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Google Blinks, and Blinkx Tops Video Content

ByNalts June 18, 2006

Video Search engine blinkx.tv has surpassed Yahoo and Google, reaching 4,000,000 hours of searchable video content to become the web's largest video search engine. Spidering free content from the web, blinkx partners with content publishers in order to access repositories and archives that cover the broadest spectrum of interest. blinkx's over 80 content partners include…

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Panasonic Video Contest for Action Sports Clips

ByNalts June 17, 2006

My first camera was a Panasonic. I called her Panny. I'd bring her to parties and make $200 videotaping the event. I'd also throw it on my shoulder whenever I got stuck in an awkward conversation- it works even better than the "I need to fill my drink" line. Anyway, here's a Panasonic contest. You…

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Avid 60-Second Video Contest Winners

ByNalts June 17, 2006

Avid announced the grand prize winner and five runners-up from its video contest that challenged entrants to capture their passions and tell a story, via video, within 60 seconds. More than 200 people entered. Taking viewers on a cross-country road trip, Brian Sharpe, a 27 year-old independent filmmaker from Chicago, IL, won the grand prize…

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One to Watch? Evil Fist’s 20-Second Videos

ByNalts June 15, 2006

New to online video. It’s “Evil Fist”… He’s got short (under 20 second) clips that showcase his evilness (and drinking problem that leads to depression). Here’s his profile on YouTube. He even has his own EvilFist website.

YouTube’s Accidental Rocket: Whoa, duuuude.”

ByNalts June 14, 2006December 20, 2009

"There is a sense that YouTube accidentally built a rocket and is willing to hang on to see where it goes," observes Technology Writer Kevin Maney in an article from USAToday. "Co-founders Chen and Chad Hurley can be like the main characters in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, who go for joy rides in a…

Pranking the Coffee Mascot

ByNalts June 14, 2006December 20, 2009

Blogs can be fatiguing to maintain (sans revenue) until something like this comes along. Mascot Roommate. These guys prank their poor roommate who has a job promoting a coffee shop. It takes the fun out of it to think it might be staged, but there's certainly tips that would suggest that. One thing's clear to…

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Flash Faces & Parsnip Soup

ByNalts June 14, 2006

These aren't videos, but they're both pretty interesting. 1) Make your own faces with FlashFace. (Courtesy of Aquadad) 2) View one of the weirdest yet compelling flash pieces: Home Star Runner's Parsnip Soup. (Courtesy of my brother, who knows weird. He's a regular contributor to News of the Weird).

Be the Bee: Online Video Contest

ByNalts June 12, 2006December 20, 2009

Make a video with a Bee theme, and you can win some decent prizes from this www.BarterBee.com contest. Here's the CEO explaining the rules, in arguably one of the lowest budget clips I've seen by a website. Here's the competition so far…

Sasquatch Helps Market Beef Jerkey

ByNalts June 12, 2006December 20, 2009

I just about peed on myself looking at the videos on this Jack Link's Beef Jerkey campaign website. To see some really funny ads, click on the video camera hanging on the tree. They feature hikers taunting Sasquatch with various pranks. You may also want to visit Sasquatch's MySpace. (Courtesy of Adrants). Someone please post…

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Whoops: Bus Uncle in English

ByNalts June 12, 2006

In my recent post about Bus Uncle I accidentally gave you the most popular version which lacks American Subtitles. Hard to appreciate the rant without knowing the topic… Here’s the subtitled version.