Technology opinions and digital photography
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My best photographs
Here, on my blog, I run a continuous stream of many of my newest photographs, as soon as they are available. But if I also try to group all the pictures I am most proud of. Let’s meet on: Wild Focus This is the web site of my portfolios. There, you will see the subjects…
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Structured vibe coding
I wanted to understand how “vibe coding” (the act of writing software mostly through prompting an LLM AI assistant). But I also wanted to take a step back and ask it to support a more structured approach like in organized/serious software development (not only running into “please, write me a Mario Bros clone“). So, I…
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Alphabets and writing systems
Who would not want to see all world’s writing systems organized in a structured way? This is what was done by WorldWritingSystems.org (referenced by Jason Kottke, including the partial list below). And, on a more humorous tone (from xkcd): But do not forget the history of… counting languages. It is not as simple as you…
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Jaguars from Pantanal
For big cat lovers, jaguars are unavoidable. I visited Pantanal (in Southern Brazil) several times, which gave me the opportunity to shoot a few photos of this impressive hunter. A few jaguar photos I added to YLoveBigCats. Just as a reminder, Pantanal jaguars are the biggest in the world because they are so well-fed from…
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Wild dogs
Is it a wild dog? Is it a painted dog? French-speaking people describe it as “a kind of wolf” (lycaon, from ancient Greek λυκάων (lukáōn)). But it should be mostly described as a social dog. They live in large groups, with a strong social hierarchy, but they always share food like nearly no other large…
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Resplendent Quetzal
A few pictures of my trips to Costa Rica (in 2015 and 2025): A unique bird of colors. Quetzal on Wild Focus Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno – Quetzal resplendissant.
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Vulturine guineafowl
Sure! We do know the guineafowl of our European countries. Looking a bit weird, sounding a bit weird, but common. What about a wilder, weirder beast?
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A few savannah elephants
Africa’s symbol, the savannah elephant, is always impressive. Meeting it gives you a personal experience of power, calm, and being out of time. But where is their future? Will we be able to protect them? They live as long as we do, they communicate in ways that we only start to recognize (not even understand…
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AI prompt: First steps in German
For the last two years, I have been learning German. My background in English is probably helping me, but it still is a full-time job. I need to be thorough and maintain effort. So, I settled on a few tools to assist me. But I would like to share with you how I use Artificial…
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Wire-crested thorntail
I love coquette hummingbirds; they are all so nice (and strange) hummingbirds. But, here, I would like to present you with a member of this family whose English name retained the tail description, but isn’t it a surprising Extra-Terrestrial hummingbird with its double crest and deep green colors? Wire-crested thorntail, Coquette de Popelaire (Discosura popelairii)Peru,…
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