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LifestreamCamera upgrades. I found a reasonable deal for a (second hand) Canon EOS 40D with battery grip, a good walk-around lens (Tamron 17-50) and the Canon 100mm macro lens. More gear is on the way, but what I really need now is a good, sensible camera bag and a tripod. I’m thinking of the Manfrotto [...]
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Who can resist a sale, right? Anyway, I picked up a few toys since a local store was dropping Black & Decker from the inventory. B&D are some of the most overpriced tools on the market, at least considering the performance (thinking mostly of battery powered devices). I got an auto-leveling laser w/ stud sensor [...]
Today I got the Casio Protrek / Pathfinder model that I talked about earlier. Media: I put a few snapshots of the watch on Picasa. Delivery time was relatively swift considering my choice of USPS First Class Mail International. This shipping option is cheap but turned out to be dodgy and impossible to track. Nevertheless, [...]
Trying to capitalize on the dollar being in the drain, I thought I’d get myself a new watch to match my personality. Something big and complicated that is. I’ve imported a lot of DVDs in the past so I reckoned this would be a piece of cake, given the well-known brand, small size and low [...]
Had another prepaid sim card expire on me. Not my main cell, but still. Way to go. This was the second card that I’ve had expire in the last two years. In other related news, I was out looking for new cell phone so that I could make better use of data services. Plus, my [...]
It wasn’t cheap but I think I have my mountain bike in working order again. I said I’d fix it five years ago. I said I’d fix it three years ago. But I obviously didn’t. Now I had to leave it in a repair shop, but it was worth every penny. A new cassette and [...]
Had to RMA my basically brand new Canon 860 IS (SD 870IS Digital ELPH) compact camera. The problem was a vertical, bright line that appeared on screen (and photos more disturbingly). Canon support handled the return issue admirably though, sending me a pre-paid slip and clear instructions. But they only did so after I phoned [...]
The 5+1 master/slave netpower block is simply an outlet that automatically cuts off the power supply to the slave outlets when the supply current to the master outlet is severely diminished. Ideal for use with a computer to turn off devices like powered speakers that lack a proper power switch or have substandard transformers that [...]
Got a new flashlight from Fenix after much deliberation. The L2D. A Cree 7090 XR-E LED flashlight with orange peel reflector and a maximum output of 180 lumens. The difference compared to other flashlights that I’ve owned is simply astonishing. The bright, white beam almost seems to light up the air around it. Uses two [...]
I took advantage of a newsletter reduction voucher and decided to stock up on some blank media and a few cd wallets. From Luxdisc of course. Because obviously, you still can’t buy blank media in Sweden because of the statutory private copying levy collected by Copyswede. The levy is still 3,25 SEK (plus 25% tax) [...]
