Awesome dachsie with auto ball launcher video
January 16th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
Kickass slo-mo videos
May 23rd, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
Casio has a new digital camera out, the EX-F1, that is rapidly gaining renown for its slo-mo video capabilities. It can take hi-res videos at 300 frames per second (FPS) (a standard Hi-8 video cam would be capturing about 30 FPS, for comparison), with the option to scale FPS up to 1200 while scaling down resolution. I can only imagine the amazing mischief we would have captured back in high school with this camera. Pop bottle bombs, anyone? Everything looks cooler in slow motion. Here’s a video someone put up that shows them shooting a Coke can, grapes and other items with a BB gun, then playing frisbee with a handsome doggy friend (skip to 1:30 in for the dog fun). Hat tip to Gizmodo for the video.
A Portrait of the Bean as a Young Man
June 13th, 2007 § 3 comments § permalink
Here he is with Sister Beth at our old house in Bloomfield. That’s the front window where our Scottie logs would hang out all day, snoozing and barking at anything that went by on Forest Way.
Sunday links
April 1st, 2007 § 1 comment § permalink
Here’s a link for Gaelen: a Slate writer argues in favor of Andy Richter’s new show, which Conan O’Brien had a hand in.
Check out the Wikipedia entry on miniature Australian shepherds. They’re not a separate breed spec, just repeated selective breeding of smallish Aussies. While the mini Aussies in the photos on Wikipedia aren’t great, just check out this gal here and here to see how cute they can be. Average size is 25 to 40 pounds. What I find appealing about them is that the smaller size makes them more appropriate for apartment living and makes it easier for them to hit their needed exercise allotment each day (since they tire more rapidly). You can see a short video of that gal here. Hmm…
The ten-year anniversary of the McCarty-Lemiuex fight passed last week. What great memories that brings back…Thanks to the Wayne Fontes Experience for that.
Ghris shared an interesting article with Mino and I over e-mail that attempted to place the Gonzales/prosecutor firings in historical perspective, comparing it to Clinton’s summary dismissal of all prosecutors upon his entering the White House in 1993. Here’s another article that makes comparison to the Clinton years, from the Washington Post.