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  • Visit a virtual lens plant

    Thanks to Canon, it is possible and easy to discover how a photo optical lens is created. And it is a much more convoluted process than you may think. If you ever wondered why a lens cost so much money to make (and some of the nicest lenses are digging holes in our wallets), take…

  • A great box for an external USB hard drive

    We, geeks, are always on the look for a designer box for our PC in the obvious objective to seaprate ourselves from the ugly standard grey box. Our desire has now also extended to the boxes protecting our external hard drives. After a generation of grey, metal or black boxes, we start seeing nice packages.…

  • Robert Adler, dies at 93

    This man should be better known. He died at 93 after receiving a Grammy Award in 1997. He created a world of couch potatoes. He favored petty fights in front of the TV set. He fathered the TV remote. Source: BBC.

  • The Y2K7 bug

    On the 1st of January 2000, some people were expecting to see the world crumble because old software applications had been written using dates coded on 2 digits. At the turn of the century (or rather at the change from 99 to 00), there was a need for upgrading/patching applications to support 4-digit years in…

  • Sony Alpha 10 or Sony Alpha 200

    Sony Alpha 10 or Sony Alpha 200

    PMA: The new Sony DSLR is official now Sony Alpha-100 After making a successful entry in the market of the digital SLR photo camera with the A100 in July 2006, Sony should be preparing the extension of its product line (still containing one camera only). Most people expect it to take the form of the…

  • Free movie: Elephants dream

    Free movie: Elephants dream

    Download from the web or from Bittorrent Movie information from IMDB.org You were told repetitively so: It’s bad to download movies, this is really bad; Each time you donwload a movie a cute little kitten dies. But in reality, there are movies that you can download for free without going ilegal, without risking the ire…

  • Canon 40D: Internal information this week

    It seems that there would be some internal information spread on 12th/13th February inside Canon to prepare the announcement of the Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera. Around there, it is said that the AF will be using the 9+6 sensor of the 5D camera. Stock-Photo-blogspot is also very precise in the list of rumoured…

  • Do you make these 10 mistakes in a conversation?

    “Can you improve your conversation skills? Certainly. It might take a while to change the conversation habits that’s been ingrained throughout your life, but it is very possible.” The rest of the article is on The Positivity Blog.

  • Valentine’s day

    Valentine’s day

    Source: XKCD.

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