Chuck, crackbaby
As part of ongoing experimentation with features on this website which recently has included opening up comments, purchase of a dedicated server to handle bandwidth, and new mastheads every month, I've decided to expand this site's content to include weekly video and audio posts. We experimented with audio before (here and here), and that will continue soon once we figure out how to capture a clip that doesn't sound like it's being recorded inside a jet engine.
Today will be the first in a weekly series of small video posts, and since this is still in the experimental stage I'm starting off with a very small video (with no accompanying audio) just in case our server explodes from the downloads.
This clip was recorded in April 2002 in Los Angeles on our Nikon Coolpix 990 before we ever bought a proper camcorder. Chuck was probably eight weeks old, and it was during this incorrigible phase of his life that I asked the Lord every morning to give me strength not to drop kick him off the top of our two-story apartment building.
Click on this screenshot to view the video clip:
UPDATE: If you don't have Quicktime installed or are otherwise unable to view the video here, you can see it over here.
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hoxwrth said:
OMG, that is hysterical.
03.22.06 - 02:34 PM / 1madrid said:
That is a cute puppy.
03.22.06 - 02:40 PM / 2Cindy said:
He's soooo cute! I want to eat him!
03.22.06 - 02:41 PM / 3Squirrelly said:
Dude, that dog is so cute I want to put him on a hamburger bun and weave a fanciful crown of parsley garnish about his little doggy ears. Which is to say, in Kentucky parlance, I could just eat him up. ;)
Also: thanks for opening comments. Shwing!
03.22.06 - 02:43 PM / 4mmmfrogs said:
I am a bit techy-dumb, but what type of media player do I need to have installed to view the video file? The usuals (Windows media player, RealPlayer, etc.) aren't recognizing the .mov file extension.
03.22.06 - 02:44 PM / 5hiddenexposures said:
chuckles mcbuckles!
i bet you had thought "how do parents deal with crying babies in the middle of the night? this puppy won't sleep through the night and it's killing me!"
but oh, how the cuteness is worth it.
03.22.06 - 02:46 PM / 6dooce said:
mmmfrogs, you need quicktime, which you can get here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
03.22.06 - 02:46 PM / 7hiddenexposures said:
and for mmmfrogs - try quicktime.
03.22.06 - 02:46 PM / 8Charles R. Kaiser said:
Damn I love Chuck!
mmmfrogs you need Quicktime to see a .mov file.
If you install it using Internet Explorer it will save you having to install iTunes with it like it makes you di with Firefox. . .
03.22.06 - 02:47 PM / 9lixxie said:
I have seen Chuck in motion; my life is now complete.
Yay for the new features! It is a new era of Doociness..
03.22.06 - 02:47 PM / 10Beverlee said:
This picture of tiny Chuck has brought back a sudden menory of this toy dog that my uncle gave me. I loved it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to view the reel.
03.22.06 - 02:49 PM / 11christine. said:
I can't believe that's the same dog you have now. What a little freak. What's your secret to the successful pooch you have now? Dogger Zapper? Bark collar? Boot-camp? I have two bastards, one is the instigator, the other is just dumb.
03.22.06 - 02:53 PM / 12jehprb said:
too adorable!!
03.22.06 - 02:54 PM / 13Bre said:
I clearly missed the point of the video, because the first words out of my mouth were. "Let's get a puppy!!!!"
03.22.06 - 02:54 PM / 14Ursula said:
Sadly, I can't see the video. The Quicktime ap that I need is not available on the Web site.
03.22.06 - 02:55 PM / 15christine. said:
no, drugs, you use drugs.
03.22.06 - 02:56 PM / 16Charles R. Kaiser said:
I should clarify my comment:
If you try to view the clip using Firefox, your browser won’t know what to do. If you try to view the clip using Internet Explorer, it will know that you need Quicktime, and it will allow you to install it without having to also install iTunes which you HAVE to install if you use the Download link provided by Heather.
Once you have installed Quicktime, it will work with any browser.
Hope that helps! If it doesn’t help, please feel free to delete this comment at will, or print it out and back over it in your car, or whatever. . .
03.22.06 - 02:56 PM / 17JessicaRabbit said:
That is adorable, but um, my 116 pound 11 month old Saint Bernard still does that, and it's not so cute anymore.
Wanna trade??? She can pull you around town in a cart, people would be so jealous....
03.22.06 - 02:57 PM / 18rivetergirl said:
It's the ears. The ears and the little puppy eyes are the reason more puppies aren't disposed of before they reach maturity.
03.22.06 - 02:57 PM / 19Manda said:
Aww, I want me some puppy!
03.22.06 - 03:01 PM / 20hilary said:
Ditto what Ursula said. I have Quicktime, and I can see the little slidey thing move as if there's a movie playing, but alas, no movie. Quicktime says I need an update, but then goes on to say that there is no update available.
Maybe I need a Mac? :/
03.22.06 - 03:01 PM / 21Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Funny, he doesn't look like any of MY crack babies.
But, you know...unless you're taken C-section, we're ALL crack babies.
03.22.06 - 03:03 PM / 22Jennifer in Kansas City said:
Well, the picture will have to tide me over.... what a li'l punkin! (My work internet is powered by gnomes, chicken-flavored crackers & a hamster wheel.)
03.22.06 - 03:08 PM / 23Chelley said:
I'm having the same issues Hilary is having. I see the little slider, but no Chuck! :(
03.22.06 - 03:12 PM / 24Cloudy said:
I love him so so much, I think I might die.
03.22.06 - 03:16 PM / 25Jessica said:
Oh my god he's the cutest little doggy ever
Works for me on a WinXP PC with Quicktime 7.0.4
03.22.06 - 03:16 PM / 26erin said:
Love it - I especially like how you can time his little puppy attention span...BITE THE CAMERA BITE THE CAMERA oh hey now what's that over there? AWESOME.
FWIW, fellow Firefoxers, just download the standalone version, install, and FF will pick it up. No IE necessary.
03.22.06 - 03:22 PM / 27Heather Anne said:
That’s a bit foreboding, isn’t it? He was trying to eat you before he even had teeth!
03.22.06 - 03:23 PM / 28Erika said:
Aw, but just like kids, you forget what they grow up into, unless you occassionaly look back.
03.22.06 - 03:26 PM / 29Charles R. Kaiser said:
Doh! Standalone version! I swear that wasn't there when I last tried to install quicktime about a month ago! And I didn't even look today!
At any rate, for those of you who are having trouble with an older version of Quicktime, best course of action is to uninstall Quicktime and do a new install of the new version. This bypasses the need for an upgrade.
03.22.06 - 03:26 PM / 30