Daily Archives: February 14, 2004

Dr. Chuck Goes Racing

Two years ago, I went to the local stock car track and participated in spectator drags. My Good buddy Richard Wiggins came along to tape it for me so I could have A Stock Car Racing Video Memory.
My brother Scott, his son John, and my son Brent also watched the spectacle – they all appear in the video as well. The crazy thing is that I borrowed Scott’s car (all in great secret) and had to promise to give him my car if I smashed his car up. It all worked out with a happy ending – nobody got hurt.

New Home Computer Likes Video

Well my new home computer is all built up with begged, borrowed, and stolen parts.
Athlon 900 + MOBO From My Brother Chris (free)
768MB RAM Scavenged from other computers
40GB boot + 50GB (4-way Raid) Disk
120GB scratch internal + 120GB scratch firewire
Nifty front panel card reader for all types of media +USB + Firewire
She runs like a top. I might spring for the $40 to buy a 1500 Athlon processor.
This is a video editing dream. I am now going to digitize the 50-60 hours of MINI-DV footage that I have in my spare time.
As a test, I digitized a few things: