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Escape to Hong Kong – Botanical Gardens

ByGarf created2004-01-13 23:592025-02-06 17:22 updated2025-02-06 17:22 Digital pictures, Hong Kong, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Decided to take visit the flamingoes in Hong Kong’s amazing Botanical Gardens.

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Microsoft has been in trouble for some time – but has taken its executives quite a while to realise it. Vista has been a massive flop. And M$ is becoming increasingly perceived as a company that has ruthlessly exploited its monopoly – fleecing its customers for vast sums of money whilst providing poor quality, insecure…

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I suffered my first hard disk failure way back in 1987. Fortunately I recovered 99% of my data. However, successful recovery required quite a lengthy struggle and a somewhat inelegant bodge. Since then, I’ve held something of a fascination, some might even say an obsession with backup systems. Over the years, I have tried all…

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Escape to Hong Kong – Mui Wo by night
ByGarf 2004-01-052025-02-06

A few slightly shaky snaps as I returned to Mui Wo this evening.

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Singapore vs SimpleViewer vs Coppermine? All three of these are excellent products. However, the expression horses for courses leaps to mind here. These are quite different in they way they work and are aimed at very different markets. Just because a particular product is better for me, it doesn’t mean it is neccessarily better for…

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I found myself in my wife’s old hometown of Pécs, a small university city and former Roman settlement about 200 km south of the Hungarian capital Budapest. She kindly organised a visit to the Pécsi Sörfőzde or the “Pécs Beer Factory”. This is the largest brewery in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It also has…

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