| Saturday, October 13, 2007 |
| New Youtube video rotation.... |
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| Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| When Octopi (sp?) ;) Attack! |
This is amazing footage of a giant octopus attacking an ROV sub.
The incident was caught on the ROV's video by Mike Wood of SubOceanic Sciences Canada. He had just located a data recorder and taken a grip of the cable with the ROV's manipulator arm, when suddenly an 80 lb octopus launched an attack. With tentacles 'as thick as man's arm' and a bite that he believed can exert 1000 lbs pressure, Mike Wood feared the octopus would bite the camera cable or umbilical and trip out the Falcon ROV. Not wanting to lose the receiver that he had just located he decided to take on the creature and after tightening his grip of the cable with the manipulator arm, revved the ROV's thrusters in reverse in an attempt to blast seabed particles at the creature. For a moment the octopus appeared to intensify its attack with its mantle flared but eventually the swirling fragments drove it away. Click here to check it out!
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| Saturday, August 06, 2005 |
| NASA.gov - Return to Flight |
Tollie can't help but say that what NASA does is "incredible." And so, besides telling you that this week's recommended website is www.NASA.gov, I want to point you to specific places on NASA.gov where you can find the really good stuff.
- Discovery over the blue Earth, desktop background: 1024 x 768 or 1280x1024
- Watch NASA TV online
- Liftoff! and Launch.
- Video from a Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) from takeoff to separation (2 minutes in the video) to splashdown.
- Video from the External Tank (ET) as the Orbiter separates.
- Video of the first ever EVA (space walk) under the Shuttle, and removing protruding gap fillers. "It looks like this big patient is cured." Commander Eileen Collins asked Steve to check the oil while he was down there.
- Pictures taken by Steve Robinson while underneath the shuttle.
- Hi-res image taken by the International Space Station (ISS) crew as the shuttle did a backflip at 17000 miles per hour. Looking closely, not only can you see the two protruding gap fillers, but you can also see someone's elbow in the side-window.
- The STS-114 and ISS Expedition 11 crew in the US Destiny lab on the ISS. Check out the wires.
- All the videos, and in three formats. (scroll to the bottom to navigate from page to page)
- Finally - the big high-definition video. The only HD video I've found for free so far, but it's "incredible." Requires installing Quicktime 7. Slower computers should get the 480p version, or the video may be choppy.
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| posted by Tollie Williams @ 7:21 AM |
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| Thousands of Free Music Videos |
I was dissapointed to find out that Winamp's built-in Nullsoft (AOL) Video seems to have cut its listing significantly, cutting aritsts and videos that I had previous seen from their list of thousands of free music videos.
Then, I was surprised to see that although they weren't listed, all the videos that I had saved in an old playlist were still available, even though they weren't listed. The lesson? Always bookmark everything you want to revisit - even individual videos.
If you want to see the current list, you can either go to AOL's music channel (works even if you don't have AOL) and play them using the AOL media player in your browser, or download and install Winamp [direct download of non-emusic full version] and access the video list through it's media library under Nullsoft Videos.
If you have Winamp already, here are some videos you can check out. In order to make sure the video plays properly, you will need to
- right-click the links below
- on the menu, copy the shortcut (link)
- open Winamp
- press [CTRL] + [L] to open a URL
- (that means press and hold the [CTRL] key while you tap the [L] key)
- then press [CTYL] + [V] to paste the video's link into the window.
I guess I have an eclectic taste? By the way, since I included some Switchfoot videos, I'll shamelessly link to a blog entry I wrote about them in 2004. I called it "The Case of Californians." |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 4:48 AM |
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| Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
| Our Best Yet: Video Cast 5 - Can you answer our question? |
 This week's video cast is very important to watch. So far thousands of people are downloading these short videos, and in this, episode 5, we ask a very, very important question - and we need to hear from you to answer it. Please watch this video, and then contact us with your answer - it's very important for us to hear from you! (This is also a less than 6mb download, and very funny - at least to us ;) If you'd like to post this video cast to another site, or submit it somewhere, please feel free (just don't change the name) |
| posted by Chase Thompson @ 3:02 AM |
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| Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| Watch us on Fox 6 tonight at 6:00pm! |
| We had the privilege of being interviewed by Fox 6 news today about Google's new Google Maps feature. A short feature will air tonight at 6:00pm with the possibility of longer coverage this weekend. If you don't know much about Google's new Satellite picture feature, or Google maps in general, check out Tollie's excellent article on the subject at our Tech Blog (click here) If you enjoy the story, or want to see more technology related news - send a positive and encouraging email to Fox 6 at their contact page HERE Finally, don't forget to check out the somewhat silly promo below for our upcoming video podcast. |
| posted by Chase Thompson @ 2:18 PM |
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| Saturday, March 26, 2005 |
| Video of the week - most amazing break dancer ever! |
 This guy is amazing - this is a must see. He can do push ups with his legs off the ground. He has unbelievable upper body strength....just an amazing video.
- Here's a couple more of the same guy:
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| posted by Chase Thompson @ 11:52 AM |
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| Sanford and Son Opening |
 Has there ever been as good a father-son relationship as Fred and Lamont Sanford? Continuing in the retro theme for the day - here is the opening of Sanford and Son - great theme music!
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| posted by Chase Thompson @ 11:34 AM |
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| Saturday, March 05, 2005 |
| Superbowl Commercial: Tribute to Soldiers |
A very touching Super Bowl commercial expressing gratitude to our soldiers for their service in Iraq. I hesitate to put it here because it's a beer commercial, but it only mentions it briefly at the end.
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| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:38 PM |
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| Face Ball |
| One "friend" very kindly kicks a large blue ball into his friends face....then rejoices when his friend is knocked into a stooper AND he realizes it's been video taped. The friend doesn't seem to mind, though that might be the effects of the concussion kicking in. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:35 PM |
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| Gatling Gun |
| The awesome power and amazing speed of a 30mm Gatling gun. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:34 PM |
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| Harrier out of gas |
| A harrier jet, hovering over the ocean, picks a very bad time to run out of gas! |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:31 PM |
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| The Next Gretsky? |
| Somebody demonstrating some exceptional hockey puck handling skills. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:29 PM |
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| Traffic Cam Wrecks |
| Traffic cam video, that shows multiple car wrecks (none serious) that happen on the same street corner. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:29 PM |
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| Drift racing. |
| Some excellent Japanese drift racing. The ways these guys skid around the track is something to behold! |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:28 PM |
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| Skydiving |
| Man sky dives and lands under an interstate overpass! |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:27 PM |
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| Spiderman |
| Urban climbing: A frenchman climbs a building without ropes. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:17 PM |
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| Amazing Basketball Shot |
| One of the most impressive basketball shots I've ever seen! From under the other basket with 2 seconds left! |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 1:45 PM |
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| Saturday, February 26, 2005 |
| BMX Biking |
| A very intense biking video featuring incredible downhill action and some fairly painful falls. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:54 PM |
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| Handlebars Wheelie |
| An astonishing video - a person stands on his handlebars as he does a wheelie. This is one of the most amazing of all of our amazing videos! Great motorcycle stunt video. |
| posted by Tollie Williams @ 2:53 PM |
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