Posts filed under “video”
How not to do geoblocking
I’ll admit that up until yesterday, I was unaware of the CBC Television program The Big Decision. (Aside: I predict that within five years, every single CBC Television program will be based around Dragons’ Den personalities.) Anyway, I didn’t know about The Big Decision, but after following some tweet or another, I found myself on [...]
#2thingsby1thing
First, there were two bananas on the dashboard. Then along came Dom, with two clementines on the counter. With some help from my in-laws, I countered with two pine cones by the fireplace. Not to be outdone, Dom found two shopping carts against the wall. Then, near Leamington, Jenna and I drove by two Volkswagen [...]
Exactly why is this video so cute?
Jenna and I both love to watch this video of a slow loris: So, why do we like this thing so much? Check out this chart: According to “A Biological Homage to Mickey Mouse” by Stephen Jay Gould [PDF]: Humans feed affection for animals with juvenile features: large eyes, bulging craniums, retreating chins (left column). [...]
Ampeg Micro-VR in action
As a guy who loves the sound of small Ampeg amplifiers (I play through a B-100R), I’ve been curious to hear how the “cute” new Ampeg Micro-VR actually sounds. Now, thanks to The Swell Season and the Onion AV Club, I know: The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel That’s Joe Doyle (from The Frames) [...]
Pickering Enthusiast
Compliments of Mr. Tristan Homer, a new episode of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast. This time, Jim is enthusiastic about the city of Pickering, Ontario:
Video: me at the Corktown Ukulele Jam
So basically, every Wednesday for a bunch of weeks now, I’ve been going to the Corktown Ukulele Jam. It’s just down the street from my house at the Dominion on Queen, and it’s awesome. A few weeks ago, the videotaped the whole night and put it on YouTube. Here’s me, doing a ukulele cover of [...]
Adam Davidson explains the explainer
Via Robert Paterson’s weblog, a great video of NPR’s Adam Davidson, explaining how they approached the incredibly complicated subject of the housing crisis for This American Life’s The Giant Pool of Money and the Planet Money podcast: As you’ll see in the video, Davidson thinks that journalists are too reluctant to acknowledge their own ignorance [...]
More Jim Dupree: Enthusiast
Jim Dupree is back in full force for season five. Three new episodes since I last mentioned the show. As always, you can subscribe via RSS or subscribe in iTunes or subscribe in Miro. Here are the latest episodes: Episode 42 – Jim Dupree: Balloon Enthusiast Episode 43 – Jim Dupree: Tree Enthusiast Episode 44 [...]
Two new episodes of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast
It’s been a long while, and our original Fibonacci-based release schedule has been abandoned. But this week, almost an entire year after the first episode, Tristan posted the thrilling finale to season four of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast, Jim Dupree: Nickname Enthusiast: So now it’s on to season five (which will be posted according to no [...]
Al Thompkins inadvertendly explains how to buy a Flip Video camera in Canada
From Al’s Morning Meeting (a daily read of mine) comes this video called How Al Tompkins Produces His Video Blogs. The secret? A Flip Video camera. The crew at Spark has been wanting one of these little cameras for a while now, but we haven’t got our hands on one yet. You see, as far [...]