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A Weekly Column By Mike Johnston
Any idea where the term‚ scuttlebutt came from? The scuttle of the water-butt was the place on tall ships where ordinary sailors got their drinking water. Standing around the scuttle was about the only place on board ship where sailors could talk without any danger of being overheard by their officers‚ in other words, where they could say what they really thought. It was sort of an ancient precursor of standing around the water cooler. * As some of you know, I write a monthly column (and, in a month or two, one longer article as well) for Britain'sBlack & White Photographymagazine, my current favorite of the print magazines. As I write this, myB&WPeditor and e-friend Ailsa McWhinnie is cruising down the Thames River, guzzling champagne and snarfling canapes. She's likely also to get a good dinner out of the deal.
What's the occasion? Why, Canon is introducing the‚ digital Rebel, of course‚ the 300D.
Canon states (somewhere) that the 30...

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