Category: Science & Geeks
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Stick any program to the icon tray
Here comes a small freeware utility program that does only one thing, but does it right. Trayconizer is used to put any Windows program into the icon tray (not only the ones allowing it explicitly). For example, you can put the NotePad program in the tray icon with a single shortcut containing something like: C:\Path\To\Trayconizer.exe…
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8 tips for sharp photos
What I do (or should be doing, since -like everybody else- I can’t stick to my good resolutions) in order to obtain beautifully detailled photographs. It’s even more important if you want to make them ready for printing in large size (on your brand new A3 inkjet printer or poster-size at a print shop). A…
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A few LifeHacker posts about Photoshop
I have collected a few posts at LifeHacker that I wanted to share with you because they are concentrating on some easy and powerful techniques to be used with Photoshop. Create Eye Catching Color Effects on Black-and-White Photos Create Photorealistic Reflections in Photoshop Reduce Redundancy by Creating Photoshop Actions
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Nikon D90
Hardly believable, scoops about the Nikon photo camera that should quickly replace the Nikon D80 are popping all over the place with the active support of Thom Hogan, reknown expert for the photo brand. We already knew that it would be named Nikon D90 which is not surprising. But little details are pouring on us…
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Canon at the Olympic Games
The current rumour is that top hats from Canon Japan are currently travelling to China to support the imminent launch of one or two new SLR cameras for the brand. It would be the replacement for the Canon EOS 5D (the most repeated name is now Canon EOS 7D, but who knows) and the successor…
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The most agile robot on Earth
Usually, robots you see in real life are hardly able to move around or to behave… like a robot. This one is all the more impressive. It moves, it walks, it runs on four legs adapting itself to nearly any kind of rough terrain as well as a mule, a dog, or a man (on…
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Cuil, what about it?
The newest fad about search engines is Cuil (say “cool”). It’s been created by people from Google and is set to replace Google (or is it?) I tried it and I could not think of a reason to use it. The biggest problem is that it does not find anything useful. I may be a…
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Kata practice for the programmer
A martial arts adept knows how much you have to repeat the same basic exercise (a kata) before mastering free fight. This is the same with most pianists who need to practice long and often to get reflexes, natural grace. So, why not the same for programmers? Dave Thomas decided to create basic exercises for…
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Sudden drop of minke whale populations
A scientific study coming from Iceland suggest that in the recent years the minke whale population suddenly dropped from 45000 in 2001 to less than 15000 last year. This is a enormous change that is not yet explained for a small whale that was more or less protected by its smaller size (big whales bring…