Hi, Some of you may know that I have been making some videos lately:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViGntIpdpyw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9Rj_XuHsc Some of you may know about the Linux Foundation's "We are Linux" Video contest: http://video.linuxfoundation.org/contest/we-are-linux that ends on March 15th, and I am sure you have all seen at least one of the "Windows/MAC" or "Windows/MAC/Linux" 'advertisements'....if not... [Warning: some verbiage is not for young ears] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQECwm3erEs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-L-0s-7-Z0&NR=1 I have written a script for a video that even Ben likes, but we need three people to be "Windows", "MAC" and (of course) "Linux". Ben has volunteered to be "Windows": > Well, if you need someone in the NH area to look like a nerdy >Microsoft geek, I'm prolly your man. :) but we need two more people to be "MAC" and "Linux". The "Linux" person will have to be able to ride a scooter at least into and out of view on the stage, and to honk a bicycle horn a couple of times. And of course memorize a small speaking part. Not a very demanding part, but key. I do not expect them to be as "geeky" as the Linux person in the above videos. We will let Ben be "geeky" as "Windows". Ben feels for the MAC person: > The Apple Guy should be someone who can look the part of the >latte-drinking, beret-wearing stuck-up sort of guy one typically >imagines as a Mac fan. Even *Apple* uses that stereotype in their >advertisements. although we both agree that "Guy" is not to be construed to be only a male person, and the Linux person can also be of the female sex (or even transexual..."Live Free or Die"...we are not bigots here). The MAC person will have a small speaking part also. Actually, all three will have speaking parts, although the Linux person will also be able to blow the bicycle horn. The whole video has to be less than a minute, and I do not think that this will take a long time, but it does mean that all four (I will be the camera person) of us will have to get together for the taping.... then I will have to try to do some "magic" with the editing, so we will have to do this quickly to get it all done by March 15th. [Beware the Ides of March! - md] I would like to use this input for a GNHLUG meeting on March 19th in Nashua, to show people a little about creating videos with Kino and Inkscape. [Ahem, whoever is now in charge of MerriLUG...can this be our meeting for March 19th instead of the ever interesting "TBA"?] I am not expecting this to be a "work of art", but it should be "fun" and it will probably be seen by at least two or three people at the Linux Foundation, and maybe 1700 or so when I put it up on YouTube after the March 19th deadline for submissions. If you would like to be either "Linux" or "MAC", and you feel you have what it takes to be in show business, AND you are available this coming Saturday or Sunday afternoon for a brief taping session in Nashua, please send me a private note by Thursday morning and we will set this up. I have the scooter, and I can get the bicycle horn. "MAC" will have to supply their own costume.....actually everyone will have to wear clothes....but I think you know what I meant. You may have noticed that the winning video gets to send someone to Japan to present the video at the Linux Summit there. I am not interested in going, and neither is Ben, so "Linux" and "MAC" will have to fight it out if we win....well, they can probably draw straws or something instead of fighting.... I have a reasonable camera to do this, but if anyone has a better camera, particularly one with a separate microphone input, it would be great if we could borrow it. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/