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New (Expensive) Hobby: Biking

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

I always wanted to buy a bicycle. Thing is, everytime I come up with the funds to buy one, I end up buying gadgets that have something to do with my “other” hobby, photography.

I’m not sure what really happened, but I was determined this time around to buy a bike when I acquired the funds. I realized there is a multitude of choices out there. In photography, you have more-or-less Canon or Nikon, then you’re done; not so with bicycles.

Good thing I knew that I wanted a “hybrid” bike–a bike that is mainly a road biking that can withstand a little bit of punishment off road…it would have been worse if I didn’t know what type of bike I would buy.

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AlienBees CyberSync: No Thanks

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

cybersync-01 AlienBees finally started shipping their much-anticipated CyberSync Strobe Radio Triggers.  Fortunately, I happen to be one of the first people who got their grubby hands on this product.  Unfortunately, I’m also one of the first ones to express disappointment on this not-so-well-thought-out-designed product.

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