Category: Science & Geeks
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Moving to WordPress 2.6
For most people, this is absolutely minor information, but the web site just went through an important change. Nearly nothing visible (except some possible bugs still to be uncovered), but it’s now using WordPress v2.6 (the latest version of this excellent tool to manage web sites and blogs). This should help a little the readers…
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Diffraction and digital photography
Several times, I talked about the limitation to photo image quality by light diffraction but I failed to go into the details. To the general request of one reader who asked, I will try to give some explanations to better understand why the digital photographer must absolutely take that into account to make better pictures…
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101 great downloadable fonts
hanks to FreeGeekery, here are 101 Awesome Downloadable Fonts for Designers. I am sure that you will appreciate teh variety, the diversity and the quality of this archive.
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Project Origin: You’ll kill zombies
In this PC shooter game, still unavailable, you’ll see quite some destruction. Link to GameTrailers
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Far Cry 2, 100 hours of intense gameplay
100 hours, that is the promise from Ubisoft Montréal (where most games only last 10 to 20 hours). This game will have a fully open map in Africa (50 square kilometers, only limited by deadly deserts) where you will meet mercenaries, and weather elements (including fire). Analysis (in French) at JeuxVideoPC.com.
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A bridge too high
Somewhere in Malaysia, there is this astonishing bridge. I guess that most people would be a little unsure walking onto it, not really knowing how it holds in place. All details at Deputy Dog.
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A lion without travelling to Africa
Even better than going to Africa, you can have your own lion pet, cute lion cub at home. Furry and reacting to its environment, this is really a cool robot toy. http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/ToysGames/RadioControl/WowweeAliveLion.htm £49.95 (about $100 USD or 75€) in pre-order.
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Crysis Wars comes along with Crysis Warhead
While Crysis Warhead is now in pre-order for $29.99/29.95€, we heard that it will come along with a new multi-player component named Crysis Wars. new online multi-player modes 21 maps
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50 mega-pixel photography
I don’t intend to go too deep into this kind of extreme photography right now, but I wanted to indicate two news items that could be reflecting on the continuous trend toward larger sensors and additional pixels: 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H3DII-50: 36x48mm CCD sensor. Kodak Unveils 50-Megapixel CCD Again, those people are keeping pixel size…