Tag: YouTube
YouTube Video of the Day – Miss South Carolina makes news feature in US
Watching Miss South Carolina stumble through the simplest of actions (namely talking click here to see what I’m talking about) it’s worth seeing that, even though it’s embarrassing getting something wrong like that, it’s not as embarrassing as…
Shiny Video Review: Fujifilm Finepix Z10fd Colourful Cameras
Shiny Shiny’s Alex Roumbas and I take a look at the features Fujifilm hopes will make this colourful new digital camera range a hit with the “YouTube generation” (I think that’s you lot)…
YouTube Video of the Day – Kids workshop animation
When I was a kid, I liked nothing better than idling or charging around and falling over until I bled. These days, kids want a bit more from life… like these clever rascals who attended an animation workshop and created something that looks like a French seventies kids show! Great stuff!
YouTube's unpopular ads blocked by new Firefox extension
YouTube's recent experimentation with video obliteration advertising has not been well received by the community, but fortunately a resourceful Firefox hacker, Chris Finke, has come up with a way of restoring that lost 20 percent with his TubeStop extension. In…
YouTube Video of the Day – Polaroid film
For me, YouTube is at its best when showcasing young talent. That an catching up highlights from footy matches you’ve missed. Here’s an experiment to “exploit the single frames that make up an animated film” says filmmaker Jordan C Greenhalgh. The short was created with 987 polaroids and no computer compositing… and looks all the better for it. Although, he did use a computer to upload it…
Adobe updates Flash Player 9 "Moviestar" to include H.264 video support
Adobe has announced that its popular Flash Player 9, codenamed “Moviestar”, is being updated to include the H.264 / MPEG4 standard video format. This, together with technologies including High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support and hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback, could lead the way to Flash Player being used for high definition content.
It could also have implications for how popular video sharing services such as YouTube and MySpace operate, although YouTube is already moving to the H.264 format used by Quicktime so that videos can be played back on the iPhone, which currently doesn’t have Flash support.
YouTube Video Of The Day: Frog spits up own stomach
Frogs are great. Especially when they're coughing up their internal organs as a crafty way of having a detox. Don't worry, it doesn't hurt. In fact, judging by the look on the little fella's face, it's his daily treat.
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 16-Aug-07: Nintendo DS, AllOfMP3.com, Wikipedia Scanner, Hotmail, Alexa
– Nintendo DS version of Guitar Hero may come with mini guitar peripheral (Engadget)
– Russian AllOfMP3.com owner found not guilty on copyright infringement charges (Boing Boing)…
YouTube Video of the Day – Chocolate Rain
Have you seen the Tay Zonday song, Chocolate Rain yet? (Click here if you haven’t) Well, Chocolate Rain is the latest thing that’s got everyone on the net all giddy with a plethora of spoofs coming out… this being a personal fave.
YouTube Video of the Day – Homer goes psychedelic
With The Simpsons film doing the rounds at the cinema, it’s worth reminding ourselves why it’s good… because the film is rubbish.
