on Vimeo, or Direct Download (720p H.264, 175mb).
Film Three.
Music is from the fantastic Keith Kenniff, used without authorization and purely for artistic purposes. The track is called “For Years And Years” can be found on the album “Eingya”, which he released under the artist name Helios. Check out his website for more amazing albums and purchase them right away! unseen-music.com.
on Vimeo, or Direct Download (720p H.264, 386mb).
Film Two.
Music is the beautiful piece “Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2: Andante” by Frédéric Chopin. I do not own the copyright of this piece, I merely used it for artistic purposes. Please buy the song if you like it!
Forest and Becky eating dinner. Shot using my new 550d (or T2i or Kiss X4) that I bought not two hours before. Shot using a canon 50mm f1.8 with tube extender at it’s smallest possible option. Music is the wonderful Yo-yo Ma’s Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Prélude (Instrumental). I do not own the copyright to this song, it is used merely for artistic, non-commercial purposes.
The video is unedited, short of the slow-down and addition of music. And yes, it definitely requires editing… it’s just a test, after all ;-)
Lizzy’s first response is about the same as anyone else that has visited my home to listen to a record or two; sheer amazement. It’s interesting to see how most seem to remember their parents owning LPs, but not remembering playing them. It’s fun to see them respond when I explain how to control the player and where the beginning and end is, most seem to at first assume the beginning is at the center of the record.
The record playing here is Sigor Rós’ Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust or, to put it in terms we can actually understand/read; The album with the naked folk running.
Wise words to live by.
He’s such a sweet big brother :-)
One of the first times she’s been in the living room, and she seems to love it!
I think she’s going to be ok.. :-)
The good news is she’s pretty darn healthy, short of her having parasites from drinking dirty water, likely. This, apparently, is not that bad, and after about two weeks worth of medicine and a few extra just-to-make-sure visits every three days or so, she should be all good and ready to grow into the food-devouring monster she’ll be. I didn’t really want to get a third cat, but sometimes you just got to go with the flow I guess. Can’t leave her out in the cold, now can I..
(Sorry about the mess, I was in the middle of moving things around and not doing my dishes. Ahem.)
Finally went out and bought another record player. The one I’ve been using so far wasn’t really meant for casual listening (it’s a portable turntable with pre-amp and amp built in – it’s biggest problem in a living room setup, really). I now have the record player hooked up to my amplifier using the DJPreII phono amplifier. My speakers, amp and record player are all from Inkel, a Korean brand apparently rather famous locally, at least to those a few generations older (it seems nowadays they only really do some studio audio stuff).
The album playing is Nat “King” Cole’s Just One Of Those Things. Wonderful album!
A few more to further my tiny collection. This time I went for a few jazzy records, a truly great genre for vinyl listening. Big names like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, and the (very) odd man out; John Denver. I picked that one up mostly for the memories I have, my parents enjoy his voice quite a bit.
(Recorded with my mobile phone, hence the shitty quality. Apologies for that.)
One of newest additions to my ever-so-slowly growing record collection. Memories!
I finally found some nice speakers for in my living room. So far I used my Soundstick IIs connected to my iMac which is not bad at all, but especially when I want to put up a record is a major hassle. I have to lug around my turntable and change cables and what-not.
These are Inkel –a Korean brand– speakers with an amplifier of the same brand. The amp is bit overkill for my needs (with two microphone inputs in the front and a battery of sound-tweaking knobs, it’s designed for a karaoke room more than living room), but it works, so I’m happy.
The song I played on my iTouch for some quick testing was Carry Me Ohio, from Sun Kil Moon. Great track!
In Hongdae, last night. Pretty intense.
Finally got myself a record player! It’s a tiny one, but it’s a great start. There’s just something about the sound of LPs..
How to dual-boot Lion with Snow Leopard without using a DVD drive, USB stick or rebooting, even. Use the tools that come with your Mac to easily and quickly ready your drive for installing Lion on a separate partition. Here goes!
Let’s take a look at The Tiny Bang Story for OSX! Available for just $10 in the Steam store, it’s a point-and-click puzzle game I highly recommend you check out if you’re into these sort of games. With the mood reminding me of Amanita Design’s Machinarium, this game is great to play alone or with the family.
(Sorry for the audio, summer really kicked in here and the noisy background comes from a fan directly aimed at me (and the computer). I’d melt if I didn’t have this on, though!)
A quick look at Mini Ninjas for Mac. Great game, such nice style.
A quick and *very* successful test of running Terraria on my trusty old Sony VAIO UX27LN. I’m amazed at how well it runs, and can’t wait to see an official iOS version (pretty please?).
A fresh start in a fresh world, follow me (and, perhaps, my girlfriend) as I build a new home in the wonderous world that is Minecraft. Request or suggest builds or things to do via comments or email! :-)
Forgot to post this on my site.
One of my favorites.