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Please may I have GarfNet Pictures account?
ByGarfEditors note 2024-07-06: The old Coppermine gallery is closing shortly and we are no longer hosting users’ images on GarfNet. It has been replaced with a NextGen Gallery instance that is closely integrated with our WordPress based CMS, and only manages images pertaining to this site. We have a fairly large picture site over at…
FAQ | General | Journal | Photography | TechnologyCleaning a camera CCD with a vacuum cleaner and a Lens Pen
ByGarfI had Fuji S1, S2 & S3, all of which had dust magnets for sensors! They would get dirty even if I did not remove the lenses, simply from the air that got sucked in by varying the focal length of the lens. However, I cleaned them quite successfully with a vacuum cleaner. However there…
Journal | Linux | TechnologygOS – has the Google vs M$ war just “gone nuclear”?
ByGarfEditors note: gOS was very shortlived. By 2011 it was gone. The new gOS operating system certainly would appear to up the ante in the ongoing war between the mighty Micro$haft and that pesky upstart Google. But is it any good and is it really Google? To find out, I just booted from the gOS…
Digital pictures | Electronics | Equipment | FAQ | Journal | Lighting | Photography | StudioA surprisingly straightforward studio flash repair
ByGarfBack in 2015 I bought 3 pairs of studio flash heads (one pair 400 joule, one pair 360 joule and one pair 200 joule). They were supplied as bargain bundles, complete with stands, brollies etc. via sellers on eBay. They were quite a bargain. Each flash head worked out at approximately £50 per unit, They…
Digital pictures | Hungary | Journal | Photography | Road Trip | TravelogueRoad trip to Hungary, part 11
ByGarfThe Shabby Trabi Today was a day of rest. But I dis manage a snap of the “Shabby Trabi” – an old Trabant 601 parked up on a piece of wasteland near the centre of Pécs. Other days Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part…
Journal | Linux | TechnologyUpgrading Ubuntu 9.x to Kubuntu 9.x
ByGarfFirstly, as ever, please back up anything that is important – as you would with any major upgrade on any computer system! Then you can either use the Synaptic package manager or in this instance it is probably quicker to install from a Terminal window. First you need to ensure the system is fully up…
