December 26, 2011

GE Public Relations Gets Smart To The Cool Video Thing

GE Public Relations Gets Smart To The Cool Video Thing

The video from General Electric is cool, and shot at least in part with cameras mounted on RC helicopters, but strangely missing is any mention their manufacture of nuclear generation equipment such as the Fukushima plants that melted down earlier this year.

February 27, 2011

Van Ness Station Escalator Ambient Video

More mesmerizing than a fireplace video?

October 11, 2010

Having control be on iPhones and iPads is quite an improvement over those obnoxious remotes.

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September 6, 2010

What The Critics Are Missing About The Apple TV

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It’s not just the critics, nobody seems to get the story on Apple’s new TV-connected device right. Darrell Etherington at The Apple Blog says it’s a non starter for him, and Ars Technica’s John Siracusa describes it as just the most recent entry in a product line that has been “a persistent loser” for the company. [...]

September 3, 2010

Dancing Dog

Dancing Dog

I’ve got a dozen top priorities this morning, but this dancing merengue dog just delayed them all.

May 26, 2010

iPad + Velcro = <3

iPad + Velcro = <3
April 24, 2010

I’m a carnie huckster, you know it and I know it, but that’s OK

I’m a carnie huckster, you know it and I know it, but that’s OK

The title is a quote from Seth Stevenson Slate.com piece on pitchman Vince Offer, where he explains that Vince’s “smooth-talking condescension” is the most appropriate sales tactic in today’s cynical world. “Jaded consumers expect to get snowed and almost distrust the very pretense of trustworthiness.” The Rap Chop remix of Vince’s Slap Chop actually ran [...]

February 14, 2010

I’ll Stop The World and Melt With You

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February 5, 2010

Valentine’s Rose (O’Keefe View)

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February 5, 2010

Valentine’s Rose

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September 7, 2009

Am I Supposed To Feel Bad For AT&T Now?

300% Each Year

With AT&T facing lawsuits for not delivering MMS features at the iPhone 3GS launch, they kind of had to do something. I’m not sure if I’d be satisfied by this video if I were among the plaintiffs, but I think it does a good enough job. The stat about 300% annual increases in mobile data [...]

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September 6, 2009

Now I Want To Watch (or re-watch) All These

Now I Want To Watch (or re-watch) All These

Okay, I don’t want to watch all the movies depicted in this 100 year overview of film special effects, but I did just add a few to my Netflix queue.

September 4, 2009

Shatner is the greatest! long live The Rocket Man

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August 15, 2009

Not My Chair, Not My Problem

Not My Chair, Not My Problem

Liam Lynch explains the origin of the video, but what was Dan Deacon thinking as he recorded the audio? Of all the free MP3 downloads he offers, Two Friends from the Acorn Master album may be the most, um, listenable. Thanks to daily songsmith Corey B (Corey Blanchette) for the tip.

June 12, 2009

Tomas Mankovsky’s Sorry I’m Late

Tomas Mankovsky’s Sorry I’m Late

I’m simply in love with this video. Watch through the credits to see a bit of how it’s made.

June 7, 2009

Using VLC As A Live Video Stream Transcoder For Axis Camera and FLV

[I]n theory, I should be able to issue one command to VLC and have it receive the MPEG4-ES stream from the camera, transcode it to h.264, and stream it to the Wowza, which would handle the rest. via John Beales.