Eric,

What sort of digital camera would you recommend buying? I’m looking for a point and shoot camera in the $200-500 price range. It will be my first digital camera, and I plan to use it on trips.

Thanks in advance.

Brian

Brian: http://dpreview.com , http://steves-digicams.com , and then, http://bhphoto.com

the many faces of chester are awesome.

Eric,

What sort of underwear would you recommend buying? I’m looking for something… you know… ROOMY, in the $10-15 range. Something that doesn’t bunch up in the crack, you know. I plan to use them while laying around my apartment reading dpreview, and on trips.

Thanks in advance.

Okay, thanks. Only mildly mortifying. Heavens to Betsy — me and hand signs is like morons and dead horses. Please tell me that those were all taken within the space of a minute or so and that I wasn’t screaming “Rock On!…ROCK ON!” for the duration of the night.

What sort of hand-sign pose would you recommend? I’m looking for something in between “Westside!” and “Japanese Schoolgirl Peace Sign.” I would like to look cool, as I will be using it in photos.

TIA, and Rock On,

Chester

I vote for the 2-handed, Japanese Westside Schoolgirl Peace sign. 2-handed.

Could be problematic, though, as you’d need 5 hands total: one for a cigarette, one for a drink, one for a hand of cards, and two for the new sign.

No sweat: I quit smoking [1], can stash my hooch in a Camelback, and don’t play much poker [2]. Two hands shall suffice. Problem solved.

[1] Saturday night was a “well, crap, I just got back from a business bender in Vegas” exception thing.
[2] Saturday night was a “well, crap, I lost my ass at blackjack while in Vegas because I don’t really like playing poker all that much but really should consider it as my burn rate is much slower at poker and, hell, it’s Cindy’s birthday and Mike and Molly are here and why not be an idiot buffoon for Eric’s camera?” sort of exception thing.

Thanks Eric.