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    Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality

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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    09/15/09

    In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
    I noticed you had to stick it to the side of the fridge. Why are so many fridges these days non-magnetic? Not just the stainless, but also the black and whites. Only the sides are receptive to magnets. Think about the children!!
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    Image of someToast someToast
    09/15/09

    In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
    That looks to be the identical size of their small version for point-and-shoots.

    (Which I have, and can't hold up my DLSR at all. Makes a decent iPhone holder for movies on planes, though.)
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    Mark Wilson promoted this comment someToast was starred someToast was unstarred
    Image of jcraig jcraig
    09/15/09

    @someToast: Really? that's odd. It seems like the small version for point and shoots would be able to hold a DSLR plus some. Thanks for the heads up.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    09/15/09

    @someToast: Yes, I believe you're correct.
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    Image of someToast someToast
    09/15/09

    @jcraig: I got it as a gift when all I had was the P&S.

    I haven't tried it with my Canon XTi and a 50mm lens, but the kit lens is enough to tip it over.
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    Image of farcedude farcedude
    09/15/09

    In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
    Having worked on airplane engines, and being interested in auto engines (now that I know how much it costs to pay someone else to fix one), I think this is the best thing ever. Even if there's nothing magnetic under the hood that's big enough to stick it to (yeah, right), there's still the three legs that you can wrap around whatever you need to.
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    Image of Yeebles Yeebles
    09/15/09

    In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
    A friend was stopped at customs and he raised a few eyebrows as the officials thought his Gorillapod was some sorta sex toy.
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    Lite: Wolverines! promoted this comment Yeebles was starred Yeebles was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    09/15/09

    @Yeebles: I've found the phrase, "Gosh, if I'd known you were going to be handling that I'd have washed it." to be a good way to get customs people to stop fondling anything sex-toy related.
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    Image of farcedude farcedude
    09/15/09

    @Lite: Wolverines!: Hearted, for that.
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    Image of Skid-Vicious Skid-Vicious
    08/19/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Next photoshop contest should be: Paste the squirrel into calssic images.
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    Margatron promoted this comment Skid-Vicious was starred Skid-Vicious was unstarred
    Image of Margatron Margatron
    08/19/09

    @Skid-Vicious: YES! I totally second this motion. Let's squirrel-crash other famous photos.
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    Image of archercc archercc
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    does she allow him to speak?
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    Image of Tofuonophd Tofuonophd
    08/18/09

    @archercc: Also notice that the picture says in the bottom left "Photograph by Melissa Brandts" when clearly it's the husband pressing the remote! That poor poor man.
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    Image of Skid-Vicious Skid-Vicious
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel

    Damn it's everywhere.
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    Image of Skid-Vicious Skid-Vicious
    08/18/09

    BTW, I got to say that the original is real because it's to damn difficult to copy the whiskers.
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    Margatron promoted this comment Skid-Vicious was starred Skid-Vicious was unstarred
    Image of Margatron Margatron
    08/19/09

    @Skid-Vicious: With the right software and tricks, you could probably key out the water and get pretty close to keeping most of the whiskers, but yeah, this pic is definitely real.

    EDIT: I mean the one in the article is real, unless there's some sort of squirrel conspiracy going on in Washington.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    I've had a Gorillapod for a couple of years. In keeping with my long-standing rule that if a product works as advertised, I'll recommend it, I do like the Gorillapod.

    It's posable, grips onto a helluva lot of vertical surfaces, is inexpensive, and perfectly complements any amateur photographer's arsenal of gear.

    Back in Christmas of 2007, I was able to videotape one of my (then) girlfriend's family's holiday hootenanny - basically, a bunch of folk musicians jamming for hours. I was shooting with a consumer-grade camcorder and clamped the Gorillapod onto a doorframe; it held until I took it off.

    The Gorillapod will grip onto tree branches, railings, signposts, bookcases - basically anything you can wrap the legs around. The build-quality is pretty solid. You can feasibly use a dSLR on it, but the basic model is more geared towards point-and-shoots.

    If you can part with $40, you should buy one.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    That is an awesome picture. And this story gives me a nice happy feeling.
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    Image of Experiment626 Experiment626
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Don't they realize that squirrels are evil??
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment Experiment626 was starred Experiment626 was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09


    @Experiment626: Always 2, there are: Master... and Apprentice.
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    Image of Avizzv92 Avizzv92
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Why is this on national news?
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    Image of Steve Steve
    08/18/09

    @Avizzv92: I would rather see news about squirrels than more bullshit about Michael Jackson or Sarah Palin.
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    Sir Gibler promoted this comment Steve was starred Steve was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/18/09

    @Steve: bingo
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    Image of DUOPHONIX.com DUOPHONIX.com
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Ive never used or found a camera that will autofocus after a timer has been activated or focus remotely via a wireless remote (which I cannot see in their hands anyway)

    I say fake. Also, why arent they in the centre of the shot? Im not buying it at all.
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    m4ximusprim3 promoted this comment DUOPHONIX.com was starred DUOPHONIX.com was unstarred
    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/18/09

    @DUOPHONIX.com: Fine, I'll bite.

    1) In one of the photos, they're obviously holding a remote. Most DSLR's have a 2 sec delay so you can hide it anyway.

    2) My XTI focuses before every shot when using the remote. It's common to just about every DSLR.

    3) Composition. They wanted the lake.

    4) Stop being a contrarian. It's annoying.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @m4ximusprim3: 4-a) nun-uh!
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    Image of sqeakytoy of the apocalypse sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
    08/18/09

    @DUOPHONIX.com: here's a google exercise for you... try looking up "rule of thirds"
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment sqeakytoy of the apocalypse was starred sqeakytoy of the apocalypse was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: if that's anything like the "rule of turds", no thank you. Not now, NOT AFTER LAST TIME!!!
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    DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was starred DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was unstarred
    Image of sqeakytoy of the apocalypse sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
    08/18/09

    @DeusExMach believes you have his stapler: It was relevant, I stand by it.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    man, that guy is always squirrelin' his way into pictures. he is a freakin' nut. i wish he would make like a tree and leave.

    and what boris and natasha, there, don't realize is that moose is sneakin' up behind them.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @Nick: I love Nick: FAAACKEEN MOOOOOOOSE!
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    Image of Duke Duke
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Also, Lake Minnewanka?
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment Duke was starred Duke was unstarred
    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    08/18/09

    @Duke: I'm going.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    08/18/09

    @Duke: Better than going to Megadouche Beach. The water there is way too salty.
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment Edited by met2art at 08/18/09 6:37 PM met2art was starred met2art was unstarred
    Image of Duke Duke
    08/18/09

    @Jesus Diaz: I hear they have good "package" deals
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @met2art: well, what do you expect from vacationing on the Red Sea?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    08/18/09

    In reply to The Story of the Hilarious Photo Crasher Squirrel
    Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you dont.
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