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Memory Is So Flawed
Back in 1998, I went on a bike trip to Ethiopia. I had a film camera, and film was expensive, so I didn’t take very many pictures. (Digital cameras and smartphones hadn’t been invented yet.So strange to think about that.) And people were so inquisitive and so demanding, that it was impossible to write in my journal anywhere. I ended up recording my journal on …
Sansa Clip – Have I Ever Managed to Fix Anything?
Have I ever managed to fix anything?
My life seems like an endless series of broken things. I try to fix them, and in the fixing, I destroy them. The latest in this long series is the Sansa Clip.
It was a great little MP3 player until suddenly it wasn’t. It was barely used, practically new, and the headphones started to crackle.
VIDEO: It’s FREE!! But is it GOOD? A Torture Test of Kuala Lumpur’s GoKL Bus Service (GREEN LINE)
By riding on the GoKL Green Line (one of six lines in Kuala Lumpur’s free public transit bus system), I was heading into unfamiliar waters. The Green Line makes a loop from Bukit Bintang to the KLCC area and then back again. I’d been to KLCC a few times, but I always got there via the underground LRT system. And when I came above ground, …
VIDEO: TIGERS & ELEPHANTS AT KL TOWER – Hutan Kita Exhibition (“Our Forest”)
In the comments to another video, someone suggested that I check out the (free) Hutan Kita exhibition currently running at KL Tower here in Kuala Lumpur. After a quick Google Search and a realization that this was something I would enjoy, I made plans to go there.
Hutan Kita means “Our Forest” or perhaps “Our Rainforest.” The exhibit was put on by the Malaysian government and …
VIDEO: DELETED SCENES & BONUS CLIPS: The Unfinished Videos of Kuala Lumpur
Not all the video I shoot ends up in a video on YouTube. In fact, a LOT of it doesn’t. So I went scrounging around some of the various folders on my computer and picked out some deleted scenes and bonus clips and put them all together. The star of this video is the city of Kuala Lumpur as I navigate its many construction sites …