Ramblings
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Finishing the kitchen
The 4th plasterer (to date) has shown up, looked at the kitchen job, and said he’ll be back on Tuesday morning to do it. Told him there are other bits and pieces to be done if the job is done properly, so hopefully that’ll entice him to come and do a good job.
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“No fault found”
Well, my nice KM 5D is back in my hands, but the repair centre has said they can’t find the fault. Don’t mind that I demonstrated it in the store to the manager, they can’t find it. I’ll be taking the camera to the States anyway when I go across for the ‘con – hopefully…
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Eeek, it’s October!
Long time, no post. Life has been rather upside down recently, not by choice, but when is it ever? Off to UberCon next week, though as an attendee, not staff (yay!). Browsing the Online Photographer, I came across this rather telling graphic. Nothing surprising about it to me, which is sad. My ZyXEL died another…
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Still no camera 🙁
Well, I went to collect my camera today, having received a letter from the retailer that the camera was back in the store. Handed over my ticket, salesman vanishes into the back and brings out the camera. Pull out one of my lenses, attach it, slot in a CF card and power it up. Everything…
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Barbados Rocks!
Craig linked to a YouTube video the other day – subtly entitled ‘Barbados Rocks’. I finally got around to watching it today, and I’ve started giving the link to several friends, because the video does, indeed, rock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT_OwJtEybc Now, all I need is a phone that uses MP3 ringtones…
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On music, DRM and Megan Palmer
I’ve been looking around recently for places I can get music that won’t line the pockets of the RIAA with more cash. I disagree with the strong-arm tactics of the RIAA, its stance that all music sharing is illegal, and I really dislike DRM. So, that promptly rules out the Apple iTunes store, and any…