» by ChrisM August 31st, 2007 at 7:20 pm » Comments (0)

Last night, we had another power cut in the flat around our area. Although a little frustrating, the part that really has begun to annoy is the fact that our ...more »

» by ChrisM August 31st, 2007 at 6:55 pm » Comments (2)

In just three weeks time I will be in Amsterdam. Given the time difference, I should have hopefully just hopped off a train at Centraal Station, dumped my bags in ...more »

» by ChrisM August 30th, 2007 at 7:12 pm » Comments (0)

I can not believe it was really a whole twelve months ago that they were born. Until we had our own kittens, I was always cautious of cats. I liked ...more »

» by ChrisM August 30th, 2007 at 3:48 am » Comments (2)

These are the photos we took of Dasha and Tima last weekend, when Balzhan, Ildar, Sasha, Dr. Natalya, Sveta, Losha, Igor & his wife, as well as Asen's mum all ...more »

» by ChrisM August 30th, 2007 at 2:33 am » Comments (0)

OK, as you may have read from earlier posts, I have been experimenting trying to find the best way to encode videos to ensure high quality clips on YouTube. So ...more »

» by ChrisM August 30th, 2007 at 12:03 am » Comments (0)

A court in Moscow has confirmed that the head of the company that runs allofMP3.com is NOT breaking any Russian laws. Prosecutors originally bought a case against him for selling ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 11:35 pm » Comments (0)

As I mentioned in the previous post, we (Ira, Me, Balzhan, Ildar, Masha, Dr. Natalya, Sasha & Sveta) went out to celebrate Dr. Natalya & Sasha's new car. In the ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 3:23 pm » Comments (0)

Due to the national holiday tomorrow (30th August), companies give their workers Friday off as well. Then make then come into work on Sunday. This means they have three days ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 3:18 pm » Comments (0)

Thought I'd post a link to a YouTube clip whilst I wait to see if the new resizing method results in a much needed improvement in quality. Anyway, click here to ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 3:03 pm » Comments (1)

Perhaps a more accurate post title would have been 'Stupid, impatient Chris'... Last night I finished uploading all 29 videos to YouTube from the Astana Day celebrations, specifically the concert held ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 4:26 am » Comments (0)

Here we have the evening's MCs sounding like they are sticking to a strict script, introducing the 7th act. I should point out that the number system I have used ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 4:16 am » Comments (1)

As you may remember from my previous posts in the Amsterdam category, I have been using a combination of Google Earth, Microsoft’s Windows Live Local and other online mapping utilities ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 3:59 am » Comments (0)

Manchester Police, tipped of by some builders have discovered a tunnel that had been dug in an effort to steal an ATM machine! The 40 foot tunnel was 2/3 complete, ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 2:30 am » Comments (0)

Here are the next batch of videos. These were still filmed in the early evening, with a couple of people who sing in Kazakh, and one in English. The last ...more »

» by ChrisM August 29th, 2007 at 1:37 am » Comments (0)

I have finished cutting the raw video into select scenes, and compressing it down into a more manageable size. Once YouTube servers return to a more normal speed, it shouldn't ...more »