Aquila pronounced AK-weh-lah, uh-KWILL-uh or even a-kee-laa, means eagle in Latin. Just like the eagle, this blog is my “bird’s eye view” on situations or topics that I happen to come across in my life.
// May 22nd, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Photos
We recently had an opportunity to go on a tour of the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. This stadium will be hosting the opening and closing matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Football tournament in June-July 2010. It’s an amazing venue.
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// March 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // General
We all have them, those white elephants sitting somewhere in a corner gathering dust. That guitar that was going to make you a rock star, if only you took the lessons. (more…)
// November 28th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // iPhone, Video
I’ve been playing around with the iTimeLapse app for the iPhone and I must say that I’m hooked.
With iTimeLapse you can create stunning time lapse videos straight from your phone! iTimeLapse allows you to capture a series of images rapidly and then compile them into a video.
So with the iPhone in hand, I loaded up the iTimeLapse app and directed it at the Tipp-Kick Table football game.
TIPP-KICK is a football game featuring two versatile metal players who can kick the ball along the ground or lob it up in the air. One push of the button sends the goalkeeper diving / leaping across the goal to clear the ball. The colour showing uppermost on the two-tone balls tells the players who is allowed to kick. The winner is the one that manages to combine ability, skill and tactics.
After recording 15 minutes of “footage” and a quick render – the end result was of course the following video:
And for those wondering, the final score was 3-2 in favour of the red team.
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