{"id":27311,"date":"2012-04-03T07:02:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/bang-bang-maxwells-silver-camera.html"},"modified":"2012-04-03T07:02:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T13:02:08","slug":"bang-bang-maxwells-silver-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/bang-bang-maxwells-silver-camera.html","title":{"rendered":"Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camera geeks are not unique in the tech world in their, um, enthusiasm \/ jingoism for various brands and releases and universalizing of their own experiences and trying to sound more knowledgeable and self-important than thou. Indeed, one small step away from hammers I'll bet you can find power tool geeks who are just as hair-splitting.<\/p>\n

Anyway — funny stuff. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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