Google Denial

Some people seem to be in denial about Google's performance - I actually saw articles calling Google "recession proof" despite significant 68% less profit?? How does having its first declining quarter equal "strong"? Absolutely ridiculous. And oh yeah, just ignore that billion dollar writedown, that's just numbers, they don't mean anything. PEOPLE ARE HIGH ON CRACK.

You want to see recession proof? Look at Apple.

New Toys

I decided to splurge the other day and reward myself for going debt-free, making $80 on half.com last month, and generally achieving my near term goals - so I purchased this camera:

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50

and I expect to receive its companion GPS unit Saturday or Monday. I'm very excited to get started using it - the features I'm particularly excited about:

- 9M pixel
- low-light enabled
- full HD 1080 resolution video recording
- 15x optical Carl Zeiss lens
- Super steadiness
- Geotagging

I can't tell you how many times I got caught in bad lighting situations with my Lumix; I never liked its video recording capabilities, and blurriness from not being able to keep it perfectly steady was common. And while I took a hard look at the latest Panasonics, they utterly lacked GPS in their models, and that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm really super eager to start using the new iPhoto with it as well, to geotag all my pictures and what not.

The cyber-shot really is a strong competitor with the similar line of Lumix mid-size models. I'll probably be posting complaints and downsides for the thing soon enough, so stay tuned for those; the one immediate thing that bugs me though is the Memory Stick DUO, I hate having to use their proprietary memory card.

Happy Pie Day

(Okay, I'm post happy today, sue me)

Today is Pie Day, as brought to you by the National Pie Council (YES, it is true, there is such a thing).

Tonight I will be attending Huffpost food blogger Lisa Lacy's Pie Party in the Village. I am certain it will be unforgettably pie-licious.