Technology opinions and digital photography
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09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0, prohibited number
Since the AACS (the protection of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray against copying) is technically broken, there was only one lock left: after unlocking tools, there was the need for the publication of the needed key to allow easy operation. The MPAA tries to ban this famous key number from the Internet while it keeps popping up…
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South African lizard
This 1st of May is reason for celebration of work (or is it workers celebration? :-)) So, let’s look at one of animals most associated with not working: The lizard, spending endless hours lying on rocks in the sun. Lizard in the sun Lizards in the sun(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Undo all HTML in CSS
This is a delicatessen reserved for HTML- and CSS-loving palates. It could be helpful to some CSS developers : in an article titled “Really undoing HTML and CSS“, Eric Meyer offers a CSS file that undo all default values preset by the default interpretation of HTML by some browsers. As a matter of fact, some…
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Wild dog and jackal in South Africa
Small predators, but a dangerous set of fangs: Yawning jackal Wild dog(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Lastest 40D rumour: Available in July
It was quite some time that anybody had any news of the long-expected Canon EOS 40D digital camera. Today, a rumour is popping from a forum. It would be arriving on the shelves in July. From Fred Miranda forum. To be confirmed, of course.
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South Africa: One hour with the Cheetahs
Shooting a few good images is quite often a matter of time. The following sequence extends over slightly more than an hour (and sometimes, fed with waiting the photographer looks for a different subject like in the last photo of the series) and we only stopped because night was about to come: Cheetah Cheetah Cheetah,marking…
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STALKER: Conquered once
You knew that I had been buying STALKER (officially S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Shadow of Chernobyl – Did you ever see a worst-to-type PC game title?) Today, I finished the game playing at Stalker level (not the easiest rookie style, but neither veteran nor master). I can tell you it’s real fun all along. I had a…
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Test Chinese censorship
As you certainly know, continental/communist China is one of those countries that have an institutionalized censorship system to protect its citizens. It starts with a very strong management of Internet cafés, but it is also based upon a stringent filtering of many web sites out of the country and judged as undesirable. Very efficient, but…
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Online SciFi monthly: Darker Matter
For the Science Fiction fans that stop by this site, here is a new monthly online web site whose #2 is just published. Very good reading material, interesting authors and you can even have your own work published (and be paid for it). Very nice, very pro: Darker Matter.
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