Thanks to my small network of Youtube friends I discovered this amazing video made by an ex-MMA man Genki Sudo. The whole video is fantastically produced. The choreography, the style, framing and simplicity of story and emotion woven into a very wonderful piece. I espcially like how the camera is placed in a position where the public won't spot it immediately. Thanks Mr. Yao for liking one of Genki's video's leading me to this =)
Happy birthday Caleb! Your party was a blast with some really touching moments during the speech and I sure didn't expect your reaction to your birthday gift! The dress up theme ensured that hilarity ensued and I'm sure you have many great photo's of the night =) I hope you remember this one forever.
Months later and I'm still using Microsoft's Zune software. And I'm still enjoying it. I haven't had as much time to delve into it as much as I wanted but that's okay since it works perfectly well without any tweaking. It still has a great interface, it's still super fast and it's still simple to use. Best of all there is no DRM bullcrap to deal with in the middle of it all. Can I copy music from my phone to my laptop at work without "authorizing" the Zune software? Yes, I can. Do I have to worry about how many computer's I've "authorized?" No, I don't.
Today I've been downloading a few songs and albums from mp3fiesta.com. Is it legal? I don't know. But it is cheap. I use it to try out new artists and to see if an album is worth my purchasing. Wanting to listen to some of these songs on the go I decided to copy them into my Zune monitored music folder. Thinking about my folder setup I decided to see how Zune can accomodate my needs in terms of allowing me to use my own folder structures. What I foiund was the following screen:
Using This I can tell Zune to monitor individual folders for music and specify exactly where music downloaded from the Zune marketplace and rips will go. I'm not boxed into just using one folder with subfolders for music management. I can use one folder for all my hard copy, bought from brick-and-mortar, music and another folder for music I might download from places like mp3fiesta, Triple J's website etc. And I really like that. Compared to iTune's idiot-proof settings which I never liked it's really nice. While Zune doesn't give enough room for complete freedom it's just enough to appeal to the way I like to structure my drives and directories. Yes. I'm a nerd.
Today was a perfect day for a good kayak around Sydney's harbour. The 2 hours for kayak hire cost each person $37 from Sydney Harbour Kayaks and they were pretty good ones too. Although a couple of the people in our group did have troubles with broken pedals or rudders.
The weather was cool and lightly overcast with a slight breeze coming through. The water was warm and very calm. Couldn't have had better conditions for a casual kayaking adventure, cruising past the parked yachts and enjoying our city of Sydney in a very different way. Paddling up the harbour we saw a bird that looks like a crane doing battle with a small sea snake and after following a incorrectly marked map we managed to find a ship wreck tucked away.
It was great, relaxing, a little bit tiring and helped work up a great appetite for the coming lunch. Enjoy the photo's!
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