Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Free FPS game to play: Daikatana
Daikatana was a good FPS game for the PC a few years ago, in 2000. The story is of one sword fighter in post-modern tehcnological Japan and gives a little twist to the FPS genre (and some of the adversaries were the strange robotic frogs). Today it is made available for free download from GameTap…
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Wikipedia in one snapshot
A beautiful WWW is publishing views of Wikipedia where one image sums it up. This map is generated using information about each article (edit activity, links, etc.) The latest graph was done for the Science-related articles.
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The most stunning photos of hummingbirds
Greg Scott is really an impressive wild life photographer. His images of hummingbirds are simply astounding: clear, detailed, nicely framed and showing the bird in the most surprising positions. I bow to this master! Sources: Greg Scott photo gallery, Greg Scott web site.
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Muscovy duck
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it The muscovy duck is found in many places in Brazil. This one is trying to dry its wings.
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Classical optical illusion
A classical painting where we can find the skull if we look at the image at an angle (put your head on the side of the screen).
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Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it A nice Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) clutching its tree trunk. The early hour led to the very visible use of the flash to light this scene.
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No more music DRM
After EMI which decided to start pushing its music catalog in DRM-free MP3 format, others seem to be ready to go the way consumers wanted to. It is said that Warner and Sony are prepared to step back in front of the strong reaction coming from both the consumers and the distribution channel (most recently,…
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Poor man’s fish eye lens
If you are not really after image quality, but would like to have original images (more or less this is the profile of the Lens Baby crowd), you can build your own ultra-wide-angle (fish eye) lens out of a door peephole and a cheap lens cap. The result is as bad as can be expected,…
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Are blonds really dumb?
At least this one is failing third grade questions with a flamboyant panache. And the young boy playing the game with her is having the time of his life.