This thread is interesting if you’ve wondered what use polarizers are. This message has 2 photos in it, with and without polarizer, and the difference is striking.
Here’s a lengthy article linked from the thread above. Lots here.
Finally, here’s a technical explanation on how polarizers work!
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Cherry Blossom Girl – C64 rip off?
Has anyone else beside myself and Proinnsias noticed that the beginning of Cherry Blossom Girl
by Air sound very like a famous C64 tune? I don’t think so, as even Google hasn’t been very helpful!
Ah.. no wonder, it’s the radio mix, not the album version. I am trying desperately to remember what C64 game it came from.. It’s on the tip of my tongue but just out of reach!
Any C64 fans care to help? Listen to the radio remix
of the tune. The first 3-5 seconds or so sound very synthy with the ping, ping, ping sound.
What will NASA announce?
There’s plenty of speculation about what NASA will announce later. Some have serious ideas while the ridiculous is also suggested. 🙂
Spain takes on the world!
Russell spotted this special report in Time magazine on Spain. His time in Spain makes for interesting reading. Bah, I love Spanish culture (except for the smoking!) but perhaps Ireland isn’t such a bad place to live after all!
Set Yourself Free!
Mike Johnston is looking forward to better weather and suggests ways for photographers to take better photos. Nice, easy to read article and more to do with social engineering than any techincal aspect of picture taking.
Procmail Sanitizer 1.141 available
The Procmail Sanitizer has been updated and now scans inside zip files. I just tried it with a copy of MyDoom and it quarantined it on the server.
Later, After installed Fedora Core 1 on a new server I discovered that Metamail doesn’t ship with FC1. Bad, bad, it’s required for checking the zip files.
It’s available on ATrpms according to the mega merge site but for some reason I can’t reach their site from here, but I can if I avoid Esat’s network. Strange.
We bought the Canon A70!
My dad was looking at buying a Canon A70 and I eventually settled on 7 Day Shop in the UK as they’ve the best prices. When I bought from them in the past I received my goods promptly and without a problem.
‘Course, I was sorely tempted to splash out on a 256MB USB keyring, and some more filters for my camera, and a new flash, and.. maybe after I’ve moved into the new house!
Later.. I don’t recommend 7dayshop any more. Read my 7dayshop review and please avoid them!
Landing a 747
Well, you never know when this might be useful!
5 years ago..
Dermot Morgan died 5 years ago today. I was a huge fan of Scrap Saturday on Radio 1 all those years ago, and I was given the Scrap Saturday CD collection for my birthday in 2002, must have a listen to it again..
Does God Exist?
It’s one of the oldest questions facing man. Does God Exist?
This article uses a mathematical proof to answer that question. The proof uses relational logic, and it makes sense, sort of, but it reminds me of some of the mathematical problems I faced in college. It seemed to me at the time that the solution to certain problems depending more on contrived manipulation of the figures than logic. The problem would suddenly go from being a mass of numbers on a white-board to a neatly stated answer on the next line. *shrug*
Heh. Plenty of disenting comments after the article, food for thought!