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Sorry Haj.

for Al and family!

Thanks. I am going to hold off on it. Maybe get the Parsound instead... but maybe I'll just stick with the trusty ECD-1.

We use the water from our RO water filtration system. Not sure I want to mess around with getting the two systems to work together just for coffee in the morning. We've gone back to a kettle on the stove but it takes so long to heat up...

Our electric kettle died a couple of weeks ago (only a cople of months ago). Are the Zojirushi reliable? Edit: Nevermind, they all look too large for my needs.

You do have Welker and Foster left though...

Damn Seattle D/ST! It also hurts to have Cam on the bench this week, ouch.

^Yes.

That looks great but, you're right, no 25lb backpack is going to be fun to carry.

Glad you made it there without too many problems. How did the Brain work out?

I don't like mushy food.

for Tapatalk!

Got the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8yesterday. Loving it so far. I haven't done any tests but it seems to focus ok. I'll have to look at the typical problems that the Sigma's have so I can check that this one is a good copy. It is pretty large already (especially since I've been mostly using the Nikon 35mm DX lately). Glad I didn't get the Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 now, since it would have seemed huge. Crappy cell phone pic:

Very cool Vicki!

My mom used to use my dad's pc and has been very happy with a Mac. It wasn't very a very difficult transition.

Besides ripping CDs on my Macbook Pro, I pretty much* never use a CD/DVD drive. The App store is very convenient for people like your mom. *Except possibly making a bootable Linux disk which I am sure your mom will not do.

By the way, I have been interested in getting a prepaid card to use on the internet. Where is the best place to get one? Can you get one that you add money to periodically? Edit: Nevermind, the American Express Prepaid card looks pretty good.

I am thinking of getting an iphone 5. My Google Nexus S (1.5 years old) is getting rather slow and it is beginning to annoy me. I haven't had an iphone and I am worried since there is no Swype. I do like the fact that it is smaller than my Nexus S which will be better for me since I have very small hands and cannot use my phone with one hand right now. I am worried about a couple of things: 1) Battery life - what kind of battery life does this get? The battery is fairly small compared to other android phones. 2) Apple maps - how are they? I haven't upgraded to OS6 on my ipad. 3) It doesn't have Swype which I use all the time for fast typing. Anyone switched from Swype on an android phone to an iphone and regretted it? Anything else to keep me from doing it? Is it worth it to get 32GB over 16GB? I don't think I will keep much music/pictures on it.

No, the Air is great. Edit: Maybe you meant whether you should get her any kind of computer at all, or maybe an ipad. Not sure the question but my mom doesn't know much about computers and has an ok time on my old Macbook Pro. She basically doesn't use much besides a web browser though. I recently taught her how to put pictures on it. Hopefully she hasn't forgotten.

This! Yay For Raises!

You can now get a NuWave for $795 without a trade-in. I'm still tempted.

R.I.P. Mr. Brubeck

Interesting concept. I wonder how well it would work in practice. A new photography backpack by MindShift Gear, Think Tank's new outdoor photography gear store. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/134466492/rotation180-photo-backpack

Wanted to start biking (mountain bike and spinning) a bit since my shoulder has improved. However, I can't find my biking shoes and think I left them at the gym a couple of months ago. Sucks since I liked those ones.

I tend to stay out of sandstorms if I can help it. I didn't think about the polarizing filter at the beach. I would probably be using one there.