OpenID is a great concept: to help you create a single identity that works across a range of Internet sites. However, it has been falling out of favour in the past few years because both Facebook and Google have provided their own replacements for it. The reasons for these are supposedly for user convenience. However,… Continue reading OpenID sidelined for FB/Google identity lockin
Month: May 2018
Viewnior, Manjaro, Lubuntu, LXQt
Viewnior is another image viewer that is included in most Linux distros. It is significantly better than Eye of Gnome (EOG) because it can handle very large images. As such I expect Viewnior will become the default image viewer on all of my Linux computers. I got to hear about Viewnior because I recently built… Continue reading Viewnior, Manjaro, Lubuntu, LXQt
Canon EOS M100 evaluation of low light performance
One area of particular technical superiority of large sensor cameras (DSLRs and MILCs) is that they have a large lens which lets more light in, the result is much better low light performance than compact cameras. With this in mind I set about evaluating the low-light performance of the EOS M100 using trains as subjects.… Continue reading Canon EOS M100 evaluation of low light performance