Meet Flip

Hi! My name's Flip and I'll be going to China with Aly and Ford! Oh yeah, life is good and I'm small enough to hitch a ride in their pocket or in one of those darn backpacks they're insisting on taking. Either way, it's China baby!!! (no pun intended)

We own a decent mini dv camcorder and planned (might still) on taking it with us on the journey to Alyzabeth. Then we met Flip, thanks to Marsha, who keeps up with all the latest gadget goodies and quicker than you can say jack rabbit I was googling my friend Flip here... I went from interest, to wanting, to convincing myself we needed it. Anything for Alyzabeth... (I'm still in the justification stage as you can tell)

There are built in features on this little jewel that makes capturing, editing and uploading videos a snap and I have the option of leaving a bunch of video baggage at home. And that's a good thing. I was looking for ways to reduce travel weight and lugging excess video "stuff" was not something I looked forward to. We'll still be toting the camera. After all, pictures and videos are a BIG deal on this trip. An honest to goodness once in a lifetime experience. (if you don't count the cultural trip years from now).

Check out the size of this bad boy in the picture above. SWEET! Can you say, pocket size. Marsha, I want to thank you for the heads up and at the same time - ARGGGG! We're spending too much as it is but then being able to send videos quickly and easily to our family, while in China, makes it well worth it!
peace
fm