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Michael Hocter posted a message
“Did onaswarm and profilactic bite the dust or are they just down right now?”
August 2 at 4:43 pm - Link
Profilactic is back up now but I think onaswarm might be down for the count. - Michael Hocter
Onaswarm still dead. Anyone know about it? - Michael Hocter
yeah onaswarm is still down for me... shame i rather would have liked to use it on the front of the website i'm using.... - David Petar Novakovic
Yeah, shame. I think it's dead for good, but no one seems to care. Haven't heard a peep about it. - Michael Hocter
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Michael Hocter posted a message
“27 unauthorized transactions on my PayPal account today! This is going to be a mess. :(”
Monday at 7:09 pm - Link
holy crap - RAHwsomeSHEENsauce™
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eeeee... - edythe
Uh oh. - possible248
Dang. :/ Did they buy anything good? - Rochelle
Say it ain't so, Joe! - Anthony K. Valley ©
omg wtf? - JMakesAwesomeSauce
27 @ 50 euros each! Cancelled my credit card and now going through the PayPal dispute process. Hoping it's not as bad as I've heard. - Michael Hocter
:( - AJ Batac ♘
Thank God my bank alerted me. One would think PayPal would detect 27 identical transactions over the course of 30 minutes and do something about it, but no. - Michael Hocter
OH no... :O Hope everything works out. - Mona N.
Good luck MIchael. The Skype/Paypal combo got me for $150 in about 45 minutes a few months ago. Skype gave me a refund (in Skype credit), but Paypal was absolutely no help. - Derek Coward
Wait til you try looking for a phone number for Paypal unless things have changed - Charlie Anzman
Charlie, do you ever use http://www.hardtofind800number...? They have the "hidden" numbers for tons of companies. They have 3 numbers for PayPal, including one for resolution specialists. - Rochelle
My wife found the PayPal phone number in a couple seconds, and they were pretty helpful. The transactions are now being investigated. - Michael Hocter
Good luck. - Jeff P. Henderson
Good luck Michael. :( - /(bb|[^b]{2})/ (Kamath)
Sounds good Michael. Things have changed when I had to call them a few years ago. No doubt Paypal (div of eBay) probably cranked up their customer service a bit in recent times. Man they're gonna have their hands full with bank account numbers changing!! Good luck. Hope it works out quick - Charlie Anzman
Rochelle - No but Thanks. Great tip! - Charlie Anzman
Ugh. - Mike Reynolds
Best of luck! - Mavericks of Troy, NV!
do keep us up-to-date on what happens and good luck! - zoblue (Zulema)
Thanks everyone. Nothing more I can do about it now but wait and see, but at least you all cheered me up a bit. :) - Michael Hocter
Good news! Bank will put the money back in my account while it is being investigated. - Michael Hocter via fftogo
Don't worry, unauthorized transactions are business as usual for the banks these days. Just call your congressperson and ask for a bailout. - Davis Freeberg
That is one of the reasons my Paypal account simply is not tied to my actual bank accoutn. I transfer the $$ out of it almost every day. Fraud is only part of the problem with Paypal. - Soulhuntre via twhirl
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directeur posted a message
“Ok, I got a verry nice "job offer" thanks to NoiseRiver -- and it seems that it'll be verry fun! :)”
Ok, I got a verry nice "job offer" thanks to NoiseRiver -- and it seems that it'll be verry fun! :)
October 4 at 10:18 pm - via NoiseRiver - Link
Are you gonna join FF? :) - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
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Congratulations! - Mladen Srdić
Brian: No, but from other very smart people :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Cool. Congrats! Good to see you back here! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Thanks Mladen! - directeur via NoiseRiver
dood, congrats! - Pete Delucchi
congrats! - Mavericks of Troy, NV!
Thank you Brian! The coolest thing of it is that I'll be making something very interesting and which will translate my opinions about things that Friendfeed misses :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Great news. Glad to see your work on NoiseRiver has garnered recognition :¬D - CannonGod
Thank you CannonGod :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Congrats. :) - Monique(AwesomelySaucy)
Thanks Monique! :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Congrats! - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Sounds like a new Googler is born! ;-) - Igor The Troll
Good luck at Noiseriver! - Mike Reynolds
Good luck! - Kol Tregaskes
Yay for you! - JMakesAwesomeSauce
Congrats directeur! - BeeLing
Yippee!! Congratulations Directeur!! Happy for you, Good Luck! ... let us know more ok!! - Susan Beebe
Bon chance! - anna awesomesauce
fantastic news Directeur! Congrats! - Zee from WeDoCreative
Directeur, Congrats! - Mike Fruchter
Wow, that's great, Directeur. Big ups! - Phil Glockner
Good show ole chap. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Congratulations, directeur! - Michael Hocter
Woha! Thank you all folks :) It's an offer, and I actually didn't accepted it yet. I'm still thinking, but, the folks are for sure smart and great :) - directeur
congrats!! - Tim Hoeck
That is sweet news. I'll be looking for the followup. - MiniMage
Late to the party. Congratulations on the offer! - Andrés David Aparicio
congrats! - Shey
Congrats! - With all this gloom and doom, job offers from visibility here and elsewhere seems to be trend lately - Charlie Anzman
Thank you all folks! :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Congrats! Any ex-Googlers? - Mo J.
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How to Build a Matchbox Pinhole Camera
October 4 at 11:08 am - Link
This looks like a fun little project! Build your own camera from a bunch of household items. Found via Beyond PhotoTips. - Brian Auer
A friend of mine used to build pinhole cameras from the mini Altoid mint tins, which are just the right size for 35mm film. - Michael Hocter
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Sebastio Salgado's Leica for Sale
October 4 at 8:31 am - Link
For only $140,183! - Michael Hocter
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Coming Soon: Amazon EC2 With Windows
October 1 at 6:43 am - Link
Wow, this is HUGE - Michael Hocter
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Michael Hocter posted a link
Flickr: Armpit heaven
September 30 at 7:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
No, I do not want to post my photos to Armpit Heaven. Please stop asking. - Michael Hocter via Bookmarklet
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Trish R posted a message
“Out of all of your FF subscriptions/subscribers, what percentage do you feel you interact with on a regular basis?”
September 30 at 5:48 am - Link
Not as many as I would like. (helpful answer I know) I would say...less than 20% - Aden
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I would estimate 10 - 20%... - JA Castillo
Maybe 50%? I have 50 subscriptions, and I do seem to look at a couple dozen of them regularly. - Kamilah Gill
Just guessing, I would say about 50%, too, but it's difficult to figure out since a lot of people are not as active on FF as others. - Trish R
I would guess 20 to 25% maybe. - Michelle Martinez
2% or less Everybody is sleeping when I awake and on the computer - Earl E Morningwood via fftogo
Less than 10%, I think. - Yolanda
I have a small group, so I would guess a good amount. I try to look at and evaluate everything they put up - RAPatton
It depends on what you mean by "interact with," but there's a small group, maybe 5%, who regularly like and comment on my feed and I do the same for them. - Michael Hocter
Between 10% and 20% perhaps. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
30% - clarke thomas
Around 5% or less for me. Which is good enough, I'd say. - "Awesomesauce!" Scoble
Sorry. That's math. - Nine (pedestrian wolf)
5-10 % - Charlie Anzman
By interact, do you mean more than just reading their feed or liking particular postings? That at about 90%. If you mean something deeper like commenting and debating issues back and forth, it's about 5% - Neill Adamson
Neill, I meant reading their feed and comments (either on their posts or yours) and liking their posts and occasionally commenting. - Trish R
50% at best, I'm not terribly organised. - Mo 'Killer Sauce' Kargas
I usually read my main feed that has everyone I follow in. I read comments about articles that interest me, skimming past those that don't. Things that interest or motivate me more in some way, I will 'like' and those that interest me a little more still get a comment if I feel one is needed, or I have a strong opinion on the subject matter. - Ian May
Maybe 10% at best. - Mark Wilson
Probably about 10%. - Alexander Carlill
Same 10% or maybe even less here. - Svetlana Gladkova
I'd say 5% - AJ Batac ♘
NFC, I interact with whoever interacts with me. I think a lot of my followers are not active so the percentage is probably quite small. - RAHwsomeSHEENsauce™
Same answer as Rahsheen - I have more than 500 followers and subscribers, and I doubt I see more than 100 of them on a weekly basis. - Tad - the Meme Maker
About 10%, much much less on a bad week. - Steve Spalding
I'm pretty active with most of my subscriptions, but the fact that the total number is pretty low helps me out quite a bit. I would say probably 75% - Aaron Krug
Coincidentally, I just wrote a little app to help figure that out.Or at least one particular slice of it. :) http://is.gd/3l3I - felix
Probably 15-20% - though many are inactive themselves. - Mike Sansone
0-5% because I am just too irregular with my interactions. IOW, I'm hardly on here at all during the day, so that limits my interactivity. - Pete Delucchi
5-10% - Nicholas Kreidberg
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Michael Hocter shared an item on Google Reader
Cross-Site Request Forgeries and You
September 29 at 9:10 am - Link
A good basic explanation of XSRF and potential preventative measures you can take - Michael Hocter
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directeur posted a message
“Programming Language Meme”
Programming Language Meme
September 28 at 7:15 pm - via NoiseRiver - Link
Instructions: Give in less or more order a list of the programming languages you've learnt (or are learning). Post these instructions with your list - directeur via NoiseRiver
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pascal, basic, c, 8086 assembler, c++, 68000 assembler, fortran, delphi (object pascal), lisp, prolog, sql, dbase, javascript, vbscript, perl, php, java, bash, sed, awk, ruby, python, haskell, plus markup languages: (x)html, LaTeX, css, xml, xslt and xpath - directeur via NoiseRiver
Hi big bro what's up?? Are you back to FF?? WOW ! - Little Angel
BASIC, 6502 assembly, Pascal, SQL, Fortran, C, 68000 assembly, Lisp, Prolog, Clips, Scheme, dBase, Clipper, Foxpro, HTML, C++, XSLT, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, C#, PHP, Ruby, Python, F#, and countless mini languages like XPath and regular expressions. - Michael Hocter
@Little Angel: Hi lil' sister! It's a way to say "Hello" once in a while :) How are you doing? - directeur via NoiseRiver
@Michael Hocter: You old monkey! ;-) - directeur via NoiseRiver
directeur, hahaha, no kidding! :) And I'm sure I forgot a few... - Michael Hocter
Michael: ...and they say that you can't teach an old monkey new tricks :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
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jQuery and Microsoft - ScottGu's Blog
September 28 at 6:25 pm - Link
Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going foward. Awesome news! - Michael Hocter
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Michael Hocter posted a link
My wife convinced me to splurge on a Cole Hahn wallet...
My wife convinced me to splurge on a Cole Hahn wallet...
September 28 at 5:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
I have to admit I love it. The leather is soooooo nice. - Michael Hocter via Bookmarklet
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Michael Hocter posted a message
“Saw these three photos in my Flickr contacts' photos. Love it.”
Saw these three photos in my Flickr contacts' photos. Love it.
September 28 at 5:19 pm - Link
The originals are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/y... - Michael Hocter
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The Online Photographer: OT: Blog Notes: Feeds Part II
September 25 at 7:00 am - Link
And full feeds are back... - Michael Hocter
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20 people you should follow on FriendFeed
September 24 at 9:21 am - Link
I'm gonna make one of these lists someday. :) - Michael Hocter
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Google Reader Gets Some New Features
September 23 at 3:22 pm - Link
Hurray! Now I can have my feeds sorted alphabetically again! - Michael Hocter
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Michael Hocter shared an item on Google Reader
The Online Photographer Switches to Partial Feeds
September 22 at 8:18 pm - Link
Ick, partial feeds suck big time. - Michael Hocter
Boo! Partial feeds bad! - Phil Glockner
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F/1.0 Blog » Olympus’ micro four-thirds entry - this could be the one!
F/1.0 Blog » Olympus’ micro four-thirds entry - this could be the one!
September 22 at 8:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
A camera this small with decent performance and interchangeable lenses would definitely be of interest to me! - Michael Hocter via Bookmarklet
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Leica debuts S-system, 37-megapixel flagship S2 camera
Leica debuts S-system, 37-megapixel flagship S2 camera
September 22 at 12:12 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Need to see more details. Megapixels don't make or break a camera. - Jim Goldstein
Wow. The design makes me drool. I have a feeling its price will also make my eyes hurt when I see it, since it's a Leica. - Raoul Pop
i wonder how many zeros are in the price tag - Cee Bee
Wow, the sensor is 30mm x 45mm. Leica is going medium format, apparently. - Michael Hocter
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ModelMayhem.com - the number one model and photographer portfolio website
September 19 at 11:51 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Need to find a model in your area! This site is great! - Brandy Lea Photography via Bookmarklet
I've never had much success with ModelMayhem. Most of my models have found me through OneModelPlace.com instead. - Michael Hocter
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Michael Hocter posted a message
“This is me”
This is me
September 18 at 11:20 pm - Link
O HAI! - Mona N.
[like] - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)
Arrrrrgh - Michael Hocter
I tried to find a pirate-ish picture of me to satisfy both meme's but to no avail - Michael Hocter
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New FriendFeed design launched... with an exciting new feature!
September 18 at 7:35 pm - Link
Love the duplicate detection feature. Good job, FriendFeeders! - Michael Hocter
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Canon's G10, SX1 IS, and more get the hands-on treatment - Engadget
Canon's G10, SX1 IS, and more get the hands-on treatment - Engadget
September 17 at 2:23 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"We already caught of preview of Canon new EOS 5D Mark II 21-megapixel monster, but if you're curious about Canon's other new camera offerings, you may want to hit up Photography Blog, which has gone hands-on with each of 'em. That includes the PowerShot G10 (pictured above), the PowerShot SX1 IS / SX10 IS, the Digital IXUS 980 IS and 870 IS and, of course, the aforementioned EOS 5D Mark II, just in case you need another look at it. Unfortunately, they don't have much in the way of first impressions just yet, or any sample shots, but they do at least have a comparison between the G10 and the earlier G9 model for those considering an upgrade, and plenty of high res photos of each camera to let you examine every nook and cranny. Hit up the links below to dig in." - Vox via Bookmarklet
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I wonder if the addition of image stabilization is enough of a reason to get the G10 instead of the G9? I imagine G9s are going to get really cheap very soon. :) - ☺ Cecily ☺
Cecily, the G9 actually has image stabilization, a bigger zoom range (6x vs 5x), and a longer tele (44.4mm vs 30.5). The only real advantages I see for the G10 are more megapixels, a wider wide-angle (6.1mm vs 7.4mm) and the Digic IV processor. Not much else is different. - Michael Hocter
Now, if the G10 had an APS-C sized sensor, then we are definitely talking... - Jauder Ho
why canon uses this lenses? 5X and 6X? there was no better choice for G9and G10? - Arash
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InsaneNinja published photos on Flickr
Released
Fire Spinner 3
Faygo Aftermath
ICP Insane Clown Posse Concert
Listen Up
September 13 at 9:36 am - Link
i really dislike how this is handled.. all these photos WORK - InsaneNinja
Yeah what's up with that? - Michael Hocter
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Becca posted a message
“What do you do with your 'old' camera body when you upgrade?”
September 10 at 10:37 am - Link
I would either sell it or turn it into a pinhole camera. - James Williams (willia4)
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Keep it for a second body or keep it as a backup. - Brian Johns
Keep it as a backup - and sell the old backup on Ebay :) - Patty Hankins
I don't have a backup yet so I like the idea of keeping it, but I wonder if I would use it enough to justify not trying to sell it. For what it's worth, I will be looking to replace or complement my Canon XTi with a Canon 40D this Christmas. - Becca
I don't need the backup often. But when my 5D had to go back to Canon for sensor cleaning - having the 20D on hand was great. Most of the time - I just keep the backup camera at home. When I'm on a trip - I always take it with me - just in case. I'd much rather carry it - and not need it than need it and not have it with me - Patty Hankins
Until now I have just passed them on to someone else, but when it's time to replace my 5D, I expect to keep it around as a backup. - Michael Hocter
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Stupid Emoo (aka Tina) posted a message
“This is Geoff's fault!!! What's you're favorite song about masturbation?”
September 11 at 10:08 pm - Link
You Are My Sushine - John Worthington
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We're clearly outa control 2nite - Charlie Anzman
Like I said, it's Geoff's fault. Or, I could blame it on the ice cream (but I won't because ice cream never did anything wrong to anyone). - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)
Oh yes, this is a much better thread that the 'FF chestmeme videos' one...classy :) - WorldofHiglet
Edguy - Rise of the Morning Glory - Mo 'Killer Sauce' Kargas
I might have to think about this a bit more, but off the top of my head... Turning Japanese by The Vapors. http://www.last.fm/music/The+V... - Michael Hocter
WolrdofHiglet: at least the songs aren't about me! They might have been if I'd turned into FF's taking chest... - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)
Darling Niki, of course - Erin Kotecki Vest
All Along the Watchtower - ha3rvey (That One)
Tina you may have lost it. However Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville has a couple tracks that I ... erm .. think were great - Marko "Bon" Bon
I am, of course, just kidding. - ha3rvey (That One)
Songs about it or to accompany it? - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠
Icicle, Tori Amos - Alix Whitmire
Comment above should have read 'talking chest' not 'taking chest'. I've not lost it, I promise =) I'm just trying to hang with all these late night FFers. - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)
This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Steven Perez
Geoff L: Originally intended to be about it, but accompany is OK too I 'spose. BTW, I realize after commenting on your music thread I should've specified Geoff S instigated this with a comment. Sorry for any confusion! - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)
no worries! - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠
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Michael J. Cohen (mjc) posted a message
“Name a not-work-appropriate song you are embarrassed (or proud) to like. mine: 20 Fingers (feat. Gillette) - Short Dick Man”
September 11 at 2:22 pm - Link
The Asshole song - "Awesomesauce!" Scoble
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Dynamo Hum - http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=... - Brian Sullivan
The Vagina Song - Bloodhound Gang. - Stupid Emoo (aka Tina)
Detachable penus - orionstarr
@Alex from dennis leary eh? :) - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)
Whorehoppin' (Shit Goddamn) - Eagles of Death Metal - Patricia Hanrahan
The Rodeo Song http://www.lyricsdownload.com/... - Mattb4rd
Yup, mjc...that's the one! "I'm an ASSHOLE-EY-OH-EY-OH!" - "Awesomesauce!" Scoble
I Get Around - 2pac - anna awesomesauce
Straight Outta Compton - Ryan
The F*buddy song-- Pat McCurdy. Most of Pat's songs aren't work appropriate but are quite fun to sing along to - Abigail (Hε₫§εhσ§ ĺﺃβ)
Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced - J Wynia
"Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime.. I start listening to it then remember about 30 seconds in that it would make a lot of my coworkers ask questions. :D - Haggis (Sean)
and another: FIGJAM (F* I'm Good Just Ask Me) - Butterfingers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... (great bass line in this. I used to jam with these guys back home - they are all slightly mad :) ) - Patricia Hanrahan
I like the original Bob Marley version of Smoke Two Joints better - "Awesomesauce!" Scoble
on my work computer's itunes "F___ The Pain Away" (Peaches) - Lynne d Johnson
@alex Always, always. Don't have that one on my work comp though, just the Sublime version - Haggis (Sean)
Nobody Called Pablo Picasso an Asshole - Burning Sensations - AJ Kohn
Also: The very un-PC Takin' Retards to the Zoo - The Dead Milkmen. - AJ Kohn
Shitty Bum, C-mon and Kypski - steplow is Steve
Mr. Richard Smoker - Ween. Oh! And Bitches by Mindless Self Indulgence, that song always puts me in a good mood. - Phil Glockner
Pussy Control (Prince). And definitely proud! ;-) - Far
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley - Jeremy Toeman
In my youth in NE Philly I recall 2 Live Crew: 'We Want Some Pussy' and 'Me So Horny' - AJ Kohn
Smack my bitch up - Prodigy - Brian Norwood
Ahhh, I once was listening to RATM - a song full of f-bombs - really loudly at work while not realizing that my headphones weren't properly plugged in. Yikes. - RachelW
All Day Long I Dream About Sex. Not only of questionable taste with HR, but also of questionable taste because of JC Chasez' boy band background. - Ontario Emperor
Anything by Kevin Bloody Wilson - Slippy Lane
I realize you didn't specify, but the irony of Rage Against the Machine in a cubicle is delicious. - Brian Norwood
F*ck Her Gently by Tenacious D - Michael Hocter
F*cking You Tonight by Notorious B.I.G. - Shey
++Shey! - Corie "Viper" Jones
ROFLSHEY - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)
Brian, I'm pleased to report that at the time I was working for a non-profit org focused on reforming energy policy. :) - RachelW
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Michael Hocter posted a link
Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 Digital Camera - Full Review - The Imaging Resource!
Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 Digital Camera - Full Review - The Imaging Resource!
September 9 at 4:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Surprises: No live view mode, not great high ISO performance - Michael Hocter via Bookmarklet
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