Todays topic – Freestyle Motorcross
Cameron Sinclair pulls the first double backflip during competition.
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When Nature Calls
What a lovely compilation of the birth of a hummingbird.
iPhone 3G S + Water = Entertainment
Matt Matt linked me in on this adventuresome video of the day. I do warn though – Try NOT to submerge your iPhone.
Clear Beer = Genius
I have to go genius on this one.
Beer + Technology + Visionary speak… “welcome to the future”.
Superstars Tonight
Superstar Kristi emails…
“Hi Everyone,
Just a reminder if you are home and watching TV tonight check out my new show “The Superstars” It airs at 8pm est 7 central on abc! I promise the first episode is packed with shocks and surprises! T.O and his partner will provide a ton of entertainment! Hope you are all doing great and hope to see you all again soon! Thanks, Kristi”
I can’t wait for this summers biggest battle on the beach.
Superstar Teams
Terrell Owens – Joanna Krupa
Brandi Chastain – Julio Iglesias Jr
Jeff Kent – Ali Landry
Kristi Leskinen – Maks Chmerkovskiy
Bode Miller – Paige Hemmis
Lisa Leslie – Dan Cortese
Robert Horry – Estella Warren
Jennifer Capriati – David Charvet
Brosive Hydle Creates
My creative brother is at it again… this time making what he calls a Green friendly “Media Credenza” from sustainable materials.
“I designed, built and hand painted….yes, hand painted to look like real wood but its not real wood at all…. its made from formaldehyde free MDF…. look it up, its a green material. Im pretty sure that Im the only one in the world that has made a piece like this one…. Its already received quite a bit of attention…… not the greatest pics but anyways, hope you like!!”
I do like… and after seeing it in person I can definitely confirm that it amazingly does look like real wood. Luckily he is taking orders, because I want one for my own house.
Wired on Facebook
Will Facebook monetize on their proprietary stream of 200 million users before we realize face to face interactions are how socialization is supposed to happen?
“… this data comprises a mammoth amount of activity, almost a second Internet. By Facebook’s estimates, every month users share 4 billion pieces of information—news stories, status updates, birthday wishes, and so on. They also upload 850 million photos and 8 million videos.”
I feel like we are entering middle school and people are finally realizing that the annoying friends we have in public… are twice as annoying on the internet.
Will the social graph prevail?
Wired has the article with all the answers.
Great Wall of Facebook
Bachelor Mark – Episode 6
Bachelor Mark is no longer on this god forsaken show. I have no idea what happened.
Sponsors of Tomorrow
I’m seeing new intel ads pop up via email / chat / internets.
Tagline = Sponsors of Tomorrow.
Upon seeing this ad, I was pretty excited around the creative [marketing level genius]… but searching further brought up this piece of crap video [marketing level NOT genius].
Sorry intel – very close, but no ‘wireless power’ on this campaign.
Green Washing
Where do you draw the line between convenience and living greener? What actions will you take to live a more sustainable lifestyle? From the looks of it… we consumers have a long way to go – as do marketers.
What does Green mean to you?
Be Greener
Movies – Date Night Wins
What is your favorite Sandra Bullock film?
1. “The Proposal,” $34.1 million.
2. “The Hangover,” $26.9 million. (152.9)
3. “Up,” $21.3 million. (224.1)
3. “Year One,” $20.2 million.
5. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” $11.3 million.
6. “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” $7.3 million.
7. “Star Trek,” $4.7 million.
8. “Land of the Lost,” $4 million.
9. “Imagine That,” $3.1 million.
10. “Terminator Salvation,” $3.07 million.
Intervention – Episode 89
With all this major spotlight around friends making a move on television… I find something new. Not the best news I have ever heard, but a good friend of mine from high school will be on the new episode of Intervention airing Monday.
iPhone 3G S [VOICE MEMO]
I’m surprised at the ease of use of the new Voice Memo application on the new iPhone 3G S. Quick and easy to record… and quick and easy to send to yourself or friends via email.
iPhone 3G S - Voice Memo
iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G [VIDEO]
After shooting this quick burrito movie at Chipotle I have noticed that the data rate of the iPhone 3G S H.264 video varies between 3600 kbit/s and I would assume 3800 kbit/s. This isn’t a tremendously high data rate for doing anything serious with… but respectable for a talking mobile device. Relating the iPhone 3G S to my preferred pocket video capturing device, the Canon PowerShot SD870 IS that shoots in 1280x720p at a 25 mbit/s data rate, there really is no comparison.
iPhone 3G S – Video
Format: H.264, 640 x 480, Millions, AAC, Mono, 44.100 kHz
Data Rate: Between 3650 kbits/s and 3800 kbits/s
iPhone 3G S Video Test - Click for Video
Uploading directly to YouTube is simple enough and the aspect ratios will adapt to a vertical or horizontal recording. I am not a super fan of the audio levels algorithm as it seems it is pretty easy to peak the 44.100 kHz recorded audio with loud sounds + voices. It is also a difficult hold to capture video of yourself without covering the internal microphone of the iPhone 3G S. This makes for shanty audio at best… as you will see in the second YouTube upload test and is something to definitely watch out for.
YouTube iPhone 3G S Video 1 – Vertical
YouTube iPhone 3G S Video 2 – Horizontal
iPhone 3G – Video
No Supported Video Capabilities
However, qik has a steaming solution that you can play with if you want to geek just a little.
iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G [PHOTO]
iPhone 3G S – Photo
3 Megapixels – 1536×2048 – 1.3MB – Ability to Autofocus + Tap to focus
iPhone 3G – Photo
2 Megapixels – 1200×1600 – 415.5KB – No ability to focus
