I am thinking about getting a iPod Mini, you know those old ones, and modding it. First replacing the Microdrive with a 8gb or 16gb CF card. Then anodizing the Aluminum to either an original color or a design of some type. Neither mod is difficult, and the best part about the CF card is that as memory prices drop I can take the old card and use it ( Read more... )

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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra,
when suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath.
At night, the ice weasels come." - Matt Groening from 'Love is Hell'

This note has been scribbled on the bathroom wall at the St. James numerous times in the last few years, and it always rung a bell, but I could never place it, well I finally found ( Read more... )

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I bought a Canon 'nifty-fifty' today. 50mm 1.8 II, I like it a lot, it was well worth the 80$ price. I borrowed Tatton's 50mm a week ago, and since then I have pondered the 50mm 1.8 II or the 50mm 1.6 USM, the alternate was 4x's the price, and though I like the 80-85mm equivalent APS-c I think a wider and small angle lens and a macro are in the ( Read more... )

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