Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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RyanAir: Fun solution to better plane security
Following the recent increase of security measures in planes and airports, RyanAir low-cost airlines are really fed up with the accumulation of silly measures intended to detect would-be terrorists attempting to board planes. Check-in is longer than ever and constraints on what passengers can bring in hand-luggage are becoming frankly ridiculous. Why not go right…
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K9 efficiency against SPAM
A free software allows you to efficiently filter SPAM out of your mail box. I measured precisely its efficiency.
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New 50-150mm f/2.8 at Sigma
Yet another new lens with a wide aperture: This time it is a zoom, APO 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC HSM. A long variation (from the standard 50mm to a small tele-lens 150mm). Nothing wrong in this zoom incorporating also an HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) to allow quiet and high-speed auto focusing with full time manual…
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Perfect PC
Ars Technica (one of my prefered web sites about PC computer technology) just published its perfect PC recommendation article. Obviously, perfection changes according to the price you are ready to pay for it. So, there are three different levels of PC perfection and each is described down to the finest details (what motherboard, what CPU,…
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Canon 400D, Digital Rebel Xti, all new
Finally, Canon launched officially the new Digital SLR camera (Canon 400D or Digital Rebel Xti) that is supposed to be the spearhead of the company in this very valuable market. The Internet is glowing with reviews and previews of the new camera ready to oppose the Nikon D80, Sony A100 and Pentax K100D. Here are…
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6 steps to a web site
If you want to publish a web site, you may be interested by the following series of articles I wrote about how to quickly create a full-fledged web site using WordPress. Get a domain name Rent web publishing space Connect web space and domain name Configure the Apache server Install WordPress Call the search engines…
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SPF-compliant DNS declaration
For the roumazeilles.net domain, I published an SPF-compliant declaration (in the DNS Bind zone file). roumazeilles.net. IN TXT “v=spf1 ip4:81.57.246.28 a mx ptr include:free.fr include:magic.fr -all”
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Step 6: Call the search engines
You certainly heard that the magic key to Internet audience for your web site is the visibility in Search Engines. Unfortunately, this is only a small part of the landscape. Out of the small circles of Internet marketing honchos, there are many false stories and true rumours. If you want to keep your mind clear,…
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Several software magnifiers
For various reasons, I have been looking for software tools able to magnify an image or a zone of the computer screen. Here are some of the links I collected this way: The Microsoft PowerToys include a Windows XP screen magnifier that can be installed in the taskbar. ZoomAView – The Computer Magnifier!: A powerful,…