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The Canon EOS 40D Has Arrived!

Ok, so it came out a day earlier than expected. And It's far more impressive than I imagined. DPReview does a good job describing what's there (as usual). Sigh, this is going to get costly... The EOS 1Ds MkIII was also released today, six months after its smaller sibling the 1D. Powered by a dual DIGIC III processor, the DSLR king, now offers full-frame 14bit 21.1MP pictures at a maximum of 5fps and a burst buffer of 56 images. It also has the dust reduction technology found on the EOS 40D and the 400D. More info here

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Σήμερα το απόγευμα βρήκα το παραπάνω 'ζώο' να με περιμένει στο σαλόνι. Μετά την απαραίτητη ξενάγηση στο σπίτι το πήγα βόλτα στον κήπο όπου και το άφησα ελεύθερο. Μήπως ξέρει κανείς το είδος αυτού του (ιδιαίτερα μικρού) ερπετού; Update: Λέγεται Hemidactylus Turcicus απ'ότι φαίνεται και το συγκεκριμένο πρέπει να ήταν αρκετά μικρό σε ηλικία (τα ενήλικα φτάνουν μέχρι τα 10 εκατοστά του μέτρου. Αυτό ήταν γύρω στα 4.

The Canon EOS 40D is (almost) here.

As it turns out August 21st seems to be the date Canon is expected to announce it. Bestbuy is thought to have the camera for sale in the U.S. some weeks later, most probably by September 2nd, 2007. I've been waiting a long time for this; I hope this camera proves as good as people expect it to be. If Canon's recent performance is any indication and judging by the competition (see Nikon's excellent D80 and D200 cameras) this is probably going to be an impressive DSLR.

Hacking the Original XBox

Here is a truly fantastic Google eduTalk on the original XBox security system by the founder of the Xbox-Linux project. If you were or are casually interested in hacking this is great eduTainment. Don't miss it.

FoundItemClothing

Ok I guess these guys deserve a mention; founditemclothing sells t-shirts, like many other people out there do. But their shirts are quite far from those ye olde t-shirt online retailers sell. Their shirts are accurate reproductions of those worn by characters in cult movies and TV shows from the 1980s and 1990s. For example. you can get the shirts that Val Kilmer wore on the 1985 movie 'Real Genius' or a longsleeve shirt that 'The Dude' wore on Big Lebowski when visiting his synonymous millionaire, the skeleton shirt from 'This is Spinal Tap' and scores of others from movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shaun of the Dead, Happy Gilmore, Brain Candy and shows like the A-Team along with many others. The quality of the shirts is excellent --- the shirts themselves are 'American Apparel' and the service is decent. Shirts cost about $22 (€16) and there is a $6.00 surcharge for international shipping. I am not affiliated in any way with this company. This is not a paid advertisement, but my personal opinion based on my custom with them.

BBC High Quality Video for Everyone!*

* International users may get some ads along with the content. After almost a decade of relying on BBC News Online as a main source for news and two years of being stuck in Hellas with the miserable 30-50kbps videos available to 'international users', ads are absolutely fine by me! Yay!

Νεο, μικρότερο εικονίδιο για το ΜΠΛΟΟΓΚΛ

Το ΜΠΛΟΟΓΚΛ βρίσκεται εν λειτουργία εδώ και περίπου δέκα ημέρες και ήδη έχει αποκτήσει σημαντικό αριθμό χρηστών και καλύπτει πλέον πάνω από 16400 blogs. Κάποιοι από τους επισκέπτες του ΜΠΛΟΟΓΚΛ με ενημέρωσαν πως θα ήθελαν να βάλουν ένα γραφικό button στη σελίδα τους αλλά έβρισκαν τις υπάρχουσες επιλογές πολύ μεγάλες και θα προτιμούσαν κάτι μικρότερο. Έφτιαξα λοιπόν ένα ακόμη button διαστάσεων 102x24 πίξελ το οποίο και προσθέθηκε στις διαθέσιμες επιλογές. Σε όσους έχουν ήδη αναφέρει ή προωθήσει το ΜΠΛΟΟΓΚΛ μέσω των sites/blogs τους, σας ευχαριστώ πολύ. Στους υπόλοιπους: τώρα πια δεν έχετε καμία δικαιολογία :)

Hide it in a Zune!

At last the Zune finds its niche. Well, at least its 'shell' does. Oh and check out the FAQ on the right. :) [Update: For those that didn't get it, this is a gag. :) ]

Opera Mini 4 β

I was never a fan of Opera browsers. They always seemed clunky and weird, despite their impressive performance and innovative features. The latest β release of Opera Mini however, version 4, is an exception. Opera Mini is a midlet browser for phones supporting MIDP (almost all of them nowadays). And --- to my surprise --- it is by far the best mobile browser I've used (and practically the best I've seen, after Safari on the iPhone). Oh, and it's free. If you have a Java-enabled mobile phone, give it a try.