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Verizon website keeps locking up my account, wtf?!

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I don’t know why, it’s been a few months now, every time I try to log onto my VZW account I have to reset my password, what gives? Like right now I’m trying to login to pay them money for some Ringback Tones, but I have to reset my password again (after Firefox crashed).

I keep getting the following message:

For your security, your account has been locked after several unsuccessful attempts to log in.

I got Comcast at home finally, been using EVDO to get online since my neighbor moved out end of August. Speed is good, the uplink speed is gonna make a huge difference for Flickr uploads. 🙂

pre-ordered the Fujifilm F50fd

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I want a decent P&S coz lugging my SLR around isn’t all that convenient, to put my money where my mouth is, I pre-ordered the Fujifilm F50fd 2 weeks ago. From the specs this thing is exactly what I want:

  • ISO 6400; in ISO 3200 the res drops down to 6MP, and in 6400 it drops down to 3MP. But 3/6MP sharp pics >> 12MP blurry ones.
  • CCD-shift image stabilization,
  • 12M effective px,
  • full manual,
  • aperture-priority and shutter-priority exposure modes,
  • quick response time and 5fps at 3MP,
  • VGA movie capture with sound for possibly making some waywt videos,
  • and face detection is semi-useful when you ask others to help take your snapshots.
  • all this for under $300!

Fuji’s F50fd page

buy it:

Will report back when I get it. I still wish it would record in RAW so I can do so much more with the pics. I am also keeping an eye on the new Panasonic cameras, I have plenty of time to cancel the F50fd pre-order. 🙂

new ipods? total crap!

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I was pretty excited following the live blogging this morning, somehow I thought there was a 160GB iPod Touch! Turned out the regular iPods just got bigger hard drives, the iPhones got stripped down to the iTouch, and the only thing truly unique is the new Nano. If the Nike+ kit works on the new Nano I would probably pickup a 8GB one, if anything it will be more portable music for running, also should give me interesting pocket fades on my jeans. 😉

What I really need is a 160GB iPod Touch.

daily photo: zen’s waywt

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They call him Zen, I don’t think that is his real name. I heard that he was a good looking guy and had a family, and he still owns a building in North Beach. A few years back something happened to him and now he chainsmokes and drinks coffee all day. I tried to talk to him a few times but he never responded. Maybe my waywt pics will look like this is a few decades. 🙂

zen's waywt shot (by AndrewNg.com)

And HH at International is a great spot to take a break from shooting daily photos… cheers!

HH @ International (by AndrewNg.com)

Yesterday I experimented with higher shutter speeds after going to SF MOMA for the Martin Munkacsi exhibition (amazing stuff! everyone in SF should definitely go check it out!). Here are two shots:

push (by AndrewNg.com)

broadway & stockton (by AndrewNg.com)