Category: Video
Weight Weight Wednesday 4: Stability
No audio in this edition of Weight Weight Wednesday. I had a meeting run late at work and I’m too tired to record anything. Anyway, I stayed more or less the same weight as I was last Wednesday – I gained less than a pound – so I call that a win. The goal is…
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Music Monday 1: The Ritz
In this first episode of Music Monday, I talk about the first violin I bought – The Ritz. First week to two years – Adult beginner violinist
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Monday Mike 3: Resolutions
The 3rd episode of the Monday Mike vlog. Hi. I’m Mike and welcome to my vlog. As you can see from the background, I’m changing things up a bit. It’s okay, but not great. It’s made of some sort of vinyl plastic that feels a bit like stiff paper. It looks nice, but I don’t…
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Vlogging
A few months ago as I was doing updates for the fundraising platforms, I decided to try something new in the future. Since I’m a big fan of YouTube, I thought I might start doing videos. Except of course, that it isn’t as easy as just filming and uploading. I started paying attention to the…
Read More呆宝静 － It’s OK
One of the things I’ve struggled with in Chinese is finding Chinese songs I find interesting. Most of it is just pop music. It’s OK (no pun intended), but it’s usually not very interesting. There are a lot of ballads (boring), but some dance songs which are at least more energetic. What I’ve been trying…
Read MoreAmerican girl speaking Chinese
The other day I looked on YouTube for a video of Mark Zuckerberg speaking Chinese, since I wanted to find out if he spoke better Chinese than I do (he does). In the related videos section, I saw the video embedded above. The video is quite humbling because she speaks Chinese very well compared to…
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