Salt Peanuts

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/09/22/

^ My desk isn't wide enough.

x2 Are you going to miss the accent wall?

Still there on iPad. No, just on iPad.

I've wanted to get a refurbished Polaroid camera for nostalgia sake, but the cost of film is more than I want to pay at this point. We actually rented few Polaroid cameras for out wedding several years back where guests went around taking random pictures with them.

If I remember correctly, there's an app that forces landscape orientation while taking videos.

Not a sensor, but I think there's a medium-format film that comes in 1:1 aspect ratio. On a completely unrelated note, I need to remember not for pay for standard shipping with Adorama. Because of where I am, their free shipping end up being faster.

This thread makes me want a nice new warch, but I'd break/damage it at work real fast.

^ Which I think is stupid. I'd want as much data as the sensor can capture, and if I want less, I can crop it myself. It's also somewhat misleading to call it a m43 camera when utilized sensor area size is smaller than the size specified in the Four Third/m43 standard, even though the target audience would know about it.

^ Mostly that. Also, it's curious why they decided to go the route of not-quite-4:3-sized sensor, as opposed to utilizing the whole sensor for 4:3 format and just cropping for other formats (3:2, 1:1, 16:9, etc.) - guessing the lens would've been bigger than they wanted. Personally, I was hoping Panny would go the route of Coolpix A/Ricoh GR/x100(S/T) and offer one with a really nice prime lens with smaller size. As is, it's approaching the G1 X size. With all that said, assuming you're okay with substantially bigger size, RX100III has a stiff competition, at least on paper.

Crappy, is Siri turned off on your phone? That controls dictation in iOS.

The microphone button is still there on mine. No thank you. One good thing about the horrendous Sprint network was that it gave me an excuse to miss non-critical work calls.

I can't believe you still have one. It was my first cell phone, on horrendous Sprint network.

I miss my StarTac.

Looks like I'll be grabbing a MM 5 or 10 (and carry a regular backpack when I need to bring non-camera stuff on family outings).

My 5s took less than an hour for the update. iPad 4 took about 3 hours, including the time I needed to reset/restore from backup.

Updating somehow killed Safari and Mail on my iPad 4. I think this is the first time I've had any problem with an iOS update. Easy enough to fix by restoring from a backup.

Well, I've got a GR on its way (it's all Ari's fault). I also located my old Gorillapod, prompted by Ari's post, only to find out it's broken and unusable - don't know why I'd put it away instead of throwing it away. Jeff - have you looked at the Mirrorless Mover series from ThinkTank? As for that new Panasonic camera phone, I actually like the idea. I think they could've kept the right side of the body at same thickness as the lens ring (while still keeping the left side thinner) to accommodate a larger battery. If it (or its successors) ever makes it over to US, I'd at least consider it, assuming the price isn't ridiculous, and can perform what I need from a phone adequately (e-mail/web, calendar/contacts, directions).

OTA update on my 5s. Mine did not ask me to free up extra space, though (about 10gb free spce at the time of update). Doing tethered update on iPad 4 since it got stuck trying it OTA. Didn't ask to free up extra space here either.

...and Home Sharing works again on my phone! Woohoo!

Going by the Slow Forum, it is definitely snappier than ios 7.

Actually feels snappier on 5s. Have not updated on iPad 4 or wife's 5.

Happy Birthday!

Ari and Shelly - any accessories you like using with GR?

I'm going to buy new pants, so I can carry a 6 Plus in a pocket, then get an Apple Watch so I won't even have to take out the phone out of my pocket.