Mike, It's a pity that you got rid of your Pentax K-5: I have two rigs based on it: 1. Lightweight: K-5 plus 15 mm f/4 Limited, 35 mm f/2.8 Macro Limited, 70 mm f/2.4 Limited (the best lens of the bunch, and you're already on record as describing the 35 mm as an 'optical paragon'). This most closely resembles my old OM-1n kit (24 mm f/2.8 Hoya, 50 mm f/1.8 Zuiko, 105 mm f/2.5 Tamron ). This lightweight rig fits neatly in a Billingham L2 (Alice) bag, with extra AVEA pouches for filters, etc. Think of it as a time-warp system: a compact, high-quality camera, with some beautiful primes, all in a bag that wouldn't have felt out of place decades earlier (and the canvas and leather just *feel* nicer than modern polymers). Oh, and from the OM-1 system I can add the manual focus Tamron 105 mm (160 mm-e) to the bag using the Adaptall K-mount (thank you eBay). Why aren't Tamron producing Adaptall lenses any more? 2. Heavy and versatile: K-5 plus 12-24 mm f/4 DA, 16-50 mm f/2.8 DA*, and 60-250 mm f/4 DA*. This goes into a Lowepro 300 AW 'slingshot' bag, and I can stuff in things like manual Fotodiox bellows and an old enlarger lens if I want to go to high magnifications. To either of these I can add my back-up body, a Pentax K-01 which I picked up for a knock-down price after its discontinuation; same sensor as the K-5, and it takes the same lenses, but it loses the pentaprism and mirror. As you can tell, I've nailed my colours firmly to the Pentax mast. I just hope they survive, otherwise I'm in the position of a Bronica or Rollei 6008 user. Best regards, Alun

Mike, I'm in Ireland, and when I clicked on the link the page had a banner suggesting that I use their UK site: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ Could you set up your affiliate deal to work with that as well? Alun

I second the suggestions of 'Snow Crash', though 'The Diamond Age' is more sophisticated, and 'Cryptonomicon' is more of a page-turner. Avoid anything written after the latter like the plague. Stephenson needs a good editor. Urgently!