Favorite Things

Last edited “Spring 2006″.

My favorite things… In descending order for each…
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Software:
Web Browsers:
1. Firefox. Free, Multiplatform (Mac, Windows, etc), very extensible, amazingly cool.
2. There is no second place.More...

Firefox Extensions:
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Image Editors:
1. The Gimp. Free, Multiplatform (Mac, Windows, etc), almost as good as photoshop and completely free.
2. Paint.Net same as The Gimp, but only runs on Windows, and made by WSU students! Go Cougs!!!More...

Image Mangers:
1. ACDSEE. The first, and the best. Version 8.0 is great. Not free though.
2. Picasa. Free, from Google, quick/easy to work with. Excellent program.
99. iPhoto. (Mac only) This program sucks…. never touch it.
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Pocket Digital Cameras:
1. Canon Powershot Elph Line…. execellent & strong
2. Casio Exilim, small, feature rich, and stylish… currently own one of these.
view "My favorite digital cameras" sub-page to see the history of cameras I have owned.
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SLR Digital Cameras:
1. Canon Rebel
view "My favorite digital cameras" sub-page to see the history of cameras I have owned.


MP3/Video Players:

1. Cowon. You can’t beat the functionality in this thing.
2. Sony Playstation Portable. Can just do about anything you’d ever ask for… including playing top notch video games.
3. IPod Video… not half bad!
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Current TV Shows:
1. Firefly (just discovered it sadly)
2. The Olympics… Just ended thank god.
3. Mythbusters
4. Dirty Jobs (have a friend that works on this show as a sound man)
5. Battlestar Gallactica. Used to be #1, until I got to the middle of season #1. Sucks now.

All Time FAV TV Shows.
1. Rome. (HBO tv show, much like the Sopranos, but set in Juilias Caesar’s era).
2. Extras. Made by the comedic genious who invented "The Office", Ricky Gervais. It doesn’t get much funnier than this.
3. Three’s Company…. :-)


Favorite Comedy Movies:

1. Groundhog’s day. Simple Elegant Comedy. Some say it has a hidden Buddast message. "Make yourself better every day".
2. Stripes (another Bill Murray classic)


Favorite Strange Movies:

1. Punch Drunk Love
2. Boogie Nights
3. Magnolia
4. Life Aquatic
5. I Heart Huckabees.


Favorite Suspense/Thrillers

1. Memento
2. The Game
3. Oldboy


Favorite Science Fiction Movies

1. Dune
2. Any TNG Start Trek movie.
3. Space Pirates (belongs in comedy too though I guess)


Favorite Documentaries

1. Startup.com
2. Dust to Glory



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