Posts Tagged ‘florida’
PV011: Сезон Лангустов (Russian version of Lobster Season)
[qt:/wp-content/podcasts/pv011-lobster-season-russian.mov /wp-content/podcasts/pv011-lobster-season-russian-poster.mov 640 360] Поскольку Оксанин брат был своего рода центром истории этого подкаста, и потому что он только говорит по русски, и не понимает не слова о том, что мы сказали в этом эпизоде, мы решили добавить субтитры к этой версии нашего видео сп...
PV011: Lobster Season
About three weeks ago, Oksana and I took her brother and sister-in-law, Andrey and Natasha, down to Key West. They were visiting from Russia and we took it upon ourselves to show them a good time. Andrey received his PADI open water certification course in Katmchatka this spring -- in the COLD! -- just so he could dive with us here in the States. On our last trip through Key West, Oksana and I stumbled upon a little dive shop called Dive Key West. We had a wonderful experience with them, so we knew right where to take Andrey. What we di...
PV010: NASA STS-132 Tweetup
Here’s a long-ish podcast episode about the NASA Tweetup I attended back in May. Oksana wasn’t able to go with me, so this video ending up being a one-man show. There’s some good stuff in there, I think, but I ran into some problems during the production (not the least of which was overexposing my “narrator” shot… grrr!) My intent was to convey my own experiences at, and thoughts about, the NASA Tweetup. I hope I managed to at least do that. Originally I thought I’d post it in June, but packing for our backpacking-aro...
Space Shuttle Exhaust
Purchase a Print or Download Wallpaper: 1920x1200 or 1600x1200 In keeping with this week’s theme… When the Space Shuttle Discovery launched at 6:21am on the morning of April 5th, the sun had not yet risen. However, as the Shuttle itself disappeared into the distance, the horizon was beginning to brighten. It was still pre-dawn when helpful voice over the loudspeakers urged everyone to get back in the busses before the cloud of toxic exhaust fumes had a chance to drift over the Causeway. Our group piled back into our Grey Line ...
STS-132 Tweetup
When I first went to Machu Picchu, I tried to absorb as much of it as I could. I figured it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Same thing with the Galapagos; while I was there, I slept as little as possible so that I wouldn’t miss a thing. Funny thing is, I actually went back to the Galapagos a second time and (I still can’t get over this!) I’ve been to Machu Picchu three times now. So when I planned to attend the Space Shuttle Discovery launch last month, even though they’re retiring the Shuttle program, and ev...
STS-131 Space Shuttle Discovery Launch
Purchase a Print or Download Wallpaper: 1920x1200 or 1600x1200 When Oksana and I were researching all the things we could do during our year of travel, one of the things I wrote down was “See a Shuttle Launch.” It’s not that I had any special interest in seeing one (though I do think space travel is pretty darn cool), it just seemed like one of those things you should do at least once. You know, like “see a total eclipse,” or “go skydiving.” Turns out, when you live in Alaska, there can be some pretty tall hurdles to ov...
PV006: Diving with Dive Key West
Hoo boy. This was a tough podcast to edit. I can remember working on the first cut on the airplane down to Seattle back in early September. Why so difficult? Well, I think I underestimated how much "story" I wanted to put in. As I mention in the video, Oksana and I wanted to tie this episode back to the last, so we tailored our little speeches around that. Unfortunately, once I started editing, I realized I had absolutely nothing to show while we talked -- we're not in the habit of taking videos of dive shop storefronts. Yet. I d...