March 23, 2006
Nothing but blue skies
I bought that new camera at a local camera shop. I could have gotten a bit of a better deal by going mail order, but once I'd decided to take the plunge I was too impatient to wait for delivery. I also had a few questions, and I didn't think the kid behind the digital camera counter at CompUSA would be terribly helpful (given that half the time they have trouble finding the keys to unlock the case with the media cards). So I went to a shop that's been here so long that Matthew Brady probably got his equipment there.
One thing I love is that the store was just how I remembered it from when I bought my paper and chemicals there 20 years ago. Another thing that I love is that when I went in today they cleaned my sensor, made me feel much better about having gotten dust on the sensor, and made me confident that I can take care of dust on the sensor. I couldn't have gotten that from cheapelectronicsbymail.com.
See the lack of dust?
(Actually, I have seen a new speck already, but it's nothing like that annoying thread-looking thing. And now I know how to clean it, so it's no big deal.)
And when I got home tonight, there was a CDW box in the door with the magic cable. Victor hooked it up when he got home, and I'm working on restoring the PC. In fact, it will be better than it was; better, faster, stronger.
Gentlemen, we have the technology.
I have the taxes back. I'm working on finding the pictures (by the time I'm done, I may have more pictures than I thought...I have found folders on the old hard drive containing folders with folders of folders of files going back to the 386 Packard Bell I bought with my tax return in 1991. [I didn't think I'd ever need all 40 megabytes of that hard drive.])
I have a pretty good idea how to resurrect my e-mail and internet stuff.
The weather is supposed to be rather cold and cloudy this weekend...perfect for sitting on my ass in front of the computer for two days.
Posted by Nic at March 23, 2006 09:26 PM | TrackBack