Video Replay and Review: 'Boston Strong' benefit concert

Boston Globe Front Page:


There's a Video Replay of the 'Boston Strong' benefit concert, but guess what?

IT"S BUFFERING!



LOL.

So sad.

DONATE
To donate go to: www.onefundboston.org, call 1-855-617-FUND, or text BOSTON to 80108 to give $10.

Boston Globe: Why wasn’t the ‘Boston Strong’ benefit concert televised?

Y! Music: Benefit Concert Unites Americans In Love Of Boston, Hatred Of Dane Cook

Segments are starting to show up on YouTube:


May 30, 2013 @ Boston Strong -- New Kids On The Block's full set featuring Dropkick Murphys, Bell Biv Devoe, and Boyz II Men


Boston Strong Concert Finale - Aerosmith & NKOTB and more - 5/30/13

Recapping some of my highlights:

Lenny Clarke looked great and was So funny!



J Geils Band played some songs off they Blow Your Face Out Live album. Fun to see it live.



Here's Steven Wright:


Loved Joey Mac and New Kids.



Great to see Joey and Steven Tyler together at the end!



NKOTB!



The original JT!



Aerosmith rocked!





Boston was great too.



I enjoyed following along on the twitter #concert4boston hashtag throughout the night.
Lowlights:

Video stream for the first two hours was a disaster.

#Concert4Boston live stream failure is a good example of why there's still TV and Cable.

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) May 30, 2013

From the Boston Globe:

For the most part, the concert didn’t go so smoothly for those watching it outside the Garden.

The live web stream of the show crashed and viewers had nowhere else to turn because the concert was not televised. Some were able to find an audio stream, but well after the show had started.

“Nearly half a million people logged on to view the beginning of the show which lead to bandwidth related issues,” promoter Live Nation said in a statement.

No kidding.

Thanks to SiriusXM for have a crystal clear live audio stream.

Audio is the most important thing about video.

More updates later.

Your thoughts?

Elsewhere:

Dane Cook Gets Ripped For Blocking Out Boston Strong Concert Performance.

Cook explained on twitter:

Hey everyone sorry my set was not a part of the live stream or televised! I didn't want any of the new material to hit the airwaves yet!

— Dane Cook (@DaneCook) May 31, 2013

JERK.

.@LiveNationNE @tdgarden Can you explain why you had problems with the live stream and how it was resolved? Thanks. #concert4boston

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) May 31, 2013

Update:

Needham man helps fix #BostonStrong concert livestream: http://t.co/oSvZTAtBkM #Concert4Boston

— 7News (@7News) May 31, 2013

Firebrand Saints, Cambridge, MA

Firebrand Saints
ONE BROADWAY
CAMBRIDGE MA 02142

I had a great time this afternoon at Firebrand Saints. There was a nice breeze and shade provided by umbrellas over the outside picnic tables.


Outside Seating


Inside Seating

Fine beer selection including Ellie's Brown Ale. Yum!

Beer

What made the afternoon was this Grilled Tuna Nicoise Style. I mean, how can you go wrong with grilled tuna w/ haricot verts, toybox tomatoes, olives, and egg?



It was perfect. Service was friendly and prompt.

Just a great time.

Artists Rendering of New Chicago Sun-Times Sports Page

Chicago Sun-Times just laid off its entire photo department, 20 people. http://t.co/zF4qlal9PM

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) May 30, 2013

The Sports page will now look like this:


Artists Rendering.

Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration - LIVE STREAMING SITES

UPDATE:

CNN LIVE stream seems to be ok now for #concert4boston http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/cvplive/cvpstream1.html

UPDATE:
Listen to live audio stream here:

Live audio stream.

Watch video here with MUTE:

CNN.




Try http://livealliance.tv/

Working on the live streaming issues - we promise! Should be up and running in a few minutes. #Concert4Boston http://t.co/JaUNfqQB73

— Concert4Boston (@concert4boston) May 30, 2013

"Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration" Featuring: Aerosmith, James Taylor and New Kids on the Block, Dropkick Murphys, J. Geils Band, Boston, Godsmack, Extreme, Jason Aldean, Jimmy Buffett and Carole King, Dane Cook, Lenny Clarke and Steve Sweeney, Steven Wright.

WCVB
The concert will be live on WCVB.com starting at 7 p.m. Thursday.

DIRECT LINK TO WCVB Live Stream.

via WCVB

TD GARDEN
#Concert4Boston will be streaming LIVE on http://TDGarden.com

NECN
NECN.com will be live streaming too.

MIX 104.1
Mix 104.1 too.

CBS
CBS Boston.

iHeartRADIO
The event will be broadcast online on this page tonight at 7pm ET!

SIRIUS XM
#concert4boston will be broadcast live on #SiriusXM #RadioMargaritaville for those who can't be there.

DONATE
To donate go to: www.onefundboston.org, call 1-855-617-FUND, or text BOSTON to 80108 to give $10.

Also:

#RedSox fans: Help @davidortiz raise money for Boston Marathon victims by purchasing a custom bat from bigpapi.com #BostonStrong

— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) May 24, 2013

Converse Kicks Up One Fund Donations With Limited Edition Boston Chucks.

NikeiD Sneaker Unboxing - Blazer Low iD Men's Shoe Style: 616829

See online, NikeiD Sneaker Unboxing - Blazer Low iD.

The ZENN Car: Zero Emission, No Noise

No Sales.

The company developed the ZENN LSV. A low-speed vehicle (LSV) is a category of vehicle in the United States and Canada that has a governed top speed of 25 mph (40 km/h) and kept to roads with posted speed limits of 35 mph (60 km/h) or less. The Company began marketing the ZENN in United States in late 2006 and eventually sold over 600 vehicles throughout the United States and Quebec, Canada. The Company ceased production of the ZENN LSV in April 2010.

Visit: Zenn Cars.

Tea Kettles That Look Like Other Things

These tea kettles look like other things! OMG!

Giraffe

Animal Kettle 2.4 Quart Whistling Enamel on Steel Giraffe Tea Kettle

Honeycomb

Honeycomb Whistling Tea Kettle

Cow

Cow Whistling Tea Kettle

Can you see it?

HOW TO Use the YouTube Slow-Motion Feature [50%]

Here's how to do it via the YouTube Using Enhancements page:

When signed in, click the arrow next to the Upload button at the top of any YouTube page

\

Select Video Manager



Click the Edit button for the video you want to edit



Click Enhancements



Click the Slow-Motion Turtle and choose your speed.



Here I chose 50%.



When you’re done, click Save, or use Save as to create a new enhanced video, while keeping the original video untouched.

via Slomo makes everything better

Memorial Day 2013

Live Broadcast TV Streaming to my iPad with AereoTV

Testing Aereo Boston: Live Broadcast TV Streaming Online to My Computer

I pre-registered for Aereo, so I've got exclusive access to Aereo before it becomes available to the general public in Boston.


Image: Aereo: Live TV Online

Aereo allows you to stream live TV to your computer.

This is something I've wanted for a while. You know when breaking news happens and twitter starts being filled with live reports? Many times, the best place to see what it happening is on live TV.

That means stepping away from the computer, and moving to a TV. It's a first world problem for sure.

But Aereo seems like it could be a solution for people without subscriptions to cable TV, or those that want to use their computer as a TV replacement. Existing solutions require the purchase of add on hardware tuners.

So here we go. Let's see what Aereo looks like.

SIGN UP
You have to sign up with a valid credit card which has a Boston billing address. That's straight forward.

Once signed up, the Aereo home screen shows up.


Image: Aereo: Home Screen

RECORDING
Oh look, it's SMASH! One of my favorite shows. I'll be sad to see it go. That's onw of the featured shows, and oh look, you can record it like a TiVo.

Let's try that.


Image: Aereo: RECORD a SHOW

My options are to Record:

- Jut this oncee
- Every New Episode
- All Episodes
- Cancel

Optionally, I can share to twitter.

Since this is the last episode ever, I'll choose Just this once, and I'll share to twitter.

Oh look, recording options.


Image: Aereo: RECORDING OPTIONS

Very nice. I'll just click SAVE.

Cool. Now it shows up as a scheduled recording.

Image: Aereo: RECORDINGS

I have a total of 20 hours of recording space at the $8/month subscription rate.

WATCHING LIVE
Now let's get back to watching live TV.

Let's watch that show about BBQ.


Image: Aereo: WATCH

OK, I'm watching Live.



No wait.

I'm watching Buffering... live.

This isn't so good.

Let's see if it clears up.


Image: Aereo: More buffering

Mmmm...


Image: Aereo: And more buffering

Coffee-crusted pork tenderloins! Sounds good, but the buffering makes this unwatchable.

Let me check the Support FAQ to see what's happening. Maybe it's getting slammed buy everyone from Boston trying it at the same time.

Here's my SpeedTest results:


Should have no bandwidth problems.

Let's try another channel.

How about Track and Field?


Image: Aereo: Track and Field

OK, now that's better. No buffering. HIGH quality and great sound.

Let's watch for a while.

No buffering now. This is working very well.

Now I'm watching I SPY on Retro TV. Hey, it's secret agent Bill Cosby!


Image: Aereo: I SPY

I didn't even know there was such a thing as Retro TV. ;-) Tonight on Retro TV, The Saint and Route 66. Nice.

Despite the initial buffering problems, everything is running smoothly now.

Do you have Aereo? What's your experience?

Update:

I'm back.

Golf is buffering.



Update II:

I'm back.

Golf isn't buffering.



Update III:

I'm back again.

I'm watching Martin and Lewis on #TheColgateComedyHour from the 1950's on @aereotv (It's a time machine!) bos.aereo.com/s9836

— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) May 25, 2013

Oh this is great!

Read more: Aereo TV works on an iPad too.