« April 2005   |   Main index   |  June 2005 »

May 2005 Archives

The History of Programming Languages May 29, 2005 - Éric Lévénez has created a diagram of the history of programming languages. The diagram contains a subset of 50 languages out of the more then 2500 langages available on “The Language List”. O’Reilly has a nice coloured version of the…

A new gadget from Nokia May 27, 2005 - Nokia anounced the “Nokia 770 Internet Tablet”. This is a Linux based internet tablet handheld device to browse the internet. It is specially designed for browsing and email reading. It will also be shipped with an Internet Radio, RSS…

Raster in Green May 22, 2005 - Raster in Green; march 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

The Design of Everyday Things; ISBN 0465067107 May 22, 2005 - I had high expectations about this book but it disappointed me. I probably could have know this before I bought it as it was written in 1986 so it seems a bit outdated. A big number of the examples…

Craziness is... May 21, 2005 - “Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.” — Tom DeMarco…

Some random links May 21, 2005 - When browsing I encountered some nice links: 3D Street painting, amazing art on the sidewalks! Kaleidoscope in flash Esher like in 3D, have a look and see yourselves. Be an artist and create your own Picasso painting. Check out mine…

Google fills home page May 20, 2005 - Google now makes it possible to have a personalized home page. Go to google.com/ig. This make sit possible to make a selection in BBC and New York Times news, Wired and Slashdot stories and a few other items……

Nikon Coolpix S2 May 18, 2005 - Nikon has announced the S2, a companion camera to the recently released S1. A few images of the camera we’re already floating around on the internet. The camera is a bit heavier and is rain proof. For the rest it…

Under a Dutch Mill May 17, 2005 - Under a Dutch Mill; may 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

Statistically Improbable Phrases May 12, 2005 - When visiting Amazon recently, I found that — besides the new website layout — they had a new feature called “Statistically Improbable Phrases” or short SIPs. As soon as you select a book page then you see a section with…

Into Action May 11, 2005 - Into Action; october 2004; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

TomTom GO version 5.0 May 11, 2005 - … is available for download free of charge. The only unfortunate things is that you have to re-active all products if these are installed on a fresh SD card….

Sarcophaga carnaria May 10, 2005 - Sarcophaga carnaria; april 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis Also known as the common flesh fly……

Interview Nikon General Manager, Digital SLR Systems May 10, 2005 - Engadget has an interview with Steve Heiner, Nikon’s general Manager of Digital SLR Systems. He doesn’t say much interesting but it got serious when Engadget asked about Nikon adopting DNG. The PR assistant available immediately stopped the conversation saying: “The…

Fiddle about May 9, 2005 - Fiddle about*; april 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis *) Tommy — The Who…

BlogPulse May 9, 2005 - A nice tool to compare what is hot on the internet is BlogPulse! It allows you to compare terms what is talked about in blogs. Have a look below when the recent Nikon DSLRs were announced!…

Size your ego May 9, 2005 - Very interesting. On Google, Yahoo and MSN I’m the #1 “janco tanis” But on AltaVista it looks like I’m #4 because of all those sponsored links. It’s getting worse when trying my first name: “janco” Yahoo #2 AV #6 MSN…

Drawers May 8, 2005 - Kitchen drawers; May 8th 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…

Thom's D2X review May 6, 2005 - Thom Hogan has reviewed the Nikon D2x. He was quite happy about it but I think he rated is slightly less because of the current discussions on internet about the encrypted NEF white ballance information. “Nikon delivered something very close…

Chalk May 5, 2005 - Chalk; may 1st, 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…