Technology opinions and digital photography

  • Security bug in Opera 9.0

    Security bug in Opera 9.0

    A quick security information newsbit about my prefered web browser (Opera): Security outfit iDefense just found a bug, that would have significant security implications, in the recent Opera versions 9.0 and 9.01. Version 9.02 is immediately available on the site and corrects this.

  • Eating for Arousal

    VillageVoice has a long paper about what food is really aphrodisiac. Is it for real?

  • DNS service: Pingability

    A web service for those of you willing to check their DNS declaration: Pingability quick DNS check.

  • Half Life 2 dominos

    Getting a kill the hard way in Half Life 2: Using dominos. In Windows Media video format.

  • Space audio

    These are the sounds of space collected by University of Iowa instruments on various spacecraft and observation instruments.

  • Black & White profile for color printer

    Who was not hurt by the weird colors of a digital print? Often, the solution is to use the right color profile from the printer manufacturer (depending on paper, ink, printer, etc.). But it is not always enough. If you have an old printer, you may not find the color profiles; If you use generic…

  • Small online video games for the family

    You don’t always find nice little online video games that would appeal to all members of the family. Nonetheless, this is what I found on the nice little Orisinal web site (Morning Sunshine). Recommended to the whole family (really from the youngest to the more mature).

  • Copy-cats don’t make a business

    A company named Genetic Savings & Clone, based in California, was created to sell expensive pet clones: Clone your cat for 32,000$ and more. Unfortunately, in the 6 years of its life, the company could sell only 2 animals. They went bankrupt. Finally, not everybody is dumb enough to buy a cat of that price…

  • Spiral pictures

    Spiral pictures

    Spiral is a geometric form of spectacular elegance. Despite its apparent simplicity, it grows into an astounding variety of images. The Spiral Pictures web site is a vibrant hommage to this mathematical form with photographic pictures specially selected for this.


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