My MOP!!! dabbling in video editing

On Wednesday my buddy Logan asked, "why does every nerd on the internet know how to make a lightsaber fight?".

It was a good question... Making a lightsaber fight video is probably something that every nerd out there has thought about at one time or another. I'm positive it's crossed my mind before. So I decided this was probably a good time to give it a try.

Once I installed all the right software, it was really quite easy to do. I only spent 30 minutes actually editing the video (after hours of setting up software). with another 30 minutes you could really make a pretty good looking video, but since this was just a proof-of-concept, this is where I stopped:




It's not exactly star wars quality, but it's almost UHF quality

Thanks to Logan Swapp for the idea and Kevin Gay for help with some of the resources :-p






...for those who don't get the reference it turns out that youtube has everything, so here is the reference :-p

A Breath of Fresh Air

I decided to take off the friday before last to do a hike. My PTO was building up and I was really starting to feel a little need for a day away from the office. When I dropped off my PTO form, my boss asked where I was going to hike, and asked if I'd rather join him on another canyoneering trip into the Jug.

The Jug is a slot canyon carved into granite by the Salome Creek. It's just on the other side of four peak from phoenix, right near Roosevelt Lake. It's a little hard to get to, but it's quite a fun hike.

I took my Blackberry Pearl running Trimble Outdoors, and I collected a GPS log for the trip. (Don't worry, I didn't check my email)

Here's what I collected:

Though this hike has it's tough spots, it's really more like a day on the lazy river. We filled out packs with dry bags, and just floated for probably 50% of the hike.

The other 50% was either hiking through the desert to get to and from the Jug, or jumping from rock to rock between baths in the canyon.

My boss, Rich Rudow, straddling the creek

There was one spot where we had to either rappel or jump. I'm not much of a jumper... and it's always fun to use some climbing gear, so we rappelled it.

The Rappel

It was a great trip, and I really had a good time getting out of the office for a day.