Chronicles of the Willi

…Like you’ve never heard it before! Way to go Annie Moses Band! (Listen and watch the whole 6+ minutes – it just keeps getting better and better).

Filed under: Video, music on December 15th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Here’s the video that I promised! (For those of you getting this post via email, click here to watch the video). And for those of you who want to download the mp3, get it right here! (Right click, save as). Feel free to download the file to your ipods, copy and share it with friends, [...]

Filed under: Video, music on October 14th, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Well, as you may have picked up in one of my comments, I just bought a new guitar! Watch the video to hear how it sounds! (And trust me – our camcorder mic does not give the guitar justice…) This purchase has been in the works for a looong time. For the past few years [...]

Filed under: Odds and Ends, Video on October 6th, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Come to TheWilli.com to view this video! var so = new SWFObject(‘http://blogthewilli.com/wp-content/videos/player.swf’,'mpl’,’470′,’390′,’9′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'&file=http://blog.thewilli.com/wp-content/videos/passTheBaton-highweb.mp4&image=http://thewilli.com/wp-content/videos/vidpic.jpg&skin=http://blog.thewilli.com/wp-content/videos/schoon.swf&bufferlength=10′); so.write(‘player’); I’m still playing around and experimenting with codecs, figuring out the best combination of video and audio quality. Please let me know how the video fared on your various internet connections! Once you load the video the first time, [...]

Filed under: Video on August 27th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Good bye Movie Maker, hello Sony Vegas! Sure, it was good hunk of change ($85), but I believe that this is a good investment. Sony Vegas simply runs at a whole different level than Movie Maker, and the learning curve can be a little steep at first. To make learning the new program more fun, [...]

Filed under: Video on August 20th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Here it is, folks! Through the miracle of scheduled posting, I can broadcast this video automatically. By the time you watch the movie, we’ll be exploring the Creation Museum with Aunt Frances! What is Aunt Frances doing with us? Well, that’s a long story for another time. For now, just enjoy the show! (I don’t [...]

Filed under: Video, humor on June 21st, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Above is the music video by Mark Schultz, “Letters From War”. It tells the beautiful story of a young man in the military (WWII?) writing letters to his mother, and her steadfast prayers for her son. It’s really well done! Unlike the music video, however, there are many sons who don’t come home. Like 19 [...]

Filed under: Video on May 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This weekend we had the opportunity to witness a Civil War reenactment! (Something they do down here with a bit more enthusiasm and feeling than in NY ) Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { ‘id’: ‘video1′, ‘name’: ‘video1′}; [...]

Filed under: Video, story of the land on April 27th, 2008 | 18 Comments »

Where you able to watch the video a couple of posts below? Yes. “No problems.” Yes. “Poor quality though.” No. “Why can’t you just use youtube like everyone else?” No. “Video? On my computer/slow-internet? You got to be kidding me.” View Results Which do you like better on TheWilli.com – videos or pictures? I love [...]

Filed under: Photos, Video, blog on January 27th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I threw this together from yesterday’s trip to TN. Hope you enjoy it! Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { ‘id’: ‘video2′, ‘name’: ‘video2′}; var flashvars = { ‘file’ : ‘http://blog.thewilli.com//wp-content/videos/property_0001.flv’, ‘width’ : ’400′, ‘height’ : ’280′, ‘controlbar’ : [...]

Filed under: Moving, Video on January 24th, 2008 | 27 Comments »