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  • [Windows-10] Why some photos are not appearing in the Photos live tile

    Partie française plus bas Symptoms If you are using Windows 10, you may want to pin the Photos live tile to the Start Menu. But some of the images from your pictures folders are not showing in the live tile, or even worse, no picture is displayed on the live tile. You have tried (or…

  • [Linux] Use GRUB from a previously installed Linux in a dual boot setting

    When you install a new Linux alongside another one, your computer will likely use the last installed OS’s GRUB instead of the one from the previous install. In my case, I have installed Debian, and a few days later, a Linux Mint on the same disk. But the thing is I prefer the Debian’s GRUB…

  • [Debian] Japanese IME in GNOME 3 desktop

    Surprised The japanese IME on Debian, when installed properly, works pretty much similarly to the Windows 7 one… I was quite surprised by the quality of this software piece. Step by step Install those packages from official repositories: ibus and ibus-mozc (along with their dependencies, of course). Launch the Region & Language settings app. In…

  • [Debian] Basics of animated GIF optimization with ImageMagick

    I was doing an ingame video capture and I needed to have it in a GIF format. A few frames of the animation could be optimized as there were sometimes still images. So if I wanted to remove those unnecessary frames (while keeping the correct duration, of course), one can simply use ImageMagick. How to…

  • [Debian] Create a QRCode for a vCard file

    Didactic I am writing a little tutorial here for creating a QRCode for a vCard file. As I don’t use it that much, it feels like I need a memo for it. Preparation We will use a vCard file named test.vcf which contains the following: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Family Name;First Name;;; FN:First Name Family Name TITLE:Your…

  • [Debian] Generate TeX formulas as SVG or PNG images Wikipédia-like

    Preparation We will use this file named texfile.tex as the .tex to convert: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \pagenumbering{gobble}% Remove page numbers (and reset to 1) \begin{document} My first \TeX~document. $s_n = (Ta)_n = \displaystyle\sum_{k=0}^\infty T_{nk} a_k$ \end{document} Result file Generating PNG images Packages you need: texlive (or any other TeX program, I guess) dvipng Step by step In…

  • [Debian] Fix the backlight function keys on Intel GPU laptop

    *UPDATE* March 10th, 2019 I have to update my post because the previous fix does not work anymore with recent versions of debian + GNOME 3, on the same laptop as before (sandybridge core i3). Now, you have to follow this suggestion given by people all around the world: edit the /etc/default/grub file in super…

  • [PVT@Canada] Bilan après huit mois

    Voilà quelques mois que je n’ai pas donné de nouvelles. 😛 Léger. En début d’année, j’ai eu l’occasion de travailler (omagad!) dans une société de développement de jeux vidéo qui s’appelle Nvizzio Créations, localisée à Montréal en plein dans le quartier du Centre-Ville sur la rue Sainte-Catherine. J’ai rejoint pendant deux mois et demi l’équipe qui…

  • [Cotisation Foncière des Entreprises] SEPA : Comment payer sur le site impots.gouv.fr ?

    Faut-il envoyer une autorisation de prélèvement à la banque ? Non. Mais j’ai lu quelque part qu’il fallait envoyer le mandat SEPA à la banque avant de payer la Cotisation Foncière des Entreprises ? Tout nouveau compte bancaire doit donc être déclaré à partir du lien « Gérer mes comptes bancaires » pour pouvoir être utilisé. Les comptes bancaires,…

  • [LinkedIn] How to put an image preview for links to webpages

    Upset. I have just spent four hours to figure out how to put an image preview for URLs linking to custom web pages which you put on LinkedIn profile pages. You know, those links added as media. First, you have to add Open Graph meta tags to your website. Just put those meta tags as…