I went with the Kodak
I found some pretty sweet discount codes that brought the price down about $100. Enough to justify a 512 SD card.
It should arrive Thursday. I will let you know how it works (and will likely post some pictures).
Camera Hunt
I am a techno-geek with Kids, so this may suprise you.
I don’t have a digital camera.
However, I was able to borrow one from a family member and learned that, having prints made at the local photo-mart, was almost a cheap as film AND, you could pick the photos you wanted, and dump the ones you don’t.
So, “The Pretty One” has been on me to get a decent camera. The only problem is, despite being a techno-geek, I am a broke techno-geek, so I won’t be getting my Digital SLR this week.
I have a project coming in this week that should give us the funds needed to “take the digital plunge”.
We have narrowed the search down to 2 models.
Canon A620
and
The Kodak has 10x Optical zoom, as compared to Canon’s 4x. Additionally, the Kodak has a rechargable battery, while the Canon takes 4AAs.
I have found the price to be comparable, so that is not a huge deal (The Kodak is $20-$50 more).
The only downside I have read on the Kodak seems to be a “cheap-plastic feel” to its construction.
One additional factor in my decision, is that I use exclusively Canon cameras at work.
Any opinions from my peanut gallery???
Service
This is the week before one of our busiest weeks at work, so I am actually enjoying (yes enjoying) a little extra work load.
Not much to blog about, but I wanted to post this to let you know that I hadn’t given up on this task.
Actually, there is one thing I want to blog about, but I promised Whitey he could have first dibs at it.
So, when he posts, I will link to him (all the fun… none of the work).
Oh, and speaking of “Whitey’s Blog”, the college at which I am employed had their firewall blocking Xanga for a few minutes yesterday morning. Being at a college, Whitey and I (rightfully) guessed that it wouldn’t last more than a few minutes, before the wrath of the students was felt.
Pretty funny though.
Garage
My truck is now in my garage!
It is nice to have a garage that serves as more than just a giant locker.
Grocery Day!
It’s Wednesday!
It’s Grocery Day!
My good friend “Simon” delivered 6 bountiful green totes to my door.
You know what that means!!
Fun with Dry Ice
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I am following a blog trend (observed on Whitey’s blog) by googling my name, along with a verb, and enclosing them in quotes. Quite often, the verb is “is” (“Joe Is…”)
I am bucking the system and decided to Google “Carl Loves”
Carl Loves to Read
Carl Loves is when Daddy Reads
Carl Loves spending time with his family
Carl Loves Mom’s hair
Carl Loves to chase the squirrels
Carl Loves swimming
Carl Loves music and fine arts
Carl Loves Seminole Football
OK… that’s enough…
DVD watching and old memories
I am borrowing Whitey’s set of 24 – Season 2 DVDs. I was looking forward to taking them with me on a small business trip tonight. They make great “hotel-watching”. However, a couple days ago, I made the mistake of letting “the pretty one” watch an episode or two with me. Now she is hooked.
I may have to (gasp) bring my book on this trip.
Actually, I was afraid that watching it with her would greatly slow down my watching, but we have been flying through the series. We just started DVD 4 out of 6.
On another (unrelated) note, I was doing some surfing and came across the very first website I ever created. It is a “Geocities” site from the early days of Geocities.
Family members… You may get a kick out of the “Family Photo Album”
Just remember, it was created back in the day of lower screen resolution.
Pink and Blue Paint
Currently Watching: NOTHING… I am at my computer…
Currently Reading: The letters as I type them.
Currently Listening To: The noisy computer on the other side of the basement office.
One more step, and the transformation of my brother’s old Mideival Castle Themed Room, to my daughter’s Pink and Blue Daisy themed room is complete! I had a lot of stuff on my to-do list that I thought was more important, but sometimes love means picking up “her” to-do list.
That may sound romantic, but I grumbled about it all night.
iTunes Hates Me
When I first discovered iTunes, I worked as hard as I could to load as much as I could into my library. Now, at my finger tips, I have every CD I have ever owned, and some I haven’t.
However, there is a LOT of my music I can’t stand. And, my iTunes knows it. And it plays those songs the most.
So now I am stuck with the problem, do I remove songs from my library, take the time to organize the songs I like, or just deal with the sub-par entries in my library.
Removing songs from my library, while freeing up space on my drive, lowers the overall number of tracks in my library (which, among certain friends and family, is a status symbol).
Organizing the songs sounds OK, if it didn’t take so long. AND, I would be making a list of the songs I like at this moment. That list tends to fluctuate slightly as my moods change.
Dealing with sub-par entries will just keep me hitting the next button a lot, but is probably the direction this lazy music-phile will take.
Friday
Friday it is!
I work on Saturday (Choom!!!), and have some responsibility scheduled for tonight, but it still feels good to be at the end of a week.
I think that, were I in a job situation where the weekend fell on Wednesday and Thursday, Friday would still feel good to me.
Ironically enough, my 2nd favorite day in the “work-life”. Is Monday. I enjoy the fresh start. My job requires me to get here early on Mondays (7am), so there is always that crisp launch from the starting block (Wow… talk about your mixed metaphors!).
The next few weeks should be whirlwind again, as we are down a couple folks, have some pending deadlines, work at the State Fair and travel to Madison for 2 days.
Oh, and “Choom!” is not in Blogger’s spell check.
Ha… Neither is “Blogger’s”