I finally scratched my long standing itch about wanting to buy a digital camera. Thats a supposedly funny way of saying I bought a digital camera. The final choice was between Canon S500 and Sony DSC-W1. I heard good things about both. Sony's is a little larger, but its LCD display is full one inch bigger. Canon's comes with proprietary batteries while Sony's works with standard AAA cells. Sony's costs about $50 less than Canon. But Canon's storage is (more) standard Compact Flash whereas Sony's storage is their Memory Stick. I checked the prices and Memory Stick costs almost twice as Compact Flash. Also among my friends circle, I knew at least 3 owning a Canon (2 of them have S400 and one has S500) and all of them seemed happy with it. I knew no one having a Sony digital camera. I think its the Memory Stick thing that puts most people off. Anyway, I bought the Canon S500 from Amazon. Here is a mugshot of me shot in front of a mirror. You can see how small the camera is. I like its metallic body, gives a sturdy feeling in hand.


My new Camera 


I watched Ocean's Twelve on its first day of release. Read this review. I agree with everything it says. You would too, if you waste $10 to watch the movie.