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High Quality Compact Camera

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Photography

Well here are the choices right now:

Panasonic DMC-LX3. Good quality to ISO 400 and great Leica lense. Reasonably compact. But the main thing is that it is a true wide angle at 14mm so that you can get nice landscapes. It only goes to 60mm equivalent so no zoom shots though. But I’d trade that [...]

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Essential WordPress 2.5 Plugins

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Now that the blog is working, somethings to make it easier. Shamus does a good review of plugin’s. Better than just browsing them all…Also trolling http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browse/popular/ is fun as well.

Essential Plugins for WordPress 2.5 « Shamus Writes
Ozh has fast become one of my favorite plugin developers. He consistently creates plugins that are practical and [...]

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Portable Recording Equipment

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Whether you are podcasting or like me just recording the kids concerts, getting good quality audio is a trick. Three years ago I looked into this with clumsy digital players like the iRiver iFP-799 and Sound Professionals recommendations, but it was too complicated. Normally I just use a handheld camcorder, but the pro’s use a [...]

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Christmas Kitchenware Recommendations 2004

November 30th, 2003 · No Comments · Gourmet

MetroKitchen.com. Another good things for the Christmas lists. Here’s someone in Atlanta that has a great selection of super high quality cookware. My personal favorites (that I thought I blogged, but can’t find now):

All-Clad Cookware. Top rated in many places. The most durable is the brushed aluminum of Master Chef 2 , but Connie really [...]

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