JBourgeois

I have one of those basic books about wood, and it is one of my most useful books. However, it was written in France, and although French is my first language, things on the other side of the Atlantic are quite different and a lot of stuff is meaningless to me.

I would gladly complement it with a book that deals with the types of woods and cuts we have around here.

Unfortunately, the event is a mess. I understand that the peoples involved are not professional audio-visual technicians, and that the production equipement is minimal. But a simple rehearsal would have enabled you to spot all the main problems and correct them easily.

- The commentator is not careful with his mike. He puts it too close to its own mouth, and too far from the others mouth.

- The commentator moves too much, it is hard for the cameraman to follow him.

- We do not see what is happening. The camera is too far most of the time and too close when peoples are moving around.

- It seems as if part of the sound is piked up by the cameras built in mikes, since the ambiant sound changes when you switch cameras. This is useless when the commentator has a mike. It just add extra noise.

And the format is not good for that type of demonstrations. There are a lot of people around Mike that distract him while it is not the case for Asa. And the commentator spends a lot more time with Mike than with Asa. That tips the balance a lot.

Mike and Asa are great. All in all, this would have been great if it had been done in you regular video format.

The idea of asking people to write a comment to win something is bad. It dilutes the real interesting comments into a list of useless mumbles.

Are they soft enough to be sliced and filled with cream?

An inspiring cover. Is it the same for the contents?