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July 2019 |
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camping and hiking at kanto's most haunted castle 2 |
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june 2019 |
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the sights and sounds of hachijojima |
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april 2019 |
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camping and hiking at kanto's most haunted castle |
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late 2018 |
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yokohama a day out |
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tohoku a sight-seeing cycle tour |
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the art of zen cycling: kyushu in winter |
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aki river, tokyo in october |
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august 2018 |
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my hols in hong kong 3 |
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flowers for mum |
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april 2018 |
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cherry blossoms around my place |
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following the cherry blossoms to akikawa river |
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shikoku winter bike camping |
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february 2018 |
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tokyo to nagano |
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december 2017 |
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mount fuji autumn bike touring |
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september 2017 |
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• hong kong hols 2 |
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april 2017 |
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• biwako and japan sea |
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• yamanakako a winter camp |
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march 2017 |
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• puppet show: Ok, let's go |
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may 2016 |
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• hong kong off the beaten track |
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march 2016 |
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• stop and enjoy the cherry blossom illuminations |
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• korea |
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From 2011. The original video, from a new Sony camera, suffered from a flakey image stabalisation and lack of skill using the new at that time Final Cut Pro X. The result was annoying and hard to watch. I reworked the project and this final version is much better. |
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• hiking around lake chuzenji
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• winter's end nara |
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february 2016 |
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• hiking in hong kong |
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november 2015 |
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• kii peninsular bike camping |
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october 2015 |
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• local obon festival |
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• let's dance videos |
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august 2015 |
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• nikko national park bike camping |
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june 2015 |
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• mount mitake, tokyo |
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• sacred mount takao |
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• biwako kyoto and nara bike camping tour |
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november 2014 |
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• shikoku bike camping tour |
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september 2014 |
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• my new home |
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april 2014 |
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• hong kong
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This gallery show photos using my new Sony DSC RX10 camera. We camped and hiked for three weeks, so taking the heavy Canon 5D plus a couple of heavy lenses was out of the question. |
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february 2014 |
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• spring in england |
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january 2014 |
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• england |
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september 2013 |
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• camping in hong kong |
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• rural honshu |
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july 2013 |
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• hong kong |
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• fuji five lakes bike touring |
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• six dates around tokyo |
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• GoPro Hero3 bike ride and swim test |
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july 2012 |
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• my favourite tokyo bike ride |
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june 2012 |
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• hawaii island |
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• bicycle tour japan: yakushima . . . |
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2012 Christmas and new year bike/camping trip to Yakushima, Kagoshima and Sakurajima. Pretty nice video. Check it out. |
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may 2012 |
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• hawaii |
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february 2012 |
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• golden week 2011 |
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2011 bike/camping trip to kyushu. Places visited: Iki island, tsushima island, dazaifu, mount aso and finally miyajima. |
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november 2011 |
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http://www.visit-kamakura.com/ |
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This is my new website. Still under construction. |
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• let's dance |
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august 2011 |
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• kyushu |
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A photo gallery of my "golden week" 2011 bike/camping trip to kyushu, as usual using my very fine Canon 5Dmkii. Places visited: Iki island, tsushima island, dazaifu, mount aso and finally miyajima, close to hiroshima. |
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february 2011 |
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• the sights and sounds of south korea |
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• korea christmas and new year 2010 |
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A small photo gallery of my snowy christmas/new year trip to Korea using my very fine Canon 5Dmkii. |
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january 2011 |
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• england and portugal 2010 |
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• our mary's bonnet |
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"Our Mary's Bonnet" is a tradition Yorkshire folk poem recited by my mother in broad Yorkshire dialect. |
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• facing the first year—out-takes |
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december 2010 |
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• Portugal 2010 |
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A nice photo gallery of my autumn trip to Portugal; and using my very fine Canon 5Dmkii. |
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november 2010 |
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• facing the first year |
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Watch this two minute video made from a year of ichat's and showing the gradual change of a newborn baby's face. |
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• king of the castle |
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Started about three years ago. I abandoned music for two years and finally finished it. |
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september 2010 |
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• jungle joe |
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Very old acoustic song from Quebec City days. Finally recorded as a test for my new Taylor guitar. |
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july 2010 |
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• bits & pieces: malaysia & thailand 2009/10 |
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Basically a video test of the Canon 5dmkii. |
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april 2010 |
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• malaysia and thailand 2009/10 |
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Some pretty nice pics from my Christmas/new year trip to Malaysia; and using my very fine Canon 5Dmkii. |
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november 2009 |
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• Around Tokyo Autumn 2009 |
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Already two years and more of separation, divorce, ending. And yet returning to who I am is a slow step by step affair. Here's one step. I replaced my 7 year old 10D camera with the fantastic 5DII and renewed my passion for pics. Here are some test photos taken around Tokyo in preparation for my trip to Malaysia. |
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august 2009 |
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• the final chapter: england 2000 |
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june 2009 |
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• the cat who swam the english channel |
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I've made a new section and this is the first content. I was at first dismissive of the audio book trend, thinking it was just for lazy idiots. Then it became clear I'm also a lazy idiot. |
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march 2009 |
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• Let's Go Greece |
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october 2008 |
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• Autumn in Nara 2006 |
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september 2008 |
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• traditional Japanese music and dance |
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• Mexico 2001 |
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july 2008 |
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• Italy 2004 |
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may 2008 |
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• Portugal 2002 |
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• the girl who saved the green |
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november 2007 |
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• to what depths have we plunged |
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september 2007 |
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• tokyoteacher |
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I've made a new web site to advertise for ESL students. It's a subdomain at the moment. I may buy a new domain name for it. The Japanese side is almost done. |
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september 2007 |
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I've removed my diary. Prospective students are visiting this site, so it seemed a bit inappropriate. |
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august 2007 |
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• memories |
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Wordsworth, in The Prelude:
There are in our existence spots of time,
That with distinct pre-eminence retain
A renovating virtue, whence, depressed
By false opinions and contentious thought,
Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight,
In trivial occupations, and the round
Of ordinary daily intercourse, our minds
Are nourished and invisibly repaired. [12. 208-15]
For me these spots of time are most often musical or musical and visual combined. So I've put together a very brief and incomplete autobiography based on certain particular events marked by music. |
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• the cat who swam the english channel |
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This is actually an old story from years ago. It's edited and reworked and now a really good read. Check it out. |
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june 2007 |
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• stoopid kids |
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It's new and I think it could be pretty good. I wrote it in my head over an 18 month period and it took me about a year to type it up. It's the 5th draft but I have no editor. Any volunteers? If you really want to read it all, I'd suggest printing it out: it's (kid's) book size. |
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• diary |
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• help |
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• ode to wine |
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Well, it's from last year, but now is the perfect time to add it. |
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may 2007 |
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• authentic voice |
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march 2007 |
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• hi definition: tokyo weekends |
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What used to be a two minute sample of the the HD video camera is now a eight minute collection of weekend outings. |
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february 2007 |
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• hi definition: indonesia 2006 |
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Here the first holiday video using the Sony HDR HC1 HD video camera. Too bad my brain was running at low definition! |
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Well, not really new music: I have added a comparison between the room reverb in BFD drum software and a few choices from Aliverb, a reverb software. Not of general interest! |
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november 2006 |
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Also I have added slide shows with music in most of the photo albums. |
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august 2006 |
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I admit it's not much to add since March! But I'm still pretty screwed up from my hospital drama.
Anyway, after Apple provided a sneak peak at their next OS, I was reading some very idiotic posts on several message boards. So I decided to do a quick parody. Sadly, it reads more like a transcript! Oh well, each to his own OS!
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march 2006 |
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I am still (four months later!) recovering from some unspeakable surgery, which is why it looks like I've been very lazy for some time. I've also been very lazy for some time. Any way, out shopping for an electric razor (which is surprisingly connected to the unspeakable surgery) I accidentally got out of the lift on the wrong floor and then accidentally bought this new HD video camera--mainly because it had just been discontinued and was half price. So this is just a quick two minute sample of a recent weekend visit to a friends. |
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september 2005 |
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• If . . . |
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The video of a live performance. |
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august 2005 |
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• Why |
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The video of a live performance. Watch it: or else! |
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• 21 hours in the life of a tokyo policeman |
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Comedy: High jinks on the beat with a tokyo bobby . |
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• golden week: 23 minutes of golden memories |
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Yes, these videos are coming fast and furious now! This one is quite nice. I think the "monster wave" is particularly impressive. |
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• my daily blob |
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Short comedy. |
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july 2005 |
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• the final chapter |
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After all these years a new poem. Don't expect any more. Poetry is for the young. I have seen all my daffodils. |
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I have completely redesigned the entire site!
I have also included complete web page texts for everything, including novel length stuff.
You can now click and download documents for just about everything.
The text documents are now PDF files. |
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• japan: about 2000 |
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Yes another video for you viewing and listening pleasure. Usual problems: trying to edit crap footage into something worth watching. This one starts slow but gets pretty fun by the end. And some really great music once again. |
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I have made all the photos lager and slightly higher resolution. For those with 14 inch monitors (or monitors set to the wrong resolution) this will make viewing awkward. For every one else the pics look much nicer. I have also reselected the content and reduced the number: so there are now less but they are all worth looking at. Finally the old days black and white stuff is now complete. |
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The studio section is finally up and includes some humour for those of you who are not actual gear heads. |
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june 2005 |
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• japan year zero |
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Finally a new video!!!!!!
Lots more coming soon(ish). For the time being there are two versions: one using the latest Quicktime 7 codec (compression thingy) which gives amazing results; the other for those yet to get the latest free player. |
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spring 2005 |
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• nothing without you |
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This is my newest song. It's pretty good. |
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• back in the factory |
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New old song. |
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• father |
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This is a slightly new arrangement, with new instrumentation and better quality recording. |
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• hokkaido 2004 |
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• italy 2004 |
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