Technology opinions and digital photography
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Shave your yeti
One of the silliest web sites I found. But it can be pretty addictive too. Beware: Sound may awaken your colleagues if you click here.
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PC components, price changes?
The latest news from the PC component price frontline are quite disturbing as they seem contradictory. It is now confirmed that the small LCD displays (17″ and 19″, including for laptops) are now nearly on allocation [1]. Prices are seriously going up. The analysts predict that this is a long term trend. There is a…
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Natural Viagra
No! I did not fall for the tempting song of the sirens of SPAM and I will not force upon you the marketing message of a product willing to significantly improve your male potential (whatever sex you, my reader, have). Exactly the contrary, this is scientific information: A spider has been found in Brazil whose…
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Sculptures that bend wood like you’ve never dreamed of
Sometimes an artist uses craftsmanship, mathematics and arts at the same time. To me, Malcolm Tibbetts belongs rightfully to this category. If you look at what it does with wood carving, you should be amazed.
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Models at 1/6th scale
For the amateurs of models, trains and military dioramas, here is a site where you’ll find photos of a surprisingly good work at 1/6th scale.
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Fight SPAM and scan books
It is well known that the human brain has pattern matching capabilities much further advanced than those of the best equivalent software programs. This explains that failure rates of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program may be as high as 1% (or even 2%) of errors, which is requiring later human proof-reading to ensure a reasonable…
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Jazz photos from Farrokh Chothia
Some time ago, I stopped by a web site where I found some really neat photos. So, let me invite you to go and visit www.gianfrancomeza.com. Copyright Farrokh Chothia
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Anatomy of an imaginary creature
Canis pneumatis, or the common balloon dog, is a creature whose anatomy was not too well understood. Up to now. Today we have the first detailed poster about its anatomy.
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Mac day, today
While browsing through LifeHacker, I found this week a series of apparently interesting posts for Mac buffs. Let’s share: Top 10 Mac OS X tweaks Speed up your Mac Take screen shots on your Mac
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