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How the navigation may look like [well, just a 1st try!]   Click me   Hello world, blabla ... My CV : Curriculum Vitae SubCategory   Lauttasaari pic : picture of the beach My friends Lolo&Heather : a crazy pic of them Google : internet search engine Lauttasaari : picture of the beach Lolo&Heather : a crazy pic of my friends Google : internet search engine

Me, Myself and I

My CV : <== Click there to see my Curriculum Vitae! I'm a software engineer with four-years of full time work experience and I'm currently looking for a job in the IT business. I would like to be involved in an object-oriented project. The project I dream to work with would be in C++ and would use free software tools under a GNU/Linux system. Ideally it would also be an open-source project. I have a passion for maths, graphics and image programming : in my fairy-perfect-geeky-world, i would get paid (preferably a lot! :) to work on a real-time 3d engine/modeling tool (i love that since my final project at university!). The books that i don't stop reading : Alexandrescu's amazing Modern C++ Design, 3D Game Design Engine, and the Design Patterns by the GoF. So, who am I ?: My name is Florian, i'm a 27-years old guy. I'm born in Nice, a 500000 inhabitant city in the south east of France. in the sunny area called french riviera. I've grown up and studied there. I've also briefly lived in Paris. And currently i live in Helsinki (the capital of Finland) where I work as a software developer ... [read more ... (not yet!)] So, why this web page ?: So far (it's just the beginning), mainly to act as my own bookmarks :) Maybe others will also take benefit from this ... FAQ Lauttasaari [local_link] : Panoramic photo of the Lauttasaari beach in winter, the area of Helsinki where i lived from summer 2001 to end 2002. Connected Friends   Hope that more people i know will have a webpage soon! Family online! Romain : My brother! The ones who are too lazy to make a web page Lolo & Heather [local_link] : Ken & Barbie! Toto [local_link] : The official Totoman! Ooh! Mickey : The kind of Mickey you don't meet in Disneyland Maija : Mrs. young lady! Fred : Macintosh aficionado! Frank: Ach so, das ist Frank! The ones who almost never update their web-pages Julia in Canada : L'histoire d'une "blonde" et de son "chum" québecquois ! By the way, here is a pic of Julia and me [local_link]. Olena : Famous crazy ukrainian girl who arrives always late! Minhi : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Ruoka ;) Oikokatu friendly happy people Mikko Martin Antti Mirku : (!) Mikko : Wow, this guy has TWO web pages !

Computers and Internet

Philosophy   The Gnu Project Nerds stuff   ThinkGeek : Best gadgets for nerds to buy Web searching   Google : The best engine for the web, newsgroups, images ... dmoz : open directory project : Human-edited directory. Humans do it better ;) Chat Online   IRC Basic guide explaining IRC IRC (ircnet) throught the web IRC (dalnet) throught the web IRC-Galleria : finnish irc thumbnail. Operating Systems   Linux   Live CD Distribs (boot from a CD and run in RAM) Knoppix : great job! Useful as a linux demo or rescue tool or to check if linux is compatible with some hardware or ... Mini Distribs Tomsrtbt : Rescue and Emergency tools floppy distro MuLinux : An application-centric floppy distro Freesco : Router distribution LRP - Linux Router Project : A networking-centric mini distribution You'll find many others tiny or embedded linux distribution using the links in the upper sites ... Linux Documentation Project Free software for Microsoft Windows   Cygwin : free gnu and unix-like environment for windows (thanks to a posix emulation DLL) MinGW, Minimalistic GNU for window : Collection of GNU tools and free windows header and libs Easy Php : development package for PHP. includes Apache, PHP, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin ... PuTTY : free win32 telnet/ssh client. XEmacs : the famous editor. The Open CD : collection of high-quality Open Source Software for Windows GnuWin CD : a CD a free softwares port for Windows DOS   FreeDOS : DOS Compatible free operating System game hippo : jeux freeware pour windows et dos DOS Game archive : the great and classic DOS games free to downloads! Great! Programming   C Perl   CPAN : Comprehensive Perl Archive Network LUA   Lua is a light-weight free programming language designed for extending applications or used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. lua.org : official website lua users : a lua community site Python   Official Python docs Dive Into Python : Free Python book C++   Cours de C et C++ : cours de C++ bien foutu et sous la GNU Free Doc License. merci à l'auteur. C/C++ User Journal C++ FAQ Lite : C++ Frequently Asked Questions BOOST : C++ generic libraries that aims to be standardized Guru Of the Week : "Conversations" and "Guru of the week", the web column published in the newsgroup com.lang.c++.moderated by Herb Sutter. Standard Template Library programmer's guide STLPort : a free and very good Standard Library implementation fr.comp.lang.c++ : newsgroup fr.com.lang.c++ (on Google Group) comp.lang.c++.moderated : newsgroup com.lang.c++.moderated (on Google Group) C++ FAQ Lite : C++ FAQ Lite A list of C++ Libraries : Cint : a C/C++ interpreter UnderC : A compact C++ interpreter A garbage collector for C and C++ Qt : A Multi-platform C++ GUI library (released as GPL for Linux platform) Doxygen : Documentation system for C, C++, Java, IDL. Java   java.sun.com : The Java offical page at Sun Microsystem java.net : Collaborative open source java project (piloted by Sun) 3D and Games development   OpenGL : A standard API for accelerated graphics. opengl for java : OpenGL bindings for Java. (GPL) Crystal Space : multi-platform 3D C++ engine (LGPL) SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) : multi-platform multimedia C library (LGPL) Allegro : Game programming library. gamasutra.com gamedeveloper.net gamedev.net Magic Software : provides support for the newsgroup comp.graphics.algorithms. source code. WildMagic : 3D Engine companion of the book "3D Game Engine Design" linux 3d graphics programming Database   SQLCourse : SQL online tutorial SQLCourse2 : SQL online tutorial, part 2. SQL tutorial at w3schools SQLite : a free (public-domain) light embeddable SQL database engine. PySQLite : a python binding for SQLite that conforms to the Python Database API Specification Misc   ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc : download hundreds of ROM to use with an Amstrad emulator. So great to see his old Amstrad CPC games running again :D ftp.lip6.fr/pub/amstrad : Amstrad ROMS again ION : light, keyboard-friendly x window manager based on frames. Tidy : HTML mistakes correcter The CVS Book, Open Source Development with CVS : A free CVS Book ;) CVS Manual : CVS Manual Code snippets : Code sinppets at sourceforge The FILTR : personnal document management system (control version + backup features) alphaworks.ibm.com alphaworks.ibm.com Handheld Computing   HP Calculator   HpCalc : the premier source of software and information for the HP48... PalmOS Organizers   Websites where to get softwares, games, etc. PalmGear Tucows pda Palm Boulevard Eurocool FreewarePalm Download.com Some softwares for the Palm If no link, then download them for one of the websites above. PLua : LUA port for PalmOS (unfortunatley not open-source!). Pippy : Python port for the Palm. (haven't tested that yet) PilotDB : Great database program for the Palm OS (GPL) SuperWaba : Free Java Machine for Palm, PocketPC, etc... More to come soon ... Free Contents, e-books, etc... Memoware : Free contents and e-books. Miscellaneous Penguin Backup : single bootable linux floppy disk including serial communication software for Palm Pilots. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Campus/9054/whatsonp.html http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/

Sciences

Mathematics   Numerical Analysis Numerical Recipes in C : Second edition of that book. GNU Scientific Library (GSL) : Collection of routines for numerical computing. GSLWrapper : C++ Wrapper classes for the GSL.

Economy and Business

Bourse   Boursorama EduBourse ComprendreLaBourse

Fun

Online games and funny programs   Card trick [local_link] : A magic trick on the net! Battleship [local_link] : A battleship game! Déclaratron [local_link] : Faîtes rédiger vos déclarations d'amour par votre ordinateur! Poétron [local_link] : Votre ordinateur faît de la poésie! Humour?   Bushism : Adventures in George W. Bushspeak

Art and Culture

Famous Museums   Louvre Hermitage Vatican Museums

Misc

Lego   Lego User Group Network : news, links, lego site of the week :), etc. Serious Lego : some amazing LEGO Mindstorms realisations Andrew Lipson's LEGO® Page : check the Esher Lego work! LDRAW : all the tools for 3D rendering of LEGO models

Finland

Language Tavataan taas! : an introduction to the finnish language. University of Helsinki language center News Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition of the Helsigin Sanomat Revue de presse de l'ambassade de France Services Weather forecast Helsinki University weather radar image / Helsingin yliopiston säätutkakuva : allows to see where it is raining Maps of greater Helsinki area Reittiopas/Journey planner : plan your trip in helsinki area   Finnair Äkkilähdöt : Finnair special offers every tuesday! ??? Helsinki transport : public transport timtable, maps, etc... Main Helsinki city web site Helsinki metropolitan area council Helsinki City Library Helsinki Festival : Helsinki festival at end of august ? International organizations IAESTE : International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience ESN : Erasmus Student Network ? CIMO : Centre for International Mobility ? French stuff Ranskan-Kulttuuri.net Ranska.net Ambassade de France: le site de l'Ambassade de France

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