http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz Interesting tidbits from the web, best freeware list and other news Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:01:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After writing a few white papers on Human Machine Interface technologies, I recently wrote a paper that I presented as part of the 27th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC). The event was being held in St. Paul, Minnesota, a town I had never visited. After travelling the world in my ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/11/01/presenting-my-first-paper-at-a-conference/ After Firefox managed to create itself a nice niche amongst web browser, there is now a new kid on the block: Google Chrome. I think that it was inevitable to see Google release their own browser after seeing all of the great online applications that they have developed over the ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/09/02/another-new-browser-on-the-scene/ As I was driving on the Indianapolis highway after visiting a customer, I saw a big electronic sign for a gas station and saw the price change as I was looking at the sign. While I first thought that it was odd for the price of gas to change in ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/08/30/the-ever-changing-price-of-gas/ After a relatively calm travel summer, I started travelling again this week for a few days. As I was checking in through the self-service system in Montreal for US Airways, I was surprised not to be asked if I wanted to check any luggage. When I got to the counter, ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/08/30/airlines-make-our-life-easier-once-again-not/ Finding the best RSS Reader application for my needs has been an ongoing search for the last couple of years. After using the desktop client RSS Bandit, then moving to Bloglines, I have tried the Google Reader web-based application a few times without being convinced that it was right for ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/08/20/changed-rss-readers-again/ After keeping track of my travel on facebook for some time, I just decided to bring that information on my personal site. You will find a new map section that includes all of my travels around the world. http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/08/19/my-travels/ I have been a fan of Ghostbusters even since I saw the first movie on TV. I must have seen it over 30 times and it's still one of my top favorites. I was overjoyed when I heard that they are soon going to be releasing a game based on ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/07/15/busting-some-ghost-butt/ My goodness, it has already been two months since my last post. A quick update to let you know that things are going well, just busy as usual. I recently took a week off work so that we would work on a home renovation project: redo the basement. We got ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/07/15/long-time-no-post/ I was taken by surprise yesterday when I stumbled upon the trailer for a new full-length feature Star Wars film that is set to come out in August. Completely done in computer animation, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will be set between episodes 2 and 3 and will tell us ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/05/22/star-wars-comes-back-to-the-big-screen-through-3d-animation/ A few weeks back, my wife and I just tried out a new babysitter and went out to enjoy the movies. Of course, we already had my sister and mother-in-law look after the kids after they were in bed, but this was the first time that it was someone outside ... http://yannickcorner.nayanna.biz/2008/05/19/iron-man-review/