Knuckledragger

ISO3200 looks really good on the D90. I am jealous. BRB, knocking over a liquor store so I can afford a D700.

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I just got Clementine working on the lappy. It's playing back FLACs, sending scrobbles to last.fm and sucking a lot less than Play does (which is not exactly difficult.) Even after selecting "always open FLACs with Clementine" in the finder, double clicking is still not working right. That's a relatively minor issue, however.

Did you have any Tim Allen "Home Improvement" moments, Salty?

For APS-C, the 7D is a wonderful little camera. It's certainly eating the lunch of Nikon's D300(s), something they are keenly aware of. Nikon has released no new SLRs this year (or decade, take your pick). I am hoping they get off their ass soon and come out with a D700X and D700s. More likely, they will refresh their small sensor bodies first. One minor nit: Compact Flash is vastly superior to SD in virtually all respects. The cards are much bigger, but that makes labeling and handling them in the field easier. The throughput of CF is much faster than SD. The differences for write speed are really only relevant on high speed, high-MP cameras like Canon's 1-series (though truth be tolld, the 7D is not that far off from a 1-series in that area.) The speed advantage CF has for reading is a boon to anyone who uses it. Even crazy K-Rock thinks so. There's a reason CF card readers come in FW400 and FW800 varieties. SD(HC) readers are only USB2.0. It distresses me that SD cards are beginning to infiltrate the pro market. Some of the newer Canon 1 series bodies have an SD slot instead of a second CF slot. Luckily, the Nikon D3(X/S) has two CF slots. Sorry, rant over. So what lens are you using on the 7D?

The following three images are loaded with innuendo and masked obscenity:

Michael Jordan's head-case, ca. 1983.

Dragged all the lighting equipment out of my car and back into the basement. Did the dishes. Packed my gym bag. Got the 8x10" prints, mats and frames together that make up Josh & Gina's wedding present. Loaded the previous two items in the car. Returned a crappy LED nightlight to local hardware store. Was treated with astounding rudeness by the manager. It was so bad, it was comical. Went to the local Hunt's Photo/Video store, where they were having a "sale" of sorts. Bought nothing (hmph). Went to the gym. Squeezed in a 40 minute workout before the closed. Went to mum's house, had a bit to eat. Went over operation of the TV and DVD/VCR combo I installed yesterday. Came home. Now I have to change the plug on the charger for the IR flash I bought (it's a UK plug and, duh, I need a US one) get it working and then borrow a hotshoe-to-PC-cord adapter from Eddy. There's also about 500 household chores I should be doing, but sod it, it's Saturday night.

...but you're a MOT, right? You work for JenaLabs?

Head-Fi has a new interface?

Shit you can't make up: Lord Jesus Christ suffers minor injuries in downtown Northampton crosswalk mishap | MasNoNoNoNoNoNosetts Local News - MassLive.com LJC is from my town. 0_o

Just set up an appointment for the Subaru to get a brake job next week. Next I'm going to move a (flat screen CRT) television for mum, then I'm off to buy some CFL floods. After that I'm going to the gym. Tonight I'm doing lights for the "Amhesrt" College senior dinner (that should be cringeworthy in the extreme.) Finally, I'm doing the last "official" broadcast of my radio show tonight. WAMH officially goes off the air on Saturday. Technically, the FCC allows us to broadcast through the month of May, so I usually do a few "bonus" shows at the end of the month.