Goodbye, Adios, C U L8r, ALASKA!
16 Hours and Counting… Puerto Rico, Here I Come!
As stated previously, Alaska has been my home since I was a little kid. There was plenty to explore and still is. I won’t be back for sometime, but I will be back. I leave a big chunk of my heart and soul here. I made it through the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, –35F winters and the glorious summers Alaska is famous for. I’ve shot fireworks in Barrow (as lead pyro-technician) on New Years and ran the 4th of July Jaycees “Freedom Days Festival” in 1985, in Anchorage. Fond memories, for sure.
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I’m Leav’n on a Jet Plane, don’t know when I’ll..
Let the adventure begin (3 days and counting)..
This will be my last post from Alaska.. the next one will be from San Juan.. late on Wednesday, the 26th (if things go according to plan).
I’ll spend 19 hours in transit, cross 4 time zones and switch planes twice, to get there. Did I mention how much coach class sux?
I find it slightly humorous and a little annoying that the Que Pasa visitors guide did not show up until last week. I had requested it from the Puerto Rico Travel Companies Web site, a couple months ago. Back when I could have used it to plan my trip. Its dated June to… Continue reading
The “Intro Bloopers” Reel
Shooting the “Intro Video” to my Blog was fun, but it did have its moments of frustration. It was my first.. there were mistakes.
For those of you not familiar with viewing videos on the Internet, here’s a couple of tips–
If you are on a ‘dial-up’ Internet account, I suggest skipping the videos completely.. they are huge files and will take (almost) forever to down-load. Do you have an hour or so to wait? You could go eat dinner, run an errand or go for a walk and come back when its done. If on the other hand, you have a high speed connection (DSL, cable modem or some such thing), go for it. It should take only… Continue reading
Blogging, WordPress, Artisteer and GeekSpeak
This effort originally started out as conventional HTML. I designed and crafted a full set of interface graphics with ‘rollover’ features for all key categories and sub-categories. Then I would have assembled it in Adobe’s Dreamweaver. I had a specific ‘look and feel’ I was trying to achieve. I have previously used Adobe’s GoLive and HotMetalPress to build sites. KISS, is my driving design principle (Keep it Simple, Silly).
MyPOV: I think its important for a viewer, surfer to feel like they are ‘somewhere’ when they are on a site and have a sense of having left ‘somewhere’ when they step off a site. … Continue reading
YouTube Intro Video.. Arrg!
What a learning curve…
My first (ever) edited video and the only one I’ll do with me in front of the camera. Shot with the Vado HD video camera. This sequence was staged next to an old dilapidated shed near my place in Willow, Alaska. HD Videos make such huge files. This minute and a half was originally over 560MB’s. I did manage to compress it to 65MB’s before uploading to YouTube. It still took 30 minutes to up-load over my DSL. Enjoy, Roberto
Because of the huge amount of time lost to post processing HD video, I will only be posting a few while I’m IN Puerto Rico. Once… Continue reading
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After much ado, my blog design is finally finished and now online. It’s late and I’ll post more about my plans for this travel Blog very soon… Arrg!
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