Kickapoo

Entry posted by Planetperson June 15, 2007

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

That's right, Kickapoo.

That would be the name of a state park I went to on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's summer, and my mom said we needed to go on an "adventure." So what we did was go tubing down a river. That sounded really cool to me for a while. I had this vision in which I could see all of us in a circle in this giant, yellow inner tube racing down the rushing river waters. With the wind blowing stiffly at our backs, the water would then turn white as we hit some bumpy rapids and we swerved through a bend. So... um... actually, it turned out that we took these tiny personal inner tubes and floated down a one-foot-deep river for two hours doing nothing. Even after that... slight disappointment, I decided to try kayaking. That was a step up, for sure, but still I know it wasn't the same when the waters were shallow enough to stand in. But I got out of the house and away from the computer for two days, and I guess that's alright. And I got a T-shirt. Of course, I made sure it had "KICKAPOO" printed on the front for all to see.

In other news, my dreadful iPod saga continues! At last I found a free file converter available for download here. Please, please, if you are having file type troubles, please use this robust file converter for whatever video/music converting needs it can fulfill for you, and it won't cost you a thing. I was able to use it to convert some .mov files with muxed mpeg1 tracks into (supposedly) iPod-compatible mp4s. The sad thing is, the files seemed not to transfer over from iTunes onto the iPod, so my elusive goal of getting all of my Bionicle videos on my iPod still remains... exactly how I just described it -- elusive. Of course, although I haven't attempted it yet, I can't imagine I would have such troubles bringing the files over to my Archos 604 WiFi device, being made by the company that does things right. Well, I wish you luck in your own software endeavors/dillemmas/ordeals, and hope I may have just helped you on your way a bit.