« Inquiet? Si j’étais inquiet, je ne ferais pas Président de la République »
N. Sarkozy pendantsa conférence de presse, 08 janvier 2008
« Inquiet? Si j’étais inquiet, je ne ferais pas Président de la République »
N. Sarkozy pendantsa conférence de presse, 08 janvier 2008
Le plus drôle, une parodie de Surface signée SarcasticGamer.com.
Le plus intéressant, une review du produit par les mêmes personnes invités par Microsoft suite à la vidéo virale. Comme ils disent « Rather than telling us which anatomical cavity we could shove our video into, the email was an invitation to come to Washington and experience Surface Computing for ourselves ».
Pour info, ca coûterait environ 10.000$.
Et en passant, quelques considérations sur le Surface Computing et le Multi-Touch d’Apple, qui sont bien différents.
Make no mistake: multi-touch and direct manipulation interfaces like Milan (Microsoft’s development code name for surface computing) are very cool. In fact, that’s one of the reasons the consumer market is so excited about Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone: it will be the first multi-touch direct manipulation device available to consumers. But as with many concept demos, the devil here is in the details, and Microsoft’s surface computing initiative is very different from — and probably will never compete with — the technologies Apple is introducing in the iPhone.
Microsoft’s technology:
1. Depends on cameras and projectors for its magic. This isn’t a touch-screen technology, but an optical one. That has some huge advantages, like the ability to use brushes to paint, but also has some disadvantages, like the need for dim lighting to avoid washing out the screen and the need to put bar codes on objects for the system to recognize them.
2. Focuses on large interactions instead of small. Despite claims Microsoft has been shopping this technology to Windows Mobile phone makers, this technology is clearly designed to work primarily in large kiosk-like settings than mobile phones. You need large empty spaces for optical projectors and cameras — that’s why you can’t hang projection TVs on your wall like you can a plasma or LCD display. There’s no room in a mobile phone for the optics needed to implement this type of surface system there — and using a multi-touch enabled touch-screen would undoubtedly run afoul of Apple’s patents on that technology.
3. Doesn’t fit in the PC ecosystem. Even if consumers were OK with the many-cubic-foot bulk of these surface systems, Microsoft says in its press release that it will distribute this technology largely through a distribution and development agreement with International Game Technology. That means you’re much more likely to see this technology in your next video poker machine at the Venetian casino than you are in the PC you get from Best Buy.
Une femme qui reflechit c’est un femme qui choisit la clinique où elle se fait refaire les seins
de « Je ne sais plus qui », probablement à la radio …
C’est con, mais c’est quand même drôle…
This is just really amazing !
3M is now providing consumer electronics manufacturers with a revolutionary advancement in the emerging field of miniature projection technology. 3M scientists developed a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine designed for integration into virtually any personal electronic device. Roughly the size of a wireless earpiece and less than half an inch thick, the 3M mobile projection engine delivers brilliant VGA resolution.
When deployed in a host platform, such as a mobile phone, 3M’s technology can project a 40-inch or larger image with no-speckle and a high-fill factor that ensures superior image quality.
Voilà une question qu’elle est bien pour se la poser.
« Le téléphone portable (et notamment sa batterie) sont susceptibles d’engendrer des étincelles risquant de provoquer une explosion dans certains lieux à risques, tels que les stations-service ». Visiblement, votre téléphone portable (et d’autres appareils) peut libèrer suffisamment d’énergie pour créer une étincelle susceptible de mettre le feu aux vapeurs d’essence. Un petit exemple ci-dessous.
Oui, oui, c’est impressionnant.
Ce qui est intéressant aussi c’est que l’electricité statique provoque le même effet. Il ne faut donc pas se charger, par exemple, en retournant dans sa voiture. C’est peut-être la raison pour laquelle le crochet n’est plus actif sur les pistolets des pompes? Pour empêcher les personne de retourner dans la voiture ou autre?
Pour conclure … un autre raison trouvée sur le net:
Pourquoi les portables sont interdits dans les stations essence?
C’est pour le cas où un ami t’appelle alors que tu t’aspergerais d’essence.
VideoTrace is a system for interactively generating realistic 3D models of objects from video—models that might be inserted into a video game, a simulation environment, or another video sequence. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modelled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer vision techniques, a small number of simple 2D interactions can be used to generate a realistic 3D model.
If want to read more about it, here is the ACM Transaction on Graphics July 2007 paper.
And I thought they were still handdrawing 😉
Ce soir, j’ai regardé la keynote de Bill Gates au CES 2008.En soi ce n’est pas super passionant, rien de réellement exeptionnel.
Par contre, j’ai bien aimé le démarrage avec la vidéo de Bill Gates lors son dernier jour chez Microsoft. Tout le monde sait qu’il va se consacrer à sa fondation, alors il a préparé un petit truc sympathique, avec des guest stars à la pelle: Matthew McConaughey, Jay-Z, Bono, Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, etc. Jetez un oeil, ca commence vers 10:40.
Retour de vacances, ce matin il restait des céréales et du lait de croissance à la maison. Les enfants adorent, mais moi j’ai un peu de mal avec le lait sucré le matin. Bref, je passe à la boulangerie sur le chemin du bureau. Elle était remplie de Galette des Rois. Un peu de team building autour d’un gâteau est toujours positif. Puis je me suis demandé quelle en était l’origine.
Je ne savais pas qu’on en faisait de plusieurs sortes suivant la région. A Toulouse, c’est plutôt brioche, mais on trouve de la franchipane aussi.
Ci-dessous, un Louisiana King Cake à la Cannelle avec un glacage coloré. Slurp 😉

Voici ce que dit Wikipedia:
Cette pratique trouverait son origine dans les Saturnales de la Rome antique. Les Romains utilisaient la fève comme bulletin de vote pour élire le roi du festin lors de ces fêtes. Les fèves ont été remplacées en 1870 par des figurines en porcelaine ou – plus récemment – en plastique. Jadis, l’usage voulait que l’on partage la galette en autant de parts que de convives, plus une. Cette dernière, appelée « part du Bon Dieu », « part de la Vierge » ou « part du pauvre » était destinée au premier pauvre qui se présenterait au logis.
Et ce qu’on en dit sur AskOxford
A celebration of Christ being visited by the Magi, the epiphany was set to January the 6th by Pope Julius II. Also known as le jour des Rois, this is the day when the three kings are traditionally added next to the crib. Over the years, this religious festival overlapped with pagan traditions that went back to the Roman Saturnalia.
From the Middle Ages, the epiphany has been celebrated with a special Twelfth Night cake: la galette des rois, literally the King’s cake. The galette differed according to the regions: for example it was made of puff pastry in Paris, but made of brioche and shaped as a crown in Provence. Under Louis XIV, the Church considered this festival as a pagan celebration and as an excuse for indulgence, and it was subsequently banned. To get around this ban, it became la fête du bon voisinage (literally, ‘neighbourly relations day’). This culinary tradition even survived the French Revolution when it became the ‘Gâteau de l’Êgalité (the equality cake), as Kings were not very popular in those years!
The cake contains a lucky charm (une fève) which originally was a bean, a symbol of fertility. Whoever found the charm in their slice of cake, became King or Queen and had to buy a round of drinks for all their companions. This sometimes resulted in stingy behaviour and to avoid buying a round of drinks, the potential King or Queen very often swallowed the bean! This is why towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, the lucky charm started being made of china. The charm can take any shape or form and can either be very plain or more sophisticated (glazed or handpainted). It sometimes represents a religious figure such as the baby Jesus, but it can be virtually anything. Little horseshoe shapes are popular as they are thought to bring luck. Although nowadays very often made of plastic, old-fashioned china charms are still used and they have become a collectable item.
The modern Galette des Rois is made of puff pastry and can be plain or filled with frangipane, an almond-flavoured paste. It is sold in all French bakeries and eating the galetteat the beginning of January is still a very popular tradition and an opportunity for families and friends to gather around the table. The youngest person in the room (usually a child) hides under the table and shouts out which guest each slice of cake should be given to. The person who finds the fève in their slice of galette becomes the King or Queen and is given a golden paper crown. The King or Queen then has to choose his Queen or her King, by dropping the lucky charm in their glass.
Oui, j’ai grossi pendant la semaine du Nouvel-An!
Je ne me suis pas pesé. Pas besoin, je sais, je le sens.
Pourtant j’ai fait du sport, vous l’avez vu.
Mais quand on rentre dans sa famille en Belgique pendant 7 jours, on accumule les Noëls, Nouvel-An, visite des amsi, parrains, marraines, collègues et donc au total ca donne des petits-déjeuners, lunch, goûter ou dîner en tout genre.
Sur une semaine, j’aurai finalement manger avec
Ben, oui, j’ai beaucoup trop mangé du coup.
I didn’t know about this site before today.
Mintemail provides you freely with disposable (temporary) email addresses.
It just super simple to use
Nice …