Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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84 births: The Siberian Tiger mothers are feeling good
A North China breeding center has announced that they already had 84 births this year. The Amur Tigers or Siberian Tiger, or Machurian Tiger are the largest living big cats with more than 600 pounds for an adult. They intend to breed some of them in order to prepare them for a future life in…
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How to disassemble your Minolta 50mm/1.7 lens
The 50mm f/1.7 lens from Minolta has the bad reputation of sometimes seeing its diaphragm iris locking itslef open (along with the excellent opticla quality of the glass – even better than for the bigger brother the 50mm f/1.4). Knowing that the repair services are expensive and remembering Minolta’s demise, here comes Internet and one…
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Ira Bordo: images
Once again, I stop by some black and white images. Ira Bordo comes from Russia and brings some very elegant nude images on IraBordo.ru/. Copyright Ira Bordo
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No plastics for a better environnement
The proposal is a pragmatic one: Let’s try to reduce the use of plastics in our everyday life. It may not solve all the problems but it can reduce one. A To-Do List For Reducing Plastic. [Deep Sea News] No plastic grocery bags No plastic “poop” bags No plastic trash bags No plastic produce bags…
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Inkjet impressions will be dead soon
Previous articles about inkjet printing 2005 highlights about inkjet printing (including prints longevity). Canada’s National Archive experts are worried that we don’t have enough knowledge about how inkjet prints age. They fear that most of them will die early because the dried ink is much more exposed to external stresses than the pigments of traditional…
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Nikon D300, Canon 40D – No news!
All is calm on the front of rumors about the future new digital cameras. The beginning of the year 2007 was rich in ideas about the replacement of Nikon D200 and Canon 30D, but there is only now beginning-of-Summer rebates and promotions (rather a classic move for the photo market) to help people’s imaginations. It…
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Roumazeilles.net in your email
To all the readers that are interested in keeping in touch with us without even the effort to visit us every day, there are two options that you should keep in mind: Using the RSS feed for the web site. You need to have an RSS reader (one is included in recent versions of Safari,…
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Color-blindness and software specification
Do you happen to know that 5% of all male population is actually affected by some form of color-blindness (females are much less prone to it). It means that plenty of activities that tend to rely on color identification by the user is significantly flawed for about 2-3% of the user population. This can become…