Upgrade to Canon S90

This is the next bulge in my JACKET pocket (I have to word that carefully for all my prevert friends). This is quite possibly the best camera I have ever owned, beating out my Canon 450D. They say the best camera is the one that is with you, so this is it.

With so many fully manual controls at your fingertips, top speed of f2.0, ISO 3200 and 1/1600th sec shutter speeds... this camera can handle anything. It doesn't need a flash (although it does have a good one), and it has protective overrides (safety shift) in case the settings get totally screwed up. The last time I saw Safety Shift was on my 1980's era T90 SLR.

This camera has Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and as all digital cameras should have, ISO priority, the third leg of the exposure tripod. I can see me using these priority settings exclusively. Aperture Priority when I want to stick to the f2.0 for shallow depth of field, and Shutter Priority when I don't want to go below 1/500th of a second indoors to avoid blur (works great!).

There is a ring surrounding the lens that acts as a manual settings ring. In Auto modes it defaults to Exposure Compensation (+/-), but in manual modes it can be set to ZOOM, Focus, ISO, +/-, or White Balance.

I foresee a few lunchtime walks in my future as I explore downtown with my new Canon S90.

Scroll Clock -- this is cool

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Martins 40th Birthday (unless you count the day he was born...)

First IKEA, then THIS!!!

First IKEA, then THIS!!!
Originally uploaded by Omega Man.

Not that I'm excited or anything... It's nice to raise Apple's profile in a Mac -store starved province... but I still feel a certain loyalty to the longtime Mac sellers we DO have here... Primarily Advance Audio, but also Best Buy, Future Shop, and London Drugs.

LENT

I gave up running for Lent, but I started at the beginning of February, and I'm going until it thaws. I know... call me dedicated.

I HAVE to go out and run now. It's the last day of January, and I am one run short of my January goal of 8 runs (2 per week). If I don't go out today, I miss my goal and don't get the prize... something new to add to my screensaver running avatar from Nike. I hate running. I need these little incentives. OK. I have an hour and 1/2 before midnight... let's go... now...

A viral video worth spreading around

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Sad Day

The JPG Blog

JPG Magazine Says Goodbye

Posted by Laura Brunow Miner on 1 January 2009.

Today is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.

We've spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself, and we've reached the end of the line. We all deeply believe in everything JPG represents, but just weren't able to raise the money needed to keep JPG alive in these extraordinary economic times. We sought out buyers, spoke with numerous potential investors, and pitched several last-ditch creative efforts, all without success. As a result, jpgmag.com will shut down on Monday, January 5, 2009.


Nowhere Man, Firefly, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Everywhere Magazine, and now JPG magazine... why is it that whatever I subscribe to... gets cancelled? I fear for Flicker and Blogger too.

So familliar yet so different...