X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2FApril;h=245a3a40b737827d2bdd796929a0e6800a4d32ef;hb=dc9f9ff2c8929e91fd637ae8020716cbf89d0039;hp=c8b07228ca7d5baa34493126e7cdb86b0cfdcebc;hpb=df8c76e30a77e28bacd9d34b9a367cfff4416ff3;p=wiki.git diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April index c8b0722..245a3a4 100644 --- a/blog/2009/April +++ b/blog/2009/April @@ -1,6 +1,27 @@ == Bernie's brain backup of April 2009 == -=== April 20th - Shinkansen tour === +=== April 21th ==== + +==== Great temples everywhere ==== + +While I upload the photos. + +==== 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 === + +==== 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 @@ -12,9 +33,15 @@ 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! ;-) +See [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Shinkansen|the the photos]] and don't miss 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}} +{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/FujiSanBernieSan.jpg|The Fuji-san (left) with Bernie-san (right)|maxwidth=1024}} We took the suggested touristic itinerary around the Hakone mountains which employs all sorts of transportation means: bus, cable train, rope way, cruise boat and bus again. @@ -24,11 +51,11 @@ view of the Fuji-san, the ancient cedar avenue, the old post, the detached palac beautiful [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_shrine|shinto jinja shrine]] of with its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii|torii]] diving in the lake. -Of course, I took plenty of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2|photos of the Hakone trip]]. +Of course, I took plenty of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/Trip|photos of the Hakone trip]]. === April 18th - Hakone === -{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/00008.jpg|Our japanese style room at the Senkyoro YH|maxwidth=1024}} +{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone/Hostel/00008.jpg|Our japanese style room at the Senkyoro YH|maxwidth=1024}} We arrived in a small town near [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone,_Kanagawa|Hakone]]. I'll publish photos later.