Archive for July, 2006

Shawn McDonald - Gravity

Posted by Jason on July 25, 2006 under Deep Thoughts, Music, Random ish

The ways of this world are grabbing a hold
Won’t let me go, won’t let me fly by
It taken it’s toll down on my soul
‘Cause I know what I need in my life
Don’t let me lose my sight of You
Don’t let me lose my sight

Chorus:
I don’t want to fall away from You
Gravity is pulling me on down
I don’t want to fall away from You
Gravity is pulling me to the ground

This world keeps making me cry
But I’m going to try, going to try to fly, going to fly high
Don’t want to give into the sin, want to stay in You ‘til the end
Don’t want to lose my sight of You
Don’t want to lose my sight

Chorus

I want to fly
Into the sky
Turn my back on this old world
Leave it all behind
This place is not my home
It’s got nothing for me
Only leaves me with emptiness
And tears in my eyes

Chorus (2x)

Electronic Communication Rant

Posted by Jason on July 17, 2006 under Random ish

Disclaimer: I have never claimed to be, nor will I ever claim to be a person who is always correct in their use of the english language.

With that out of the way, I can go on to say the following: USE PARAGRAPHS PEOPLE!!!! Have we lost the mastery piece of the english language that allows us to break up coherent thoughts into paragraphs (and for some folks sentences)?

I love reading blogs and emails of my friends and family. It allows me the ability to keep up with people I can’t always see on a regular basis. Plus, a lot of my friends can share some extremely insightful things in the length of one of their blog posts - thus I want to fully enjoy it! However, I seemed to be continually plagued by folks inability to hit the enter/return key. Do all of my friends have bum keyboards? Come on folks - let us not throw out our language that we already speak horridly enough (me included) for some abbreviated form for electronic communication.

And while I’m ranting, what’s the deal with students, of all people, using “leet” speak in their emails to professors and TAs! May the Grammar Nazis have mercy on us all!

Camera for Sale

Posted by Jason on July 11, 2006 under Photos, Random ish, Tech Rant, Tech Review

Well, last week I got a wild hair and bought a new digital camera. I purchased the new Canon 30D and absolutely love it! As such, I’m putting my Canon Digital Rebel up for sale.

Canon Digital Rebel 300D
Max resolution 3072 x 2048
Low resolution 2048 x 1360, 1536 x 1024
Image ratio w:h 3:2
Effective pixels 6.3 million
Sensor photo detectors 6.3 million
Sensor size 22.7 x 15.1 mm
Sensor type CMOS
Colour filter array RGB
Sensor manufacturer Canon
ISO rating 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Zoom wide (W) n/a
Zoom tele (T) n/a
Digital zoom No
Image stabilization No
Auto Focus Yes
Manual Focus Yes
Auto focus type Multi-BASIS TTL, 7 focus points (EOS 30 AF)
Normal focus range n/a
Macro focus range n/a
White balance override 6 positions & manual preset
Aperture range n/a
Min shutter 30 sec + Bulb
Max shutter 1/4000 sec
Built-in Flash Yes, pop-up
Flash guide no. 12 m (39.3 ft) @ ISO 100
External flash Yes, hot-shoe, E-TTL
Flash modes Auto, On, Red-eye reduction, Off
Exposure compensation -2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3 EV steps
Metering Auto
Aperture priority Yes
Shutter priority Yes
Focal length multiplier 1.6
Lens thread Canon EOS EF, EF-S mount
Continuous Drive Yes, 2.5 fps max 4 images
Movie Clips No
Remote control E3 connector, InfraRed
Tripod mount Yes
Self-timer 10 sec
Time-lapse recording Yes, by USB cable and PC
Orientation sensor Yes
Storage types Compact Flash (Type I or II)
Storage included None
Uncompressed format RAW
Compressed format JPEG (EXIF 2.2)
Quality Levels Fine, Normal, RAW
Viewfinder TTL
LCD 1.8 “
LCD Pixels 118,000
Video out Yes
USB Yes
Firewire (IEEE 1394) No
Battery / Charger Yes
Battery Canon 1100mAh Li-Ion & Charger
Weight (inc. batteries) 645 g (22.8 oz)
Dimensions 142 x 99 x 72 mm (5.6 x 3.9 x 2.8 in)

The camera comes with all original equipment which includes a battery, a Canon 18-55mm lens, strap, software, manuals, etc (all in the original box). I’m also including a 256 MB Compact Flash card. I’m asking $550 for all of this. If you are interested, please send me an email or IM.

4th of July 2006

Posted by Jason on July 8, 2006 under Photos, Random ish

This year I spent my 4th of July on Oak Island, NC enjoying the sun and some good times with some old and new friends.  My good buddy Sam invited me down to the beach to hang out and take a very much needed vacation!  I went down on the 1st and returned on the 5th and had an absolute blast!  We enjoyed the beach, Sam and I cooked dinner for folks, we had a fish fry, enjoyed fireworks and enjoyed some sleep (yeah on a sleeper sofa but hey I was at the beach!)  For a short view of our 4th celebration, head on over to the gallery to peep some of the photos.