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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

FireANT Screencast


Get FireANT: Screencast | FireANT:
This screencast introduces you to FireANT for Windows. It teaches you how to add channels and how to download and watch videos.

FireANT is the first software application that comes complete RSS subscription, Video Search, built-in BitTorrent, and the ability to sync media onto the Sony PSP and Apple iPod.
Best. Screencast. Ever.

Music by Freezepop!

Completely new software

Forthcoming: on (completely new) software:
... creating the first light bulb in the light of gas lamps, or the car when the individual transport concept was horse and carriage - that took a bit longer. Technically tricky, conceptually even more knotty.
Thingamy.

The definition of Vlog

Vlog - Uncyclopedia:
In the course of human evolution it became necessary for people to add video to blogs.
I think that covers it.

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The mean streets of JP?

Robbery stirs fears among residents:
A couple coming home from an evening stroll to J.P. Licks ice cream shop was robbed at gunpoint on one of Jamaica Plain's busiest residential blocks last week, stirring fears among residents upset by the slaying of a 97-year-old woman late last month.

The Copenhagen Interpretation

What is the name for a phenomenon where the presence of the observer changes the nature of the observed?

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Where does the CVS Video go?

USATODAY.com - $29.95 one-time-use video cameras ready:
Consumers will have to pay an additional $12.95 for processing the 20 minutes of footage onto DVDs. There's no other way to watch — the camera can't be plugged into a TV."
I had some questions after reading about the new disposable CVS video camera. So I contacted their media rep and here's our correspondence:
From: Steve Garfield
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:31 AM
To: Wynne Ahern
Subject: CVS/pharmacy - Press Room - Press Releases

Hi Wynne,

I'm a videoblogger and very interested in your new product.

I'm wondering about the format of the movie on the DVD. MPEG 2, is the format when you what it as a move on yoru laptop or play it on your TV.

What format is the movie saved as in order to allow it to be emailed to friends?

Answer: Mpeg 1

Are you actually allowing people to email the movie, or go look at it on a web site?

Answer: The File is uploaded to the CVS Online Video Gallery from the SmartShare application then streamed from the Gallery's servers to the recipient. No large files are sent. The recipient has access to the video for 30 days and has the option of downloading the video to their computer. The Gallery recognizes whether the recipient has a PC or Mac and stream the video in either Windows Media Format or Quicktime Format, respectively. It also recognizes the users connection speed (dial-up or broadband) and optimizes the video stream appropriately.

Could a Macintosh user copy the file off of the DVD in a format such at mpg4 to post it to his/her own videoblog?

Answer: Yes, you could do that. First you would have to save it as an MPEG 1 or WMV file

Thanks,
--Steve
http://stevegarfield.com
Ok. Let's see if we get a bunch of new CVS videobloggers...

A very deceptive art

The Art of Cold Reading:
"'I'm led to say to you that I get a middle name of 'Rose' for you, madame!' I cried. Her gasp verified that I was right.'"
James Randi tells all.

I knew he would.

The Blog Party


The Blog Party.
What is The Blog Party? It is an Affinity Group interested in exploring the intersection of new media, arts, culture and politics. Ideally I would like to see it get organized on an ongoing basis to explore creating actions online and in the real world.
Cool.

It's Andy. He's just some guy running for Mayor of New York.

Supreme Court says marijuana is bad for you

Boing Boing: In medical marijuana case, Supreme Court says everything is interstate commerce:
... we live during a time of rule by men and women on the bench and in Congress, each governed by personal whims and predilections and fears. The rule of law, with a federal government properly limited by constitutional dictates, no longer exists.
D'oh!

The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 24 - Beacon Hill


New episode alert.

Steve Garfield's Video Blog: The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 24 - Beacon Hill:
This week Carol and Steve went on the Beacon Hill Art Walk where over 100 artists displayed their original art work in the hidden gardens and courtyards of the Beacon Hill section of Boston. You never get to see that!
This alert is for people who have not yet downloaded FireANT and subscribed to my video blog's RSS 2.0 Feed with Enclosures for automatic delivery of new videos.

Watch Steve Jobs Demo Adam Curry


Apple - QuickTime - WWDC 2005:
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick-off the Worldwide Developers Conference with a keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West. See the video-on-demand event right here exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.

Virtual Vloggercon Tonight

Markus scheduled a room for a videoblogging video conference for those interested.


Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 8 p.m. EST (Midnight GMT)
Room opens 10 minutes early for testing and help with audio and video setup.

Please see the wiki for all details, including topics, participant lists, archives and more.

Link to conference.

Please come join us even if you aren't a video blogger.

Send me that XML and I'll drop it into FCP 5

Chuck just sent this along to the Yahoo! Video blogging group:

Making a completely collaborative documentary film is an interesting idea.

The one person who has done the most research & work in this area is a nice fellow named Kent Bye. He's making a doc called The Echo Chamber Project.

Check out his most recent post -- imagining what you might do combining Final Cut XML with something like Drupal:

Collaborative Media with Drupal and Final Cut Pro XML | Echo Chamber Project:
I just wrote about the Choice and Freedom that XML provides consumers of products from software giants, and I'll talk a little bit more about some of the implications of being able to export Final Cut Pro projects into an XML format.

Dash it all

DashLog is a simple kind of blog, specialized for pointing readers to pages on the Net.

Monday, June 06, 2005

Intel Inside a Macintosh

Xwhaves


Woods Hole Film Festival- Xwhaves:
Xwhaves
Woods Hole Film Festival's kick-off event taking place on Sunday-Monday, July 31-August 1, this time in the larger Community Hall and Redfield Auditorium. Your experience to the dynamic convergence of media, filmmaking and new arenas with advances in HD.
I'm going to be on an unpanel to talk about video blogging and alternative methods of film promotion and distribution, August 1st at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

Benjamen Walker's Theory Of Everything

Listen to Focus Group:
...a focus group, put a bunch of folks in a room - make em listen to some TOE pieces, record their responses and voila - a show!

Star Wars: A Musical Tribute


Bloggerheads (UK) - A letter to George.
My friend Tim Ireland put this flash movie together to get a message to George Lucas.

I think it's worth it to see Chewbacca play guitar.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

You've got Peanut Butter on my Wiki


PeanutButterWiki:
Make a free, password protected wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich.

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Watch for me on the WGBH Auction


I'm volunteering at the WGBH Auction again this year. It's my 10th year!

Look for me:
Sunday June 5th from 5-7 PM on the Quickie Board
Wednesday June 8th from 5-9 PM on the Multiples Board
Friday June 10th from 5-9 PM on the Multiples Board.

Bid. Bid. Bid.