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Canon vs Nikon [Infographic]

Jul 07. 2011

Digital Photography School has sparked another Canon vs Nikon debate by posting the following infographic earlier today: As much as I would've liked to see more technical data, I can only assume that the resulting infographic would be about 5x larger due to the wide range of products each company provides! On a more personal note, when I purchased my DSLR two years ago, I was leaning a bit more to the Nikon side solely based on the fact that my favorite photographers seemed to prefer Nikons over Canons. However, J strongly encouraged me to try them out in person first (my choices at the time were the Canon T1i and the Nikon D90) and once I held each camera in my hands, played around...

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Aerin, Art/Design, Blogging, Books, Personal, Pregnancy

Brain Dump

Jul 06. 2011

As I rolled out of bed this morning, I almost collapsed to the floor in a ball of agony. "Hello, pregnancy hip pains," I muttered to myself. "Now I remember you!" Hip pains and crotch pains. Hip pains from my hip joints loosening (I was not officially diagnosed with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction in my last pregnancy, but it was still bad enough that I couldn't exercise for all of my third trimester) and the crotch pain from the increased bloodflow to the pelvic area. If you weren't around the first time I was pregnant, the hip pains feel like my right hip joint is about to pop open with every step or movement. Crotch pains feel like someone's been repeatedly kicking me in the...

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Art/Design, Books, Wishlist

A Beautiful Compendium of the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Jul 05. 2011

Growing up as a book worm, I loved me my classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. While it's true that these stories have been through multiple translations, reinterpretations, and even censorship, I believe that there are too few things from our childhood that can equally transcend both culture and language. A new compendium of the Brothers Grimm's most popular fairy tales is set to be released by Taschen this August and I can hardly contain my excitement. Because not only does this edition bring together 27 of the most beloved Grimm's tales, each story is accompanied by some of the best vintage illustrations that have been issued with the fairy tales from the 1820s through the 1950s. This...

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Art/Design, Personal, Twitter, Web

Tweets and Stripes

Jul 04. 2011

To my fellow Americans, Happy Independence Day! As usual, the web is filled with Fourth of July celebrations and dedications. My favorite for this year is Code for America's Tweets and Stripes: The site aggregates twitter avatars from users who tweet about #July4 and beautifully mashes them up into a mosaic representation of the stars and stripes–again representing the diversity and unity of the original flag. The best part? The ever-changing mosaic is interactive in that when you mouseover an avatar, the user's tweet is nicely displayed, as such: Coincidentally, one of my first mouseovers displayed the above Star Wars-related tweet.  :mrgreen: I hope everyone reading this is having a great Fourth and that you're enjoying your holiday weekend! Via Boing Boing....

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