Archive 10. July 2004

Employers criticize proposals for vacation reduction

Will Rogowski get the boot now? It would certainly be about time ...

At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.

Haselbacher: Broken handlebar cause of crash

Sure, the sprinters at the Tour, that's not a knitting circle. But McEwen's behavior is still inexcusable. Especially as a sprinter, he should have much better control over himself – after all, sprinters are more prone to crashes than any other professional cyclists due to the chaos in the sprint. Insulting an injured person on the ground and still not finding anything wrong with it the next day shows little sporting spirit.

I found the original article at Radsport-News.com.

Sensor Brush

A truly high-tech solution for cleaning chip surfaces of digital SLR cameras: statically charged brushes. One brush stroke, then recharge the brush with compressed air to build up static electricity for 5-10 seconds. That sounds like very time-consuming work for cleaning the chip. Somehow I would find it better if manufacturers finally tackled the problem directly in the camera, the way Canon does with apparently less electrostatically charged CMOS sensors or Olympus with their ultrasonic cleaning system.

Here's the original article.