I took the 10 minute video test

from my camera. A slight problem: What the camera "is saying" is that it can't share more then 20 seconds of video. Because the video is on a micro sd card, I need some kind of micro sd card holder the size of a regular sd memory card. The micro sd card just slides in. I can manage the card from there. I'll get one from Best buy across the street. Also, I want to do a video test with my iPod. The only thing with Apple video is that the quality isn't that great and I get the 2 black bars cutting off the video. But lets see what we get.

When I first went to school I was 7 years old. I began a year later then my siblings because we were moving house that year I think it was 1959 when I went to Mountain View in Coquitlam. I went to 7 different schools from grade 1-12. My last school year was 1970 at Centennial sc secondary. Tomorrow while I have a day off, I'm calling the student records and ask if I could get a copy of my transcripts, even if they are still available. They were at one time when I went to do this a few years ago. I won't be able to do all of this in one call I'm sure but lets see what happens.

At the same time while going down memory lane here today, I went through all the different companies/jobs that I had since my first job with Burger Chef in 1970. I was 18. I didn't get to work when I was a teenage because of my back operation in 1968. I was laid up that year and most of 1969 wearing a body cast. I went through my memory bank and put jobs to years. The jobs where I stayed at for more then 1 year were included. I stayed at Army & Navy here in Edmonton during most of the 1980's and Xentel from 2000-2012 until they closed the Edmonton office and others. I'd still be working there now if they hadn't closed the office. I had went through 28 different jobs. I lot of these were temporary recession jobs or in between jobs if the main job like at the last market research job I had they would break for the summer. I had 3 jobs last summer that didn't pan out before I was called back to the market research job. Residence wise, it gets about the same, 28 locations. 

I have today and tomorrow remaining of my 3 days off here. Other then Anne fighting with me, it's been good. later today I might watch that Argo CFL game, anyway, that's all for now.

That worked out well

as I managed to figure out that movie length on my camera is attributed to movie size. I can get up to 20 minutes worth of movie length but settings need to be on VGA mode, which is ok. I still need to adjust the white balance and some affects. Anyway, that's all for now, maybe.

Why is he blogging at this hour

shouldn't he be at work? The project ended Friday at 5:45pm yesterday afternoon and we were sent home. Before that though we were to expect a phone call today about the up coming project next week, tentatively to begin Tuesday. I got that call this morning. Translation: I passed the probationary 3 month period. I'm scheduled to show up Tuesday 4pm-8:30pm as they just want to take a look at it before they schedule more hours. It could go in any number of different directions, which I wont list here. However, this means as of today, I have 3 days off.

What with all the trouble going on in the world, whacky gun happy nutcases killing tourists, Greece facing a financial crisis, some interesting news. Solar impulse 2 made its historic landing in Hawaii. The plane flew from Japan 8,000 Km to land in Hawaii using the power of the Sun. The flight last 118 hours. The next leg of the journey will be undertaken by pilot Bertrand Piccard, who will fly from Hawaii to Phoenix, Arizona.  

This coming up October is a important election for Canada. The players are our current PM Stephan Harper (my choice) and the NDP oppoisition leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. The Liberals and the NDP are soft on terrorism and that scares me. Trudeau wants to legalize marijuana (to tax it obviously) The only sense of reason is Harper.

My little Samsung wifi camera could always take video. I just don't know for how long. I know it can only take 3 minute video clips to upload to YouTube but I need at least 5-20 minutes for my Jams I want to produce. I haven't used the camera in almost a year. Now that I have a bit of time off this weekend, I can charge the camera and tinker around with the settings. The camera's YouTube app might let me upload only 3 minutes to YouTube but I think I can shoot video for as long as I the memory card will let me.

The construction across the street is in full swing. Just what we need around here is another pharmacy. Shoppers Drug Mart is useful to me because we don't have far to go to get  our bus pass and if I need to get a lottery ticket, its just across the street. I'll be able to get my diabetic supplies there in the future. I'd much rather see a London Drugs there (better selection) and they have a decent computer selection but it wouldn't make sense because Best buy is across the street. Heck, neither does having 3 pharmacies all within a few blocks of each other make sense either. I'd love to see a Max store or something that's open 24 hours, that has tables and a place to have a coffee or a snack. Or even have a Long & McQuade 

On my plate tonight, I'm following a bit of the BC/Ottawa CFL football game, munching on BBQ potato chips and having a good time and I might even put together a bit of a beat. Before I go, I'd like to wish all my American friends and colleagues, Dan, Dennis, Kieth, Alan and all the rest a happy 4th of July. The other greatest country on the planet. Anyway, that's about all for now.