My Sigma 18~50mm has a wobbly zoom, and now the zoom runs when it focuses..  So it's in the shop. 

I bought a Nikon 35mm F2 today..  A few reasons:  First, the lens is small, and I am sick and tired of hauling the garage around with me.  Second, the lens is actually designed for film, so if later on, I do buy an FX, I will be able to use it.

I think Nikon should redesign some of their lenses; but this one isn't all that bad.  They should put out their 28mm F2.

This election, who did you vote for?  Well, if you voted for either Obama or McCain, then you've voted for big government, tax enslavement, and are basically unAmerican.

McCain is an angry and bitter old man with an enlarged prostate.

Obama is a wishy washy Muslim in disguise that over promises.

The only person in congress that has voted against taxes every single time is Ron Paul.  he is the man with the plan, and NONE OF YOU GUYS want a plan.  Who's the winner of this elect

I have been watching a TV show called "The Big Bang Theory", it's a story about 2 nerds who live next to a hot chick that works as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory.

If you are a nerd, you need to watch this.  The "nerd jokes" are some of the best I've heard, and it just cracks me up.  I really like the girl next door also, "Penny"; she's sensible and cute, and watching her tolerate the nerds is just great!

The fact that she's not bad look

I have one of these for my office, an Asus WL-500G Premium v2.  I originally wanted a v1, but all they had left was a v2.  I have a Asus wl-500g Deluxe at home, that was my old firewall/wifi router until I got the pix 506E.

Now this asus is horrible as far as software.  It's got alpha software at best, and not so stable. So I didn't even bother powering it up with the original software.

I first installed DD-WRT, but I didn't find it so stable.  I REALLY REALLY REALL

I have always wanted to have a pix.. and so I decided one day, yes.. I will run a pix firewall for my home firewall.  Overkill?  Sure..  But what's worth doing is worth overdoing, so the Mythbusters have taught me.

There are 2 PC100 RAM slots inside, so the first thing I did was buy another 32Megs.  Turns out, I didn't really need to because the ram usage never really topped 17Meg, which is what it starts out at, and never climbs.  The load on the CPU, which was a

Ahoy!  Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  I love these guys.  I love Cap'n Slappy the best.  So if it's still Sept 19th where you live, it's not too late to talk like a pirate!  It's the only day you can call a chick a wench and mean it!  

Arrrg you land lovers!!  

 RVMB to PS3 playable files using only Open Source Software. 

 Short and sweet, here it is:  

my encode_to_ps3.bat 

@echo off

mencoder.exe -ofps 30000/1001 -af lavcresample=24000 -vf harddup -of lavf -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=1200:aglobal=1:vglobal=1:vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=libfaac:threads=2 -lavfopts format=psp %1 -o %1.mp4

If you are using unix, you can change the "%1" to $1.

That's it!  This will p

I bought a Palm Pilot Z22 after careful research of the functions I needed.  I didn't need to listen to music, since I already had a mp3 player .  Watching a movie on something this small was a waste.  I  Already had a cell phone, that was till in mono color but was rugged, durable, allowed me to call and receive calls, and so all I needed a PDA to do for me, is keep a calendar, provide me a place to make a list, and allow me to scribble things down.

So I really liked this

I bought a PS3!!  I was by the Taipei 101, having a cup of Illy coffee, when it started raining.  So we went to the mall "New York New York" and guess who was having a show.. Sony!!  Demoing the PS3.. Since I was Considering One , So I bought one.

Black one.

It kicks ass.  The avi's from it are amazing.  I just wish it wasn't so picky about the types of avi..  Right now, I'm battling the easiest way to convert rmvb's so they are playable via

I am seriously considering buying a PS3 as a new media center.  Now all I gotta do is figure out how to get it to play RMVB's and we are good to go..  

My wife thinks my 7 year old computer looks ugly as sin by the TV.  The Made in China, $29 DVD player is a POS when it comes to audio output.  I am hoping that the PS3 will not disappoint me.