The Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of northern China bordering Mongolia. Fixed 1 183 000 km2 for 24 706 321 people, its population density is very low compared to the rest of China (a reminder of France is 675 417 km2, is less than half the area, for 65 800 000 d’habitant, capita is five times more !). Main reason for this, territory is covered steppes principlament, high plateaus and desert (Gobi). Continue reading
Travel in China 2013 – Beijing
After most 2 weeks China, I'm back in France. I'll introduce in the next few days a series of Notes (3 have total) recounting a little my last tour in the Middle Kingdom. Beijing first, I already knew that I had already visited quite 2011 (see here and is), then Inner Mongolia, a little-known land of the Western (The Backpacker in anything above or Lonely Planet for example). And the last ticket will be reserved shopping done on site connection with this blog (I'll spare you the clothes for babies, les shoes etc). Continue reading
GameBoy : that the backlight was !
If you doubt, Game Boy is not dead, instead for at least 5 years he made his comeback through a rather unexpected : the underground electronic music and movement “chip-tunes” and “circuit-bending”. This movement consists mainly divert electronic object, often former, and converting into a musical instrument (by the addition of components and knobs). So, Dictation Magic one Texas Instrument or an old Game Boy are sometimes found on stages as a tool and customizations made by these artists are often amazing : the most important of it is in my eyes the addition of a backlight LED.
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Interview with Ryuichi Nishizawa
Here is an interview that will delight all fans of the series Wonderboy I am part. Interview de cette Ryuichi Nishizawa, Pope will wonderboy, is brought to you in partnership with Kurt Kalata Site www.hardcoregaming101.net allowing me to fully translate it in French. Continue reading
Arrivage Yahoo Japan Auction
Among the recent arrivals, which received a big BIG package of Korea in the week (details to come), I received another box from Japan. The latter contains a few weeks of purchases on the site Yahoo Japan Auction. This is the first time I order on this site via a proxy (intermediate) and I must say I'm quite satisfied both of the latter for its reactivity, but also with my purchases. Besides, I've since taken over the shop ! Continue reading
Pirates & Design, WTF !
Here's a humorous little note compiling a selection of musical design of cartridges pirates. You will see, our pirates have some herbs “talent” to select various images and assimilate them into a game no matter how. But no matter how REALLY ! This is obviously distressing but often very funny, and I'm sure you've never seen Sonic, Mario or Batman, Scrooge and the Ninja Turtles in this light… Something to look like our boxes PAL NES Megaman to works of art !
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bloglife : I’m back, Bitches !
After an ugly hack my server linked to a flaw in my template, But paying, I'm back after months of absence. As you will notice, Scanlines16.com a facelift, with a simpler design, tappe least to the eye, and especially more flexible. New blog, new formula, including the appearance of drop down menus in the header. The latter refers to presentation of pictures in my collection : games, consoles, but also books and magazines ! It was an idea dear to my heart for several years. Continue reading