Video blogging before YouTube!
This was the kind of stuff I loved to make back when I started this video blog. I remember agonizing over compressing these videos to get them under 5 megabytes so that my hosting wouldn't explode. Sometimes the more popular videos attracted many downloads and I was worried about paying for additional server bandwidth so I made them as small as possible and it really helped people able to watch it in a browser window without stalling.
It was Boxing Day 2004 at Future Shop in Kamloops, BC, and a huge lineup had formed overnight as people showed up to get first crack at crazy deals on electronics. I talked to a few people in the line and was able to make an amateur "news" piece out of it. Wait for the rush as the doors opened