wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
When Alex twittered this was the "Craziest thing that I have ever seen" I was skeptical but had to click the link... but no question, it's definitely up there on the crazy things list.
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wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
NOTCOT: Banksy's Village Petstore & Charcoal Grill from Jean Aw on Vimeo.
I'm definitely going to have to go see this place in person before it closes at the end of the week - the pop-up store is located in the West Village near Seventh Avenue and Bleeker - but this video is fantastic even if you've seen the actual installation.
The best way to view this is to go view the HD version on the Vimeo site.
A delightful, entertaining talk by Hodgman from this year's TED conference. Perhaps not quite an illuminating or informative as the usual TED video, but well worth watching nonetheless.
Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.
"With the 2008 presidential election, Americans face a pivotal choice between not just two candidates, but two paradigms. We need someone who understands the complexity of our time. Someone who believes in investing in renewable energy, in education, in women's rights, in civil rights, in healthcare for Americans. Someone who believes in dealing with global issues with diplomacy so we can restore our respect in the world. Barack Obama represents the change we need and can lead us into a brighter future."
You might have to be a little bit of a videogame industry wonk to find this amusing, but the creative team that developed Battlefield: Bad Company came out with post-launch video clips poking fun at the sometimes overly intense Rainbow Six, Metal Gear and Gears of War franchises. I'm surprised they haven't posted one for Call of Duty yet - it seems ripe for the picking.Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
I was using this originally to illustrate the earlier post on HD video... but frankly it wasn't a great spot for that. I still love this video, and the back story.
Alone in Tokyo HD from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
There's something really remarkable going on right now around the ability of consumers to create truly remarkable HD content and distribute it via the Internet. We've reach a moment where the production gear costs have dropped low enough, a fairly "average" computer like a MacBook Pro can edit in HD, and there are ready channels to distribute to the world, both in terms of technology (sites like Vimeo, which hosts the above video) and the bandwidth and capabilities of end users.
HD video is leaps and bounds ahead of standard video in terms of how "film like" it can get, and the tools are now arriving that let individuals record very high quality HD video for as less than $2000 - cameras run $600-800, and a $1000 adapter called the Letus Mini lets you connect SLR lenses for "film like" depth of field and fous effects, and a $2000 laptop with iMovieHD (free with new Macs) is all you need to edit, output and upload.
Right now this is leading to a lot of playing around on sites like Vimeo's HD Channel, but it won't be long before folks are producing their own documentaries, etc. using this. It's going to lead to an explosion of niche HD content, plus I'm sure a lot of more widespread hits as well. And it's going to have a real impact on traditional broadcast media - when a home user can produce niche content with quality twice that of a DVD, you're going to see a lot of competition for all those low-budget cable shows trying to survive out there right now.
It's very exciting, and I'm looking forward to see how it plays out over the next year or two. One thing I know for sure - this means I'd rather have a full on computer, like a Mac Mini, attached to my HDTV rather than something like the AppleTV where I'm locked into only a few distribution channels.
Every day I gently toss a treat (a mini size Old Mother Hubbard "Just Vegg'n" dog biscuit, to be precise) in the hopes that eventually he'll learn to catch it out of the air like other dogs. And every day, it bounces off the middle of his forehead as he watches it fall towards him.
Today I tossed the treat, and he ducked it. I'm not sure that's progress, although at least he's figured out how to avoid getting beaned once a day by a dog biscuit.
(On another note, yesterday the dog day care called M and said Mochi was "a little under the weather -- but he's not lethargic." We had them double check they were calling about the right dog, since Mochi and lethargic are pretty much inseparable if he's not at the dog park.)
Obviously, no second career as a dog whisperer is likely...
Today I tossed the treat, and he ducked it. I'm not sure that's progress, although at least he's figured out how to avoid getting beaned once a day by a dog biscuit.
(On another note, yesterday the dog day care called M and said Mochi was "a little under the weather -- but he's not lethargic." We had them double check they were calling about the right dog, since Mochi and lethargic are pretty much inseparable if he's not at the dog park.)
Obviously, no second career as a dog whisperer is likely...
Mochi (in the red harness) tears it up with some buddies at the park a few weeks ago.
