old film, new technology

on the plane to miami, i was playing with my newest toy, (no i wasnt playing with myself!). got me an ipod touch, my upgrade from my 20G ipod photo bought 2yrs back. i didnt get an iphone BECAUSE 1) i didnt need a new phone 2) it needs to be 'hacked' or 'opened' to get it to work with our telcos here 3) i dont want a phone that reads 'handle with care' 4) i dont need to have all entertainment & communication needs in one gadget. i decided that i just needed a video AND a websurfing toy. SO i got the ipod touch.

i immediately downloaded an old film i have always wanted to watch "Brother Sun, Sister Moon". i remember visiting josh (mr doves) blog and viewing the u-tube there! thanks, josh! I finally have my copy! turns out my sister in ny has the dvd so i was able to easily rip it off.

so i easily passed the 2.5hr flight to miami away watching the film. still brought back some tears. i still felt moved and inspired by it, after all these years. (i last saw this in grade school! that was sooo many years back). funny how some images are retained, especially the ones tinged with sexuality (francis walking naked out of Assisi or one of his brothers staring lustfully at the ample breasts of a young mother). but by and large, the spirit of the movie remains. and this is certainly a classic Zeffirelli which i wouldnt mind watching over and over again. the other one is Jesus of Nazareth.

but i am going through hell adding more movies. like i had to download Handbrake to convert the dvd to ipod format. then when i downloaded some movies from other sources (in mpg format), i had to download another shareware ffmpegX which had quite complicated installation procedures for the Mac OS. Asus. so much trouble.

am i happy? you bet i am, especially with ipod touch because of the wifi internet access!