Archive for December, 2007
Indira Gandhi in 1984, Benazir Bhutto in 2007
Nothing to be proud of but India and Pakistan have one more thing in common: The first woman prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and the first woman prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, were both assassinated. Just as I was sad on Oct 31, 1984, I am sad today. My condolences go out to [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under what is going on?.
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Opening Nikon D300 RAW Files in Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements 5 or Photoshop Elements 6 do not read Nikon D300 RAW files without updating the Camera Raw plugin. Searching for “camera raw update” in the search box at adobe.com brings separate links for Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter for Macintosh and Windows. The useful results show up near the top of the [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2007 under DSLR, Nikon D300, photography, sotware, windows.
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Too Much Showing Off of iPhone isn’t Good for Environment
Is “Sent from iPhone” really needed at the end of every email message sent? Other than showing off that the sender (probably) has an iPhone, what else is that achieving? I can’t think of anything good. Sure, each email message now has to carry with it few extra bytes. That means more bandwidth/electricity consumption to [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under environment, iPhone, technology.
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My Ex Shot My Current
Even before I got my D300, I was planning to dump my D50. My ex found someone on eBay yesterday. This was one of the last shots my ex made before being shipped out to the new owner. I miss my D50 but I am happy with my D300.
I paid $506 about 18 months ago [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2007 under DSLR, photography.
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My Nikon D300 Arrived Today!
See the smiley on the big box? That’s what is on my face now!! I came home from work this evening to find it at home, delivered within 48 hours of placing the order. I hope to take it out of the box and for a spin this weekend.
Posted: December 4th, 2007 under DSLR, digital camera, photography.
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Nikon D300 for $1799.95 (incl s&h)!!!
I had heard about dynamic pricing during the dotcom boom. Not sure if I am the beneficiary of that but I got Nikon D300 body for $1799.95 (incl. s&h) at, in my opinion, the most trustworthy online retailer there is.
Since its debut late last month, most of the online stores have sold out their [...]
Posted: December 3rd, 2007 under DSLR, business, photography.
Comments: 8
Matter of Priorities?
I am aware of the importance of December 1. It is, therefore, interesting to notice priorities some have. I wonder how any household can survive on just 3 Nintendo Wiis per calendar month! Isn’t Amazon.com being unkind to mankind by imposing such an unreasonably strict limit?!!!
Posted: December 1st, 2007 under what is going on?, wii.
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Double Entendre?
Saw this ad today on Yahoo!’s frontpage. (I put the purple oval on the funny part.)
Posted: December 1st, 2007 under uh?.
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