Comments on: Life without DSL

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:58:49 +0000

Karen – Yeah, it didn’t come through in the emailed version, either. I’m going to have to start adding a note for subscribers when I post a video (there’s a technical fix, I think, but I’m too lazy to explore it, for as often as I post videos).

I’m not sure what that loudest bird is, to be honest. The microphone in my camera is pretty lousy, giving everything a tinny sound. I’ll get my mom to listen to it and get back to you.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:06:26 +0000

I didn’t realize there was a video here until I clicked over… dang bloglines.

I can’t get over how different your birds sound compared to ours. Your yellowthroat has a yankee accent I think. :) And there are a few in there I don’t recognize at all. That loudest one, with the three same-tone notes, what is that?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:01:17 +0000

Dick – That’s cool. I wasn’t prepared for anyone to actually like the clip, other than me, so I’m kind of surprised at the reception here.

rr – Yes, that was a bit of serendipity, I’d say (though I shot the movie over a month ago). Now if you wrote a poem about the fast lane today, that would be downright spooky.

mb – Glad you liked the shaking. A made a second short movie of that slug with the tripod, but it wasn’t quite as compelling, for some reason.

Slug and snail locomotion always makes me think of a very low-flying magic carpet.

By: mb

mb — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:00:06 +0000

The slight irregularities of the camera movement made me suddenly think about your breathing, heart beating. Beautiful sounds, too.

Think of the silvery trail you must have left this summer.

By: rr

rr — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:20:42 +0000

What a fantastic way to announce your return to, uh, I nearly send the real world. Let's say life in the fast lane. That has to be the best soundtrack ever. And that slug looks very like one I saw yesterday. Perhaps they are related.

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:17:53 +0000

As good as a poem, Dave. Actually, I found the clip deeply relaxing – like listening to Brian Eno!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:19:11 +0000

Peter – It was really 40 days? That’s scary.

Lorianne – Thanks.

robin andrea – Yeah, but it’ll probably take a while for the feeling to wear off that this high-speed thing is too good to be true.

Joan – Thanks. But only with high-speed can I upload stunning videos like this one.

By: Joan

Joan — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:47:19 +0000

I can’t help but feel the snail video is a visual metaphore for dial-up connections. Glad to have you back in hyperwarp again, though, although the only one to suffer was you, since your posts were still lovely and we still got to see them all along.

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:32:01 +0000

Yay! You have your high speed connection back. Welcome to the world where a ten second wait is the height of anguish.

By: dale

dale — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:46:02 +0000

:-)