Month: June 2006
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Web site: 8 mistakes to avoid
It’s not only that when creating a web site you have to make it as easy to use as possible, but these things seem not to change with time. WebMonkey gives us a fine list of these mistakes no web designer should allow himself: Links that don’t change color when visited Breaking the back button…
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Alpha A100, clear future
After expressing my concern about the future of the Minolta photographic system (with Konica-Minolta recently leaving the photo market, orphaning KM digital single lens refelx cameras like the Maxxum 7D), it was opportune to come back on this while Sony just presented its first Digital SLR (DSLR), the Sony Alpha A100. I sincerily believe that…
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All Linux distributions
Hearing about all news about all GNU/Linux distributions was a micro-nightmare up to now (there are so many of them around the Internet that you cannot check them all). But there is a mere web site where you can get the right information but in a signle location: DistroWatch
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More routers in router comparison chart
Tom’s Networking web site just updated its comparison chart of small routers. They have some interesting information there.
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Opera 9: Differentiation
The new Opera web browser is adding a surprisingly new feature: BitTorrent client to share file (Ã la P2P). Peer-to-peer file sharing should be simplified.
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Canon EOS beginner’s FAQ
It should be titled “SLR beginner’s FAQ” since this document is so good for so many people (not only Canon users). PhotoNotes.org presents a very nice list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Canon EOS beginners. It has to be recommended to every user new to single lens reflex camera systems. What is nice is…
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Funny domain names
Actually, the owners of these domain names did not think (or did not think twice before registering the domain name). Thanks to Happy Carpenter for bringing this to our delighted attention. But don’t click here if you are easily offended.
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Make a 100″ Screen for under $100
This is the great proposal of Evan Powell from ProjectorCentral.com. You don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a screen for your home cinema, but you still want to have a great screen for projection. So, your new DLP projector needs you to read “Make a 100″ Screen for under $100“.
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Byte is back
All old readers of this legendary American publication (which was the world’s most read computer magazine during years before falling down into a more common on line edition) will be happy to hear that CMP publications (the publisher) decided to accept Byte.com readership without subscription. Champagne to celebrate the return to public life of Jerry…