Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Is your password safe?
This has been the big question of security for many years. You are told repetitively that this is critical. Over the injunction not to trust anybody with your valuable passowrd(s) and not to write it down, it is interesting to know what would happen if a hacker tried to crack your password with minimal knowledge…
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Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone with free photo lessons from Canon
Canon is going to organize great opportunities to learn how to make better photographs in great outdoor locations like the major US National Parks (Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, or Yellowstone National Park ). They are opening free events named “Canon™ Photography in the Parks workshops”. Do not miss these exceptional opportunities if…
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A very curious gorilla
Found on the Congo rangers blog, a gorilla very interested in the camera strap of a wildlife photographer too near to his model.
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The city seen by Michele Roohani
Michele is a friend, but she is also a photographer looking for the little photo surprise that comes from the cities where she travels to. If you like simple images with a strong presence of city life you must visit MicheleRoohani.com/. Copyright Michèle Roohani
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My Whale day
I have recently found quite a number of interesting tidbits about whales (mostly from scienceblogs) I wanted to share here with you. Do whales sleep? Whale sharks do it deeper? Whale sharks are not whales, only sharks, but it seemed adequate enough for this category. Studying whale behaviour Pacific whale decline ‘a mystery’ The Acoustic…
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FileHamster: Better than backup
It’s often (but not often enough) repeated: data backup is a critical element of the security of your data. Too often, we frget about it because of a lack of tools easy enough to support it without significant user involvement. Here comes the main advantage of the excellent freeware tool for Windows: FileHamster from Mogware.…
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The Windows upgrade
An upgrade maybe painful: Vista as a fakir chair. Source: Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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GNU-emacs, version 22.1
One of the most efficient way to start a religious war between white hat hackers is to ask “what is the best text editor?” Everybody got their own choice and they are quite sensitive to the issue. My own choice is Emacs. Today I have the pleasure to announce that GNU-Emacs is released in its…
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Gears to make your head spin
Friday! It’s Friday! It’s time to spend valuable time on worthless GearTaker. The aim is to click to make the little man jump. It must fall down on another gear. The longer the jump, the more points. Have a good Friday afternoon.