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No – it makes you look like an easily beat-upable DORK.

Which of these two people is normal sized…

And which one is a big fat gorilla who desperately needs to lose (quite) a few pounds, you lard ass!

Is THIS GUY the biggest douchenozzle in San Francisco?

Yes – that’s a surfboard and a mountain bike ON HIS HUMVEE…

Just got a Nikon D3s (sadly, not to keep but a rental to shoot WWDC). I know there are now “better” cameras out there but the rental price was good (considering it’s about $5k+ worth of body and lens) and I’ve used this rig often enough to be comfortable with it. But I especially love it for the images I’m able to get.

This was shot from 60ft away…from inside a restaurant…at night. The basket was hanging from a lamppost.

Even more amazing, the D3s has a usable ISO of 12,800 – that’s insanely low light and makes shots in dark bars and clubs a snap:

The two handsome gentleman above, Mike and Darby respectively, were both shot at ISO 12,800 in a nightclub in San Francisco.

I LOVE THE NIKON D3s!

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June 5, 2012

I made this – Bacon Egg Cups

As I look around for healthier foods and ways to eat, I came across the recipe for Bacon Egg Cups from the wonderfully named web site, “Fat Girl trapped in a Skinny Girl’s Body”. I am not a cook so I like stuff that looks simple and easy to make. I made an attempt this AM to make this for myself and my roommate.

First thing I learned – when the bacon is cooking in the pan and a piece of it flops over, DO NOT REACH IN TO FLIP IT OVER. Apparently, cooking bacon is hot. Who knew!?

Related: I am now typing with one less finger….

I had forgotten how wonderful the smells of breakfast are. Bacon, coffee, eggs….all bring back memories of being on my dad’s farm and my mom making breakfast for us every morning.

So they came out….just OK…as an aside, I hate food photographers. Their pics are never like what comes out of your pan. Here’s what I ended up with:

Not bad looking but not even close to the picture from the pros.

The flavor was kind of blah. I added a little hot sauce and Swiss Cheese to try and jazz it up a bit. The bacon didn’t cook up crisp either, even though I pre-cooked it a little. I’d recommend almost fully cooking it to make it firmer.

But it wasn’t a horrible first attempt. I’ll definitely give it another shot.

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June 4, 2012

ASUS’s Sexist Twitter Gaffe

So whoever does the Asus Twitter account had a major league brain fart very early this morning. They posted this picture from the Computex Show in Taiwan:

The problem isn’t the picture per se – it’s the numbnut commentary of it:

OK…while you are technically correct, you’re still a complete moron for saying so publicly as a representative of your company.

But even better is the usual handwringing by the usual suspects. Instead of blowing this off as the late night stupidity of one PR person who posted a colossally stupid tweet, The Usual Suspects are using this as yet another opportunity to rail against the inequality of the system. Guess what? WE KNOW.