Month: September 2007
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Live Rock n’Roll and die young
Rock stars do not have a quiet life. But they often have violent or surprising deaths. When you’re a star, you need to stay one even in the process of dying. The 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars. But as if this was not completely obvious, there is an English scientist (he’s from Liverpool John…
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The story of the two little robots who wouldn’t die
Sometimes, science goes hand-in-hand with the most romantic story. This is the case of the two Mars rovers sent by NASA to the red planet. Their mission has been extended and extended while they strived well beyond their official life expectancy. Nowadays, they are out of a large dust storm that had all scientists worried.…
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Record camera obscura, record photograph
A photograph of no less than 10 by 30 meters. Made in a plane hangar used as dark chamber and with a swimming pool used to develop the record image. This is a group of photographers collectively known as The Legacy Project that made the mad project possible. Nothing was utterly impossible. Everything was astoundingly…
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Images of the Sony Alpha 700
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What happens when a wrecking ball is turned loose
Seen on wpxi.com
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No Sony Alpha 200, but a brand new Sony Alpha 700
Finally, the rumours about the name of the new digital reflex camera from Sony were not based on reality (at least concerning the name of the animal). Today, Sony announces its new leading product under the Sony Alpha 700 or Sony A-700 label. Obviously, this is coming back to the naming conventions of Minolta where…
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Sony Alpha 200 is now known as Sony Alpha 700
We long thought that Alpha 200 would be the name of the new Sony Digital Single Lens Reflex. However, Sony surprised most people and named it Sony Alpha 700.
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WordPress 2.3 will come on September 20th
WordPress is currently preparing a new version 2.3 that will bring new possibilities to work together (multi-author blogs and web sites) and to enrich the articles/posts. We should see the final 2.3 version on September 20th.
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Dark side of Uranus
Uranus is too far from us to be seen clearly. But you don’t need a space probe to see the dark side of Uranus since it’s Hawai telescope which collected these images in August.