Independence Day in Mauritius
#galleria-container-72157665850830755 { } #galleria-72157665850830755 { height:400px; } #galleria-72157665850830755 .galleria-container { background-color: white; } #galleria-72157665850830755...
View ArticleFantastic songs from the 80s
Here are some songs which I absolutely loved when I was a kid in the 80s: Here is the list of tracks: 1981 Depeche Mode – Photographic 1981 Queen – Under Pressure 1981 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 1981...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump says: money is overrated, like private tuitions
You can make Trump promote your sarcastic executive orders too :-)
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do we use our smartphones too much?
When I saw that quote on Reddit, it immediately rang a bell. It seems that most of us (all of us?) bring our smartphones everywhere now (including, of course, the toilet). We can’t live without it and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Please don’t distort people in your photos!
I have noticed that a lot of photos published online now suffer from volume deformation. The above photo, courtesy of DxO, shows what happens when a group photo of people is made with a wide-angle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 7 most important people in the Liverpool coaching staff
Here are the 7 of the most important people in the Liverpool first-team coaching staff: Jürgen Klopp (holding the Liverpool scarf) Born on 16 June 1967 in Stuttgart, Germany, Jürgen became the Manager...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to reduce the amount of disk space used by the systemd journal
We, Linux people, generally use systemd now and one of its components is the journal controlled by the journalctl command line tool. As explained on the Arch wiki, systemd has its own logging system...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Merry Christmas to all of you
Today is the 25th of December 2017 and Christina, Anya, Kyan and myself wish you all a Merry Christmas. Interestingly, do you know that Father Christmas originally wore green and, in fact, appeared to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teachers of RCC around 1989-1990
I have just stumbled upon that photo in the Royal College Curepipe Friends group on Facebook. What can I say? The photo brings back a lot of fond memories. Having spent eight years in the college, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A House for Mr Biswas
When I was 12, I studied A House for Mr Biswas, a novel by V. S. Naipaul who passed away on 11 August 2018. The book tells the story of “Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Democracy in post-Soviet states
I’ve always been fascinated by the Cold War and, with The Americans ending, I was interested in knowing more about the current post-Soviet states. I found the above map on Wikipedia. There are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good luck Anya for your SC exams!!! Kas paké!!!
This morning, Anya made us very proud: she has started her Form V exams at Loreto College of Quatre-Bornes. Today, she has grown into a very nice, emphatic, stable and intelligent person even though I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good luck Kyan for your Form III National Exams!!! Kas paké!!!
This morning, Kyan starts his Form III National Exams at Saint Esprit College. As you can easily imagine, we are immensely proud. Today, Kyan has become a very nice, emphatic, stable and intelligent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 19th wedding anniversary to Christina and I
Time flies. Christina and I got married exactly 19 years ago and it still feels like yesterday. We did everything on the same day: a quick saffran in the morning with the close family, a Hindu wedding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A simple map for Addictive Drums
I am quite a fan of Addictive Drums 2. One thing which is quite surprising about this plugin though is that 6 octaves are used to trigger the various drums in various ways, unlike a lot of other drum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
20 years after Kaya’s death…
On 21 February 1999, Kaya died. Twenty years ago, Kaya was singing: “Mo rapel kan mo ti zenfan. Mo zenseignant ti fini so le temps. Pou faire moi comprend tou seki embalao.” Today, twenty years later,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FM radio stations available in Mauritius
Here are the various FM radio stations which can be listened to in Mauritius. The indicated frequencies are those which I use in Quatre-Bornes (i.e. the centre). I have also added a “separation”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Top 20 Posts on Noulakaz.net as decided by YOU
I started blogging in 2004 and was very active for a few years. This morning, I looked at my Google Analytics dashboard and found out that, over the fifteen past years, these are the 20 posts on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From the 1st to the 8th generation of consoles
Here are some of the most well-remembered and highest-selling consoles belonging to each of the eight generations we’ve had over the years: 1st Gen Console – Atari Home Pong 2nd Gen Console –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Be amazed: Markdown and LaTeX in an HTML document
Create a new HTML file (e.g. maths.html) and put the following content in it: <!DOCTYPE html><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/texme@0.7.0"></script><textarea> #...
View Article
