POTN - New York City (now on Facebook)

[MDJAK]

Hey Crissa, is that Nick getting uppity with you? I'll put out a hit on him in 1/8000th of a second. :lol: ;)

me

[LeesaB]

Just posted this flashback to August:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/3045242462_4cbcee1c0c.jpg (http://%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/carve/3045242462/%22)

Here is a suggestion: how about a Sunday afternoon-evening kind of thing for a photowalk?

Also, not to think to far in advance, but I had a nice time shooting the Chinese New Year Parade last February. We should do that again.

Hey Thomas, how you doing? How the stobist treating you?

and btw..I SO know that awesome famous photographer in your picture!

[ooo]

Pst, I think that's Thomas your quoting. :X

[LeesaB]

Pst, I think that's Thomas your quoting. :X


shhhh I changed it..

I did that the entire day we were together too...AND I continued on, I think he looks like a Ken to me!

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I agree! Let's just call him Ken from now on. After all one Thomas is enough :D

[Kathy H]

Hey Thomas, how you doing? How the stobist treating you?

and btw..I SO know that awesome famous photographer in your picture!

Who is it? :lol:

[LeesaB]

so true, so very true! :-)

[LeesaB]

Hey Thomas, how you doing? How the stobist treating you?

and btw..I SO know that awesome famous photographer in your picture!

Who is it? :lol:

I've heard she's pretty awesome...

kathy how'd you find me anahhahah this is great! A new thread for you and me to tear up....Sorry NYC :-)

[ooo]

I saw Kathy's name and I immediately though of the wedding thread. Well hello there :D

[LeesaB]

You guys/gals really have to visit us in the wedding thread, we have a lot of fun.

Right now I have a poll of what color lightswitch covers to get...

See.... so much fun! LOL

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o.O I think you should get yellow, its Mark's favorite color.

[Skrim17]

Hey Crissa, is that Nick getting uppity with you? I'll put out a hit on him in 1/8000th of a second. :lol: ;)

me

As long as he doesn't start spouting Giants garbage we're OK Mark, thanks for the thought :)

[LeesaB]

o.O I think you should get yellow, its Mark's favorite color.

yeah well, that is not my favorite at all. Not even close!

I'm all for taupe! So far the poll is all on my side taupe!

[Kathy H]

I saw Kathy's name and I immediately though of the wedding thread. Well hello there :D

Hello :D

I'm just lurking around and keeping an eye on Leesa! Someone has to keep her in line!:lol::p

[LeesaB]

yeah I'm just such a loose canon, hahahhaa...

anyone here use wordpress? I think they changed a few things, so not liking it.

Kathy is the best friend a girl can have. We're gonna meet up this year at WPPI in vegas, can't wait.

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Not a blogger here, so I'm deciding what to waste my money on next :D.

[LeesaB]

ooo What are the choices....let me help!

I just bought a little girl at our church the flip video (with the help of a few people and one wedding forum person)

[ooo]

It's a long list! But here it goes!

135L
24-70L
50mm f/1.4
sigma 30mm f/1.4
lensbaby composer
cybersyncs
430ex, 580ex. sunpak or vivtars
7mdh
gitzo gm2561t
tokina 11-16
85mm f/1.8

I don't know if I left anything out. So anyone want to get me an early Christmas Present?

[LeesaB]

It's a long list! But here it goes!

135L
24-70L
50mm f/1.4
sigma 30mm f/1.4
lensbaby composer
cybersyncs
430ex, 580ex. sunpak or vivtars
7mdh
gitzo gm2561t
tokina 11-16
85mm f/1.8

I don't know if I left anything out. So anyone want to get me an early Christmas Present?

see to me those top two I would concentrate on...if you don't have a flash,,,get the 580 too. Those would be my pics from your list, but remember I'm also a wedding photographer :-)

[ooo]

Actually the most beneficial lens for me would be the 24-70L, but I don't know if I can throw down that money.

135L/85mm would be the second lens I need for what I do.

The rest is just for fun. Well I do need a new bag, my 6mdh is stuffed! And I would love a lighter and smaller monopod. :D That's just a want more than a need though. I'm fine with my current monopod.

[LeesaB]

You can pick up a used one for less. not a lot less but sometimes around 825.

I need another one for my partner.

Then I need the macpro book for us since I'll be doing a lot of weddings in Ohio and Missouri I'll need to step it up another notch :-)

[ooo]

Haha, a few months ago I spent a few grand on an air and a gripped 40d. I mean both thiings weren't really necessary =X.

Yeah, I might take advantage of the live cashback mid December and make the purchase on the 24-70. Or I might get a lensbaby + 85mm :D. I mean I want some fun lenses too. I'll make a thread when the time comes. I know which ones I really need, but those are kinda expensive.

What I noticed I lack is a low light lens. I mean sometimes even ISO 3200, doesn't do.

[LeesaB]

Time to spend another grand :-)

[ooo]

Actually! I was planning to :D. I mean I need to reward myself with toys. But then I told myself I needed a break from work during December / January. I mean with a $1000 I can purchase a lot of fun little toys or one big expensive one.

[nicksan]

Yeah, make sure you use that cross type outer AF point Mark.
Oh snap...that's right...my bad.:lol:

And just for the record.

The Jets are the Mets of football.
The Giants are the Yankees of football.

Actually, that's not entirely true b/c it looks like they will both make the playoffs this year... Doh!

Yeah...let's get it on!!!

Subway superbowl...hell yeah!

;););)

Hey Crissa, is that Nick getting uppity with you? I'll put out a hit on him in 1/8000th of a second. :lol: ;)

me

[LeesaB]

Actually! I was planning to :D. I mean I need to reward myself with toys. But then I told myself I needed a break from work during December / January. I mean with a $1000 I can purchase a lot of fun little toys or one big expensive one.


Everyone needs to be kind to themselves...and others too...some just like to heap it upon themselves and talk about it! I believe in giving back! Going to be doing that tomorrow also. Downtown St. Louie.

[nicksan]

Go for the big one. Go for the Brick. You know you want it.

Actually! I was planning to :D. I mean I need to reward myself with toys. But then I told myself I needed a break from work during December / January. I mean with a $1000 I can purchase a lot of fun little toys or one big expensive one.

[ooo]

I DO! The brick is amazing! But brick or 30mm,lensbaby + 85mm. I mean more is better right? :D

[BottomBracket]

Brick ;)

[LeesaB]

PIO!!! havent talked to you in a while

How you been?

[shomat]

Hey Thomas, how you doing? How the stobist treating you?

and btw..I SO know that awesome famous photographer in your picture!

Pretty good. I bought some eBay triggers but I haven't been using them much.

Pst, I think that's Thomas your quoting. :X

Apparently I missed something.

yeah I'm just such a loose canon, hahahhaa...

anyone here use wordpress? I think they changed a few things, so not liking it.

Kathy is the best friend a girl can have. We're gonna meet up this year at WPPI in vegas, can't wait.

Yeah, I use it on about a half dozen domains. What was the last version you were using? They completely changed the administrative interface a while back. There were also some security upgrades.

Haha, a few months ago I spent a few grand on an air and a gripped 40d. I mean both thiings weren't really necessary =X.

Yeah, I might take advantage of the live cashback mid December and make the purchase on the 24-70. Or I might get a lensbaby + 85mm . I mean I want some fun lenses too. I'll make a thread when the time comes. I know which ones I really need, but those are kinda expensive.

What I noticed I lack is a low light lens. I mean sometimes even ISO 3200, doesn't do.

Be careful who you get your cash-backs from. I think Canon's rebate company just went out of business.

[DVS_WiNdz]

Be careful who you get your cash-backs from. I think Canon's rebate company just went out of business.

I think he meant the live.com cashback off ebay. It's so tempting.. I want to buy new lenses too

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Yeah, anyone know how I can the 10% code. I've been using ebay for years now and I don't get any promotion codes. Well I use to when I started out, but it seems they sending it or I just don't look at my ebay messages.

[DVS_WiNdz]

I heard you sent the code in order for you to use it, but I'm not sure.. though it might terminate your live cashback.. I think there was a topic on it in the market watch section somewhere.

[Skrim17]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=602480

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Well I hope they raise the $200 limit :D I would love to get a cheap brick. I might end up purchasing it, though I kind of want a lensbaby + 85mm :D.

Anyhoo, I'm going to format my computer now. I have to bring it in for servicing.

[Skrim17]

what is cheap for that lens? A store near me has a used one for $749.00

[ooo]

Well I found a new one for $950 shipped on ebay after the $200 cash back. I mean $750 is a pretty good price.

[LeesaB]

I have no idea what version I have of wordpress, but, I just did it in HTML and it worked fine. I can resume doing that until they do a link thing again.

I'm back from St. Louis and working with the kids school What fun, frozen but fun.

I'll have pics up on the blog later on tonight.

[ooo]

Argh, so I just fried the circuit board of one of my hard drives. I was using one of those ide/sata to usb cables and I swapped the cables too soon. Luckily it wasn't my hard drive that contained all my photos. Now I'm considering purchasing a drobo as I don't trust that those $20 cables anymore.

[shomat]

Drobos seem nice but they are very expensive. I just use internal hard drives for storage, and mirror each one to an external usb drive.

[ooo]

They sure are, a new firewire one can be purchased for $350 shipped with live. That's not that bad though. I actually wasn't planning on purchasing one for a few years. The problem is I have an iMac at home so I can't just stick external hard drives into my computer. I have to use a sata/ide to usb cable in order to access the drives. That's one thing I miss about having a PC. I figure externals cost close enough to an internal.

I might just jump on the drobo. I'm not sure yet, I need to figure it out. If that drive had been my pictures I would of been pissed off. I basically dumped all my photos into one hard drive right now and I'm kind of scared to access it.

[BottomBracket]

PIO!!! havent talked to you in a while

How you been?

Hey doing good! Just a bit busy with a lot of stuff.

[BottomBracket]

They sure are, a new firewire one can be purchased for $350 shipped with live. That's not that bad though. I actually wasn't planning on purchasing one for a few years. The problem is I have an iMac at home so I can't just stick external hard drives into my computer. I have to use a sata/ide to usb cable in order to access the drives. That's one thing I miss about having a PC. I figure externals cost close enough to an internal.

I might just jump on the drobo. I'm not sure yet, I need to figure it out. If that drive had been my pictures I would of been pissed off. I basically dumped all my photos into one hard drive right now and I'm kind of scared to access it.

Hey sorry to hear about that Ricky. I use one of those Sata/IDE to USB cables too on occasion. What did you do exactly that fried your HD?

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Well I had it plugged into a SATA drive at first and I transferred up all my photos onto that SATA. Then I quickly plugged the power connector to the IDE drive. I didn't unplug it from the wall outlet first, so I guess the power didn't regulate and it fried the circuit board on my IDE drive. I ordered an identical hard drive from ebay and I'm going to swap the boards. I heard that should do the trick.

Now I don't trust those cables anymore.

[shomat]

They sure are, a new firewire one can be purchased for $350 shipped with live. That's not that bad though. I actually wasn't planning on purchasing one for a few years. The problem is I have an iMac at home so I can't just stick external hard drives into my computer. I have to use a sata/ide to usb cable in order to access the drives. That's one thing I miss about having a PC. I figure externals cost close enough to an internal.

Yeah the iMac is real nice. I wanted to go with one but really didn't want to give up on the expandability, so I got a Mac Pro.

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A pro's nice, but I got tired of having a huge desktop under my desk. I ended up purchasing the iMac for my main desktop and an air to bring to classes and work.

[shomat]

A pro's nice, but I got tired of having a huge desktop under my desk. I ended up purchasing the iMac for my main desktop and an air to bring to classes and work.

I got it for the added power and to set up dual monitors.

The Air sounds cool. I use an old G4 PowerBook to check my e-mail and browse the web around the house over wifi, but it's practically running on steam. I had my eye on the new MacBook Pro, but Apple is adding some very restrictive DRM to its new notebooks which is a tremendous turn-off.

[MDJAK]

Yeah the iMac is real nice. I wanted to go with one but really didn't want to give up on the expandability, so I got a Mac Pro.

I have a Mac Pro also and have always toed the line of expandability.

But tell me, how many people actually ever crack open a tower and "expand" it in any way. I don't think I ever have. I've been meaning to increase the ram, add another hard drive, but as it stands, it kind of sits relatively unused.

I have two MacBook Pros, one for my day job, and the other for play. I prefer sitting and intertubing with it, rather than sitting in another room and using the Mac Pro. When I do have a large number of photos, however, the Mac Pro is much, much faster in every way than the MacBook Pro.

me

[shomat]

I have a Mac Pro also and have always toed the line of expandability.

But tell me, how many people actually ever crack open a tower and "expand" it in any way. I don't think I ever have. I've been meaning to increase the ram, add another hard drive, but as it stands, it kind of sits relatively unused.

I have two MacBook Pros, one for my day job, and the other for play. I prefer sitting and intertubing with it, rather than sitting in another room and using the Mac Pro. When I do have a large number of photos, however, the Mac Pro is much, much faster in every way than the MacBook Pro.

me

Most people who bought traditional expandable PCs probably never cracked the case, but since one of the major selling points of a Mac Pro is expandability I might guess that the percentage who do so is a little higher. I just added another terabyte HDD, and will be installing more memory before the year is out.

I like sitting at the desktop mainly because I've got two monitors hooked up. Not sure I'd ever go back to a single display. I also work from a home office, so the desktop is the "work machine" and my laptop is for bumming around the Internet after hours.

[ooo]

I mean you can attach a second display on a notebook or a pc. I have two monitors set up on my imac, but I never have the second one on. I went back to using only one monitor :D

[nicksan]

I used to be a Mac user. I had the G4 tower, and my most recent one was a Dual G5 tower. But as soon as they started using Intel chip, I ran for the hills.

Honestly, all this hype about a Mac is just that...hype. Same sh*t different smell if you ask me...and don't tell me about the Unix underneath in OS X Hippo...or whatever animal it is at the moment. My XP Pro machine hasn't been rebooted in like a year. (That reminds me, I have to get rid of all the cached porn pics and cookies before my wife finds out.)

All I need is Photoshop. So PC or Mac...doesn't matter.

I've got a home built Quad Core Intel chip with 4GB of memory in a stylish classic beige case circa 1999. Man that thing looks sharp.:rolleyes::lol:

"Dell" is a 4 letter swear in my household.:D

I do however use a 30" Apple LCD...and yes, that's to make up for the fact that I am only 5'6"....just like Mark has the Nikon 200-400 to make up for the...well you know...

"I am a PC"...

I have a Mac Pro also and have always toed the line of expandability.

But tell me, how many people actually ever crack open a tower and "expand" it in any way. I don't think I ever have. I've been meaning to increase the ram, add another hard drive, but as it stands, it kind of sits relatively unused.

I have two MacBook Pros, one for my day job, and the other for play. I prefer sitting and intertubing with it, rather than sitting in another room and using the Mac Pro. When I do have a large number of photos, however, the Mac Pro is much, much faster in every way than the MacBook Pro.

me

[shomat]

I mean you can attach a second display on a notebook or a pc. I have two monitors set up on my imac, but I never have the second one on. I went back to using only one monitor :D

I don't use it much when I'm processing photos or browsing around, but it's indispensable when I'm working on various programming projects, especially web development work. One screen for code, on screen for testing.

Honestly, all this hype about a Mac is just that...hype. Same sh*t different smell if you ask me...and don't tell me about the Unix underneath in OS X Hippo...or whatever animal it is at the moment. My XP Pro machine hasn't been rebooted in like a year. (That reminds me, I have to get rid of all the cached porn pics and cookies before my wife finds out.)

My family used PCs for years. Throughout my time away at college and afterwards, I would get weekly or bi-weekly calls from my father asking the typical questions... "how do I do this?", "what does this message mean", "i forgot how to do XYZ". Every weekend or holiday that I returned home, I'd spend hours clearing out a machine that was quite literally slowed to a crawl with spyware, malware, adware, corrupt files and endless error messages.

It came time for them to get a new computer a few months back and I convinced my father to get an iMac. He got accustomed to the new interface in record time, and uses it daily. I haven't gotten a single phone call. I made one "service visit" to install some software so that he could use the old scanner from his PC. At the moment he's busy ripping his CD collection to iTunes, downloading and editing pictures from his new digital camera, and scanning old family photos. This is monumental.

If this isn't evidence of a better product all-around, I don't know what is.

Me? I do like the UNIX factor. I spend a lot of time in the terminal. My UNIX-fu is decent, and I'd choose to write SQL than click around in something like Access any day of the week. On that specific example I know you can actually write SQL in Access, but I find both its JET implementation and programming interface torturous.

[nicksan]

If my 72 year old mother can use a PC to browse and email then anyone can.:lol:

Seriously though, for folks like us, I really don't see it making a big difference.

I used to do Digital Audio work years before and actually the Mac was the preferred platform. It probably still is, but I think that's just carry-over from the old days. Except for a few titles, here and there, there's nothing you can't do on a PC that a Mac could do.

The way I see it, in the business community, Wintel boxes dominate. I don't think Mac shows up on the radar. Owning a mac is nice and everything, but if I could only own 1 computer, it will always be a PC...as long as it dominates the field I make money in, Financial Programming...

I don't use it much when I'm processing photos or browsing around, but it's indispensable when I'm working on various programming projects, especially web development work. One screen for code, on screen for testing.

My family used PCs for years. Throughout my time away at college and afterwards, I would get weekly or bi-weekly calls from my father asking the typical questions... "how do I do this?", "what does this message mean", "i forgot how to do XYZ". Every weekend or holiday that I returned home, I'd spend hours clearing out a machine that was quite literally slowed to a crawl with spyware, malware, adware, corrupt files and endless error messages.

It came time for them to get a new computer a few months back and I convinced my father to get an iMac. He got accustomed to the new interface in record time, and uses it daily. I haven't gotten a single phone call. I made one "service visit" to install some software so that he could use the old scanner from his PC. At the moment he's busy ripping his CD collection to iTunes, downloading and editing pictures from his new digital camera, and scanning old family photos. This is monumental.

If this isn't evidence of a better product all-around, I don't know what is.

Me? I do like the UNIX factor. I spend a lot of time in the terminal. My UNIX-fu is decent, and I'd choose to write SQL than click around in something like Access any day of the week. On that specific example I know you can actually write SQL in Access, but I find both its JET implementation and programming interface torturous.

[LeesaB]

Hey doing good! Just a bit busy with a lot of stuff.

Just saw your response. I so hear you!

I just have enough time to post and respond and run. I don't generally read the threads too much anymore....I'll slow down in Feb. I think!

Wedding this weekend, cannot wait, one of my best friends is singing at it!

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But your part of the NYC crew!

[LeesaB]

I used to be a Mac user. I had the G4 tower, and my most recent one was a Dual G5 tower. But as soon as they started using Intel chip, I ran for the hills.

Honestly, all this hype about a Mac is just that...hype. Same sh*t different smell if you ask me...and don't tell me about the Unix underneath in OS X Hippo...or whatever animal it is at the moment. My XP Pro machine hasn't been rebooted in like a year. (That reminds me, I have to get rid of all the cached porn pics and cookies before my wife finds out.)

All I need is Photoshop. So PC or Mac...doesn't matter.

I've got a home built Quad Core Intel chip with 4GB of memory in a stylish classic beige case circa 1999. Man that thing looks sharp.:rolleyes::lol:

"Dell" is a 4 letter swear in my household.:D

I do however use a 30" Apple LCD...and yes, that's to make up for the fact that I am only 5'6"....just like Mark has the Nikon 200-400 to make up for the...well you know...

"I am a PC"...

I was a PC, my husband talked me into my first Mac a year ago, and I'll never turn back. A year into a PC you always have problems, I've had NONE, and I've not seen it slow down with the tons of stuff I have on it.

I won't go back, I'll be buying the macbook Pro shortly.

I can't go spec to spec for you and I wont' "crack the case" but for experience to experience. I've had Dell, Gateway and HP....
You can be a PC
I'll be a Mac! :-)

[LeesaB]

But your part of the NYC crew!

was that for me?

[ooo]

Yes Leesa :D

[LeesaB]

Yes Leesa :D

Awwwww :-)

I'll always be a part, even from Missouri! :-) I'll be back. Jim has said I can come any time I want, plus I still have a ton of weddings in Ohio for 2009. I'll be around, NYC can't get rid of me! :-) neither can this thread ahahhaha...

Hey check out my new blog post!

[nicksan]

Yeah, PC, Mac, doesn't really matter. It's a matter of taste.
You can do anything I can do. I can do anything you can do!

Folks complain about Wintel machines all the time, but part of it is due to animosity towards Microsoft. Macs to look very refined. The casing is slick, nice style. Something that doesn't matter when the computer is under the desk.:lol:

I like being able to swap out my Core2Duo CPU to a QuadCore and not have to worry about proprietary stuff...though Mac's aren't as proprietary as they once were. I swap out stuff all the time, constantly upgrading my components without much worry. It's not for everyone I suppose. Have to swap out my Motherboard, CPU and get some new memory? No problem. In fact I did that when I upgraded my old Quad to a newer one. XP keeps on chugging away.

I've had this Windows XP Pro build for a 2 years now and I leave my PC on months at a time. I usually turn it off only when I go on vacations. Never a problem with viruses, spyware, adware...nothing.

Can't go wrong either way methinks!:D

I was a PC, my husband talked me into my first Mac a year ago, and I'll never turn back. A year into a PC you always have problems, I've had NONE, and I've not seen it slow down with the tons of stuff I have on it.

I won't go back, I'll be buying the macbook Pro shortly.

I can't go spec to spec for you and I wont' "crack the case" but for experience to experience. I've had Dell, Gateway and HP....
You can be a PC
I'll be a Mac! :-)

[nicksan]

You're getting too mushy for my taste.

You a real New Yawker ooo?;):lol:

Yes Leesa :D

[ooo]

Of course, I wear a I LOVE NEW YORK shirt :D







if you ever catch me with one, shoot me :)

[LeesaB]

I'm a Mac and I'm Loved :-) oh and NYer at heart!

[ooo]

Hi, whose going to Macy's thanksgiving day parade to shoot balloons!

[shomat]

Hi, whose going to Macy's thanksgiving day parade to shoot balloons!

Great visual.

Not I, though.

[BottomBracket]

Well I had it plugged into a SATA drive at first and I transferred up all my photos onto that SATA. Then I quickly plugged the power connector to the IDE drive. I didn't unplug it from the wall outlet first, so I guess the power didn't regulate and it fried the circuit board on my IDE drive. I ordered an identical hard drive from ebay and I'm going to swap the boards. I heard that should do the trick.

Now I don't trust those cables anymore.

Hey thanks for the heads up. I will be careful with my cables from now on. I didn't think that they could have a devastating effect under certain circumstances.

On a lighter note, hey Nick, didn't you say you were 6'5" before? By the way can you read Japanese, there's a website that I need translated.

[tchan]

I've had my Hackintosh running smoothly since March of this year. Core2Duo 1.8 oc'd to 2.2Ghz w/ 8GB ram...and I'm happy as a pig in...well you know. Running very smoothly, no virii,adware or other junk since it was put together on my dining room table. My Winblows box is just for gaming, when M$oft releases Windows7, I'll think about moving back...but for now, my Hackintosh is just fine for $500.

[nicksan]

Hmmm...I wonder why? ;)
I've had my Hackintosh running smoothly since March of this year. Core2Duo 1.8 oc'd to 2.2Ghz w/ 8GB ram...and I'm happy as a pig in...well you know. Running very smoothly, no virii,adware or other junk since it was put together on my dining room table. My Winblows box is just for gaming, when M$oft releases Windows7, I'll think about moving back...but for now, my Hackintosh is just fine for $500.

[nicksan]

Only when I am wearing my high heels Pio.
So you think b/c I'm Japanese, I can read Japanese?
What kind of non-sense is that?

I'm insulted...;):lol:

So whatcha got that needs translating?
Let me guess. The instructions for your folding bike came in Japanese?
Well that explains everything!;)

Hey thanks for the heads up. I will be careful with my cables from now on. I didn't think that they could have a devastating effect under certain circumstances.

On a lighter note, hey Nick, didn't you say you were 6'5" before? By the way can you read Japanese, there's a website that I need translated.

[nicksan]

Going away on Thursday.

...only to return to work on Friday.

Sucks being me. :(
Hi, whose going to Macy's thanksgiving day parade to shoot balloons!

[tchan]

Hmmm...I wonder why? ;)

Shooters ;)

[Skrim17]

I'm not going to the parade but am seriously considering shooting the balloon inflating around the MNH on Wednesday around 5 ish.

[ooo]

Now I always wanted one of those folding bikes, they seem cool.

Now you all know what to get me for x-mas. =)

Yeah, sucks to be you Nick, I got myself a five day weekend.

[BottomBracket]

Only when I am wearing my high heels Pio.
So you think b/c I'm Japanese, I can read Japanese?
What kind of non-sense is that?

I'm insulted...;):lol:

So whatcha got that needs translating?
Let me guess. The instructions for your folding bike came in Japanese?
Well that explains everything!;)

Lol Nick, you crack me up. Actually I wanted to read the label at the back of this Nissin's Ramen Instant noodle pack that I'm having for lunch. Seriously though, I am hunting down a spare bolt for one of my bike's brake lever - it broke off during a spill. It's amazing how I can't get that one tiny bolt here in the US, and the only sites where I see it available are in Japanese.

I think I will never hear the end of my first 2 hours with my Brompton. That was ages ago! :o Anyway I have been enjoying it thoroughly (and I have become an expert in folding it, thank you very much ;)) so much so that I hardly ever ride my other bikes anymore. I regularly commute on it close to 20 miles a day, round trip, going over the Williamsburg Bridge and back. Check out my modifications to the bike here (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=487234).

Any guys out here like to ride? Let's do a ride and shoot gig sometime, we cover much more ground that way. Hey there's a new Vietnamese Sandwich shop that opened on Mulberry, between Canal and Bayard. I just had one, it is delicious.

PC here too by the way. I built my own, with a Q6600, X48 board, 4870 GPU, 8 GB Ram, mild OC to 3.0 Ghz. Runs great.

[shomat]

Lol Nick, you crack me up. Actually I wanted to read the label at the back of this Nissin's Ramen Instant noodle pack that I'm having for lunch. Seriously though, I am hunting down a spare bolt for one of my bike's brake lever - it broke off during a spill. It's amazing how I can't get that one tiny bolt here in the US, and the only sites where I see it available are in Japanese.

I think I will never hear the end of my first 2 hours with my Brompton. That was ages ago! :o Anyway I have been enjoying it thoroughly (and I have become an expert in folding it, thank you very much ;)) so much so that I hardly ever ride my other bikes anymore. I regularly commute on it close to 20 miles a day, round trip, going over the Williamsburg Bridge and back. Check out my modifications to the bike here (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=487234).

Any guys out here like to ride? Let's do a ride and shoot gig sometime, we cover much more ground that way. Hey there's a new Vietnamese Sandwich shop that opened on Mulberry, between Canal and Bayard. I just had one, it is delicious.

PC here too by the way. I built my own, with a Q6600, X48 board, 4870 GPU, 8 GB Ram, mild OC to 3.0 Ghz. Runs great.

I have a bike. Whether I am able to ride it more than a mile or two, well that's a different story.

Correct me if my physics is wrong (which is probable because I never took physics!) but isn't a bike with smaller tires such as the folding bikes I see lately more difficult to pedal?

[BottomBracket]

Thomas, the trick is picking a gear that you can push the whole day and you're good. Forget about speed, at least initially ;)

Bike speed depends on a lot of factors and wheel diameter is rarely one of them. Some of the HPV world record contenders' bikes have small wheels. On pavement, I find that my road bike is faster than my Brompton. My foldie though is easier on pavement than my mountain bike with its fat tires - I can easily out sprint a mountain biker on pavement. Of course the tables are turned when on single track, where the mountain bike rules and the road bike wallows like a beached whale (albeit skinny). But getting onto a crowded subway, my folder is tops for obvious reasons.

Advanced Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I will be leaving tomorrow for Maryland to be with family. Have fun at the parade!

[nicksan]

Pio...just do me a favor and becareful not to choke on a turkey bone. ;-)
And why don't you prove your bike theory by riding to MD?
Come on...you know you can do it!

[tchan]

Happy Turkey Day POTN-NY

[MDJAK]

Pio, come on, bike forums, photography forums, sex forums, scientology forums, Japanese forums, no wonder you're too busy for a throwdown at Wo Hop.

And Nicksan ain't able to read, period, let alone Japanese. He's really a Rabbi. :lol:
me

[shomat]

Scouting for Models:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3082619500_b1f75089db.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/carve/3082619500/)

[nicksan]

So does that mean if folks don't get stopped by the camera geeks, they aren't "pretty" enough?:lol:;)

That explains why I get stopped all the time...;):(

Mark gets stopped by those folks from the hair dying companies...they stop him to find out if he would be interested in coloring his white/yellow (the color varies based on the lighting) to pitch black. LOL.

Scouting for Models:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3082619500_b1f75089db.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/carve/3082619500/)

[MDJAK]

Ha Ha, aren't you just a laugh a minute.

BTW, did that sandpaper I stuck to the lens cap scratch the crap out of the extender yet? :lol:
me

[LeesaB]

Scouting for Models:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3082619500_b1f75089db.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/carve/3082619500/)

THAT was so flipping fun! Remember the guy selling roses HAHAHAHAHA

can you send me that pic for my facebook?

[nicksan]

The lens cap was too short/small to even scratch it. Looks like you sent me an end cap for a camera, not the TC.

Cruel joke you played on me...cruel joke. Did you really check your jock strap thoroughly in that gym bag of yours? I mean, I know there's not too much space to dig around in there, but maybe the actual cap is still nestled in there with all that moisture and what must be fungus growing in there.

That's OK. I am using my 1.4x TC as the lens cap for the 2x TC.:lol:

I am just too damn lazy to go to B&H to get a new one.:(


Ha Ha, aren't you just a laugh a minute.

BTW, did that sandpaper I stuck to the lens cap scratch the crap out of the extender yet? :lol:
me

[nicksan]

Didn't Mark ask you not to out him and his second job selling roses in NYC? :lol:;)


THAT was so flipping fun! Remember the guy selling roses HAHAHAHAHA

can you send me that pic for my facebook?

[LeesaB]

You mean that was his second job?

[shomat]

THAT was so flipping fun! Remember the guy selling roses HAHAHAHAHA

can you send me that pic for my facebook?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3082619500_569ac0c0b3_o.jpg

[nicksan]

His first job is sitting in his office surfing the web writing pointless messages on forums...:lol:

Come to think of it, I have the same job too. Except I am so good at it, I don't have to sell roses in the middle of the night in NYC!:lol:

You mean that was his second job?

[LeesaB]

His first job is sitting in his office surfing the web writing pointless messages on forums...:lol:

Come to think of it, I have the same job too. Except I am so good at it, I don't have to sell roses in the middle of the night in NYC!:lol:

That about sums it up! You do that rather well!

[nicksan]

Well, this entire thread has become rather pointless, so I figure I would just ad to the pile.:lol:

[LeesaB]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3082619500_569ac0c0b3_o.jpg

thank you sir!

[BottomBracket]

Pio...just do me a favor and becareful not to choke on a turkey bone. ;-)
And why don't you prove your bike theory by riding to MD?
Come on...you know you can do it!

Hey Nick, I can ride to Maryland, but the plan was to arrive there before Thanksgiving, not by Christmas. I arrived there Wednesday night, just in time to prep and brine the bird for roasting next day. Next morning I took a walk around the neighborhood and filched some rosemary sprigs from my cousin's neighbor's yard - along with a pound of butter I inserted these beneath the turkey breasts' skin. Yummy. Actually my cousin's neighbor allows us to take rosemary sprigs anytime as she doesn't really use them except to ward off deer from her yard. It seems that deer hate the smell and veer away, no wonder I don't have deer sniffing around in my NYC pad as I keep a bottle of dried rosemary around.

Hey I'm adding to the pile too! ;)

[nicksan]

If you can't stand the pile, get out of the bathroom.;):lol::confused:

[tchan]

If you can't stand the pile, get out of the bathroom.;):lol::confused:

bw!

[ooo]

Carry on....

[DVS_WiNdz]

Haven't been on this thread for awhile.. How have everyone been?

[ooo]

Currently: Bored at work. Hence people should carry on their useless chatter :D, so I have something to read.

[DVS_WiNdz]

lol.. what happened to Ken? I don't see him post anymore.

[Kadath]

Anyone going to the Engadget Reader Meetup in NYC next week?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/reader-meetup-update-fallout-3-bundles-nokia-n-gage-ovi-m/

Edit: 90% chance I'm going.

[ooo]

Not I.

[Skrim17]

nor I

[DVS_WiNdz]

I might go.. not sure yet..

[shomat]

Anyone going to the Engadget Reader Meetup in NYC next week?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/reader-meetup-update-fallout-3-bundles-nokia-n-gage-ovi-m/

Edit: 90% chance I'm going.

Sounds like it could be worth a visit. Engadget is one of the top blogs anywhere though... think this will get packed? I went to Diggnation in Brooklyn at the start of the summer and nearly didn't get in because so many people turned out.

[tchan]

Ken went to the dark side, plus he's up @ Killington I believe boarding his @$$ off :)

[DVS_WiNdz]

Ken went to the dark side, plus he's up @ Killington I believe boarding his @$$ off :)

The dark side?
Nikon? lol
and seriously?

[tchan]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=6689553&highlight=ken#post6689553

[MDJAK]

So who wants to go the Bronx Zoo next Saturday for a little shoot-off? Or is it too cold for you wimps. :lol:

[Skrim17]

I would love to Mark but I've got some portraits lined up. what time were you thinking of going?

[MDJAK]

There's a separate post about it, Crissa. I said 10:15, as the zoo opens at 10. The animals are most active first thing in the morning. Hope you can make it. Long time, no see.

me

[Skrim17]

I'm doing portraits in Manhattan at 10:30 :(

[Kadath]

Saturday's no good for me Mark but maybe in the spring =p

[Kadath]

Oh, and just going Nikon or dual format is no sin. =p

If anyone does decide to go to the engadget meet, send me a PM or call my cell, 908 461 7181 would love to meet up with POTNers, please don't mind my D300 tho =)

[nicksan]

Mark, Are you going to be part of the exhibits?:lol:

I've been to the the Bronx Zoo in the middle of winter and it's boring as hell because a lot of the animals aren't even outside...like the Gorillas. I guess we can just shoot you instead b/c it's pretty much the same thing eh?

Is this you in a few years?

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p716142915-4.jpg

Can't make it on Saturday. Sunday might be a possibility...

So who wants to go the Bronx Zoo next Saturday for a little shoot-off? Or is it too cold for you wimps. :lol:

[ooo]

I think Mark's going to be shooting alone, oh poor him!

[nicksan]

Well heck, that's what he gets for buying the silly lookin' Nikon gear!

I think Mark's going to be shooting alone, oh poor him!

[MDJAK]

Mark, Are you going to be part of the exhibits?:lol:

I've been to the the Bronx Zoo in the middle of winter and it's boring as hell because a lot of the animals aren't even outside...like the Gorillas. I guess we can just shoot you instead b/c it's pretty much the same thing eh?

Is this you in a few years?

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p716142915-4.jpg

Can't make it on Saturday. Sunday might be a possibility...

"I'm too sexy for my clothes, too sexy for my clothes." :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MDJAK]

I think Mark's going to be shooting alone, oh poor him!


Me no mind being alone. I have great conversations with myself. No one to disagree with me. I win every argument.

WHAT A BUNCH OF WIMPS.