Sat 9 May 2009
This series of short films by Isabella Rosselini explore the mating habits of sea creatures. The surreal visual style fits well with the unusual ways life begins on the bottom of the sea.
Mon 27 Apr 2009
I posted last months video in Flash format, using the new Flash Video Player plugin for Wordpress. It seems to work pretty well now, unlike last time I tried it a few versions ago. I really like the ease of embedding the files, including the simple way it handles preview images. With QuickTime this was a pain and the code pretty obnoxious. With Flash all you need is this:
flashvideo file=http://www.kasparius.com/videos/liv11months.f4v image=http://www.kasparius.com/videos/liv11months.jpg /
It’s also a lot easier on visitors, with no preloading until you choose a video to play. On the downside the preview image loading seems mildly flaky but I can live with it.
So the site has undergone an update to the more recent videos moving them over to Flash format. In many cases I wasn’t able to code them from the original Final Cut project which leads to some quality loss, but the overall result is good and all new videos will be coded directly to Flash.
Mon 27 Apr 2009
On the last day of class I happened to scan the university bookstore for possible gifts, and my eyes were drawn to a rack of funny looking stuffed animals. “Great” I thought, “Liv will love one of these”. Then I read the tag… Giant Microbes. Educational and fun it says, and while I think they are amusing it’s a little weird giving your kid MadCow, Staph or Ebola to play with 
Sun 12 Apr 2009
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Sun 15 Mar 2009
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Mon 9 Feb 2009
January has been an exciting month, I was home on leave (and will be until april) so I spend much more time with Liv. Sabine goes off to work and I get to watch, feed, stroll, and more! Liv is becoming a rapid crawler, although it’s technically more of a wiggle, she’s not moving on all fours yet. But she moves quickly and likes to grab things from lower shelves, pull out records, turn up the stereo to 10 (she doesn’t like what happens then though More teeth.
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Sat 3 Jan 2009
More video, she is now eating a variety of foods and has her own chair at the table. 4 teeth!
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Sat 3 Jan 2009
Variations on a theme..