Salt Peanuts

Though I still have couple of them, I'd avoid pre-made externals (or at least ones you can't easily take apart) if you can help it. I've had non-HDD part break on my pre-made externals (drives themselves were fine) and I've basically hard to destroy the casing to get the drives out. Some pre-made externals even have drives directly soldered/connected to a PCB. I personally like the cases from Performance Upgrades; FireWire USB SATA Storage; Memory, more at OWC but they're bit pricey, comparatively.

Mac mini uses 2.5" drives and I haven't heard of anyone having issues using 7200rpm drives. The RAM type/speed/amount depends on the mac mini model. No, you won't need a soundcard.

Maruchan Instant Lunch. Mmmm, sodium.

There are few apps out there that are Windows only. Also, at my work, we regularly use spreadsheets that contain Visual Basic components, which don't work on Office for OSX. So if I ever want to work on something for work (involving those spreadsheets) at home, I need to boot up Windows.

The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall (OJC)

1 Sale A Day, Daily Deal Aliph Jawbone Icon Thinker for $40. I've never used one personally, but I've been told that they're decent.

The Beatles - Past Masters

Talking Heads - Little Creatures

Just locked keys in my car.

That is pure win. Now I want one even more.

Here's one. http://www.aprilmusic.com/main/sub02_02_01.html There're also CAL transports, but I don't know how those are/will be holding up considering their age.

Doh, I didn't even see the company name.

The case makes me want to buy an iPad.

The AF, WB, ISO button are on the same/similar spot on 50D, relatively speaking since 50D & 7D dimensions are little different. On 50D the LCD backlight button is to the left of WB, further toward the built-in flash. My point is that if they're going to have button for something, might as well be somewhere that can be used functionally. I didn't even see that, and obviously wasn't paying much attention at Canon workshop when I briefly handled a 7D. I take it it's customizable?

Happy Birthday!

Cowboy Junkies - Studio

I'm pretty sure we did.

Fuji apple

Built To Spill - You in Reverse

Woot-off

Oooooh. I like the position of the LCD backlight button - I've found the one on 50D is bit difficult to reach.

x2, though truthfully, I'll be happy if I can get at least one win before the bye weeks starts. It doesn't look like it's going to happen though, as I'll be facing Jeff this week.

My condolences to Todd and his family.

Damn, Ken. I hope everything works out well.