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Happy Birthday Colin!

I will be in NYC many times soon, I'm definitely going to attend this!

Happy Birthday Steve!

Contact paypal. File a dispute. Today. While you are at it, archive the original sale page. And tell Jude.

Happy Birthday Edwood!

Happy Birthday!

Just finished Brave New World and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. I thought Brave new world was pretty awesome.

I have not yet grown bored of the GoPro. Or tried to take it apart and broken it. I'm a bit more amazed by the second part, really. goproheart by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr In the highly unlikely event anyone cares, I shot this from the back, and flipped it which is why the signs are all messed up.

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!

One time, a long time ago I used to smoke and work retail. There was this cashier who would smoke like 5 packs of cigarettes a day. He was NOTORIOUS for bumming cigarettes off of others. I'm not saying I'm a saint, and I eventually took to buying PACKS of cigarettes for others to hold (no joke) to stop but this guy was a menace. So, at this job you got 2 10-minute breaks, one before lunch, one after. Pretty standard, I guess. This guy, the cashier would show up to work early, CHAINSMOKE like 4 or 5 cigarettes, and then take the absolute first 10-minute break. He would regularly smoke 2 cigarettes in 10 min, and could probably do 3 if nobody was looking. Anything he could do to get another cigarette - he was on it. Need someone to gather shopping carts when its like 50 degrees below zero, and windy as fuck - he would be happy to go. Anyways. One day, I'm out there having my lunch, sitting on a fire-exit, having a Marlboro Red cigarette and lunch with one of my other co-workers. And, wouldn't you know it but this guy walks over and asks "what you smkoking" Just like that while holding a pack of (some green who knows whats) and we tell him "Marlboro Reds" to which he replies, in one single breath: "Uggh, Reds? Those are disgusting! Can I have one?" Yea, we gave him a cigarette. The story above about someone telling you your shit is fake, and in the same breath asking to buy is made me think of this. I apologize for not being as good of a story teller as Alex.

I don't think so. Not for me anyways.

D810a is $500 more than the D810 (MSRP) NOBODY in Japan has a very good record for getting pro-level cameras right enough that they don't need a recall or 2, in the last few releases anyways. Having a warranty is probably worth $250 this early in the game. I'm curious if Nikon will ever make a B&W version. I mean, I would much rather have a GR-monochrom, but I imagine that a D810-monochrom would be very practical for micro-photography and other non-color-sensitive documentation.

I have removed SR-60 drivers, but destroyed parts of the outer housing in the process. Have you ever seen someone have a cast removed? Cut a few slits (not quite as deep as the driver) along the shell, and then it just peels off. A little glue must be dealt with, but it is easy enough. I have also removed RS-2 drivers, without destroying housing or driver (woot!) but it was a LOT of work. This is harder. You need to get a tool between the wood and the driver, and work it around. Big pain in the butt. I assume a similar technique could be used with the plastic grados. Whatever you do, DO NOT use acetone or any other solvent. There is No telling what that will dissolve.

I had to look up what a snow rake was. "It looks like there are some cool designs out there." - Said nobody who has ever had to actually use a snow rake.

They are on Flickr. The story is key.

This is the first of the 4 most important photos I will take all year. Click through to Flickr. It is very important you view these in the right order. This is #1 byLord Nikon 12, on Flickr

I'm betting (cautiously) on star movement. In all but the worlds cheapest tripods Mirror vibration self damps in MUCH less than 10sec. It is an issue with mid-length exposures (1/60-1/4sec), with long lenses or macro where the "perfect storm" of vibration amplification due to long lens length/high magnification *and* a lack of spare time to fill in with stable image (its not an issue in a 2sec macro shot, for example) fuxors your shit good - but mostly mirror shake is just something people like to talk about as the reason their handheld photos come out blurry. Anyways, in the case of your photo - With such an even exposure across the length of the star trails, I assume it is mostly the motion of the earth. If it was mirror shake, you would see a little motion, and an overexposed spot where the camera finally settled. You got none of that. You could shoot a 2, 5, 10, and 30second exposure, and see if the trails are proportionally long.

Happy birthday Jeff!

You could rent both.

The 11-24mm zoom looks like fun though. An 11mm prime (for SLR) would be fun.

I always pull the handle under the sink by mistake.

I could not be bothered to quote PretentiousFood... I'm not totally convinced of the benefits of a balanced phono stage. Balanced inputs, so that you get noise rejection for the cartridge level signal, absolutely. Balanced RIAA? SOOOOOOOOOO much work for no benefit. Balanced inputs. Convert to SE (transformer or op-amp based to get noise rejection) do RIAA & voltage gain single ended. Do whatever you gotta do for outputs (transformer or op amp phase splitter).

I vote ban

Its just the things that go wrong most often.