I know it’s a bit late, but I finally got around to uploading my pictures of the lunar eclipse. They aren’t the best by any means but hey, here’s what I did with my simple point and shoot camera with 5x zoom and 8.1 megapixels.

As you can see the pictures turned out very noisy (well, if you look at the full size), so I found this awesome free image noise reduction software (get Noiseware Community Edition). I’ve only ran one for comparison and, it seem to work well.

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Since I was yeh high, I’ve always wanted a messenger bag. Finally, a couple days ago, my wish came true. REI was having this awesome and I was able to snag a  deeply discounted bag. The MSRP was $65 and it was discounted to $20. So what is this wonderful bag I’m talking about? Well it’s the “Novara Messenger Bag - Men”. Yes the “Men” is part of the name, they had the women edition too, for even cheaper. Alas I meander.

The Specs

So first let’s talk about the specs on this baby. The bag itself has plenty of room with its 19×11x8 inch in other words 1,953 cubic inch. So how big is that? Width wise it’s big enough to accommodate a large binder and a water bottle. For you Timbuk2 lovers, it’s just a pinch bigger than the medium classic bag. In my opinion, it’s even better than the Timbuk2. Now don’t flame me, I don’t know about its durability but, in my opinion it looks better.

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So yesterday I got a letter from digsby who nicely gave me an invitation to their brand spanking new free instant message + social network + email client. Is it just me or does it remind you of when Jobs introduced the iphone. Let’s see how this baby run. Hopefully this can replace the need for Thunderbird, and my previous client Trillian. By the way, if you didn’t get the memo, I have invitations just for you guys. Just use the code “53m1″.

The First Run

When you first start the software you are greeted with a rather mundane window, or at least I think so. It looks like any other window “window”. Although this allows it to blend nicely with whatever theme you have on your “windows”. Yes this is a window only thing. Of course, digsby has the ability to skin it self. So I went ahead and browsed to their list of skin. They separated the “chat window” and the actual buddy list window. That being said, the chat window had plenty of skin while the actual buddy list window only had 2. Although in each skin they have many variation, mostly being color changes. Right now I don’t see the ability to create my own skin. Other than the eye candy, the client as a whole is functional. Although, If you have a lot of e-mail and Facebook account like me, it can fill up a nice amount of the buddy list window. So far I haven’t found the ability to hide the list. I don’t think it is necessary to see it all the time. In my opinion it’s only needed when you have received a new email.

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Get your own digsby. What’s digsby you ask?

digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

digsby is an email notification tool that alerts you of new email and lets you perform actions such as ‘Delete’ or ‘Report Spam’ with just one click.

digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to.

Invitation code: 53m1

Review to come soon

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