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Month: July 2007

  • Not Enough Time

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I went through my video archive I’ve found a lot of good videos. As a result of this, I’ve been reminded of many moments and memories. There are a few people I’ve seen frequently since the shooting of the footage whilst others have not been present for months or years in…

  • Learning Soundtrack Pro

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring my second year at university with some friends, we worked on a zombie film where my friend was a director and I was Lighting Camera Operator and editor. As a result of this, we had almost total control of the film and it was a great learning experience. Several weeks…

  • Digitising Old Videos

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have spent a few hours this morning and part of this afternoon digitising videos from a few years ago and it’s a time warp. I have one or two fashion shows on tape. I have at least ten theatre pieces. I have two or three field weeks and I have the…

  • It’s Tuesday Morning

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever used a computer so much that it becomes part of your way of life and your person? There are two computers with which I have done this. The first of these was an IBM ThinkPad during the IB and the second was an iBook during my two final years…

  • Good Food at La Laguna

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you’re looking for an interesting food experience then you should drop by Laguna, a tropical restaurant a few minutes out of Geneva. There’s a meal there that’s really good called la plancha. The concept is simple. Food is laid out buffet style so you chose the ingredients you want and…

  • I Graduated

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy university life is officially over now that I got the piece of paper saying that I graduated with an Upper Second class degree. It came in the mail yesterday morning but I read it in the evening.

  • Walking Through A City You Are Leaving For A Bit.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring a shoot a few years ago a person was speaking about human development and how an expert from an economically more developed country wanted to teach the person from an economically less developed country about the topic. The local told the economist “you want to teach me about the economy but…

  • People From The Past

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSince I started using the world wide web one thing has become clear over the past year. The web has become personal. We have seen a migration from a worldwide web of strangers where everyone is hiding behind an avatar to a worldwide web where no one is hiding behind an avatar,…

  • Four Reasons to be Happy

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are four reasons to be happy today. The first of these is that my MBP is finally in Geneva therefore it is a short matter of days before I get it into my hands and start playing with the computer and the new software. The laptop will be used for all…

  • Trying Out Drupal

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve just spent at least two hours playing around with drupal. I was working on bit by bit and actually had a case where I had to RTFM. Over the past few hours, I was trying to understand why I couldn’t place the blocks where I wanted. Finally, I found out.…