animals on a computer and then will try to transform their simulated genome into an-in-the-flesh genome, and an in-the-flesh animal.I'll sign for a

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1143760792844303812006-03-31T00:56:00.000+02:002006-11-14T22:07:54.687+01:00

I hated the thought that it might happen, and it happened.Firm 1 invited me for a second interview that happened yesterday. The results were overall very positive, with a good contact with who would be my future boss and the agency's manager. The job would be interesting, and well, it could be a great job altogether.They told me they'd discuss it internally and I informed them they had

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Un peu de musique calme (Enya-Amarantine bien sur), un grand verre de sirop pamplemousse-litchi, mon ordinateur portable, et le sentiment d'etre la et maintenant.C'est ainsi qu'arrive l'ile de la serenite, au milieu des remous de mon existence. Il est vrai que la recherche d'emploi est une tache interessante et meme fortement motivante quand elle se deroule bien, ce qui est le cas en ce moment.

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The emergency has changed somewhat.I'm less afraid of losing the unemployment indemnities, cuz they're way lower than I thought, I'll barely be able to pay my rent and a few bills, but not pay for anything else like food or public transports. So in the end, the situation is even more critical than I thought.On the bright side, I'm having at least one phone call each day to ask either if I'm ok

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Me listening to the album V (five, not vee, I'm told) from Symphony X with one of my 4 headphone sets.I've got my iPod earbuds, pretty dead with a slight electronic noise in the right earbud. I've got my massive closed Sony headphones, nice but aging and with less bass than I'd like. I've got my Shure E2c intraauricular earphones, the creme de la creme for under 100 euros, with noise-cancelling

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New interview 28th of March 9AM, close to the airport.They're interested in Quality Management (blah) and Project Management (super blah)Points: +10.

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Well, that was quick!I'm going to Bordeaux on monday for a job interview that may send me to Hamburg or Bremen, Germany for almost a year.I need to get my costume dry-cleaned, reserve a train and hopefully get some of the train costs reimbursed by the ANPE.And I've scored points on the Scale. Now, let's get moving...Haha, it also appears another firm is interested in my profile, except they won't

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In 3 weeks, more or less, I'll meet at the ANPE for my second situation review, 3 months after the first one. I will be supposed to show that I have taken the necessary steps to find another job, sent letters, had interviews, responded to job offers...On the impression I make and on the evidence of my work I can provide, the ANPE will decide if I am working hard enough that I am worth my

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I've lost my first auction today on ebay...I had registered just for that item, a 1958 book from the Ecole du Personne Navigant d'Essais et de Reception, the french test pilots school, on flight mechanics and flight testing. The bible...I used it a few years ago to program a flight simulator on Excel during an internship. My tutor had it and lent it to me so I could work out how the equations I

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1141690745935147922006-03-07T00:46:00.000+01:002006-11-14T22:07:54.189+01:00

*** WARNING GEEK TALK AHEAD ***I'm very proud to announce that I've finally managed to breed proper figures. LOLI've been looking from afar at genetic algorithms for quite some time now, and I've decided to make the jump and try it a few weeks ago. Then my computer broke, I found other stuff to do and I only came back to it again a week ago. And now it works :D.The principle is quite simple, very

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Lousy week end ahead...Noone I asked is free this week end in toulouse. Soooo am going to spend it inside most probably. And for once, I don't look forward to it too much. I may go to the movies tomorrow, but there's nothing I want to see at the moment. I won't go shopping, except to fill my fridge because there's way too many people out there to do anything.And I won't go cycling because the

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1140743140276854562006-02-24T01:21:00.000+01:002006-11-14T22:07:54.066+01:00

I'm looping two CDs on my sound system at the moment.The first one's the latest Enya album, Amarantine. I've known her for many years now, since The Celts and Shepherd Moons. Later on I discovered Memory of Trees and Watermark, although I haven't listened to these as much as to the two first.A couple of months ago, I saw a poster for Amarantine. It was a bit of a shock to seen the new design, way

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it's 4:13 AM, am going to bed when I finish this post.I've already paid the driving school this afternoon, and am going to my first "lecon de code" tomorrow at 1PM. If I can I'll do all the lessons from 1PM to 8PM. Do the same on friday, work the book saturday and sunday and head back to the school on monday. 2 months of that treatment might be enough to get my "code" exam. Or it might not and I

tommpoucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06806486166985446376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18580279.post-1140544557866975902006-02-21T18:38:00.000+01:002006-11-14T22:07:53.946+01:00

It's decided, I'm trying to get my driving license, subrscription at the school tomorrow when I have shaved and when I have correct ID pictures.If things happen in the correct timeframe, I should get the theory exam within 2 months (optimistic timeframe, ok) and start practicing right after that. 4 months should do from tomorrow to the final pink paper.Now, for the important part, Lost...Watched

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Yes, the laptop is back, since thrusday afternoon actually.Nice fright when I started it, as the screen didn't work. And when I rebooted and it worked, the CD drive wasn't recognised and the right speaker picked some electronic noise. I thought I had to send it back for repairs...Fortunately it was just an unscrewed screw below the CD drive.So I'm back wasting my time on the internet and watching

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UPS picks up the laptop at my place tomorrow morning, They bring the packaging. I just put the laptop in with all removable part removed, check the paperwork, sign at the bottom.4 to 5 days later, they call me and we arrange a time to hand it back to me. So I'll be unavailable until at least wednesday next week.Screen will be replaced, motherboard will be replaced, I'd hope they trade it for a

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Contacted Dell Customer Support, nice guy, seemed to know what he was talking about (good scripting, Dell script-writer guy!!)Replacement of screen should be the solution. As I had to perform additional tests with standalone screen, I went to see a couple of friends who I hadn't seen in a long time. Promise to meet again soon, possibly next week end.No symptoms on exterior screen, the connection

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After the iPod, RIP, the laptop...It's 35 months old, anf the warranty is valid for 3 years. The backlight for the screen is messed up. No idea why. I can adjust the lighting between dim and super bright, I've always adjusted it to super bright.And a week ago, it started to flicker between super bright and bright when I started it. 2 hours ago, it flickered again, except I hadn't started it, I

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There's snow all over the place, and it keeps falling!!!!I will have to go in town to take other pictures today.

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A long time ago, a certain someone told me of a photographers site: TrekEarthI still go very often, specially when I have little to do.I'd describe it best as a site with "pictures of the world", it's full of amazing photographs. Well, some photographers tend to rework their picts a lot using computers, which I don't particularly. It sometimes feels like cheating.Even then, you can find real

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My iPod is dead, gone, I'm planning an official burial in the kitchen garbage bin this afternoon, no digging though.Now, I need a contingency plan fast.Let's review the options:Philips HDD6320Only works on Win XP, I have enough of billy's crap on my computer, and I HATE WHEN YOU DON'T GIVE ME A CHOICE. Your behaviour is offensive, Mr. Philips. And yes, this means no.Creative Zen SleekMay do, but

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I've had it for longer than both my brothers, even though we bought it at the same time and I have been the roughest with it. I've actually crash-landed on it on a memorable friday night 14 months ago during a high speed skating session. It looks old and battered and used.The hard drive was actually in pretty bad shape, I suspect clusters had been damaged during the fall and I could not listen to

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Two nice things and one not so nice happened to me today.Not so nice: Flo and her husband's party to celebrate their moving to their new place has been postponed to later times. Damn, Haven't seen that lady in over 4 months now... Waiting for the next date to be decided upon.Nice 1: I finally saw my interim agency. Not good news: my pay hasn't been processed, but my contract has been closed. Then

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Happy new year to you all!!As usual for the few last years, I haven't made any foolish promises/wishes to do anything special in 2006. Until earlier today, it was still 2005 to me, I hadn't yet taken the decision to walk to 2006. I'll probably realise it tomorrow morning.The christmas holidays went like a bullet, after all, I was barely gone for a week, leaving on the 24th and returning on the

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I've just found on my iPod the complete discography from Lacuna Coil. It brought back memories.A few yers ago, I found an internship in Dassault Aviation, the famed (?) business aircraft manufacturer. I had the task of testing a new software to calculate the reliability of a critical system (understand if it fails, you die). Well, the system was provided by a canadian company and we already knew

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Did I tell you December was my worst month?Programme:Tomorrow, December 5th: Sinterklaas, kinda family day for us. Intimate and non commercial version of Christmas. Truly a day to enjoy.Dec, 20th: Birthday, I'll finally pass through my 25th anniversaryDec, 23rd: Start of my holidays!!! After more than 8 months of continuous workDec24-25:Well, Christmas alright, you know the deal. We'll do that

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These are just simply awesome...I actually bought my first box, for lil' bro 1. Geomag 96 pieces (cuz I want the same, only bigger)Then I went through the site, looking at stuff to do with it.Look it:The Hourglass If you look down the post, you'll notice there's actually a gap between the spheresThe floating castle (floating cuz 2 towers don't touch the ground)This one is just

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Ma maman ayant confessé etre a court d'idée pour les cadeaux de fin d'année, il m'a été demandé de faire une petite "wish list"Celle ci est celle que j'ai envoyé...beau livre sur l'architecture/transports non modernes CD Rhapsody - Rain of a thousand flames DVD Initial D saison 1 Gran Turismo 4 lumiere bleue Mangas Paradise Kissthéstetran (pas jaune)senteursEn fait, il y a pas mal d'autres idées,

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I had heard of it many months ago. One wacky (assuredly) guy with brains (assuredly) and reputation (also) had conceived the idea of biulding a computer so cheap that it could potentially be offered to EVERY child on earth. That is, a computer that would cost less than 100$.There are two aspects that I find deeply interesting, first the technical aspect, how can you design a computer that costs

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Back to the black template. It's still too coloured for me though, but I won't touch it for some time probably.

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I've used another template provided by Blogger.I don't like it (green is yuck, blue is yummy) but its structure is a lot closer to the one I may want in the end. Or it has some elements at least that I want (don't know the CSS tags yet)So, over the coming days (or weeks) you may find a number of designs being applied at random, just to look for the tag or the structure that interests me.Ed note:

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The word verification that had to be entered to comment is now removed.I had checked the wrong option (took it for something else) and I've corrected that.You can now feel free to comment as much as you want without my blog requiring a proof you're a human. Enjoy your new found freedom :-pSlight update: I've received 2 spam comments within the first 5 minutes of the change. If the trend continues

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Friday, 10 PMI didn't open my curtains all day long. Though, maybe I should have. And I didn't leave my flat all day long either. Cuz it's friday the 11th of novembre, and it's public holidays!!!In the context of this gloomy celebration, I'd like to see Joyeux Noel, directed by Christian Carion.It tells the story of soldiers of WWI from both sides who fraternised during the Christmas period of

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