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"There comes a time when you must clear out the old and make way for the new, and that's exactly what Nikon has in store for its D300s and D700 shooters. According to Electronista, the Japanese camera giant added both of its aforementioned DSLRs to the "old products" section on its motherland site. Given how often we see products get refreshed, it shouldn't come as a huge surprise -- especially when we've seen the D700's expected successor hanging out in the wild many times before. Keep in mind that Nikon recently took the wraps off its D4, so perhaps it's just a good ol' sign the new more-compact flavors are looming just around the corner. Needless to say, we'll let you know as soon as it happens." - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

Eight inch skillet. Pause. - Derrick

Derrick has an eight inch skillet. - holly #ravingfangirl

:) - edythe from Bookmarklet

every time i see tiffany's face in these photos, it's in a different attitude of joy. :) just beautiful. - edythe

Happy birthday, Derrick. and thanks, Melissa, for this great photo. :) - edythe from Bookmarklet

I'm totally sober in this pic, btw. I think we were in Santa Barbara? We went ALL the way up there for tacos. #foodie - Derrick

"If you've ever lost a piece of mail through the USPS, this story might give you hope that your grandchildren might eventually find out what happened to it. The USPS recently delivered a letter sent from Montgomery, Alabama, to the Red Cross Hospital at Camp Roberts in California that had originally been sent on Aug. 9, 1944. Since neither the Red Cross hospital nor the intended recipient — a Miss RT Fletcher — are still around, the letter — still sealed but with a tear in the upper left corner that makes the return address unknowable — was delivered to the cu­rator for the Camp Roberts Histor­ical Museum." - edythe from Bookmarklet

nathan, :) - edythe

"IN the raging battle over union rights in Wisconsin, those seeking to curtail collective bargaining for state employees have advanced an argument that seems hard to resist: It will make it easier to reward those workers who perform the best. What could be fairer than that? If only that were true. As anybody who has ever worked in any institution — private or public — knows, one of the primary ways employee effectiveness is judged is the performance review. And nothing could be less fair than that. In my years studying such reviews, I’ve learned that they are subjective evaluations that measure how “comfortable” a boss is with an employee, not how much an employee contributes to overall results. They are an intimidating tool that makes employees too scared to speak their minds, lest their criticism come back to haunt them in their annual evaluations." - edythe from Bookmarklet

"Think about it. Performance reviews are held up as objective assessments by the boss, with the assumption that the boss has all the answers. Now, maybe your boss is all-knowing. But I’ve never seen one that was. In a self-interested world, where imperfect people are judging other imperfect people, anybody reviewing somebody else’s performance — whether as an actor, a writer, a spouse,... more... - edythe

My boss still doesn't get what I do. You can't convince me that I get accurate, objective, fair reviews from him. - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!) from fftogo

weird... I don't think I've ever heard of that venue - Michael W. May

yes, that does sound nice - Michael W. May

Girl Talk is the moniker for Pittsburgh musician Gregg Gillis, who began making music while studying Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He specializes in sample-based remixes, in which he uses at least a dozen elements from different songs to create a "new" song. His live mixing "mashes" have drawn a wide fanbase, in addition to four acclaimed albums and 2 EPs. - edythe

I think it is owned by the water company - RAPatton

ah. still don't know what it does. have never seen any signage on it anywhere. - edythe

"Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare discusses how photography helped bring Southern brutalities to light and sustained the African American Civil Rights movement. Figure i.1. (above) - Firemen blast protestors with high-pressure hoses, corner of Fifth Ave. North and 17th Street, Birmingham, Alabama, May 3, 1963. Photograph by Charles Moore. (Charles Moore/Black Star)" - edythe from Bookmarklet

"For nearly two weeks in early May of 1963, national and international audiences rose each morning to images of violence, confrontation, and resistance splashed across the front pages of their major newspapers. Black-and-white photographs paraded daily through the New York Times and the Washington Post depicted white police officers in Birmingham, Alabama, wielding high-powered fire... more... - edythe

That is one saving grace, that the sycophantic MSM didn't deign it necessary to give the queen of ignorance and stupidity a soap box from which to spew absurdly irrelevant comments about what is going on in the Middle East - Victor Ganata from iPhone

"The Olympus EP-1 has become an exceedingly popular camera. Besides the mass amounts of media coverage that one sees/reads, they’re very hard to get your hands on as the units move very fast. But besides being able to take pictures, this camera and its relative the Panasonic GH1 shoot video: good quality video too. One of the criticisms of the system is not having lots of lenses available for the system. That criticism is very, very untrue." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

Heh found this thread. Totally forgot about it. - Rodfather

one of many thousands of CD manufacturing plants in the world. sorry, sky isn't falling yet. - Joe The Sausage

"New Yorker staff writer and Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright is writing what his agent calls "the most profound reckoning to date" with Scientology, told through the eyes of director and apostate Paul Haggis. This should be good. Haggis spent 35 years as a Scientologist before angrily and publicly ditching the cult in 2009 after he became convinced that leader David Miscavige is a violent nut. He hasn't spoken publicly about Scientology since, but a "blown" celebrity (to use the Scientological term for leaving the fold) like Haggis is Scientology's worst possible nightmare—it can smear and threaten rank-and-file detractors all it wants, but when one of its former leading lights is making the charges, it's harder to strike back." - edythe from Bookmarklet

heh, chieze. :) - edythe

"Just because you've got a sweet classic car doesn't mean you have to go with 1960s-era technology for your tunes. Hacking your radio for MP3 input is a simple DIY electronics project." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Now, social media addicts may be able to wear their love for it too. United Kingdom-based web designer Gerry McKay drafted these potential sneaker designs for Adidas in case the athletic footwear brand ever wanted to sign on for a limited edition collection. Although the sneakers aren’t for sale and are only samplings of what the project could look like, I wonder how many people – who don’t work for Facebook or Twitter – would actually wear them. The shoes look just like regular Adidas, but with Facebook and Twitter logos stamped on them. Maybe if you could personalize the shoes and get your Twitter handle printed on the tongue, you’d really geek it up. Would you purchase shoes with your favorite social media application’s logo on it?" - edythe from Bookmarklet

It would be creepy to get followers during a walk... - Jemm