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[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm a little disappointed that none of you have recommended a cheap digital camera, so I'll take a second run at it. Anyone? Anyone?

Nikon Coolpix 5.1.* Used only two sets of two AA batteries the entire honeymoon (420 pictures). Regular batteries, not the special digital camera batteries. Very easy to use - I read the instruction manual in about 10 minutes and never had any problems figuring out the functions. It's also small enough to fit in your pocket.

My older Sony digital camera went through two AA batteries in about 50 pictures and was relatively confusing to operate.

*ETA: it doesn't take good museum/basilica pictures w/out a tripod.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm a little disappointed that none of you have recommended a cheap digital camera, so I'll take a second run at it. Anyone? Anyone?

http://www.epinions.com/Digital_Cameras

Ask and ye shall receive.

I know it is not the cheapest nor the best but I am fond of Sony CyberShot. Easy-peasy handling.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm a little disappointed that none of you have recommended a cheap digital camera, so I'll take a second run at it. Anyone? Anyone?

How cheap? How small?

For example, one could get the Canon SD500 for about $275




or the Canon A620 for about $220



The former is very small; the latter more full featured but larger. I've been pleased with the performance of similar models of each.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm a little disappointed that none of you have recommended a cheap digital camera, so I'll take a second run at it. Anyone? Anyone?

First, you have to give us your definition of cheap.

Second, most of us bought digital cameras too long ago to be of any use to you.

Case in point: My digital camera is a Samsung, about 2 years old, and takes great pictures but is a brick and eats AA batteries like Kobayashi eats hot dogs. I was going to reccoment the Canon SD350 as a friend of mine has it and loves it. But since he bought it earlier in the year, it's out of date.

Your best bet is to go to cnet.com where you can drill down by price, resolution or feature.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by pony_trekker


Your best bet is to go to cnet.com where you can drill down by price, resolution or feature.

Or Steve's Digicams.

Or take it to the gadgets board ("No World Cup Spoilers since 2002!")

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...s_megapixels_7

This one is relatively cheap. I have a different sony camera (7 megapixel) that they probably don't make anymore and I'm very happy with it. I'm sure you can find a good one here in your price range:

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...7&Dept=cameras

TM

Have you had good luck with one of these? My last was a Sony, and it was fine, but I was never a huge fan.

Originally posted by Coltrane
Nikon Coolpix 5.1.

I bought one of these a month ago and just dropped it, alas. I'm inclined to get another, but I thought I'd consider my options. The only knock on it, I thought, other than the pavement that one time, was that pictures taken inside with the flash didn't look terrific. But that's probably inevitable with a smaller camera running a flash off those batteries.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm a little disappointed that none of you have recommended a cheap digital camera, so I'll take a second run at it. Anyone? Anyone?

I bought my mother-in-law a Kodak Easyshare for Christmas and I wish I had gotten one for myself, it's that good. For $200 you'd get excellent picture quality, ease of use, and video in a camera you could fit in your pocket, plus the dock is very convenient. It wouldn't break your heart to drop it and replace it at Costco.

If you wanted to spend a bit more for a camera with which you would be more careful (tsk tsk), you could get a small Panasonic Lumix. My brother and I each have one of the larger ones and they're outstanding; I understand the compact one is just as good.

Oh, oh, oh -- neither one has annoying "shutter" lag, like I have experienced with Canons and Nikons.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ironweed

Be it your cousin or your, uncle or your lover

WTF is up with that comma?

[pony_trekker]

Accusations hurled at hot dog contest
By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com


NEW YORK -- On Thursday, competitive eating made a lot of progress in proving that it is indeed a sport. Like the NFL, NHL and NBA, it apparently needs instant replay.


Takeru Kobayashi, center, won the title with 50½ hot dogs, while Eric Booker, right, finished second with 26.
Japanese professional speed-eater Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi destroyed the competition for the second consecutive year at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July international hot dog eating contest, scarfing down 50½ hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.

The 24-year-old Kobayashi, who weighed 113 pounds before the contest and almost 120 pounds after, bettered his 2001 world-record performance by half a hot dog despite having to fight off the 100-degree heat. He also covered the spread of Internet gamblers, who favored him to win by 20 hot dogs.

But in the final seconds, with many of the 20 competitors already satisfied with their effort, Kobayashi's body heaved as his cheeks ballooned with remnants. Since visible regurgitation during competition means a disqualification, many in the crowd cried foul and waited for the title to be given to Eric "Badlands" Booker, who finished second with 26 hot dogs.

Seconds after the contestants were told to put down their hot dogs, Kobayashi's individual judge, Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Post, and Mike Devito, the commissioner of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (which sanctioned the contest), ruled that the victory was official.

"It's the Raiders-Patriots game all over again," joked Rich Shea, president of the IFOCE.

But instant replay would not overturn the fumble, as it did during the AFC divisional playoffs.


Kobayashi captured the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt for the second consecutive year.
"If you suffer a roman-method incident (the IFOCE's term for regurgitating) during the contest, it's an immediate DQ," said Rich's brother George, the chairman of the federation, which would later review the tapes as a formality. "My understanding is this not only happened after the contest, but that none of the hot dogs and buns actually hit the table or the floor."

Footage captured by ESPN confirms that some hot dog slush did spill through Kobayashi's fingers and pieces of liquid bun spouted out of his nose, but footage shows time had already expired.

"I feel good I got over the 50 mark, even by a half," said Kobayashi, through an interpreter. Others weren't as satisfied.

"He should be disqualified, period," said "Hungry" Charles Hardy, a 5-foot-11, 360-pound New York City corrections officer who had 20 hot dogs. "Eric should have that belt. I mean, I had people in Atlanta call me on my cell phone saying they saw it on TV." While eating a 15-foot sushi roll during the Glutton Bowl on Fox in February, Hardy was disqualified for regurgitating.

"I was standing right next to him, but I was too focused on my game," said Booker, a 6-foot-5, 400-pound New York City transit conductor. "I didn't want to suffer the mistakes I had last year, where I was looking around to see what everyone was doing. It was just me and the dogs."

Eating only 26 hot dogs was a somewhat disappointing effort for Booker, who set a new U.S. record of 28 on June 2. Three hours before the competition, Booker boasted that he hoped to "eat one for every state in the union." After seeing Kobayashi use his "Solomon" method -- where he splits the hot dog in half and puts both pieces in his mouth at the same time -- Booker employed a new method this year: "The Double Japanese" (putting two hot dogs in his mouth at one time, then dipping two buns in water and putting them in his mouth at the same time).

Controversy and the international hot dog eating contest actually go hand-and-hand.


Last year, there was another controversy surrounding Kobayashi.

"These (American) guys last year were yelling and screaming drugs, drugs, drugs," said Rich Shea, who noted that contestants accused Kobayashi of using muscle relaxers. "I was with him all morning, and I've seen no evidence of it. As the international federation, it would be our duty to bring drug testing into this sport, but there's just no evidence."

In 1997, when the first of three Japanese champions came on the scene at Coney Island, Shea said competitors complained he had two stomachs. "No one has two stomachs," Shea said. "We're all born with the same stomach."

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ironweed
McSweeney's is generally shit these days, but you know better than anyone how difficult it is to keep up the quality of content over a long period of time. And how the pieces just seem a bit more tired and forced the longer you try to stay in the game. And how it becomes tempting to take some half-assed idea or catchphrase and try to stretch it out beyond its limits, like a Saturday Night Live skit that runs seven minutes too long. And how, eventually, everyone agrees that you've lost your touch and should just hang it up.

Whoa! I just had a totally meta moment as I read this and realized how aptly the whole "PLF is played out" schtick fits the above description. Dude! Well played, my man.

As for Italy, I don't like them. Not even a little bit. They are cheating, diving, playacting, swollen-headed drama queens and I find them insufferable. But they will win.

I think you are protesting a bit much. You kind of like their hairstyles, huh?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
First, congrats to Sebby and his wife. Kids are awesome....but the immaturity thing has a short shelf life with kids. Can't play Grand Theft Auto all day with rugrats around.

Second, and this isn't mean it is simply curious. How is "8 months pregnant" and "keeps her body drum tight" the same thing??!! Isn't that incongruous??!! I mean, even if u r having the best Angelina Jolie pregnancy there is some stretching and gravity involved. As.in.it.sags.after.and.during. uh huh. I mean, "I bang her all the time" @ 8 months is anecdotal at best.

I'm not sure that you know what anecdotal means.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Go to Myheritage.com and upload a picture of your face. The "face recognition software" tells you what celebrity you look like. I am not sure of the accuracy of this software because apparently I look like (in order) Sophia Loren, Missy Elliot, Natalie Imbruglia, Carrie Fisher (apparently from her Star Wars days) and Christina Ricci (apparently from her Wednesday Addams days), Calista Flockhart, and Fay Wray. Sure.

Edited to note that I tried it with a second photo and now it tells me I look like Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Lucy Liu (?) and Jude Law. Hmm. So this software appears to be a crock of shit time-waster.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I'm not sure that you know what anecdotal means.

In this context, it has something to do with Penske, right?

[andViolins]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Hot Dog Story from 2002.

You know what else was interesting in 2002?

Who the fuck cares. It was in 2002.

aV

Happy Friday!

[patentparanyc]

Does anyone actually "do" or pay for TimesSelect is it even worth it? Do you feel it has value and is the format similar to WSJ on line?