Another time lapse

Yet another one... I think maybe they are all too similar!
But I still really like the view of Shanghai from our balcony.

Time laspe from the roof

Videos from the aquarium

Where the Hell is Matt....

I've blogged about this guy before - now he is in the New York Times. I bet I have watched his new video 10 times already. Be sure to click on his other videos and watch them as well.

Everyone who watches them has a different reaction. Matt purposefully doesn't say what message he is trying to convey. Watch them yourself and leave a comment!


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Panorama

Here is another panorama made using Photomerge in CS3. It was taken at field with the canal running through it at Minors.

Here is a clip of tagging a new calf. Don't worry, it doesn't hurt them! It's just like getting your ear pierced.

Lantern Day

Jon and I met Lura and Rachel at their hotel bar to say goodbye. We heard fireworks going off in front of the hotel so ran out to see what was going on. It was "Lantern Day", the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. The fireworks were loud and big up close, but nothing compared to the actual Chinese New Year.

Fireworks on Chinese New Year

The fireworks on Chinese New Year were the craziest thing we've ever seen!! We watched the WHOLE city explode for about 30 minutes. Imagine 20 million people all setting off fireworks at the same time... After about 20 minutes the smoke blocked our view of all but the closest ones. Check it out!!



Our apartment people set off a lot too. They were really close to the balcony!

Singapore Airport

Daktronics just put a new display in the Singapore Airport for EyeCorp. I was there to do training January 7-10. The display looks great.

We had to get special passes to get through security without boarding passes, and more security clearance to go up behind the display.

I wasn't the only one taking photos of the display! It is always funny to me to see other people taking photos. I have the right since it is a Dak display, but I always thought people would wonder why anyone would want to take photos of a billboard.

Random info about Singapore

The one thing that I did close to site-seeing was go to a mall to eat supper one night. In the courtyard is the world's largest fountain. I managed to catch the laser-light show. It was pretty lame. The fountain was just a light mist - I was expecting massive blasts of water shooting through the air!

Singapore was really hot and humid. One interesting thing is that gum is practically illegal. Yes, gum. As in the kind you chew. They want to keep the city pretty. (and it seemed to be working.) In 2004, they lifted the ban, so now you can chew gum IF you have a doctor prescribe it and you register to buy it at the pharmacy.

Singapore was the place where Michael Fay was caned for spray-painting cars in 1994.

Darkness falling over Shanghai

It's not really a sunset due to the clouds and pollution!

Fireworks

On the 23rd, we hear fireworks going off for about an hour. We finally decided maybe we should see what was going on. It was when Paris Hilton was here for a fashion show, so we decided it was probably that. It definitely was the largest firework display either Jon or I had every seen!

More traffic

I should really find something else to do time lapses of. Traffic is pretty much the same all of the time. Unfortunately due to all of the pollution I don't see any cool clouds. Maybe I'll try to do 24 hours this weekend, on Sunday, when the pollution usually is at the lowest level of the week.

Construction

Construction on the new subway line near our apartment.

Sunrise over Shanghai

Another time lapse. This one was every 30 seconds.

Trial of Time Lapse Photography

My co-worker Abram told me about his roommate Nic doing time lapse photography, and I just had to try it out. Nic's are way cooler than my first attempt here - but I'm learning! This is a test one to see if I could figure out how to put together all of the photos in AfterEffects. It is a series of photos taken every 3 seconds.