Yey ! Only 48 hours separate me from a getaway to Mallorca. Sand dunes and salty air, sweet little villages here and there. I can’t wait to get on the plane and spend a few days roasting in the sun with my sweety. Man how I’ve longed for this moment for years. :)
Small problem I have is that I can’t ask anyone to come blogsit here, unless I zip some html pages and send it along with a manual. That’s what I get for not switching to an automated service, but no sweat : I cooked up something sweet to cover my absence and keep you busy.
[Account Terminated in September 2006 - All YouTube links go nowhere]
A few weeks ago I’ve joined YouTube, the video Flickr. You can upload movies there and tag them, the way you can do with images. Doing so keeps your bandwith low, but still allows you to share all your favorite clips and movies with the rest of the world. Of course you can keep a private collection too, but that’s just for family stuff and things you just can’t share with ‘everyone’. My account’s basically open to anyone. There’s comments available for every single movie, but you’ll have to sign up (for free) at YouTube in order to be able to comment or rate the clips you’re checking out.
There’s a policy that says you shouldn’t upload copyrighted or obscene material, but that definition seems to be susceptible for a broad interpretation, which you’ll notice if you take the time to browse around a bit. I did my part of copyright-violating uploads and upped some 170 movies that are tagged and shared with the community. I’ll list the best clips here and put up some links with a youtube query to see them by topic. [You're gonna need Flash for this.]
To see all commercials and preventional ads (54 clips) : follow this link.
‘Urban Skills’ (33 clips) is what you need to survive in this world. Some people however take this a little to the extreme, resulting in really admirable footage. To check that out : a link.
The’ Gaming Skills’ is a selection of footage from about 10 games with either really stupid endings or record setting time-attacks. Both ways or fun to experience as a third person.
‘3D Animation Skills’ is a selection of the best clips I had lying around in some folder. I think the bits started to erode and the dust was getting on them, because I hadn’t seen them in a while neither, and that’s a real shame, because they really are good movies. See them.
There’s two pretty cool ‘Nature’ videos I’ve upped too. One is from a bird that imitates all the sounds it hears, including car alarms and chain saws, the other one is from a bee colony that gets wiped out in a few hours, by a few hornets. Very dramatic footage. I’m a bee keeper myself, together with my dad, and I must say I was shocked to see how the tiny helpless bees, though greatly outnumbering the hornets, got defeated in such a short time. Nature kicks ass.
There’s also a lot of ’stupid funny’ videos, like the ones with Jim Carrey, or the superb Saturday Night Live intro from Robert De Niro. Check out the other fun stuff : here.
To see all the Coolz0r-tagged uploads : Follow this.
Links for September, 7th :
- Japanese Toyotas equipped with networked anti-theft cameras.
- Japanese makers endure handset hell – crisis in the production market?
- MonstorMob to tap potential new phone craze – a ringtone company is launching a music player? Reverse marketing… it’s crazy enough to make it work.
- Siemens Gigaset SL75 VoWLAN phone.
- Do People Really Want “Souped-Up” Cellphones? – I was thinking about that too.
- Nokia’s Wireless Keyboard (for phones).
- Mass Intimacy – The new marketer’s mindset.
- Blu-Ray Drives Add $100 to PlayStation 3.
- Coke to sell virtual stuff with the ‘real thing’ – Coca Cola is about to attach ringtones to a can of booze, and a lot more other funky things. Vending Machine Power !