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Montana a no-show at Super Bowl MVP Spotlight

Three-time Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana was one of just a few no-show’s at the Super Bowl MVP spotlight that was held before Super Bowl XL. According to this report in the San Francisco Chronicle, Joe was holding out for $100K. Bad move Joe. You just lost well over $100K in future endorsements if this is true.

2/7/2005 Update:

Joe Montana maintains that he missed the MVP event due to family obligations. More here.

2/9/2005 Update:

This didn’t occur to me: Tim Kawakami at Bay Area Sports thinks Joe’s no-show has something to do with Joe’s long standing rivalry with Steve Young. This story seems to be picking up steam as the week goes on. More discussion about Joe over at SFist.

Filed under: Super Bowl XL, Super Bowl MVP, San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana

Mavericks Surf Contest is happening on Feb 7

The Mavericks Surf Contest will be happening tomorrow. If you can’t make it down to Half Moon Bay, you can watch the event live from your computer.

San Francisco Map – Then & Now

Notice how different the waterfront was back in 1849. Market Street runs into the water at 1st Street. The Embarcadero and the Ferry Building (built in 1898) didn’t exist yet.

Click here to see full-sized image.

Web 2.0 Innovation Map

I came across this cool Web 2.0 Innovation Map on Google Maps Mania. Zoom into your part of the country to find Web 2.0 sites/services in your area. A couple of weeks ago, I created something similar to this on a much, much smaller scale (SF Bay Area only) on Wayfaring.

Nikon D70 dust spot rant

I’m feeling the need to rant about the Nikon Service department. A couple of months ago, I encountered the dreaded dust spot issue on my Nikon D70. I decided to send the camera in to Nikon Service for a sensor cleaning because I wasn’t comfortable with doing this myself. Fifty dollars (this is not covered under the warranty) and 6 weeks later I get the camera back. I take some test photos… and discover that the dust spot problem just got worse!!! Are there any other Nikon owners out there who have had a similar problem with Nikon Service??? And for those of you who are digital SLR users who change lenses from time to time, have you ever experienced the dust spot issue?>> discussion thread on Flickr

2/1/05 Update:

I spoke with Nikon about this and they were very responsive. They sent me a UPS shipping label and they will re-do the cleaning for free. I’m still not happy with the results of the initial cleaning but at least they are making good on this. In the future I’m going to try out the do-it-yourself approach using the cleaning kit that was mentioned in the Flickr thread.

Technorati tags: Digital SLR, Nikon D70, Nikon