Monday, March 2, 2009
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.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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.
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