Ultimos Posts 1. 22/11/2009 12:00 - Compact discs and linux click photo to enlarge My oldest son offered me an old computer recently, and, because it was of more recent vintage than my existing old computer I accepted it. The other day I transferred the hard drives from my "old" old computer into my "new" old computer and decided I'd wipe them clean and install Ubuntu 9.10, a very recent version of this Linux distribution that is reported t... 2. 21/11/2009 12:00 - London, wordsworth and blake click photos to enlarge I can't pass Westminster Bridge in London without thinking of Wordsworth's sonnet. " Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd, 1802 " is a poem in which the great Romantic applies the language and evokes the emotions more usually associated with his works about nature, particularly his beloved Lake District. In this piece Wordsworth describes the view... 3. 20/11/2009 12:00 - In praise of pocket cameras click photo to enlarge All through my adult life I've used single lens reflex cameras (film then digital) alongside a pocketable compact camera (also film, then digital). At times I've concentrated on the smaller camera and given the heavier and bulkier SLR a break. There are those who can see no advantage in using a camera that offers less detailed output and is more restrictive i... 4. 19/11/2009 12:00 - Two views of canary wharf click photos to enlarge The United Kingdom doesn't offer much in the way of Manhattan-style clusters of modern towers: the closest we get is Canary Wharf in London's Docklands. Over the past several years, on my regular visits to the capital, I've watched as it has expanded around the hub of One Canada Square (the tallest block with the pyramidal top). New towers have sprung up, ri... 5. 18/11/2009 12:00 - Futurology click photo to enlarge I have said elsewhere in this blog that I think I could have been a futurologist. It's a job with little responsibility - I mean, honestly, how many people really believe your predictions? Moreover, you know for a fact that much of what you foresee will never come to pass, so failure in your job is a given. However, it would definitely be great fun (for a whi... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |