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PrairieRimBen

  1. As long as the pain is fresh in my mind, I'm gonna upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 just a few days after moving from 11.04. Wish me luck.
  2. Good citizen tip: never just drive past a neighborhood lemonade stand, even if you'rere not thirsty. Mmmmm... via.me/-1ogbuys
  3. There, that's better. It's now officially summer! via.me/-1octmgu
  4. I had great help washing the YJ today. I'm way overdue taking the hard top off for the summer. Gonna fix that now. via.me/-1oafa4u
  5. Enter to win a $2000 Gift Certificate from @BorrowLenses & Scott Bourne. Please RT. Info at: bit.ly/LSh9kM
  6. Updated Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 tonight. Have I cursed & sworn @ Canonical in public lately? I should. I hate Gnome3 almost as much as KDE.
  7. Got 16 new Powerex Imedion AA NiMH batteries today. Curious to see how they compare w/ my Eneloops and Duracells. via.me/-1m6x5hy
  8. Upgrading my desktop from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 tonight. Wish me luck. Wish the ordeal was unattended.
  9. Look @ those layers of clouds. Wish I had my 135mm lens for a tight, high-contrast, B&W, vertical shot w/the capitol. twitter.com/PrairieRimBen/…
  10. QOTD: "Meat is murder. Tasty, tasty murder. It's not the cow's fault that he was born delicious."
  11. My 7D is en route to Canon Factory Service in Jamesburg, NJ, to have its shutter replaced. Godspeed, my friend. We're golfing on 15 June.
  12. Nope, new firmware didn't help. Good news is that whacking the body will free the stuck shutter... temporarily.
  13. Well, 92 rapid-fire frames (w/o CF card) produced no errors w/ the 1.2.5 firmware. Alas, that means nothing.
  14. Any bets on whether upgrading my 7D's firmware from 1.2.1 to 1.2.5 will affect my Err 30 shutter problem? via.me/-1iyecvo
  15. Trying to diagnose an "Err 30" (shutter problem) on my Canon 7D. Hoping I can fix it myself & not pay $250 to be without it for 2 weeks.
  16. Enter to win your choice: a Nikon D800 or Canon 5D MK III from @viewbug & Scott Bourne. Please RT. Info at: goo.gl/ufeJx