Happy in Hong Kong

Project Everlasting and new HK village house

Finding the secret to enduring love....what is it?  Well, my sister has crossed paths with a great man from the US who is devoted to spending a lot of time, energy, and money to go out and look into this ageless and priceless question. The bedrock ideas that this guy asserts are clearly inspired from a superior source of good. There is no doubt in my puny little mind about that.  Please look into his videos and "cool as" inspirations.  I can't wait to meet this guy some day to share with him and pick his heart, brain, and soul.

....and I also wanted to share pictures of our new house, which puts us very near the HK-China border now.  we are loving life and looking forward to the new possibilities this move has opened for us.

Father God's love letter to us

These are God's words taken from about 50 Scriptures, and it shows us how he has expressed his love to us.  Jesus Christ, His Son, was the peak of his revelation of love to us.  I had to share this as a logical second part to my previous testimonial video.

one compelling testimony about Heaven and Hell

still on my quest for truth....
I happened upon this first-person account that is worthy of attention, and I hope you dedicate a short 10 minutes to watching it.
It is very down-to-earth, non-religious, and completely relevant to any individual still alive in our universe.

how can a loving God send people to hell?

I've been pondering this question lately, and when you really stop to think about it, there needs to be quite a bit of explanation in order to satisfy people who are on a genuine spirtual quest...
I hope this video helps you on your journey to find the truth about our world....

first video talks about hell

second video talks about the contentious issue of pain and suffering in the world

third video talks about why Jesus, the Son of God, came to the Earth

Oh, my New Zealand

how could I not post this heart-wrenching peek into my NZ?  hope the whole world doesn't figure it out.
Enjoy.

video blog 1.0

living the fast-paced Asian life.  kindergarten, mass transit, tourist destinations, shopping, and heaps of info on how to come and thrive in Hong Kong. we're a family who is doing it and want others to benefit from our experience. God called us to this place, and we know his plan is majestic and worthy of following with all our hearts...enjoy all Hong Kong and Asia have to offer

  Quicktime video -- Download here 

  Windows Media Player DivX video -- Download vlog_intro7.avi 

NetTV is coming...Joost for now

Rose and Albrecht, of the now-popular video podcast Diggnation, deliver what this crowd can't get enough of: goofy banter and insider riffs on gaming, new software releases, and stupid hardware tricks, culled from the most popular tech stories of the day on Digg - and punctuated from time to time with their enthusiastic plugging of oddball products and sponsors.

...Just a year and a half out of the gate, Diggnation draws about 250,000 viewers a week and is among the most popular free video podcasts on Apple's iTunes service - alongside offerings from ABC, the BBC, and CNN (which, along with Business 2.0 and CNNMoney.com, is owned by Time Warner (Charts)).

...New forms of programming and distribution promise viewers an infinite menu of content, new advertising models are in the works to funnel all that new viewing behavior into streams of cash, and new search technologies are stepping up to, as Adelson says, "help you choose what you want to watch, when you want to watch it, and where you want to watch it."

...But it wasn't until January, after a year of skunk-works experimentation, that the pair unveiled their latest brainchild: Joost, a free service that uses peer-to-peer technology to convert typical low-grade Web video into a full-screen viewing experience that's eerily similar to the real thing.

...Ads on Joost will come in a variety of packages: They can appear as five-second preshow banners called "blipverts," as 10- to 30-second video "midrolls" that appear during a break in the show, and as opt-in icons that, when clicked, pull down a small marketing website inside the viewer's window.

Flat Stanley in kindergarten

for all those kindred spirits....(family or those desperately looking for children activities)....my most recent kindergarten video is ready to view.  you can view it and read info about the activity on my video page

iTunes videocast

well, finally figured out what was wrong with getting iTunes to pick up my video feed enclosures from Feedburner.  I just needed to include the actual video file's URL location within the blog entry, which I am storing on Revver's site, since they allow download.  So Revver takes the bandwidth burden, the storage burden, and they compensate their video-sharers when their audience clicks on the ads placed at the end of videos uploaded on their site.  no videos yet on my global finance page, but my video page and this main page have nearly all their videos available in the iTunes store in the podcast section.  You can find a link in the sidebar on both pages to subscribe to my video updates via iTunes!!

tools for Web 2.0

take a look, i found many useful tools that helped me do things I already do and want to do-- like:

* connect to people with similar interests
* have news, videos, and blogs made available to me on demand
* organise information I need when I'm on the internet

What is RSS?

seen this before?  get a great explanation and background info on RSS feeds.  Also what the author predicts is going to happen in the near future with feeds...

The Future of RSS

podcasting learning curve

I will be posting some new tutorial videos on how to use your videos to set up your first video podcast, videocast, video blog, vodcast -- whatever you choose to call it.  Look for them on my video page. People are still deciding about what to call it when you post videos to your website/blog and allow people to subscribe to receive updates as your new videos become available.

Please bear with me as I also am learning right along with you.  Most of my videos are finally available in the iTunes store, either under Happy in Hong Kong or Videos from Asia. I no longer recommend using FireAnt, as they are still working many kinks out of their new download-able viewer.  You can also use other podcatchers if you find a better one than iTunes or Podnova.  still trying to work thru how to use flash embedded videos from YouTube for iTunes podcasts.  Anyone with ideas or solutions would be much appreciated.

Video blog tutorial

Everything you need to get started videoblogging now -->

this is a great basic video blog dedicated to teaching people who are just starting out in making blogs and then adding videos to them.  i just had to share it with you because it would have answered many of my Q's earlier if I had seen it sooner

Blog or podcast subscriptions

These are all good feedreaders or podcatchers to use when reading all blogs/podcasts/videoblogs you've subscribed to.  And of course iTunes is the granddaddy (see below)
For more info on setting one of these up, just click my SUBSCRIBE link in the left sidebar or any one of these above

Subscribe with iTunes -- a video podcast

Web 2.0 hype

this next phase of web development will be far more powerful than any other facet up to this point.
User content, user gets paid, and user informs.  Videos, articles, and creativity extreme.  As long as the content is policed and standards are maintained, I believe the sky is the limit.
See my Web 2.0 link in the right sidebar for introduction and "how to" basics.