Technology opinions and digital photography
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Alphabet evolution and hyphens
Thanks to very interesting (and very simple) web site of Paul Hsieh GeekPress, I want to share today with you two little gems about English scripture. You certainly knew that the alphabet we use (A to Z) has not always existed. You may have suspected that it was evoving in time from older scripts. Matt…
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A few trains
I have always been fascinated by trains. I grew up in a family house where a whole room was reserved for a permanent installation of a large model train in HO gauge. So, over a few years, I collected a few links I want to share here for your eyes’ delight: Magnificent locomotives and great…
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Happy New Year 2022!
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How to copy a CD-A in FLAC with Exact Audio Copy?
Exact Audio Copy (aka EAC) is the perfect tool to extract music data out of an audio CD or CD-A (to rip a CD) and convert it to a flexible audio file format like MP3, or even better into FLAC. Not only is it able to read the data and transfer it, but it is…
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Ocellated lizard
Ocellated lizard, Lézard ocellé (Timon lepidus)Spain, May 2021.
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A big Spanish cat
Wild focus is at it again: Back in Spain for the Iberian Lynx. You can visit the image portfolio.
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A few rabbits
Just published on “Wild focus“, a few rabbits shot in the afternoon light of Spain.
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CD-rip: MP3 or FLAC?
As a matter of fact, when you wanted to copy (or rip) a CD-A disc, you reflexively went for recording in MP3 format. Everybody (or, more precisely, all the programs, all the audio players — pocket-sized or home-cinema-based — can read it. It’s compact an duniversal. But when I wanted to transfer ma CD library…
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From Japanese tradition to high-tech
Two news from Japan that I stumbled upon recently, but which are so beautiful that I immeidately wanted to share them with you here. First, a collection of 1000+ wood-block engravings from Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige also more simply known as Hiroshige at ArtsMia. Hiroshige is an artist who understood how to marvellously renew the…
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