Technology
- Bot Attacks: You are not alone… (0) | Tuesday Apr 20th, 2021
I originally published this article on the Medium Expedia Group technology blog: Bot Attacks: You are not alone…
In a recent article, Security Magazine stated that 1.3 billion bot ... - Tips to make your WordPress website secure (0) | Wednesday Oct 10th, 2018
security headers, replaced “Feature-policy” with “Permissions-policy”.
WordPress is one of the most popular CMS (Content Management System). That popularity also means that it ... - Wise, Revolut and Monzo, a small revolution for travelers and expats (0) | Saturday Jan 20th, 2018
2022 : Referral links update.
June, 11th, 2019 : Curve card enables you to combine all your existing cards in one.
April 22, 2018 : Wise ... - FAQ – Online survey with Google Forms / Drive / Docs (230) | Sunday Apr 24th, 2016
The article Using Google Forms / Drive / Docs to create an online survey regularly receives comments. I realized that people come across similar issues, so I decided ... - The best free and online tools for testing and optimizing an application or website (1) | Sunday Nov 15th, 2015
In this article, I will give you some useful online tools to ensure your website is efficient, does not contain errors and is optimized for search engines (SEO). ... - Should we be wary of Google? (0) | Monday May 25th, 2015
Google is part of our daily lives
Countless news reports are chronicling the hegemony of the US firm. Google’s success fascinates, irritates and sometimes scares. Like most Internet users, ... - Creation of tweets from a RSS feed (0) | Tuesday Feb 17th, 2015
October 24th, 2021 : Both services Twibble.io and Twitter Feed have been discontinued, dlvr.it is the most viable alternative solution today.
Quite recently, I was looking for a ... - Boost your WordPress blog: W3 Total Cache + CloudFlare (4) | Sunday Dec 28th, 2014
A WordPress blogger has a tendency to install many plugins on his/her blog in order to add functionality and some interactivity. Read WordPress plugins of CarmaBlog if you ... - Choose the web hosting service that fits your needs (4) | Wednesday Sep 17th, 2014
For this article, I will talk about two different hosting solutions, a standard one suitable for a simple site (e.g. in PHP) and another one cloud-oriented PaaS (Platform ... - How to make iTunes lighter and faster on Windows? (0) | Wednesday Sep 10th, 2014
This week, Apple introduced the new iPhone 6 and its smart watch finally not called iWatch but Apple Watch. Millions of people were able to follow the keynote ... - Updapy, the applications update center for Windows (0) | Monday Aug 11th, 2014
Service terminated
Since end of November 2022, Updapy does not exist anymore.
Updapy is a free online service to be notified when updates for your favorite apps are available.
The service ... - Are you a smartphone slave? (2) | Friday Jul 18th, 2014
Recently, I have followed an interesting course about Medias and Google on Coursera. One of the assignments raised the question of the relationship people could have with their ... - Measure and analyze your website audience with Matomo (0) | Saturday Feb 22nd, 2014
Piwik is the previous name of Matomo. It is possible to find references to the old name in this article. The software was renamed early 2018. To learn ... - List of my favourite Android apps (0) | Thursday Jan 09th, 2014
This article is getting a bit old and the list of applications I am using has evolved. For example, I no longer use Firefox, but a simplified and ... - Some basic rules to prevent your accounts from getting hacked (0) | Friday Nov 01st, 2013
April 2014, the internet world discovers the wide “Heartbleed” security bug. Recommandation is to change all your passwords. Take advantage of Heartbleed by choosing better passwords :)
When we ... - A bit of etymology on Java and its Beans (0) | Monday Oct 14th, 2013
This afternoon at the cafetaria, I don’t know exactly how we got there, but a colleague started to explain the origin of the name Java. I don’t know ... - Why and how using an email alias? (2) | Friday Oct 11th, 2013
Webmails like Gmail, Hotmail include lot of features. Some are not very well known like aliases. Indeed, it is possible to receive messages sent to [email protected].
There is nothing ... - The meaning of URL, URI, URN (4) | Wednesday Oct 02nd, 2013
In general, we know that a URI is “something” like a URL but we don’t properly understand the relationship in between. Moreover, we usually don’t know what a ... - PowerShell, the next-generation command-line tool (0) | Monday Sep 23rd, 2013
It is quite common to hear Linux users grumble not only because they are forced to use Windows, but they are not able to use their favorite commands ... - Measuring your influence on the web with Klout (0) | Friday May 31st, 2013
Klout has been discontinued in May 2018.
Recently, I have discovered the Klout service.
This service allows you to measure your influence on social networks. Activate your account, link ... - Comparing NoSQL: Couchbase & MongoDB (0) | Friday Mar 08th, 2013
The NoSQL world is vast: Cassandra, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis, HBase, Couchbase, Neo4j, BigTable and so on. Not to mention Map-reduce, Hadoop, Hive that are quite close to NoSQL ... - IconFinder, find efficiently your icons (0) | Friday Mar 01st, 2013
I was used to use Google images to find icons, but I find out a better tool for this task: IconFinder. Search results are more reliable and you ... - Discover Maxthon (0) | Tuesday Dec 11th, 2012
Today, there are a lot of different browsers, but I have to speak about Maxthon, an Internet Explorer-based browser.
I discovered it very briefly at a JUG in Brussels. ... - Shutdown, standby or hibernate your computer? (1) | Sunday Dec 09th, 2012
That’s a question a bit silly but interesting, and that’s always a little something for our planet…
First, let’s define precisely these terms.
Shutdown
The computer closes all programs before shutting ... - A mobile version of your WordPress Blog (0) | Sunday Oct 28th, 2012
Better than the Jetpack mobile plugin, discover how to make your website responsive!
Since version 1.8, Jetpack WordPress plugin includes a new plugin called “Mobile theme”, in order to ... - Using Google Forms / Drive / Docs to create an online survey (376) | Monday Sep 24th, 2012
Since the publication of this post, Google Docs still exists but has been renamed in Google Drive, including more services. The URL https://docs.google.com/ is still valid and redirects ... - Open Street Map, better map than Google Maps? (6) | Wednesday Jul 25th, 2012
Google’s hegemony is by definition everywhere, so it is not a surprise to find the firm in the digital mapping area. Google Maps is one of the leader ... - This file is currently used… Thanks you Windows ! (0) | Sunday Apr 22nd, 2012
Windows users, ever had such an annoying message when trying to delete or rename a file or folder ?
Ever had such an annoying message when trying to eject ... - Firefox Nightly, Aurora, Beta, Desktop, Mobile, ESR & Co. (0) | Saturday Jan 21st, 2012
Now, there are so many versions of internet browsers that it tends to be a bit messy. This is especially true for Firefox.
Different release life cycles
Here’s a brief ... - Your global avatar with Gravatar (0) | Tuesday Jan 03rd, 2012
First article in 2012, a good opportunity to wish you a happy new year ! Obviously, consider this only if we still are in January 2012 when you ... - Changing the Eclipse splash screen in few seconds (5) | Wednesday Dec 07th, 2011
Do you want to show off when starting Eclipse in the morning ? After all, be more geek won’t hurt…
Download this picture (it is the same as below, ... - HTML5 or the Web 3.0 era? (0) | Thursday Nov 24th, 2011
The recent press release of Adobe about ceasing Flash Mobile development is one of the biggest IT news this month. It probably will cause Flash technology to disappear ... - Blogs list (1) | Monday Nov 14th, 2011
January 02, 2013 : Not only a list of blogs, adding Coursera platform: free online training by professors from prestigious universities.
A new section “Links” is now ... - Changing the language in Firefox (19) | Saturday Oct 01st, 2011
To change the language of Firefox, you can reinstall it by choosing the language of your choice on the official page. But there is far better!
Maybe your favourite ... - Save space disk with Chrome / Chromium (or how not to lose it…) (0) | Sunday Jul 10th, 2011
Chrome / Chromium browser has the annoying habit of keeping all of its older versions on the system. Useful to return to the previous version if it fails ... - Bring your files everywhere you go with Dropbox (0) | Saturday Jun 18th, 2011
Dropbox is a sharing “box” where you can sync any type of file. It’s a kind of mini personal SVN…
Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves ... - A virtual spoon in the cloud? (0) | Saturday Apr 30th, 2011
Are you tearing your hair out by trying to make your website be cross-browser compatible ? Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome… Multi-compatibility increases significantly the development time!
Moreover, cross-browser ... - WordPress plugins of CarmaBlog (2) | Thursday Mar 24th, 2011
December 26, 2014 : W3 Total Cache plugin added.
July 24, 2013 : Disqus plugin added.
March 21, 2013 : Configurable Tag Cloud and Conditional CAPTCHA ... - CaptureFox : Screencasts recording with Firefox (0) | Saturday Feb 19th, 2011
CaptureFox has not been updated for a long time. Therefore, this plugin is no longer supported by the latest versions of Firefox. Awesome Screenshot & Screen Recorder is ... - Launchy, applications launcher (0) | Monday Nov 01st, 2010
Launchy is a very useful tool that I’ve been using for over one year under Windows, at home and in the workplace. It enables you to launch all ... - A personal thought : mobility, energy & society (0) | Wednesday Jun 02nd, 2010
Let’s go a step back in time, a decade ago. And remember, (perhaps!) you were walking in the IT department of a major computer retailer. The laptops section ... - List of my favourite Firefox extensions (1) | Monday Feb 15th, 2010
I want to share with you the Firefox plugins that I’m used to using.
Don’t hesitate to post a comment if your favorite plugin is missing.
Auto Shutdown
Turns off or ... - Windows 7 test (0) | Thursday Sep 03rd, 2009
Thanks to my Student (MSDNAA) account, I have tested Windows 7 in preview. The version I have tested is the french and 32 bits corporate version. Thus, all ... - Download documents and e-books with DocJax (0) | Friday Aug 28th, 2009
DocJax is a search engine for documents. It is well-designed and it provides relevant results, I think this is useful to add the site in your bookmarks. Click ... - Google Wave (0) | Wednesday Aug 19th, 2009
Google Wave project is not existing anymore. Google has decided to give the project to the Apache community. The project is now Apache Wave.
Google Wave is an HTML ...
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