Archive for April, 2006

books

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Old Man's War

The Ghost Brigades (Sci Fi Essential Books)

Cows With Guns

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

I’ve been overhauling my photo album, and I came across this photo from a few years ago. Our medical school class had a halloween bowling party, and I had just started using my original Digital Rebel. I spotted this guy in the arcade, and had to snap a shot.
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Of course, it immediately reminded me of the song, “Cows With Guns”, by Dana Lyons, which I first heard in 1999 at Duke.

You owe it to yourself to track down this song, and actually listen to the lyrics. It’s “moo-tacular”, whatever that means…

camera backpack

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Canon Deluxe Photo Backpack 200EG for Canon EOS SLR Cameras

Surge Protector

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

After seeing what the electricity surge did in Carmel, I need to improve and consolidate the surge protectors I have on my own equipment here at home.

This is what I’ve chosen:
Belkin SurgeMaster 9-Socket Surge Protector

“Precious” Declaration

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Several weeks ago I heard a clip on a local radio station. The DJ played a recording of Martin Gore, of Depeche Mode, explaining that his inspiration for their recent hit — “Precious” — was his experience growing up when his parents divorced.

I already liked the song, but now I listened to the lyrics, and it definitely tells that story.

Which, unfortunately, relates to my current experiences within my own family.

DVD/DIVX Player

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player

Manufacturing Info available here: OPPO Digital

Basically, it upconverts DVD video for high definition TV sets, and will also handle other formats like DIVX.