ways to affect lighting in (digital) photography

my camera is a nikon d80. i've been messing around with a lot of different functions and i've compiled a list of things i have found that affect the lighting and look of a photograph:
1. iso value
2. flash, flash strength, type of flash (normal, slow, rear)
3. white balance
4. aperture
5. shutter speed
6. exposure compensation
7. distance between the camera and the subject
8. available light outside of the camera
9. subject motion speed

daw - i finally remembered this word again

Digital audio workstation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i knew that a word like this existed, but i had forgotten what it was until i saw a monome video and the guy in the video used it. wooohooo! it's great to remember somthing you've once forgotten =)

vignette - a cool word

define:vignette - Google Search
A vignette is an image that does not have a definite border around it
usually fades into a white background

how can a circumference be pi?

on the wikipedia page for pi it says "When a circle's diameter is 1, its circumference is π"
but if pi's decimal form "never ends or repeats", how can it be a circumference of a circle? a circle has a definite circumference length.

smart sms dictionary for mobile phone

i would like the sms dictionary on my cell phone to automatically add words that are written in ingoing sms that i receive. that would make things a lot better for me.

furl for bb forum

what i would like is a bulletin board forum software that, when you link to an external webpage in a thread/post, it saves the page as an attachment to the post. it sucks when you think you've found an answer to a problem you're having only to get a 404 when you click on a link linking to the supposed answer.

does this exist anyone?

crash n slide

today was the first day of ice on the road although i didn't see it until i was laying on my side and trying to hold on to my scooter =) i was turning the corner into the hydro texaco gas station and wham! suddenly i was slidding on my left side and barely holding to my bike with my right hand. luckily the bike (and myself) had no scratches, no damage whatsoever that i could see =) luckily i was only going about 5-10 km/t so it wasn't a big deal. it was just a little scary, but i think it's time to put the bike away and start riding the train... piss...