I actually shot about an hour's worth of video on New Year's eve, but thanks to my crummy internet connection at home, haven't been able to upload any. Today I was down at Starbucks, so I decided to upload a video of Mike Smith (who plays Bubbles on the TV show 'Trailer Park Boys') playing "Born Losers" with Matthew Good and the band. I actually was a big fan of Mike Smith's previous band, Sandbox, back in the day. I'll be posting a few more to Matt's Facebook Fan Page, so follow along there if you want to see ...

I was trapped in an elevator once for about 15 minutes. This poor guy was trapped in one for 41 hours. Check it out.

I saw this over on Matt's blog and thought I should write about it too. Captured on digital film is the Vancouver police department tossing a pile of someone's belongings into a garbage truck. The person who filmed the footage is David Eby, the Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. No doubt, police officers have a difficult job. They are asked to protect, to serve, and to make real-time decisions that are never easy. That being said, given the current conditions in the lower mainland with respect to violence and gangs, one has to ...

My friend Jason sent me a link to this video this morning, and I thought it was pretty cool. I contacted the guy who made it, and he gave me permission to show it here. It's a time lapse out a window during an airplane trip. Video by James Leng, All Rights Reserved.

As I alluded to in my previous post today, I'm definitely looking at getting into video sometime in the near future. Considering I ordered a camera shortly after writing that post, "near future" is actually more like "early next week". I spent a solid twenty minutes or so trying to figure out what type of camera I wanted to purchase, and eventually narrowed it down to a few different ones. In terms of features, I've always wanted a camera that could do 24P. Most consumer cameras shoot at 30 frames per second in an interlaced format, which is ...

I've been saving some money for that last little while, fully expecting to make two purchases in the not too distant future. One of the first items will be a full frame camera body. I was forced to make a purchase of the 40D last year simply because I didn't trust my current camera enough to shoot a friend's wedding, but truthfully really wanted to get a full-frame instead. Canon's only affordable (at least to me) full frame is the Canon EOS 5D, but unfortunately it's about 3 years old now and doesn't have a lot of ...

Lots of people in the WordPress community know about Dancing Matt, but I thought I'd put this up for those who haven't heard of him. This guy named Matt has been bouncing around the world and doing a little YouTube-like video dance whenever he stops. I'm not entirely sure how it started or what it was supposed to be, but it's amazing what it finally turned into. Here's a little ensemble of shots from Matt's journeys: It actually took me a minute or two to figure out where he was dancing in Vancouver. The background looked ...

I was going through some of my old videos tonight, and realized I have a pile that I haven't uploaded yet. Here's one of Feist singing 1234 at the BC Festival 150 in Victoria. [easyvideo video="http://blip.tv/play/AcnFUAA"]

So my friend Adrian is a really smart guy. I think he's completed four or more years of post secondary education, and managed the entire IT department singlehandedly at my company. I put him up to a challenge to see how long it would take him to figure out how to get the case off my iPhone 3G. Here's the end result. Only took him 43 seconds. Not bad. This entry was written for Blogathon 2008, and in support of the Union Gospel Mission charity. If you'd like to donate to the cause, please visit the ...

I thought I'd mix it up a bit and post something a little different. This is a cute little video that was shot at the Vancouver Aquarium a few years ago. Consequently, it has become one of the most watched videos on YouTube of all time. This one version has been viewed over ten million times. [easyvideo video="http://www.youtube.com/v/epUk3T2Kfno&hl=en&fs=1"] This entry was written for Blogathon 2008, and in support of the Union Gospel Mission charity. If you'd like to donate to the cause, please visit the blogathon donation page and fill out the form near the middle. You can ...