Could this Airstrip be any more Isolated?
I'm back to wandering through Google maps, checking out whatever corner of the map intrigues me at the moment.
So I got to thinking about an old nature show describing the way the Hawaiian island chain is the result of a tectonic plate drifting over a hot spot in the mantle. Google long ago added sonar maps of the sea floor to their offerings. Today I just got to wandering along the submerged chain that never quite broke free of the surface when I panned across this.
Now the existence of that airstrip is going to bother me until I figure out when they decided to scrape up enough mud to break the surface, and what it was used for.
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Looks like we are going to end up almost exactly 1/2 way between Uncle Steve and Uncle Will - around Sossman and Baseline. Not totally nailed down yet, but it looks good. Once the new TV is delivered we are going to have to fire up Anime night again!
Posted by: Kerith at October 01, 2009 08:41 PM (XREOa)
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Sweet. You'll also only be a couple miles south of Boomer and Kristen.
There's a lot of shopping close at hand there as well, so that will be convenient.
Any idea on a time frame?
Posted by: Will at October 02, 2009 07:56 PM (9dEae)
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Heh. French Frigate Shoals was used during WWII by both the Japanese and the US as a good place to operate flying boats from. The second attack on Pearl Harbor came from there, in fact.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 10, 2009 09:09 PM (/O6qY)
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Well, it was interesting reading up on such a remote location. These are the kinds of places I'd like to see in my lifetime. It's a shame the criteria for getting out there are so restrictive.
Posted by: Will at October 12, 2009 06:08 PM (9dEae)
Posted by: Kerith at April 12, 2010 10:00 PM (piT6g)
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Just no inspiration. Any good Youtube videos are pulled minutes after you link them. Iran could nuke DC right now, and I'm not sure I could muster a half-hearted "meh." I haven't watch a single new anime show in over a year, and work is actually beyond hopping right now. Blogging would be a chore right now.
Posted by: Will at April 18, 2010 12:37 AM (3BrvJ)
This Guy Obviously Knows this Course Better than his Competition
I must admit, I got a little puckered just watching that. It's surprising how little contact there is for as tight they're racing.
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That was awesome! One question, how do users of vocaloid program her voice? Do they just type in the lyrics for her to sing or syllable by syllable?
Posted by: SporkLift Driver at February 18, 2009 10:42 PM (ofsV2)
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I'm a little fuzzy on it myself. From what I understand, the user specifies the pitch and lyrics (in Japanese), and the software takes care of the rest. The task is made significantly easier by the fact that Japanese words are composed of fairly formulaic syllables. ã• is sa regardless (almost) of whatever comes before or after. In this case they tried to find the best fits from the Japanese syllabary to cover the original English lyrics.
Posted by: Will at February 19, 2009 12:09 AM (PDVVE)
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Thanks. The wiki entry was not a lot of help. It did mention a German and an English Vocaloid character. So presumably there are versions of the software that try to handle those languages as well.
Posted by: SporkLift Driver at February 21, 2009 06:17 PM (ofsV2)
I decided I'm going to make up a new category for the random crap I come across while surfing and leave the "Random Debris" category to more serious subjects (Hah!). Basically I'll just link-dump stuff I find either humorous, cool, bizarre, or some combination of the three.
Today is a monk theme.
Monks chanting the Lotus Sutra (long, with a strange but cool acoustic shift about 7 minutes in, shamelessly stolen from the Hostages).
Which reminded me of another bizarre monk vid I saw at some point (@ Hop Step Jump I think). I think it's a piece of software (like a midi tracker) that allows you to have these "monks" sing various parts and turn it into a song.
The original song is a classic Yuki Kajiura piece. After that, it looks like somebody threw together a choir of anime character impersonators to sing the track.
Less weirdness and more music (video-heavy) beyond the jump.