Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

Superbowl was exciting and we were rooting for the Cardinals too bad. In the mean time though, it was a 30 minute mission to get this new TiVo HD XL setup. Actually was amazingly easy if a bit frustrating. Some notes: You get these magic Cable Cards from Comcast. There…

Well, there was a layer of ice underneath the powder and then you break through and then you get to start “Operation Face Plant.” 🙂

OK, had the camera for a month and the pictures are amazing, now time to tweak things: First a note on lenses and how they look at high magnification. Canon 5D Mark II and lenses For instance, with the sharpest zoom I’ve ever used, the 70-200 f/4 IS L, it’s…

Argh. Pots and pans are great, but they do accumulate grossness after a while. Consumer Reports says everything they tested work pretty well in cleaning off ordinary stains fro msheets. But, what about really getting the junk off of stainless steel pots and pans. It is a brown film of…

Nothing like omakesase at Nobu to celebrate Serena Williams and Dina Safina win. Cool sake on this. Nobu is great but knowing the sushibchef is better!

Omg. A 43c day in Melbourne. Doesn’t even begin to describe how hot it is. Feels like living in a radiator. Now Serena Williams vs. Dementieva is like watching two power hammers motor away. In row C. Glad roof is up at open.

Wow. Weather forecast is out. Lots of 43C days in Melbourne. That is over 109F. So cooking hot. Also power demand is breaking records. They say it is 100 year heat wave. Having an open electricity trading system makes it so much easier to plan.

Cool places to hang out. The BOA Steakhouse and also the Viceroy for drink. I have never felt so trendy and cool. Except maybe in Shanghai :-0

Wow it does get hot here. Over 40C (104F). I don’t know how people play tennis in this kind of weather. The Crown Towers is pretty nice. Was top readers choice in Australia/Pacific in 2007. The Qantas flight was nearly a nightmare. The Airbus 380 needed a new part. So…

I’ve never used this thing as I’ve always resorts to DxO to process my RAW images, but now the DxO is just starting to support the Canon 5D Mark II and it doesn’t yet have a module for the Canon EF 70-200 F/2.8 L IS USM lense if you can…