Just for fun

13 October 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Monday was Canadian Thanksgiving. Many of you know that, after a long search, we even found a turkey! 🙂

We made this poster to write down some of the things we’re thankful for. Dad and Mom didn’t write on it as much as the kids, because they were making the meal and doing other things. But we did input a little.

What we ended up with was a combination of English and Spanish, and spelling that comes from who knows where, and, of course, a whole lot to be thankful for!

Hope you all had/are having/will have a great Thanksgiving/Harvest Festival/Whatever you celebrate in your corner of the world. And I hope you remember lots to be thankful for!

5 October 2010

Happy Blogoversary!

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Today is Finding direction‘s 8th Blogoversary (or blogiversary… or blogaversary…)! Yes, it was actually 8 years ago today that this blog was started – then with a different name (The Cottrill Family Journal). It didn’t get it’s new name until September 2005.

Finding direction's Eighth Blogoversary!

Photo courtesy of daniel hedrick

Today, this blog has over 1000 posts! Wow, it adds up, doesn’t it?

To celebrate Finding direction’s 8th anniversary, I decided to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time – I created a "best of" page.

If you look to the top of the page, you’ll see the link to the best of Finding direction. This is mainly to pull out some key posts (that are either favourites of mine or of our visitors or both) so that you can hit the highlights, especially if you’re new.

It’s funny to see how people find this site, and what posts are popular. In the last couple years, a whole lor of people found Finding direction using the search term technology’s bad side… hmmmm… what does that say about this blog?!

Another popular hit for a long time has been how to peel a pineapple. Good to knew, of course.

Anyway, go check out the best of page. And here are a few favourites that I didn’t have space to include there. Ah, the memories…

Pay here (2008)
0 (zero) and 0 (zero) -part 2- (2008)
Kids at school and vine sheets (2007)
If Iâ€™d known, I never would haveâ€¦ (2007)
Hawkers in Mexico (2005)
The case of the missing song (2006)
Mexico or ~~Bust~~ Slushed (2006)
Ontario Week: Canada is â€¦ different (2009)

29 September 2010

Amazing Technology

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Yes, another video. This has nothing to do with Mexico, but I thought you’d like to learn about an amazing technology, in English or Spanish. via Challies.com

Ah, so true.

Did you know that some researchers believe the early church was responsible for the switch from scrolls to codexes, which had pages? Perhaps they found it easier and quicker to find certain passages.

And now almost 2000 years later, the book is still one of the best bits of technology we have…

16 August 2010

The Crabs Declare the Glory of God (video)

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Yes, crabs are just another of those little creatures that declare God’s glory. So, though you may think it strange, I spent some time during our holidays watching this crab on the beach, as it dug it’s little hole.

The diligent little creature would go down into its hole for about 30 seconds, then come up with another bundle of dirt, which it would neatly put on the beach. I play a little video high speed (400%, to give you an idea how long it would sit in one place), and slow speed (about 15% I believe). And normal speed. But in the normal speed shots, I cut out long pauses while it sat and stared at the camera, and the times it was down in its hole.

So, if you want to see a crab digging a hole, check it out…

11 July 2010

Fun Videos and Veracruz Trip

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I know it’s been video-central here lately, but I thought I’d post a couple of fun videos that I didn’t make myself.

First, in honour of the last game of the World Cup today, here’s a commercial from the USA. (Andrés Cantor, featured in the commercial, is a Spanish language sports commentator in the USA, originally from Argentina.) Check out the comments on the YouTube page if you want a translation. via Pros Apologian

Next, my friend Daryl sent this amazing video of a 3 dimensional optical illusion. The setup, made in Japan, won a 2010 award for the best visual illusion of the year.

I’m (just Jim) heading to (the state of) Veracruz today with some friends from here and the summer interns from the USA. We’ll be gone for 5 days… helping out at a church tonight, visiting a Christian mission, and spending time together. Apparently, we even have our own logo/graphic for the trip. You never know what’s going to happen when you have a graphic artist along.

The interns had a "LOST" theme this summer. Hopefully we don’t get ….

The map above shows the general area where we’ll be – the city of Veracruz and north to Tuxpan de RodrÃgues Cano.

24 June 2010

Shari’s Birthday Cakes

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I’ve successfully restored another album in our gallery. It was a new one when our gallery got fried, so you might not have seen it before.

It’s a collection of pictures featuring birthday cakes that Shari has made for the kids. I think we have all of them in there now, except for the cakes from this year (which are still in our Recent shots… album).

So check them out! Maybe you’ll get a new idea for your next party. 🙂

Shari’s Birthday Cakes

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