Technology related interest:
What make, kind and cost of digital camera would make Flickr easier and more personal?
Do I want to get a simple point-and-shoot, a midrange superzoom, or a high-end digital SLR?
PC Magazine Editors' Choice (October 2008):
Compact point-and-shoot: Canon PowerShot SD790 IS
Superzoom: Olympus SP-570 UZ - 20x optical zoom and Perfect Shot Preview ($499.99) or Editors' Choice Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 - 18x optical zoom, wide-angle lens and Intelligent Auto Mode ($349.95)
D-SLR: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ($599 - body only) or Nikon D300 ($1,799.95 - body only) - too expensive?
What cool assessories to add to the photo-taking experience?
Photo finder GPS ($149.00) (geotagging which matches each picture with a place) -
http://www.merax.com/Kingston MobileLite 9-in-1 Reader ($10) (accepts every type of card and transfers photos to PC, no matter what type of media it's stored on -
http://www.kingston.com/