Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Holy smoke. That was a great breakdown of your time. But what it made me realise was how little I consume of ANYTHING now. No telly, and I never go to the movies. And I realised that not only is our only TV a 14 inch Sony from the mid 90s (great picture quality though), but our DVD and VCR have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3.a literary genre comprising such compositions.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
i had the same thought. everyone's been saying that it'd be ok if it was funny. i don't know about that. i'm not one to be po-faced, but what other levels are at work here that make it any smarter or more valid than it appears? none, as far as i can see. so why bother to do it? oh,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Irina
it's not ok it has never been ok and it can never be ok On 8/4/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i had the same thought. everyone's been saying that it'd be ok if it was funny. i don't know about that. i'm not one to be po-faced, but what other levels are at work here that make it any

[videoblogging] Re:Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread JayVivid th Orignal
Humor is subjective. But there certain universal things that everybody get even in race jokes. Richard Pryor was revered because he told the truth without exaggerating the truth or perception of it. Even Chris Rock has his moments. Paul Mooney is another great comedian and comic writer.

[videoblogging] Re: Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Adam and Vikki
Hi all Vik and I have not watched terestial tv for about 5-6 years and although we do own a small tv, it is connected to my playstation. We also last year invested in a projector and surround sound dvd player to watch feature films on, which I also now use in video workshops too. I get most of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
So what are we going to DO? On 04/08/07, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's not ok it has never been ok and it can never be ok On 8/4/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i had the same thought. everyone's been saying that it'd be ok if it was funny. i don't know about that.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
i just left a a comment at his blog which said what i said here. i wish i hadn't. the comments section is quite depressing. lots of comments, all predictable, which won't persuade anybody of anything. he must be loving it, and i don't really feel like being the cause of any pleasure to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Jen Simmons
Yeah, ya'all this video is totally racist. I find it very strange we now live in a world where many want to say hey it's ok with me and that's not racist, just lame. Yes, it is a bad video, lame, etc. But also — it is racist. It plays on and depends on racist stereotypes. Let's just call it

Re: [videoblogging] Blip.TV and multi-format feeds

2007-08-04 Thread Jay dedman
Is there any way to make blip generate an RSS feed (compatible with iTunes or not) for each individual version of the show? That way, readers could subscribe directly to the HD version, the iPod version, the Divx version, whatever. Or am I off my rocker? just use vPIP which was created

Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Loiez D.
Hi all, So currently, using your list, my time looks like this: TV 3% Movies 0% games 0% virtual worlds 2% web reading 55%(Facebook 5% RSS feeds 35% twitter 10% other 5%) videoblogs 40%( editing 20% learning (new softs) 20%) books 0% 3TV here, one home cinema, one account sattelite programs

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercue + Deathmatch + etc

2007-08-04 Thread Jan McLaughlin
http://vloggercue.pbwiki.com/ I've got free indoor campspace for out-of-town visitors. Check the wiki. On an editing moratorium / hiatus as I continue to recover from too many 22-hour days. Jan On 8/3/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I shot something this evening, even while you were

Re: [videoblogging] Do you have talent, skills, and live near New York City?

2007-08-04 Thread Jan McLaughlin
How about an expertise in sound? Jan On 8/3/07, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sick and tired of watching people in Craigslist, etc. look to exploit college kids and interns. I don't want to exploit anyone. I have left a very successful gig as a database dude

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Techwigga, it is not ok.

2007-08-04 Thread Gena
Oh no mon chere, I would not think it ok if it was funny. Far, far from it. This type of thing hurts me. Every frikin' time - I have internal callouses to buffer the injury but that is a form of my pain that isn't appropriate to share with this group. Maybe I should, but you'd witness a few

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
Oh good grief. On 04/08/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Techwigga, it is not ok.

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
yeah, i'm sorry - i said everybody's been saying it'd be ok if it was funny which i didn't mean. just a couple of people said that. your rant was good, though, Gena - smart, passionate eloquent as ever. as far as i'm concerned, you can share anything you want with the group anytime. and

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Techwigga, it is not ok.

2007-08-04 Thread David Howell
No. Feldman's video is not ok. It's not ok in any way shape or form. It's disgusting and behavior like his should not be tolerated. Podtech? What say you? Nice big Podtech logo on his site. Chances are that you, Podtech, wont license this video of his and post it on your site. Still, you are tied

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
There is so much on TV (and online) that is far worse. Flavor of Love, Charm School, and a couple of other train wrecks disguised as entertainment ... It is not my idea of equal access/time or reflection of the culture as a whole. Like the Fox network, it comes across more like a wink and a

Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Brook Hinton
I watch TV. I go to the movies. I watch video online. I watch video art in galleries. I only like a small percentage of the actual work that ends up on each, but what's that law again that says only a tiny percentage of anything will be worthwhile? But the formats and venues... great. More more

[videoblogging] Re:Online video sites that pay

2007-08-04 Thread Nerissa, TheVideoQueen
Are you asking only about free video hosts that offer option to make money via adding ads to your videos? Then yes, Revver and Blip.tv. More video ads options included with Revver and Blip.tv listed here-- http://www.freemediaguide.com/money_with_video_ads.html Make money via

Re: [videoblogging] Do you have talent, skills, and live near New York City?

2007-08-04 Thread brian gonzalez
I'm back in the New York mood and ready to shoot. -brian On 8/4/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about an expertise in sound? Jan On 8/3/07, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] chuckboycejr%40aol.com wrote: I'm sick and tired of watching people in Craigslist, etc. look to

[videoblogging] Haters on Youtube - disabling comments feature request

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Well, further to our discussion about Haters on Youtube - sure enough, I posted a video yesterday that got a few hundred views and I got a really nasty comment from someone with an anonymous account who just wanted to insult anyone who posts a video. I nuked it, and blocked him, but I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Lisa Rein
Hey Jen, Thanks a lot for this :-) I couldn't find the right words. This reverse racism thing is real. And, in my opinion, it's what's going on a lot in comedy today under the guise of insult comics. (carlos mencia, lisa lampanelli, etc.)* Thanks, lisa ps. Remember triumph the insult dog?

[videoblogging] Wanted for Oprah article: Elderly NYC couple with health issues for food strategies makeover

2007-08-04 Thread Steve Garfield
Hi, If you know of an elderly NYC couple with health issues ie: at risk for High Blood Pressure or heart disease, who would be interested in having Nina Simonds, from Spices of Life, put together a Dinner Doctor strategy for them on healthy eating, for an article in Oprah Magazine, let me

Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread John Coffey
I still enjoy free HD over the air, but I don't pay for satelite or cable. --- beth_tilston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to conduct a quick straw poll to see how many people here don't own a/don't watch 'normal' tv. I was just reading a message from MissB where she comments on the

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread terry.rendon
I just watched the video. It was sickening. I'm getting sick and tired of people who are outrageous getting all the chatter on television and the web. People have mentioned Carlos Mencia in this thread a couple of times, I'm Hispanic and find him highly offensive. It's almost come to a place

Re: [videoblogging] Blip.TV and multi-format feeds

2007-08-04 Thread John Coffey
Jen Simmons just hooked vPIP up on my Wordpress site and I love it! Thankyou Enric! jchtv dot com --- Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to make blip generate an RSS feed (compatible with iTunes or not) for each individual version of the show? That way, readers

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is so much on TV (and online) that is far worse. Flavor of Love, Charm School, and a couple of other train wrecks disguised as entertainment ... It is not my idea of equal access/time or

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercue + Deathmatch + etc

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
All right, I've posted one. Not for the win, just something silly i did in one shot last night to get the ball rolling. And to show people that they don't need to get too freaked out by any issues of quality, production values, nakedness or anything else. You just need to cut loose.

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bill I was wondering what you may think, as a resident African American voice in the vlogosphere. Hey Dan. :) That's a MUCH LONGER post than I have time to write right now, as I'm on my way to hang out and then

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Kath O'Donnell
I couldn't watch the whole thing - didn't think it was funny. his eyes looked a little red to me.. does he think it's ok to smoke some drugs then have a rant on the net. could be wrong but that's how I saw it.. I think he's getting too much attention now. kath -- http://www.aliak.com [Non-text

Re: [videoblogging] Haters on Youtube - disabling comments feature request

2007-08-04 Thread pepa
youtube must change its TOS (i.r.w. licences). that makes me uncomfortable as videoblogger (plus the pixels thing and the interface, etc.). love On 8/4/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, further to our discussion about Haters on Youtube - sure enough, I posted a video yesterday that

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Techwigga, it is not ok.

2007-08-04 Thread Robert Scoble
I'm working on it and I personally was offended by the video as well. But that's my own statement, not one of PodTech's. Robert Scoble ### From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Howell Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:53 AM To:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: amateur review of the flip video camera

2007-08-04 Thread Ryan Ozawa
I was curious about the Flip Video as an cheap, easy option to let my kids do the video thing, but never got around to picking one up. Turns out waiting was a good strategy, as Facebook gave away a hundred of 'em last month and I won one. I just got it last night, and took it straight to the bon

Re: [videoblogging] Re: amateur review of the flip video camera

2007-08-04 Thread Lisa Harper
Ha! Plastic coffin. How true! Now that I've got a Nokia N95 my poor flip cam is sitting in the dark waiting to be picked up again. But I was happy to use it on a canoe trip a month ago and it did a great job even in the little waterproof pouch I had. I did a video comparison of the flip with the

[videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)

2007-08-04 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bill I was wondering what you may think, as a resident African American voice in the vlogosphere. Loren took great risks, said funny things, but didn't add any positive stereotypes to mix in with the negatives.

[videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)

2007-08-04 Thread Gena
Sh*t still stink no matter the source or the box (context) it is placed in. Respectfully submitted, I am not deceived. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar danielmcvicar@ wrote: Hi Bill I

[videoblogging] Re: Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Mark Day
Following some heavy domestic lobbying, I have a 42 inch HD plasma screen that's awesome for Guitar Hero, DVDs, NFL and even, yes, the occasional TV show. I love it. I've watched Lost on my laptop from the ABC site and it's not really the same... Maybe it's a guy thing. I've yet to watch a

Re: [videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Hey Bill, Interesting post. I noticed straightaway that you posted here and on Twitter with no explanation or comment, and figured you were fishing for our reactions. I don't doubt that he's well-connected and clued-up. I agree with you that I'm sure he doesn't believe that's the only

[videoblogging] Re: Owning a television...

2007-08-04 Thread Eric Rice
Satellite TiVO in every room except the kids'-- they just have a DVD TV-- and our main is a 42 HD home theater 7.1 surround blah blah. Video game consoles are connected to them, etc. I also search for copyrighted content on YouTube, watch vlogs and vlog shows more now that I carry an iPhone with

[videoblogging] blip and wordpress

2007-08-04 Thread Irene Duma
HI¹m in a hurry so don¹t have time to figure this out on my own, which I usually do, so thought I¹d post here. I uploaded 2 vids I took from my cell phone to blip.tv. I want to embed them to my blog. Blip tells me for a wordpress blog I have to use this code. Looks weird to me, but ok.

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga

2007-08-04 Thread Mark Day
As regards it would be OK if it was funny (or words to that effect...), as someone who dabbles in comedy, that can sometimes be shorthand for you get more leeway, we'll go along with your train of thought, we trust you're going somewhere if you're making a point that's fresh, vital, original,

Re: [videoblogging] blip and wordpress

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Hi Irene I'm a bit unclear where that code came from. You could try clicking the Share link on your video at Blip - you will get a panel popup which has a number of different options. The one that comes up first is the one you want - Copy Paste. (It's not specific to different types of

Re: [videoblogging] blip and wordpress

2007-08-04 Thread Irene Duma
It was on the Thank you page that appeared right after I loaded it. Copy and Paste was a big header under it. But yeah, that¹s right, I usually go to the page directly and click ³share this. ³ But I just checked and it is doing it again. How weird. When I select wordpress, this is the code it is

[videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)

2007-08-04 Thread danielmcvicar
Thank you Bill for some reason, thought and for starting this conversation. D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar danielmcvicar@ wrote: Hi Bill I was wondering what you may think, as a resident

Re: [videoblogging] blip and wordpress

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Ah, I haven't seen that before. That's for a wordpress.com blog - one that Wordpress hosts. Is that what you have? If so, I'm not sure where you'd put the code, but perhaps you should email Blip and ask them - they will respond very quickly. If you have Wordpress installed on your own site

[videoblogging] Re: Haters on Youtube - disabling comments feature request

2007-08-04 Thread Eric Rice
Kinda wish YouTube would remember default preferences. I set to moderate everything.. If I make a mistake in the form before I go to post, when it reloads the page, it resets the preferences. That's bad design. I don't want useless comments and moderation helps that. Ah, the door to Oz is open.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Haters on Youtube - disabling comments feature request

2007-08-04 Thread Rupert
Yeah, I know - that sucks, doesn't it? Default preferences... how easy would that be? And to have it for mobile upload, like Blip, would be even better. But I doubt it'll happen. Anyway, you said it proves the I.F.Theory? I'm lost :) As in Interactive fiction? On 5 Aug 2007, at 05:02,

Re: [videoblogging] blip and wordpress

2007-08-04 Thread Irene Duma
Ok then. I am not crazy, because I never saw that one before either. No ­ I¹m hosted on my own server. I switched to .flv and I think it works...i think... http://www.bittertonic.com/ On 8/4/07 11:43 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, I haven't seen that before. That's for

[videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)

2007-08-04 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Bill, Interesting post. I noticed straightaway that you posted here and on Twitter with no explanation or comment, and figured you were fishing for our reactions. I don't doubt that he's well-connected and