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Brian Bilbrey October 29, 2011

Real Snow (TM)

Had I said I was going to celebrate All Hallow's Eve by decorating the whole DC Metro area for Christmas, they would have laughed at me. The snow is still here, hours later, and the temps are dropping through freezing, so it'll be here for a short while tomorrow, too. Wow, just wow! And our overall precipitation is around an inch and a quarter for the last 18 hours. We're 3/4 of an inch away from 20 inches of rain in our back yard since Irene made landfall here in late August.

Brian Bilbrey October 29, 2011

Snow? SRSLY?

First snow of Winter 2011-2012 - it ain't much, and it ain't sticking to anything, but I'm still impressed with the can-do attitude expressed by this weather system. We started off with rain in the middle of the night, and were just shy of an inch of rain today when it flipped over to the snow delivery system about an hour ago. Right now the occasional flake is still falling, and it's hovering around 35-36°F (~1.5°C)... I guess it's a good thing I winterized the watering systems yesterday. We might get our first frost tonight, eh? * * * I…

Brian Bilbrey October 23, 2011

Long Week

It's been a very long week. A lot of work and planning went into two big multi-system transitions at the office. One took most of the day on Friday with follow-up work Saturday morning and today. The second was a bigger job, and we had most hands on deck from 5PM to nearly midnight last night. So far, everything seems to have come off as well as can be expected. Everything that didn't come off according to plan had contingency planning already completed - our checklists were really good. Yeah ... meetings are good for that. Sigh, I really didn't…

Brian Bilbrey September 19, 2011

Lexi Pictured Here

Lexi especially loves the new camera. I've been researching DSLRs for over a year. What I wanted and what is prudent are two very different things, too. I've held back from buying a D7000, since I'm not a "serious" photographer. But I want to take much better pictures than I can with any of our other cameras. So when a great deal came up at BJ's, I plunked down for a Nikon D5100 kit with a couple of lenses and a bag. I've supplemented that with a spare battery, a 35mm prime lens, a filter, an SB400 flash, and a…

Brian Bilbrey June 27, 2011

Still choices

I first posted this as a comment over on Bob's new Daynotes Journal, but I'm going for more feedback. dSLR cameras … I’m teetering on the brink of moving up to dSLR, and frankly I don’t want to go in at the entry level. I figure I’ll outgrow a beginner dSLR long before its useful lifespan, and I’m a reasonably quick study. Right now, I’m interested (I think) in one of these two configurations: Nikon D7000 body with two lenses Pentax K-5 body with two lenses I’m leaning towards the Nikon, but I’m interested in contrary opinions and lense recommendations.