X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=blog%2F2009%2FApril;h=7dcaf0a547ae524949534fb48696e1a3eed634f9;hb=7ce2d851cd049875f83005048769bd5f4cdfc9da;hp=6a962ba92d6477d2e7a5e62108facb5d8bbdbbff;hpb=a9459a1e98fdbc717aa411eae078a45358742593;p=wiki.git diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April index 6a962ba..7dcaf0a 100644 --- a/blog/2009/April +++ b/blog/2009/April @@ -1,12 +1,25 @@ == Bernie's brain backup of April 2009 == -=== April 21th - x264 === +=== April 21th ==== + +==== Great temples everywhere ==== + +==== x264 goodness ==== I re-encoded all videos from MJPEG, the crappy native format of my Canon camera, to x264 (aka MPEG4). Firefox 3.1/3.5 still doesn't grok it with the ##video## tag, but I didn't have a [[http://theora.org/|Theora]] encoder installed. -=== April 20th - Shinkansen tour === +=== April 20th === + +==== Best hostel ever ==== + +The [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/UtanoHostel|Utano hostel]] in Kyoto would rival many +five star hotels I've seen. Sorry I couldn't take any photos in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen | Onsen]]. + +Also have a look at the impressive [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/ShinKyoto|Kyoto station]]. + +==== Shinkansen tour ==== In a jounery report, the details of transportation are usually left out as uninteresting. Except if one takes the fastest train in the world! We took the @@ -18,12 +31,12 @@ riding on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Series_Shinkansen|700-series]] tr The ticket cost a whopping 11240 yen per person, and I'm not even getting a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999|machine body]] with it! ;-) -{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00006.jpg|Shinkansen|maxwidth=800}} - See [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen|the the photos]] and don't miss the -[[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00009-x264.avi|passing-by]] and the +[[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00009-x264.avi|pass-through]] and the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00011-x264.avi|on-board]] videos. +{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen/00006.jpg|Shinkansen|maxwidth=800}} + === April 19th - Hakone day 2 === {{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2/FujiSanBernieSan.jpg|The Fuji-san (left) with Bernie-san (right)|maxwidth=1024}}