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Review of Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera, 10.2 Megapixel, Interchangeable Lens, Nikon U.S.A. Limited Warranty

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D200 Digital SLR Camera- (Camera Body)
To satisfy the requirements of passionate and demanding photographers - Nikon Introduces their highly anticipated Nikon D200 digital camera. The Nikon D200 is a high performance digital SLR camera combining brand-new technologies with advanced features inherited from Nikon's venerable D2X professio...

It's good as it get

On 3/26/2007, from Canton, OH, dkhai said

 

5out of 5

Reviewer Tags:

Pros: Comfortable Controls, Small Lag Time, Bright LCD, Quiet, Strong Construction

Cons: Slow Sensor

Best Uses: Photojournalism, Documentary, Travel, Fun

Describe Yourself: Hobbyist/Enthusiast, Casual user

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Reviewer Comments: I love it

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Originally posted at Adorama (legalese)

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I've moved. Melanie and I are moving to Mountain View.

On the topic of vCards (the link above is to mine), I just used FacebookSync (OS X only), which is pretty leet. Finally something to replace my crappy greasemonkey script for this purpose.

Buzzillions!

Startup school

Went to Startup School today. Personal highlights:

1. Max Levchin, a founder of PayPal, steps up to the podium to connect his laptop and the Stanford Google map appears on the screen. Always nice to find out that stuff you make is actually being used. If Internet celebrities use it too, that's even nicer.


2. The current founders of the Y-Combinator program get on stage in the last session of the day and one of the guys looks like the Bill Gates icon on Slashdot (i.e. android). He says "I'm Justin from justin.tv." Intrigued, I visit the site and I'm presented a live stream of his point of view, being a view of the crowd I'm sitting in. Surreal.

Is there really no YouTube uploading utility available for Mac OS X? Something like Flickr Uploadr would be nice.

http://foureyedmonsters.com/neutrality/

Universal Binary

I once watched a video from Apple that explained how to compile universal binaries. Either the video wasn't thorough enough or I can't follow instructions but I wasn't able to roll out a universal binary until I got a tip from Dexter from the Philippines:

If I recall, you have to go to Project -> Edit Project Settings. Then go to the Build tab. From there, look for Architectures, then click the Edit button below and just make sure both PowerPC and Intel are checked. Of course, I believe you have to make sure its enabled for, at the least, the Release Configuration.

Thanks Dexter!

My review of Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 with PS/2 & USB Interface, Black & Silver

Originally submitted at Adorama

Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 with PS/2 & USB Interface, Black & Silver

Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 with PS/2 & USB Interface, Black & SilverMicrosoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 with PS/2 & USB Interface, Black & Silver

It's ergonomic!

By Robert from Millbrae, CA on 1/16/2007

 

4 out of 5

Pros: Ergonomic, Nice Extra Features

Best Uses: Writing, Laptops, Office Computers

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

See the video!

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Review

Tags: Review, Keyboard, Ergonomic, Powerreviews, Robert

(legalese)

My review of Casio Exilim EX-S600-SR Digital Camera, 6mp, 3x Optical, 4x Digital Zoom with 2.2" inch LCD Screen - Sparkle Silver Finish

Originally submitted at Adorama

Casio Exilim EX-S600-SR Digital Camera, 6mp, 3x Optical, 4x Digital Zoom with 2.2" inch LCD Screen - Sparkle Silver Finish

Casio Exilim EX-S600-SR Digital Camera, 6mp, 3x Optical, 4x Digital Zoom with 2.2" inch LCD Screen - Sparkle Silver FinishCasio Exilim EX-S600-SR Digital Camera, 6mp, 3x Optical, 4x Digital Zoom with 2.2" inch LCD Screen - Sparkle Silver Finish

My mom can use it

By Arun from Millbrae, CA on 1/11/2007

5 out of 5

Pros: Nice Features and Settings, Simple Controls, Great Resolution

Best Uses: Travel, Portraits, Outdoors, Everyday

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

See the video!

Casio EX-S500 Review

Tags: Arun, Powerreviews, S500, Review, Casio

(legalese)

My review of The North Face M's Denali Jacket

Originally submitted at Evogear

The classic. The North Face Denali is the ultimate all-around fleece jacket for any cold weather adventure.

The North Face M's Denali JacketThe North Face M's Denali Jacket

If only it prevented the common cold

By Gautam from Millbrae, CA on 1/10/2007

 

5 out of 5

Sizing: Feels true to size

Pros: Comfortable, Good Fit, Durable, Lightweight

Best Uses: Casual Wear, Office, Travel

Describe Yourself: Comfort-oriented, Trendy, Stylish, Practical

See the video!

Men's Denali Jacket Review

Tags: Jacket, Denali, Gautam

(legalese)

Photos

I was not very diligent when it came to taking pictures this holiday. Fortunately Melanie and Brian were better in that department.

SVUG

Alpha and beta are just Greek for a and b. They were, anyway, until 1994, when Netscape accidentally turned "beta" into a World Wide Web buzzword by giving away over a dozen beta versions of its browsers in three years. For Web hipsters, using Netscape's buggy beta features shifted from an option to a requirement. If you don't remember pounding your keyboard over Finnish sites that locked you out with "go install Netscape 2.0b3," you weren't really there.

Valleyway might have lost Nick Douglas, but with posts like this one it doesn't matter too much. Somehow, sometimes, this blog has the ability to make me feel not so bad about throwing away hundreds of dollars in rent. Also, Megan, their party correspondent is super nice so I guess I'll stay subscribed. Melanie will never let me forget that fabulous Christmas party that Vinnie threw, where I met Megan. And Julia :)

I'll be on east coast time next week.

Analog Devices

Driving through San Jose with Melanie, we pass a company called Analog Devices.

Me: Analog Devices... what kind of applications are better done with analog rather than digital?
Melanie: Clocks.

I should have known better than to ask the electrical engineer who is my girlfriend.

Portal

Brandon just pointed me to Portal, an upcoming game from Valve. It didn't make much sense to me why Valve would put its engine behind a puzzle game that's illustrated in the instructional video in the first few seconds of the above link, but it made total sense towards the end. Looks like it could be a very cool game.

Free discreet MIDI ringtone!

It feels like I write about something whenever I've spent too much time on it, thinking someone else might do the same stupid thing I tried to do. This time it happened to be searching for a better ringtone. The preloaded ones are never good and I've missed one or two calls when the phone is in silent/vibrate mode, even in my pocket. I ended up trying to make one but I was surprised how difficult it was to find software for OS X that sequences MIDI files. Download.

Portals

TechCrunch points to a screencast by Kris (on Flickr, ironically) showing an upcoming feature on Zoomr called Portals. It's pretty neat. Would've been perfect for some notes I added to some pictures on campus (e.g. this one) a while back.

Hibernate Mapping Diagram

If your hibernate.mapping.xml file is the most up-to-date documentation you have, try this XSL document to get a visual feel for how your database tables are related. Put the <?xml-stylesheet ... ?> directive in your mapping file and try opening it in a browser. I'd be surprised if it works in anything other than Firefox 1.5 (it needs to have canvas and XSL support). The XSL is pretty nasty because I wanted to include some portions of scrip.taculo.us to enable you to position the tables manually. Once the tables are in place, try hitting the '#' link in the top-left corner to connect everything together with "arrows".

Facebook RSS

They still don't support it, so here's an attempt to make that happen with the newly launched API. I wish it would at least expose the time a profile was last modified but that's probably like asking for them to publish emails and mobile phone numbers too. If you're daring, just login with your Facebook email/password. I don't know how/if other RSS clients handle HTTP authentication, but NetNewsWire does it very well.

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Just the basics. What would be useful? Photos? Wall postings? Thanks goes to Ken K. for some help with the login procedure.

Update: the script is broken so I removed the link to it. I suspect the 'News Feed' feature is 10 times more useful anyway. See comments for more.

Not sure how I missed this in the 2 or so years of Java web programming I've done, but it's pretty huge: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2004/jw-0712-threadsafe.html. Basically, never use instance variables in a servlet!