Friday plans.

Friday: The Friends of the Provo Library is having a top secret pre-sale tonight for members who attend the business meeting. That means I will be able to enter the book sale room and skim the cream, while leaving the dregs behind for the unwashed rabble who will show up at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. This is the closest I will get to experiencing what it is like to be very wealthy. That, and going to bed each night in a warm, safe home, slightly nauseous from eating too much.

Saturday: My weekend is rich with possibilities this weekend, thanks to the recent acquisition of small objects, including the best garlic press ever:

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When you pick it up, it is so solid it feels like you are holding a Sig Sauer. I will probably bathe in crushed garlic just to test it out.

My son has more merit badge mill at BYU, so I will be attending and also scouring their excellent graphic novel collection, since I acquired a BYU library card last week.

Also, I just put a computer on the bike, so I can track my rides and try to join the 1,000 mile club. Finally, I rented this board game:

and played it last night, and will play it some more. It's like Ticket to Ride, but you buy shares in the railroads and get dividends and it will make your head explode. There is no luck involved and it only takes an hour once you know what you're doing.

Thoughts on the Canon S95

G1x is a pretty *** machine too for a point and shoot person. Canon G series p&s started to get really cool at about the G10 and after. I would use the *** out of anything that came after G9. (to be fair, G9s are not bad at all)

I just bought a Canon s95 with only 50 shutter actuations for $270 from some guy on KSL who used it to take short clips of video robotics at his work. It has similar specs to the G12 but no flash shoe and not as much zoom. It will fit in your pocket, however, and is a nice backup to a DSLR (I sold mine to buy this). It'll shoot in RAW and has full manual controls. It's not as powerful as a 50D, but I always have it with me so I can capture the amazing things I run across every day, like the ventilation pipes at UVU, or hazy shots of Utah Lake.

There's quite a difference in size between the s95 and the Sony A230 that I had for a year. The sensor on the s95 is smaller than the A230, but bigger than some point-and-shoots.



It'll shoot time lapse with tilt shift, which is kind of fun. The s100 has better video resolution: 1920 x 1080p



Sample pics:

Flickr slideshow

I'm not really a photographer, and most of these were just shot on "auto."









Some low light video, 720p HD I think.




Here's a pic from DPreview shot with an s100 at ISO 6400. The colors are nice but there are artifacts: