Just for fun

16 August 2010

The Crabs Declare the Glory of God (video)

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

26 March 2010

Another Event Starting Now! (video)

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An event is starting around now in Jesús María to celebrate the closing of classes. It’s a bit of a Holy Week (Semana Santa) theme as well. There will be participation from my keyboard class, from the guitar class, and the English classes. There will be a big game with English and music questions. And who knows what else!

The Amigas del Alma baking class will also be celebrating the close of another series of classes. I made up the video below for their part of the event.

Should be fun! I’ll let you know how it went!

23 February 2010

Flavours of Canada

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This morning I got this email from Sam’s Club. It says,"Flavours of Canada; Enjoy our variety of products".

I guess everyone is celebrating the Olympics in their own way…

27 January 2010

Cotton Candy (video)

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Just a quick video clip that I took back on the 18 of this month. It was recess time, and the Cotton Candy Man was ready to go. And being a windy day, it was more fun than usual.

(It was one of our friends, a boy named Olaf, who first got the enterprising idea of using a hula hoop, though that’s not him in the video)

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