The Hour of Scampering - Latest Comments

Re: A Pot’s Progress

louisa — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:17:50 -0000

Oooh it has grown and is getting rather interesting - good work! Killer question though: how are you going to glaze it? ;)

Re: My New Quilt, Hijacked

Hour of Scampering — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:05:01 -0000

Ha ha! Her sister was always on hand to "assist" with assembly - my attempts at organising the final layout of the blocks on the livingroom floor was constantly criticised by her active demonstrations of "no no no" and re-arranging them with the swipe of a paw, or an attempt at "creative destruction" (i.e. chewing).

When you're ready do do your first one, let me know, I'll point you in the direction of some very handy tools and suppliers.

Re: My New Quilt, Hijacked

louisa — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:09:46 -0000

I'm just surprised she waited until it was finished. Whenever I'm sewing anything, I usually have mid-action "helpers". :)

Anyway, thanks for blogging about this. I want to make my first quilt soon too and I'll definitely investigate cotton & bamboo batting now.

Re: NaNoWriMo 2012 – Who’s With Me?

Hour of Scampering — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:31:44 -0000

I'm sitting down to do the "mapping" today, and tomorrow. Now that I'm thinking about it - little snippets of scene, character, ideas are floating to the surface.

Re: NaNoWriMo 2012 – Who’s With Me?

louisa — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:52:38 -0000

I'm doing it again. I've got the framework for most of the "mini-episodes" mapped out for most of my storylines, and some sections composed in my head, but it's going to be much more of a challenge than last year. That's partly by design though - I'd like a bit more of a challenge and I think NaNoWriMo is the perfect way to try something a bit different.

Re: Amazing Sky

Alexis — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:31:28 -0000

pretty rainbow

Re: Pad Painting – Creativity Via iPad

Hour of Scampering — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:25:21 -0000

"Approve"

Re: Pad Painting – Creativity Via iPad

Siobhan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:46:58 -0000

Now I wish I hadn't traded my iPad for a POS PC! It seemed like a good idea at the time . . .
But what I really want to know is, what kind of bird is the sleek bird of death?

Re: Help Me Make A Vid

Hour of Scampering — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:09:54 -0000

Hi Paul,

thanks for being the first one to jump in and get your hands wet . . . great question by the way (I'll answer it in the vid . . he he he).

Re: Help Me Make A Vid

Paul — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:26:41 -0000

saucy... {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbn..."}"title":{"value":"saucy... "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/vide..."}}}

Re: Disqus and Seesmic don’t play nicely together

Hour of Scampering — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:34:59 -0000

right so . . . hmmm . . . my ignorance is showing here . . . when I when rummaging around Disqus I did not seem to get very far . . .hmmm . . .I'll have another go then, thanks, both of you.

Re: Disqus and Seesmic don’t play nicely together

obscurelyfamous — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:41:28 -0000

Hi there,

Actually, Disqus supports Seesmic built-in. Using the Disqus commenting system, you can view and leave Seesmic video comments from within the system so you do not need the additional Seesmic plugin.

Cheers,

Daniel @ Disqus

Re: Disqus and Seesmic don’t play nicely together

Loic Le Meur — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:57:47 -0000

you can also activate Seesmic in Disqus and get both up :)

Re: Testing . . . .

jimthedj65 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:59:34 -0000

Saying hello {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/GnMxelV8Uq_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"Saying hello "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/OpAHL8croq"}}}

Re: The Pond In My Kitchen

Hour of Scampering — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:17:00 -0000

Thanks - yeah, I've not mastered the whole "sound levels" and track mixing thing - I think it's because I'm very visual, and have NO concept of musical melody/talent of any kind (grin).

The camera angle thing was loads of fun to play with - the set up was easy, the fiddly bit was in the editing. I admit, I'm rather pleased with that part.

Re: The Pond In My Kitchen

Paul — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:19:16 -0000

This was great! Nice job! Apart from the sound levels, this was really slickly put together. I've often felt, when doing tedious tasks, that experimenting with camera angles would be a good idea - nice one for trying it out and succeeding.

And the pond looks great. Reminds me of the pond we had in my childhood home that my dad made.

Re: Paris Part I

Hour of Scampering — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:40:31 -0000

he he he . . . . it's a whole new world! It's going to take me weeks to figure all this out - but that's a part of the fun.

Paris (and France generally) has grown on me over the past few years. So much so that I'm seriously considering a French course at the Institute Francais in Kensington. I bought a DIY learn French in Austria last summer - and its great, but the discipline and interaction with others in a class is, I think more efficient.

Re: Paris Part I

Paul Capewell — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:02 -0000

Ooh, check you out with your new domain!

Very nice. I miss Paris, I need to spend much more time there.

Re: Honest Sausage – Really Good. Honest!

Paul Capewell — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:30:00 -0000

Good call!

I haven't been for a while, but have happy memories of that place. Lovely setting too. :)

Re: Es ist nur Müsli!

Paul Capewell — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:19:00 -0000

For some reason I now have an undying urge for a muesli breakfast bar...! :P

Re: Experiments in Surrealism

Alexis Tančibok — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:06:00 -0000

I look forward to it. You might want to check out something called spinxpress (www.spinxpress.com) (it's great for publishing your vids in various places, as well as for doing collaborative work) also worth exploring is ourmedia.org, and the internet archive has some great stuff (archive.org)

Re: Experiments in Surrealism

Paul Capewell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:23:00 -0000

Thank you, I will look that out - I could do with some help for sure.

And a collaboration, I like! Twice as surreal...

Give me a wee while to get to grips with FCE and you're on!

Re: Experiments in Surrealism

Alexis Tančibok — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:32:00 -0000

he he he - then i was successful!

I know exactly what you mean about switching from imovie to FCE - I felt the same way. You'll find its one of those programs that will do your windows, your laundry, and put your clothes on for you if you let it (grin).

If its any help - Final Cut Express HD for Mac, by Lisa Brenneis (Peachpit ISBN 0321 350 26X) is a great resource. I like Peachpit software books as a rule but this one is particularly well done.

hey maybe we could collaborate.

Re: Experiments in Surrealism

Paul Capewell — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:03:00 -0000

Crikey!

Well it wins "most surreal video I've seen today" for me! I particularly liked the backwards/forwards text. Neat touch.

I've just started playing with FCE... After only having used iMovie 6 it's kind of like going from Lego to building a skyscraper... But I will figure it out, slowly but surely. First I need content to edit!

Re: It’s Just A Ball o’ Yarn

Alexis Tančibok — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:32:00 -0000

thank you! (bowing). I'm now looking forward to trying silk. I've recently learned how to make the knots for prayer-ropes (chotki) and am wanting to use the hand-spun yarn to do that - so I'm thinking i'll try a starter version with this ball.