3 Stations East

The TZ2 & TZ3 are here!

2007-01-31T14:11:41Z

Of course two weeks after I bought the TZ1, the TZ2 & TZ3 were announced today. I don't feel that bad about it, though, because cameras always get one-upped for one and these don't appear to have massive changes for two. About the biggest change I...

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Lumix TZ1: First Impressions

2007-01-27T16:38:52Z

As part of my two-camera strategy (one general purpose, one DSLR), I decided on the Panasonic Lumix DSC-TZ1, or "TZ1" or "Tizzy" for short. It was a tough decision, honestly, but after the E18 error on the S2 IS I didn't want to even consider a C...

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Problems Not Solved in 300 Years

2007-01-20T20:45:30Z

I watched a number of Star Trek: Voyager episodes this past week including one, "Non Sequitur", which plunked Ensign Kim off of the ship and into 24th Century San Francisco. Putting the mildly entertaining plot aside (Kim couldn't carry a show in ...

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New Favorite

2007-01-17T18:56:28Z

I think it's pretty safe to say that the New Pornographers are now my favorite band.

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Less Than Zero

2007-01-15T17:36:27Z

I had tried Coke Zero when it first came out last year or so, and thought it was horrific. However I've had it again recently (today, last week) and don't think it's that bad. How can that be?

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When Icons Attack

2007-01-13T14:13:33Z

There I was, opening a file in TextWrangler - which had just updated itself - when the window opOMG WHAT IS THAT IN MY WINDOW?!? That's, uh, a pretty big change from the previous version! Guess it's about time they ditched the OS 9-style menus...

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D50 Test Drive: Day One

2007-01-08T01:54:15Z

Thanks to fellow local flickrite Paul, I was able to take a test drive of his Nikon D50 setup starting today. So I did what I usually do on Sundays: I went into the city to snap photos. (There are some now up on the flickr device.) Here are my fir...

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