All of these posts share the tag video.
Dan Sivers’s TED Talk about First Followers, and how Lone Nuts become Leaders. I am not sure I agree with his overall conclusion, but Dancing Guy is a monument to something no matter how you slice it. Runs 2 minutes 58.
This is a good thing, for now, but licensing-wise H.264 is actually probably worse than Flash. It works great with a hardware decoder, but why should I trust the MPEGLA to not pull the rug out from under the internet in 6 years? Of note: The 2016 deadline only applies to “Internet Video that is Free to End Users.” Who gets to define “free?”
The press release should’ve been subtitled “Your Move, Adobe.”
A little late Christmas horror story (part two here) for you, courtesy of 1980s anthology television.
Okay, this sounds stupid, but my god it is glorious. It is not merely a “derp Phantom Menace sucks derp” thing.
Do you have monies from things you should not have done to get the monies that you have now?
At about the 2:00 mark your mind will be blown to bits by SYNERGY.
Peter Serafinowicz reveals the truth behind this classic Beatles song.
Mark Pilgrim dives in to HTML5 video, and swims around. This is essential reading for web developers.
Bruce Sterling’s keynote, given at the launch of Layar’s Layer Reality Browser, is fun, smart, and full of a genuine excitement from Bruce that I really enjoy.
Incredible demo video from one of the entrants in the Super Mario AI competition. mentioned previously on Extra Future. See also: The project page, which explains the process behind the AI.
The developer says he’ll release the source code once the contest is over.
A truly Shatnerian performance. There is music and everything. Glorious. Thank you, Conan.
Mozilla won’t support H.264, Apple won’t support Ogg, Google will support both, and Microsoft won’t say. Doubt this will change anytime soon, which really makes me sad.
One of the most insane videos of the 1980s gets the Literal treatment. Plenty of good moments, here. “What the effing crap?” indeed.
This is how pretty much every major client I’ve ever had does things. It is a lot less funny when you are waiting on thousands instead of dozens of dollars.
This is, apparently, not a joke. What it is, is 4 minutes of some poor hired goon trying to pretend like this isn’t the biggest pain in the ass of thing to attempt. The video summary says:
At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA showed a video demonstrating how users can videorecord a TV set. They argue this is an acceptable analog alternative to breaking copy protection on a DVD.
The mind reels.
via @siracusa
Stick with this clip. I think by friday it may still be high in the running for most batshit thing I’ve seen all week.