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Running Quebec City

2011-09-23T11:33:00.000-04:00

Here is an photo album showing the Plains of Abraham as well as the Saint Lawrence River while I was running in Quebec City during the Summer ...

Welcome Irene !

2011-08-28T18:22:00.000-04:00

Welcome Irene, hurricane CAT 1! ... Lucky me, I'm pretty much right in the middle ...

If you're interested by tropical cyclones and hurricanes, here is a very interesting website from NASA about Irene with infrared captures, wind speeds animations and digital photo from the International Space Station.

How to build a Jet Engine ?

2011-08-26T19:23:00.000-04:00

Here is an exclusive documentary showing Rolls-Royce engineers building a turbofan Trent 1000 jet engines. The Trent 1000 is one of the most sophisticated aero engines that have driven Rolls-Royce to become the world leader in the market for jumbo jet engines.

You will see how and why they build airbreathing jet engine and how it's fascinating the way they process those huge blades with the precision of a jewellery.

Exploring some of the astonishing technology behind the engines' advanced components, you will be able to meet the skilled engineers who design and build them, and experience the ups and downs of life on the assembly line.

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If you love cars ...

2011-08-21T22:40:00.002-04:00

Here is a thrilling, entertaining, funny and educational documentary leaded by Jeremy Clarckson, English journalist specialised in motoring and best known to be the BBC TV show Top Gear's co-presenter.The amount of supercars featured in this video is brutal:

Porsche GT3
Porsche GT3 RS
Chevy Camaro SS
Ferrari 458 Italia
Ferrari 599 GTO
Lamborghini Gallardo SL
Mercedes SLS AMG
Rolls Royce Ghost
Zonda R
Ariel Atom V8.

If you love cars, you have to watch this:

Ouch !... crash Le Mans 2011

2011-06-12T12:41:00.002-04:00

Very amazed and impressed by Alan McNish walking away from this crash (ouch!) ... That's miraculous nobody was injured !

By the way, congrats to Audi Team for this epic victory at Le Mans 24 Hours (Again!)

Thanks to Mechanical Engineering twice !

2 weeks in Quebec (with Sara)

2011-06-07T17:09:00.006-04:00

Here is the album of Sara's trip in Montreal and Quebec City ...

Rolls-Royce Burner Testing (Time Lapse)

2011-06-05T02:23:00.005-04:00

Measuring temperature in the angle of spread of the Rolce-Royce burner ~~T-60~~ in the Combustion Research Laboratory at Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

(1 picture every 15 secondes for almost 3 hours !)

Meeting Hubert Reeves

2011-05-05T01:53:00.006-04:00

Meet Dr. Hubert Reeves (Astrophysicist) for the conference Cosmos and Creativity at Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Here is the photo album.

Paintball

2010-11-27T05:23:00.003-05:00

SPQR's Birthday + Paintball_: starring Raphou, Antho, Angelique, Serguey, DJODJO and ... plenty of people I dont't know!

Shot by DJODJO with iPhone 4 only.

Music by Eminem feat. P!nk, "Won't Back Down" and Bob Acri, "Sleep Away"

Someday by Black Eyed Peas

2010-11-23T04:48:00.007-05:00

Exclusive song from the Black Eyed Peas. Theme soundtrack from the movie "Knight and Day" starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

Expedition Titanic

2010-09-01T06:29:00.006-04:00

Where the hell is Jack Dawson?...

Flight above the Space Coast

2010-07-29T21:03:00.047-04:00

IFR Flight with instructor Mike Ambacher and Mr. ~~Camille Junet~~ aka Roger above the Space Coast, Florida aboard a Piper Warrior II.

Here is the part 1: wake up at Legacy then takeoff from Melbourne International Airport

... part 2: approach and landing

Vampire Weekend's Cover

2010-07-27T00:06:00.012-04:00

Very nice cover of Radiohead's Exit Music (For a Film) ... By Vampire Weekend:

100th Anniversary of Jacques Cousteau

2010-06-12T19:26:00.005-04:00

This video presents some of the great technological inventions of Captain Cousteau and his team :

Underwater scooters
Expedition ship Alcyone and her Turbosails
Mini submarine - Denise
Diving saucer
Underwater houses - Conshelf II and III.