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 == Bernie's brain backup of April 2009 ==
 
+=== April 21th - x264 ===
+
+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 ===
+
+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
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Shinkansen|Tokaido Shinkansen]] line from Odawara to Kyoto,
+riding on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Series_Shinkansen|700-series]] train for the
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikari_%28Shinkansen%29|Hikari]] service (not the faster
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozomi_%28train%29|Nozomi]], but still very impressive).
+
+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/00011-x264.avi|on-board]] videos.
+
 === April 19th - Hakone day 2 ===
 
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2/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.
 
@@ -10,10 +36,12 @@ 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 course, I took plenty of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone2|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}}
+
 We arrived in a small town near [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone,_Kanagawa|Hakone]].  I'll publish photos later.
 
 **Update**: [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Hakone|photos of the hostel]] are now available.