Gene just uploaded the slideshow for the NEHS graduating class of 2000-- which consisted of 17 people.
Him and some other juniors at the time put in days and days of work to put together a SWF slideshow coded by hand, in the days that people were impressed by PowerPoint presentations. Every photo was scanned by hand. Respect.
Just under 10 years later, this same presentation would take about 1-click in iPhoto.
Just the senior section:
i had to lower the quality - i ran out of upload quota on vimeo
Update:
My apologies. James corrected me by commenting that it was days and weeks of scanning. It's even more impressive when you see the full (17 minutes) slide show where it includes live shots from the night of Prom where they showed this.
days and weeks of scanning yeah. the actual slide show was 3 days straight from afterschool til midnight + morning of prom til 6a.m.
I brought my new camera to class today and took some video. You'll see that the camera needs all the light it can get, and is incredibly grainy even in okay indoor conditions.
Since I'll be in Paris for the next two Mondays, tonight was my last board sports class for the 'semester'. We're planning to try to meet up some time in the summer though to keep learning more stuff. I can't wait.
Random shit we did in slow motion. Jinen ate a lot of chips, Pank caused a ruckus... typical weekend.
These are the first real videos I've taken on the new Casio EX-FC100 that I've mentioned before. The quality is a little bit better than it looks on YouTube, especially the part with the cops-- that's in HD.
As all the other reviews mention, this camera requires a lot of light, otherwise it gets really grainy in both videos and still photos. The only reason to buy this camera is for the slow motion video capabilities, especially the 30-210 fps mode where you can transition back and forth between the two speeds. It's so easy and fun to do. Otherwise, it's much cheaper to get a point-and-shoot camera that takes better photos and regular HD videos.
The song I originally chose was Sad Song (RAC Mix) by Au Revoir Simone (download it free here). While messing around with the AudioSwap feature on YouTube, I clicked "I'm feeling lucky..." which is supposed to randomly choose a song from the YouTube library. This is crazy, but the song it came up with was Bodies, by Drowning Pool, I'm not even kidding. The whispering intro even timed up with Jon hitting the water. I thought that was pretty funny, so I had to use the new song even though it makes the rest of the video look like we're trying to be eXTrEmE!!! It's amazing how much difference a song choice can make. Jinen's chip eating action is begging for some thugged out soundtrack.
Supposedly YouTube is in the process of switching the audio track, but right now I'm still hearing Sad Song and seeing ads to buy Bodies on Amazon and iTunes.
This past Saturday when we went to Kirkwood for the final time this season, I was completely prepared for Spring conditions and expecting to cruise around on freshly groomed corduroy. Surprise! There was six inches of new snow from the night before and no lift lines on a bluebird day. I couldn't stop smiling.
I paid for it when I forgot to put on sunblock. My face is still peeling, well, half of it is.
Going down a chute. Jon was learning how to use the camera and cut off video right as I get in the chute.
In some of the pictures, there's still snow on the lens from when I took a tumble in the snow, taking a boring video. The rest of the files wouldn't fit in a single email, so they're in a separate post.
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