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March 31, 2005
A very bad game...
Googlewhacking: The Search for The One True Googlewhack
Find two words that when searched for in Google yield only one result.
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The Media Center
The Media Center - The Media Center @ API
From the site:
The Media Center is a nonprofit think tank committed to building a better-informed society in a connected world.
The Media Center Matrix - Designed to evaluate, implement and map media strategies
Make Way for The Mobiles - Mobility becomes a cultural imperative
We Media - Audiences shape the future of news and information
Convergence Tracker - Monitor who's doing what in local cross-media partnerships
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Blog as TV Station..
My TV Station
Phil Shapiro calls his blog "My TV Station". Not sure it is a TV station but does deal quite a bit with community media and digital technology.. Good stuff. Can't find the RSS feed though.
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SCP, SFTP and FTP for MacOS X
cyberduck
From the site:
Cyberduck is an open source SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser licenced under the GPL. It has been built from the ground up with usability in mind, having the same consistent graphical user interface for both SFTP and FTP browsing. Multiple connections are supported. Drag and drop is supported consequently for transferring files between server and client. A transfer queue keeps track of the pending file transfers and supports resuming of both downloads and uploads. Local files can be synchronized with files on the server. System technologies such as the Keychain, Rendezvous and AppleScript are supported. Cyberduck integrates seamlessly with external editors such as SubEthaEdit, BBEdit, TextMate and others.
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March 27, 2005
Share those tunes..
SourceForge.net: Project Info - getTunes
This is great.. It is a pain to get music off of my media machine on to my laptop this should help. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to recognize my wireless connection.
From the site:
getTunes is a Mac version of myTunes, a small application that allows users to download music from local Rendezvous-shared iTunes music libraries (instead of streaming the songs). Don't steal music.
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March 23, 2005
7 seconds of Todd
7 seconds of Todd
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Feet 3
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Reflections of a Man
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Subway Disrepair
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World Trade Center
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light play
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rodenticide
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Do not enter
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More Feet
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March 21, 2005
Apple and HD TV Network Rumors
Mac OS Rumors :: The Original Mac Rumor Site.
Interesting..
What might even be more interesting is this paragraph:
"These days more than ever we value the relationships we have with our sources and never encourage anyone to break an NDA or other legal obligation. We certainly don't offer any enticement, financial or otherwise, for information. Because of the sensitivity of Apple's projects in the HDVN arena we are very intentionally working from non-"insider" reports and everything we know can be turned up without resorting to NDA-breaking by anyone who looks in the right places...."
A direct plea for Apple not to sue them this time..? A lot of Apple fans are upset, including me, about the recent court case that has Apple arguing that web site publishers are not journalists and shouldn't have the same protections. Hog wash (only stronger).
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QuickTime Latency
I have done exhaustive research regarding this in the past but I still have persistent problems with latency when using QuickTime or MPEG-4 streaming in my projects so I am doing the research again (and posting it here so I can find it later).
Here are the links for further examination (from Apple's Mailing Lists):
Latency on Streaming Server - Some information - How to change a setting on the QTSS that controls one aspect of latency created by the server.
Re: latency problem - Explains the reasoning for the latency from Apple's point of view.
Re: Instant-On & double frame rate - Gives a rundown on editing the server config to reduce latency.
Re: Video conferencing - More of the same
Getting real-time streaming to be more real-time - interesting note regarding specifing time stamp increments in video/audio samples to reduce latency. A major hack.
Re: I found there are more than 7 seconds time delay between the real live - More about what the latency is all about.
Re: Getting real-time streaming to be more real-time - Change the SDP file to set the default buffer on the player lower.
Re: Streaming latency between two separate computers - Use multicast
Re: Request for User-Configurable Latency Parameters - One of the original emails quoted above for changing latency parameters.
Re: buffering time - Changing buffering time in home made QT playback app (using QT API, should therefore work with QT4J).
Re: buffering time - More of the same.
Last: Use these libraries to build own streaming server and client: LIVE.COM Streaming Media: RTP/RTCP and RTSP Open Source Libraries
Ok.. now to try out all of the possibilities..
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Have a XP Windows Media Server.. Get Orb.
Orb Networks :: Home
Ok, so you have a XP Windows Media Server at home and you want to watch YOUR TV from your PDA, get Orb.. Just what I have always wanted, to pay $30 per MB to watch my recorded shows while in a taxi. In any case, an interesting service and software.
(Can you tell I am bitter today).
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Wow.. It does EVERYTHING, but what is it?
Narrowstep TV Station in a Box
Perfect marketing materials.. I don't even know if it is software, hardware, a media server, a player or all of the above.
Perhaps someone will tell me.
Ooooh, I see, TV Station in a Box is all of their productions wrapped into one. See the documentation for mediaserver, channelserver and adserver to see what it is all about... Ok.
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AJAX
adaptive path ¬ͺ ajax: a new approach to web applications
Like how Google does their maps and suggest features. Like the responsiveness and the subqueries (loading data without loading the page) along with the fact that they don't rely upon Flash or the dreaded JVM. Welcome to AJAX. Speaking of which, AJAX is nothing new, it is just HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS and HTTP being done right.
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March 20, 2005
Wiki wiki wiki's everywhere
MediaWiki development
This is the open source Wiki group and software powering Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks and Wikiquote.
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When everyone is media, no one is
Scripting News: 2/2/2005
Dave writes:
When everyone is media, no one is¬
1. Everything these days is media.
2. All media is technology and vice versa. The convergence everyone was buzzing about in the early 90s has happened. It's behind us. There is no separation between media and technology.
...
I disagree:
The telephone company isn't media now and people who call each other aren't producing media (although an argument can be made). Perhaps he is just arguing an extreme.
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Some Open Source Content Management Systems
http://www.drupal.org/
http://www.phpbb.com/
http://plone.org/
http://phpnuke.org/
http://www.postnuke.com/index.php?module=Navigation
http://xoops.org/
http://civicspacelabs.org/home/
More about these later... I am evaluating..
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TV on your mobile
Just some links:
MobiTV
Verizon VCast
Use that data.. Not at $30/MB (like I get charged from ATTWireless)..
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Cameraphones as personal storytelling media
TheFeature :: Cameraphones as Personal Storytelling Media
Nice article from Howard Rheingold:
The cameraphone exists at this moment in that ephemeral, potent and confusing phase of its adoption cycle where people are still deciding what kind of social medium it is.
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MIDP 2.0 on the Mac.. It works!!!
mpowerplayer sdk
From the site:
The mpowerplayer software developer kit includes the mpowerplayer as a standalone application. It's a pure Java emulator implementing MIDP 2.0 and MMAPI, suitable for integration with your favorite environment and IDE. Third-party integration efforts exist for Ant, Eclipse, Idea, and we hear of more efforts almost daily.
For OS X-based developers, the mpowerplayer sdk is your best (and only) option for MIDP 2.0 development and it includes Sun's preverify tool as a native executable.
The mpowerplayer sdk is a free download - we encourage you to use our emulator as a standard part of your tool chain to reduce your build/debug cycle as well as to ensure your content runs great on the mpowerplayer. Get it today.
I can verify that it works!!! Finally doing MIDP 2 programming on my Mac. Now all I need is Eclipse integration and I will be flying high.
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Cable companies, common carriers..?
It's Degrading: VoIP Firms Urge More FCC Action
I thought only the phone companies are.. In any case, they have monopolies, they should be required to allow all IP traffic. Actually wait a second.. This company is a telecom, it should be forced to act as a common carrier.
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Ubiquity allows innovation to flourish
iPod/MP3 Player Adoption At Tipping Point
Podcasting is most definitely here.
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Will Betamax stand in the P2P world...?
P2P Companies Set Stage for Supreme Court Appearance
From the article:
The U.S. Supreme Court to review its 20-year-old landmark Sony Betamax decision. On Tuesday, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and their supporters filed briefs for the March 29 high court date. The entertainment industry filed its final briefs in January in a case that pits content owners against technological innovation.
File those briefs.. March 29 is coming quick..
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March 19, 2005
Doom9's MP4 FAQ
Doom9's Forum - MP4 FAQ
Answers questions like:
1) What is MP4? I have heard it is a "container format"? What's that?
2) What extension is MP4 using?
3) How can i create spec compliant MP4 files?
7) How can i mux Subtitles into MP4 files?
and much more..
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Streaming Media East 2005
Streaming Media East 2005: New York, NY
The exhibitors list has been published.. Some interesting things, like Webcast in a Box (although I think it is Real only). What I don't understand is why companies continue to market themselves and their products as "proprietary". For me, a streaming media professional, this means, stay away, far away..
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BBC to do local interactive TV news..
informitv - Interactive TV - News - BBC to pilot local interactive television news service
From the site:
The aim is to create a new model of local television, based on news and information, in partnership with the community, working with the public, private and voluntary sectors to build and sustain the service.
Can't wait to see what they do...
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MovieLink Doesn't want customers who will actually use their service
Site Entry
From the site:
Sorry, but in order to enjoy the Movielink service you must have Windows 98/SE, ME, 2000 or XP, which support certain technologies we utilize for downloading movies. We do not support Mac or Linux.
Pushing me to BitTorrent with all of these stupid DRM and Windows only requirements.
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Totally Addicted - Video Dump
So, I can't stop making videos with my cellphone. Here are a bunch from the past week that I have not posted individually.
Colorado:
Lift
Karen, Michael and Me
Karen, Michael and Me 2
Buffalo
More Buffalo
Subway:
Karen Shoots
Pole
Canal St.
Turnstyles
Feet
Hands
The people
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March 18, 2005
MAGpie Text Track Editor
NCAM/Media Access Generator (MAGpie)
I have linked to these folks before but it is worth another entry directly to MAGpie. Basically, MAGpie is a text captioning tool for QuickTime, Real and Flash (Beta).
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Popwire WMV-9 Export Component for QuickTime
Popwire Technology : WMV-9 Export Component
From the site:
Do you want to produce Windows Media 9 content faster, easier and cheaper on your Mac?
Popwire's WMV-9 QuickTime Export Component is the answer for you.
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March 17, 2005
My Phone Bill
So.. I finally received my phone bill which reflects all of these vlog posts from my phone.
Here is the breakdown from my bill:
ADDL DATA $0.03/KB 986 KB(S) 29.58¬
MULTIMEDIA SNT 5 EVT(S) 2.00¬
>100KB MLTIMEDIA SNT 12 EVT(S) 9.60¬
So, deciphering this, I got charged almost $30.00 for data usage, $2 for 5 MMS messages that were less than 100KB and almost $10 for MMS messages that were greater than 100KB. Setting aside the data usage for now (because I think that is from some streaming tests that I was doing), the MMS messages are either $.40 or $.80 per message. Considering that I am using this for video blogging, almost all of these messages are going to be greater than 100KB (my phone/ATTWireless has a 300KB sending limit) and therefore will cost $.80 each.
Now for the rant: I attempted to change my wireless plan with ATTWireless online. Unfortunately, in order to change my plan, I have to "migrate" to Cingular who recently been bought ATTWireless. This in itself isn't so bad but low and behold, I would have to get a new phone, pay an activation fee for the privilege and signup for an another year of service. Yeah!!!!!!!! I love wireless providers (not).
Ok, so after calling the wonderful 611 number they provide, I talked to someone who had no idea what MMS is. In any case, I found that I could change the optional services on my account and for $2 more than what I am paying for text messages already I could add 20 "picture messages" to the service. So I went for it..
Now, I still have some concerns:
The main one is: Will I still get charged more for MMS messages that are greater than 100KB?
In any case, as Jay brought up to me, first, I need a WiFi phone with Skype and second, micropayments suck since I need to decide whether or not I actually want to pay for posting a video to my blog each and every time I shoot one.
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The cube
The cube
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March 14, 2005
What I did this weekend - Skiing in Vail (Part 2)
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What I did this weekend - Skiing in Vail
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March 11, 2005
Soho fri march
Soho fri march
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March 10, 2005
Hello -- Showing Class Take 2
Hello
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MNN Training
MNN Training
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March 09, 2005
Dimitri is getting a sparkfun
Dimitri is getting a sparkfun
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March 08, 2005
Perfect use of BitTorrent
Wired News: SXSW's Torrent of Free Tunes
Legit and huge, 2.6 GB
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Streaming MPEG-4 with Linux
Streaming MPEG-4 with Linux | Linux Journal
Good article, all open source utilities for creating and streaming MPEG-4 on Linux.
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Crossmedia Jukebox
Rekombinant
Article about an interesting project that took place in Amsterdam.
From the Article:
The system allows people to upload clips via the internet to the Outloud server whereupon the clips are transmitted on to SALTO TV (Amsterdam's open channel) where it is possible for viewers to determine the extent to which the clips are played by voting. The clips can also be viewed on the web.
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MoSoSos
Wired News: MoSoSos Not So So-So
Nice Wired News story about MoSoSos: "MoSoSos are the mobile equivalents of online social networks like Friendster and LinkedIn. They help users find old friends, or potential new ones, on the go."
Also:
"Currently rolled out in 22 U.S. cities, and with about 15,000 users, dodgeball is the American MoSoSo standard-bearer."
Way to go Alex and Dens..
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Today's Muvee
Playing with this silly software that came on the Nokia 6630 that I am using.
It is called Muvee and it is really goofy. I just don't understand why people use silly templates for image galleries, dvds and now video phone videos.
Anyway.. Enjoy.. ;-)
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March 07, 2005
Video4Linux Framegrabbing
Linux.com - Framegrabbing Applications
Hans and I were just IMing about webcams and Linux and I had to remember some of the apps that I have looked at and played with.. Well, here they are (this site has a good rundown so I don't have to write one).
Also of note is the Apache plugin mod_video.
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March 06, 2005
Audio Post
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Jay
Jay
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umediated meeting
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Grimaldi's
The Best Pizza in the World.. Really..
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Subway Collage
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Start Videoblogging!
videoblogging.info
From the site:
Videoblogging is a new form of expression. We are a group of people who have videos as a normal part of our blogging. On this website you can read about people who videoblog. We also want to help anyone who is interested in using videos as a part of their blog. That's why we're writing as many how-to articles as possible.
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Forget about Free Speech
Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.: The Gathering Storms Over Speech
Dan gives an overview of how Apple, recent legislation and politicians under corporate influence are doing everything and anything to take away our Freedom of Speech rights.
From the article:
We're moving toward a system under which only the folks who are deemed to be professionals will be granted the status of journalists, and thereby more rights than the rest of us. This is pernicious in every way.
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Mobile Video on the Go
Mobile Video on the Go
Nice Blog about wearable, geo-located video production and consumption..
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March 04, 2005
Letting Jeff have a try..
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Audio Post
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Showing my class..
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Response to Jay @ Northern Voice
Response to Jay @ Northern Voice
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Experimental Audio Post
Audio Post
Ignore this.. It is a test :-)
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Say it ain't true...
NY Times' Circuits Section Kaput? : Gizmodo
The times won't even get my Thursday dollars any more if this happens..
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March 03, 2005
QuickTime; screen broadcasting
ScreenBroadcasting
Nice.. Works as a QT source for any application.
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Elgato's EyeTV 500: HDTV the Mac Way
EFF: EFF's Review of Elgato's EyeTV 500
A nice review of the EyeTV from EFF.
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iChatUSBCam
Ecamm Network: iChatUSBCam - Video Conference with iChat AV using a USB Webcam
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Rebel
Rebel
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March 02, 2005
How To Write Unmaintainable Code
How To Write Unmaintainable Code :Choice Of Language
Funny...
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Subway
Subway
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March 01, 2005
Feeds on Roids
FeedBurner - Point your feed here. We'll do the rest.
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Automatic movies...?
Vimeo - Automatic Movies
Clip uploading and sharing with "Automatic Movie" creation..
From the site:
Vimeo is a site for organizing and sharing video clips. Several clips can be played together to create a movie.
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ZeD - Open Source Television
ZeD - Open Source Television
A very interesting television project being done by the CBC. Damn, I wish television in the US was as risk taking as it is in Canada and the UK.
From the site:
CBC Television's late-night TV project, ZeD. ZeD is a launch pad for ideas, individuals and creative expression. It's a blend of short films, micro-cinema, experimental works, performances by bands, poets, comics and choreographers, and - always - contributions from the audience.
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OVOLab has another hit here..
OVOLAB - RemoteTunes
Another impressive app from the folks at OVOLab. Remote control of iTunes...
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an unmediated reconference.
It's no secret that the unmediated crew is working on a conference on decentralized, "bottom-up" media to be held in NYC, either on it's own in October or in conjunction with Eric Rice's Blogcast somehow. The idea is to do a three-day conference with tracks that mimic the five major categories of unmediated posts, with the sessions mostly decided by us.
Now I'm wondering if what it'd be like if we programmed the conference more like a reblog instead. Workshop and panel proposals could be submitted as posts to your own blogs that we'd receive via your RSS feeds. Or better yet, we can pull it from either the Technorati or del.icio.us tag 'unmediated-conference' and we'll post it to unmediated. From there we could start to filter proposals by either allowing other people to comment on it or maybe select the most linked to posts.
Obivously I'm still thinking this one through. I'll bring it up to the rest of the crew this weekend.
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The Amoeba has done it again..
Rogue Amoeba - Airfoil for Mac OS X
From the site:
Airfoil lets you send any audio to remote speakers attached to your AirPort Express. AirPort Express - It's not just for iTunes anymore.