Surf's Up!!! Hurricane Earl passes by Sunset Beach, NC

(from the My Name Is (Hurricane) Earl department)

Hi everyone,

Shot some video this afternoon as Hurricane Earl passed by the coast. There was no danger here - Earl was far offshore - but the sea was definitely stirred up, and the surf was larger than usual.







UPDATE: It occurs to me that it might be useful to see what the normal surf looks like. Here's a video I took a few days ago on 30-Aug-2010.



Cheers,
Paul

The Ferryboat - A Ballet By Rose Pietromonaco

(from the Pirouette department)

Hi everyone,

This is a quick blog post of a video I found of Rose ballet dancing on the deck of a ferryboat. No deep meaning to it or anything - just some happy dancing. I think this was taken around May 31st or so:



Cheers,
Paul

Five reasons why GS/OS beats Vista and OS X

(from the Sherman - set the wayback machine to 1987 department)

Saw this blog post, and had to share it with everyone:

Five reasons why GS/OS beats Vista and OS X

This made me smile - especially since I've still got an Apple IIgs around here somewhere...

Cheers,

Paul

Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

(from the What? No US release? department)

Hi everyone,

As my family knows, I'm a huge fan of the Fatal Frame series of video games. I have all three of the games - Fatal Frame, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.

So - when I heard that a fourth game was coming out for the PS3, I was, as they say "stoked".

Then it was announced that the game was going to be Wii only.

Bummer.

Then I didn't hear anything about it for a long time.

Well, doing an unrelated search today, I found out what happened to it.

It turns out that the game has already been released in Japan. And - there are no plans for a U.S. version.

Major Bummer.

Here's the article that tells why there's no US release:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/970/970875p1.html

At least there's a Wikipedia page describing it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Frame_IV:_Mask_of_the_Lunar_Eclipse

Looks like I would have enjoyed it!

Cheers,
Paul

Imogen Heap in concert - June 14, 2010 - Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA

(from the Hide and Seek department)

Hi everyone,

Just got out of the Imogen Heap concert at the Paramount in Seattle. Great show! She had three opening acts - two bands were comprised of members of her touring band, plus a group of people she'd auditioned especially in Seattle for an a cappella number.

So - here's the setlist:

1. The Walk
   
2. Swoon
3. Come Here Boy
4. Wait It Out
5. First Train Home
6. Little Bird
7. The Fire/Canvas
8. Breathe In (Frou Frou!)
9. Earth
10. (Seattle Improv)
11. Bad Body Double
12. Speeding Cars
13. Let Go (Frou Frou again!)
14. Just For Now
15. Clear The Area
16. Goodnight And Go
17. Headlock
    (non-encore encore)
    
18. Tidal
19. The Moment I Said It
20. Hide And Seek

She said that 12 of the songs were from an online poll, including #15, which was unique. Just For Now was a crowd sing-a-long, dividing the audience into three sections. Earth featured a Seattle a cappella group, Sintonia, that had formed just for the show, and were also the first opening act.

The other opening acts were Geese, who were the two violinists in her touring band + the drummer, and Ben Christophers, who was her guitarist. Imogen introduced each act. The whole opening sets took about an hour, give or take. (7:38 - 8:46). Imogen went on at 9:10 or so - ended at 11:30.

Seattle Improv is a song she wrote on the spot, based on audience suggestions.

Yes - she played a couple of Frou Frou songs, which I wasn't expecting.

She mentioned that one song was about her professor, and that she told that story one night - and was mortified to discover he was in the audience that night.

Started First Train Home by playing two wine glasses (w/lemon) wearing wrist microphones. Said that's the first sound you hear on Ellipse.

(Okay - I'm tired so I'm going to have to edit this post more tomorrow)

Cheers,
Paul

Jay Berry's - Memorial Day Weekend 2010 - Saturday, May 29th

(from the It's always better with spaghetti department)

Hi everyone,

We had a family get together last Memorial Day weekend. At the end of the meal, Rose climbed up on Grandma's lap, and I shot the following video:

Yes - Granddaughters are cute!

Cheers,

Paul

Rose Rides A Truck - April 17th, 2010

(from the Do The Puyallup department)

Hi everyone,

Here's another video upload from my new Vado pocket camcorder. It's Rose on a carnival ride at the Puyallup Spring Fair - riding for the first time by herself!

There would have been more, but my camera battery died. She had a great time, and only freaked out a little when I switched positions, and she couldn't see me. But - she wasn't scared of the ride at all.

Cheers,

Paul