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.
// November 16th, 2011 // No Comments » // Funnies, Social media, Tech
When was the last time you came up to someone and asked if you could “poke” or “follow” them? So why do we do it “online”? A light-hearted and somewhat scary look at what happens when our “online” and “offline” activities meet.
// November 14th, 2011 // No Comments » // Celebrities, Music, Video
Judging by this live video of Katy Perry’s performance of Last Friday Night – TGIF at her Rock in Rio concert in Rio de Janeiro, the audience should at least have been issued with earplugs. Normally I would give the artist the benefit of the doubt and blame dodgy sound equipment, or more specifically the sound engineer, but not in this case.
There was a definite false note on many occasions [time 00:30] and it seemed as she was forcing it. She also often sounded out of breath [time 01:39] – which could probably be explained by all the dancing and jumping [time 02:53].
On the other hand, the studio produced version of this song sounds so much better – No earplugs required.
// 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.
// August 30th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Video
Last year I posted the inspirational video of Team Hoyt, an amazing story of a father’s relationship with his son.
Earlier this month Rory Dyer showed us an equally inspirational video during the GodFirst Church Men’s camp (Download audio resources | view some pictures )
The video replays the 400m race from the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Britain’s Derek Redmond tears his hamstring, then gets up to try to finish the race. His father comes down from the stands to help him cross the finish line.
// May 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // Funnies, Video
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