A video from my nephew's birthday party.

Music: Cocorosie - Candy Land
Camera: Pentax K-7 DSLR + Sigma 17-70 2.8-4.5 lens.

Recorded on my Kodak Zi8 HD camcorder. Although two of the most common criticisms of this camera are the low-light noise and the lackluster internal mic, they both seem to actually be quite decent in this video.

A short video of me taking the motorcycle around the barrio on a cold, windy, cloudy day - probably one of the last rides of the season. It's mid-October and I'm still riding, though, so I suppose that I should give thanks to the weather Gods.

The Kodak Zi8 is mounted to the GT250's handlebars with a clever combination of a mini-tripod, tie wraps and prayer. I need to build something better to resist vibration, and find a better mounting point that at least shows part of the front of the bike.

The video is sped up 2x for brevity's sake.

Go directly to the Vimeo page to watch it in 720p HD fullscreen.

Music: Bran Van 3000 - Supermodel

I just picked up a sweet, sweet HD video camera - I think this is the first "mini" camera I've ever used that produces such amazing output. I've tried the lame Sanyo Xactis and Flip Ultras of yesteryear, and came away unimpressed. The color rendition, resolution and motion are way better on a big screen. This is a lame and pointless video test, because

• It's edited and re-compressed to display in a tiny flash box on my website (although you can download a higer-res version at the bottom of the post);
• I recorded in "only" 720p (it can do 1080p);
• I recorded at "only" 30 frames per second (it can do 60);
• I somehow managed to turn off the shake reduction before shooting and I don't have the steadiest hand;
• I couldn't find anything interesting to shoot.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

C'est trop bon, as I've been saying over the past few months. PS - I'm back. From Paris, from the real world, and from myself.

The Internet wasn't invented for business, or banking, or email, or communicating with loved ones, or blogging. It was invented so that I can watch videos of Lykke Li singing in the back of a black London cab.

Our 2008 session at the Allied Media Conference with Dean Jansen last month covered the use of open source tools to create professional-level multimedia content. We explored the benefits of shooting in the RAW file format if you're printing a 'zine, used Audacity to create an audio podcast, put together a stop-motion slideshow from photos taken at the conference using command-line tools, and created some video to share on the AMC site. Then, Dean showcased Miro and explored different ways to distribute your content. Most importantly, though, we all got to know each other.

This is already a year old, but somehow it fell through the cracks and I missed it until now.

It's a brilliant little musical number that pokes fun at the whole "Support Our Troops" yellow sticker sickness, masterfully done by the Asylum Street Spankers - great fucking name.