Millions of Fish

I have gone snorkeling at least once a week for the past 11 months, sometimes as many as 4 or 5 times a week. I can't get enough of it. This past week, in one day I saw more fish than every other dive combined. I saw two schools of fish with seemingly countless fish. To give you an idea, here's a video of the first school I swam into:





I took one of my new favorite pictures ever this day. You can check it out on the Aruba Slideshow. It's the first picture in the show.

I also had an interesting experience at this same location two days before this dive. You can read about it in my MySpace blog. Just click the link on the right entitled, "New Snorkeling Adventure."

Also, I've updated PerfectLittlePlanet.com with a few new maps to make it easier to navigate. Go check it out.

Brian

Yet another new camera

Remember that time I bought "the most durable digital camera in the world" and I managed to break it in 4 days? Good times.

I called Olympus tech support, which was a complete joke. My support guy was about as helpful as a 4 year old giving me algebra pointers. You know how the camera just came out 2 weeks ago? I think I was the first person to ever call in with a problem.

So I went to the store where I bought it and I toyed with the idea of yelling and screaming (as my friends put it, "You're American. You're supposed to be loud and obnoxious. Use that.") but I thought I'd have more success if I was nice to them. I smiled, showed off my broken Olympus Stylus 770 SW, and gave them the sad puppy dog eyes until they gave me a new camera and a new warranty card.

The camera takes great pictures. You can go check out the Aruba page to see some new pictures (that I took with this new camera). I put them at the beginning of the slide show for you. Enjoy.

Brian

New Camera and New York

Remember that time I bought a brand new Pentax Optio W20 in January to replace the one that broke after 3 months of usage? And then the new one that I bought stopped working in February?

So I went back to the store and they won't replace it. I have to send it in to Pentax to have them repair it. So instead of sending it in and waiting for them to send it back again, I just bought another new camera.

I bought the new Olympus Stylus 770 SW. It's been on the market for 2 weeks. It claims to be the most durable digital camera in the world. It's waterproof up to 10 meters (33 feet), shockproof up to 5 feet (if I drop it), freezeproof to 10 below Celsius (so I can take it snowboarding), and crushproof up to 220 pounds. I am extremely excited to have a new underwater camera that is not a Pentax, since I haven't had the best of luck with them. I'll try it out soon and let you know how it works.

Also, I put up a few pictures of New York City. It is by no means extensive. These are just a few random shots I took when I was home for Christmas. Enjoy.

I'm working on Mexico right now. They'll be up soon.

Brian

Update!!

I know it's been a while. I don't know what you know already, so here's everything I've got on the site up to date:

Europe

Aruba

Chicago

You can click on any of those cities to go directly to that slide show.
I also put up a list of FAQs that you may or may not find interesting.

I'm still working on the website construction itself to make it easier to navigate and easier for you to find pictures you want to see. If you have any ideas on what you think would make it better, let me know.

Brian

Mailing List

**Update: I don't use this anymore. Just subscribe to the blog if you want updates.**

The mailing list works!! I've been playing around with it for a while, but now it's up and running. Put your name and email in the form on the right and click "GO". You'll have to reply to a confirmation email, but then you're in.

Don't worry, I won't sell your info. And if somebody tries to buy your info from me, I'll get their email address and we'll all send junk email to them.

Brian

New Everything

Hello everybody!

Welcome to my blog. Eventually, I'll use this to keep you all in touch on what country I'm in, what I'm doing there, and I'll let you know when new pictures are up on my website. Please be patient, as I am building all of this in my free time.
Thanks!

Brian

ps: If you have any comments at any time, please feel free to speak your mind.