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I was going to use my Windows XP box to grab a couple images off of the card from my camera for you all to see, but Toby just now decided to chew through the cord to my second to last mouse (the last of which is connected to my Linux box). Fucker.

It turns out Brad and I have the same card reader with the same chipset, so swapping with him isn't an option. I was so hoping someone would offer prior to this evening, but alas, no one did. Mark offered his, but I wont have time to make the swap prior to my leaving tomorrow at 10:00am-ish. I so badly wanted to play with it before I left so I could get a good feel for optimum settings so that all the images I take this weekend will have a greater chance of being decent. I would have been able to play a little if Toby (from this point forward known as El Pinche Gata) hadn't chewed through that mouse cord.

Brad and I played around with our Compact Flash cards this evening. Something very odd is happening. He and I have cards of a different brand. His card is 128MB, and mine is 256MB. His card in my camera works PERFECTLY. My card in his camera works PERFECTLY. His card in his camera works PERFECTLY. My card in my camera doesn't work for shit. Brad even used Windows to perform an actual sector by sector scan of the card (as if it were a diskdrive) to look for bad blocks, none of which were found. I would be inclined to say my camera was Fucked, but his card works just fine. I would also be inclined to say that I love my cat, but he just chewed through my mouse cord.

I have spent A LOT of money on replacement parts for things Toby has chewed through. I've punished him, but it doesn't do any good. This time, I yelled, and re ran off before I could smack him. As I was surverying the damage, he came back for another snack. I wacked him good then. Now he's mad, and he'll probably piss on something of mine to tell me so, kind of like he did to the unused camera bag that I had in my closet, which I replaced this evening so I would have a something to carry my new camera in.

Quest rechargeable NiMH batteries rock. All other batteries suck. Toby tried to chew through the power cord to my battery charger, so I yelled, and he ran away again. Asshole.

I tried to find a new card reader to use for this weekend at Wal-Mart, but to no avail. They only had one, made by Lexar, that cost $50. I probably would have bought it, but it was behind the locked glass case, I couldn't find anyone to help me, and I was uncertain if it's chipset was supported by Linux. As I left, I thought about Toby and how much of a fucker he is.