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Mandelbrot Explorer 3.2

Submitted by James on Mon, 20/09/2010 - 15:55

Anybody interested in fractals: Version 3.2 of Mandelbrot Explorer came out at the weekend.

Mandelbrot Explorer 3.2

Télépéage

Submitted by James on Wed, 15/09/2010 - 09:58

I've just been asked again how an English motorist can take advantage of télépéage. I thought I'd post my answer here, in case it helps anyone else.

Gare de peage The French motorways are usually toll roads. The amounts you have to pay are not a round number; Calais to Paris or Rheims costs €20.20 at the moment. So you're either trying to find the right change, on the wrong side of the car, or you're using a credit card for each transaction. Depending on your route through France, you may not just be paying the once; sometimes you have to pay for the stage you've just driven, then pay again a bit later on. Our recent French holiday to the south of Burgundy involved paying 3 times each way - 6 transactions in total. The other inconvenience is the queues. A lot of traffic travels on the French motorway network, and that creates a bottle-neck at the gares de péage, the pay stations.
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HDR Photography of Kemsing Church

Submitted by James on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 09:22

I've recently been experimenting with a technique known as HDR Photography, short for High Dynamic Range.

Here's the idea: Not long after I arrived in Kemsing, I took a photograph of the interior of the church to use on some printed materials. I used an ordinary digital camera, and took a single photograph. The result is below:

Kemsing church

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