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Deadline: Dec 10

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A buddy got his deer this weekend and I've been promised some meat (his wife won't touch the stuff).

Google has a lot of stew and roast recipes, which my wife won't touch, because it tastes like game meat.

I'm wondering if anyone has cooked game in a non-hillbilly style of cuisine, like substituting venison for lamb in a rogan josh.

Aw, shucks. I appear to have won Photo Fun Challenge 4.

Is anyone interested in another PFC soon or are we a little burnt out? There weren't as many entries this time, and some folks who have submitted really nice shots in the past didn't participate this time.

Actually, criticize my composition.

Also, I hope it's summer the next time someone makes animals the PFC topic.

I finally got out canoing/camping this weekend.

The weather was decent, the bugs were minimal, and it was alright.

Wildlife pics inside.

warning - hockey content inside

Watching the Sens/Sabres was like waking up in an alternate universe.

The Sens played tight, tough, well-organized hockey against a talented team that only sporadicly lived up to their potential.

Warning, hockey content

So it's down to the Sens vs the Sabres in the East.

You don't see many line brawls in today's pro hockey, and goalie fights are even rarer.

I don't know if I've ever seen a goalie fight twice during the same brawl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49sqgSv5SE0

I bought myself a new digital camera for Festivus, thanks to Chuckles for the recommendation.

The nice big pics from my new camera are thrashing my home network - generating thumbnails and browsing pics is slow and annoying.

Is anyone running GigE on their home network?

I'm looking to replace my old 2MP digicam. I'm a camera moron, so I can't tell snake oil from essential features. I'm told that 5MP is plenty for the amateur, so that's the range I'm looking in.

I know there are a bunch of shutterbugs here, can I start a camera flamewar?

Must haves:

• small (no SLR plz!)


• takes decent pics


• sub $300

Nice to have:

• uses AAs so I'm never stuck with a dead battery/camera


• multishot/continuous mode


• relatively low light photos (longer exposures, ISO something something, duh I'm a camera moron)