Salt Peanuts

Bob Dylan - Unplugged

The Beatles - Abbey Road

I found a 58mm Canon 500D close-up lens in wife's old camera bag, so I put it on 75-300mm and tried it out. The result was full of operator errors. First, it took me a while to figure out the rather narrow focusing distance range. Then, after figuring out the said range, I couldn't keep my hand steady enough or use high enough shutter speed to get any decent close-up pics. A nice stable tripod would've been nice, I think. I may try it out on 85mm f/1.8 (another lens I have with 58mm filter size) as I may get a better result with a lighter lens.

Damn.

homemade gyoza

An old episode of Good Eats.

Happy Birthday!

Amusing scene I encountered yesterday.

This is the place - Kimball Farm. The place have few other things, but the big thing is their ice cream, mini-golf, and bumper boats. All the guests got to use just about all of the entertainment for free. EDIT - We didn't get married ON the mini-golf course, but we do have few pics of us on the course.

Went to the local ice cream/mini-golf place where we got married last year to grab some ice cream. They have a seafood shack so we ended up eating dinner there as well. Got to take some pics while there. My wife told me that as I was taking a picture in a contorted body position, a couple walked by and the man quipped to the woman, "look, he's as bad as you are!"

Amazon.com: Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera (Black): Camera & Photo

Took wife's malfunctioning EOS3 to a local repair shop get it checked out. They gave us a rough eatimate of $300 (mostly labor) so we just took back the camera. Now I'm at a mall avoiding the Apple store.

Took off the chair rails off the dining room walls and patched up the said walls. I had been putting off taking them off for a while since doing so meant patching up the walls, sanding them, putting another coat of plaster up, then painting them.

Ben Folds - Way To Normal

I read Vicodin.

No one is forcing you buy any headphones. If you don't like the way a company operates, don't deal with it.

Ray Charles - The Birth Of Soul

Canon EF 17-40 F4L Lens (Boston craigslist) Pretty good price. I wish I had the money for it.

Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints

Shun Ken Onions knives are good knives, though some doesn't like the handle shape and/or offset nature of it. I like them, but we went with the classic lineup as Ken Onion ones are more expensive. FYI, knives come with free sharpening for life.

Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy

Boston cream donut. This sure doesn't help my weight loss plan, but damn, I love this donut.

^ Have you bought the 135mm F/2L yet?

Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love