Ever since our beloved IBM Thinkpad died earlier in the year, I’ve been both suffering the single-computer home and looking for a suitable replacement.  Through the help of my brother and his nice discount, I bought an Apple Macbook.  Naturally, now that I am about to take ownership of the creative computer of choice, I [...]

Sometimes you don’t even need a camera for a great “photo”. This image (I hate that word in the context of photography.) was made with our simple Epson RX620 do-it-all printer/copier/scanner. This is actually a scanned copy of the original photocopy (semantics and all…). I actually prefer the photocopy version as there were a [...]

While not very complex, I just haven’t had the time to figure out the ins and outs of the new Nikon S200. So far the verdict is that it’s easy to use and takes nice photos. A more detailed review to come…but in the mean time, some eye candy.

We finally settled on a new Diaper Bag Camera (DBC because acronyms makes it sound more important and technical). It’s been sorely missed and about time we finally picked one. Here’s what we were looking for:

I bought the following for $50 shipped. In my next post, I’ll show you how.

Based on Terry’s recommendation, I bought some SANYO eneloop batteries. They cost $19.99 with free shipping (typical Amazon on orders over $25) which was a decent deal.
These aren’t your typical rechargeables. They’re one of the new style that are supposed to hold their charges much longer during non-use. From the Amazon website:

My new digital SLR Nikon D40X is here! And what fun we’ve been having. I have taken so many photos in the past few days, I haven’t even had the time yet to look at them all. I came home Wednesday from work to a HUGE box. And of course, as I started taking [...]