Day 3: It’s day three of my workterm in Seattle and I’m enjoying Seattle already. The weather may not have been that favourable yet, but it’s what I expected from Seattle. All the comments I made previously from my Microsoft interview trip still hold (everything’s so green, the air is so crisp, etc.). And with that, I’ll just head into a jumble of ( Read more... )

So after the past two days of digital camera releases by both Canon and Nikon, I’ve had a chance to look into both releases a bit more and muse about how they’re each going to affect the digital camera industry. To get a summary of each new release, check out DPReview.com’s "What’s New" sections. They do a great job at summarizing the new features ( Read more... )

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Well even though the rumours say there is going to be a major announcement by Canon today (Monday) or tomorrow (and then followed by a major announcement by Nikon the day after), the leak machines and rumour mills have been churning up some juicy information, though unfortunately very little of the Canon 5D’s successor type.

Canon’s 40D successor, ( Read more... )

People have been giving John McCain quite a bit of flak for flip-flopping and misspeaking lately. On more than one occasion, he has made the mistake of saying that Iran is training al-Qaeda in Iraq. For those that aren’t aware of the gaffe, al-Qaeda is headed up by Osama bin Laden, a Sunni Muslim, while Iran is a predominately Shi’a country. The ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning to hear on CNN that Obama chose Joe Biden as his vice-presidential nominee. Thank god it wasn’t an Obama-Clinton ticket.

I’m not extensively familiar with Joe Biden’s policies (supposedly he single-handedly killed the rave movement in the early 2000s), but whenever he spoke during the Democratic presidential nomination ( Read more... )

I’m sure if you follow any of the major social browsing websites like Slashdot, Digg, Reddit, etc., then you’ll have seen this research video by now, but for those that haven’t, it is a must see. The variety and quality of what this person has accomplished already (bear in mind this code is still research-quality, so nothing marketable or usable by ( Read more... )

For those of you lucky enough to be sporting a scorching NVIDIA graphics processor from Dell, you’re in luck for another year of warranty service. I believe this really only applies to Charlie. I, on the other hand, have another 2 years and 4 months of lovely, on-site warranty to wait until my original warranty dies out, and then this extra year of ( Read more... )

Something that I never understood about John McCain was why he was considered a "hero" after being held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five and a half years. He was merely performing his job by piloting his plane; he failed at his job by getting shot down; and then he was only following his training by giving his name, rank, and serial number ( Read more... )

Scott’s helping me deduce what’s going wrong with my trackbacks…

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