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The internet has really been excited about the Flip Video Camera recently. For $150 or so, you get a video camera with no zoom, no removable storage, but 640×480 video and surprisingly good quality. One of my favorite web celebrities, Merlin Mann of 43 folders, does a show called “30 Seconds with That [...]

070: Ethereal Originally uploaded by William Couch

Another great picture from the launch.

Pad 39A Originally uploaded by turbojoe

A fantastic picture of Endeavor on the pad before launch. You have to go to the Large view on Flickr to truly appreciate it.

Endeavor Has Left the Island Originally uploaded by turbojoe

Here’s another awesome picture from the launch.

Horizon Check Originally uploaded by turbojoe

Here’s a great picture from the STS-123 night launch.

B&H Photo in New York somehow got its hands on a Canon 1200mm lens, and they’re selling it for $99,000. There less than twenty of these lenses in existence. It weighs about as much as a truck and costs about as much as a house, but it can take some pretty amazing pictures. [...]

As some of you might have noticed from my “Project Fatass” post below, I’m trying to run a 5k in May. In order to do that, I probably need to be able to run a 1k first. I’m working on that.

Of course, since I use a computer—and AppleScript—for just about everything else, I [...]

If you want to open more than 8 Safari windows, use home screen bookmarks. I’m not quite sure exactly how, but I just had like 12 windows open.

Ihnatko: “Finally got Vista on my MacBook’s new 320 gig drive. Seeing a Mac running Vista fullscreen is like spotting your dad in drag.”

(Via Twitter / Ihnatko.)