Recent Comments:
Wild Texas: the critters of the Lone Star State {Gadling}
Nov 9th 2009 11:02AM Don't forget the feral hogs
Tim Larkin Wants You to Know How to Kill {Asylum}
Sep 1st 2009 6:34PM Avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation is the name of the game. But sometimes you have no choice but to defend yourself.
Nail a hog from on high {Gadling}
Feb 20th 2009 5:33PM I don't think a lot of people going to cry over some feral hogs that are running rampant all over Texas. FYI they cause a lot of damage not just to crops, private property, etc., but also wildlife. As the article says, they have no natural predators and are voracious. Notwithstanding the PETA rhetoric, our whole way of existence and civilization from the earliest days is predicated on claiming the "upper hand" over other animals. "It's survival of the fittest and we've got the f***ing gun." (bonus points for what movie that quote comes from)
BTW, in Texas there is no season on hogs if you're hunting on the ground, you only need a landowner's consent and maybe general hunting license, though not if they are in a state of "predation," which could be construed as "always."
Galley Gossip: A question about why flight attendants are fat, old, grumpy, lazy and ugly {Gadling}
Feb 9th 2009 4:25PM I agree with Paul. Way too many US flight attendants act like they're doing you a favor. Plus, even the cute flight attendants on foreign airlines are "trained for your safety," it's not like an either or situation where "male pigs prefer hotties over their own safety."
In the Autoblog Garage: 2007 4-door VW GTI {Autoblog}
Aug 28th 2007 2:08PM I got one almost exactly like the test car, except it has DSG and the bodykit. I actually added the nav later (bought it off a guy on vwvortex.com). Great little car, its handling is what I would call "zesty."
Kevin: The MS3 feels like a cheap compact with a big engine. Plus HP isn't everything, especially in a FWD car.
Pentax's K100D is just Super {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2007 7:20PM I would recommend the Pentax K100D. You can get it for less than $500 with a lens these days, and I think it's a better camera than the D40. The D40 limits you to lenses with built-in AF motors (AF-S in Nikon speak, HSM in Sigma speak). That means you cannot use any Nikon or third party lens except for the aforementioned AF-S and HSM lenses. The Pentax, OTOH, lets you use any K-mount lens ever made. The killer differentiator, IMO, is the built-in shake reduction. It turns any lens into an image-stabilized lens, so no need to buy expensive IS/VR/OS lenses, though arguably in body is not as good as in lens stabilization (but so what, this camera is $400 for the body).
I also prefer the Pentax interface, it's straightforward, and despite the fact that it's not a two-dial camera (e.g. a dial on top/front and back like it's big brother, the K10D, the Nikon D80, Canon 30D, etc.), the essential controls are within easy reach and not buried in a menu. The D40 seems to be aimed at the more fire-and-forget crowd, though both cameras have both fire-and-forget modes and settings, and manual settings.
Finally, I like Pentax's selection of Limited (name, not availability) primes (fixed focal length lenses).
TUAW Tip: Apple TV, iPod and more can sync photos from Aperture {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 17th 2007 2:26PM I think this has been out since Aperture 1.5 and the last round of iLife minor updates. It uses the previews generated by Aperture 1.5.
Replacement Adobe CS3 icons galore {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 8th 2007 10:49PM As long as they get rid of that scary clown/jester mascot it's good.
Hasselblad intros 31-megapixel H3D-31 DSLR {Engadget}
Jan 25th 2007 11:45PM And it's not even Hassy's "full frame", which is their term for a 48x36mm sensor, even though that is smaller than a 645 film frame.
The Little Things: there are only two versions of Mac OS X {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 25th 2006 6:02PM Actually, there's really only one version of OS X if you want to compare apples to apples (har har). OS X Server competes with Windows Server 2003 and its successors, not the consumer line.
Also, there is no difference at all between the single and family version besides licensing terms. PRobably the same for OS X server.
