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A week in the desert: A Burning Man Documentary

irishpolyglot — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:44:48 -0800

For the last week in August, this normally barren desert is occupied by 50,000 people for the “Burning Man” event. It’s very difficult to describe what the event is about, but hopefully this short video will give you a slight idea!
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How to travel with as much as you like in your hand luggage

irishpolyglot — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:26 -0700

This is the first of my travel-tip videos. One thing that is currently a problem for budget travelling is the extra charge introduced by including checked luggage. To avoid this and waiting around in the airport, it’s much better to fly only with hand luggage when you can. In this short and...

Summer Esperanto Study

irishpolyglot — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:02:28 -0700

This year I found out about Esperanto, the international and neutral language, which is also the world’s easiest to learn. It encourages open cultural exchange without preference to any particular speaker. I very much liked the idea, but I wanted to see if it really worked! So, I signed up to the...

A week speaking Irish Gaelic in the "Gaeltacht"

irishpolyglot — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:53:07 -0700

The Irish language and culture is really amazing; even after I have seen so many other ones from around the world. So I thouroughly enjoyed a week at Oideas Gael’s language and culture course in Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal, Ireland. I made this video...

Hike up Mount Teide

irishpolyglot — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:04:52 -0700

Here is a video documentary about my experience hiking up the Teide with locals from Tenerife. I used some new editing techniques and included 3-D Google Earth shots to show exactly where we were at each step.

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Where the hell is Benny?

irishpolyglot — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:39:37 -0700

One day last summer, it was my honour to dance with Matt, an Internet superstar who made one of Youtube's most viewed videos of all time