Technology & MSG

After I completed the 2011 Warrior Dash in Maryland, I saw a guy with a head-mounted video camera. As it turns out, he filmed his entire run through the Mechanicsville course. He sped it up a little bit in post, so the video is less than 15 minutes (per YouTube’s rule). No sound, but all [...]

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I’ve been pulling down some legal Nine Inch Nails media via torrent and it appears that the Actiontec router that Verizon provides isn’t quite up to the task.
I remotely monitor the response times and lately I’ve been getting all sorts of alerts that corresponds to my download periods.
PING WARNING - Packet loss = 0%, RTA [...]

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Now that the RNR XXI run is complete, struck and done with, I’m beat. It’s an incredible experience, but exhausting too. All at once. If you’ve never been involved in a live production, I don’t know how to explain it. The queasiness of opening night. The laughter and handshakes on closing night. The quickness with [...]

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I missed this video on Sunday night. Listen on your stereo, though I wish there were an HD version.

I really like the arrangement with the orchestra, particularly with the strings and piano.

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For the past couple days, the guys of Fools & Horses have been in the studio again. This video (the first six seconds NSFW, thanks Tim) is from their first day back.

The cabin in the mountains of Virginia may be secluded, but I wouldn’t consider it a retreat by any means. Even without lyrics, I’m [...]

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Some friends recently went to Japan and took their HD Flip video camera. They made a very nice collage in iMovie of stills and video. Now it seems — thanks to my college roommate for sharing — that the camera works just as well in the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet doing maneuvers.

Though not specified [...]

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