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  • DirectX 10 on WinXP

    Microsoft promised that the new graphics standard for Windows (DirectX 10) will not be applied to anything older than Windows Vista. This was enough to push some people in looking for ways to make it work on Windows XP (WinXP), or on Mac, or on Linux. A guy, named Cody Brocious from San Diego, California,…

  • Genius in the subway

    The Washington Post recently asked Joshua Bell, internationally acclaimed violonist, to go play his Stradivarius in the Washington subway at rush hour. What did you think happened? Nearly nothing, of course. A few bucks of pocket change for a violonist more used to big checks, a few passers-by stopping for a short time, one admirer…

  • David Fokos, photographer

    David Fokos, photographer

    The photographs of David let us fly over a world of dreams where balck and white photography uses wisely the quality of materials surfaces (water, earth, woods, etc.) More specifically I noticed his nice Water gallery where I invite you. Who said that black and white photography would disappear with digital technology?

  • Canon “EF Lens Work III”

    Canon recently published a set of PDF documents collectively titled “EF Lens Work III” that give you all the details about the EF lens system and their application to the digital photographer. It is a very necessary reading for the Canon user, but also a very good information for the others.

  • Display code in WordPress

    When, as I do, you want to include some bits and pieces of software code in a WordPress post, it starts to become a serious headache. As a matter of fact, WP has not really been prepared for this and it creates a number of issues. Those I already encountered here: The <?php tend to…

  • Google finds MP3 (legal or not)

    A neat trick that was hanging around the Internet but that I found in Transnets. How to search with Google for the MP3 files of your artist of choice. Use the following search phrase (replacing Roumazeilles with the artist name): {-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Roumazeilles”}

  • Thunderbird 2.0 flies freely

    Mozilla just announced the availability of the newest version of its email reader Thunderbird. New functionalities. English versions: Windows Mac OS X Linux French versions: Windows Mac OS X Linux

  • Matrix 4 – The ATARI-Pong prequel

    Matrix 4 – The ATARI-Pong prequel

    Thanks to XKCD

  • Canon EOS 1D Mk III: June 20th

    Amazon just opened the pre-orders for the Canon EOS 1D Mk III, high-end digital single lens reflex. Announced availability: 20th June.

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