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The New Apple TV for $99–First Look
Sep 1st
Apple today revealed it’s new 75% smaller Apple TV
It fits in the hand and includes HDMI, 802.11n wireless, ethernet and built-in power supply, with the price slashed to only $99.00. The new Apple TV is much smaller than the previous generation because it no longer uses a hard disk for local storage. Flash memory has replaced the hard drive.
It streams movies from iTunes, YouTube AND Netflix as well as from your own computer. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you have a large collection of movies you can stream for free! Steam photos from Flickr and video and photos from mobile More >
35 Movies in Two Minutes
Aug 24th
A short film about cinema.
35 movies simplified.
A 2 minute journey through the history of film.
Concept / Layout: Sarah Biermann, Torsten Strer, Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco Animation: Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco Sound: Torsten Strer
link to original : http://vimeo.com/13340102
Why We See What We Do
Aug 8th
A Brilliant TED Talk by Beau Lotto on
how our brains process visual information
…nearly every living system has evolved the ability to detect light in one way or another. So, for us, seeing color is one of the simplest things the brain does. And yet, even at this most fundamental level, context is everything. What I want to talk about is not that context is everything, but why context is everything. Because it’s answering that question that tells us not only why we see what we do, but who we are as individuals, and who we are as a society.
…if you More >
Seth Godin & Tom Peters on Blogging
Aug 6th
Two gurus on blogging: brief, powerful and dead-on!
Tom Peters: Nothing else has changed my life so much as blogging. And it’s free.
Seth Godin: Blogging forces inner growth and improvement.
Seth Godin on Twitter: @sethgodins, Seth’s Blog
Tom Peters on Twitter: @tom_peters, Tom’s Blog
The Butterfly Circus – a Glorious Triumph
Aug 3rd
This beautiful and visually delightful short film, winner of the 2009 Door Post Film Festival, is so subtle and graceful that it will capture your heart with it’s theme of hope and positive internal change.
“The Greater The Struggle, The More Glorious The Triumph.”
Click on FULL Screen!
How we see ourselves and how we see others are our realities shaped by our perceptions.
Will (Nick Vujicic) is a side show attraction with no arms or legs who struggles to learn his worth. Nick Vujicic’s performance of Will is sensitive and very moving. He undergoes an inner metamorphosis and realizes that he can change his self-perception More >
My Boxes Don’t Touch – Men’s and Women’s Brains
Apr 30th
Mark Gungor is the creator of “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage” – the book is based on his phenomenally successful seminar and years of working with thousands of couples. Check out the book trailer!
This is Funny!
A humorous perspective on the differences of the sexes:
Just watch a couple of minutes of Mark in this video and you’ll be in stiches – I was!
Follow: Mark Gungor (markgungor) on Twitter
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OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Version
Mar 18th
OK, this is very cool. Even though it took several takes,so what, it’s still great! This is from OK Go’s new album "Of The Blue Color Of The Sky"
View it full screen at 720p (or if you are feeling lavish, at 1080p)
Filmed in a two story warehouse in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, OK Go sings there tune while the world’s most complex Rube Goldberg machine whirls, crashes and spins in perfect sequence to the song.
OK Go’s video “A Million Ways” has had over fifty million views on YouTube. This “Rube Goldberg” video looks like it may surpass that More >
Retro Facebook – Relationship Etiquette Rules
Apr 25th
A Facebook Breakup from the 50’s.
This is a Facebook Relationship Story from a world that never was. Enjoy!
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance
Feb 26th
Amazing Stop Motion Video
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance Oren Lavie’s album The Opposite Side of the Sea, to be released March 2009, The song "Her Morning Elegance". This beautiful video captures this song and brings it to life. Via Oren’s MySpace page: Oren Lavie – Co-director / songwriter – He likes to create dreamy visuals from realistic elements, he enjoys squeezing big worlds into small spaces. Yuval and Merav Nathan – Co-directors / animation – Together they create a unique style that combines photography, design, 3d animation, stop motion and 2d compositing. Shir Shomron – Actress – very More >
Romance in Sketch – Take on Me
Feb 4th
The Norwegian band a-ha achieved international recognition in 1985 with their single “Take on Me” from their debut album “Hunting High and Low”
Take on Me – A-ha
a-ha – Take On Me (First Version)
a-ha – The Sun Always Shines on TV
a-ha – I’ve Been Losing You
a-ha – band from Norway
Trip Through The 80s – A Video Compilation
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jan 29th
2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest films ever made.
From Wikipedia:
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film deals with thematic elements of human evolution,technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, and is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous and often surreal imagery, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue.
Despite receiving mixed reviews upon release, 2001: A Space Odyssey is today recognized by many critics and audiences as one of the greatest films ever made; the 2002 Sight & More >
Global Warming – Song from Minnesota
Jan 17th
Mac vs PC – End Game
Jan 13th
Inspired by Transformers, this short Visual Effects piece shows us what the future may hold for our home computers … the future is unknowable, but we can be sure that robotics will play a central part.
See more at NICK GREENLEE – DIGITAL COMPOSITOR, check out his 2008 demo Reel at youtube or at his site.
Apple Founders – Steve, Steve & Ron
Jan 9th
Apple Computer Company had three founders: Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs AND Ronald Gerald Wayne. Ronald Wayne had worked at Atari with Steve Jobs and the three of them co-founded Apple on April 1, 1976. Ronald had a 10% stake in Apple. Two weeks later he got cold feet because as a partner he would be legally liable for any debts incurred by the other partners so he sold his 10% for $800.00.
Later that year (1976) the Steve’s developed a business plan and incorporated Apple Computer Inc. First year’s sales (1976) reached $174,000, 2nd Year sales (1977) reached $2.7 million, by More >
