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My pick of this sort of camera, as of January 2010, is Kodak’s Zi8. Bad points include over-sharpened/saturated video; an anti-shake feature that leads to odd aliasing/CMOS skew tremble; 30/60fps operation means s...
Is there any other camcorder out there like the Flip? I’ve had too many issues with my Flip’s but I like their size. ...
In the world of modern day hip hop and rap, its just seems like all the songs sound exactly the same. ...
Ann Leahy
LHC RapDude yes. I definitely need this to exist. ...
Testing again. Ah crontabs, how we love them. ...
Jonathan
Modern Warfare 2
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Anything buckets
Shawn Blanc may have persuaded me to try Yojimbo. Damn. More toys. [update: I’m a little scared to read Shawn’s review of Inman’s Fever, which...
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Producing video
Explaining the difference between a ‘producer’ and a ‘director’ is rather hard, partly because the answer changes depending on the type of film one is...
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Playing the audience
Here’s a demo I haven’t seen before. Glorious… and try doing this in Powerpoint: World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the...
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Sarah Palin's resignation speech #2 - the William Shatner Remix
Remember Palin’s resignation speech, as edited by Vanity Fair? Here’s the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien getting William Shatner to deliver it as poetry: Genius....
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Jem's Vortex Cannon
Oh. My. Heavens. I’ll have more to say about Bang Goes The Theory — short version: I rather enjoyed it — but this little film...
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Red Arrows at St. Mary's Island, Whitley Bay
Red Arrows at St. Mary’s Island, Whitley Bay, originally uploaded by jjsanderson. Flossie and I toddled up the coast to St. Mary’s Island, where...
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Sarah Palin's resignation speech - edited
This is wonderful: Vanity Fair have given Sarah Palin’s resignation speech the editorial once-over, and published their red-pen scribblings. Wonderful to pick through and work...
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Honda CR-Z
Sticking with the automotive theme briefly: I think I know what I’m going to trade my Audi towards. And no, it’s not a Lotus, sorry....
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Exige lights, detail
Exige lights, detail, originally uploaded by jjsanderson. Last week I was doing a workshop in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and my chum Gareth turned up in a...
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What's wrong with Flips?
I’m on a train heading to the World Conference of Science Journalists, but I’m following the ‘New Media, New Journalism?’ plenary via Twitter. Obviously. A...
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A slightly more considered opinion on the Busbi Video Plus vs. Flip Ultra cameras, based on still-cursory but mildly more in-depth testing