by Matt | Jul 17, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well, I was checking out SurfSation as I tend to and happened apon and interesting Canadian photographer by the name of Scott Pommier. His work is really pretty good. He mainly does “skate photo” which is a whole huge sub-genre of photography in and of itself. Anyway, I got to reading his info a little bit and he apparently uses (or used) nothing but used equipment. So, that got me thinking. I started checking the used section of B&H and to my surprise, some of this equipment is going for huge discounts. There’s a perticular Leica M6 that I’m drooling over and it’s going for only $1500 (about half it’s normal cost). There’s also a Nikon F4E (nearly my dream camera: the F5) that comes with a new rangefinder and a motor drive for only $799. I nearly wet my pants at that one. Then of course… there’s the motherload. A fully loaded Mamiya RZ-67 with lens and 120 roll film back for $2k. Anyone want to load me two grand? Anyone? Didn’t think so. *sniffle*
That’s ok, I’ll just save up for it.
by Matt | Jul 16, 2002 | Imported Entry
A Zen Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says, “Make me one with everything.”
The hot dog vendor gives the Zen Buddhist the hot dog, and then the Zen Buddhist gives the hot dog vendor a five dollar bill. The hot dog vendor pockets the five and goes about his business.
After a few seconds, the Zen Buddhist speaks up: “Hey, what about my change?”
The hot dog vendor cooly replies, “Change comes from within.”
by Matt | Jul 16, 2002 | Work
Well, I talked to Adecco this morning. My temp assignment at the bank ended on Monday but apparently I did such a good job they’re looking to have me go back. The bank manager called and said that she was working on finding a near-permanent position for me for the rest of the summer. It’ll probably take a day or two of figuring out the details but I was told I might be back at the bank by the end of the week. If it doesn’t work out they’re looking at hooking me up with something else. So, I’m hopeful but I know anything could happen and I’m not holding my breath.
This afternoon I also offered to give Jason a ride home from work. He’s lost his driving prividges for various reasons and was stuck in Chelmsford. Dinner was my reward and I indulged in a very tender filet at Longhorn Steakhouse. It really hit the spot. I hadn’t had real meat in a while. We’ve done burgers on the grill over the past few weeks, but nothing compairs to a tasty steak every once and a while. Yum.
Oh, and I also did a little graphic design for Chip today. He’s currently working on a redesign for www.chocobo.cx and was looking for a logo/banner graphic. I happen to like doing that sort of thing so I whipped a little something up. You can keep checking his site and I’m sure he’ll let you know if he’ll be using it or not. Since it technically his logo, I’ll let him link it if he wants to. If he wants to keep it a secret until the finished redesign, he can do that to.
by Matt | Jul 15, 2002 | Imported Entry
Chris, you da bomb in code yo!
A big huge thanks to Chris for figuring out that I misplaced some CGI code. Now that it’s back the comments should be working again. Not that anyone really cares since “readers” seem to have disappeared as of late. No matter, there are the few of you who read on a regular basis and for you, we’ll press on. Note that I’m using “we” in the “royal we” sense and not the “voices in Matt’s head” sense. Of course, it is nearly midnight, so anything could be going on at this point. Anyway, bed time. Night.
by Matt | Jul 15, 2002 | Imported Entry
Fixed the link font size. Yippe! Now comments are all that’s left.
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