“Post your Amazon.com Wishlist here: What's the number one thing from your wishlist that you want right now? Mine is the 39 mp Hasselblad digital camera with lens for $38,000, anyone want to buy it for me? http://www.amazon.com/gp/regis... ”
Egads TH, where in the world do you think you'll find someone with pockets deep enough (and with enough goodwill) to buy you that camera? It's more expensive than a very nice car... Not so sure I want to post my wishlist like this, either. Don't want to make anyone feel like they owe me anything. But if you find someone to buy that camera for you, let me know please. I'm very curious to see what happens with that. - Raoul Pop
i already know what i need... a fast computer/laptop - Outsanity
I'm teasing about someone buying me the Hasselblad Raoul. I will buy one someday though :) I love medium format photography and it's a pretty bad ass camera. - Thomas Hawk
Derek, the 70-200 f/2.8 IS is a gorgeous lens. Heavy, but gorgeous. Just used it two weekends ago for a business conference. Oh, what awesome portraits I got with it, and the bokeh was unbelievable. - Raoul Pop
I've got the 70-200 f/4 and don't really like it. I should have spent more and bought the f/2.8. - Thomas Hawk
Send me you Paypal and I'll buy it for you immediately... Bwahahahaha - jjprojects
sure I will buy it for you. First I need your bank account # so I can transfer $50,000 in to it. Buy your item and then send me the change :-) - gfurry
I have 8 wishlists (I break them down by "genre," as it were. This is my camera list: http://www.amazon.com/gp/regis... Most expensive item:
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens $2495.00 - Dawn M. Armfield
Dawn, that drobo on your list is awesome. I've got three now. Highly recommended as a high quality replicated photo backup device. Greg, my bank account number is... oh, nevermind. - Thomas Hawk
segway. i can't bring myself to buying, but i so want one! - Jeremy Toeman
I'd say a digital medium format camera would be up there somewhere, yes. - Ade Rowbotham
Jeremy, you'd look good on a Segway. - Thomas Hawk
Russell, the Canon 50mm f/1.4 is probably about the best value for a high quality lens you can buy. - Thomas Hawk
The Drobo looks sweet, and I will get one eventually. I actually saw it on yours and Raoul's blogs, and read both of your reviews on it. Thus, the wishlist. :-) Russell, I have the 50mm 1.4. Love it. Great lens. - Dawn M. Armfield
Ha ha! I just ordered the top three things: 5D + two lenses (one, the 15mm fisheye you put on your wish list)! My next item: A Gitzo Explore model tripod with the off-center ballhead. Would have ordered it but B&H is out of stock... So top item on my list now is Canon 100-400 L. - TranceMist
Your recommendation of the 50mm 1.4 is all I need. lol I am using the wait one day for every $100, but I it is more like one week. Lets see that is 3 months..... - Russellreno
Wait! Twitter was back up? I keep missing it. - ha3rvey
Yes, Twitter was up for a bit, but I couldn't use it because it was too slow. - Morton Fox
This is getting past ridiculous; we wouldn't have sat still for such an appalling record of availability by another service. So, Dave, how about that distributed Twitter architecture you proposed, was there any interest to help set it up? - Asteris Masouras
Asteris -- yes there was interest, but generally the people with the products are scared of pissing Twitter off. This I don't understand -- I think the Twitter folk would welcome a bit of redundancy. Everything they've said publicly and done with the Twitter API indicates that they believe federation is in their future, but mostly the tech industry is scared. Where are the swashbucklers? Where's the adventure in venture capital? :-) - Dave "Maverick" Winer
I'll believe that Twitter Inc. hearts federation when I see them take definite steps in that direction. If Microsoft & Yahoo are anything to go by, corps that live & die by the mass adoption of their services are anything but cool with federating & open standards. Only their users can keep them on the straight & narrow, or provide scaffolding for alternatives. As to your quasi-rhetorical questions about the guts of the industry, I wonder too :-) - Asteris Masouras