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		<title>Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch Tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Tablet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do I want a tablet? All for the Photoshop/Illustrator work. And let me tell you, it&#8217;s a lot easier to retouch a photo with a tablet than with a mouse. Some may disagree with that, but I know the difference now and for me it&#8217;s better to have a graphic tablet.

As I ordered the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do I want a tablet? All for the Photoshop/Illustrator work. And let me tell you, it&#8217;s a lot easier to retouch a photo with a tablet than with a mouse. Some may disagree with that, but I know the difference now and for me it&#8217;s better to have a graphic tablet.</p>
<p><a title="Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch by Mona Alexandra Hirsch, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4216445222/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/4216445222_7d0c64b5af.jpg" alt="Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>As I ordered the 27&#8243; iMac, Unimall offered a cheap Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch Tablet &#8211; that AND the special discount you get if you&#8217;re a student/techer/etc is the ultimate argument to buy via Unimall.</p>
<p>Unimall will redirect you to the original online Apple store and you can buy the product you want, but with the discount from Unimall.</p>
<p>So, yay for me! I wanted a new Tablet anyway and if I can get it cheap, hey why not?</p>
<p>Now to the review of the Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch.</p>
<p><a title="Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch by Mona Alexandra Hirsch, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4216495046/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4216495046_6183909057.jpg" alt="Wacom Bamboo Pen&amp;Touch" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>The pen feels good in the hand and works so smoothly &#8211; but I haven&#8217;t thought otherwise from Wacom. You get an extra PreferencesPane where you can adjust lots of different things like speed, the buttons and how the tablet width/height shall adjust to the screen.</p>
<p>The touch feature is really nice and a lot of fun. It requires some practice &#8211; especially if you&#8217;re used to the MacBook/MacBookPro touchpad.</p>
<p>I have yet to really work on a project with it, but I&#8217;m on holidays now and have a lot of cleaning/home improvement to do ;)</p>
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		<title>Harman/Kardon Soundsticks II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently bought the Harman/Kardon Soundsticks II via Amazon. I searched some speakers for a while now and really wanted some that fit the design from my iMac.
I&#8217;m very pleased with the sound quality. I worried a little after I&#8217;ve read some bad comments on Amazon and various forums, but I&#8217;m more than pleased with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently bought the Harman/Kardon Soundsticks II via Amazon. I searched some speakers for a while now and really wanted some that fit the design from my iMac.<br />
I&#8217;m very pleased with the sound quality. I worried a little after I&#8217;ve read some bad comments on Amazon and various forums, but I&#8217;m more than pleased with them.</p>
<p><a title="Harman/Kardon Soundstick II by Mona Alexandra Hirsch, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4181176676/"><img style="margin: 0 25px 0 60px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/4181176676_f137a89a9c_m.jpg" alt="Harman/Kardon Soundstick II" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a title="Harman/Kardon Soundstick II &amp; Shiny Bender by Mona Alexandra Hirsch, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4181176368/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/4181176368_faf663ed3f_m.jpg" alt="Harman/Kardon Soundstick II &amp; Shiny Bender" width="159" height="240" /></a></p>
<p>I also bought this shiny Bender figure! I like futurama and the alu Bender just fits perfectly to the Harman/Kardon speaker ;)</p>
<p><a title="Bender likes what he sees by Mona Alexandra Hirsch, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4181219538/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/4181219538_1bb9cff4b5.jpg" alt="Bender likes what he sees" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
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		<title>All for my MacBookPro</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mStand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I sold my Macbook I soon realised, that my old sleeve for 13&#8243; wouldn&#8217;t fit on the larger MacBookPro 15&#8243; :P
So I looked around for a new sleeve and it was very hard to find something to my liking. But finally Amazon had a interesting cool sleeve: 10turio Gajus Sleeve 12 for 15,4&#8243; Notebooks.
 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I sold my Macbook I soon realised, that my old sleeve for 13&#8243; wouldn&#8217;t fit on the larger MacBookPro 15&#8243; :P<br />
So I looked around for a new sleeve and it was very hard to find something to my liking. But finally Amazon had a interesting cool sleeve: <strong>10turio Gajus Sleeve 12 for 15,4&#8243; Notebooks</strong>.</p>
<p><a title="New green notebook sleeve von Mona Alexandra Hirsch bei Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4112639080/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4112639080_d0a60e41ec_m.jpg" alt="New green notebook sleeve" width="240" height="159" /></a> <a title="New green notebook sleeve von Mona Alexandra Hirsch bei Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4111872435/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4111872435_a3189ea1f9_m.jpg" alt="New green notebook sleeve" width="240" height="159" /></a></p>
<p>I also decided to buy a new bag to fit the MacBookPro and all my school stuff plus food. The <strong>Lässig LEB118G &#8211; Classic Easy Bag</strong> in berry. I love this two colors!<br />
And it has so many useful pockets and storage possibilities. The bag is of course water resistant and you can adjust the shoulder strap.</p>
<p><a title="New green notebook sleeve and bag von Mona Alexandra Hirsch bei Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4111873049/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/4111873049_00c3b4d4ae.jpg" alt="New green notebook sleeve and bag" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>And finally, the <strong>mStand</strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.raindesigninc.com/" target="_blank">RainDesign</a></strong>!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s so elegant and matches the design of the iMac perfectly. I was sceptical at first because of the price &#8211; there are a lot of cheaper products out there &#8211; but it&#8217;s really worth the money. It keeps my MacBookPro cool because it&#8217;s made of aluminium. It also has little rubber-thingies on the top to make sure that your laptop won&#8217;t be scratched.</p>
<p><a title="mStand von Mona Alexandra Hirsch bei Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaalexandra/4112640778/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4112640778_3a54d5e65f.jpg" alt="mStand" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>I would recommend the <strong>mStand</strong> to everyone, especially if you have an iMac.</p>
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		<title>Your Social Network</title>
		<link>http://www.monaddicted.com/?p=53</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, well. By now almost everyone has more than just one social networking service. And I just recentyl discovered a new one, gdgt &#8211; a site about your gadgets, you can add the gadgets you had/have/want to.
So, I looked for a service where I can see all my social networks and a way to display [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, well. By now almost everyone has more than just <strong>one </strong>social networking service. And I just recentyl discovered a new one, <a href="http://gdgt.com/" target="_blank">gdgt</a> &#8211; a site about your gadgets, you can add the gadgets you had/have/want to.</p>
<p>So, I looked for a service where I can see all my social networks and a way to display them on websites. And there really is a very cool service out there: <strong><a href="http://www.dandyid.org/" target="_blank">dandyID</a></strong>!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/11/Bild-1.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g53]"><img class="size-full wp-image-54" title="dandyID" src="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/11/Bild-1.jpg" alt="dandyID Homesite Image" width="500" height="285" /></a></p>
<p>They have currently over 150 services available and you can send them a new service to add to their list. Here is a <a href="http://www.dandyid.org/beta/faq" target="_blank">list</a> of services DandyID supports.</p>
<p>DandyID offers cool sharing services, like generating an eMail footer for you, many widgets you can use on every site or third-party plugins Wordpress, Blogger, Firefox, Facebook and Squidoo.</p>
<p>Of course you can add other DandyID users and see if they share some of your networks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/11/Bild-2.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g53]"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-61" title="dandyIDProfile" src="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/11/Bild-2.jpg" alt="dandyIDProfile" width="500" height="173" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dandyid.org/id/mona" target="_blank">Don&#8217;t forget to stop by</a> if you&#8217;re a DandyID user now ;)</p>
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		<title>Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought the Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro lens a few weeks ago and I have to say, it is a damn good lens. It&#8217;s really worth the money.
I was a little sceptic at first, because I read a lot of problems and critic posts about Sigma lenses, but I&#8217;m it turned out that my fear [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I bought the Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro lens a few weeks ago and I have to say, it is a damn good lens. It&#8217;s really worth the money.</p>
<p>I was a little sceptic at first, because I read a lot of problems and critic posts about Sigma lenses, but I&#8217;m it turned out that my fear was unnecessary. I would reccomend this lens to everyone, everytime. So if you&#8217;re searching for a very good, but not too expensiv Macro lens, I say: Go and get the Sigma 105mm! (Remember, you <strong>must</strong> use a tripod for macro shots. It&#8217;s so difficult to do it without it.)</p>
<p>Here are some sample shots:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/10/preview.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g45]"><img class="size-full wp-image-47" title="Preview of Macros" src="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/10/preview.jpg" alt="macro" width="500" height="371" /></a></p>
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		<title>The Homers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw these pair of Homers, I mean slippers, while shopping today. I just couldn&#8217;t resist buying them. I love The Simpsons!

And yes, this is my first post on my new Blog.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw these pair of Homers, I mean slippers, while shopping today. I just couldn&#8217;t resist buying them. I love <a href="http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.html" target="_blank">The Simpsons</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/10/DSC_0005.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1]"><img title="Homer slippers" src="http://www.monaddicted.com/wp-content/2009/10/DSC_0005.jpg" alt="Homer slippers" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>And yes, this is my first post on my new Blog.</p>
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