Coffee Drinks Illustrated

Blame Canada!

In article written for Canadian newspaper "The Daily Gleaner" by Don Macpherson I read this paragraph: "Schindler was a German industrialist who's been credited with rescuing more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust by having them work in his factories rather than being sent to certain death in a Polish concentration camp." What in heck were "Polish concentration camps"? This guy is calling himself professional journalist and he did not check basic historical facts?

Setup your FC4 iSCSI target in 5 minutes

FedoraNEWS.ORG ultimate guide how to setup your iSCSI target on a Linux FC4 machine. This article doesn't include the setup guide for Linux iSCSI Initiator. However, it does tell you how to download and use a Microsoft iSCSI Initiator for use on a Windows server/client PC for iSCSI Initiator role. You can read all about iSCSI on Linux here.

DPReview: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Canon raises the stakes in the professional photography market with the launch of the 21 Megapixel, 5 frame per second EOS-1Ds Mark III. Delivering 14-bit depth resolution from a newly developed 35mm full frame CMOS sensor, Canon’s new flagship digital SLR produces files that convert to over 100MB uncompressed 16-bit TIFF, setting a new benchmark in image resolution and sharpness for 35mm-format digital photography.

DPReview: Canon EOS 40D

Canon today introduces its latest digital SLR for advanced amateurs and semi-professionals: the EOS 40D. With a 10.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor, 6.5 frames per second burst performance, a newly developed AF system and 3.0” LCD with Live View mode, the EOS 40D makes significant advances in both performance and versatility.

Photo Contest: Canon Photography in the Park

Grand Prize: A vacation for two to a national or state park.

1st Place: EOS 5D / EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM kit / PIXMA Pro9500 Photo Printer

2nd Place: EOS 30D / EF-S 17-85 F/4-5.6 IS USM / PIXMA Pro9500 Photo Printer

3rd Place: EOS Digital Rebel XTi / EF-S 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 USM kit / PIXMA Pro900 Photo Printer

Grocery Guy - best way to sharpen a knife

Grocery Guy's blog and his video on the best way to sharpen a knife at home. He offers some fantastic advice and makes the process of sharpening your steel easy to understand. Sharpening your knives at home is initially a bit of a time commitment, but is worth the effort because having good tools makes your time in the kitchen better spent.

Eight foods you should eat every day

Website BestLife suggests eight foods that you should eat every day to ensure you've hit all your nutritional bases. In short, the list looks like this: spinach, yogurt, tomatoes, carrots, blueberries, black beans, walnuts, and oats. The article points out why each food is so worthwhile, highlighting effects like sexual enhancement, muscle growth, brain stimulation, and more.

Disable Windows Update restart nag

To stop this service, open [Command Prompt] (Start>Run>cmd>Enter) and type the following command sc stop wuauserv. This will not prevent Automatic Updates from starting at the next boot. So don't worry, you'll keep getting Windows updates. Just don't forget to restart eventually.

Lifehacker: Top 10 PDF Tricks

In Lifehacker article: 'The PDF file format is one of the best ways to publish, save and exchange well-formatted documents that will look exactly the same regardless of the device or computer you open them on. Whether it's your résumé, a tax form, e-book, user guide or a web page, you can't go wrong using a PDF. Chances are you've already got a free PDF reader installed on your computer, but you can do a lot more with your PDF files than you might think. Hit the jump for our top 10 list of techniques for converting, exchanging, sharing, managing and editing PDF documents.'

FastStone Photo Resizer

FastStone Photo Resizer is an image converter / resizer intended to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode. Drag and Drop mouse operation is well supported.

Control your webcam with your browser with Seenly

Seenly displays live video from your computer's webcam in your browser of choice (instead of using desktop software.) Seenly can take pictures using your webcam —which you can then save to your hard drive or store in your Seenly account.

IEs4Linux

You can now install Internet Explorer 7.0 in Linux with the latest beta release of IEs 4 Linux. IEs 4 Linux now includes a graphical installer and gives you the option of installing Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0 and the Flash plugins.

What to Do When You Lose Your Photos on Your Memory Card

Tomas Hawk wrote in his blog: "Don't panic. Like I said. You will probably be able to get the shots back. " I read article and found that some interesting comments bellow. Especially link to this website with lots of info about undelete software. I personally used ImageRescue which comes with some Lexar CF card I bought. Tomas Hawk recommends PhotoRescue.