Anyway, it was really fun to run with her and a lot of other dogs and people. It was good for her to be around all the activity and still able to do tricks and obey commands, even if only for a couple moments. She even charmed the news weatherman with some of her sit-up-and-beg while he reported her results on KUSI live, and people loved my Puma-style Pumpkin shirt (thanks Laetitia). So, the video and all the pictures are up, and I’m hoping we can find a similar event, since Pumpkin keeps me running almost every morning!

If you want to help the animals here, then here’s your chance to do it through TEAM PUMPKIN! Hopefully, we’ll get lots of pictures and stuff, and at the very least, set a baseline time for us to try to beat next year

Anyway, Lose It! now supports adding friends so you can track and encourage each other (website), so if anyone downloads the app and wants to get serious, you can add me as porfitron(at)yahoo.com.

I started off this Sunday with a goal to trim of 7 lbs by early February, so anyone else is welcome to hop on the bandwagon.

As you can see, they are very excited to see Laetitia in the morning:

Video was captured on the Flip MinoHD, and then muxed to MKV/H.264/AAC for streaming through the DivX Plus Web Player.

Every time we take Pumpkin home after seeing them, she is completely wiped out… wiggling her tail around them must be exhausting!

This video has two audio tracks: track one (AAC) is the sound that was captured by the camera, and track two (MP3) is some Holiday music. After you click play, you can switch tracks by clicking the icon in the lower right of the DivX Plus Web Player (or by right-click), and switch them under “Audio tracks”. Also, don’t forget you can display in full screen. This video is an H.264/MKV video from an HD source, which is why I was able to stream it through the DivX Plus Web Player.

Sorry for the shaky camera work, but I was walking, filming, and trying to enjoy at the same time.

The format by default is H.264/MP4, but I remuxed the file to MKV, so I could post it using the DivX Plus Web Player, which supports H.264/AAC/MKV – remuxing only takes seconds and doesn’t affect the video quality at all, so this should be a fair assessment of the quality you’ll get from the Flip MinoHD if you’re thinking of getting one.

Meanwhile, Pumpkin, Laetitia and I say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Buy parts from monoprice.com! It was by far the best deal and also allowed for a clean install. Here’s the rough parts list for each room:

• Wall Mount Bracket, Slim and Tilting, only $17.00 each (link)
• HDMI Cables, 10 feet, white with gold tips, only $8.00 each (link)
• Power Plates and Wire Holes, $48.00 each male/female each set (link)
• Also purchased various other cables (optical, component, DVI…)
• Other important tools were a studfinder and a fiberglass rod to run wire.

It’s important to note that the power plate solution involved running romex from a floor plate to the top plate. This is the safe solution, rather than just dropping the TV’s power cord through the wall, which is NOT SAFE.

We completed the bedroom install a week ago (picture), and the living room this last Friday. Each install took about 4 hours – the TV mounts went up fast, but getting all the wires in order and then hanging the TVs and connecting the wires was tricky. We’re really happy with the results and again, cannot believe the amount of money saved in using monoprice, since Costco and Frys were not even close.

Hope this information helps and feel free to ask questions!