I had an idea the other day – something I’ve never heard of, but figure someone else must have thought about before me. I was watching a video blog (from National Geographic, I think) about Yellowstone National Park. I’ve been wishing for the past couple years that we had time and money to take a… Continue reading vicarious video
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the making of “Cranium”
I got an email from a long time friend of mine, Chad Johnson. He saw my note announcing the upload of my short film “Cranium”. And he had some questions about the production of the film. This film is different enough from my other stuff that I thought it was worth writing a blog article… Continue reading the making of “Cranium”
Cranium
I just finished another (very) short film. It’s now on YouTube, located here: [youtube]iAM1jcw0wjo[/youtube] Go on, watch it. It’s only 1 minute and 31 seconds long! The film is called “Cranium” and it tells the story of a horrible accident I had in France as a child. I also finished “HDTS Promo Video” today. It’s… Continue reading Cranium
gas mileage
I ran my motorcycle’s gas tank dry again yesterday, and once again the “reserve” tank didn’t seem to make any difference. I think there’s something wrong with the reserve fuel system in some way. However, I did get pay close attention to how many gallons it took to fill the tank back up and how… Continue reading gas mileage
biking to work
This past Friday (June 22, 2007), I set new record bicycle commute times in both directions! My home-to-work ride was 27:46, better than my previous best time of 29:52 (set in October 2006). My work-to-home ride was 32:51, significantly better than my previous personal best of 36:13 (also set in October 2006). I’m impressed with… Continue reading biking to work
a good weekend
I’ve had a really good weekend. Busy, but good. Friday night I picked Beth up at a party in Denver (I didn’t really want to go) and then we went out to Limon Peruvian restaurant, which I’ve been wanting to do for quite a while. I had scallops, and they were divine. I love it… Continue reading a good weekend
American Film Institute’s Top 100 Greatest American Films
Roger Ebert noted that the AFI has published a new list of the top 100 American films of all time. Here’s what Ebert has to say about the list: :: rogerebert.com :: Commentary :: AFI 100: ‘Kane’ still number one (xhtml) And here is the list, copied from his article. I’d really like to make… Continue reading American Film Institute’s Top 100 Greatest American Films
new toys
My El Cheapo camcorder (the Samsung SC-D365, with an average Amazon.com rating of 3/5) has crapped out on me. I can’t capture digital video recorded on it without losing timecode every minute or so, so whenever I try to capture a segment of video, I end up with lots of minute long segments separated by… Continue reading new toys
The Yes Men
This is the funniest prank I’ve read about in a while. I’m tempted to send these guys some money to help them keep doing what they do. Wired Science – Wired Blogs
SOBO Summerfest 2007
Here’s a photo that shows one of the many things Beth and I did Saturday: