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Photography and Design3 Comments

Santa Claus Came Too Early And Brought Me A Nikon 50mm 1.8G

Dennis

Yeah, Santa Claus came a bit too early this year. No, let me be serious now, I actually made a present to myself. As I mentioned in this post, I tried to get a used Nikon 50mm 1.8G lens for 120€. Yes, this mission is complete, the post was written three weeks ago, that means it took me three weeks to find the lens and to convince sellers to let me purchase it for this price. Now that I followed the lens for several weeks, I can tell you that the average German market price (used) for the lens is … Continue reading Santa Claus Came Too Early And Brought Me A Nikon 50mm 1.8G

This and That5 Comments

I Did Order Birthday Gifts Online For My Mother

Dennis

I had still some money left over on my PayPal account and my mother will celebrate birthday on June 12. I am usually not so creative when it comes to birthday gifts but I know that my mother likes different kind of perfumes and I also know what kind of perfumes. I opened the Douglas website and found out that they allow to check out with PayPal. I did put four different perfumes in the shopping basket. The eau de toilette called Maroussia by Slava Zaitsev, the eau de parfum called Miro Soleil, Thierry Mugler Angel and Jil Sander Sun. … Continue reading I Did Order Birthday Gifts Online For My Mother

Technology, This and That2 Comments

I got 4 additional GB of RAM for free…

Dennis

Great if you can get things for free. I had already 2 x 4 GB of RAM in my system. That means I had 8 GB running in Dual Channel Mode already. But the husband of my mother got 2 x 2 GB and he did forget that he has still a DDR2 and not a DDR3 motherboard. That means the RAM did not fit in his system. He thought I would maybe have a motherboard with DDR3 interface and he is right. I got his 4 GB. He did get them for free from a friend or so but … Continue reading I got 4 additional GB of RAM for free…

Games, Technology, This and That1 Comment

The Game Europa Universalis III: Chronicles for Free

Dennis

Paradox Interactive celebrates the reached number of 500.000 forum member. It´s a half-million of forum fans and looks like some got a little present now, but I would say it is not such a little but rather a big present. Do you know any game company who did send out popular free games? I can´t remember any but Paradox Interactive is gifting some of their members a free serial code of the complete package Europa Universalis III: Chronicles, which can be activated and downloaded on steam. Apart from the fact that Paradox Interactive creates the greatest games, they now get … Continue reading The Game Europa Universalis III: Chronicles for Free