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Stolen D70 July 28, 2004 - If you happen to have a D70 with these serial numbers then please be aware that these are stolen from Schiphol, Amsterdam! 4100064 4100100 4100112 4100118 4100160 4100244 4100274 4100316 4100580 4100065 4100101 4100113 4100119 4100161 4100245 4100275 4100317 4100581…

Nikon D2H firmware version 2 July 27, 2004 - I’m a bit late with this but Nikon has made a firmware upgrade available for the D2H. When they further developped the D2H firmware for the new D2X, they found a few issues and thought of a few enhancements —…

The Next Internet Explorer July 25, 2004 - Now the Internet Explorer team is resurrected, I wonder what will happen with the product. The latest version — IE6 — hasn’t been updated for a while and is only patched for security reasons. I think Microsoft came to realise…

McLaren-Mercedes was back July 25, 2004 - It seemed that McLaren-Mercedes was back with the second place in qualifying by Kimi in the German GP. However he just crashed because of his wing plate fall off. Unbelievable! I can imagine a motor blow up, a flat tire…

Weevil, weevil on the wall... July 22, 2004 - … tell me who’s the best of all. Otiorhynchus; july 2004; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

Internet Explorer Express July 20, 2004 - Visual Web Browser Express. Is this microsoft’s take on a new upgraded tabbed browser to compete with FireFox, Opera and Safari? I guess not because its stil not standards compliant….

Bee there July 19, 2004 - Bee there, september 2003; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers; ISBN 0735714118 July 18, 2004 - I’m not sure why I decided to actually buy this book. I recently bought already martin evening’s book. The difference is that Scott Kelby’s book tackles a number of areas of which most of them are also covered in…

The Alchemist; ISBN 0062502182 July 18, 2004 - This fable about Santiago — an Andalusian shepherd boy — is written by Paulo Coelho. Santiago is dreaming about travelling. In essence its about giving up your safe life and doing what your heart tells you. However, you need…

Nikon D2X rumor summary July 15, 2004 - The rumors (or is it rumours?) about the expected Nikon D2X are starting to get louder and louder these days. A short summary from what I’ve seen: It won’t be full frame. Nikon has not confirmed plans to go full…

My Warhol July 14, 2004 - Andy Warhol is one of my favourite artists. I thought giving it a try with a little photoshop maddness….

The Foundation Trilogy July 10, 2004 - My wife went shopping and bought Asaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. Is it a coincidence that I posted Foundation some time ago?…

Bloglines redesign July 10, 2004 - After a year online, bloglines has redesigned and added additional features. One of the features is a free blog! I have no clue why they have choosen to do that. I think there are already loads of blogging systems which…

The 15" PowerBook first impression July 9, 2004 - Yes, the toy is a new 15" 1.5MHz G4 PowerBook! This is my first apple and I must say that I’m amazed with the kit. After I got the box I was a bit worried. All manuals were in…

A new toy July 7, 2004 - Just got myselves a new toy……

Freedom Tower July 4, 2004 - “Today is indeed a momentous day,” said Gov. George Pataki at the ceremony to break ground for what is designed to be the world’s tallest skyscraper, which will stand where the World Trade Center once stood. CNN They probably…

Six o'clock July 4, 2004 - It was quite early this sunday morning so I decided to have “Whish you were here” from Pink Floyd on the CD player. It was a long time ago since I last played it — and it was as…