justfred




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  1. 1. Take more pictures
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  2. 2. stop buying so much junk
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  3. 3. subvert the dominant paradigm
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  4. 4. crew for the paris dakar rally
    1 person
  5. 5. sell my used cds
    1 person
  6. 6. vote for someone instead of voting against someone
    6 people
  7. 7. finish my project
    51 people
  8. 8. Work in Antarctica
    57 people
  9. 9. buy an airplane
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  10. 10. hike the inca trail to machu pichu
    228 people
  11. 11. lose weight
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  12. 12. simplify my life
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  13. 13. get a job
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  14. 14. learn Russian
    2,436 people
  15. 15. go to burning man
    1,439 people
  16. 16. Go scuba diving
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  17. 17. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
    5,504 people
  18. 18. consume less caffeine
    69 people
  19. 19. get my IFR certification
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    4 people
  20. 20. take massage lessons
    94 people
  21. 21. Finish Dhalgren
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  22. 22. ride my bike
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  23. 23. polish rocks
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  24. 24. kill my television
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    17 people
Recent entries
get a new digital camera
D70 4 years ago

I knew I couldn’t last for long with my Nikon 4500 (the little twisty one) in the shop, after only 5000 shots. So I finally stopped reading reviews and procrastinating and went ahead with a new D70 package, including 28-70 and 70-300 lenses, from Samys. Took it out the past two weekends and am amazed with the results. May have to get myself a better printer. It’s heavy – a boat anchor in fact – but I love the big lens, the manual zoom, and the speed of both instant-on and multi-shot. Am thinking I may sell the long lens tho and get a wide-angle, as I tend to have more use for that.




 

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