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10/21/2009 19:26 #50071
Foliage TestCategory: fall
Just testing out my new camera.
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10/18/2009 23:16 #50051
a couple of thingsCategory: stuff
I had one of the best birthdays last week. I don't know if it's the advent of facebok and the ability for everyone to know when it is if they log in on a fairly regular basis, but it was a good time none the less.
When I went out on Thursday we stopped at Allen St Hardware. What got me was something that initially in my mind was bad, but after some consideration I justified it as being alright. Hardware was the first place around here that I was consciously aware of that served Pabst or PBR and for years they had it in bottles none the less. Then I would say they stopped the bottles and served cans, now if I want a PBR in a bottle I'll now have to go next door to Staples or walk across the street to Mulligans Brick Bar or walk further down the st to Frizzy's. Then what I realized was they substituted their "old man beer" selections to Genny Screamer or Genesee Cream Ale and also Schmidt's or I guess as it's marketed now just Schmidt. I can deal with Genny C.A. as it isn't that bad and to be honest there aren 't really too many cream ales out on the market anyway. Now I brought a case of Schmit's to a party about a 2 years ago as a joke since all of the people at this party were micro brew beer snobs. Well I guess in some sort of new-found hipter way actually they drank us out of the Schmidt's and even the Old Milwaukee that we brought as well.
In the end I actually don't mind Schmidt's as it's a pretty smooth drinking beer to have and for $2.50 a can you can't go wrong with the price. So I think I can forgive them for discontinuing the PBR on their beer list.
When I went out on Thursday we stopped at Allen St Hardware. What got me was something that initially in my mind was bad, but after some consideration I justified it as being alright. Hardware was the first place around here that I was consciously aware of that served Pabst or PBR and for years they had it in bottles none the less. Then I would say they stopped the bottles and served cans, now if I want a PBR in a bottle I'll now have to go next door to Staples or walk across the street to Mulligans Brick Bar or walk further down the st to Frizzy's. Then what I realized was they substituted their "old man beer" selections to Genny Screamer or Genesee Cream Ale and also Schmidt's or I guess as it's marketed now just Schmidt. I can deal with Genny C.A. as it isn't that bad and to be honest there aren 't really too many cream ales out on the market anyway. Now I brought a case of Schmit's to a party about a 2 years ago as a joke since all of the people at this party were micro brew beer snobs. Well I guess in some sort of new-found hipter way actually they drank us out of the Schmidt's and even the Old Milwaukee that we brought as well.
In the end I actually don't mind Schmidt's as it's a pretty smooth drinking beer to have and for $2.50 a can you can't go wrong with the price. So I think I can forgive them for discontinuing the PBR on their beer list.
10/12/2009 14:12 #49994
CamerasCategory: photography
I have finally decided to spend the money and buy a real camera. So in doing my research I've pretty much narrowed it down to two choices. The cannon sx20 is & the cannon sd980is.
They're both in my price range of $300-$400 but the thing that I am still hung up on is the question, Do I really want to lug a small brick around with the sx20?
The reason why I have settled on the two is for the basic fact that they're in my price range and the videos that I have seen on youtube really are pretty descent for digital cameras.
What I am doing today is kicking myself for not jumping on the available used & refurbished ones that were available this weekend. If I can snag a sd980is for under $300 I may grab that or if a sx20 is available for around $300 I may just snag it. So it may come down to price and taking the plunge on a used/refurb item. Yea I know it may be a gamble as you don't really know what you're getting but right now I'm kind of in the penny pinching mindset for some odd reason.
They're both in my price range of $300-$400 but the thing that I am still hung up on is the question, Do I really want to lug a small brick around with the sx20?
The reason why I have settled on the two is for the basic fact that they're in my price range and the videos that I have seen on youtube really are pretty descent for digital cameras.
What I am doing today is kicking myself for not jumping on the available used & refurbished ones that were available this weekend. If I can snag a sd980is for under $300 I may grab that or if a sx20 is available for around $300 I may just snag it. So it may come down to price and taking the plunge on a used/refurb item. Yea I know it may be a gamble as you don't really know what you're getting but right now I'm kind of in the penny pinching mindset for some odd reason.
10/09/2009 01:04 #49968
BrickesqueI went to see Ben Folds tonight with the BPO.
It was an amazing show as his older stuff really took on another new dimension with a symphony orchestra behind him.
Anyway he didn't play the "Brick Song" which kind of left me disappointed, but I could see why he wouldn't want to play it after all these years.
So here's another brick type of song from a German SynthPop group.
I basically associate the song with the old Continental which will soon be razed. Anyway I have this vision that I will finally be happily married when the place does come falling down. It's kind of like the end of some cheesy movie when the hero destroys the ______ which interns and keeps captive the good energy and souls of innocent people that he evil villain has captured and interned through his conquests and evil deeds. So even though the place was my own personal "Old Pink" in the sense that I could always find some stray goth chick that had a shitload of problems more than I could ever comprehend, doing me wasn't one of them...
It was an amazing show as his older stuff really took on another new dimension with a symphony orchestra behind him.
Anyway he didn't play the "Brick Song" which kind of left me disappointed, but I could see why he wouldn't want to play it after all these years.
So here's another brick type of song from a German SynthPop group.
I basically associate the song with the old Continental which will soon be razed. Anyway I have this vision that I will finally be happily married when the place does come falling down. It's kind of like the end of some cheesy movie when the hero destroys the ______ which interns and keeps captive the good energy and souls of innocent people that he evil villain has captured and interned through his conquests and evil deeds. So even though the place was my own personal "Old Pink" in the sense that I could always find some stray goth chick that had a shitload of problems more than I could ever comprehend, doing me wasn't one of them...
10/05/2009 01:24 #49929
Ben Folds TrendCategory: music
Well I came across one of those things in the Buffalo News this weekend that kind of blew my mind. It was an article stating the a big trend these days on college campuses is to sing Ben Folds Five or his solo stuff acapella 
Now how does this stuff develop organically? I have been with his since Whatever and Ever Amen and I'm just amazed that kids these days are into 1. good music and 2. do it in a unique style.
Here are some of my favorites that I cam across:
Army
Brick Song
You Don't Know Me
Annie Waits
Now how does this stuff develop organically? I have been with his since Whatever and Ever Amen and I'm just amazed that kids these days are into 1. good music and 2. do it in a unique style.
Here are some of my favorites that I cam across:
Army
Brick Song
You Don't Know Me
Annie Waits
tinypliny - 10/09/09 01:19
That's my University campus!! I have seen the Ramblers live several times. They are awesome. They are usually singing/practiciing at random places across the Main Campus - its pretty funny. I have also been to their "formal" concerts.
They have a very very tough auditioning process. I was at one of these auditions as an audience and was blown away by just how high the standards were to get into the Ramblers active troupe or even the back-up substitutes.
That's my University campus!! I have seen the Ramblers live several times. They are awesome. They are usually singing/practiciing at random places across the Main Campus - its pretty funny. I have also been to their "formal" concerts.
They have a very very tough auditioning process. I was at one of these auditions as an audience and was blown away by just how high the standards were to get into the Ramblers active troupe or even the back-up substitutes.
jenks - 10/05/09 16:57
I didn't watch the videos, but when i was in college they were doing ben folds (and dave matthews, etc etc) a cappella... I think the music just lends itself well. But I have a good version of "kate" somewhere... And that was probably 1995...
I didn't watch the videos, but when i was in college they were doing ben folds (and dave matthews, etc etc) a cappella... I think the music just lends itself well. But I have a good version of "kate" somewhere... And that was probably 1995...
Not sure of its features but Cannon Power Shots are supposed to be pretty good cameras .
Lovely pictures! :)
It isn't a pro camera, it's a Cannon PowerShot SD960 IS. The selling point for me was the HD Video. When I searched for videos on YouTube what I saw was pretty impressive.
which one did you end up getting?
Nice Fall Colors. I take it you are liking the camera. I have a few suggestions on things to try it out at for both us veiwers of your blog and for you.
1. Lechworth
2. Some Sporting Event (like sabres or leafs game)
3. A Party indoors and out doors (like the Halloween party maybe)
4. The Weeding
5. (if you can do so with out risk to the camera) A fresh Snowfall
I don't know how much you have used a camera in the past or how talented you are but somethings with different lighting can be a good way to practice using "a pro" camera, I assume that is the kind you got and not a camera where all the settings do things. even if that is the kind you got then those places are still good ways to see what happens when you use different settings.
In any event looking forward to seeing more pictures.