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About three weeks ago I wrote that I planned to build up a new computer. Since then a few other options have come to the fore. Windows 8 and the Surface RT slate are being released at the end of October and Windows Phone 8 is being released shortly thereafter. This brings up the options…

With the imminent release of Windows 8 it’s time to look at a new computer, and that will be just three years after putting together the last one. When I rebuilt this computer I expected it to be like its predecessor, perhaps good for five years. That expectation hasn’t been met, but I also want…

Borrowed EOS 450D: About 600 photos a month ago. Must get myself one of these.SX260: 1400 photos so far – 10 weeks so 140/week or about 470/month.A2300: 165 photos so far – 8 weeks so 20/week or about 85/month. The lack of photos on the A2300 is a combination of many factors – chief of…

An interesting piece of news I picked up today was the introduction of the Canon EF-M lens mount and the MILC it was designed to be a part of. The camera is called the EOS M and is quite similar to the Sony Alpha NEX series. Canon has taken a long time to get around…

Here is my newest heater, a Goldair GIR350 which sells for about $120 or so. It is a radiant heater that is also designed to be a convector as it has a grill in the top to let air go around the elements and out the grill. So it does both. Radiants are supposed to…