Have I mentioned lately just how much I love my geeky husband? As a former employee of the big G, he was one of the first in the public to get an invitation to Google+, and as soon as he was able to send invitations himself he passed it on to me. :-D My first impressions of Google+? No, I do not think it is a "Facebook killer"...
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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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We took Claire to the pediatrician for her 9 month checkup this morning...
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Admittedly, the map seems a bit centered around New York, but hey, it was created for the NYTimes Magazine! ...
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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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