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ANOTHER RANT, ANOTHER DOLLAR

May 20, 2001, 12:40am

Manomanoman o mano.

Sometimes I really love the whole sheebang this Internet Thang really is, lemme tells ya. First, I get to play with a way cool fisheye lens thanks for an Internet only special I found for my Nikon Coolpix 990 (the shot to the right is the first example I took with the camera - a lot of possibilities, with a full 180 degree coverage!).

Next, a guy I know only through the Net is selling me a commercial grinder, valued at over $500 for a pittance. He even cleaned and tuned it up for me. This is a deal I could never have gotten locally or through my own means if the Internet didn't exist.

Yeah, there's lots of things about the Net that make me gripe. Lack of privacy protection. My mailbox filling constantly with spam mail (my oldest still-working email address gets about 40+ per day). Dot com implosions. How browsers suck and never do the same thing as other browsers. Etc. Etc.

But almost everyday, something way cool happens thanks the the Internet. A few weeks ago it was an offer to me that could potentially change my life (hint - it involves writing something). Today, it was the grinder, which is going to look absolutely smashing next to my Pasquini Livia. Woo Hoo.

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