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Canon Lenses
OK, now that the Canon sales are here, I have to decide what lenses I need to complement the EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM lense I have. I have to say that this lense is very nice, but that there are many times I wish for that additional stop to F2.8 that the EF24-70 F2.8L…
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Westin, St. Regis and Four Seasons
Thanks to Duane for the reviews, here are three fine hotels. The ones we like on the Pudong side are the Shangri-la and the Grand Hyatt, but what about Puxi (??? Westin at Bund Center is the best location. It is within walking distance of the Bund, the bars and the nightlife. St. Regis is…
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Smithstuff at Fotki
Adrian and I are moving all our photos over to “Fotki”:http://public.foki.com/smithstuff to see it all. He’s got his new woodworking project there!
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Gmail Java App
Jim pointed out that Google now has a downloadable app for reading Gmail., Get it at “http://gmail.com/app”:http://gmail.com/app from your Java enabled phone. They even have a Blackberry version!
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iFixit disassembles a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Disassembly: Installing First Look – MacBook Parts MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Installing First Look . A pretty interesting inside look at the MacBook
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Acme Bowl
Wow, we had not heard about this place, until we happened to be a Jalisco’s (a great Mexican restaurant on Capital Hill), the waiter said he’s just been to Acme to bowl and it was terrific. We took our kids birthday party in tow and headed down there. Wow, it is way nicer than Sunset…
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Canon Rebates
Well, the fall 2006 “Canon rebates”:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PromotionsAct are finally here as expected. They are valid 10-15-2006 through 01-13-2007 so just in time for those of us going on Christmas vacation. Significantly, they aren’t discounting the new Digital Rebel XTi, but some of the tasty hardware I’ve been eyeing include. Also the rebates double if you buy…
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Sony SZ and Apple MacBook Pro
Both Sony and Apple have updated their lines with some amazingly cool laptops. I’m really drooling over them because they both have the ultra fast core duo. Here are the recommendations: !http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1140/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/step2_beautyshot_mbp17_060424.jpg!:http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-5009/WebObjects/EducationIndividual.woa/6104004/wo/vitxjoEZiTEo3jHhzH0233YKcbD/17.?p=0 the big news though is that Apple just updated their Macbook Pro line to have the Intel Core Duo 2 chip on it.…
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MovableType Hacking
OK, in cleaning up MovableType I learned quite a bit about how it works. Here are some important notes on: A nonobvious thing is that is a category in a tree, say portfolio is the category and the subcategory is semiconductors, and there is nothing in portfolio, then the category software won’t build an index…
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Small Business Server CAL
I’ve had the rare opportunity to actually buy something based on a pricing scheme I was part of creating. In this case, we use Microsoft Small Business Server at “Qiming”:http://qimingventures.com and now we’ve run out of users. We got the software from the Microsoft Company Store, but it only supports 5 users. I remember all…