A Blog Named Soo

Clouds, Lapses and Fireworks: A Trip to Japan

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:43 +0000

Footage from my recent vacation in Japan. My camera was typically always on me, which granted many shooting opportunities. There is a special bonus tribute at the end.

The footage of the clouds came out brilliantly. I wish I could have just done a film on all the cloud footage.

If your computer can handle it, I highly suggest seeing this footage in high definition.

Shot with Sony HVR-A1U.
Music by Coldplay – Lovers in Japan (Reign of Love)

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I read some Marx and I liked it

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:40:10 +0000

Clever song by two dudes who don’t have perfect pitch but their singing is bearable. I recall feeling the same when I read Marx back in Univ, his ideas weren’t half bad.

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The rocket jump

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:17:51 +0000

This video was made by the infamous Freddie Wong (of Guitar Hero fame). Funny thing is that I met this guy at the Toronto World Series of Gaming Guitar Hero II competition. Well, Freddie has been making some videos lately with some decent editing skills. In this video he recreates the famed rocket jump from Team Fortress IRL.

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Your “everything will be alright” video of the day

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:54:50 +0000

This is truly moving.

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The Wilderness Downtown – My Postcard

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:46:55 +0000

Arcade Fire has made one of the coolest interactive music videos online. I’m quite impressed, and quite pleased they used some old-school HTML-5 to put it all together. Anyways, here is the link to the awesome video if you haven’t already. Unfortunately, Orillia, Ontario doesn’t have much Google Street View footage as more urban cities. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where Google has sent a street-view team, then you’ll get the most out of this.

You are prompted in the middle of the video to write a postcard message to a younger you living in your hometown. Here is the postcard I made.
Also, here is a link to view the video and make your own http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com

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does he look like a b**ch? – pulp fiction ravioli

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:03:01 +0000

This video is a whole lot of awesome.

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Snoop Dogg is a genuine OG

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:47:55 +0000

This is heartwarming, God bless you Mr Dogg.

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Nike files patent for BTTF2 self-lacing shoes!

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:12:45 +0000

Despite the evilness of Nike, and my hypocrisy for continued purchases, but I will probably purchase these shoes some day. Nike has files a patent for the self-lacing shoes as seen worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future.

Marty refers to the laces as “power laces.” I for one welcome our soon-to-be self-lacing overlords. Here are some images from the patent application.

More pics and details here

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Flip a coin

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:16:02 +0000

I came across this image on Askmen.com, and I really like the feeling it leaves you with after reading.

**Props for being a Canadian quarter (at least it looks that way, although it could be a quid)

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Plastic to Oil Machine

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:40:56 +0000

Gotta hand it to Japanese innovation. They managed to turn plastic waste into renewable oil, which can be further broken down to gasoline, diesel and kerosene. Maybe we’re not so doomed after all?

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