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Fashion Models are blogging
 Anina & Lisa Stone by jdlasica, uploaded from flickr. Fashion model Anina (who has appeared in Elle and other magazines) with BlogHer conference organizer Lisa Stone. posted by Steve at 9:34 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Zadi Diaz & Michael Verdi
 Zadi Diaz & Michael Verdi by jdlasica, uploaded from flickr. Zadi Diaz and Michael Verdi at Pizza Hut just after BlogHer's conclusion, July 30, 2005. posted by Steve at 9:32 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Send invoices online
Blinksale | The easiest way to send invoices online. via [ Waxy ] posted by Steve at 9:28 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Chuck Olsen in Boston
 Chuck Olsen in Boston by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. Chuck contemplates his new surroundings in Boston. posted by Steve at 2:17 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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People do buy that CVS video camera
 People do buy that CVS video camera by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. See, here's a guy at the Red Sox game shooting exciting footage. posted by Steve at 2:17 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Stephen King
 Stephen King by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. Stephen King walked by us. Exciting. Digital photos are the new autographs. Even better! posted by Steve at 2:16 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Saturday, July 30, 2005
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Eggs
 Eggs by Markus Masataka, uploaded from flickr. My mom had an egg explosion at her place. posted by Steve at 2:59 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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How to Start a Blogger Blog
 Go over to blogger.com and start a free blog. See: How do I create a blog that Blogger will host for free? for all the details. You can host your new blog over on their servers, or you can host it on a hosting company of your own. BLOGSPOT If you use their free hosting service, blogspot, you won’t be able to store images, audio, or movie files over there. You’ll have to host them somewhere else like your own host or the internet archive. You’ll use blogspot if your hosting provider won’t allow blogger blogs hosted over there. Some examples of hosting providers that don’t support blogspot are: .mac, Comcast, and AOL. You’ll still be able to link to your video files from your blog, but they’ll just be saved somewhere else. YOUR OWN SERVER If you’ve got a hosting provider that supports FTP, then you can host your blogger blog over on your own host. That way, you’ll be able to use blogger to upload images, audio, or movie files onto your host. Here are some hosting provider options. posted by Steve at 8:31 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Video Compression - 3ivx Dual Pass
 Michael Verdi has created this pdf takes you step-by-step through compressing video using the dual pass feature of 3ivx. Combined with MPEG4 audio, you can produce files in the 60 - 70 Kbits/sec range that look and sound pretty darn good. Click here to download the 3ivx pdf. [ pdf ] Note: The pdf details the steps to compress from Final Cut Pro. The process is the same if you are using QuickTime Pro for Mac or Windows. Check out the 3ivx web site. posted by Steve at 8:28 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Make a QuickTime Reference Movie
 Make a QuickTime Reference Movie Written by Adrian Miles For those of you using QT, and wanting to keep content on your own server/site but also appear elsewhere, eg i want to publish in vimeo but don’t see point in having my video in 2 places at once: 1. launch qt player 2. File - Open URL in new player…. 3. enter the url of your QT movie (put in full url eg: http://yourblogname/archive/path/somename.mov) 4. load it 5. once loaded File Save As… 6. save it as a QT file *with* dependencies (will only be a few kb). 7. give it a web sensible name (no spaces and end in .mov) 8. This is a ref. movie and it references the url. double click it anywhere on the net and it will get the vid. from your server. 9. i upload this to vimeo. 10. presto it works, but the bandwidth is from me (so we share, and I can remove and break it if i wish). this has lots of uses – cheers Adrian Miles posted by Steve at 8:27 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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How To: Edit with QuickTime
In the Quicktime Player: 1. Open up Source video 2. File/NEW PLAYER 3. Go back to Source and move play head to start of video you want, then click and drag the the triangle to the start and then move the other triangle to the end point 4. Edit/copy 5. Go to the new player window, Edit/Paste 6. GO TO #3 UNTIL DONE Adrian Miles added: On apple Command B moves in out points to current playhead position. This makes it very fast and easy to do a series of butt edits. (is that what they’re called, forgotten my videotape editing lessons of 1986…) Also you can drag the in and out points to mark a selection and then paste over the selection. You can also add scaled (via edit menu) which stretches or shrinks what you paste to what you’ve selected. You can also select by holding down shift while dragging playhead or while playing video. There isn’t a timeline but that’s because QT is not about linear film media. posted by Steve at 8:26 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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How to: Subscribe to blogs
 This post answers the question, "How do you talk people through the subscription idea?" Sometimes people only want to hear how to subscribe to my blog via email. They are comfortable with that. If I can get them beyond that, I ask them if they have their own personal My Yahoo! page, and tell them that they can click the Add To My Yahooo! button, if it's on a weblog, and the new entries will end up on their My Yahoo! page. That's an example of why those ever expanding universe of 'add to my yahoo' and 'sub with bloglines' buttons work for users. If they aren't half asleep at this point, I might try to explain the XML button and how to copy and paste the link it into an aggregator like bloglines. I'll then explain that "bloglines is a web site that keeps track of new posts to weblogs. So instead of having to go to a website to see it there's a new post all the time, you just go to bloglines and it displays new posts from any website you tell it to keep track of." It's really best if I can get on their computer and show them. How else am I going to explain adding a 'sub with bloglines' bookmarklet? I guess I could send them here to figure it out: http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub posted by Steve at 8:24 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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A list of video editing software for Windows.
FREE Windows XP: Movie Maker 2.1 Avid Free DV NOT FREE Ulead Video Studio 8 offers free fully functional trial download at ulead.com They import and output .mov files. Adobe Premiere Elements Pinnacle Studio 9 posted by Steve at 8:23 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Embedding QuickTime for Web Delivery
Embedding QuickTime for Web Delivery The <EMBED> tag allows media file types other than those directly supported by the browser to be handled with an external application or plugin. In this case, the external application is QuickTime Player and the plugin is the QuickTime Plugin.  PAGEot is an application which generates EMBED and OBJECT code for the QuickTime Plug-in. QuickTime and Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, versions 5.5 SP2 and 6.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, versions 5.5 SP2 and 6.0 (soon to be released) no longer support Netscape-style plug-ins, such as the plug-in installed as part of QuickTime 5.0.2 and earlier versions. Consequently, Windows customers using these versions of Explorer may be unable to view QuickTime content in the browser. Mac users and Netscape users are unaffected, To restore compatibility, Apple has provided an ActiveX control. posted by Steve at 8:20 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Rotate an image using QuickTime Pro.
There’s an easy way to rotate an image using QuickTime Pro. Go to the Movie menu, select Get Movie Properties. Then select Video Track, and then select Size. You are presented with arrows that allow you to rotate the image. posted by Steve at 8:19 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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How to delete a file off of Our Media
Log on to Ourmedia click My Page Scroll Down tot he bottom for your list of files Click on the file you want to delete Click Edit Scroll down to the bottom of that page Click Delete On the next page click Confirm posted by Steve at 8:19 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Friday, July 29, 2005
Rent: Movie trailer
Apple - Trailers - Rent posted by Steve at 11:24 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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A collision of art, commercial culture, and madness
Rejected. posted by Steve at 9:24 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Color TV
 I was just looking through a new catalog that came in the mail today and saw cool Color TV Lightbox from Sturbridge Yankee Workshop: "Brighten up any space with our lighted gallery 'color tv' sign."Cool. TV in living color! Beats black and white. ;-) posted by Steve at 8:22 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Water filled bags combat houseflys
The AP says so.  Eric Rice has a photo. posted by Steve at 7:47 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Everything you always wanted to know about video blogging
 Videoblogging is a continuum: Watch, Learn, Create, Teach. How to add an RSS 2.0 Feedburner feed to your Blogger Blog. Steve Garfield's Video Blog: How To: Promote Your Videoblog. posted by Steve at 5:18 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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digg this
digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allowing an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do. posted by Steve at 3:19 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Videoblogging is a Continuum
 As more people get involved in videoblogging, they find that they are somewhere on the videoblogging continuum and usually progress though the levels. The levels are: Watch, Learn, Create, Teach. Let's look at each level. WATCH When first encountering the world of videoblogging, you go out and watch what people are creating. When you find some that you like you can subscribe, and have new videos automatically delivered to you. Here are a few places to help you find videoblogs on the web: The Watch This tag on Deli.cio.us Videoblogging Universe Mefeedia FireANT Directory Akimbo OMN.org vlogdir vlogmap MediaTuner iTunes Music Store Podcast Directory Viewing Tools: FireANT - Mac/PC based video aggregator and viewer LEARN There are a number of sites that will help you learn about videoblogs and how to create them. FreeVlog FeeVlog Videoblogging.info Yahoo! Videoblogging Group CREATE Camera, Lighting and Sound Compression: iMovie, FCP, Movie Maker Hosting and Blog Software Hosted blog software TEACH Meet the Vloggers Yahoo! Videoblogging Group posted by Steve at 1:02 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Woods Hole Film Festival
My interview with Boston artist Temah Nelson is now featured on the Woods Hole Film Festival web site. posted by Steve at 12:40 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Let's Go Curling
Check out the 'Let's Go Curling' podcast, Episode 1 - Curling 101: "We cover the rules of the game, sweeping, delivery and team structure in this curling primer. We also talk about new clubs, open houses and a few bonspiels coming soon to a rink near you. "via [ David Pogue ] posted by Steve at 8:24 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Steve Googlarfield
Steve Googlarfield made with the Google Logo Maker. via [ Make ] posted by Steve at 7:45 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Carol and Steve are punk rockers
NYTimes takes on videoblogging… and misses.: "The Steve and Carol show... “borrows” as much from TV as it borrows from any other culturally relevant experience, though mostly from regular old mundane life. That’s exactly why it’s relevant — not because it wants to sell us on a blockbuster lifestyle, but because it simply wants to share with us a lifestyle we all know and can relate to — the mundane lifestyle. Weeding the flower bed on the front lawn is not the stuff of American Idol. It’s the stuff of Steve and Carol, and — despite its lack of blockbuster production quality — it’s curiously compelling, and it’s something that I’ll wager more people could relate to than whatever tripe “reality TV” is coming up with these days."Mundane is the new punk rock. posted by Steve at 11:22 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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I hate online-poker
At the risk of giving them what they want by posting this here, I want to tell you how much I hate online-poker and their co-horts casino games. They are making trackbacks to me on my TypePad blog like crazy and I have to go in and delete each one. Source:Die online-poker Die! posted by Steve at 3:40 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Can one-man bands report the news?
OJR introduces its first live collaborative story, 'Video journalists': Inevitable revolution or way to cut TV jobs? This week, five writers take turns crafting a wiki-style article on 'one-man bands' who report, film and edit their own video stories.Follow the conversation with Mark Glaser, Michael Rosenblum, Cory Bergman, Andrew Baron and Stewart Pittman. You can submit a question for discussion too. posted by Steve at 9:38 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Die bewegten Blogs
Christa Tamara Kaul writes a article on vlogs for Telepolis, Die bewegten Blogs. It's all in German. My friend Anja translated the Carol and Steve Show part: What are we expecting from Video-Blogs? For example there is the Carol and Steve Show. We are allowed to watch them doing their daily business. For example cleaning the paved floor of their very nice front yard. Unfortunately Steve is soon nervelessly (floppy), so that (how could it be different) he has to chill out/relax in the deck chair and Carol has to finish the work alone.Thanks Anja. posted by Steve at 7:21 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Deval Patrick, Democrat for Governor
Deval Patrick Statement on Governor Romney’s Abortion Stand: The Governor continues to play politics with a woman’s right to choose. On Monday governor Romney decided to veto emergency contraception legislation and today in his op-ed he changed his stand on an issue of fundamental privacy. By doing so, he has betrayed the trust of the people of Massachusetts. In fact, as a candidate in 2002, Governor Romney pledged both to expand access to emergency contraception and to be a pro-choice Governor. It is time for Massachusetts to demand more leadership and fewer empty promises from its governor. I pledge that I will be a pro-choice governor and I will defend a woman’s right to access emergency contraception.I'm listening. posted by Steve at 4:28 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Videobloggers doing live video without blogs
Markus Sandy has annotated this weekend's Videoblogging Video Conference. We've been having these live video conferences twice weekly for a while now. Take a look to see what we're discussing, and the cool FlashMeeting technology that we use to both see and hear each other live. Here's a link for you to join tonighjt's meeting at 8:00 EDT. You don't even need a camera and microphone to participate, there's also text chat. You'll still be able to watch and hear everyone else. Here is the wiki where all archives links are kept. posted by Steve at 3:31 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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How To Set up a Free Video Blog
 Michael Verdi and Ryanne Hodson have updated the Freevlog Tutorial to take into account that Blogger is now hosting images and Ourmedia is publishing instantly. This cuts a lot out - one step is gone and two others are shortened! For those of you considering other video blogging solutions, take a look at FeeVlog, a site I'm putting togehter to assemble info on paid blogging services and hosting solutions. posted by Steve at 12:44 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Waiting for my Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap sends word that her new CD, Speak For Yourself, is now in stores in the UK, with a picture, Got mine! I ordered mine directly from her. Looking forward to getting it! posted by Steve at 5:52 AM | link | (2) Join the Discussion
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Vlogs could challenge MTV or CNBC
Matthew Schifrin, Editor of Forbes, writes this about their Summer 2005 edition of Forbes.com Best of the web in the article, Blog Power: "In reviewing the entries for this guide, I was especially struck by the growing movement of video bloggers, or 'vloggers', online. More and more people with digital video cameras are easily creating mini-documentaries, newscasts, parodies and 'television-like' reality series on their own. One New York City vlog, Rocketboom, reports the 'news' every morning at 9 a.m. for three minutes in an irreverent, but endearing style. It has formed alliances with other vloggers so that it effectively has correspondents in Minneapolis, Boston, LA and Switzerland.Yeah... Blog Power. posted by Steve at 5:17 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Monday, July 25, 2005
Forbes.com Best of the Web
Forbes.com Best of the Web: Steve Garfield's Video Blog: "Steve is a prolific video blogger. Every Monday he posts a new episode of The Carol and Steve Show. The sitcom-like theme music is a hoot. Don't look for a plot or purpose, just watch if you have the time. At press time they are approaching the equivalent of three seasons of a network show. While they can be deadly boring at times, there is something endearing about reality TV without elimination rounds or convoluted challenges. There is nothing more real than a guy explaining the proper way to use the gas grill in his backyard."Thanks Forbes! posted by Steve at 9:03 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Cool Retro Fonts!
"The Carol and Steve Show" type was designed by Stu Sandler of The Font Diner. posted by Steve at 8:34 PM | link | (3) Join the Discussion
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See Blogumentary at Harvard, for Free!
Joho the Blog: Showing of Blogumentary at Harvard: "The Berkman Center is arranging a showing of Chuck Olsen's Blogumentary, a documentary about — surprise! — blogging. Chuck's going to be there so there will be a discussion afterwards.Update on directions: Pound Hall is on the Harvard Law School Campus on Mass Ave, just past Cambridge Common. Map. posted by Steve at 6:01 PM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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The Podcasters Special
The Edirol R-1 Portable 24-Bit WAVE Recorder & Player. posted by Steve at 11:25 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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I demand a retraction from the New York Times
 Here are some excerpts from New York Times article, Watch Me Do This and That Online, that I'd like to address: "Another vlog, the Carol and Steve Show, in which a married couple offer up the tedium of their daily lives - shopping, driving to the gym, arguing about American Idol' - has stolen its type and its theme music from the land of sitcoms.""Mudane is the new punk rock", Chuck Olsen. I demand a retraction from the New York Times. Nothing was stolen. The theme music comes from Apple's Soundtrack Application, which I own. The theme music was made up from included guitar riffs that come with the package and are included for the specific purpose of using in your own productions. The theme music might have been influenced by what has come before, but that's not stealing, that's art. The type was designed for me by Bill Dawson, the same guy who designed the intro to The Apprentice. again, not stolen. Sheesh. "It wants to sell out, but who would buy?"Why would you determine that I want to sell out? Because my vlog looks like tv? I like tv. I package my video blog posts in a nice wrapper that people are familiar with. That doesn't mean that I want to sell out, although if any network executives are reading this, give me a call. We'll do lunch. ;-) "Maybe a laugh track would help."Help you maybe, but people seem to like it the way it is. posted by Steve at 8:41 AM | link | (5) Join the Discussion
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Blogumentary: New York Times Doesn't Get Vlogs
I'd prefer to give the main link on this post to Chuck Olsen, who writes, NY Times Doesn't Get Vlogs, and explains why Sarah Boxer of the New York Times doesn't understand vlogs. Her article, Watch Me Do This and That Online, concludes that video blogging, even though it's a newborn, will end up marrying television. She implies that vlogs really just want to grow up and become TV. Vlogs don't want to be TV Sarah, they want to grow up to be whatever they want to be. They want to do what their creators love. Videoblogging might end up marrying television, but that doesn't mean that vlogging has to become television. A strong marriage is made when two partners join and keep their separate identities. They each bring their strengths to the union, and that makes each of them better. Television, do you take vlogs to be your lawfully wedded spouse? - Do you promise to produce programming of interest to narrow audience? - Do you agree to post shows on the internet with an RSS 2.0 feed so people can subscribe and view them whenever they want? - Will you allow two way communication with your audience? And vlogs, do you take television to be your lawfully wedded spouse? - Do you agree to allow your video to be broadcast on TV, forsaking your text post, permalinks, and comments, like podcasts do when delivered on iPods? - Will you attach opening titles and credits to all your videos? I propose that you two live together for a while to see how things work out. A marriage between the two would generate some very interesting offspring. TV on vlogs. Vlogs on TV. I'm excited about the future. posted by Steve at 8:00 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
Perpetuating the lie: George H. W. Bush and the supermarket scanner
In Friday's Boston Globe, Mac Daniel and Michael Levenson combine to report on Governor Romney's MBTA train ride, in this article, Hey, governor, welcome to the T, where Romney reportedly didn't know the cost of a T ride. Guess what? T fares are variable. But my main problem with this article is that the authors perpetuate the myth that George H.W. Bush had never seen a supermarket scanner. They report: "Romney's gaffe recalled President George H.W. Bush's puzzlement during the 1992 campaign over a supermarket scanner, seen by many as patrician aloofness. The charge has been disputed by some, but has neverthless dogged the elder Bush ever since."A quick trip over to snopes.com shows that the supermarket scanner story was false. What this quote shows is a bias on the part of the reporters. The scanner story, false, and the cost of the T, no big deal. I'm going to send an email to the Globe's new Ombudsman to see what he has to say about it. Instapundit had similar complaints about reporters in 2004. posted by Steve at 8:56 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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It's Socks and Sandals Music
One of my favorite videobloggers, Clark ov Saturn, makes music under the name Socks and Sandals. I've seen him use music by Socks and Sandals in his videos but never made the connection that this is Clark's band. Clark explains: SOCKS AND SANDALS was first concieved as a strictly "live and laptopless" techno band in the summer of 2002 by Clark ov Saturn and Sean Smith. After a few years of attention-grabbing gigs throughout the bars, warehouses and boats of NYC and the Northeast, they are currently retooling their live setup and getting down to recording some tracks. SOCKS AND SANDALS's musical style is raw and weird minimal techno with a heavy emphasis on danceable grooves. The live show is always fun, involving improvised vocals and live sampling.Love and Cush Records. Download their song Schnee at Love and Cush. Get their song Lover from Microcosm Music at minlove.net. posted by Steve at 8:00 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Saturday, July 23, 2005
It's about relationships
Jeff Jarvis has the formula: (information + aggregation) / trust = relationships posted by Steve at 7:10 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-23
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Blogumentary: Screening at Harvard on August 2nd
 Blogumentary: A Documentary About Blogs will be screening at Harvard on Tuesday August 2nd. Filmmaker Chuck Olsen will be there. Save the date. More details soon! posted by Steve at 1:47 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Hug
Join hugnation every Tuesday at 1:00 PST. hug. posted by Steve at 1:41 PM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Karlson and McKenzie coming back to Boston
Heard on the Boston Radio-Info message board: Karlson and McKenzie coming back to Boston: "Here in the Hudson Valley of New York, rumor has it that Karlson and McKenzie are headed back to Boston...possibly to WZLX...or maybe a replacement for WBCN when Stern leaves his schtick."I'm waiting for confirmation. I'm interested because I used to be a producer and wacky sidekick on the show when it was in Boston on Eagle 93.7 FM. Here's the story of my Adventures in Radio. posted by Steve at 7:59 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Logan Airport getting new signs
In today's Boston Globe article, Getting there from here, we hear that Massport is going to redo all the signs at Logan Airport. There's a cool graphic on the page which shows what seems to be the new entry sign. It's better already since it will clearly show that parking is available in Terminal B. As it stands now, the only indication you get that Terminal B has available parking is a small right arrow over at the entrance to Central Parking. posted by Steve at 7:47 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Who will be in charge of culture?
Fort Culture - What's at stake in the fight for digital rights. posted by Steve at 7:42 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Social bookmarking for news
On the Berkman mailing list, I saw that Brian Del Vecchio posted about CommonTimes a new social bookmarking site for news that his friend Jeff Reifman has built. CommonTimes. posted by Steve at 7:41 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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New cellphone for grandma?
Hey mom, this might be a good cellphone choice for you if the pre-paid minutes don't expire.  New cellphone puts grandpa on speed dial: "Firefly has found that the simplified device has drawn interest from people well outside the target market, including an 81-year-old grandmother in Minnesota and fashion-minded 20-something Manhattan women who like a weekend phone tiny enough to fit in a clutch purse. Families of adults with physical or developmental disabilities have also signed up."Engadget review. Firefly cell phone roduct listing at Target. posted by Steve at 7:37 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Friday, July 22, 2005
Become a beautiful geek
Chris Pirillo has a voicemail from a show producer about how to become a Beauty and The Geek Contestant. posted by Steve at 9:15 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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CBS - Rock Star
 One of my favorite shows is Rock Star: INXS. I think I even like it better than American Idol. Here we have experienced performers and they are singing songs that I really like. Brooke Burke is a great host, Ty is an amazing performer, and I like how Jordis takes comand of the stage. J.D. and MiG are the other two I enjoy watching. posted by Steve at 7:52 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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My mom wondered why I didn't post today
My mom was wondering why I didn't post this morning. ;-) The cable went out in Jamaica Plain today, so I was without both cable TV or internet all day. My friends Ravi and Sonia also had no cable, so I figurerd that it was a widespread problem. I called the support line and they scheduled a call. Then this afternoon, I called back and they knew that it was a major outage in JP and that they were working on it. Now it's back and I'm back. It was a pretty good thing to be offline though since it gave me a chance to get through my backlog of unread emails and unwatched videos. I also finished up editing of a major video project I've been doing this summer! Next step is making hte DVD. Yay! posted by Steve at 6:48 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Where to find video blogs: A list
Here's an answer to the question, "Where can I find some videoblogs to watch?" Vlogs I watch: http://stevegarfield.kssx.com/blog/_WebPages/VlogsIWatch.html Snap shot of recent vlogs: http://videoblogging-universe.com/ Browse vlogs online: http://mefeedia.com/feeds/ vlog directories: http://vlogdir.com/ http://www.antisnottv.net/directory.php http://vlogmap.org/ posted by Steve at 4:53 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Thursday, July 21, 2005
podsafe music network
podsafe music network is live. Check it out. posted by Steve at 11:37 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-21
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Beer of the week
My beer of the week is Samuel Adams 3 Weiss Men. You can't beat a Belgian style weiss beer on a hot day. It's the specialty beer on tap right now at Doyle's in Jamaica Plain. posted by Steve at 2:37 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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It's the podcast show with Andrew and C.C.
C.C. Chapman and Andrew Grumet will be talking about podcasting at tonight's Berkman meeting. The show starts at 7pm at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. posted by Steve at 7:48 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Icerocket => Blogscour
blogscour.com posted by Steve at 4:35 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-20
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Remarkable things blogging can do for people who are older than 30
Ronni Bennett writes Blogging To Enrich Your Life: "We bloggers are connected to one another in a whole new way that is no less friendship for being physically separated. We matter to each other. We encourage and support one another. We learn from and are entertained by one another." posted by Steve at 11:48 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Where to set up a video blog
Here's my answer to people who are looking for places to host their video blogs: The free option is to host your files with Our Media. freevlog.org tells you how. There's also a tutorial on compressing video for the web over there. videoblogging.info has lots of good info too. feevlog.com is a site I'm putting together about paid blogging sites... posted by Steve at 9:11 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Eric Rice :: Videoblogging the Stratosphere
Eric Rice takes Boeing's Connextion One demo flight around the summit of Mt. Rainier with Robert Scoble, Phil Torrone and Chris Pirillo. Here's a link to his video. posted by Steve at 7:41 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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My inboxes are overflowing
 I'm kinda behind in reading my mail. Not my regular mail which is up to date, but mail which I have filtered into folders as it arrives. The folder with the most unread mail right now is from the Yahoo! videoblogging group. 1,081 unread messages. I go in there from time to time and read the most recent, but I'm missing whole topic threads. Back in the good old days, a few months ago, I could keep up. Now, we've got 100's of new members joining each month. That's great, but I wonder how they feel with so many messages flying by. I've also fallen behind watching videos. My unwatched video list is just like my unread email list, only I've got unwatched videos in three places, TiVo, FireANT, and Akimbo. We're at the very start of the citizen media revolution. How will we be able to filter and watch all this new video content that's being produced? posted by Steve at 7:20 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Nationwide, no drug matches the threat posed by marijuana
Your Government Is Lying To You (Again) About Marijuana - NORML. posted by Steve at 7:18 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Moveable Type: generate RSS feeds by category
Here's a tutorial on how to generate RSS feeds by category for Moveable Type. Has anyone tried this with TypePad? posted by Steve at 7:05 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Blogs, blogs, blogs
Blog software comparison chart. From the entries listed on this chart, I use Blogger, TypePad Pro, Blogware, and WordPress. I like htem all for different reasons. posted by Steve at 5:31 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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No Lines, No Blogs
I woke up to find all my feeds are missing from Bloglines. Oh oh, I'm sure they are working on it. I've contacted them to be sure. Now I'll have to go read the Boston Globe. :-( Update: Bloglines is fixed. Whew. posted by Steve at 8:14 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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It's the Steve and Chuck Show
Check out the sessions that Chuck and I are going to be in at the Wood s Hole Film Festival, Xwhaves: SUNDAY, July 31: SHORTwhaves Woods Hole Community Hall, 8PM - 10PM A digital melange of shorts, video blogs and podcasts featuring a discussion of the use of short form digital content as a means of conveying story. Featuring Steve Garfield Boston Correspondent, (RocketBoom.com) and videoblogger (stevegarfield.com) and Chuck Olsen (BLOGUMENTARY) and videoblogger (MNSTORIES.COM) who will share tips and talk about the video blogging experience. MONDAY, August 1: Xwhaves DISTRIBUTIONS Woods Hole Community Hall, 2PM - 4:30PM Where will the DIGITAL wave take us? Moderated by Tony Kahn of WGBH Boston Citizen journalism, personal media, video blogging and the convergence of digital storytelling methods meet an new era of novel, inexpensive worldwide distribution: An active, open discussion about the ever-changing landscape of how content gets delivered. Panelists: - Dave Winer, one of the fathers of the blogosphere and the coder responsible for RSS and web-based citizen journalist movement that it spawned - Bob Lyons, executive producer, and Director of Radio and New Media Initiatives at WGBH/BOSTON where Bob oversees Web and streaming services for WGBH's radio, Television and Cable outlets - Sam Weisman, Director, (DICKIE ROBERTS, FORMER CHILD STAR; GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE; THE BERNIE MAC SHOW) - Steve Garfield, Boston Corespondent, RocketBoom.com and videoblogger (stevegarfield.com) - Chuck Olsen, documentary filmmaker (BLOGUMENTARY) and videoblogger (MNSTORIES.COM) posted by Steve at 7:51 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Monday, July 18, 2005
NashvillesNews is broken
NashvillesNews is s new citizen journalism site that still needs a lot of work. I commend their efforts, but am dissapointed in their openness to getting feedback on what they are doing. I tried to send them feedback, via the site feedback form, and got an email back saying you need to be registered with their googlegroup to send feedback. There is no indication on the form that you need to be registered. I added feedback to their Wiki, it got deleted without a reply. There is no contact info on the website. If there is, I'd like to know about it. Since my feedback has been rejected, deleted and ignored, I'll post it here in hopes that it will be listened to. From: Steve GarfieldI hope that someone from NashvilleNews gets to see this and improves the site. posted by Steve at 6:38 AM | link | (9) Join the Discussion
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Sunday, July 17, 2005
links for 2005-07-17
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New-decentralized-distributed-think
Jeff Jarvis writes, Made for the distributed world: "In new-decentralized-distributed-think, you recognize that people will write about what they want to write about where they want to write about it and if you're smart, you'll find ways to take advantage of all that great information and aggregate it and and aggregate audience around it, sending traffic out to all those writers on the edge because readers know they can come to you find find it all. posted by Steve at 3:30 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Why do I videoblog? Part I - The Long Tail
I post video on my blog for a number of reasons. One of the most important is my mom. You know how mom's like to hear from their kids? My mom likes to get phone calls to hear what I'm doing. Well, she used to like getting regular phone calls. Now she likes to see regular video blog posts. Yup. Check out what I was doing over the past few weeks. Last week I was at Macworld and made a bunch of videos about it:  David Pogue Interview, Macworld Boston 2005, Geek My Ride II: Macworld, Drive+Play, H2O Playlist. Before that my wife and I made hamburgers on the grill and worked on my front porch:  The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 28 - Burgers and Beans, Part 2, The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 27 - Burgers and Beans, Part 1, The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 29 - The Porch, Part 1. And before that I went out to Seattle for a conference:  Gnomedex: Seattle 2005, Video: Gnomedex - Exciting People, Video: Gnomedex - Bay Auditorium. My videos told her the story of my life much better than I could ever do over the phone. She reads my text blog, listens to my podcasts, but videos are the thing she likes the most. There is no way that I could ever give her the full story of what I've been doing and experiencing by talking on the phone. Even if I talked to her for 24 hours straight! Video tells the story best... for my mom. Check out: The Long Tail posted by Steve at 7:55 AM | link | (5) Join the Discussion
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Saturday, July 16, 2005
Blogger, TypePad, Blogware, Wordpress?
Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool? Yup! posted by Steve at 11:46 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Display Amazon Ads on your site
AzAdz - Because Simplicity is the Key: "Fast, FREE and Easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display Amazon unobtrusive product ads on their website's content pages and earn money. "via [ Problogger ] by way of [ Scoble ] posted by Steve at 11:38 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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flower
 flower by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. It's a cool looking flower in our garden posted by Steve at 8:23 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-16
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Videoblogging is like paper
Raymond Kristiansen writes about videoblogging, Yahoo! Groups : videoblogging Messages : Message 17139 of 17141: "Videoblogging is a medium, like paper. You can use the paper to write your personal journal, or you can write constitutions for countries on it. You can write with only the intended audience of yourself, or you can write on it and put it in a bottle and place it on the ocean." posted by Steve at 8:52 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Casting posts
Castpost: Broadcast Your Video & Audio Clips. I'm trying it out. They can automatically post a video to your blog, or produce HTML that you can copy and paste, like I've done here. via [ unmediated ] Not to be confused with videoblogcast. posted by Steve at 7:42 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Billy West
 ign.com has a great Great news everyone, they're making a Futurama movie! Watch this video and hear about Billy's sad beginnings as a drunk and druggie. He's turning that sad story into a TV show with ugly puppets and calling it Billy Bastard. Notes about this video. 1. They call it a video blog, but it's not since it's not a video in a blog. 2. It's best to turn off autofocus when shooting someone sitting in a chair. 3. If Billy west had a true video blog, with an RSS 2.0 feed, I'd subscribe. BilllyWest.com - Official Site. posted by Steve at 7:14 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Friday, July 15, 2005
Vlogs I Watch
Here are some of the vlogs I watch. posted by Steve at 8:03 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-15
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Swordfish
US CODE: Title 50,??426. Definitions: "covert agent". posted by Steve at 12:13 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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ecto supports titles in Blogger
I just downloaded the new ecto and see that Blogger made a change where ecto can now post to Blogger with titles. Yay! Kula support forum (ecto, 1001) :: View topic - Title Behavior: "Blogger has switched their API. The old API didn't allow for titles, the new one does. To switch, follow these directions: posted by Steve at 12:06 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Look for the red one
Ronni Bennett, long time car-less NYC resident is moving to Maine and had to rent a car to get around.  She writes about her experience in Auto Inconvenience: "In all these decades, I have ignored cars so completely that when a rental agent asks what kind I want, my answer is “red” so I have a slight chance of finding it in a parking lot. Aside from VW bugs, they all look alike to me – Beemer or Toyota - much to the chagrin of friends who, over the years, have wanted me to be impressed with their increasingly upscale or “cool” purchases."Sounds like a red New Beetle is the car for you! posted by Steve at 8:45 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Unusual Soups for the Soul
Bill Shein of Reason Gone Mad has some Unusual Soups for the Soul including "'A Thin, Flavorless Tofu Broth for the Vegetarian Soul'" Check out the rest. posted by Steve at 8:18 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Video: David Pogue Interview
 Steve Garfield's Video Blog: David Pogue Interview Here's my laugh a minute interview with David Pogue, NY Times columnist and author of 'Mac OS X The Missing Manual'." posted by Steve at 9:34 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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links for 2005-07-14
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Video: Macworld Boston 2005
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Macworld Boston 2005: "I walked the Macworld Boston 2005 show floor looking for interesting people to talk with." posted by Steve at 9:16 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Man Cleans Freezer, Film at 11
Wired News: Man Cleans Freezer, Film at 11: "Fortunately, many vloggers are eager to bring more voices (and faces) to the vlogging party. Vloggers frequently comment on one another's videos and offer advice and feedback. Freevlog provides a helpful tutorial -- complete with step-by-step video instructions, natch. We've summarized some of Freevlog's tips."I'm compiling a list of paid video blogging services too over at FeeVlog.com. posted by Steve at 7:44 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Where in the world are the vloggers?
 Refer to the World Vlog Map to see where the video bloggers are. posted by Steve at 9:36 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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My Date With Drew - 30 days - $1,100 - 1 date
My Date With Drew: In Theatres August 5th. posted by Steve at 8:34 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Are you the guy in the BBS Documentary?
So this guy walks up to me at Macworld and says, "Are you the guy in the BBS Documentary? I was watching it last night and saw you." Yeah. That's me. posted by Steve at 8:27 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Blogging + Video = Vlogging
 Katie Dean writes for Wired, Blogging + Video = Vlogging: Some vlog content is even making the leap to television. Akimbo offers its subscribers the ability to subscribe to several vlogs, in addition to its other video-on-demand programs.Thanks Katie! This is a great article on vlogging. You got it all right. You captured the flavor of what's going on. We've seen a lot of articles on vlogging recently and your article has done the best job in capturing the excitement and personalities behind what is going on and also gave people a glimpse of what they can expect in the future. posted by Steve at 8:02 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Wired News: The Vlog World's Greatest Hits
David Cohn writes Wired News: The Vlog World's Greatest Hits: "Vlogs, the video-infused offspring of blogs, allow anyone to star in their own television show, from news satire to silly sitcom situations, from political commentary to outright zaniness. There are hundreds of vlogs out there, and more launch every day. Here are some of our favorites:Thanks David! posted by Steve at 7:49 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Audio: Inside Mac Radio
 Digital Production Buzz. Digital Production Buzz AUDIO (buzz_05_07_12.m4a) [ m4a ] recorded live from Macworld Boston 2005. Live from MacWorld Expo Boston. Michael Oh - TechSuperpowers; Melissa Logan - La Cie; Steve Garfield - "Geek my Ride"; Daniel Berube and Jonathan Goldman - Woods Hole Film Festival.In this interview with Philip Hodgetts I talk about podcasting, videoblogging, ourmedia.org, freevlog.org, Akimbo, Broadcast Machine and the democratization of video distribution. My part starts about 21 minutes in... posted by Steve at 9:32 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Geek My Ride II: Macworld
 Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Geek My Ride II: Macworld. I edited this from the backseat of the Lexus and uploaded it from the show floor. posted by Steve at 9:10 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Be an Extra
So I met this guy in a bar tonight and he asked me if I wanted to be an extra in Overture - The Movie:  Extras NeededIt's not for a movie that will play in a movie theatre, but you'll get a $50 gift certificate to any of the restaurants at the Lenox Hotel for doing it. You might even learn something about movie making. posted by Steve at 8:46 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: The Porch, Part 1
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 29 - The Porch, Part 1 posted by Steve at 11:53 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Prudential Center Parking
 Prudential Center Parking by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. You can't drive into the garage in front of the Pru anymore from Boylston Street. posted by Steve at 9:06 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Popcast
Popcast - Open Access Internet TV. Can you guys check this out and report back? I'm off to Macworld for the day. posted by Steve at 8:45 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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H2O Playlist
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: H2O Playlist posted by Steve at 8:39 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Drive+Play
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Drive+Play. posted by Steve at 8:38 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Come to Macworld for FREE!
 Tech Superpowers will be at Booth 523 of Macworld Boston showing off the "World's Fastest Mac", a quadruple-G5 processor Lexus IS300. "Lexus makes a Mac?" you say? Well, not really, but we've turned a Lexus IS300 into the ultimate mobile digital photography and video studio. It's a concept we've called "Geek My Ride" - the melding of the ultimate in technology gear with the ultimate ride.Stop by the Techsuperpowers / BOSFCPUG Booth and say hello! posted by Steve at 7:55 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Monday, July 11, 2005
Live! from Macworld, it's me!
Digital Production BuZZ: "Catch the Digital Production BuZZ LiveTune in on Tuesday at 1:31 to hear me talk about how exciting videoblogging is! If you miss the live broadcast, the show will also be a podcast later. posted by Steve at 8:04 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Steve Garfield :: The television will be revolutionized
Check out an excerpt from the recent salon.com article, The television will be revolutionized: "Last year, when Current put out a call to hire a team of correspondents, Garfield applied. But after Current decided not to hire correspondents, Garfield began devoting more time to his video blog -- and he found that he could attract a large following even without being on TV."We are the media. posted by Steve at 10:24 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Bank of America Responds
Bank of America responds to my request for more information. My request: When does the payment get transmited? Their response: Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the delivery time of your payments. We are committed to providing you with the best banking experience possible.Thanks Bank of America. posted by Steve at 9:05 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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NSTAR - Jamaica Plain
NSTAR - System Improvements in Jamaica Plain. The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports (article not online) that NStar might be creating a listserve to notify residents of power outages, or might not be: ... there appears to be confusion and misunderstanding over some other ideas, including creating an e-mail list to notify residents of power system upgrades, and the reporting of explanations of unplanned outages.It sounds like the people at NStar are confused about what a listserve is. Too bad. That means we are probably never going to see a blog from them with updates on service outages, that you'd be able to subscribe to via email or RSS 2.0. I emailed them and explained it all. posted by Steve at 7:09 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Robert X. Cringely is becomming a videoblogger
Robert X. Cringely on videoblogging: "'There is something that is being totally missed by these people and that's production values. Look at the viewership of cable access channels -- almost zip. And that's simply because the programming is so crappy. Money shows in TV and the more you spend per hour the better it looks, which is why people will still be watching network TV. Now there are exceptions. I like to think that my own stuff is generally better than it ought to be for the money involved, but I'm an exception. There will be other exceptions, too. But for the most part there WON'T be exceptions and most of the video bloggers will be blogging to themselves. I see this as growing to be at most three to five percent of the market. Now it can be a very important three to five percent, talking to a very valuable audience about very important topics, but it won't replace 'Seinfeld.''" posted by Steve at 6:57 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Macworld Boston 2005
The Mac Observer will be posting news and product announcements. iPodObserver, a new site all about the iPod is launching at Macworld. I be at Macworld all week, tip your waitresses, try the veal. posted by Steve at 6:30 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Sunday, July 10, 2005
Path trains rock
 I am going to make a movie about my new favorite train line, the NY/NJ Path line. It runs 24/7, is clean and bright, and takes cash without cashiers. So cool. Stay tuned. Path - Official Site. posted by Steve at 11:03 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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My Rack Says Get Out of Iraq
Boobs Against Bush via [ College Wit interview with Joshua Kinberg ] posted by Steve at 8:12 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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vloggercue - a photoset on Flickr
All my photos from vlog soho and vloggercue NYC are up in vloggercue - a photoset on Flickr. posted by Steve at 6:30 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Steve Garfield and Clark ov Saturn
 Steve Garfield and Clark ov Saturn by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr. Steve points out that he's a big fan of Clark ov Saturn's ZipZapZop.com daily vlog. posted by Steve at 6:13 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Enter the vlog universe
 Explore the videoblogging universe. I know I already posted about this, but I wanted to have a place to save this new image. via [ Chuck ] posted by Steve at 4:49 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Vlog SoHo: Meet the vloggers video
 Videoblogging: Meet the vloggers was held at the Apple Store SoHo on July 8th from 6:00 - 7:20 PM. Here's a video recording of the event. Our presentation was broadcast over the interenet in realtime to a worldwide audience. We used FlashMeeting, an iBook and an iSight camera. Chris Weagel produced. Nice job! posted by Steve at 3:07 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Podtech.net: InfoTalk Podcast Series
Check out John Furrier's InfoTalk Podcast Series. Eric Rice likes it. posted by Steve at 2:57 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Saturday, July 09, 2005
Podcast: Vlog SoHo Report
MP3 File powered by Audioblog.com posted by Steve at 11:44 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Friday, July 08, 2005
The ZLX Morning Show with Bill Abbate and Hutch
You know that I haven't listened to WZLX in a while when it takes Nick A. Zaino III's Boston Globe article about Peter Dutton and Baratunde Thurston to let me know that Steve Sweeny is gone from WZLX and that Bill Abbate and Hutch are the new morning show. I like those guys. posted by Steve at 7:43 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Paul McCartney and U2
 Paul McCartney and U2: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. [ Quicktime ] From the Live 8 Video Downloads page. via [ Andrew ] posted by Steve at 7:07 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Meet the Vloggers tonight: Apple Store SoHo 6:00 PM
Videoblogging: Meet the vloggers Apple Store SoHo July 8th from 6:00 - 7:20 PM Presenter: Steve Garfield hosts videobloggers from around the country including Jay Dedman, Ryanne Hodson, Clint Sharp, Joshua Kinberg, Bre Pettis, Josh Leo, Adam Quirk, Andrew Baron, Christopher Weagel, and Schlomo Rabinowitz. I'm heading out to NYC to meet the vloggers! Come by to meet us at the Apple Store in SoHo tonight at 6:00. we're all going out afterwards too so stop by. On Saturday videobloggers are having vloggercue's. Everyone is welcome. NYC: http://vloggercue.blogspot.com CA: http://vloggercuewest.blogspot.com/ MN: http://vlogmidwest.blogspot.com/ posted by Steve at 6:45 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Thursday, July 07, 2005
Bank of America: Transfers
This correspondence with Bank of America is going to require it's own blog. I sent in another question to Bank of America. Actually it was a new feature request. I guess you could also call it a bug fix. Here's my suggestion: On the transfer page the field showing the available amount for tranfer isn't long enough to display the amount available in the account. Can you extend the display field to show the amount available for transfer?The bank sent this in response: Thank you for your inquiry dated 7/5/05 regarding Online Banking Features. It is our pleasure to service your inquiry.Dear Bank of America, When responding to a customer, please don't say, "It's not my job." If Nordstrom's was in the banking business, they wouldn't say that. You are supposed to say something like, "We have received your request and forwarded it along to the appropriate department for follow up." Your response is unsatisfactory. --Steve posted by Steve at 3:30 PM | link | (3) Join the Discussion
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Bank of America: Bill Pay
I sent in a question to Bank of America. I'm still trying to figure out if they answered it. My Question: Why does bill pay say delivery time 2 days when with Fleet it was immediate?Their Answer: Thank you for your inquiry dated 7/5/05 regarding Online Banking Billpay. We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.And why are they asking me to sign up for online bill pay when my question is about my online bill pay? Either the computers that answer these emails need to be upgraged, or the people who answer them do. posted by Steve at 3:18 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Bre is a media maker
We Are The Media: I am excited to use all kinds of media to communicate about media. I’m really excited about interviewing video-bloggers! posted by Steve at 2:20 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Don't Click It
Click www.dontclick.it to enter a world where mouseclicks are a thing of the past. posted by Steve at 1:07 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Computer becomes TV station
"Swarmcasting" software lets anyone run an internet TV station: "A team of students at the University of Texas at Austin is set to release a software tool called Alluvium, which is designed to turn any internet-connected computer into a TV station."via [ Adrian Pegg ] Original Story. The ACTLab TV has more information including the Swarmcast software they'll be using. posted by Steve at 8:35 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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See a smattering of vlogs
Ro made up a page that shows you a glimpse of the Videoblogging Universe. Here's what it looks like:  Check it. posted by Steve at 8:05 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Really Simple Pitch Pipe Proposed As Interim Solution For Gnomedex 2006
Funny stuff... Tech Conference Floats Open Intonation Standard / Code Name / Yellow Submarine Really Simple Pitch Pipe Proposed As Interim Solution For Gnomedex 2006. Betterbadnews: Seattle Gnomedex 2005 In this short video blog satire the Betterbadnews panel investigate how tech conferences are becoming unconferences. posted by Steve at 10:10 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Post directly from iMovie to your blog
iVog: iMovie Video Plugin Project: "iVog: iMovie Video Plugin ProjectWe've been asking for this for a long time. posted by Steve at 9:43 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Next stop on the Internet: the video blog, or 'vlog'
AlterNet: MediaCulture: 'Vlog' Wild. By Zack Pelta-Heller, AlterNet. Posted July 6, 2005. Nice article on videoblogging... posted by Steve at 9:18 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Don't Know Much About US History
Brad Feld says Happy 229th Birthday and points us to a 10 minute movie of how the United States came together. Michael Parekh told him about it. posted by Steve at 4:00 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Feed Lindsay
The Original FeedLindsay.com! posted by Steve at 3:33 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Channel 9 - Tour of Microsoft Studios
Bob Palmer - Tour of Microsoft Studios: "This is a different kind of tour. It's of one of the most top-secret facilities Microsoft has.One of the most interesting things to me, from the tour, were the blueprints of TV sets that were hanging on the walls. TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes by Mark Bennett. posted by Steve at 3:02 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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iTunes comprises 25% of the pie
 Since the iTunes Music Store started listing my Video Blog, it now makes up 25% of my viewers, who are using aggregators. posted by Steve at 2:15 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Video Treo
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Video Treo: "Dan Berube of the Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group shows how his Treo 650, using Kinoma software, plays videos." posted by Steve at 2:10 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Geek My Ride II
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Geek My Ride II: "Michael Oh from Tech Superpowers is creating an entire video production studio in a car. posted by Steve at 2:09 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Video: Burgers and Beans, Part 2
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 28 - Burgers and Beans, Part 2: "Steve makes Boston Baked Beans while the burgers cook. Carol is sent out to flip burgers during a thunderstorm." posted by Steve at 2:07 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Create Your Day
Here's a transcript of an interview with Dr. Joe Dispenza from the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?: "I wake up in the morning and I consciously create my day the way I want it to happen. Now sometimes, because my mind is examining all the things that I need to get done, it takes me a little bit to settle down and get to the point of where I'm actually intentionally creating my day. But here's the thing: When I create my day and out of nowhere little things happen that are so unexplainable, I know that they are the process or the result of my creation. And the more I do that, the more I build a neural net in my brain that I accept that that's possible. (This) gives me the power and the incentive to do it the next day. "Drew Barrymore creates her day too. [ Quicktime High | Low ] I remember watching that intereview and agreeing with her. I'm glad I happened across the links to the movie. via [ Markus Sandy ] posted by Steve at 1:57 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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NECN wants your video
Video New England is live at NECN and accepting viewer videos:  "You don't have to be a professional journalist, reporter or video editor. We want interesting stories - things you recorded on your camcorder, cellphone or even clips from a digital still camera. Send us stories you would like to share with us, New England, and the world."Of course I sent in a video. The automated reply was, "Success! Thanks for sending us your video. We'll start posting the videos online and using them on NECN in August." I'm waiting to hear back what that means. Update: They are making a promo that should start airing on Monday. They're going to use some of the video that I just sent in! Yay! Full videos will start showing up on the web and on air in early August. posted by Steve at 12:59 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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FeedBurner Support for iTunes is Live
 Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog: Support for iTunes is Live: "Instructions for SmarterCastersIt's good news for videobloggers, vloggers, videoblogcasters, videopodcasters, videocasters, videoblogiocasters, visualmediacasters and mediacasters too. Now if only Apple would add video to their existing categories, the vloggers would be happy. Then iTunes users could easily find videoblogs. posted by Steve at 12:10 PM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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TinyScreenfuls.com
Josh Bancroft creates Tiny Screenfuls of cool new stuff and tells people about it. posted by Steve at 9:11 AM | link | (1) Join the Discussion
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A Travel Blog for Nerds and 43 Places
Darren Barefoot of Geeky Traveller points us to 43 Places, where you can "share stories about great places in your city abd around the world." posted by Steve at 8:55 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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RocketBoom en español
Luis translates RocketBoom into Spanish. Nice job. posted by Steve at 8:44 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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The Mossberg Problem
Walter Mossberg writes in The Wall Street Journal today, Podcasting Is Still Not Quite Ready For the Masses: "It's still way too complicated for the average user to create a podcast. Apple has solved one part of the problem, but more solutions are needed."Unfortunately Mossberg and his assistant Katie, didn't check out Audioblog.com which allows you to record a podcast and have it directly posted to your blog. It's pretty simple when you use the right tools. posted by Steve at 8:26 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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The Carol and Steve Show Statistics
I'm taking a look at my statistics for The Carol and Steve Show since being listed in the Apple iTunes Music Store. Here are the figures, as of this morning, for some recent episodes: Show # and Name | Hits 24 - Beacon Hill | 711 25 - Dinner with Ravi, Sonia, and Ortiz | 600 26 - In the Bedroom | 1,024 27 - Burgers and Beans - Part 1 | 562 28 - Burgers and Beans - Part 2 | 186 posted by Steve at 7:03 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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The Onion 2056
Democratic Middle Eastern Union Vote To Invade US: "Along with the declaration of war, the MEU sent a message to the American people. posted by Steve at 6:58 AM | link | (0) Join the Discussion
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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
You too can predict the weather
Luxomedia: The Green Screen Video Effect: "Also called chroma key & color key, 'green screen' is a term used for video compositing, where a layer of video is combined with another on top of it. By keying out a background color, the layer beneath is allowed to shine through. You see this effect all the time on the weather report on the news, and in many big budget hollywood movies like the Matrix. " | |
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