Technology opinions and digital photography
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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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A flashy silver sphere to spend a Friday afternoon
Friday spare time (or spent time) is back and here is a new way to be unproductive (Shame on you!). Your objective is to move the little blue-silver sphere through mazes, boxes, lakes and crates to the salvvation of the vortex (in limited time). Are you able to be the silver sphere hero? Will you…
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South African giraffe
Giraffes are endemic in all Africa. So, it’s no surprise that we can find some of them in South Africa. I suggest that you admire the softness in the eye of the giraffe. Giraffe (male) Giraffe (female)(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Slow Sync Flash
The technique of Slow synch flash is somewhat difficult to master and this is why I invite you to check the Digital Photography School and its article about it: Slow Sync Flash.
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New LCD screen: Dell 2407WFP
Other notable characteristics: Integrated flash memory card reader. Multiple video inputs (DVI-D/HDCP, S-Vidéo, Composite, Component). Integrated USB concentrator. I finally cracked and bought a new screen to replace my main working display. I chose a Dell 2407WFP to have a large work surface (1920 x 1200 in 24″), a wide form factor (useful to push…
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Octopart, a search engine for electronic parts
For both pro electronic engineers and amateur tweakers/hackers. Octopart
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