I was thinking about making another video for YouTube today to explain this blog entry with audio-visual aids, but it’s a little too late for that now: I’ll be leaving for the airport in less than 12 hours and the webcam is packed away for the trip.
The biggest reason why I bought that webcam… well, the microphone on the laptop is complete shit. There’s a strong echo, it makes everything sound metallic and it really sucks a lot. (Oddly, Mom and I brought it back to Best Buy to find out what the problem was and it turns out that all of their ASUS laptops had that problem. Some worse than others, but still all of them. Just an FYI for anyone out there who might want a new computer this Christmas season for recording videos.)
Anyway! Aside from keeping the online journal, I’m planning to send “e-postcards” to people during our trip. If a hotel has internet access, I can send emails and attach a digital photo plus a short video. The “front” has a picture, the “back” has a message to the recipient, no postage fees… yay for technology! (If I’m feeling really crazy, I can send e-postcards to individuals. If I’m feeling really lazy, I can send them to a bunch of people at once and start the video with something generic like “Hey there!” Come to think of it, I might start the individual ones with “Hey there!” so that everyone can think I made any given e-postcard just for you.)
So that’s the current plan. I’m not sure how many people’s email addresses I have or how many people might want to get messages about the trip from time to time, but you can still follow my trip to Thailand for the next few weeks by checking out videos on my YouTube channel. Be forewarned: none of them will be made just for you, even if I start the video with “Hey there!”
