June 2009
13 posts
I'm loving everyone's green avatars on Twitter
karmcity: That’ll show Ahmadinejad! He’s all “I won,” and Twitter’s all, “Oh yeah? Check out these green avatars, buddy.” He’s like, “Whoa. Touche.” lols
Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 21st
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So everyone DIES at the end of the play. What the effing crap?!
Jun 20th
At the kids’ interschool play now. Wish I could tape it all.
Jun 20th
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Jun 14th
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Panasonic Lumix GH1 AVCHD video recording notes
I’ll keep this simple: this is a list of facts about recording video with the Panasonic Lumix GH1 (Japanese version) that are not immediately obvious and usually not covered by the professional reviews. Battery life is 163 minutes while recording AVCHD video (1280x720, 60p, EVF only, continuous auto-focus, Intelligent Auto Mode), with 162 minutes of total video recorded (across 3 memory...
Jun 11th
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Jun 7th
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Human dignity in the face of tragedy
I am both fascinated and awed by the honesty and dignity of the French government in handling the apparent crash of the Air France jet. President Sarkozy said from the outset that survivors were very unlikely, all the while highlighting the enormity of the tragedy and expressing his deepest sympathies. He pledged France’s best efforts in locating the wreckage and helping families cope, and...
Jun 2nd
Woes of a slightly hermetic, wholly terrible...
July 25th is the Sumida River Fireworks Festival, the biggest fireworks display in Tokyo. And I will be in Tokyo on that night with my parents. I want to just hide away on quiet streets and avoid the 100,000 other people who will be squeezing onto trains, down narrow streets, and into parks to see the show in 90-degree tropical humidity… but reality will probably see me squeezing along with...
Jun 1st
May 2009
30 posts
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WatchWatch
A pretty silly test run of using the Gorillapod to mount my GH1 to the passenger seat. Worked well, but was boring, so I sped it up 4x, added some crazy effects, and threw some music on in the background (“Missing Link” by the Hives, purposely at a really awful bitrate). iMovie 06 evidently can’t handle 16:9, so the letterboxing got insane… but I like the results.
May 31st