Great place to visit, good Japanese food… If they turned it into a highend condomium community it would be a huge shame…
Stop the sale and possible destruction of San Francisco’s Japantown Petition
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The i9900 disappeared from Canon’s site a couple of weeks back, after they introduced a new ink system along with a few new consumer printers. So I fully expected new pro printers to be announced at the PMA… Looks like they just did that, and we have the PIXMA Pro 9000 and the Pro 9500. From looking at the specs, the 9000 is pretty much my i9900 with the upgraded (ChromaLife100) ink system, and the Pro 9500 uses 2 more inks for better color outputs.
One of the main disadvantages of the Canon printers used to be their non-dye-based ink, which basically means the prints won’t last as long as those printed from the Epson printers. I really didn’t care that much, but if I were to sell my prints then I probably want a dye-based system. So Canon developed their ChromaLife100 system, which supposedly have 100 years life when stored in a photo album, and 30 years for framed prints if you also use their photo papers, and 10 years otherwise. So for me it’d be 10 years as I print with Ilford Gallerie Classic Pearl papers exclusively… (In 10 years a 50-dollar printer will probably print better than any of these pro printers though)
The Pro 9500 seems impressive, I wonder what price points these new printers will be set at. The i9900 was around $400, I guess the 9000 will be at $400 and the 9500 at like $500 or more? That’s not too bad if the quality is better than the i9900. I don’t think I’d upgrade mine any time soon, unless they stop making the old ink…
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Damn, Goog is lame!!
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They addressed only 3 items on my 30D wishlist, namely spotmeter, ISO display in viewfinder and better LCD. They added a soft touch electromagnetic release which I would love to have, and I forgot to include that in my wishlist… I am still kindda disappointed at the minor improvements though, I must say, but at the same time I am a bit relieved as I won’t have to sink yet more money into photo gears… It’s the eye behind the viewfinder that really matters afterall… Having a 1DsM2 or 5D won’t automatically make one a better photographer…
Canon EOS 30D gets official – Engadget
The 30D shares the same 8.19 megapixel CMOS sensor as the 20D including other core components such as the 9-point AF system, 5 fps max shoot rate, and 1/8000 top shutter speed. And yes, it remains compatible with 20D accessories. Some notable enhancements include a new 2.5-inch 230K color LCD, Canon’s more flexible Picture Style menu, an increased burst depth, and the welcome ability to change the ISO while looking through the viewfinder.
Got an email from eLuxury introducing the new LV Monogram Perforation Collection, man this thing is ugly!!
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The Economics Of Prostitution – Forbes.com:
Becker used market analysis to tackle the questions of whom, when and why we marry. His conclusions? Mate selection is a market, and marriages occur only if they are profitable for both parties involved.
Becker allowed nonmonetary elements, like romantic love and companionship, to be entered into courtship’s profit and loss statement. And children, in particular, were important. “Sexual gratification, cleaning, feeding and other services can be purchased, but not children: Both the man and the woman are required to produce their own children and perhaps to raise them,” he wrote.
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“The third alternative, working in a regular job but not marrying, can be ruled out, since we assume that the only downside of marriage for a woman is the forgone opportunity for prostitution.”
Man, these economists are whacked!
Scotsman.com News – Health – Lifestyle pills that promise to end the need for sleep:
It is claimed that the range of lifestyle pills will abolish the need for sleep for days at a time by creating a form of sleep that offers the benefits of a good night’s rest in a fraction of the time.
Nice, I definitely need to get in on this pill when it comes out… Sleep is such a waste of time, and as I got older, I seem to need more of it. It sucks!
This might be fun, Circuit Mont Tremblant, a former F1 circuit, looks like a lot of fun, and from the circuit map it seems quite high-speed, Not sure if I could get up to the F430 top speed of 196mph, but probably at least 160mph or so. The school is extremely overpriced though, but then you get to drive an F-car, and doesn’t look like they offer F430’s with clutch pedals. *sigh*
For the price I’d rather go to Skip Barber 3 times!!
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