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Listen while I tell you the story of Rory the Red Balloon. Rory was born on Tuesday, when my officemate’s mom sent him some balloons to celebrate his recent winning of the IU Staff Merit Award. We decided to see if we could make one of the balloons float closer to the ground by tying on non-helium balloons and adding a pen.

Today, I decided to give the balloon some personality, and drew a face on it. Rory comes to life!

After that, Rory started sticking close to me. He even followed me out into the hallway. I grew tired of his constant clingyness, and pushed him towards the whiteboard in our office. Apparently miffed at my rejection, he took off out the door and down the hall. No matter how many times he was brought back, Rory refused to stay. What follows is my documenation of his travels.

This was shot on my Canon Digital Elph still camera, set to movie mode. That allows me to capture a maximum of 25-30 seconds of video footage per exposure at 320×240 resolution. I used Quicktime Pro to combine all the clips, and did not edit any of them down from the original captures. I used Photoshop to create the end text. All together, I’ve spent maybe an hour on this. :-)

I have to go see the Lord of the Rings Musical next fall, in London. The potential for laughter is too great for me to miss. And, I haven’t been in London for 10 years, so it’s about time to go back.

Saving money will be the tough part. Hopefully plane ticket prices will go down a bit. Time to channel my Apple Campus Rep paychecks into a special savings account.

Okay, I can’t pass this up. I found this on BoingBoing, and the irony is too much. This is what targeted advertising can do for your company (oh, and writing crappy software, too):

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Ate hot wings last night for the first time in a couple of years. Very tasty. Woke up feeling like I’d eaten a bucket of lead. Thank God for high fiber breakfast cereal.