Well, I have owned mcgelligot.com for a couple of months. I was never sure what exactly I wanted to do with it. I finally made it into the next iteration of this blog. Now McGelligot on the Spot will be coming to you almost live from its own domain.
I'm not sure if there are any advantages to this. Probably not. But I thought it might be more flexible to write from that location. However, I may come back here and post on ocasion.
McGelligot on the Spot
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Shakespeare Sonnet 60
Yes, I am at it again. I have produced another video. This time it is a reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 60.
It all started with a visit to my parent's house. They have clocks everywhere. I admit that I am a fan of clocks myself and have them liberally sprinkled around my house as well. But since I had my video camera there I decided that I would demonstrate its ability to take photographs. I chose to attempt to photograph every clock in the house. Well, I did not get them all, but I got quite a few in during the short space of time I had available.
That evening, I sat down to the computer and it came to me that I should make a sort of slideshow from the photos that I had taken, I could set it to music and also narrate something in the background. But what should I narrate? I vaguely remembered that Shakespeare had written something about time passing, so I searched that and found Sonnet 60.
My microphone is very cheap, so the sounds of my narration came out a bit tinny. I am going to work on an upgrade. What I would like to do is get a high quality recording device so that I can get a lot of cool sounds that I can insert into vids whenever necessary.
It all started with a visit to my parent's house. They have clocks everywhere. I admit that I am a fan of clocks myself and have them liberally sprinkled around my house as well. But since I had my video camera there I decided that I would demonstrate its ability to take photographs. I chose to attempt to photograph every clock in the house. Well, I did not get them all, but I got quite a few in during the short space of time I had available.
That evening, I sat down to the computer and it came to me that I should make a sort of slideshow from the photos that I had taken, I could set it to music and also narrate something in the background. But what should I narrate? I vaguely remembered that Shakespeare had written something about time passing, so I searched that and found Sonnet 60.
My microphone is very cheap, so the sounds of my narration came out a bit tinny. I am going to work on an upgrade. What I would like to do is get a high quality recording device so that I can get a lot of cool sounds that I can insert into vids whenever necessary.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Dinner Time Cleanup
Well, if you are going to be on the spot. A good place to be is at the dinner table. In a video, I shot my daughter Kate clearing the table after dinner. I put it in fast motion and set it to Vivaldi's Four Seasons...well, not the whole thing only part of it.
Vivaldi often reminds me of a film by the name of The Four Seasons that stars Alan Alda and Carol Burnett. Made in the 80s I believe. I have not seen it since, but at the time I thought it was quite good. I wonder if it holds up. When I first saw Mr. Mom with Teri Garr and Michael Keaton, I thought it was an enjoyable movie. I saw it again about a year ago and thought it was rather flat. I suppose it was a movie playing on the morays and events of the time. At the time I would have thought it would remain perennially funny.
Back to the Four Seasons. I don't think that you can every go wrong putting the stirring strains of Vivaldi's work into a film...appropriately, of course.
Vivaldi often reminds me of a film by the name of The Four Seasons that stars Alan Alda and Carol Burnett. Made in the 80s I believe. I have not seen it since, but at the time I thought it was quite good. I wonder if it holds up. When I first saw Mr. Mom with Teri Garr and Michael Keaton, I thought it was an enjoyable movie. I saw it again about a year ago and thought it was rather flat. I suppose it was a movie playing on the morays and events of the time. At the time I would have thought it would remain perennially funny.
Back to the Four Seasons. I don't think that you can every go wrong putting the stirring strains of Vivaldi's work into a film...appropriately, of course.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Cheesecake Manners.
Yes, I have created a new video for my site on table manners. The only question is whether the video itself is in good taste. It is called Cheesecake Manners. I tried to inject some humor into it in order to create some viral interest in manners. To do this, I had to run a bit counter to good manners. However, I think the video makes the point, however subtle, that what good manners are all about is being kind and considerate to your fellow human beings.
I created a squidoo page on Cheesecake Manners. I also put the full text of the actual cheesecake manners note on my Table Manners website.
I, of course, think that manners are important and that they are not exercised as proficiently as they were years ago. I think manners on the internet, with its ability to be anonymous, has fostered some of this. However, I think the internet is bringing out personalities more with the advent of video and a lot of the social websites that are out there that will make hiding behind an alias more difficult and thus make people a bit more responsible for their actions.
I created a squidoo page on Cheesecake Manners. I also put the full text of the actual cheesecake manners note on my Table Manners website.
I, of course, think that manners are important and that they are not exercised as proficiently as they were years ago. I think manners on the internet, with its ability to be anonymous, has fostered some of this. However, I think the internet is bringing out personalities more with the advent of video and a lot of the social websites that are out there that will make hiding behind an alias more difficult and thus make people a bit more responsible for their actions.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Shovelling Snow and Global Warming
Yes, I have found out the secret of global warming. It is all this snow shovelling. You see moving the snow not causes friction, which melts micro-grains of snow (but imagine all of the thousands of snow shovels moving snow, melting it one little flake at a time). Not only that, but moving the snow exposes darker patches of sidewalk, driveway, and worst of all, blacktop! The snow would normally bounce the sun's rays, but instead the heat of the rays are absorbed into the Earth. We must STOP all this snow shovelling.
More information can be found on this phenomena at: http://www.homehumor.com/shovelling-snow.shtml
More information can be found on this phenomena at: http://www.homehumor.com/shovelling-snow.shtml
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