ROCK BAND jam session #01

The first jam session at UK Mike's apartment featured him, yours truly, the Can, Jei & Juri.

Featured songs are by Black Sabbath and The Clash.

Filmed on my Xacti HD700.



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Shinjuku Sunset March 10, 2008

The sunset as seen from my apartment's balcony on Monday March 10, 2008.

Filmed using my Xacti HD700.

Footage is unedited.

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My students: Week of March 3rd to 7th

This video shows some of the students from my two group lessons in Nogata. Stories cover golf and highway traffic and organic soy beans.

And finally there is an inside peek at the clinic in Akasaka-mitsuke I've been teaching at for years.

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Ride to Odaiba with the Xacti HD700!

I rode my bike (Trek 7.3 FX) from Shinjuku to Odaiba this afternoon. This was my second time to ride there recently, but first with my Xacti HD700. I used a gorillapod tripod to mount the HD700 on my handlebars and experimented with recording video while riding.

The results? I need to find smoother paths and work on the Xacti's settings.

This video was exported only at "iPod" quality as the time to render it in 720p in iMovie '06 on my 1.67ghz Powerbook G4 kept going up and up. Finally, at 155 minutes and rising, I canceled it.

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Denny gets haircut at same place for 60 years!

One of my students this evening, Denny, told me about how he has gotten his hair cut at the same barber shop in his neighborhood for over 60 years!! He's been going there since he was 4 years old. I wish I had recorded the first part of the story as well.

The original barber/owner died long ago, his son took over the business, but he is over 70 years old now! His daughter, in her 40's, works there now as well.

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