Technology opinions and digital photography
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It was Halloween in Paris
A few images I shot in the streets of Paris during the 2005 Halloween celebration organized by an association of shop keepers in the Guy Moquet quarter. The costumes were quite interesting and the acting was very lively. Click on the thumbnails below to open the larger image. Real fun! If you know who the…
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Pentax goes blur-free
As many camera makers now, Pentax is reaching for technology that provides the promise of blur-free images. While Canon and Nikon aimed at stabilized lenses for their SLR cameras, Pentax chose an approach more similar to what Konica Minolta initiated with a mobile CCD sensor that is moved slightly by magnetic forces according to information…
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Roumazeilles.net is worth $11,616 – How much is yours?
Or so says the LeapFish webs ite which specializes in price evaluation of web domain names. If somebody wants to buy my web site for this price, I am ready to sell. But I am still waiting for the first offer. Worth noting, my other great web site SpamAnti.net, would be valued at $31,974. Even…
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Akismet 1.15 – More for less SPAM
Akismet did it again. They upgraded slightly their excellent SPAM-fighting tool. It is currently protecting my web site against SPAM in the comments and trackbacks. I wouldn’t do without it. Highly recommended.
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«The alchemy of desire» of Tarun J. Tejpal
«The alchemy of desire» is a surprising book. Its author, Tarun J. Tejpal, is know in India as an essay writer and an investigative journalist participating fully to the political life of his country. But his first novel is a total success. I had heard an interview of the author in les Matins de France…
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A new TLD for Internet: .mobi
This is not everyday that Internet adopts a new TLD or Top Level Domain. We were quite well used to the more common .com, .net, .org, .fr and other similar national suffixes. Now, here comes .mobi targetting use by the mobile operators (mostly in telephony) a little like we had received .tv some time ago.…
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US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike
An article from the Raw Story titled “US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike” seems to be complementing my previous paper about a future nuclear war in Iran. What is interesting is not that military is preparing the war (they are asked to prepare all kinds of options with plans,…
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A MIG25 drowned in Iraqi sand
In August 2003, American armed forces found in Iraqi more than 30 military planes buried in the sand of the desert (no doubt to protect them aginst the attacks of the American forces during the second Gulf War). The Aerospaceweb.org web site presents us photos of the extraction. This is sufficiently weird and funny that…
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Choosing a Linux distribution
It is always difficult to find the right GNU/Linux distribution for a specific need (There are so many of them around the Internet!). This is why I wish to show you a web site where you’re supposed to answer a few simple questions to be directed to the best possible distribution for your Linux needs.…
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