Technology opinions and digital photography
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Vexin français: Free wallpaper
If you were looking for a free wallpaper for your PC with a French countryside inspiration, here a photo of Spring in the Vexin français. The wallpaper is available in various screen sizes: 1920 x 1200 pixels 1280 x 1024 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels
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Hares in the grass
European Hare (Lepus europaeus), Lièvre commun d’Europe. Photograph shot in 2011 in the Vexin Français.
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Ayrton Senna, always spectacular
YouTube link Even when he was overtaking Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna was a superb F1 pilot.
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Grey partridge
Grey partridge (Perdix perdix), perdrix grise.
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Vexin français
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them. Vexin français.
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USSR science in pictures
I discovered (thanks to BoingBoing) a superb Russian blog which shows copies of scientific documents dating back to the era of communist Russia. scienceillustration.mypage.ru : A little bit of nostalgia for “communist science” (and sometimes for the Western science seen by USSR) with beautiful pictures and illustrations.
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Dandelion
Photo safari in Vexin Français. Dandelion is always a nice view. I shot this one while looking for hares and partridges in the Vexin Français (about 50-100km North West of Paris, France). The insect did not stay long, but the sun was lighting it for me.
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Deepwater Horizon: Ashamed? Oh no!
You may not remember the name of Transocean Ltd. But you remember the fate of one of their properties: They owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year. The presidential commission that investigated the accident concluded that BP, Haliburton and Transocean where guilty of taking too many…
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1 year ago, BP should have had this computer
As a matter of fact, many years ago, Texas Instruments was proud of the computation power of its portable calculators explaining how easy it was to check whether or not there was a risk of explosion from over-pressure in an oil rig. Precisely one year ago, BP should have followed this excellent advice and checked…
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