I’ve been happily shooting with a Canon EOS 7D for over a week now. I have nothing but good things to say about this camera and I am more than happy about the choice I made in the end over the Canon 5D Mark II.

DPReview seems to agree with me in this respect and says that the 7D is in some ways better than the 5D Mark II (obvious difference between the two being that the 5D has a full-frame sensor). Their 31-page review is impressive (I mean…it’s 31 pages long) and gives anybody hoping to learn more about the Canon 7D a complete view of the camera inside and out.

The EOS 7D is powered by Dual Digic 4 processors and it shows. The camera’s overall performance is nothing short of impressive, especially in this segment of the market. The two processors are pushing the huge 18 megapixel files through the imaging and processing pipeline in an extremely swift manner. Instead of asking if this camera is fast enough for you, you should probably be slightly concerned if you are fast enough for the 7D.

The DPReview emphasizes that image quality for a camera like this is directly related to the glass that you’re using, so they highly discourage the use of the kit lenses if you’re shooting for the utmost image quality and sharpness. But assuming that you’ve got good lenses, this camera is definitely a great choice if you’re looking for a new SLR. I endorse it, and apparently, so does DPReview.

The New York Times has graphed out the jobless rate for men and women of different races to better understand how the recession has affected each group. If you ever need to emphasize the importance of a college-degree eduation to somebody, this graph is a good way to do it.

This video is pretty damn funny. Hopefully she’s alright. [via]

Check out this MS-DOS pillow from Art Lebedev. Price: $27 USD. Meh.

STRALA is the company behind the Bartok, a concrete table complete with bent iron rods for an authentic piece-of-rubble-in-your-dining-room look. [via]

I have no idea how much it costs, but I can pretty much bet that it costs way more than it looks.

I guess my sister knows that I work for a wedding photographer, so she sent me a link to Wedinator to make sure that I always speak up if my boss goes to photograph a wedding like any of these.

MacHeist is celebrating the holidays early with this great deal on their bundle of apps! For a very limited time only, all of their apps are FREE of charge.

With their app bundle, you get access to ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterrific, TinyGrab, Hordes of Orcs, and Mariner Write — all for just filling out a simple registration form.

It’s been available as a layer on Google Maps for BlackBerry devices for a while, but it looks like Google formally announced the MTA NYC Subway transit layer for the standard version of Google Maps. Rather than simply showing the station stops like Google Maps has been doing, the new layer actually shows you how each line travels from point to point.

Looks like there will soon be no use for this digital version of the official MTA NYC Subway map.

Believe it or not, this is an actual page screenshot of an actual photo on sale at iStockphoto.

The name of the image has since been changed, so if you don’t believe me, then look at the URL of the page which still shows “fuck you men” in the string. [via]

Some people find the funniest ways to slip through the cracks.

Designer Liron Tzanhany is the creative mind behind the INU YOCHI Dog Pod, a pit-like bed for dogs and animals who like to sleep on top of a ruffled mess.

Joey, this one’s for you!