Nikon DSLR camera recommendations for early 2011

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When friends and family ask me for camera recommendations I post the info to my blog in the hopes that it will help others too… Here’s a recommendation for Nikon DSLRs: Summary of recommendation: #1 – A very capable companion: Nikon D7000 Pros: good image quality, excellent ISO quality, fast focusing, +1080p video, smaller size and lighter weight (than D300s) Cons: may be pricier than the D90 without drastic improvement Deciding factor: if you find a good price and you

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51 New Palm Tree Textures at NetRender.com

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We have some brand new palm tree textures over at NetRender: 51 Palm Tree Textures – NetRender.comhttp://www.netrender.com/texture-maps/trees/tropicals-vol-2-palm-tree-textures/51 unique palm trees from around the world. These high quality palm tree images com from the USA (California, Hawaii), Mexico and other tropical locales. The images are… At 51 images, it’s one of the largest collection of high-res (transparency mapped) palm tree images anywhere. John and I worked on it for what seems like forever! The images are from around the world, but

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Snazzy Olympus XZ-1 grip (w/photos)

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Here is a very cool new grip for the Olympus XZ1: New Olympus XZ1 Grip — now shipping!http://www.kleptography.com/rf/Richard Franiec’s Camera Accessories The camera’s default grip definitely provides adequate handling for me, but I can see this 3rd party grip making it even better. 🙂 I should probably also clarify, my wife has the cool XZ-1 but she is kind enough to let me use it! One more photo of the grip, from R.F.’s Picasso page: Top Search Terms:olympus xz-1 grip

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Huggies Pure and Natural Diapers (size 3) Out of Stock!

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We’ve been surprised that almost every store, both online and brick/mortar, is out of Huggies Pure and Natural Size 3 diapers. Thankfully, our little girl can wear size 4 now but it’s still a little bit weird. What is up Huggies? I first noticed something weird when our scheduled “subscription” (recurring) order of diapers from Amazon was delayed. Then I asked our good friend Caitlin to pick some up from Target, little did I know that she would check at

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Changing the oil and oil filter on a Chevy Avalanche [updated for 2013]

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Today I changed the oil on our 2011 Chevrolet Avalanche for the first time. A few notes on the process: the oil drain plug (bolt) is located horizontally (sideways), not vertically (downward) like I’m used to. the drain plug uses a 15mm wrench to re-tighten the drain plug, I used 18 ft/lbs torque (the recommendations I found called for between 15-20 ft/lbs) the oil filter is surprisingly small access to the oil filter is generally good, but clearance is tight. most oil

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Google Refine / Freebase

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It’s always fun to come across awesome new sites! I found Jeff Foster’s site Fatvat when I was searching for some info about Oracle and Larry, Prince Of Darkness… after reading about it on Engadget. Anyway, after all that, here’s some really cool stuff that should be very helpful to some of my database projects: Google Refine, an intro by Jess Foster http://www.fatvat.co.uk/Google Refine is a toy for playing with data, originally developed by the team behind Freebase. It’s a

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The Starcraft II Van!

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Last summer Samantha and I came across this awesome van: Of course, what makes it totally awesome is that it’s a STARCRAFT II van! StarCraft 2 is basically the only computer game that I still occasionally play (usually with my buddy Kevin). We started playing classic Starcraft 1 together way back in college (circa 1999-2003). So of course seeing this pimpin’ van really made my day :-). Top Search Terms:starcraft van (94)starcraft vans (13)van starcraft (9)starcraft van logo (5)star craft

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