When I went shopping for my first digital camera shortly after I moved here, what I really wanted was something with a DSLR-size sensor in a point-and-shoot-size body. Such a thing didn't exist and was widely held to be impossible.

Yes, well. "Impossible" generally has an expiry date in technology.

Meet the Sony NEX5, my next camera. It has a ( Read more... )

Hey, badlittlemonkey totally won a Webby!

Work just let me know that they're giving me a new computer (which is good -- this one started making funny noises today).

Are there any opinions out there on which one I should pick, out of these two? I'm leaning towards the second one because of the nicer screen.

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By which I mean, a Mac AirPort. I get enough of the other kind ( Read more... )

I can't believe I'm pulling my hair out over this! But there doesn't seem to be a simple, straightforward answer on the aethertubes. What's the default login for the JBoss Web Console ( Read more... )

From redheadedmuse -- as she says, this has to be somebody's dream job: Social Networks Manager for DNC/Organizing for America"The Social Networks Manager is responsible for maintaining the Democratic Party and Organizing for America accounts on all social networks (such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts, etc.) The Social Networks Manager works closely ( Read more... )

Apparently my phone stopped receiving texts sometime in September. Clearly, one can surmise from the previous statement that texts are a fairly small part of my habitual communications. However, if you have, say, declared your undying love or told me where to find the stash of jewels or invited me to a drug-filled orgy by text in the last three ( Read more... )

The Globe & Mail gives us recipes for a vegan holiday meal.

Two naked bicyclists in New Zealand chastised by police officer for riding without helmets, sent home.

Were there a bunch of people nearby with EL wire and tents? Swedish town's giant straw Christmas goat burnt to the ground for twenty-fourth time since 1966.

Pakistan's Supreme Court ( Read more... )

The first Argentinian gay marriage may not happen today; a judge has blocked issuing the marriage license until the Supreme Court can examine the issue.

Well, that didn't last long -- who had "December 1" in the pool? Microsoft is investigating an issue in Windows 7 dubbed "the black screen of death".

The Beeb shows us photos of a day in the life ( Read more... )

Just to celebrate getting iPhoto out of my life (hopefully for good), a shot I took on my way home on Saturday.


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