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Or, as Xeni Jardin would put it, List Zen.

1. Canon EOS 400D with kit lens
2. Telephoto lens for virtual presence
3. Lens pen / blower bulb for camera hygiene
4. Wide-angle lens for seeing more < - Peleng 8mm? EF 10-22mm?
5. Prime lens for portrait shots etc
6. Circular polarizer
7. Lens hood
8. Opteka battery grip
9. Extra batt packs< - Updated 02/11/2007
10. UV filter, cos sunburns suck
11. CF card reader
12. Cable release so I don’t touch my shutter button in a dirty way
13. External flash with diffuser for fill-in control
14. New carry-around equipment bag
15. Tripod, because an octopod is just silly
16. Spotlight with barn doors < - for completeness, but unlikely
17. Lensbaby
18. Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC macro?
19. Tamron AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF]?
20. Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L?
21. Canon EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM? - dilemma
22. New PC < - will have own list in time
23. World in Conflict
24. Crysis
25. Half Life 2 - Orange Box
26. Bioshock

Gary :: Oct.30.2007 :: General :: 8 Comments »

I’ve just discovered the Perry Bible Fellowship and it’s strikingly brilliant. Bookmark it today!

Gary :: Oct.28.2007 :: Funny, A thousand words, 1337, General, All the news that's fit to print :: No Comments »

More genius by Buffalax. Enjoy!

Gary :: Oct.27.2007 :: Funny, 1337 :: No Comments »

midnight screener

I think I might just fall in love with night shoots… especially street scenes.

*contented sigh*

Gary :: Oct.27.2007 :: A thousand words, General, w00t!, Photography :: No Comments »

…so says this review:

Britney Spears, “Blackout” (Jive Records): Just when it seemed safe to write off Britney Spears as a punch line only capable of entertaining people through tabloid escapades, she goes and gets all musically relevant on us.

“Blackout,” her first studio album in four years, is not only a very good album, it’s her best work ever - a triumph, with not a bad song to be found on the 12 tracks.

Granted, a Spears rave should be put in its proper context - it’s not like we’re talking Bob Dylan here. Spears is a lightweight singer who only flourishes when she has great songs and great producers to supplement her minimal vocal talent.

But when she has that help, she’s fierce. And she gets that boost on every single track on “Blackout,” a sizzling, well-crafted, electro-pop dancefest that should return her to pop’s elite.

…and this one, and this one and this one and this one…

I am now very intrigued. Must give it a listen when I get the chance.

Gary :: Oct.27.2007 :: A thousand words, Music, General, All the news that's fit to print, WTF :: No Comments »

Did you know that Charlene’s 1982 mega-hit (also one of my all-time favourite songs) was originally written from a man’s point of view? Neither did I - apparently it was originally penned as advice from a beggar to a young man who was “raising hell” the way he used to do.

After some Googling and Wiki-ing, here are the original lyrics. Very streets-of-london-esque… I like!
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Gary :: Oct.26.2007 :: A thousand words, Music, All the news that's fit to print, Sad, w00t! :: 2 Comments »

Thanks to Chin Yaw, I had a good laugh at the end of an otherwise boring day.

Gary :: Oct.23.2007 :: Funny, Entertainment, Music, 1337 :: No Comments »

Here’s a series of interesting clips showcasing the work behind each of Sony’s breathtaking commercials. In each case, I’ve posted the making-of vid first, then the finished commercial. Of course, you can enjoy them in any damn order you want. Be sure to click the link below for more clips…

Hats off to the creative minds and hardworking folks behind these. Watch!

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Gary :: Oct.23.2007 :: A thousand words, 1337, General, w00t! :: 2 Comments »

STOMPer Mabel said she was “reading with pleasure and savouring the delicious images” of the restaurants in The Straits Times when she saw something she was not supposed to see.

The STOMPer was referring to Lifestyle’s October 14 2007 article, Lifestyle 100 Best Dishes from The Straits Times (Page 24).

“I was reading with pleasure and savouring the delicious images of the restaurants when I came upon one picture of a food article that freaked me out and made my heart stall,” she said in an email to STOMP on 18 Oct.

“I saw something which I wasn’t supposed to see,” the STOMPer said of a food picture of Torisho Taka Restaurant by Aoki.

“Behind the picture shown here, I saw a mysterious man decked in long white sleeved gown like a priest,” Mabel said.

“I confirmed it with my friends and family members and neither of them think it was a chef running across the picture.

“As one can see, the figure was simply standing. And there were no speed marks. His body fades off from the middlle.”

STOMP checked with Straits Times Food Critic Wong Ah Yoke, who said the figure in the photo is…a chef.

He said the photo was provided by the restaurant and was shot under dim lighting.

I am very nearly lost for words on this one. How can anyone - anyone - with an iota of common fucking sense possibly say what this moron just did? How is it even possible? This is Singapore’s equivalent of the bastard-child of the Redneck’s rednecked-cousin’s inbred children.

Seriously. Is there any more plausible reason for her disability than her parents being siblings and simultaneously being a victim of long-term childhood abuse? She’ll probably die an early death while investigating the smell of water at the bottom of a swimming pool.

There’s a special hell for people like her - filled with mentally-stimulating colouring books.

Gary :: Oct.22.2007 :: Bitchin', Dumbfuck :: 1 Comment »

OMG selective desat

The latest photowalk yielded really lousy shots. As you can probably tell, I’m milking this one for all the amusement it’s worth.

Gary :: Oct.21.2007 :: General, Photography :: No Comments »