I’ve owned a few routers in my day, but have never really been happy with any of them. Coming from a tech background they always seemed to be dumbed down and complicated in the worst ways. All that has been changing though. Thanks to Linksys being forced to release the code for their routers due …
Category Archives: Reviews
Rentglass and lens envy
I’ve been curious to try out some other lenses and different ranges for my Rebel Xt. The problem is that unless you have a friend that owns one of these, its unlikely a store is going to let you wander around with hundreds of dollars worth of product for a few days. And that is …
The pitfalls of a new camera
(Must. Stop. Buying) Hand grip I guess I’m not the neck strap type. I found the strap was always in the way with my holding style, and I didn’t like the way the camera hung on the strap anyway. That left me needing a new way to secure the camera. I’m pretty sure if I …
New toys.
(photos can be found here) As mentioned before, I ordered a new camera & lens. I wanted something of decent optical quality, small (in relative terms), cheap (again, relative), and flexible. I think have come pretty close to these goals with this camera (Canon Rebel XT aka 350D) and lens (Canon 17-85 IS USM lens) …
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
Anna and I snuck a burrito in and watched Dave Chappelle’s Block Party last night at the decotastic Pacific Gaslamp. Unless you reaaaally hate rap, I can’t recommend the movie enough. It is not really a concert film, but more of a documentary of the making of Dave’s dream concert. There are great performances, but …