Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Milestones in pro blogging
Blog-Republic.com/ has an interesting article by Darren about what should be considered as Realistic milestones of professional blogging success. It’s setting (or asserting) what you, the serious blogger, should expect in order to reach more and more serious levels of blogging. I agree completely with the figures (for example, 1000-5000$ of annual earnings as a…
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The new 10 Mega-pixel Nikon D80
Nikon did not wait for the opening of the Koeln Photokina (moved to the end of September, later than usual) before announcing the details about its new Digital SLR, the Nikon D80. I would assume that this is because of the rush produced by the Sony Alpha A100. But nobody would dare to confirm this.…
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A flower for a web site
Sometimes, technique will give bend towards art. I found a web site that computes a graphical representation of a web site structure. It’s beautiful enough to surprise you. You can click on the thumbnails to see the flowers in their full bloom. Roumazeilles.net Sirenomelia.org SpamAnti.net lexyk.com There’s everything here: Complexity, groupings, organisation, contents. But this…
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MSI announces its first Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT card with HDMI interface
It has been a long time since I started to tell you about the lack of HDMI-ready PC graphics cards on the market. It leads to the impossibility to display correctly HD-TV from a HD-DVD or BluRay DVD from your PC (even with the most powerful graphics cards). But, today, MSI announces such a card.…
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Step 1: Get a domain name
If you want to create a new web site, the first step is to get a domain name. For the example I’ll use in the coming tutorial, Lexyk.com is the name of the domain I’ll use for a dictionary web site I am currently creating. Without it, no visitor will ever find your web site…
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Images of the day – Visit to the park
Today, I took a few hours to test my new tele-lens Minolta 300mm f/4. Those few images were taken in the Park of the Castle of Grouchy in the middle of the day while I was looking for little birds (I never caught): Finally, here are some very static images from the underbrush.
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Upgraded to WordPress v2.0.4
Latest news from the web site inside mechanism: I just upgraded to the latest revision of WordPress (v2.0.4). A more stable, less bugged, more secure version. I thought you’d like to know that I keep security upgrades in mind to protect both the site and its contents (including your personal data).
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Telelens, my new buy
I am quite proud of buying it: To add to my own little collection of photo equipment, I just bought a superb second-hand Minolta APO G High-Speed 300mm f/4 which will be mostly used on my Konica-Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7D (but presented here on my old Minolta Dynax 9xi). Quite heavy (I don’t know how people…
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Science in Science-Fiction
Sci-Fi usually includes a lot of science. It has sometimes been said that it is mostly bad science, but it is science anyway. The serious scientists of the Sci-Fi Science web site give us a lot of details about what we will find or what we should notice in famous SciFi novels and movies. Examples:…