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  • Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Few Minutes of Rain

    Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Few Minutes of Rain

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday at around lunchtime we had a few minutes of rain for the first time in weeks but it didn’t last long. By the time I went out for my daily walk the ground was dry, as if it hadn’t rained at all. There was no mud to walk through so I…

  • Back to uni

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m back in England, at uni, in a new room, for another year.

  • Tomorrow I’m back in London

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I made a phone call after writing an e-mail to see about getting cheaper accomodation through one method and it went well. I’m going to be back in London tomorrow, once I’ve finished packing all my stuff into a suitcase. It’s the usual good and bad. It’s good because although…

  • Vernissage

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been to a few vernissage but they don’t usually include videos, computer games and flash animations. I saw a vernissage on six floors which included all of these things.  The idea is interesting, how to include the various media and make something practical. It’s a shame most of the people…

  • The FIBA 2006 is over

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe FIBA 2006 is over and yesterday was the day where I recuperated by sitting in the sun in the morning and editing a short video clip in the afternoon. Both were nice occupations to unwind from the past three weeks. it’s been fun and all that remains from this work…

  • Night shift

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe games are starting at 10am Tokyo time but 3am Geneva time and it’s amusing getting to work. Yesterday was really tiring as I’d been woken by workers at 7am. So far we’ve seen about 40 matches and Italy’s defeat was a shame. We only have one match at a time…

  • De-rushing

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I arrived home today, after a slightly more relaxed day I found that two tapes had arrived in the post. It’s the ones from the final fling. I still need to go through them and find usable footage. I’m going to be editing that over the next two or three…

  • One edit finished and several more matches to follow

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s the fourth day of the FIBA championship so it’s the fourth day where I wake before 0400 european time. I wouldn’t mind staying in bed a bit longer. I’m starting to understand the game better and I’ve seen that certain teams are far more entertaining to watch than others. On…

  • second day

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe first day was a long one with twelve matches recorded. Four matches at a time three times with an offset of half an hour between starting times in pairs. It’s amazing how many time breaks there are in this sport. Work continued on the Lebanon edit I’m working on. Related…

  • For the next few days I’m going to be living according to Japanese time in Central europe

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the next few weeks I’m going to be living according to the FIBA schedule of games and it may be hard. there are going to be a few early mornings which end around 1300 CET so that’s not going to be too bad.If I had a passion for basketball this…