I had moment of free time while the morning show was on so I thought I would give you an extremely quick tour of the news station where I work. This is in no way a full tour of the entire station and I don t think I am giving away any insider trade secrets showing this video. Other formats available: Quicktime (.m4v)

A quick little tour around some of the flood damaged area (Ellis Road) here in Cedar Rapids. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

A new career opportunity presented itself over the weekend all because of this little site Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

We have been given notice here in Cedar Rapids that we have about a day and a half of water left before it will be gone. Without conserving the water we are using and restrict the use to consumption only, it could be sooner. Noticed this morning that our sump pump was expelling an enormous amount of water ever half hour from the basement. Hooked up the hose outside to capture that water to use for flushing the toilet and, after boiling, to wash with. If you are visiting my site and you live in Cedar Rapids, please do your part and help with conserving water. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Water rose up way too close to us earlier. It went back down later but now the skies have just opened up again and it s raining hard, hailing on us and a tornado warning. We are just not catching any breaks here in Cedar Rapids at all today.

Woke to a really heavy rain storm this morning. The power went out. That meant the sump pump stopped. Water coming into the basement. With no power in the house, I decided to take a walk out on the golf course to see where all the water was coming from. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Just a short little grouping of videos today. I had to do some work down in one of the evacuation areas in Cedar Rapids. Just after I shot these scenes, they closed the bridges to get into downtown Cedar Rapids. It made for a hasty retreat south of the city. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

We are still getting massive amounts of rain here in Iowa. It feels like we can t go more than 2 days without a siren going off. It will be nice once the threat of drowning in the middle of the street is gone. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Watch the video to see my choice for the winning entry of the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards Contest. Courtesy of WomWorld and Nokia, the winning entry wins the following prize Nokia N82, a carrying case, tripod, memory card, headphones and speakers. Congratulations! Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

I took a little tour out to Beverly Park today to look over the new mountain bike trails built by LAMBA (Linn Country Mountain Bike Association). Rob Johnson, LAMBA President, tells us about the new park and the club. Check out lambaonline.com for for information. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

To all things an end must come. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Videoblogging Week 2008 - Day 6. Woke up to heavy rains this morning. The sewers backed up and then came the flooding. Then came the cars trying to go through the water. Not a smart idea. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Videoblogging Week 2008 - Day 5 Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Day 4 of Videoblogging Week 2008. Driving home after a 12 hour work day and I get blessed with a little Iowa beauty. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Videoblogging Week 2008 - Day 3 Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Day 2 of Videoblogging Week 2008 and I find myself observing a regular ritual by one of our companions that became a meditative moment. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Videoblogging Week 2008 has started. The goal is to produce one video a day for the next seven days. I took part in it 2 years ago and it was fun. No promises but I m going to give it a try this year. We ll see how it goes. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

The weather in Cedar Rapids has been rather a mixed bag lately. From one day to the next we ve gone from sunny and warm to cold and snowy. I decided to head downtown and ask around to see what others thought about what s up with it. Other formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

It appears that the season is starting early this year. The weatherman called for tornados. The sirens sounded. The rain fell. The wind blew. Stay inside? Are you kidding? That s when it gets interesting! Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Pangea Day and Nokia are teaming up to bring you the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards. Pangea Day is a global day of films, music and speakers to bring the world together and promote understanding and tolerance. It s a celebration of what unites us, rather than divides us, via films made by the world for the world. Take part in the 2008 Nokia Filmmaking Awards and submit your video! Courtesy of Nokia and Womworld, the creator of the winning video will receive a Nokia N82, a carrying case, tripod, memory card, headphones and speakers! Contest rules: Videos must be 1 of 4 following themes, 1: Film an act of kindness. 2: Film the best part of today. 3: Film the next thing that makes you smile. 4: Film the next person to inspire you. Videos must be no longer than 2 minutes in length. Your video must be shot on a mobile device. All videos must be uploaded to share.ovi.com/pangeaday. All videos will be judged based on content, creativity and originality. How to enter: Select 1 of the 4 themes found on to http://share.ovi.com/pangeaday. Interpretation of the theme is up to you. Tag the video with the theme you chose i.e: act of kindness or best part of today or thing that makes you smile or person to inspire you. All other tags must be relevant to the video or your video will be disqualified. Post a link to your video in the comment section of this post on davidhowellstudios.com Contest is open to anyone 15 years of age or older and the deadline for submissions is Saturday, 11:59PM Central Time, May 2nd, 2008. The winner will be announced on David Howell Studios on May 10th, 2008. Good luck to everyone that enters the contest! Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Exciting news! I ve been asked to be a judge in an upcoming video contest. How fun is that?! This is a quick preview about that contest. Stay tuned for all the details in the next few days. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Had to run to the clinic for a pre-employment drug test. Uh huh I got a wee bit of revenge. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Not much happened to me today. Thus I didnt have all that much to say. There happens to be a big storm on the way. The people on the golf course really should run far away.

What is going on around here? Woke up to bright sunny skies and some nasty white stuff on the ground. I was done with Winter a month ago. It just wont leave us alone.

Window squirrel hunting is big in our house. Testing the Qik embed into an actual post. My N75 produces video that measures 352 x 288. It seems like iMovie and Quicktime have big problems with it and pillarboxes the video. I am yet to find a way to prevent that from happening unless I convert it to a standard NTSC resolution and then edit. Kind of defeats the purpose for an immediate and quick little vid. Qik comes to the rescue and presents the video in 320 240 with an easy embed code.

The Sphynx, Bert and Petey, window hunting a squirrel. Not sure if they would know what to do with it if they ever caught it?

Waiting for UPS to show up with the video camera I sent to JVC for repairs. Huge shout-out to JVC for replacing the CCD free of charge.

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