Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Sensor cleaning – My experience
After my recent trip to South Africa, my Konica Minolta Dynax 7D digital SLR camera had a significant problem with dust on the sensor (5 or 6 spots very visible on clear skies or plain surfaces). I decided to go for the Sensor Swabs from Photographic Solutions Inc. All in all, this is a very…
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BioShock sample movie
This is a sample movie showing most of environment and game play of BioShock, one of the next impressive FPS video games for PC. Apparently, the images of the game will really be dark (compared to other games). But it’s true that everything is happening underwater in indoors. Source: Voodoo Extreme.
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Disk defragmenting on the cheap
HardwareLogic offers to go much further than the usual defragmentation offered in standard by Microsoft. In a detailled article, they describe the use of Contig (a Microsoft tool with an indigent command-line interface) and Power Defragmenter GUI (a software application that provides exactly the right human-readable interface for the previous one). Two free tools that…
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Public show of Asian gymnastics – Hands
A very nice surprise at the foot of my condominium: A demonstration that gave me the opportunity to work on the subject of hands and body. Hands Hands Hands Hands Neck Doctor Tran Doctor Tran (Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image) A thousand thanks to Doctor Tran.
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Comparison of A3+ inkjet pigment printers
Choosing a photographic inkjet printer able to produce high-end A3+ printsis not an easy task even though the list of candidates is much more limited than for A4+ sizes. Nevertheless, as prices are steep, it’s worth avoiding errors. This makes the comparison done by our firends at photo-i the more interesting. They oppose three impressive…
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Brazilian images
This is far from a postcard catalog, but here are some images brought back from my recent trip to Porto Alegre and Gravatai. Not really time to shoot photos, but an improvised weekend in Porto Alegre and a few hours in the mountains 100 miles in the North (Gramado). Details of Porto Alegre cathedral Interior…
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Brazil against DRM
IDEC – Institute for Consumer Defense – is the largest consumer association in Brazil. It lauched a campaign against Digital Rights Management (DRM) titled “Tehcnological Restrictions – You pay for it, you get less“.
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Chicago by night at 1 giga-pixel size
Always ready to produce enormous images, Scott Howard delivers a nice night view of the Chicago skyline. Zoom as much as you’ll want! Source (from Belgium): Karakartal3.
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UltraMon, dream utility of multi-monitor for Windows
Windows has supporting multi-monitor desktops for quite a long time. However, this could easily improved as many users noticed. UltraMon is bringing a masterful solution to this situation. Plenty of little improvements in terms of Intelligent task bar extended to all monitors Management of screen savers Management of desktop backgrounds Additional window icons If you…