How to speed up itunes on vista

This article explains that the searchfilterhost.exe service uses up a lot of time indexing xml files and is what makes itunes run really slow on a Vista machine.

Chinese New Year Photos (Big Picture)

The Big Picture is worth a daily visit. Here is a link to a series about the Chinese Lantern Festival.

Compact Calendar

Here is a really good printable calendar for annual planning activities.

2008 in pictures

We are nearing the end of 2008 and here is a link to selections from The Big Picture's photographs of some of the major events.

LIFE photo archive

Some of the best photojournalism work ever published appeared in LIFE magazine. I am delighted that LIFE's photograph archive is available online, hosted by Google.

DxOMark

Innovations in digital camera technology have been made at a remarkable pace. New cameras are released almost every day and it is hard to even keep up with the different models. DxO Labs have a new DxOMark website which offers objective comparisons of new cameras, particularly digital SLRs and higher end compact cameras that shoot RAW images. The site is well worth visiting if you are considering purchasing a camera.

Old photographs of Hong Kong

This album has lots of old photos of Hong Kong and his site is well worth a visit. Other photos are available from the online Hong Kong Public Libraries site. The photo below is an aerial view of Tsim Sha Tsui from 1937.