Domke F804 Review

Domke F804 review

Sep 30, 2007 by Steveproduct

Domke F804

4 out of 5 stars

I was looking for a bag that would hold my Canon Digital Rebel XT (with lens attached), external flash, as well as some filters at the very least, but I also wanted to carry my laptop as well. The Domke F804 Super Satchel met my needs and I am happy with it.

I purchased an FA-210 Insert to hold my camera and lens. My Apple Powerbook G4 (15" monitor) fits nicely in there. When I did not carry an external flash and filters, I've placed a couple of books and even my small carrying case for my camcorder with no problem. The F804 also has two external pockets with Velcro closings that can fit more stuff and an external slide in pocket that I have placed airplane tickets and schedules in - just be careful to check that you're not putting your hand into the bottomless "pocket" or else your stuff will fall to the ground. The bag fit nicely under the seats on the Southwest and US Airways planes I took the F804 on and imagine there would be no problem on other airlines. I'll definitely find that out when I take the F804 with me to Scotland.

With everything in there, the F804 can get heavy, but the shoulder strap has some rubber "threads" that make it harder for the strap to slip off of a shoulder. The F804 also contains the standard metal hooks that can be a real pain to open, but it just makes it that much harder for someone to open the bag to steal anything.

Sans serif fonts in Firefox

By default, Firefox uses a serif type font for HTML pages where a page does not declare a font to use. Sans serif fonts are much easier to read on the screen whereas serif fonts are better for printed material. To change the default font Firefox uses, go to Preferences (which can appear under Tools in Windows, Edit in Linux, and I believe Firefox in OS X) and select the Content tab. Change the default font to a sans serif font such as Arial and make those same changes under the Advanced button.

Thunderbird also uses serif fonts by default, including for any e-mail you may send someone. Change the default font to sans serif in the Preferences area of Thunderbird under the Display section, Formatting tab, and select the Fonts button.

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Do you know about the National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW)? If not, check them out. They're a great resource for local government webmasters and have a great annual conference.

k3b CD burning issue

I've come across an issue where k3b does not see a blank CD-R that I've put in my CD/DVD burner drive. It would just keep repeating that I need to put media into the drive.

I found and translated some French and Italian posts that gave me an idea of what was going on, but I could not repeat the steps they were doing to fix the issue.

I first tried updating k3b to the latest masked package in Gentoo, but it still had the problem. I looked over the change logs for the previous versions that cdrkit compatibility did not come about until version 1, though it did not make a difference to me.

I went back to the stable version of k3b and replaced cdrkit with cdrtools, which I've heard is having some issues in Gentoo. I still got complaints about no media being in the drive, but when I forced it this time. it eventually went about burning a CD. It's not perfect, but at least it is functional. I was worried that there was something wrong with my drive, even though it read burned CDs and DVDs just fine.

A comedic look at role playing

While playing a Lord of the Rings campaign - DM of the Rings. Plenty of good laughs and plenty of truth and insight into the real world of role playing.