Monthly Archives: October 2009

an open internet

An important video from Jesse B. Dylan.

Posted in Evangelism, Freedom, Video | 4 Comments

another top 20 website supports Theora

Earlier this week, Automattic, the company behind wordpress.com and WordPress (the software this weblog runs on) announced that they would be supporting Theora along with MPEG-4 as part of their VideoPress platform. It’s important to realize that wordpress.com is the … Continue reading

Posted in Video, Web Standards | 14 Comments

friday fun: proof that sometimes youtube comments are OK

FIRST. You must watch the video. SECOND. Enjoy the comments. As a reader of “The Chap” magazine and an owner of some lovely tweed jackets and a Ukulele, I approve of this to a degree beyond measure. Such a shame … Continue reading

Posted in Friday Fun, Video | 1 Comment

real time action drawing, indeed

This is what happens when you post a collaborative drawing app to a twitter account that has 1500 active followers. Time from posting to first drawing was about 6 seconds. I wish I had caught it from the beginning. Ogg … Continue reading

Posted in Geek, It Came From The Internet | 8 Comments

a planet site for webgl

I’ve put up a planet site for WebGL here: http://planet-webgl.org It has a short list of people who have been hacking on WebGL support in browsers and the small set of people who have been doing experiments and starting to … Continue reading

Posted in 3D, WebGL | 8 Comments

one of my favorite bits of music on video – two great arcade fire moments

#41 – Arcade Fire – Neon Bible & Wake Uppar lablogotheque If you’ve never seen this 15 minute video then you’re missing out. It contains two wonderful musical moments. The first is Arcade Fire playing Neon Bible in an elevator … Continue reading

Posted in Music, Video | 7 Comments

sidekick and data lock-in

I took the above photo with my Sidekick 3, a phone that at the time I loved dearly. It was probably one of the best phones on the market until the iPhone came on the scene and still does things … Continue reading

Posted in Data, Freedom, Sidekick | 5 Comments