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Friends
I was watching a video on Youtube earlier, from Michael Buckley, he was talking about going back to school, making friends, etc. His video was aimed mostly at high school kids, going to the new school.

It occurred to me, while watching it, that most of my friends aren't from that period in my life, but from Primary school. It's not that I didn't make friends in secondary school, I did. But the closest friends I have are, for the most part, kids I went to primary school with and the people who don't fit into that group, were met through the people that do.

I don't really have a whole lot to say on that topic, other than I think it's pretty cool that the people I'm friends with, I've been friends with for the majority of my life.

Tron
With the sequel coming out soon, I decided it was time I sat down and watched Tron. The film is 28 years old and I'd never seen it. Going into it, I wasn't sure, but I ended up loving it .

The effects were dated, but it just added to the film's charm. Something I'm worried the new one will lose, with it's updated CGI. While it looks amazing, the fact that the original didn't is one of the things I liked about it.

I'll definitely still go and see it though and I plan to pick up the DVD of Tron as soon as I can.

Kodak Playsport 
I'm going to Florida in a couple of weeks and while I have a nice camera to take pictures on in the form of a G1, I wasn't sure what I was going to do about video. I had thought about just taking my compact Lumix, even with it's half-broken screen and using that... But... I dropped it again... and the screen is now nearly unusable.

I had a look at my money situation and figured out that I would be able to spare a hundred quid or there abouts. So, I did some research online, reading a lot of reviews and found that the Kodak Playsport I'd seen in ASDA was actually a pretty good little camera.

It has several recording modes. 1080p, 720p @ 60fps, 720p @ 30fps and WVGA. As well as a 5MP still camera. It records on to an SD card and can charge via USB (as well as a wall socket). Not to mention the fact that it's waterproof up to 3 metres.

Looking at some quality samples on youtube as well, I decided to go ahead and buy it. It was a little bit more expensive than I thought i'd seen it for in ASDA, but not by much.

The only thing I'm not sure about, but will hopefully be able to put to the test this week, is the battery life. The sites say 90mins. Which, for the kind of camera is about average, I think, and that can go up or down, depending on what quality setting you use. 90mins is nothing though, compared to the battery life I get with my 'big' camcorder. The battery on which lasts for like 6 hours on continuous. So that'll be something I have to adjust to.

Quiz
Team Name: Respectable
Score: 33.5

Wasn't a bad quiz this week. Just didn't do that great either. Gutted.