5 min of me

So last week, I bought a GoPro HD Hero2. It is my first video camera. I wanted to buy it during the snow season, because I like to film my snowboarding, and it is the perfect camera for that. Unfortunately, at the time, they were almost impossible to obtain in Sapporo, let alone Japan, without paying an idiotic premium from resellers.

Now that it is spring, I have almost no use for it. But I did buy it so now I am using it to film my lessons at work. I don’t really have a reason to film my lessons. It’s not like I am ever going to watch them.

I could post them to YouTube, but there are legal questions there. Not that I have a lot of problems with posting copyrighted stuff. I don’t want to post videos of children though. Especially without the consent of their parents.

I was very annoyed to find out that the GoPro HD Hero2 only has a 2.5 hr batt life in the 720p/60fps mode. I guess I should have read the website better. For this reason, I bought the BacPac, which is a batt add on that effectively adds a second batt. I could have just got a second batt, but that would have meant changing the batt after 2.5 hrs. This way I have 5hrs without having to change batts.

Unfortunately, I was drunk when I opened the box, so immediately broke the batt compartment clasp on the new BacPac module. It still works fine, but the housing door is a little less firmly closed. Not really a problem, but slightly annoying.

I guess I shouldn’t open electronics when I am drunk.