Home from Antigua ("pics":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/?folder=20041016_antigua), with a small writeup coming soon. Throwing myself fully into work this week; relishing being back in comfortable and familiar environs.

While on the trip, right towards the end my camera started acting flaky... fresh batteries would act like they were nearly flat, and it would only work maybe one time out of 10. I thought maybe it really was something with the batteries, so when I got home I charged them up, slapped them back in, and got more of the same. So, a call to Olympus tech support last night to find out an estimate for repair, and they tell me $180, not including the shipping to get it to their repair facility. Have they seen digital camera prices lately? Totally not worth it to fix a slightly-outdated camera anyway, so it was time to scour the reviews. I was pretty impressed with the "S500":http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s500.html that I just purchased for "Paul and April's wedding":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001242/ gift, but I didn't need/want to spend that much on myself, so I settled on the "A95":http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/a95.html. "$300 shipped":http://www.butterflyphoto.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=A95, and I should have it in time for the little post-wedding Tucson Halloween reception next weekend.