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| Friday, May 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM |  | Just wanted to get rid of the 6 month old announcement.
As it happens, I have so little free memory on my computer that I can't do anything with the videos I have taken with my "new" camera. Once the car is paid off (in.... 6 days!!!!!) I will be able to afford a few much-needed things like an new windshield for the car and a new computer.... oh, and paying off the credit card, the loan, getting a new back passenger door, a new bumper, another tattoo.... some of the necessities of life. |  |
| Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 8:19 AM |  | Coming soon.... IF I can finally get WMM to spit out the first video! It crashes after every single change I make to the video and then takes 20 minutes or more to open up again.
"The Dream Cycles". a series of videos based on dreams I have had. Since I tend to forget my dreams after a day or so and I have to make them out of available materials, it should be interesting to see how they turn out.... |  |
| Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 7:33 PM |  | "Friend" requests.... For anyone wanting to friend me, I thought I would give you a heads-up. If you don't have any videos, I am very unlikely to friend you. I might keep your friend request hanging about for a week or so to see if you get around to adding some videos. If you do, great. I'll have a look and may well friend you. You don't and I'll remove the request. Nothing personal but not having any videos doesn't stop you from subscribing and it doesn't stop you from commenting or messaging. It more...just means that you aren't actively making videos and that's what I am here for.
Also, if you are only uploading prank videos or anime stuff, it ain't gonna happen. Again, nothing personal, just not my cup of tea. less |  |
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 8:01 AM |  | In case anyone is wondering why my "Night Music" videos are called "Night Music" when many of the are filmed during the day.... Here is a little explanation about the videos. Many years ago, there used to be aa late-night program on Global (Ontario TV station) which featured music played over footage of Toronto, filmed at night from a car just driving around the city. I used to love these videos since, at that time, I couldn't drive but loved driving around at night. I found them really relaxing. more... Now that I have a car, I often go out just to drive around, sometimes at 2 or 3 in the morning, out in the country, windows rolled down, and listening to some favorite music. I decided to make some of my own videos, like the ones I used to watrch on TV so that if it isn't convenient or the weather isn't good enough to go out in the car, I can do it vicariously.
It turns out that a lot of my friends and netquaintances also enjoy the videos and that is cool.
Since I also included footage filmed during the day, it may seem rather strange that they are called "Night Music"... The title refers to the fact that I play them at night rather than their being filmed at night. "Day Music" doesn't have the same ring, anyway.
Just to confuse things further, I do have two other sets of video, "Rain Music" and "Snow Music". Those are all filmed either in the rain or in the snow. less |  |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 1:09 AM |  | A big thank you to all my new (and not-so-new) net-quaintances on LiveVideo! |  |
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 |  |  | Ospreys near Burritt's Rapids 01:23 More precisely, near the former Burritt's Rapids Correctional Facility. There isn't much going on, here. But you can see the adult quite well, perched more...on a branch just on the side of the nest. less Added: Jul 5, 09 Views: 55 Category: Pets & Animals |
| |  |  | Ospreys near Nicholson's Locks 08:42 In the first bit, the adult is out hunting. Unfortunately, I JUST missed catching it (on film) splashing into the water trying to catch a fish (it missed). more...You will see why it is best not to stand below the nest of a bird of prey (code word "projectile poo"), and then the parent arrives to feed the young. The parent starts to feed one of the young and then the other decides it is hungry. You can clearly see the first one quickly move to one side and turn its back. That is an indication that the second is the dominant nestling and the first one subordinate. When the second one is done, the first will move in again for its share. The parent won't let it go hungry. It just knows its place. less Added: Jul 5, 09 Views: 12 Category: Pets & Animals |
| |  |  | Rescued Painted Turtle 00:10 I had been about to turn the car around on the highway to go back to film an Osprey nest, and spotted this turtle in the middle of the oncoming lane. more...A car just missed him (her?). I stopped and picked him up. I just took a very short video and a couple of photos before finding a much more turtle-friendly spot for him in a nearby marsh. less Added: Jul 5, 09 Views: 37 Category: Pets & Animals |
|  | Annoying Goddamned Bird 02:02 This fricking bird has been chip, chip, chipping away for two days straight around my house. Even when he's out front, I can hear him.
He stopped for more...about 30 seconds yesterday when it started raining and I though "Thank GOD! Just keep raining!" But NO! He started up again and didn't shut up until sunset. At 6:00 am he started up, again. The other birds at least shut up every once in a while. less Added: Jun 30, 09 Views: 36 Category: Pets & Animals |
|  | | |  |  | Valentine Potato 00:47 A friend found this in a bag of potatoes yesterday... Just in time for Valentine's Day. Luckily, when she suggested painting it, the kids just put sparkles more...on one side instead of her suggestion to paint it red.
The non-sparkly side like a lot like ET... less Added: Feb 7, 09 Views: 56 Category: Science & Technology |
|  | Yonge-Dundas Square, Queen Street E. and the "Cubic" building 06:13 Part 2 of my tour of Toronto. Through the downtown core and ending up at the Unitri building, a unique more...model home which, despite being a shining more...example of compact, affordable, environmentally-friendly architecture, has been sitting empty and abandoned for a number of years. It was built in 1996 by Ben Kutner, an Ottawa architect, and based on the Blom geometric architectural design. This sort of design has been widely used in Holland where land is at a premium. Unfortunately, the Unitri building has only had one tenant, Kutner. Unfortunately, legal issues over the land it sits on have forced Kutner's design to remain a great idea but entirely on paper. One hopes someone, someday, sees the potential of this design.... http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/year_in_photos/2005/darys_birthday_toro/img_01001.html less Added: Nov 11, 08 Views: 258 Category: Travel & Places |
|  |  | In Quest of Dumplings 16:16 I rarely go to Toronto but when I do, I have to make a pilgrimage to the Kim Moon Bakery on Dundas Street W. for Lotus Paste Balls. I include my a slight more...tour of toronto and a look at the Ontario College of Art and Design's "Licorice Allsort" addition. Trust me, both the dumplings and the Licorice Allsort are worth the wait! less Added: Nov 11, 08 Views: 20 Category: Travel & Places |
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