Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Photo deer hunting during the rutting season
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image. Maybe you thought this deer was belling in rut; But no! He’s just bored to death during a photo session near the park border and he’s merely yawning. Some of you may have noticed the lack of updates in the recent days. Apart from some personal unforecasted…
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Sony batteries really blew it
Lithium-Ion batteries from Sony are currently in the eye of a major communication tornado. Everything that could go wrong is going wrong. We had heard of the exploding DELL portable PCs; This was followed by a major recall of batteries. Then, we heard that the Apple iBooks were also subject to the same: explosions and…
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Pentax K10D – Revealed!
Pentax finally let everything loose about its new high-end Digital SLR camera, the K10D. Summed up, the beast has enough to fight directly the Nikon D200, the Canon 40D and other Sigma SD14 or Sony Alpha A100 (the latter being somewhat left behind, but it is widely available since last July). Of course, it got…
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Canon 40D crushes 30D prices
Sometimes, I like to browse what is appearing in the ads. Today, I noticed that the announcement of the new Digital SLR from Canon, the 40D replacement for the 20D/30D line, is driving prices down for the 30D. If you want a good price, you can check by yourself, but I found the following offers…
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A blog on the Earth surface
It is said to be a good idea for any web site to use geolocalisation services. So, I added the little map you can find at the bottom right of the pages of this site (since today). It shows a map of Paris around our location. What do you feel about this? A good idea?…
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Universal: All the music free to download
I guess that such a title had you think that you would find the address of a pirate web site. But Universal announced the signature of a two-year deal with SpiralFrog : all the Universal catalog in free legal download. Two things are included in the deal (to explain it): The whole thing will be…
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Counter the telemarketer attacks!
My method is quite simple. So simple that, when my phone rings to ask if I’m the owner of my house or if I heard about the new regulation allowed by the IRS or related to my bank account, it can always be applied. I quickly ask to be excused : ” Please, can you…
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CSS tips and tricks: Organize your code
If you are like me, organizing your CSS code is as difficult as understanding it. The Blog Herald has one neat post with tips about organizing and writing your CSS. I don’t know if it is perfect, but it already looks quite good.