2011 Philadelphia Phillies Scout Night

Daniel's Cub Scout pack attended the Philadelphia Phillies Scout Night. The Scouts were allowed to walk around Citizen's Bank Park and Daniel and his friend, Franz, was on the new HD video screen. This was the day the Phillies unveiled this HD video screen.

Here's the video where Daniel can be seen at 0:04-0:07 with his friend Franz.

Even though it was a pre-season game, Roy Oswalt pitched in the game and they were playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The wind was blowing hard and it was so cold. We didn't finish the game because when we went down to the concourse area, I told Daniel that the temperature is too cold and we forgot to bring thick jackets. We left early and didn't finish the game. I was still able to watch the remainder of the game at home and the Phillies won.

2011 Pinewood Derby Videos

I was not able to take a lot of videos of Daniel and Daryl's Pinewood Derby heats as Daniel had a school competition going on. We were actually driving back and forth since the other competition is also important. I'll be posting the details of that later. For now, here are a few of the videos.

This is Daryl's first heat. His car is the 3rd one from the right on this view. On 0:14 seconds, you will see that Daryl's car started to skid. I told him that his car Drifted (referring to the Tokyo drift on one of the Fast and the Furious movies). His car finished 3rd but jumped a bit after hitting the end of the track.

On this heat, Daryl's car is the 2nd one from the right. It appears that his car finished 2nd on this race.

This is Daniel's 1st heat of the competition. His car is on the 3rd lane from the right. If I remember correctly, he probably finished 6th on this one. I can't tell from the video because it looks like his car ended the same time as the other car.

Another heat with Daniel's car. His car is on the 4th lane from the right. It was obvious on this video that his car finished 4th.

I saw Daniel was a little bit frustrated because his car is way behind the other cars. But as I posted earlier, he won the Most Unique car and that wiped away the frustration.

I just hope next year's schedule wouldn't be as hectic as this year so I can take more videos and pictures.

2010 Pinewood Derby Videos

Here are some of the videos I've taken during Daniel's Cub Scout Pinewood Derby activity.

On this race, Daniel and Daryl's cars are in the same race. Daryl's car took 2nd place while Daniel's car took 3rd place on the heat.

On this next video, Daniel's car is on the right-most side of the track and it finished 4th in the heat.

Daryl's car is on this video and you can barely see it but it's on the 2nd lane from the left. It finished 2nd in the heat.

Daryl's car raced again and it's on the left-most side of the track. I'm not sure if it finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Daryl's car finished 2nd on this heat. It's the red car on the right.

Lego Phone Home - Windows Movie Maker

Daniel has been using a digital camera to try and make a story using multiple pictures. He showed me one of the things he has done and I told him that I'll show him how to make it into a short movie.

We used Windows Movie Maker and I showed him how to import the pictures and we tried to figure out the settings on how to make the pictures go faster. The initial setting on Windows Movie Maker is to play each picture for 5 seconds and we had to shorten it so it will go to the next picture immediately.

I also showed him how to add the Narration and he was able to add sound effects on the video.

Here's the 1st video that I helped him create.

Daniel then looked at some functions on Windows Media Maker, like Titles, Transitions and effects and added them to his video. Here's his finished video with the effects.

I believe there are a couple more picture stories that Daniel took. I told him that he can create his videos when I'm not using the computer.

The Attack of Magnets - part 11

The Attack of Magnets - part 10

The Attack of Magnets - part 9

The Attack of Magnets - Bonus Video

The Attack of Magnets - part 8

The Attack of Magnets - part 7

The Attack of Magnets - part 6

The Attack of Magnets - part 5

The Attack of Magnets - part 4

The Attack of Magnets - part 3

The Attack of Magnets - part 2

The Attack of Magnets - part 1

Daniel created this video - The Attack of Magnets. Watch out for the next episodes.

Avengers Meeting

Some members of the Avengers (Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Thor and Wolverine) conducted a meeting.