Month: May 2006
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Resurrecting the Dead
It is strange where historical significant video footage ends up. Here is the only remaining footage of a Tasmanian Tiger taken at the Hobart Zoo in 1936 (that somehow ended up on Youtube.com). Now, just imagine in the BBC or the ABC digitised and provided access to their vast archives. This footage is ‘public domain’;…
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A blog’s life
A blog's life – Technology – theage.com.au This is a good interview with a 'Professional Blogger' (Jason Hill talks to professional blogger Darren Rowse).
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YouTube allows mobile video sharing
YouTube allows mobile video sharing – Technology – theage.com.au YouTube, one of the internet's leading video-sharing sites, is accepting clips directly from mobile phones and personal digital assistants with built-in video capabilities. Bands can share footage of performances from the road; protesters can circulate video of rallies as they happen.
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Miners Trapped in Tasmania
Last night (like every one else) I was watching the news about the trapped minders in Tasmania who had just climbed out of the hole in the ground and everyone was happy. I grew up in Tasmania, in fact I am 5th generation Tasmanian, but for many of us, being Tasmanian means something very different to…
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Mash: Second Generation Searching
There was an article in yesteraday's age about 'mash' or the reuse of Internet data to make data maps of geographical locales or other mappable regions. 'Mash' is interesting because according to Baudrillard, 'our society has become so reliant on models and maps that we have lost all contact with the real world that preceded…
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Where the bloody hell have you been?
Just found a fantastic service called Youtube.com . It is similar to Flickr but for videos. It saves alot of problems with having to stream video from you own server. Where the bloody hell have you been?