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Re: out of time - NaNoWriMo excerpt no.1

divconspiracy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:53:37 -0000

thank you so much. very, VERY kind words.

I am so far behind at this point that I'm not too stressed about
getting to 50k, but I'd like to make a good push to the deadline to
see what can happen.

Re: a day for costumes

divconspiracy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:47:10 -0000

yes, it was quite fun to get them dressed up. It was even fun to walk around with them as they trick or treated. But after an hour, I was ready to go home...

Re: going to school with food allergies

divconspiracy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:57:13 -0000

thank you I will check it out! it's good to connect with other people
with kids with allergies!

Re: Rumor: Apple’s secret product is ‘MacBook touch’

divconspiracy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:05 -0000

In many respects, the iPhone is turning into the Newton 2.0,
especially with the app store. We'll see how things shape up in the
next year...

Re: four things about me

divconspiracy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:06:06 -0000

sure, definitely! Megan forwarded me your email about the event, and
then I saw @gizlau twitter about tickets, and saw your name.... pretty
interesting series of events that led me to your site(s).

Re: I

divconspiracy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:27:28 -0000

Hey PC,

I totally agree that you should skip the middle step and get a DSLR. The choice of which one to get is somewhat agonizing (at least it was for me) because there's so much to compare, but one thing that you shouldn't overlook is how it feels in your hand. As you've been shooting since 12, you'll probably know this already. Where the controls are, and what controls come to your hand, are just as important as megapixels and ISO. If it feels right in your hand, and you can make the changes you need to make with a minimum of fuss, you're more likely to be ready to shoot when that magical instant happens.

I shot with a first generation Canon Digital Rebel for a year, borrowing lenses from friends and renting when needed, and I quickly ran into its limitations. (I'm glad I bought it refurbished, and even more glad I sold it on ebay at only a $300 loss)

I decided to follow Vincent Versace's advice and "buy your last camera first". It's expensive advice, but you will always have room to grow and your camera won't be holding you back. So I ended up with a used D200 and I couldn't be happier.

Anyway, there are lots of groups on Flickr with lots of advice about which camera is better, or which manufacturer is better. I would probably advise sticking with either Canon or Nikon, just because you'd hate to be stuck with something that you can't service or get support for because the company went out of business or something. Hey, it happens.

I'd also like to mention that Nikon has been pretty good at keeping the same lens mount for the last 30+ years. I wish I had started with Nikon when I started in high school, that way I might have a lens or two that I could still use on my D200! Incredible.

- EH

Re: The Return

divconspiracy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:03:17 -0000

sweet. AND you're using Disqus comments too, which is very nice, very nice.

Re: C64 games coming to Wii’s Virtual Console

divconspiracy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:15:40 -0000

Cool! We used to have Commodore 64's in our computer lab in High School. (Yes I know, I'm pretty old) But, we were complaining about them when we had them, because even we thought they were antiquated. But there was a cool Mecha game that we used to play on them.

Re: growing tall enough

divconspiracy — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:22:04 -0000

hahahahah! This is true. You gotta milk that hour of free kid care for
all it's worth!

Re: Polaroid ‘Instant’ Killed after 60 Years

divconspiracy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:40:03 -0000

I know!! So sad. They were so much fun, weren't they?

Re: TV is dead, long live TV

divconspiracy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:14:02 -0000

maybe, but not really in Canada. There's no movies to speak of, and
the TV shows are very limited.

It is the way of the future, though, so look for it to take off in the
next few years. David Pogue just wrote an article about this: http://snipurl.com/2055z
[www_nytimes_com]

Re: feeding time

divconspiracy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:02:01 -0000

Hey, sure! what size is your tank?

Re: how to see all public posts on pownce

divconspiracy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:26:02 -0000

hey, no problem! now that pownce is open and out of closed invites
only stage, I wonder if more people will join? I'm still on it, but I
don't really use it too regularly. Twitter seems to have won my
attention, for now, anyway.

Re: Kids and gaming: life with a Wii

divconspiracy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:52:01 -0000

Thanks for the comment! Rayman and the Ravin Rabbids... yeah, they played it
at a friend's place, and you're right it's a little violent. I actually
found the settings and the Gladiator theme kind of dark, especially for
kids. Not to mention cruelty to cows. :) From the looks of it, Rayman 2
isn't so dark, but I think I'll stay away from that at home for now.

Rentals are our friend, that way we can try it out and see if it's
appropriate or not, and how high the repeat playability factor is.

Re: how did I do this?

divconspiracy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:34:02 -0000

Ha ha, so true. It's those attitude adjustments that are so hard right
now, but slowly we're working on it!

Re: Testing disqus can you leave me a comment to see if/how it works ?

divconspiracy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:24:20 -0000

Hi Loic!

yes, this is a unrelated threaded reply, I know.

Re: tech support

divconspiracy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:38:49 -0000

who me? no... couldn't be! And my DW asked me to clarify that she's not yet 5. Although lately it seems she's 4.9 going on 14.... sigh.

Re: stretching out

divconspiracy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:56:59 -0000

Thanks K. I'm hoping to learn more CSS and maybe make my own Wordpress theme from scratch, but we'll see. Not sure I've got that much time right now! Thanks for the comments!

Re: New product release today (Scripting News)

divconspiracy — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:33:39 -0000

Hey! Brian Bailey's tweet sent me here to check it out, and I'll admit I'm intrigued. This looks cool, I'll be checking it out. Thanks!

Re: speaking of winter

divconspiracy — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:45:27 -0000

we're getting maybe 15cm tomorrow. Maybe more. Whee!! No school is cancelled snow yet, though. I'm still waiting for that one, it's been a few years...