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month: June 2015

week of despair

week of despair

No, don't worry. I haven't failed Pioupiou yet 🙂 In fact, I've even done Pioupiou rather well… – Since I have a mountain of spare parts in my office. – Since I also have a whole bunch of electronic cards that are ready. – Since I finished Pioupiou's internal software (for the curious, it's here). – Since I received 8 cubic meters of wedging particles to protect your Pioupious in their boxes. – Since I just hired 2 people…

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Pioupiou pass son Bac

Pioupiou pass son Bac

Monday, 9 a.m. Turn off your phones, put away your calculators. Exam week begins. The Philo As is the custom, the week of exams always starts with the thing that puts us in the head. Our friend did pretty well, since it only took him 2000 lines of code to explain all the mess that was in his brain. I'm almost done editing. For the geeks, I'll post his copy next week. The solemn oral After…

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Welding with rods

Welding with rods

Do you see those beautiful electronic cards? Well, good news! Assembly work has begun. So I took out my soldering iron, and… Uh no, anyway. So I went to see my favorite subcontractor, in the heart of the Silicon Valley of Grésivaudan. With as much good taste as ever… If you were there exactly a year ago, you already know the story. If you're curious, it's this way: Assemble the cards, method n°2….

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The two (thousand) bullet error

The two (thousand) bullet error

I received all the electronics: boards and components. Everything is planned with the subcontractor. The assembly of the electronic cards (welding) will therefore begin on Wednesday. I'll be there with a camera − I know there are curious people 🙂 Yoouuuuuuh! We are almost there. The two (thousand) bullet error Almost. One was needed, and it finally arrived, the error. So it's on the hulls received last week. At the level of the bosses (= fixings) in which the…

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