Month: May 2008

My first Animoto

I setup an account at Animoto, pointed it to a photo set on Flickr (you can also upload photos from your computer), picked a song, and five minutes later this came out. You can make 30-second videos like this using your own music or Animoto’s decent selection. Extended length and downloadable videos are three bucks…

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Randomness from Colorado

Mike and I went to PJ’s Bistro in Manitou Springs for lunch Friday. The food was good, but the place was empty. They advertised catering services and had no fountain drinks on tap, so they must specialize in catering. Mike’s $2 can of Coke seemed to disappoint from where I was sitting. Our waitress was…

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She’s going away?!

Celebrate, Hillary Haters! I was following the primaries online tonight. Things were getting intense and I had to violate my “no cable news” rule. “Hillary Clinton will not have any public events Wednesday” is on MSNBC. Big news day Wednesday. Obama did some amazing things in Indiana and North Carolina. By the way, Chris Matthews…

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My drive to Colorado

My drive to Colorado had all kinds of exceptional sights. 1. A portable crapper strapped to a truck I didn’t have much confidence in the strap holding this porta-pottie. I quickly moved into a different lane and passed with vigor. I didn’t want to pick human waste off the front of my car before I…

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