Jerez F1 testing
So has anyone noticed the grid for Thursday?
Michael Schumacher
Jenson Button
Fernando Alonso
3 world champions on the track the same day. All we’re missing is Hamilton.
R35 GTR
behold, the super sized GTR
I think I love it. Hasemi Motorsport aero all around. Subtle and aggressive.
Brawn!!
Brawn GP F1 scale model is finally here!!!!
I’m just glad that it’s finally sitting here. I waited for it for quite some time, hesitated to pay for a 95% markup, etc. Tension escalated on Friday afternoon when my prized item was apparently sold out in less then 24 hrs!!! I called all the hobby shops in town until I landed on GP Miniatures of St-Laurent. They have some awesome items on sale, and the owner was such a nice guy!
iPad
Now everyone is talking about it.
Disclaimer: I hate Apple and I especially hate how Steve Jobs cannot stop self complimenting. But a good product is a good product, whether it is a Hyundai, or a GM. The Genesis is awesome, it’s Korean, so what.
It’s one giant iPhone without the call function, the provocative speech from Steve Jobs pissed a lot of people off. The thing is, it’s not supposed to slip in between the iPhone and the Macbook in terms of functionality. It slips in between because of its size. It’s true it’s got a bigger screen, it’s quite beautiful, let’s grant that to Jobs. It’s meant to be a luxury, a toy.
People got these ideas of mini MacBook and giant iPhone stuck in their heads. It’s supposed to be neither. You all will not be the target audience. It will be for the baby boomers who uses a computer because of their jobs. The iPad will allow them to discover the web 2.0. For some of my relatives, they have a hard time using a mouse and click on small icons. By having the multitouch function, they will be able to do so with ease.
I will be buying it because we need a digital photo frame, a compact computer in the living room to get the news from Hong Kong, check our mail, the bus schedule, the weather. You can argue, all I need is to turn the TV on, turn the laptop on and voila! Yes I can, but it’s all there in my hands.
Forget the iPad as a mini MacBook / giant iPhone and start seeing it as an entirely new product. .
One last thing. I mentioned provocative speech by Steve Jobs. It’s meant to be this way. It’s free publicity. Newspaper will write about your comments about the _______ during the iPad presentation.
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at one point people will want to see if for themselves. Then, that’s how sales start to pick up:
the Apple devoted fans + curious George’s = higher sales.
will resume regular program soon.
Montreal Auto show 2010
It was better then last year because we had more room to walk around, breathe, and most importantly, take pics.
Before I load up your internet with my shitty pics, lemme say something.
There has been this sudden popularity in DSLR’s. It’s a good thing people finally decide to take some good photography. Nikon D3000’s I’ve seen 4-5 people, a few Canon XS/XSi/T1i. It’s all cool, I have a XT.
There was this guy who drew my attention. This baseball cap was on sideways, speaking yo yo check out disss whip yo asian dude. Then, he pulls out a 40D. I said to myself: ” cool story bro… wait” I was laughing 50mm f1.8. Usually, you snap pics of car as a whole, not just pieces of it. Unless that’s your style, you’re missing a lot of the ambiance/action.
That’s a definitive fail is a couple in their 40’s/ early 50’s with a Canon, can care less about the model. Then, I see this 75-300mm lens. Now, either the husband is one sick stalker, or he’s just dumb. “Oh cool! I need to take a picture of that SLS AMG, but my back hurts… lemme zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomm in.”
I’m hating on people because they buy these things because it was on special on Boxing Day or they thought they would look all serious with their DSLR and wrong lens. I saw a few guys with their 5D *drools* with their L-series lenses * $_$ *
I think they knew what they were doing. I’m guessing they’re probably laughing at me in their own blog/website.
pics later.
Rant
I really need to get this out.
Lozeau is a huge camera store on St-Hubert street in Montreal. There was this Lowepro Slingshot 100AW on special for 64.99$ advertised on the website. Future Shop ( aka. Best Buy) advertises their price matching policy minus 10% the difference. It wasn’t for the 3.70$ I wanted to save. I didn’t want to take the metro to the other side of the city to get a bag. And once I’m at Lozeau, I won’t leave without a new camera lol.
So I show up to the Future Shop at Atwater. I stand around for 10 minutes waiting for someone to show up at the cashier in the photo department. No one. Fair enough, it’s quiet at 2pm Friday. Now this tall salesman offers his help and I clearly told him I would like to pricematch an item.
Note: I printed out this:
This is the advertised price:
He looks at the price and notices the huge price difference ( 101$ vs 65$). He first tells me it’s not the same item but I quickly correct him by indicating the model number: 100AW. Mister then announces that they don’t price match on certain small stores. I tell him it’s a huge camera store. He changes his words and says how apparently Future Shop does not price match online stores.
You Ftard ape, do you not listen. What part of LARGE CAMERA STORE ON ST-HUBERT STREET do you not understand. I repeat twice, once in French, once in English. Dumb ape FINALLY gets it: it’s a real physical store. Then, he says they don’t price match online items. At this point, I look at the other cashier and I question myself whether his mother dropped him at birth. It’s printed from the website but it’s not an online sale. How hard is it to understand?!
It took him a few seconds to understand. Wait! There’s more!
Now he says he never heard of Lozeau. Oh my FCUKING Gosh! You work in the camera department of Future Shop. You have probably more then half of amateur/pro photographers ( DLSR, 35mm film, etc, all combined) who goes to Lozeau to get paper, lenses, flashes, cameras, etc, etc. At this point, I made him repeat his nonsense twice that he never heard of Lozeau. I grab my paper and I go straight to the customer service department. Service department at Atwater: A1 no wait, very approachable unlike this ape.
I hope that this man in the 50’s besides the cashier at the customer service is the store director and heard me. Because that salesman is one useless dead-weight to the store.
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