Technology opinions and digital photography

  • #IAmCharlie

    #IAmCharlie

    In solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, the victims of 7 January 2015 and all defenders of freedom of expression. The bastards can kill, but they will never be right.

  • Happy new year

    Happy new year

  • Panda discovers Toronto’s snow

  • Synology on a sub-domain (with a dynamic IP address)

    My problem: I’ve got a Fiber connexion to the Internet (at Numéricable, one of the main ISP in France) which is forcing a dynamic IP address on me (no fixed IP address, even with a premium; They’ve settled in the XXth century). This would not be very serious except that I host a RAID server…

  • Explore Mount Everest (in photo)

    Explore Mount Everest (in photo)

    An impressive photograph shot at (very) high resolution from the first slopes of the Pumori looking at the Mount Everest, where you will be able to immerse yourself into for hours (just click onto the picture below): You can simply spend hours exploring the rocks, the ice of the glaciers or look for the expeditions…

  • Steam locomotive

    Steam locomotive

    These old steam locomotives look great on their ancient engravings. Source: Bibliodyssey

  • Polar bear hunting – Seen from the prey’s eyes

    Polar bear hunting – Seen from the prey’s eyes

    Filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, while shooting a BBC documentary in Svalbard, Norway, experienced being considered as a prey worth hunting. Despite ending with no killing (the glass cage was strong enough), this must have been a real moment of stress. Some of the photos shot by Gordon are in the article published in the Daily Mail…

  • Baroque garden pavillon (Melk Abbey)

    Baroque garden pavillon (Melk Abbey)

    Finally, still in the Melk Abbet (Austria), you can find a nice little garden pavillon (transformed into a quiet little pub) whose baroque painted decor is worth a few minutes. The exotic animals reminded me of wildlife safari photo trips…

  • Melk Abbey Church (Stift Melk)

    Melk Abbey Church (Stift Melk)

    The abbey church in Melk can be visited and photographs are allowed (provided that you are polite enough not to use your flash, of course). Here are some of those I collected during my recent visit to Melk Abbey. Stift Melk wbe site.


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