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The Bonding – Cut 4

Patchou — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:48:11 +0000

Here it is! the new Star Trek TNG tape. This time, it’s a special cut of The Bonding, with an additional 6 minutes of never-before-seen footage.

Click here to see the full video. For more information about the additional scenes, visit the excellent review at Trek Core.

The Child – 1st Cut, two tapes

Patchou — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:15:27 +0000

After almost a week of intense rendering, here are two new tapes from my Star Trek collection. They contain two versions of the episode The Child from season 2.

Click here to see the full videos. For more information about the additional scenes, visit Trek Core.

Star Trek Recovered Tapes – The Wounded

Patchou — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:49:14 +0000

After the positive feedback I received following the first release the The Wounded - Peter’s cut, I decided to digitize the other tapes I own. With some luck, on the 9 tapes I got, we’ll find two or three other worthwhile preliminary versions of some TNG episodes, with additional scenes to enjoy.

But before I start publishing lots of VHS videos, I wanted to ensure that the quality was at its best. I spent a couple of days trying many things and I’m finally happy with the final result. These are still videos coming out from old analog tapes but at least, the picture and the audio have been improved to the best of my abilities. My computer takes a couple of days rendering the final result, per tape, you should expect one video released every week or so from now on. I’ll work with Trekcore for proper analysis of the content.

For starters, I’ve re-published The Wounded, remastered and better looking that the video from last week. Check it out now on this page. Once again, these videos are for trekkies only, or at the very least, for people who enjoy movie-making. Below, you can see a before/after screenshot along with a picture of what my office looked like after 4 days sitting down, fiddling with hardware and filters in After Effects, with the S-VHS tape player plugged directly on my acquisition card inside the computer :-).

I’m on Reddit!

Patchou — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:05:57 +0000

Today is Reddit AMA day.
Ask my anything today on Reddit.

Star Trek, preliminary cut of TNG episodes

Patchou — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:52:08 +0000

Less than 3 years ago, I got a couple of video tapes in a special Star Trek auction that I was participating in. They contain preliminary cuts of several episodes of Star Trek, The Next Generation.

These tapes are interesting for die-hard fans of TNG only (such as myself) and if you’re one of them, you may enjoy seeing how these episodes are done (along with a couple minutes of extra footage not seen on TV). For that reason, I just uploaded a digitized version of the first tape which is an episode from season 4 called The Wounded. If you’re interested, go to the new Star Trek page of this site.

Posted this on Reddit.

Edit: TrekCore has now published an entire article about this first video :).

AMA on Reddit, March 15th

Patchou — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:42:12 +0000

Microsoft recently announced that they’re about to pull the plug on Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger. After maintaining this software for almost 14 years, it’s safe to say Microsoft can call it a success. Even if nowadays, most people use other forms of communication, “MSN” will be remembered by many as the cornerstone of our early internet social life.

To celebrate this day and at the request of several old time users/friends, I’ll be hosting an AMA on Reddit on March 15th 2013, starting at 11am (Eastern Time). I’ll be happy to answer your questions about my previous involvement with Messenger Plus! as well as about anything else you want to talk about (recent projects, fast diaper changing, etc…). Until then, enjoy your very last chat sessions on Messenger :-).

C’est la vie

Patchou — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:49:39 +0000

J’écoute un CD symphonique des musiques de Zelda et je me rend compte, en l’écoutant, que la musique me rend extrèmement nostalgique, voir triste. Je pense qu’en vieillissant, je me rend compte a quel point j’étais dans ma bulle, entouré d’amis incroyables et d’une famille toujours motivante. Dans mon monde, je me pensai vraiment héro d’Hyrule, pourfendant les monstres et sauvant toujours la princesse, acclamé par le village à mon retour.

C’est seulement avec beaucoup de recul et en cherchant pourquoi j’avais eu autant de chance dans ma vie que tout ceci est devenu clair. Aidez les gens qui vous entourent quand vous en avez l’occasion, et ne cherchez pas le mal ou il n’y en a pas. C’est une des rares choses que je compte vraiment inculquer a mes merveilleuses petites filles. Maintenant que je suis fiancé avec ma propre princesse, avec deux succésseurs au royaume, il ne me reste plus qu’a trouver le temps de revivre la gloire passée, reprendre mon épé, et repartir a la conquête des plaines d’un monde lointain. Plus qu’a attendre qu’un papillon se pointe a me fenêtre.

Merci a tous d’avoir fait de ma vie ce qu’elle est aujourd’hui.

Media Center Themer 1.45

Patchou — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:04:58 +0000

It’s been a while but a new version of Media Center Themer has finally been released. It’s now compatible with the final version of Windows 8. You can get Media Center Themer 1.45 here.

If you’re already running Windows 8 Pro RTM and want to give Media Center a try, check out this page.

New baby girl

Patchou — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:59:41 +0000

My lack of recent updates has been caused by two things: first, I’m spending a lot of my time on my personal home automation project, which is finally producing nice results. Secondly, I’ve had the pleasure to welcome my second baby girl into this world, here she is on a recent photo. Next step: updating Media Center Themer!

Here we go again

Patchou — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:47:27 +0000

It’s a shame we have to do this again but those past few months, we’ve seen an important rise of internet censorship projects all around the world. For some reason, governments everywhere are getting scared of this excellent communication tool and want to put a leash to its very nature. In order to protest against the proposed Bill C-38, I will shutdown this server and the dozen associated web sites it hosts on June 4th. If you’re a Canadian webmaster, please join the 13,000+ of us and do the same. Thank you.