Kicking Ass 2.0 - [on the go]

*omab — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:57:07 PDT

Gotta love being in college, especially when the Government pays for your new laptop through a Student Grant.

I got an Acer ASPIRE 4810TZ. Therefore, I'm now able to run and manage my work on the move.
It happened just in time, too, because the EMachines PC I've been using is just about as worthless as a bucket of elephant piss.

I was shooting for buying a Dell notebook - but this was free, and will work fine.

My only problem is getting these Vista permission windows to leave me the **** alone.

The Canon 50D

*omab — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:10:38 PDT

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
- Gandhi

Finally! After what seemed like an eternity of waiting, I finally received my student loan, and yesterday I went to pick up my newest piece of equipment - the Canon 50D.

This thing is just nuts. I'm having a blast messing around with it so far. The only drawback I find (which isn't even really a problem unless you're just lazy) with it is that on Liveview mode, it doesn't auto-focus. They pretty much built that in to work with tripod-steady shots, so you don't have to squint and struggle looking through the viewfinder.

You have no idea how annoying it is sometimes trying to look professional with a Powershot G9, which is basically a high powered point-and-shoot. It's good as a carry-on, but it's not your main weapon. That, and I've had a lot of pressure from school to get a digital SLR ever since this semester started. Moreover, I'm just relieved I have one now. I can finally get down to some serious work.

I had originally settled on the 40D, but figured I should just invest a little more money into the 50D instead. Better in the long run, I believe.

Expect to see some new deviations here in the next couple days after I start working with this beast.

- Greg

Siberian Divide is Up and Running

*omab — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:39:08 PDT

"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity."
- Fredrich Nietszche

I just finished up myspace page v1.0 for my photo gig, Siberian Divide Photography today. Here is the [link]

Check it out sometime, feel free to add me.

Last one in moves to Detroit

*omab — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:02:05 PDT

"There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die."
Â Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, 1988

History can teach us many things. Did you know...
Ben Franklin was into drunken orgies, some deemed them Satanic in nature.
Accounts from Holland and Spain suggest that during the 1500s and 1600s urine was commonly used as a tooth-cleaning agent.
Robigus was the Greek God of mildew.
In ancient times, it was believed that certain colors could combat the evil spirits that lingered over nurseries. Because blue was associated with the heavenly spirits, boys were clothed in that color, boys then being considered the most valuable resource to parents. Although baby girls did not have a color associated with them, they were mostly clothed in black. It was only in the Middle Ages when pink became associated with baby girls.
M&M candies were originally made for American soldiers in WWII.
So were Zippo lighters.

Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

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Kicking Ass 2.0 - [on the go]

The Canon 50D

Siberian Divide is Up and Running

Last one in moves to Detroit