Whoops: Bus Uncle in English
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.
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…
So there's a lot of debate as to whether this is a hoax or not, but you decide for yourself. It convinced me. Here, friends, is one of the most viral clips of the past month or so. Jimmy Kimmel Getting Bitten by a Snake. For higher resolution but slower performance, check out the same…
Webisodes. A nice concept that’s ahead of its time. The idea is that we tell a longer story in “chunks,” and each short video clip (not to exceed 3-5 minutes) has the story progressing. Many experiments have failed. Eventually Webisodes will bridge the chasm between “lean back” television viewing and “lean forward” Internet viewing. But…
We're all getting used to crappy video online. It may stream quickly, but it's a pixelated as Atari's original Space Invaders. Will this improve soon? Not for the most part. Sure some of us will upgrade to higher end pro-sumer video cameras ($3000-$10,000). And broadband will allow for higher file-size uplpoads than the typical 100…
Google Video will soon allow online video viewers to post comments and ratings. This places the site closer to YouTube's model, and could well help it steal market share from the #1 online video site. Of course, Google doesn't typically model off of other companies but sets trends. Google's old model was to organize the world,…
Right now you may channel surf between 100 to 500 channels, according to this article from The Mercury News. But Internet protocol television (IPTV) — television broadcast over the Internet — could change that. An estimated 49 million Americans already have the gear and broadband connections needed to receive IPTV, and this will allow for…