The four men in the car were driving in the Nizhny Novgorod region in western Russia when their vehicle was surrounded by flames, forcing them to reverse to find a clear route away from the fires. They are volunteers travelling to help people protect their homes from approaching forest fires got too close. Hundreds of wildfires are still raging across a vast area east and south of Moscow amid a record heatwave.
WordPress 3.0 available
Ok here it is, WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”. I just read it on the internet and I updated my RC version with only 2 mouse clicks from the dashboard. While I was writing this post I noticed that I was adding a page instead. They seem to differ.
There are several new features added since 2.9 including the possibility to create custom menu’s. Also a nice feature is that you can create custom menu’s. You can add items to it like links to an existing page or category within WordPress, or a link to an external website. The default theme is replaced by the new ‘Twente Ten Theme’ and also the admin area is has a new look. I didn’t test it, but it seems possible users can create separate blogs now from one WordPress. See the release notes for detailed information about this release.
The WordPress 3.0 video tour below.
WordPress 3.0 RC3
Yesterday I installed a new version of WordPress. I was curious about this upcoming 3.0 release, and since there is a 3rd RC version already I installed it. In the previous WordPress version I had disabled comment posting for non-registered users because of the flood of spam messages I received, but I now enabled it again and activated an anti-spam plugin. Now I’m online 1 day and I still not have a spam comment on my posts, yay! As you can see the layout changed, but it might be temporary. It’s just the new default template for WordPress 3.0. When the final version is there I will install it.
BBC Life – Plants, behind the scenes
In this video you can have a view behind the scenes of the making of a scene from ‘Plants’. For making this episode from the ‘Life’-series BBC uses high speed-camera’s and above all extreme time lapses. A lot of work is involved making those movie fragments and there is even a scene which takes the crew about two years in total to make.
How far can you travel with Google Maps?
This morning I found a funny website where you can calculate how far you can travel from a certain location if you drive for example 3 hours. The calculation itself may take some time, but eventually you will see a map overlay of the area you can reach within the travel time you entered.
The iPad, will it blend?
Recently Apple released the iPad in the United States. Many reviews were published about the iPad, but Tom Dickson of Bledtec only has one question: will it blend? Occasionally Dickson puts valuable things in a blender. Earlier, the iPhone and iPhone 3G had their change, but now it’s time for the iPad.
Have a look at the Blendtec YouTube channel for more flavors.
YouTube: 24 hours of new video per minute
On their blog, YouTube announced yesterday that in every minute, 24 hours of new video material is uploaded on their video hosting service. That’s quite amazing. In 2007 this number was 6 hours of video per minute and in January last year, more than 15 hours per minute was being uploaded. So the numbers has been growing quite fast in this period.
26 gigapixel photo of Paris
Last year I posted a link to a website which shows a 26 gigapixels photo of the German city of Dresden. This time I want to share with you ‘Paris in 26 gigapixels‘.
Armed with his Canon 5D mark III camera, photographer Arnaud Frich merged 2346 photos together to create a panorama of 354159 bij 75570 pixels. Just amazing. According to the makers this is the biggest panorama in the world.
The panorama was made using two Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras in combination with 300mm f/4 lenses and 2x teleconverters. Below, the “Paris 26 Gigapixels teaser”.
Difference Between Serif and Sans-serif Fonts
I didn’t know this, but I just noticed on w3schools.com.
On computer screens, sans-serif fonts are considered easier to read than serif fonts.
26 gigapixel photo of Dresden
No it’s no type, it’s really a photo of 26 gigapixels which is 297.500 by 87.500 pixels! In photography we are getting used to standards around 20 megapixels or higher and now a photo like this is passing by. A.F.B. Media from Germany has presented this by putting 1655 photo’s of the city of Dresden together.
The complete photo is now on the online and can be viewed with a nice viewer.