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• My First Digital was a Kodak DC20. Smallest, lightest, cheapest. Least number of features. Takes 8 sub-640x480 photos, or 16 really crap postage stamps. A wonderful camera at the time - Kodak made it and it's software so damn easy to use. A wonderful way to learn what you want in a digital camera.
• More recently I purchased a FujiFilm MX-2700. At the time it was the smallest 2.3MegaPixel camera available. It's great, the quality is superb, but I needed to buy a monopod to keep it stable enough to make it worth while, especially in low light. I've taken some wonderful fireworks photos, some of which you might still be able to find at fireworks.krisjohn.net. The only drawback is that there's no optical zoom, but later versions have fixed that. As a general digital, this family is by far the best - it's so small that you don't mind carrying it around on the off-chance that they'll be something to shoot. Highly recommended. Oh, I'm currently using it as a webcam - on and off.
• Most recently I bought a GameBoy camera, for artsy stuff, and I must say that it's the most fun I've had with digital photography in ages. I've got an extra memory cart (from datel), plus a GB Xchanger and Mad Catz cable to transfer images to my PC. I can take about 120 shots before having to return to base. Not for serious stuff, but no equal in the fun stakes.
• At work we got an old Ricoh digital free with a big colour printer/copier. It's about the same vintage as my DC20, with shots of approximately the same quality. Ricoh have made some good cameras since then, but this one shows it's age much more than my DC20.
• The latest purchase at work was a Kodak DC265. It was bought for quality, ease of use and robustness - and it's performed admirably on all counts. If you don't mind something chunky, this is my recommendation for an all-round camera, but make no mistake, it is large and heavy. Ours appears to have a few problems transferring images - it's potentially a dud in that respect - but I've got round that by using a PCMCIA adapter to transfer images, which is a recommended procedure anyway (so damn fast).
• Lasty, two of the staff have digital camera's of their own. One is an Olympus something (sorry) and the other is a Canon Pro something (sorry again). They're HUGE and they're rarely seen. Not being able to pack them inside a bag or briefcase really limits their use. That's why I recommend the small end, and why I bought an MX-2700.

I'm hosting the cp4break package on an Australian server. You can have frames or no frames. Look at the bottom of the page in the software section. You'll also find links to DeCSS/Livid, unf*ck & software to copy MP3 files off the old Rios. Feel free to link. My Geocities version of the page also contains links to the copies on the Australian server; mp3.krisjohn.net. Enjoy.

I'm hosting the cp4break package on an Australian server. You can have frames or no frames. Look at the bottom of the page in the software section. You'll also find links to DeCSS/Livid, unf*ck & software to copy MP3 files off the old Rios. Feel free to link. My Geocities version of the page also contains links to the copies on the Australian server; mp3.krisjohn.net. Enjoy.

gnap -- gnome napster client

gnome-napster -- gnome napster client

jnap -- java napster client

jnapster -- java napster client

java napster -- java napster client

crapster -- BeOS napster client

gnapster -- gnome napster client

BitchX -- IRC chat client with napster plugin

Knapster -- KDE napster client

BeNapster -- BeOS napster client

Napster for BeOS

Napster for MacOSX

gtk napster -- gtk napster client

amster -- amiga napster client

iNapster -- WWW interface to napster

BWap -- standalone console unix client based on bx-nap plugin for BitchX

These are all open source and free, and will work with Opennap servers (although most right now probably aren't coded to take advantage of the Pr0n search extensions, yet. Give it some time though.

Gnapster

gnome-napster

GTK Napster

iNapster

jNapster

Knapster

Linux Napster Client

Jnap

OpenNap

Would anyone like to throw some review of the different Napster implementations available for Linux? Or should I just run Napster over VMWare? ;)

EraseMe

While I'm doing an inane post, I'd just like to plug my Australian site with the Livid and DeCSS stuff. (It's down the bottom in the software section.)

At the bottom of this page is the set of three DVD files. Note the .au domain. Nothing in the US. Enjoy. (Please ignore the rubble, this copy was put up rather hastily.)