Last days in Cambridge
Posted February 1, 2009
Well, last days in Cambridge. Let’s see, Friday night home meeting, Saturday tour of Harvard and MIT, a little sledding in icey conditions, and Saturday night college meeting. Lord’s day was of course the table meeting and of course the Super Bowl. Btw, a pretty good game.
Here are some photos from the Harvard / MIT tour:
Recording Video with my Canon 40D
Posted January 30, 2009
The Canon 5D Mark II is not the only Canon DSRL camera that can record movies. I found the software online to allow me to record movies on my camera via a USB cable. I realize that most digital cameras can record video, but it’s a big deal for a digital SLR camera to record video because now I can use all my lenses, which means higher quality.
Here’s my first test sample. Not much of a test and not very good lighting, but you can see the depth of field. The main downsides are that is has to be attached to the computer, Windows only (although I am running Windows on my Mac), and no sound.
Boston / Cambridge: Day 3 & 4
Posted January 29, 2009
Pretty uneventful two days. I have been pretty content with just staying at my brother’s place working and watching TV. Wednesday was definitely a miserable day as it pertains to weather. The snow was great to see, but then it started to rain after that. Snow + rain = slush. I went to Dimitrios to get some food. It’s right across the street from Stefani’s. I will say that their food is better but the service or people at Stefani’s seem more friendlier.
The next day, more of the same thing. The day after slush means more slush but icy side-walks. I had lunch with my buddy David Liu. We ate at Cinderella’s Italian Cuisine. Good food there as well. I would say that the Boston / Cambridge area has a lot of good food and very little fast-food restaraunts. It was good to meet new people and see old friends today. Some trainees are now in the area for the gospel trip. They are going to be preaching the gospel tomorrow at Harvard. I will be hopefully getting the rest of my work done for the week and hopefully get to talk to May via Skype.
Boston/Cambridge: Day 1 and 2 Completed
Posted January 27, 2009
Well, nothing too much to report. Just as I thought I would, I spent most of day one sleeping. After some relaxing at my brother’s place watching TV, on the internet, etc, I went with my brother to eat some dinner at Stefani’s. It was really good hot subs. After that, we went to play some basketball at the Harvard MAC gym. I hadn’t played basketball in probably three months. There’s nothing like getting back into basketball by playing with some little Harvard kids. Actually, not everyone was bad. The middle court had some decent games, but man, the court we were on… probably one of the ugliest games I’ve ever been in. I’ll spare the details. We won 15-12, but it should have been 15-0.
Portland: Day 3
Posted January 25, 2009
At the end of my trip. No pictures today but just a simple day. I made it to the Lord’s day meeting which was really sweet. The college age students were away so the numbers were kind of small. After the meeting we had lunch and just watched some basketball games. Of course one game was watching my Lakers win. After dinner we visited some saints and now I’m here at the airport. It might be a rough day. I have a red-eye flight with a layover in Atlanta in route to Boston. When I arrive I have to take the subway to the Cambridge meeting hall. We’ll see what happens. I don’t sleep well on planes either. I might spend my first day in Boston sleeping most of the time. We’ll see what happens.
Portland: Day 2
Posted January 24, 2009
 Another great day in Portland. Ben took me out to see the city. Of course, first order of business was to get a beanie at REI. After a small pizza lunch we drove around looking at different parts of the city. We saw a lot of bridges of course and I got a few good pictures today. We spent a little time at Powell’s Books, the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. |
Portland: First full day report
Posted January 23, 2009
 The day started with a nice breakfast at the Cadillac Cafe. After a quick stop by the Columbia Sport Outlet store, we made our way up Crown Point to see a nice view of the Columbia River Gorge. When we got to the point and got out the car, all I have to say is windy! I mean really windy! Did I mention it was windy? Actually it was the worst wind that I’ve ever been in by far. I don’t even know why we were out there to be honest. I just wanted to take a look and get the shot. |
The Obama Inauguration: Lego-Style
Posted January 16, 2009
Too crazy. Too much time on their hands.
My favorite is the caption for this picture… “As expected: an overwhelming turnout.”
Gmail Labs – Send and Archive
Posted January 15, 2009
Yet another reason why I love Gmail. If you’ve never discovered Gmail Labs, there are a lot of cool things in there. The latest one that I’ve discovered (via the Mashable website) is the Send and Archive feature. I was peaking over the shoulder of one of my co-workers and saw that the number of un-read message in his inbox was in the 4 digit range. I was shocked. I usually don’t like to have any unread message. That aside, I’m always striving for inbox=0, meaning nothing in my inbox. With other email services, you are afraid to delete messages. With Gmail, you are given the luxury of archiving messages. The Send and Archive feature is just another step in heading towards inbox=0. When I send a message, I always want to archive that thread. Now it does it for me automatically. Okay, the next step for me… better labels so I can really archive everything in my inbox.
Craigslist is just too good.
Posted January 14, 2009
My only regret is not discovering Craigslist earlier. I was just telling my wife today… I don’t think I’ll ever buy camera gear (mainly camera lenses) new again. There’s just a wealth of things out there that people are willing to give up and sell. Especially in these tough economic times, people need cash right away and there are people who just need some cheap stuff. Just some random thoughts. Now I just have to get myself to use that lawn mower I bought months ago from Craigslist. Don’t get me wrong… I’ve used it a number of times, but I’ve been busy recently. The grass is getting long. 🙂