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Being Digital For New Parents: Digital Camera – Part 1

I still remember the day my cousin had his first daughter back in 1997. Everyone gathered to celebrate the birth of their baby. I can always replay the scene in my head, almost like watching a video recording. It has been ten years and counting, as my cousin’s daughter grows up, technology changes much more rapidly. In 1997, digital camera and digital camcorder were still out of reach for many. A sub-megapixel digital camera carried a price tag over one-thousand dollars. Digital camcorder cost even a lot more. We were still using film camera and Hi-8 Video Camcorder back then. These days, we can go to the store and buy a much better digital camera for as low as one-hundred dollars. For three-hundred dollars we can get a great point-and-shoot digital camera. Similarly, we can get a digital video camera for under three-hundred dollars.

Let’s talk about Digital Camera for now, we’ll get to Digital Video Camera later on different posts.

Imagine having a frame filled with pictures of your baby’s first 30 days and another frame filled with weekly picture of your baby’s first year. You can see the growth and changes of the baby in these two frames. That means you have to take a lot of pictures of your baby on daily basis for the first thirty-days, and the first fifty-two-weeks. It is much easier to take tons of pictures using digital camera than the film camera. You can take as many pictures as you want using digital camera without having to worry about wasting the film by taking bad pictures. In addition to that you can instantly take a look at the picture you just took in the digital camera. So, don’t be afraid to take pictures of your baby.

Let’s talk about the digital camera. You might want to get a reasonably compact and fast point-and-shoot digital camera. You want to have the camera handy whenever you want and need to take the picture of your baby. Newborn babies are unpredictable, well, mostly they either sleep or cry. The point is, you need a camera that is easy to carry and use, such as Canon PowerShot SD1100IS, PowerShot SD750, or PowerShot SD850. I have used all three canon cameras and really happy with all of them. My personal favorite is the PowerShot SD850. If yo have not bought any digital camera, please go to the nearest store and test drive these cameras first before you bought one. There are plenty of digital camera brands and models, so take your time to choose one.

If you want to take great picture of your baby, consider getting a second digital camera; a better one if you can spare some change. A Digital SLR Camera can take pictures rapidly, and in general can capture pictures better. Digital SLR Camera is a lot more affordable today. You can get Canon Digital Rebel XT for under $500 at Amazon.com; that includes the body and one lens ($459.95 – April 1st, 2008).

Realistically, you won’t have that much time to think about taking pictures of your new baby, because your attentions will be focused on the baby’s need. It is not going to be easy. We’ll get to that in the second part of Being Digital for New Parents: Digital Camera.

UPDATE:
I changed the selection of camera from PowerShot SD1000 to PowerShot SD1100IS because I have recently tested one. PowerShot SD1100IS comes with Image Stabilization, and I really recommend it over PowerShot SD1000. Of course PowerShot SD1100IS costs more than PowerShot SD1000.

For your reference:

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All South Park, All The Time!

Press Release:

First Tuesday of April, 2008

Beginning the First Tuesday of April 2008, 37prime.com and all of its related internet presence (37prime.com, 37prime.wordpress.com, Flickr, and YouTube) will exclusively be publishing South Park news at all time. We’ve decided to do so because:

  • South Park is now available for viewing on YouTube! (No RickRolling here, it’s way too overdone!)
  • Each South Park related article has gotten astronomically high number of unique visits.
  • For the fourth week in a row, South Park article on 37prime.wordpress.com is featured on WordPress.com front-page.
  • We aggregately drive tons of traffic to SouthParkStudios.com and any other South Park related sites.
  • Comedy Central loves us for telling people not to download South Park episodes off torrent sites, such as mrtwig.net, southparkfiles.com, and even googling “South Park Torrent“.
  • Amazon.com, Comedy Central, Trey and Matt love us for promoting South Park DVD’s. Buy South Park: The Imaginationland Trilogy DVD at Amazon.com!!!
  • Amazon.com and Apple thanks us for driving traffics to their digital download stores, and selling South Park episodes. Remember that all Season 12 episodes will be available uncensored @ iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox.
  • Most importantly, we’ve been acquired by some two guys whose identities we can not revealed due to some three letters which can be arranged as “AND”. We also can not comment on the amount of money we received from Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone.
  • One more thing. 37prime.com thanks you for your South Park inquiries. Without you, we will never be a sell-out! Thank You!

And now, for the first “ALL SOUTH PARK ALL THE TIME” news:

“Canada On Strike”, the fourth episode of South Park twelfth season is set to premier on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008.

Boys call Canada Season 12 Episode 4 - “Canada On Strike” - Terrance & Philip

From Comedy Central Press Release:

CANADA TAKES A STAND
IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” ON
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, March 31, 2008 – Canadians want more money and decide to stage a strike in an all-new episode of “South Park,” entitled, “Canada On Strike!,” premiering on Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on COMEDY CENTRAL.

The head of the World Canadian Bureau leads the country into a long and painful strike and the responsibility of brokering a settlement rests with the boys. Meanwhile, people from Denmark flock to the U.S. and cross the picket lines to take the place of the striking Canadians. In conflict over whether or not to stand with their countrymen, Terrance and Phillip uncover the truth behind the outrageous cost of the strike.

Go South Park Go!

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South Park: Season 12 Episode 4 – “Canada On Strike”

UPDATE:
2010-11-15
South Park Creators, Comedy Central and Viacom are sued for parodying “What What (In the Butt)” video.

Isn’t parody considered as protected speech, and not considered as Copyright infringement?

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South Park: Season 12 Episode 4 – “Canada On Strike”
Original Air Date: 2008-04-02

Note:

  • Watch this episode stream from South Park Studios.
  • This episode will be available for streaming from April 2nd to April 8th. It will then be available again starting May 7th 2008. Go to SouthParkStudios.com for more details.
  • All Season 12 episodes will be available uncensored @ iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox.
  • The fourth episode of Season 12
  • South Park Studios are known for working on the episodes to the last minute before they have to air. Looking for an early leak is basically a futile effort.

For reference.

Preview “Canada On Strike” here.

Discuss this pre-air announcement here.

Season 12 Episode 4 - “Canada On Strike” - Terrance & Philip

From South Park Studios: (announced on March 30th, 2008)

This Week on South Park: “Canada on Strike”
The head of the World Canadian Bureau leads the country into a long and painful strike and the responsibility of brokering a settlement rests with the boys.

Boys call Canada

From today’s Comedy Central Press Release:

CANADA TAKES A STAND
IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” ON
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, March 31, 2008 – Canadians want more money and decide to stage a strike in an all-new episode of “South Park,” entitled, “Canada On Strike!,” premiering on Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on COMEDY CENTRAL.

The head of the World Canadian Bureau leads the country into a long and painful strike and the responsibility of brokering a settlement rests with the boys. Meanwhile, people from Denmark flock to the U.S. and cross the picket lines to take the place of the striking Canadians. In conflict over whether or not to stand with their countrymen, Terrance and Phillip uncover the truth behind the outrageous cost of the strike.

South Park Season 12 Episode 4 on:

  • iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – April 5th, 2008)
  • Amazon Unbox (available on Saturday – April 5th, 2008)

South Park Studios and Comedy Central would like to remind you if you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store, Amazon Unbox, or xBox LIVE instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net or southparkfiles.com. Comedy Central is so relieved that mrtwig.net is currently down. Another reminder from the Good Ol’ Comedy Central that asks everyone to stay away from southparkfiles.com, because southparkfiles.com has every single South Park episode made available in one form or another. Yeah, please do not go search for “South Park Torrent” on Google.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. Please forget that you can find high quality South Park episode links on the Internet because Comedy Central would like you to purchase them. One final note, Comedy Central thanks you for purchasing South Park DVDs.

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South Park: The Imaginationland Trilogy DVD
Dubbed as “Uncensored Director’s Cut”, this DVD would include unaired scenes from the trilogy. Would the DVD set make any different since all of Season Eleven Episodes are available for purchase on iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox. Of course! The DVD is higher quality than the digital download version, and it is not crippled with DRM.

More info:

First Time Ever On DVD: Completely Uncensored And Features Audio Commentary
With Co-Creators Trey Parker And Matt Stone
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Bonus Materials Include Storyboards And
Fan Favorite Episodes “Woodland Critter Christmas” And “Manbearpig”

Imaginationland Trilogy DVD

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Upgrading to WordPress 2.5

The great folks at WordPress.org have been working hard at new WordPress version. I finally upgraded this blog 37prime.news (http://37prime.com/news/) to version 2.5 about fifteen minutes ago. I was reluctant at first to upgrade the blog since my previous big upgrade killed 37primeBlog database. Don’t know how and why it happened, but it was not pretty. This time I backed up the database using three different methods, just in case.

To my surprise the upgrade from WP 2.3.2 to WP 2.5 was smooth. No hick-ups. I am thankful for that.

Anyway, you can grab WordPress 2.5 at WordPress.org. You can also read more about it here.

p.s. I am planning to upgrade 37primeBlog to WP 2.5 and gradually restore the database from an outdated back-up.

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One of Many Reasons to Get FiOS

I’m fortunate enough to find out that FiOS was available in my area. I ordered it and had it installed sometimes in 2007. Currently I have the 15Mbps up and 2Mbps down. I’m want to upgrade to the 15/15 service.

This is one of many reasons to get FiOS, and it actually peaked at 1.8MB/s:

iPhone SDK Download on FiOS - 17MB/s