tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55200082011-06-21T05:48:05.892-04:00Anthony BrienThis is my personal blog where I discuss anything I find interesting like movies, music, technology and programming.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1152064495775186442006-07-04T21:54:00.000-04:002006-07-04T21:54:55.780-04:00Yoga   Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1126657584409255332005-09-13T20:26:00.000-04:002005-09-13T20:29:26.803-04:00Microsoft MaxMicrosoft Max is a Picasa type application that uses WinFX, the graphics library foundation of the next version of Windows. The animation effects kick ass!Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1126485842855762752005-09-11T20:09:00.000-04:002005-09-18T00:53:48.746-04:00Family PicturesI've started scanning my family's picture albums. Here they are:Old Pictures1975Spring 1976Parc Safari, 1976Summer 1976Christmas 19761978 Summer1978 SpainAugust 1977August 1979Fall 1979Halloween 1979Simpson's Party 1979Simpson's Shower 1979August 1980Fall 19801980-10 Fort Lauderdale1980-11 Candiac1980-11 Passover1980-12 ChristmasJuly 1981 - Candiac1981-04 Easter at Simpsons1981-09 SeptemberAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1125152754220948672005-08-27T10:25:00.000-04:002005-08-27T10:37:56.510-04:00Some locations seen through Google EarthMy home seen through Google Earth.My parents home in Candiac, a suburb of Montreal.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1125151747663344792005-08-27T10:09:00.000-04:002005-08-27T10:37:34.726-04:00Google Talk 2.0Google's own instant messenger. For now, it's not that interesting compared to other clients like MSN Messenger. There's a couple of cool things, like interoperability with any Jabber clients, stacked discussion windows and integration with Google Desktop's sidebar as seen here:An interesting rumour that could make Google Talk a killer app, is that it could index vocal conversation, to make them Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1125150251455865342005-08-27T09:37:00.000-04:002005-09-04T10:21:20.166-04:00Learning to play the fluteI decided to learn how to play the flute. It's a bit late to start, but better late than never. I love movie music and I always wished I could play those themes myself.At first, I wanted to play the oboe, as it is an important instrument for my favorite composer: Ennio Morricone. I was a bit put off though when I found out how expensive a student oboe was, and how difficult it is to play even forAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1124843208900838102005-08-23T20:26:00.000-04:002005-08-23T20:28:08.973-04:00Google Desktop 2.0Google Desktop 2.0 is out. The side bar with RSS feeds, and many other neat widgets are also a really nice addition.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1121860070095442662005-07-20T07:44:00.000-04:002005-07-20T07:47:50.100-04:00Royale desktop themeMicrosoft has released the Royale desktop theme used in Windows XP Media Center edition. Works perfectly with Home and Pro versions of Windows XP.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1121573856030414362005-07-17T00:08:00.000-04:002005-07-17T00:17:36.036-04:00Using Longhorn's Avalon for MedusaInstead of spending time trying to optimize my custom thumbnail control used for Medusa, I've started playing with Longhorn's Avalon SDK to do it instead. So far, without touching any code, I've been able to re-create the thumbnail view entirely using XAML with XamlPad (seen above). XAML and Avalon is new to me, but so far it rocks! Took me a while to figure out that a TextFlow panel was the typeAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1121473463723232542005-07-15T20:13:00.000-04:002005-07-15T20:24:23.730-04:00LCD KeyboardA Russian design company has a few concept pictures of a keyboard where every key is a little LCD screen. The uses for this are amazing: Keys change depending on selected applications. For example, when in Photoshop, each key match a command icon. When in Quake, the arrow keys are on WASD keys. When in Warcraft, the number keys show the assigned spell or ability. Shows any keyboard languageAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1121007556203917042005-07-10T10:59:00.000-04:002005-07-10T12:02:06.383-04:00Introducing Medusa, A DVD Library ManagerI couldn't find a nice DVD collection program on the web that looked like Picasa so I decided to make one. All the programs features are now finished. I just need to optimize the thumbnail view and I should be able to release it.Medusa pulls new titles directly from Amazon, so adding new titles is fast and easy. You also get full sized images for your DVD covers, and browse your collection Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1120538472047671172005-07-05T00:41:00.000-04:002005-07-10T11:48:54.133-04:00My DVD collection on my iPod PhotoI got an iPod Photo over the weekend, and I can view my DVD collection directly on the iPod Photo. Medusa (my DVD collection program) can save all the DVD covers to a folder, so I just synchronize that to the iPod and voila!"My DVDs" contain all my DVD collection covers, and "My Music" contains my music album covers.View of "My DVDs"Viewing a single DVDViewing a single album.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1120006049903167802005-06-28T20:47:00.000-04:002005-06-28T20:47:29.943-04:00Google Earth is free!Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118985699251882242005-06-17T01:21:00.000-04:002005-06-17T01:49:51.223-04:00Medusa - A DVD Library ManagerI'm working on an application to track my DVD collection.Here are the features (in development): Add titles by using Amazon's library. DVD covers and detailed information pulled from Amazon. Import titles from text lists. Library can be filtered by keyword, genre, keywords, etc. Track loaning information. Viewing the library with the search filter panel opened:Adding titles from AmazonAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118766321878480472005-06-14T12:25:00.000-04:002005-06-14T12:25:21.883-04:00My mom's porcelain painting web siteAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118766256242406732005-06-14T12:24:00.000-04:002005-06-14T12:24:16.273-04:00My brother Alexandre and me. He looks like a scared chicken.Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118728697925171232005-06-14T01:58:00.000-04:002005-06-14T01:58:17.930-04:00I'm not a big fan of Quicktime, but version 7 with HD video is amazing!Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724744859568172005-06-14T00:52:00.001-04:002005-06-14T00:52:24.863-04:00A painting of Nicole Kidman my mom made. Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724729590670532005-06-14T00:52:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:52:09.596-04:00Thats me! Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724396570573532005-06-14T00:46:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:46:36.576-04:00A huge painting my mom did for me. Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724295840639952005-06-14T00:44:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:44:55.840-04:00A view of Montreal from my roof Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724156915980532005-06-14T00:42:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:42:36.920-04:00Audrey Hepburn... I mean my mother with her mom Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724103501325492005-06-14T00:41:00.000-04:002005-06-16T19:49:40.650-04:00Anna maya, my mom, Clara and my grandma in the yellow era Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118724020218677492005-06-14T00:40:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:40:20.223-04:00Yahhhtzee! God I miss Toni... Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118723884866037012005-06-14T00:38:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:38:04.870-04:00A view from my living room and of the best TV in the world : my Sony Wega rear-projected LCD 55" HDTV Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118723719957247972005-06-14T00:35:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:35:19.963-04:00One of the Picasso in my bedroom Anthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520008.post-1118722750482298582005-06-14T00:14:00.000-04:002005-06-14T00:22:25.086-04:00The blocked-MSN/Gmail effectRecently at work, we were blocked access to MSN Messenger and Gmail, my two main form of communication with the outside world. My work phone number changes so often that I never gave it out to my friends and family.So, to reconnect with the outside, I decided to get a cell phone. Now however, I want to get rid of my home phone line, but I have a DSL connection which depends on it. So I'm planningAnthony Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886288424473320660noreply@blogger.com0