By Eyebee, on July 15th, 2008
British Telecom has announced plans to invest $3 billion to set up high speed broadband to 10 million homes in the UK by 2012. Speeds will reach up to 100 Mbps.
BT say that homes linked into the current type of cable infrastructure – fiber to boxes in the street, and then copper wire from there – will get speeds of 40-60MB but those premises that have fiber all the way will get up to 100MB.
BT will surely be looing to get this all set up in time ofr hte 2012 Olympics which will be held in London.
It is the largest internet infrastructure expansion program ever undertaken in the UK.
By Eyebee, on May 15th, 2008
Almost thirty years ago, when I was knee high to a grasshopper, I made the decision to mostly use transparency film instead of negatives.
They would take up less space, and there would be no negatives to lose or get damaged, and there would be less of a storage problem with boxes of slides than there would be with shelves full of albums.
Also I was left my Grandparents collection of color slides taken in Singapore in the mid 1960’s.
I’m keen to get all these digitized sooner rather than later, as time doesn’t do them any favors.
I’m looking to get a slide scanner to do the job. I am thinking of buying one, perhaps even a good quality used one; doing the job, and then reselling it. I think that might be the most cost effective way to go. I’m not likely to suddenly acquire more slides or negatives so I see no further use for such equipment one the task is complete.
So, does anyone have any recommendations that they care to offer my way; better yet, anyone got a good quailty slide scanner for sale, or even to borrow?
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