Carriage tours are so passe. An entrepreneurial gentleman with connections to Savannah, GA is offering tours of the city’s historic district – on Segway HTs! At $65/person for a two-hour session including training, the tours are not cheap, but what a great way to enjoy a Segway short of plunking down $5k for one yourself. I wouldn’t recommend it in the August heat – but you snowbirds heading down I-95 this Winter should stop by and check these out.
Shave and a Haircut
So as my long time feline buddy Chaos ages, he has been less and less thorough with grooming himself. That job usually falls to Amy and I, but with the arrival of Sam we’ve had less time to help him with these tasks. That combination of events means a fair bit of matting for the old guy, so off he went to be shaved at the vet recently. He looks like a goofball/alien/creature with his new ‘do – puffy around the head but stubbly everywhere else. You be the judge.
Canon EOS 5D Is Alive
The Canon 5D was officially announced today. And it’s a beauty – 12.8 megapixel, full-frame goodness at a cost of $3,299. Now that’s not quite in the prosumer price range, but it’s a heck of a lot closer than the 1D ($7k+). Anyway, this one has a 2.5″ monitor, and captures bursts at 3 frames per second. Not gonna work for you sports shooters out there, but perfectly peachy for capturing pics of Sam at home and in the wild! Of course, maybe I’m more addicted than I realize to the 1.6x effect on my 80-200 – it does let me reach out and touch the animals at the zoo…
Link: Canon Makes it Official; Announces Full-Frame EOS 5D [DigitalCameraInfo]
Link: The Canon EOS 5D Is Real [Digital Photography Blog]
(Via Gizmodo.)
iTunes Goodies
The weekly iTunes New Music Tuesday email was a welcome sight in my inbox today. News of Death Cab for Cutie’s first major-label disc (with bonus video, liner notes and exclusive tracks for preorders) and a single from Fiona Apple. Happy, happy, joy, joy! Fiona is available today (2 tracks), and the DCFC disc called Plans comes out August 30th.
Link: Fiona Apple O’Sailor/Parting Gift.
Link: Death Cab for Cutie’s Plans (preorder)