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Right now I carry a monstrous 5d ii with 3-4 lenses (24-105, 16-34, 100-400, 50 f1.4 for available light). But there is a big gap between a 3mp iPhone and 25 pounds of 21mp gear. What’s in between is finally getting filled in with micro 4/3 and high end compacts.…

Given exchange isn’t reliable on calendar how can I use can iPhone, blackberry, iCal on mac, outlook on pc against googles backend mail, contacts and calendar. First off since last year google has done all the work to allow exchange replacement. It is a mess to figure out and I’m…

WikiAnswers – What is the meaning of the idiom ‘on cloud 9’ According to the “Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins,” the phrase is based on U.S. Weather Service terminology. This theory holds that cloud types are numbered, and that “cloud nine” is the designation given to “cumulonimbus” clouds,…

Richard told me about Joseph Campbell and I just love this quote… Joseph Campbell: We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for…

If you like paying 7 cents a minute or less on Nobelcom from the US, life gets even better here are the access numbers: Melbourne (0+3)9001-8642 Vancouver (1+604)484-2664 $0.02 SINGAPORE 001-800-662-35623 HONG KONG National (3)973-3766 Hong Kong Toll Free 800-966-567

Some more cool places I forgot from last trip Lac Thai. Terrific Thai food. Get up to the third floor. Take your shoes off. Make sure to have the soup as the main course. Ciao. Coffee shop. Again the third floor is really comfortable. Across from Sun Wha Quan an…

From the last trip to Ho Chi Minh City, always like to collect a list of conveniences and places to get things. It’s amazing what a few queries can produce. Anyway first some random facts on connections from Seattle. Best flight in terms of time is for an afternoon flight…

Time once again for the annual review of calling overseas. Let’s pick a random example country and see how low the rates can go. For instance, if you want to call a Vietnam cell phone, what are the costs From US to Vietnam Cellular If have a mobile phone and…

There are so many units out there and iLounge doesn’t spend much time reviewing these days as the market has stabilized, so what are the best systems out there for sound: Boston Acoutics Horizon Duo-i as a clock radio Logitech lead for a while with the discontinued Anywhere High-Performance (A)…

After spending a week listening for 8 hours a day to channel 16, I can’t help but wonder about the origin of the various strange terms. Why is French the language of the maritime trade for instance. Anyway, for all those classic things you here, what do they really mean?…