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I've got a file I keep on my computer with snippets of things that I'd like to write here but haven't had the time to flesh out. That file is getting quite large. So, I pushed a bunch of the stuff from that file that was just links witha snippet of commentary into "Del.icio.us":http://del.icio.us/revjim/. You can see those links up there at the top of the front page of *revjim.net*, however, I'm afriad that there aren't that many people that remember to read them. As soon as I make a few other changes around here, I intend to implement an automatic Del.icio.us recap that will syndicate a list of links and commentary from those that have been posted each day. However, until I get that done, here's a list of a few things that I think are interesting. If you check my links often, you may find some duplicates here.

h3. Photography

"Photographic Cheat Sheet":http://www.night-ray.com/comments.php?id=59_0_5_0_C
Information showing proper exposure, handheld shot guidelines, and flash information for popular flashes. If you haven't commited this stuff to memory yet, printing this out and carrying it with you might not be a bad idea.

"Two new Nikon AF-S DX lenses announced":http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042001nikondxlenses.asp
18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED and 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED. This should fill a void in some people's arsenals.

"Nikon D70s announced":http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042003nikond70s.asp
As best as I can tell, the only thing different from the D70 is the sensor, and the size is even the same.

"Nikon encrypts white balance data":http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05041901nikon_encryptnef.asp
Information regarding the encryption of white balance data in Nikon's RAW format from new firmwares for Digital SLRs. This will piss off a lot of people.

"Nikon D50 Preview":http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond50/
It's basically a toned down, cheaper version of the D70s.

"Nikon D70 firmware announcement":http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042002nikon70firmware.asp
This should add most of the D70s' improvements to the D70.

h3. The Web

"grat.uito.us":http://grat.uito.us/
A very Del.icio.us WishList

"GreenZap":http://www.greenzap.com/revjim
A PayPal Alternative scheduled to open in the Summer of 2005. Sign up now and get $25 free. There's a lot of noise going around about how this is just an MLM scam. A lot of people are linking this site to wrong doing by absurd means. As best as I can tell, it is legit. They ask for your name and address upfront, so, even if it is a scam, you aren't out all that much.

h3. Technology

"Flickr.rb":http://redgreenblu.com/flickr/
A Ruby library to make Flickr integration dead simple.

"Ruby-MemCache":http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache.html
A MemCacheD (of LiveJournal/Danga fame) client library for Ruby.

"Klogger 0.0.1″:http://www.hyperionreactor.net/node/55
A weblogging (BloggerAPI / MetaWeblogAPI) client written in Ruby for KDE.

"Perl for Series 60″:http://www.postneo.com/2005/04/18/perl-for-series-60
Perl for Series 60 smartphones!