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I bought my D70 back in November 2004. While it still works fine (except a bit of dust on the CCD behind the filter, which should be fixable by a visit to Nikon for service) it is about 2 generations behind the current models. Pixel count is not a concern. Low light noise performance however [...]

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Jasper has been going to swimming lessons every week since summer 2007. It is one of those “Little Infant Dolphins” classes so the coaches don’t push the kids very hard. I would like Jasper to be able to do a bit of school-level swim competition when he gets older, but it has not been my [...]

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So this is what the folks at DVXusers were on about the “rolling shutter”. Via Daring Fireball and Red’s forum. Don’t give up on the videocam yet!

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I’ve been re-playing Starcraft recently in the evening to entertain myself and Jasper.
Via Reddit, love in Korea.

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The Lady expressed interested in a dual-head computer, so last weekend I bought an ATi 3850 video card (the newer current-technology 4850 was also available, but at a little over 50% more expensive) from a local shop, installed it and added a spare 19” LCD panel to the gig. I’ve also switched over to DVI [...]

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I am not interested in Spore, so don’t really care too much about it, but some gamers obviously do, and the DRM thing is ugly as hell. DRM doesn’t work, and only harm the legitimate users.
However, I am looking forward to C&C RedAlert 3, but bad news. Pass. Looks like I am going to pick [...]

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iPod Touch 2.0, feels thinner, more features, cheaper. What’s not to like?

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the movie, trailer at the Palace IFC cinema today…
While at it, this summer I have missed Wall-E, Batman and Hellboy II, and will have to watch them on DVD.

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is out. Lots of new features. Snappy as always. Get it while it’s hot!

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