Yup... it's my decennial camera purchase. This time I'm looking for a digital camera (which weren't around when I bought my last/current 35mm camera). I'm still holding on to my film camera, but I'm looking to purchase a decent digital camera that also has the ability to record movies (less than 10 minutes, so I can record performances and choregraphies). Hopefully small enough to fit into a purse so I can get candid shots.

Any recommendations on what to look for and what to avoid? ... read more

I look to leaving work on Friday evenings, but today at 2:00 I get the rush request for several journal articles, 3:00 the request for to order a book, 3:30I finish working with a colleague on a newsclip (electronic clipping service, that because of the search string, it's picking up lots of garbage with a few pearls), 4:30 a request for a French patent from 1980 (which predates a lot of major databases). Well, I finished all of the other requests, but I'm still waiting for one more articl... read more