Nikon introduced a new SLR today. The Nikon D7000 slots between the existing D90 and D300s DSLR bodies. The following features are on the new camera:

• 16MP DX-format sensor with high ISO capabilities
• 100% coverage viewfinder
• Weather sealed, magnesium alloyed body
• Full 1080p video capability
• Twin SD card slots

It should arrive in stores at the end of October. A full hands-on preview is at dpreview.

Anthony Bourdain is coming to give a talk at Massey Hall on September 22. Tickets are $30-50.

Chef, author of Kitchen Confidential and host of The Travel Channel’s No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain, will visit Massey Hall for one night only. Bourdain will spend the evening sharing candid, and often hysterical, insights about his life’s work and travels including an open question and answer session with the audience. Following the release of his much anticipated new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Released nationally on June 8, 2010 by Ecco), Bourdain will have plenty of new stories to share for all those in attendance.

Bourdain has been dubbed “the bad boy of cuisine” for his rock star look and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking. Bourdain, the honorary Chef-At-Large at New York’s famed bistro Les Halles, is the author of the bestselling Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, a candid, hysterical, and sometimes shocking portrait of life in restaurant kitchens that has been translated into over 28 languages. His book, A Cook’s Tour, published in conjunction with his series on the Food Network, was also a bestseller in the U.S. and the U.K.

Copies of Bourdain’s new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, along with other titles from his back catalog will be available for purchase on site.

Inside Line wrote a pretty lengthy article about the newest BMW 535i.The car has been extremely popular, selling out at dealers everywhere.

In a glaring error on their part, they mentioned several times how the newest N55 engine used in the car received direct injection in this iteration. The fact is the N54, first introduced in the BMW 335i in the 2007 model year, already had direct injection. It had it when it was installed in the previous 5-series and the current 1-series. Some serious fact-checking needs to be done by the guys at Edmunds. With such a bad factual error, it puts the rest of the review in suspicion.

UPDATE:

Looks like Inside Line partially corrected the article (it still refers to DI for performance “improvements”). Here are the original offending quotes:

“Direct injection is also new to the engine and at least partially responsible for the 535i’s improved EPA fuel economy ratings, which rise from 17 city/26 highway in 2010 to 20 city/30 highway for 2011.”

“Certainly the only bit in the 2011 BMW 535i that is simpler is the engine – a new version of the 3.0-liter turbocharged mill that previously powered 1, 3 and 5 Series cars.”

The Globe and Mail ran a great article on how to lower your brokerage fees. At the end of the article they summarized some “fee traps” that can be avoided:

• Account under $50,000 to $100,000 normally pay commissions of $19 to $29. Questrade charges a minimum of $4.95 to all clients.
• Small starter RRSPs have annual admin fees of $50 to $100. Questrade, Scotia iTrade have no RRSP admin fees.
• Small, inactive non-registered accounts have inactivity fees of $80 per year Many firms have no inactivity fees, so ask.
• If you make regular monthly purchases of an ETF, Claymore ETF’s have a no fee pre-authorized cash contribution plan available at some brokers
• If you regularly reinvestment dividends, your broker can set up a free DRIP for your dividend stocks

This was just posted on the Rogers Redboard:

UPDATE (September 10, 2010, 2:33 PM): This week, inventory of iPhone 4s was more limited than previous shipments. As a result, it sold out immediately in most cases. An Apple retail location may have stock.

If there was any doubt how unique and special the new McLaren road car is, it’s dispelled in this article. There’s some amazing technology and innovation at work to make the McLaren one of the best handling cars in the world. Worth checking out at Inside Line.

Highlights include:

• computer-controlled hydraulic stablizer bar replaces a front stabilizer bar
• electric-over-hydraulic power steering betters pure electric or pure hydraulic steering systems
• brake cooling duct to direct air directing to the brakes
• z-bar to deal with the high rear downforce created by the active aerodyanamics

I’ve been using the Nike+ App on my iPhone for the past year when I go out for a run. A simple little app, it combines with a small pedometer in  your shoe that calculates how far and fast you have ran. It does have it’s drawbacks since it has to be calibrated for your specific steps.

Finally the Nike has created a new app that takes advantage of the GPS built into your iPhone. It works in the background and tracks your location while running. The downside is that this app is no longer free, but $1.99USD in the App Store.

When Windows 7 launched last year, they offered a special “Family Pack” that allowed 3 computers to share the same copy of Windows. It was only $149 USD but sold in limited quantities. This October this pack is coming back.