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Making a NES region free

Posted: October 15, 2016 Under: Hobbies

It all began with me walking into a video game shop. I decided to buy a new NES game, settled down on GOLF, one of the classics that were released with the console in 1985. I got home, Decided to try it out, but it didn’t work. Well, it’ll be fine, I thought, this happens … Continue reading "Making a NES region free"

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Building a whip out of paracord

Posted: September 25, 2016 Under: Tinkering

As always, my wandering on the internet led me to my next project. That’s how I found Adam Winrich, a artist which practices cracking whips for a living. He does very rapid and synchronized whip cracking shows, which I found amazing. This guy has beaten 16 whip-related world records ! So my research ensued and … Continue reading "Building a whip out of paracord"

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Having fun with photogrammetry

Posted: September 24, 2016 Under: Informatique

I discovered photogrammetry while browsing online, and was very interested by the subject. So, research time ! First of all, principle of operation : You basically take tons of photos of objects from different angles, feed the pictures to a program and it spits out a 3D model of the object with the corresponding texture … Continue reading "Having fun with photogrammetry"

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11th grade project : TPE

Posted: September 22, 2016 Under: Studies

The “Travaux personnels encadrés” are an assignement you have to do in groups during the 1ère shool year in France (corresponding to the 11th grade in the U.S.). This assignment has then to be presented to the teachers on a platform. With my group, we decided to host our work on a website, which is … Continue reading "11th grade project : TPE"

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A fake movie intro

Posted: September 14, 2016 Under: Informatique

During the summer break, I had a chance to use my cousin Loïck’s nice camera to have a little fun. So I filmed a toy train going around in a child’s room to create a fake intro sequence to a non existing movie. I named the movie “Little Johnny” because I wanted the said movie … Continue reading "A fake movie intro"

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