Miriam Makeba

It’s been almost 6 weeks to the day that Miriam Makeba passed away at the age of 76. She was a great artist and outspoken civil rights activist, one of those few people who combined an amazing music talent with charisma, strong philosophical and political principles, and a deep commitment to her roots and her [...]

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Photography Tips and Tricks

The New York Times’s technology columnist, David Pogue, shares:
THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TRICKS OF ALL TIME

By DAVID POGUE
Published: December 18, 2008
1. Half-pressing the shutter button (to prefocus) eliminates shutter lag.
Everyone hates shutter lag. That’s the half-second delay between the time you press the shutter button and the time the photo is actually snapped–during which your child, [...]

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How to back up your data before reinstalling Windows from scratch

Amit Agarwal did what seems to me an excellent, thorough job, describing on his Digital Inspiration blog what to do before rebuilding your Windows based computer from scratch. Publishing his whole post here will certainly save me in future the tedious job of working out for example what needs to be saved and can be [...]

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Free public transport in Melbourne over Xmas

Typical: if there is a good idea to be hatched, be it for environmental or social responsibility reasons, you can always bank on Melbourne (and never on Sydney). Lifehacker reports that “Melbourne residents have no excuse not to use public transport over the next couple of days, with fare-free travel on trains, trams and buses [...]

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Top ten alternative search engines

It’s this time of the year where people rave about their ‘TOP’ lists of the last 12 month’s of music, published books, fashion items and whatever. I don’t keep lists, I rather borrow them from others when they come around – like ReadWriteWeb’s “Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008″. Not that I want [...]

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