Link list: September 2009

Here are a few selected links from my trawl through the blogosphere and information super highway, aka The Internet for September 2009. The links here cover subjects including version control systems, git, Storage, Sun, Oracle, Solaris, Linux, Apple, Snow Leopard, ZFS, HP, self-improvement, getting things done / task management, mind-mapping, finding lowest price camera equipment […]

Macro magic 3

During a recent trip to the Hillier Gardens in Ampfield, Romsey in Hampshire, England, I took the following photos with a Nikon 105mm VR macro lens. This lens has excellent bokeh properties, due to the use of a nine-blade rounded diaphragm opening, giving pleasing effects in the out-of-focus areas of the photos. I visited Hillier […]

Macro magic 2

During a recent trip to the ‘Golden Triangle’ area of the Luberon National Park region of Provence, France, I took the following photos, mostly with a Nikon 105mm VR macro lens. This lens has excellent bokeh properties, due to the use of a nine-blade rounded diaphragm opening, giving pleasing effects in the out-of-focus areas of […]