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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Finally getting Canon Digital Ixus 400 -- Comment()
I received notice that the ordered Canon digital camera with accessories was available at the shop. I'll get the camera today, and start experimenting. I hope the camera is as good in reality as it has been in the reviews.
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The Changing Definition Of Kilogram: "The NYTimes is reporting that the platinum-iridium standard mass for the kilogram is shedding at an appreciable rate -- at least compared to other reference masses. The Pt-Ir cylinder is kept in France, and measured annually, and the slight discrepancy is important because the kg is an SI base unit -- thus other quantities such as the Volt are based on it. A new standard is being sought -- the two frontrunners are counting the number of atoms in a perfectly spherical single crystal of silicon, and another technique uses a device known as the Watt balance." [Slashdot]
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Still looking: "It seems that in the entire three weeks that I was absent from blogging with a huge plaster cast on my right arm, American soldiers did not find any Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. This surprises even me, for I had been quite sure they'd find a nominal quantity of some chemical agent somewhere. However, no luck so far, even though US soldiers are now even raiding sheep farms, which they apparently mistook for chemical factories." [The Aardvark Speaks]
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Microsoft Prepares Alternative To Apple iTunes -- Comment()
FuzzyBlog points to Slashdot on iTunes versus the new Microsoft Music Store:
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