The yellow stars on the map look like they refer to new instances (or raid zones?).

I'm a little confused though, because Blizzard discussed changing the leveling flow of the northern Eastern Kingdoms zones so that they flowed more in succession:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/08/mapscataconceptart-%288%29.jpg

So zones like Hinterlands and Western Plaguelands have only a "light overhaul", yet everything there is changing level completely? Seems more than just a light adjustment to those areas.

Of course, "light" could be relative. If changing WPL from 50+ to 35-40 is considered "light", I can't wait to see the changes they have in store for the "heavy modification" zones!

That's a lot of text to say "It's a black E-P1 with an EVF for $300 more".

Without an external mic, you're not going to get any worthwhile channel separation anyways. "Stereo" sound on most digital cameras is just for show. I think it's tough to judge the sound quality with a music overlay anyways. If you search for other sample GF1 videos, they actually have pretty good sound quality.

There are a number of trade-offs where these products differ:

- Sigma DP1/DP2 are smaller (more noticeable if you have actually held vs looking at pictures online)
- Sigma DP1/DP2 are less expensive
- Sigma DP1/DP2 have Foveon X3 sensor

It's not so simple to say "image quality is just as good", because there are certainly instances where the Foveon sensor has been shown to outperform a 12MP Bayer sensor and vice-versa. People typically love Foveon for the color resolution and dynamic range. Foveon images make great B&W photos (the "grain" at high ISO can be very film-like).

Certainly the EP-1 or GF1 have a lot of advantages as well; the foremost being interchangeable lenses, high ISO color, MUCH faster auto-focus and camera use, and 720p video.

The point is that there ARE good reasons to choose a Sigma over m43.

@WindowsFTW

That is what I had heard prior to switching from Verizon to Sprint. But in my home apartment I get lousy reception now on Sprint (frequent dropped calls, sometimes no signal), whereas I never had a problem on Verizon. Now it could just be the switch to a different phone, but I think that assuming Sprint reception is equivalent to Verizon is wrong.

Not that I've had a terrible experience with Sprint's reception. Besides the weak signal at home, I noticed much difference.

I love my Pre too. =)

ex485 next please...

I wonder if Google would be able to track this similar to how they track flu trends:

http://www.google.org/flutrends/

At least it would be interesting to see.

I'll go for that.

I always thought that small portable devices would be the first viable consumer application of 3D screens (non-glasses type). Things like cell phones and portable gaming systems are usually only viewed straight-on, and by a single person, eliminating the difficulty that these early screens have of only giving their 3D effect in a small range. I imagine that cell phones may be a way off, but a new Nintendo DS successor or a PSP2 would be an excellent application of the technology.

Usually I'm the one that ends up bloody...