Sushi

One of Jakarta’s new sushi bars. Just playing with the new 5D2. Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM f/1.4 | 1/160 sec | ISO 400 http://www.thejavajive.com/photoblog/?p=159Read more
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Canon 5D Mark II – My new baby

Canon EOS 5D Mark II: My new baby. Will have to sell my 5D and keep the 40D as a backup. Amazing camera, thoroughly impressed. Played around with ISO 6400, and the full HD movies. That’s a whole new world for me – I have lots to learn. If anyone is interested in my Canon 5D, please email me. I’ll post a proper article soon with pics and more detailed info about the sale. Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM f/3.5Read more

Jakarta, Jamaica – same thing! US Postal Service mishap

So my friend had a package sent to Jakarta from the U.S. It was mailed on September 11, nearly 6 weeks ago. It never arrived. Today he decided to file a claim for the lost package, and whaddya know, it turned up just this morning.  The package arrived smelling faintly of coconut oil, patchouli, and cheap rum with a stamp stating, “Missent to Jamaica”. (Is missent even a word? MS Word says ‘no’.) I’m guessing the U.S. Postal Service would doRead more

The Twitter Post

A phenomenon has swept across the internet. Twitter. No, it’s not new, in fact it was developed in March 2006 according to Wikipedia. I personally started using it in March of 2007, after reading Kottke proclaim: “Twitter is the first thing on the web that I’ve been excited about in ages. Like years. The last thing was probably Flickr.” I used it consistently since first joining, updating at a steady rate of about 1 ‘tweet’ per day. I approached itRead more