2008 December » Karenism

Gettin' around

Dec 312008

Inspired by edrabbit I decided to compose a list of cities I’ve been to in the past year. Photos above link to past trips. Pics or it didn’t happen, right?

* for staying at least 1 night
+ for going more than once

New York*+, NY
Easton*, ME
New Brunswick, Canada
Boston*/Cambridge*+, MA (soooo sad about misplacing all my pics from this trip, especially the Amanda Palmer footage)
Anchorage*, AK
Austin*, TX
Chicago*, IL
Pacifica*, CA
Dallas/Richardson*, TX
Los Angeles*+, CA
Half Moon Bay*, CA (missing photos of the actual wedding. boooo)
Monterey*, CA (missing photos of the aquarium. I see a pattern here…)

What’s your list? What’s your favorite place to visit? Where do you want to go next? I <3 replies.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy new year.

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Booties (and getting high quality video on video sites that support it)

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Dec 282008

It’s been pretty cold lately (as in, 40 degrees at night! gasp!) and I’ve been trying all sorts of method to stay warm. I regularly wear several layers of socks, but I can’t bring myself to put on these adorable pink booties.

Let’s talk about booties on youtube

Even though the above video is not filmed in HD, it is available to watch in “high quality”. To get the higher quality video on youtube, I’ve been encoding my movies with the h.264 codec using ffmpegx (a mac gui for the command line).

When the site detects this codec as the encoding of your video, it can play your video as is, instead of converting it to an flv*. Some codecs cannot be played by the flash player, which is why they are converted and that process decreases the quality of the video.

*more specifically, the files are converted using the on2vp6 codec. There is a big difference between a codec and a format, but for simplicity, h264 videos -> mp4 extension; On2VP6/Sorenson -> flv. Further reading at wiki pedia

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Do you sync what I sync?

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Dec 242008

Happy holidays everyone. I have been super-busy coding, so I haven’t had much time to play. I’ll leave you with this hilarious song by Justine.

Be safe and well!

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Nimby art space needs your help

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Dec 152008

Many of my friends are closely involved with projects nurtured at Nimby. It is the home of Dance Dance Immolation and
the Steam Punk Tree House and many many many other art projects.

They’re moving and they need a little help with all the initial expenses. Please help out. They are super close to getting the money they need and every bit counts.

What is Nimby?

A place to create the impossible, the new, the ridiculous, the exiting and most importantly, the never seen before. It is the largest do-it-yourself industrial art space in the Bay Area with over 40 different art groups and craftsmen in the shop.

NIMBY not only offers space to create, but supports its artists with resources, assistance in sourcing re-purposed material, as well as logistical and technical guidance. This supportive culture shared by all members of the NIMBY community is at the root of the amazing art that emerges from its doors. NIMBY is the hub for creativity that boggles the mind and fosters community values that encourage collaboration and innovation.

DDI in action, photo by edrabbit

Please donate if you:
have ever enjoyed any of the fire arts housed at Nimby
attended an event
want to get into some badass industrial art
want to support a collaborative, inspiring art house
like fire

NIMBY needs your help!

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