It felt really good to tie up loose ends at work and turn on my vacation auto-reply for my work email. That's a whole set of neural pathways that can just go dark for a while. Work: the end. (for now ( Read more... )

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Holy crap they're finally releasing The State on DVD. I thought this day would never come. I only found that out because these photos reminded me of the sideways house sketch and then... well you know how the internet is.

What's on my mind:

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Gorillapod testing result: HUGE SUCCESS


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Getting more and more items from of my pre-trip checklist taken care of, and less than 10 days to go!


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Initial test footage with Canon SX1. Yes, I know it's cheesy as hell to put background music in videos.

Ants: YouTube and Vimeo.

Bees: YouTube and Vimeo (not in HD due to restrictions on free Vimeo accounts ( Read more... )

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My new Canon SX1 arrived today, though I didn't really get much time to play with it. Amazing photo and video quality from the first round of test shots. Loving it. I'll spend the next two weekends taking as many photos and videos as I can to get comfortable with it before the big trip.

I also got CHDK (Canon Hackers Development Kit) installed ( Read more... )