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Continue reading →: Eating Out Every Day Can Be Unhealthy
Looks like Chinese food is in the crosshairs for restaurant foods that are unhealthy. The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a report declaring the typical Chinese menu is loaded with calories, saturated fats and sodium. A few weeks ago, another study targeted chain restaurants such as Ruby…
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Continue reading →: Belated Birthday Photos
Another year, another set of birthdays. A week’s gone by, and I’m just getting around to posting photos from our birthday weekend. In the past, I used to be much faster at getting journal entries and photos posted. What’s happened since this? Life and work just seem to be getting…
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Continue reading →: March 2007 COBA Recap
The recently announced and anticipated Canon EOS-1D Mark III was on hand at the March 2007 COBA meeting. Jim Rose, our local Canon Technical Rep, demoed the camera to a very eager crowd. I noticed a number of current 1D Mark II series owners, who no doubt came to check…
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Continue reading →: New Chargers Uniforms Announced
Nearly a week after screenshots of the new uniforms were leaked, the Chargers held a fashion show at the U.S. Grant Hotel in Downtown San Diego to showcase the new duds. There are three new uniforms: a navy blue home, a white away, and a home alternate powder-blue uniform. Changes…
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Continue reading →: New Chargers Uniform?
Update: My thoughts on the fashion show are here. There’s always excitement when you hear that your favorite team is going to be changing their uniforms. Sometimes, it turns out for the better, as in the case of the Jets and Falcons. Most of the time, however, the new change…
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Continue reading →: Huge SanDisk Sale at MyDigitalDiscount
These are the cheapest prices I’ve seen yet for SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash memory cards. I hear from Alex that CostCo is selling SanDisk Ultra II cards for cheap too. 1GB Extreme III SD: $34.95 $39.95 2GB Extreme III SD: $47.95 $49.95 1GB Extreme III CompactFlash: $34.95 2GB Extreme III…
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Continue reading →: Tree Trimming
As homeowners coming up on our one-year house anniversary, we experienced the joys of gardening, eradicating weeds, and collecting dead leaves. We have one Modesto Ash tree in front of our house and another behind our house in our neighbor’s backyard. During Fall, the two trees drop an inordinate amount…
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Continue reading →: More 1D Mark III Information
Here’s some more links about the newly announced Canon EOS-1D Mark III: Official Mark III Flash Website Mark III White Paper (from RobGalbraith) Video presentation of Mark III (in French) Getty Images editor’s thoughts on Mark III Sample Mark III images One thing that I’ll miss in the Mark III…
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Continue reading →: Amgen Tour of California Stage 3
I haven’t been following the Amgen Tour of California all too closely, but today they are riding from Stockton to San Jose in Stage 3. Since I’m pretty close to where they’re finishing in San Jose, I think I’ll head downtown for the conclusion of the race today. Around 2:45…
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Continue reading →: Helo, Chief, and Anders in SF!
The highlight of this weekend was on Saturday, when Aaron “Chief” Douglas, Michael “Anders” Trucco, and Tahmoh “Helo” Penikett, stars from our favorite TV show, Battlestar Galactica, descended to Pier 39 for an autograph signing appearance at the Antiquities of California shop. BSG fans had to work their way through…






