Knuckledragger

Steve, for a non-SLR, this is the top dog: Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot S90 10MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD: Camera & Photo Canon PWNZ the point and shoot market. No one can compete with them, least of all Nikon. For SLRs (bigger, swappable glass), Nikon's cheaper models are much better than Canon's. The Nikon D40 is long in the tooth at this point, but does just about everything a budding photographer might want. It might be possible to find it and two lenses for under $600. Amazon has it, but for way too much: 25420B Nikon D40 6.1 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera 3X Zoom Kit Outfit, with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor Lens - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A.. Adorama still has D40, refurb'd, plus the shorter kit lens for $400, free shipping: 25420B Nikon D40 6.1 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera 3X Zoom Kit Outfit, with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor Lens - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A. That leaves room for maybe a flash unit: 4806 Nikon SB-400 TTL AF Shoe Mount Speedlight, USA Warranty Not to confuse matters, but Adorama has a few refurb'd D60 kits as well: INKD60RKB Nikon D60 Digital SLR Camera Body Kit, - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A - with 8 GB SD Memory Card, Spare EN-EL9 Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery, Nikon Gadget Bag,USB 2.0 SD Card Reader, Professional Lens Cleaning Kit Truth be told there aren't too many advantages of the D60 over the D40.

Sploosh. Oldie, possible reap ost.

Today, Reks did not win an internet.

. o O Maybe it's fish flavored.

Holy crap, the sun!

/me tilts head. I spy an LS3. That rig must do a nice job of keeping you warm on cold evenings.

The locals are considering usurping "Marthas" with "Atlantis." My neighbor across the pond has a stone bench, which is normally 10' from the edge of the water. It is now mostly underwater. My understanding is that the water will crest about 3 days after it stops raining.

Indeedsh. Early picture of Tyll?

^^ Those wigglepix always make me feel a bit queasy.

Attn: Mr. DIY Re: Lily's first treehouse.

I like the "hidden" Head-Case logo in the T-_-2 design. It's a nice tweak on the nose to certain other websites and amp manufacturers.

It has been POURING here in the Vineyard. I'm situated between two ponds, both of which are getting bigger by the moment. The rest of this week should be quite interesting. Pix of the flooding later. Maybe.

mmyeah, I have never seen anything like this in the decade+ I have been using FW400. I did just have an idea. Mum has her iBook G3 here, which has a (working) FW400 port, and I still have the cheap FW cable that came with my Lexar FW CF card reader. I can copy the pictures from the CF card(s) to her laptop, the move them over the wireless network I have created. I dunno what kind of speed I'll get (the iBook is probably 802.11b, and I lack an ethernet cable out here) but "slow" is a hell of a lot better than "not at all."

Watched it rain. Tried 3 or 4 different workarounds with broken laptop. Failed to copy any pictures from either camera. Didn't go out and take any pictures, either. Got mad and made a "I am disappoint" meme featuring my friend Louie. Finally heard from the sodding car dealership at 20 after 4, and got the bad news. Truthfully, I was lucky. The repair cost was only an additional $140 over the initial down payment I made before I left. Not something to cheer about, but one less thing to dread. It finally stopped raining half an hour ago. I just took an (outdoor) shower, which was great until I turned off the water (then it was ). If the rain stays away tonight, I'm going to do some long exposures of night lights reflecting. No idea how I'm going to edit or post them yet.

H/B/D, Duggeh! Flood conditions, low bandwidth, and a dying laptop prevent a proper speakers-ducttaped-to-cranium picture.

Shit. Things are going downhill fast here. A rogue FW400 cable tore the pins out of my MacBook's firewire port. This was not some crap cable, either. I should have used the cheapo one that came with my FW card reader. Now I cannot copy pictures from either of my camera to the laptop (it's not recognizing either of them via USB.) I'm stuck here until Saturday. On the plus side, I figured out how to set up Internet Connection Sharing, so now mum can check her email on her iBook G3, leaving me to curse my own laptop in piece.