I was just visiting the Consumer Reports site to look something up, and for the fun of it I decided to see what they had to say about my Nikon D200. Here's every digital SLR camera they rated: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D Canon EOS 20D That's it. No Nikon DSLR's at all. The Canon v.s. Nikon argument can go either way, depending on your needs, but … [Read more...] about Consumer Reports Knows Nothing About Digital SLRs
Hosting Matters
I've just finished migrating Windypundit to a new hosting service. I changed the DNS nameserver pointers to use the new hosting provider, so as soon as that propagates out, everyone will find me here. If you can read this, it already works for you. For the last few years, I've been using 2MHost to host Windypundit. I picked them originally because they're a Movable Type … [Read more...] about Hosting Matters
Monkeys on a Train
Just in time to cash-in on Snakes On A Plane fever, in New Delhi they have... On June 9, a monkey reportedly crawled through some pipes and ended up aboard a train, scowling at passengers and jumping around a car. Passengers had to be moved to another car while staff chased the dexterous creature, causing delays. "There are too many monkeys," Dayal was quoted as saying. … [Read more...] about Monkeys on a Train
Photo Clearance Sale
I'm still clearing out my photos from 2005. Speaking of clearance...Clearance This next photo interests me because of the pattern of shadows on the ground.Shadows Actually, that photo doesn't really work for me, but I'm not sure why. I like the idea of shadows playing on the ground like that, but I don't know why, and I don't know why this picture is … [Read more...] about Photo Clearance Sale
CrimLaw Alert
Ken Lammers, one of the most well-known defense attorneys on the web, changes sides. … [Read more...] about CrimLaw Alert