Category: Science & Geeks
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Sensor cleaning – My experience
After my recent trip to South Africa, my Konica Minolta Dynax 7D digital SLR camera had a significant problem with dust on the sensor (5 or 6 spots very visible on clear skies or plain surfaces). I decided to go for the Sensor Swabs from Photographic Solutions Inc. All in all, this is a very…
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BioShock sample movie
This is a sample movie showing most of environment and game play of BioShock, one of the next impressive FPS video games for PC. Apparently, the images of the game will really be dark (compared to other games). But it’s true that everything is happening underwater in indoors. Source: Voodoo Extreme.
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Disk defragmenting on the cheap
HardwareLogic offers to go much further than the usual defragmentation offered in standard by Microsoft. In a detailled article, they describe the use of Contig (a Microsoft tool with an indigent command-line interface) and Power Defragmenter GUI (a software application that provides exactly the right human-readable interface for the previous one). Two free tools that…
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Comparison of A3+ inkjet pigment printers
Choosing a photographic inkjet printer able to produce high-end A3+ printsis not an easy task even though the list of candidates is much more limited than for A4+ sizes. Nevertheless, as prices are steep, it’s worth avoiding errors. This makes the comparison done by our firends at photo-i the more interesting. They oppose three impressive…
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UltraMon, dream utility of multi-monitor for Windows
Windows has supporting multi-monitor desktops for quite a long time. However, this could easily improved as many users noticed. UltraMon is bringing a masterful solution to this situation. Plenty of little improvements in terms of Intelligent task bar extended to all monitors Management of screen savers Management of desktop backgrounds Additional window icons If you…
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A terrible name for HDR photo under Linux: Qtpfsgui
Qtpfsgui is really the name of this utility program for GNU/Linux that allows to do High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography by grouping several images exposed differently to get a new image surprisingly clear and readble. Any Linux-loving digital photographer should try it.
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Dye sublimation explained
I previously wrote about the various techniques used for inkjet printing, but a good reader (thanks Daniel!) made me notice that there is a technique less common than the usual dye-based or pigment inks. I admit easily that I did not know it before. But it is a slightly older technique that was used by…
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Extend your WiFi network, the repeater solution
The #1 problm of WiFi networks (well before the speed of data transfers)? Merely, the network range. There is always a corner of the office or of the house that is not reachable (or nearly not reachable) with your WiFi-enabled laptop: in the master’s room upstairs when the router is installed in the office downstairs,…
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I love time zones
I have always been fascinated by the elegance of globe map representations showing the zones lighted by the Sun or left in the night. Probably because the longues undulating sinusoids remind me of when I was still able to play with mathematical equations (I am quite rusted now). I tend to easily notice such a…