One thing I am worried about, though, is letting kapgar.com become the next Daddy Blog. Not that I have anything against daddy or mommy bloggers in any way, shape, or form. I just know that many of you who read this blog have come to expect an amalgam of mental drivel, a train wreck of posts, a conglomeration of not-at-all-affiliated crap.

Who am I to disappoint you?

So what I propose is that, when I do a parental or daddy styled post, I will make sure to have a TUA that is completely off the beaten path. Okay? That way, you will all hopefully have something to read.

Don't get me wrong, the little dude or dudette isn't even here yet and I'm proud as can be, but I also don't want you to pop by, see a daddy post, and immediately leave if that's not your thing. I do want to keep you all entertained. Of course I say that as if I was ever entertaining at all.

Dream big, Kevin.

I'm kinda disappointed right now.

I found an Apple Store giftcard laying around that I completely forgot about. I got a little excited because I was hoping to go out and buy an iPad Camera Connection Kit so I could hook up my D-SLR and import photos to my iPad so I have them backed up to the cloud and upload to Flickr without having to use a laptop or desktop computer.

I knew beforehand that the two adapters that come in the kit were either USB or for SD memory cards. Since my camera uses CompactFlash, I figured the USB adapter would work great.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that my D-SLR does not have a mini USB out on it (I SWORE it did; to the point that I'm almost certain I've plugged my camera into a computer directly via cable instead of always using a reader). Imagine my further surprise when I hooked my card reader to the USB adapter and got an error message saying that the attached device requires too much power to function on the dock connection.

What the bloody what???

Any ideas how to deal with this? And don't say, "buy a new camera." All things considered, that ain't gonna happen. I love my Sony A350 and have no plans to replace it even if most newer cameras all tend to use SD cards.

Is there such a thing as a powered USB card reader for CompactFlash?

Photonuts... help me!!!

Okay, I'm going to return to watching Haywire now. I'm over halfway through and far less than enthused. Although I will admit that, as a former UFC star, Gina Carano is great at kicking butt and making it look good while doing it. Plus, I'm too invested right now to quit watching.

Why does that crap happen to me?

UPDATE: It appears I do have a mini-B 8-pin USB (flat) out on my camera, but I don't own mini-B cables at all. I mean, who really owns one of those cables? Has anybody ever had a need for one until me at this very moment?

Ah, yet another thing to buy.

Technology, you are a fickle bitch.

UPDATE 2: I just realized this was supposed to be a Snippet Wednesday, wasn't it? Crap.