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New rig.
The new beast of a workstation arrived (in parts) at 7:45 this morning. Iโm now typing up this posting using the new beast, and watching Windows Update install 77 updates. Amazingly, there were no more updates after a reboot. Regarding the assembly of the beast, Iโm very impressed with the level of documentation that came…
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Vanishing Skips
So, Tuesday I call the company I ordered a skip through, and asked for it to be picked up on Friday morning. This would let me park the car in the driving bay, and back the van up to just outside my house. Imagine my surprise when I got home yesterday and found that my…
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Onwards and southwards – ta-ra ta-ra!
Well, the ball is rolling for me to move south by about 60 miles as the crow flies. Iโve accepted a job at a utilities company as a system administrator, and if things go as planned, I should be starting there at the beginning of July. Cue frenzied packing, cleaning and decorating of the current…
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Changing cameras, part the second
Went back to Jessops at lunch today, and handled the Pentax and Nikon side by side – switching from one to the other, running test shots (without a card), and getting a feel for the grip, button layout etc. The Pentax K10D is a technically fantastic camera, complete with weather seals, a button for flicking…
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Behold the power of the Internet
Praise be to the power of the Internet, and the Hive Mind that inhabits Ars Technica. I posted there, enquiring about the lens options for the D80, as Iโd like to avoid spending too much on the replacement for the 5D. A reply by kefkafloyd supplied me with information Iโd been unable to find anywhere…
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Changing Cameras, part the first
Following on from an earlier posting, I went to the local Jessops store today and returned my Konica-Minolta 5D for (essentially) store credit. The manager was quite pleasant, and gave me 500 quid in vouchers – the camera value plus the extended warranty I had purchased. I then played with a few cameras, primarily the…