Turns out the ‘megapixel’ resolution of the human eye is around 576. Here’s a few more ways to enjoy that.
Live Audiovisual Sequencing
The Holy Grail is now within reach, but still requires quite a few hacks and workarounds. vjforums.com is a good place to rummage for tips on how to use video applications alongside an audio sequencer like Ableton Live, or how to use Ableton Live to generate midi for both Motion & Final Cut Pro ( useful for
controlling parameters of those programs in a more nuanced manner ). On the VJ side, the VDMX 5 beta is sailing well, it’s learning curves best tackled after a good browse of the vidvox wiki and this VDMX 5 tutorial. Turntablist technique can help with the sequencing too, as ably demonstrated to loud cheers by Cut Chemist at a 2006 gig, scratching a DVD of people in the crowd recorded 2 minutes earlier.
http://fotowoosh.com – is new online software that turns any picture into a 3D image, and surprisingly effective too, analysing the geometry of each image and
then outputting this as a 3D model which can be explored.
http://meatpaper.com : a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. “We like
metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture.” For all your food writers obsessing with pigs, alphabets made of raw hamburger, and hats of meat needs.
Le Beebs
One million hours of the BBC’s past are going to be made available to the public online. A trial programme has started, which will likely expand to include all of the UK, but others outside will be charged to access the archive.
RSS Feeds
Yes, they totally change the way you use the web, and either save lots of time, or allow a much greater breadth of material to be covered. And they guarantee you don’t miss posts, mp3s, writings from your favourite and newly discovered places. RSS makes blogs and podcasts subscribable, and increasingly can
incorporate different kinds of media. http://marshallk.com/391 shows a few of the possibilities with mixed media RSS feeds ( feeds created for the delivery of video, photos, audio files and other media items all together by RSS. ) For those yet to leap, this 3.5 minute video explaining RSS in Plain English is worth a browse.
‘Master New Media’ give a great round up of all the possible ways video can be annotated online now – including adding subtitles, text, animated shapes and pointers, freehand text and drawings, images, webcam video and even RSS feeds directly into your web-hosted videos.
The $7 TV Network: Neokast brings multicasting to the masses. Enter Neokast, the brainchild of a PhD candidate from Northwestern University, Stefan Birrer. Neokast uses peer-to-peer technology to effectively emulate a multicast experience. If you know what this means, interesting enough.
Google Browser Sync for Firefox
An overlooked extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions. Found via – Matt Haughey, aka the guy who founded metafilter.com, and just started a blog about how to survive “professionally screwing around on the web“.
And one for the road, via kottke.org, a 90s slang dictionary.