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It seems giant balloons didn't do the trick
Anna and I have received several invitations to parties with free booze and food. Phone calls, emails, coupons, and trinkets in the mail. We are being courted. The gravy train that was so enviable the…
I've got photos. Where do I put em?
With my new toys , I've been producing a lot more photos. This isn't a problem at home - I've got plenty of storage & backup space, desktop hard drives are huge and cheap. But they don't help me much …
Images RSS fixed
I upgraded to Gallery 2.1 R2 and implemented the RSS feeds. The old feed address (http://www.chrisnelson.ca/photos/rss.php) should work by forwarding to the new feed (http://chrisnelson.ca/photos/main…
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 thin…
Drugs and fruit
Holy crap: Andrea Suastegui had been suffering flulike symptoms Saturday when she and her husband drove to the Frutería El Palsa Market on 25th Street near Broadway and purchased prescription medicine…
Fraud
If you have used your debit card at OfficeMax, you might want to check on your bank statement . NJ police have arrested 14 people in connection with stolen data & fake debit cards. The crime spree for…
Cambodia and Vietnam travel preparations
FedEx should be picking up our package to the San Francisco Consulate General of Vietnam in a couple hours. Unlike Cambodia , there is no mechanism to get a travel visa on arrival (airport visa). Viet…
A better picture
After much deliberation , I made the leap. My starter kit is a Cannon Rebel XT (350D) with the 17-85 USM IS lens, a Sandisk 2 GB II card, and a UV filter for protection. I wanted to buy at a local sho…
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 reall…
San Onofre and Tecate
(Until I have the RSS feed fixed for gallery2, I'll post links on the front page) Photos of San Onofre beach and sunset. A few weekends back Anna and I drove up to San Onofre beach to hike under the f…