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It certainly seemed to be in the spirit of things...
My camcorder is officially OOC with a damaged port for the FireWire. I don't know when I'll be able to get it fixed. In the meantime, I was forced to make do with my digital camera, opening a new can of worms in the process. It seems that my camera prefers recording videos in Quicktime format which is entirely too large. Because Quicktime is produced by a competitor, Windows Movie Maker (the editing program I normally use) doesn't work with it. What ensued was several hours of black comedy as I attempted to track down a free converter that wouldn't leave a trial version message across the screen. I finally found one.
The resulting movies have been converted twice (once to .avi, once to .wmv) and didn't look so hot to begin with. You can imagine how they look now. I apologize in advance for the poor quality. On the plus side, they're nice and small.
The first two videos were done with a 20" siru; the third was done with a M43. (The forumite who sold it to me might recognize it.) Both feature cho creep and habaki bolsters. Neither had been used for a bit on account of the BGRS (and now the Foxy Folly) and it felt good to swing them again.
For those of you who cut and haven't tried watermelons, I heartily recommend it. It's fairly messy, lots of fun, and you can eat the results if you're careful about it. (Ain't summer great?) The only downside is that it tends to draw the yellowjackets and you already know how I feel about them.
First up: Link.
Second: Link.
Third: Link.
In the third video, my third swing appears to be a miss but was in fact a hit; due to the vagaries of video editing on the cheap, the piece that flew free is invisible. You'll just have to trust me on that one.
I did cut up a fourth one with a Jange but I knocked it off the stand on the second cut. That's what I get for never swinging it.
I really have to get my camcorder up and running. I'm almost embarrassed to post these.
My camcorder is officially OOC with a damaged port for the FireWire. I don't know when I'll be able to get it fixed. In the meantime, I was forced to make do with my digital camera, opening a new can of worms in the process. It seems that my camera prefers recording videos in Quicktime format which is entirely too large. Because Quicktime is produced by a competitor, Windows Movie Maker (the editing program I normally use) doesn't work with it. What ensued was several hours of black comedy as I attempted to track down a free converter that wouldn't leave a trial version message across the screen. I finally found one.
The resulting movies have been converted twice (once to .avi, once to .wmv) and didn't look so hot to begin with. You can imagine how they look now. I apologize in advance for the poor quality. On the plus side, they're nice and small.
The first two videos were done with a 20" siru; the third was done with a M43. (The forumite who sold it to me might recognize it.) Both feature cho creep and habaki bolsters. Neither had been used for a bit on account of the BGRS (and now the Foxy Folly) and it felt good to swing them again.
For those of you who cut and haven't tried watermelons, I heartily recommend it. It's fairly messy, lots of fun, and you can eat the results if you're careful about it. (Ain't summer great?) The only downside is that it tends to draw the yellowjackets and you already know how I feel about them.
First up: Link.
Second: Link.
Third: Link.
In the third video, my third swing appears to be a miss but was in fact a hit; due to the vagaries of video editing on the cheap, the piece that flew free is invisible. You'll just have to trust me on that one.
I did cut up a fourth one with a Jange but I knocked it off the stand on the second cut. That's what I get for never swinging it.
I really have to get my camcorder up and running. I'm almost embarrassed to post these.
