November 2009
LA Times: Airlines' extra fees may soon be taking... →
Sleazy tactics are the new business model, call fees “options” and pretend it is a good thing.
October 2009
WatchNSFW: Douchebag Solidarity
WatchThe Daily Show: For Fox Sake! Fox News defends itself against an attack by the Obama administration by explaining that most of their shows aren’t real news.
“Simply put, has anyone ever attended a 2-D movie and thought, ‘If only it were...”
– Roger Ebert in this article: Does anyone like 3D?
Sitting at Disney for a break. Out of 7 people around us 7 are iPhone users. As a Disney and Apple shareholder I can only smile.
Why Hulu should think more about changing to a pay...
Earlier this week we had a TIVO conflict, more shows that the DVR could record at once that we wanted to watch were on. No problem, we just chose a show to not record and figured we’d get that on the web, iTunes or Hulu later.
Wrong. The network did not offer the show on it’s web site, it’s not in iTunes or on Hulu. We pride ourselves on being 100% legal, content wise, we buy...
“Heene believes the world is going to end in 2012,” she said....”
– Attic Boy’s Mom about the father in this article. WTF?
“Definitely time for the fun flask”
– Friday wisdom from the Gilmore Girls
Elizabeth Warren Speaks With Michael Moore →
I like Elizabeth Warren a lot having seen her on many shows, these clips are fascinating. My favorite quote:
“I teach contract law at Harvard Law School, and I can’t understand my own credit card. No, I am not kidding you.”
“We’ll only win—and survive—by being the best at one specific...”
– from this post on LocalNewser titled “Memo to News Staff”.
WatchThe open for the NBC TV show Community. I was hired by Sarofsky to shoot stills that were used to create the background and elements behind the CG paper.
WatchThis video made me smile - some great faces and reactions: “Where Would You Wish To Wake Up?” - from Fifty People, One Question (I found via The Daily Dish)
“BlueTool”
– Urban Dictionary: A person who wears his/her bluetooth all the time, even when it is unneccesary.
I was thinking “BlueDouche” would be better but I am not going to argue with the Urban Dictionary.
Need to Sync Video from multiple cameras?
It is not unusual to want to use multiple video cameras on a shoot. The editing process was often tedious locating common visual clues to line them and with DSLRs shooting short segments the problem grew. Enter PluralEyes software for Final Cut Pro. This gem uses algorithms to analyze audio on all the clips and automatically line them up and even create a multi-cam setup. Even if cameras stop and...
Backup Backup Backup
In recent months I know personally seven people who have had massive system failures on their computers or entire computers stolen… software glitches, hardware failure… the result was the same - data loss and tons of wasted time dealing with the problem.
Time for my frequent reminder and suggestions for backing up. Disk drives have a 100% failure rate with the only variable being...
WatchFollowing the CNN fact check segment yesterday the Daily Show turns it’s attention to Fox News ignoring the gay rights march.
“I completely understand NBC’s position, and look forward to seeing a Jay...”
– Glee creator Ryan Murphy responding to news that NBC has refused to allow a Glee float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade because it is on another network.
“E-ink is a great digital tool for emulating what books were. But a horse with...”
– From an article: Why I Think E-Ink Readers Are Dumb from Silicon Alley Insider
LA Times: Recording studios are being left out of... →
Inexpensive software is shifting music-recording to the home. Industry experts estimate that up to half of the commercial studios in the L.A. area have closed or been sold to artists for private use.
Times Metro Desk Cancels All Newspaper, Magazine... →
Most periodicals, including the tabloids and other daily newspapers, are available online through Ebsco masterfile which you can get to through the Research Dept’s web page.
In a nutshell… because you can read them on the web. Seems like a bad message for a newspaper to be sending.
WatchDaily Show skewers CNN for fact checking an SNL sketch.
Things I learned - Italy edition
- Driving was an adventure. A lot of very windy roads that require total concentration and me not having driven a stick shift in many years. Tailgating is the norm - at 130 km/hr there will likely be someone so close behind you that you can’t see their headlights. The Chianti Road was very cool even if we had no time to stop and sample. The TomTom iPhone app worked so well it will...
