chemicals part II
by the way, it's definitely the benzoate. (diet pepsi and orange soda are two more things i will never drink again)
i'm looking at my diet pepsi bottle and what i don't get is that it's there to "preserve freshness". freshness of what? which chemical needs this chemical to be its preservative?

tsk, tsk. i have to admit it's a good thing to cut down on food additives :)

Apparently, as of yesterday, we now have a free public wireless internet hotspot at the Inner Harbor. The area stretches through the promenade from the Maryland Science Center Café to the World Trade Center.
Very nice.

there's a discrepancy in the info: is it 5.7x optical zoom or 5.7x digital zoom?
if it's optical, that's amazing! and what i read so far is impressive, esp. for $350.
but if it's digital zoom you know it really doesn't mean much: enlarging the pic in photoshop would give about the same result (grainy zoom).
but then again zoom means a lot to me -- i don't know if you care as much.

you know what made me go with a canon was their rechargeable lithium battery. i don't think anyone else has it. i suppose regular non-rechargeable lithium's not so bad, but digital cameras eat up power like crazy & i didn't want to keep buying batteries. i didn't really want the AA size rechargeable batteries either. also, i've been pretty happy with canon's processor (auto focus/exposure etc). so that's why i chose my camera as opposed to the many many other good ones out there.
the other thing is, how much manual control do you want to have, cuz esp as you're taking photography classes, i think you'll feel the limitations of just a point-and-click... (then again, size and cost is the other side of the coin)
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cool! that's very good of you to offer, considering that your head has hit the tempo dispenser more than anyone else's ;)

-- this was a great little product that, sadly, got discontinued. i just found out when i went to ebay looking for refills for my long empty car visor dispenser: no wonder i could never find the refills anywhere. Tempo was like a cross between kleenexes (soft, and how it dispenses) and paper towels (thick & durable), and the car visor idea was really convenient -- except that a couple of my taller passengers would always be bumping their heads into it.

hopefully i'll win my bid for the 8-pack. but after that, who knows how long they'll even be available?... sad sad.