It's a very exciting time of the year for photo enthusiasts worldwide as the Photo Marketing Association's annual show is this week. We see big announcements from camera manufacturers, especially in the digital arena, as the stage is set for the year to come. The following is taken from Imaging Resource's ongoing PMA report. Some highlights:

• The Olympus E-system, above, has been formally announced. It is slated for a full spec release in June and availability by fall. It features the 4/3 sensor with reduced lens sizes and costs in mind as an alternative to film-bodied DSLRs. This may well be my next camera system. Oly's E-system home is here.
• Olympus also announced several new add-ons for its digital cameras, the FL-20 flash, the TCON-17 (presumably 1.7x teleconverter) and WCON-07 (presumably 0.7x teleconverter).
• Canon introduces its EOS-10D, a replacement for the excellent D60 camera. Now even cheaper. If the E-system doesn't pan out, I might be looking at one of these.
• Pentax announced its *ist digital consumer SLR. Interesting stuff ...
• IR posted up some sample Kodan Pro-14n images... yep, all 14 megapixels of glory.

Okay, okay everyone probably has thought of this one already but I'll put it down for posterity: SEPARATED AT BIRTH? Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and Ron Jeremy.

Originally from Luzsyd.

Speaking of Khalid, here's an interesting little piece on his capture and the situation in Pakistan.

It's getting down to the home stretch in the NHL. The trade deadline, March 11, is fast approaching. And injuries are really starting to take a toll on some teams, including some highly ranked ones.

• Dallas Stars' leading scorer Billy Guerin is out for the rest of the regular season after surgery to relieve swelling from a massive thigh bruise.
• Philadelphia Flyers get even better at defense with the addition of Dmitry Yushkevich from the Los Angeles Kings.
• From the "ooookay ..." department: Sergei Federov admits he was in fact married to Anna Kournikova for a while. Ever since it was mentioned offhandedly by an announcer in the 2002 All Star game, it's been quite the rumor. But really... Pravda ran this story a year and a half ago! Read about the sordid details of their past here. One thing Sergei likes about them schoolgirls ...

This is a pretty impressive online implementation of the classic arcade game Punch Out!. Sounds and all. The M&C deluge continues:

• "Trouble Afoot" featuring the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan. As Dr. Mikee put it, "Jingoist but fun."
• Ganguro Girl: I finally get around to posting this game that everyone and his brother has been searching our site for codes for. It's a new, improved, ganguro version of SIMGirl.
• Wickwoo: Kind of a Jumpman/Lode Runner type of game.

That stuff going around about Japanese and their see-through skirts? Fake. Decidedly so. Apparently some news outlets were tricked, at least temporarily.

Only Trekophiles and children of the 80s need apply: Remember that punk on the bus that Spock took out with the neck pinch in Star Trek IV? Read his whole story here. Includes the complete lyrics to "I hate you," the song that was blasting on his stereo! If you can appreciate that, you're okay in my book.

SUNDAY, 3/2/2003, 9:Ish pm HST by Penfold

You must bloom the yeast in a warm sugar-water solution.

Hockey times

Hockey times for the week of 3/2/03

• "Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars" ESPN, Sun Mar 02 10:00pm HST
• "Phoenix Coyotes at Detroit Red Wings" ESPN2, Sun Mar 02 10:30pm HST
• "New York Islanders at New York Rangers" ESPN2, Mon Mar 03 03:00pm HST
• "New York Islanders at New York Rangers" ESPN2, Mon Mar 03 11:00pm HST
• "Anaheim Mighty Ducks at Los Angeles Kings" FSWH, Tue Mar 04 05:30pm HST
• "Chicago Blackhawks at Dallas Stars" ESPN2, Wed Mar 05 04:00pm HST
• "Montreal Canadiens at Anaheim Mighty Ducks" FOXW2, Wed Mar 05 05:30pm HST
• "Chicago Blackhawks at Dallas Stars" ESPN2, Wed Mar 05 11:00pm HST
• "New York Islanders at Boston Bruins or Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues" ESPN, Thu Mar 06 03:00pm HST
• "Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings" FSWH, Thu Mar 06 05:30pm HST
• "New York Islanders at Boston Bruins or Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues" ESPN, Thu Mar 06 10:00pm HST
• "Edmonton Oilers at Anaheim Mighty Ducks" FOXW2, Fri Mar 07 05:30pm HST
• "Colorado Avalanche at Philadelphia Flyers" ESPN2, Sat Mar 08 03:00pm HST
• "Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings" FSWH, Sat Mar 08 05:00pm HST

Why AOLusers should not be allowed to use computers. Check out dumb things people have done to their comp here.

A very caffenated, non-offensive new soda. Available at the Waipio 7-11. Check it out here.

Nouveaux soda

NEW YORK -- INDUSTRY LEADER COCA-COLA, which has had recent success with its line extension Vanilla Coke, said it will launch Sprite Remix, a new “tropical” version of its lemon-lime soft drink Sprite.

PepsiCo said it will launch Mountain Dew LiveWire, a new orange-flavored Mountain Dew, to be available across the United States only through the summer.

Put in a month and year and this page will display the Playboy centerfold (even 2/91).

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