Check out Ron Ching's Eclectic 2.0. Shot with a Canon 40d and a Rebel XT.

Eclectic 2.0: Earth, Water, Sky from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

... another one by "framerausch":

Cool beans! Facebook now supports HD video sharing up to 720p (1280x720).
Image quality can compete with Vimeo too.
Here are a few from my profile:

San Francisco Holiday Scene

Parol Lantern Parade, San Francisco '08

Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge

Thing 1 and Thing 2

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Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

After three years, the two little vines we got from a nearby nursery is finally bearing fruit. The green one is the Thompson Seedless and the red one is a variety named Black Emerald. We picked a bunch of the black emeralds and they were crisp and sweet. The kids enjoyed them. The Thompsons are nice and plump already but not quite there yet in sweetness.

I'd like to welcome my friend and high school classmate Alexis to the wonderful world of weblogging. Check out his page at http://workaholicrunner.wordpress.com/.

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After about 4 months of using my Polar F6 heart rate monitor, i have learned that working out at different heart rate ranges affect the body differently and that working yourself out at maximum exertion is not necessarily beneficial to your body. In fact, there is an optimal target depending on your personal goal. I also learned that working out on the upper zones is not cumulative (i.e., that you DO NOT gain the benefits of the other zones below it).

In the book Heart Zones Cycling by Sally Edwards and Sally Reed, they describe two methods for determining these heart zones: either by figuring out the maximum heart rate (HRmax) or aerobic treshhold (aka VT1). These are practically identical except for Zone 5 where the treshhold based range is further subdivided into 3 subareas (5a, 5b and 5c). For simplicity, I wil just outline the one based on maximum heart rate here which divides the heart zones from 1 to 5.

Zone 1 (50% to 60% of HRmax)

• calories burned come from 10% carb, 85% fat, 5% protein
• less than 4 calories per minute
• VO2: 28 to 39
• first point of aerobic benefits
• calories come primarily from fat
• used for maintaining a healthy heart
• improve metabolism
• mood improvement
• improved self-esteem
• works well for a gentle recovery ride
• reduces blood cholesterol
• lowers blood pressure
• stabilized body weight

Zone 2 (60% to 70% of HRmax)

• calories burned come from 15% carb, 80% fat, 5% protein
• less than 7 calories per minute
• VO2: 40 to 58
• used for building skeletal muscle mass
• decreases body fat
• improved aerobic function
• increase mitochondria
• more efficient fat metabolism
• ideal for warm ups and cool downs

Zone 3 (70% to 80% of HRmax)

San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County. from Kyo Suayan on Vimeo.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Now in HD. Where the Heck is Matt?

14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands.

Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler,
a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living
and lifelong learning.

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Anthony's Birthday 2008 from Kyo Suayan on Vimeo.

After doing some game testing at EA last Saturday morning we went to Anthony's birthday party in San Mateo where we spent most of the afternoon. It was nice and warm out there and had some relaxing time to catch up with friends. When we got home, I plugged in the PS2 and played FIFA '08 which I thought was pretty good (well detailed) and something a hardcore soccer fan would probably enjoy.

Following day was Father's Day and after mass we had lunch at the Banyan Garden where they serve a fusion of Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Chinese dishes. The Roti Canai was probably even better than the one at Banana Leaf in Milpitas and the Pineapple Fried Rice was OK (don't tell my doctor!).

We passed by the Union City library after that and I then did a quick 45 minute edit of the video and photo montage from Anthony's birthday. We had an early dinner at Chat Patta Corner for some Chole Bhature (really good when enjoyed straight from the kitchen) then a quick grocery run for the week at the Safeway nearby. We rented Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro (which was so-so compared to Anchorman and Old School) and The Bucket List featuring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson which I thought was pretty good.

Then it was Monday again.

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Anna won some tickets to the San Jose production of Disney's High School Musical so we took the kids in the middle of the week and it was Kamille's last day of school anyway (and despite the fact that I still have not recovered from a Killer Tomato attack on Sunday).

Incidentally the Center for Performing Arts was just right across the Adobe headquarters so I took the opportunity to take some snapshots at their lobby on Almaden boulevard. I must admit I'm a huge Adobe fan.

After Kamille's soccer class we headed out to attend a friend's birthday party at a nearby pizza and video game arcade. I shot some footage with the G9 and quickly assembled it on iMovie 08. The soundtrack was a precomposed piece from Adobe Soundbooth. I imported the video to Premiere and tweaked the colors and added some gradient maps. Maybe one of these days I will have the time to produce my own backing track from scratch on Ableton Live and the Motif XS7.

Morning at A Pizza Arcade from Kyo Suayan on Vimeo.

Overall, it was a fun filled weekend. Yesterday, we walked around Lake Elizabeth in Fremont:

Saturday Morning at Lake Elizabeth from Kyo Suayan on Vimeo.

We rode Sawyer Camp Recreational Trail today (soon to be named Crystal Springs Trail) in San Bruno. We didn't realize that the exit to take on Sundays was Black Mountain Road but we eventually found the northern trailhead on Hillcrest so our route started off downhill.

It was a nice day for a ride, relatively warm and most of it was easy going with the exception of the last mile on the way back with about less than 500 feet of elevation gain. I was pulling the bike trailer and we had to walk a few sections of the last mile.

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Tatay's Birthday 2008 from Kyo Suayan on Vimeo.

By backyard, I don't mean that literally but The Alameda Creek Trail, a 12 mile stretch of paved path that's part of the East Bay Park system is just a mile from our doorstep. It's also connected to Coyote Hills Regional Park and adjacent to Don Edwards S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge. I brought our camera today to take some photos along my usual 14 mile biking route.

There are 65 parks in the East Bay Regional Park system covering 98,000 acres and 1,150 miles of trails.

Don't you just love the culinary diversity of the Bay Area? I mean, you don't have to take an 18 hour flight just for some authentic Indian dishes or fly all the way to Korea for some honest to goodness soontofu served the old fashioned way. When you're in San Mateo, there are more Japanese restaurants than Mexican taquerias.

At one of our usual gatherings, Alvin and Anne one time brought a small box of food to go from one of their favorite Indian restaurant here in Newark.

The fried bread (bhature) was a slightly sweet kind similar to the Taco Bell challupa. [I know it's a pretty barbaric reference or point of comparison but hey, I got this theory that food is easier to "understand" and thus appreciate when you can describe it in familiar terms]. You then dip that on a sweet to mildly spicy dish of garbanzos which I guess is the "choley" (chickpeas to you Amerikanos) that is then seasoned with something similar to a salsa verde (but with hints of cumin and some sort of lime).

You could probably count with your fingers the Indian dining places I've been to but I guess my recent forays into developing my own chili bean recipe has conditioned me into exploring more of the spicy stuff and triggered this interest on the earthy flavor of cumin.

So eventually, I found the Chatpatta Corner here in Newark. It's near the 76 gas station in front of Ardenwood Farm right across the car wash. Only when I got in the store that I realized I didn't even know the name of the dish I came there for! After I described it to the lady by the counter she was positive she knew what I was talking about. Bingo.

She also made it clear that they don't serve any meat whatsoever and I said "you mean you don't have meat today?" and she said: "nope, we don't serve meat any other day". And I was like "Ohhh".

Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.