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Phone it in Friday CXIX: YouTube Roundup CLXXIX: Winter

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It is the deep midwinter, and even the Carolinas are getting their share of the white stuff.  Murphy and I were up at Dr. Wife’s house in North Carolina this past weekend, and there was a little bit of snow on Sunday afternoon!

This weekend brings Winter Storm Fern, which is supposed to dump lots of snow and/or “wintry mix” and/or ice all over the Southeastern United States.  Gulp!  We’ll know more by Sunday.

In the spirit of wintry frostiness, here are a couple of recent videos from North Carolina all about the cold.

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Phone it in Friday CXVI: YouTube Roundup CLXXVI: Cute Animals

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Regular readers will know how much I love animals.  One of the more surprising changes as I approached middle-age is that I went from being aloof towards the animal kingdom to adoring animals.  I’m not sure what changed or what clicked, but getting my dog Murphy was definitely a big step in that process.

Regardless, this Friday I have a couple of cute animal videos from below and above the waves:

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Phone it in Friday CXV: YouTube Roundup CLXXV: Star Wars Figurines

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I’ve been going through a bunch of my old stuff in preparation for moving items to the new house.  In doing so, I’ve come across quite a few Star Wars action figures and collectibles.

I was a huge Star Wars kid.  I loved the original trilogy and tolerated the prequel trilogy (indeed, I was super excited for the latter).  I particularly loved the miniatures.  I’ve sold most of the action figures in the following videos to a colleague of mine—he will take excellent care of them—but I am keeping the miniatures.  They are so cool!

So, here are some recent videos featuring these fun figurines:

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Phone it in Friday CXIV: YouTube Roundup CLXXIV: Cruise Art

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Dr. Wife and I took a cruise for our honeymoon aboard Royal Caribbean‘s Explorer of the Seas. The artwork impressed, delighted, and even confounded me.

As such, I put together a brief video showcasing some of the art onboard the ship.  This video only captures a small fraction of the collages, paintings, photographs, mosaics, etc., aboard Explorer of the Seas.  The selections were often odd, but they really fit the atmosphere of the ship, and added a touch of elegance and class to the cruise.

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Phone it in Friday CXII: YouTube Roundup CLXXII: Cruise Shorts

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The cruise bug has latched onto me with its luxurious pincers and won’t let go.  Dr. Wife and I enjoyed an amazing honeymoon on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Explorer of the Seas, which visited the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.  It was my first cruise, and I loved it.

Naturally, I took the opportunity to film some silly YouTube Shorts, three of which I’m sharing up today:

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Phone it in Friday CXI: YouTube Roundup CLXXI: Blackbeard Sails into Civilization VII

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In my never-ending quest for lo-fi, low-effort YouTube (and blog) content, I make the most of whatever limited assets and time I have to churn out highly-compressed but—I hope—charming content for the masses.

Such is the case with today’s post.  I made this video with just one picture I took with my iPhone SE’s camera (mainly to show Dr. Fiancée that I was playing as Blackbeard the Pirate in Civilization VII).  I recorded the voiceover with the Voice Memo app on my phone, and used iMovie (again, on my phone) to put in the picture (three times) against the voice message.

Apparently, when I send the finished video file to Telegram, it deeply compresses the video quality (although I think it does the same if I save the video to my phone and upload it to YouTube from there).  The most it can muster is 360p, which might as well be a VHS recording that I’ve sloppily converted to a digital format.

 Whatever the case, the video was a fun experiment.  I hope you agree!

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