Technology opinions and digital photography
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Read a musical score like a pro orchestra
Major works of classical music are written on musical scores that can be superb (not only musically, but also graphically). Unfortunately, it is often impossible -for those who had not the proper education- to keep reading a score while music plays.
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After the Sony Alpha 100: Alpha 200 or 300?
A rather interesting post on the Dyxum forums tells us more about the future of the digital single lens reflex cameras at Sony (provided that we believe what is still only a talk between Internet users who say they know). The first item is about the name of the future cameras: There’s no more Alpha…
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Panoramas for train spotters
Panoramic photos that will naturally attract pathological train lovers. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 By Branislav Kropilak.
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Canon EOS 40D. It’s near!
This time, we are nearing the full confirmation that the Canon EOS 40D will be present in the photo stores on September 2nd. Some US Internet users tried to collect direct data and learned that the camera is expected in stock at Best Buy (pre-orders would be accepted from some brick-and-mortar stores) at this date…
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Spirals
A few images collected all around the place to celebrate this nice form. by davesag by gadl by Martin Sweeney by whatdavesees by gardawind by s e u s s by Pascal by blue fam by optik by roddh by NeverB4Breakfast by purefinder by tom Q by 0olong by [ Petri ] by fdecomite Collected…
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Maximum temperature acceptable by a CPU
Even if you don’t go the the extremes of CPU overclocking, you may sometimes wonder whether your CPU is too hot or not. For example, my own Athlon XP 2600+ currently displays 62°C. Is it too much? Chris Hare comes to our help with his table of CPU characteristics. You will find there (among other…
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Acronis True Image as a free download
Acronis True Image is one of the best disk utilities of the market: Like Norton Ghost it allows to make a full-image copy of one hard disk drive and to restore it later in one pass. Unfortunately, up to now, it was a little expensive at $49.95. did you know that a lot of us…
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Google crazy
You really want to have a personalized Google and to have a gaga one? Go to google.com, then in the address bar copy the following text: javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(‘A()’,5); void(0); Press the Enter key. Enjoy!
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Visit a motherboard factory
If you never entered a electronics plant, seeing how one of the biggest PC motherboard manufacturer builds them may be interesting. ECS Factory Tour – How A Motherboard Is Made
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