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iTorrent is a python-based http proxy that brings BitTorrent to iTunes!
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Click.tv does video commenting…
So a new startup called Click.tv is about to launch. And they’re working with the same basic ideas we’re working on for ITP Research: Video Comments and Re-imagining the Remote.
the main functionality will include: the ability for the creator and those who watch the video to add annotations anywhere in the stream, and others later to click on those annotations and jump right to that point in the video.
via TechCrunch
It’s cool to see some movement in this direction in the web 2.0 world. The click.tv people have addressed some of the issues we’ve discussed slightly differently. It seems there are ‘channels’ of comments which can be enabled or disabled. While this is interesting, it seems to be more appropriate for a moderated type environment (at least that’s what their demo shows). That said, they’ve addressed the situation with a nice clean UI and some interesting navigation elements.
Glowscarf: usage
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In an attempt to understand more fully cell phone behavior, and what our expressions our cell phones enable us to make, I’ve come across some interesting bits of research:
From this article, it seems Motorola commissioned a study called On the Mobile. One interesting (if obvious) finding:
Women see their cell phone as a means of expression and social communication, while males tend to use it as an interactive toy. Some men view the cell phone as a status symbol – competing with other males for the most high tech toy and even using the cell phone to seduce the opposite sex. The study found two types of cell phone users- “innies,†who use their phones discreetly, and “outies,†who are louder and less concerned with the people around them.
Glowscarf:progress – a photoset on Flickr
Here’s the latest on the progress of the glowscarf. Some photots of the knitted scarf along with first attempts at lighting it using fiber optics…
links for 2006-04-12
links for 2006-04-07
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online video editing/mixing
Video Sensing: Final Project idea
Scene Detection
For my final project I am going to work with scene detection on pre-recorded video. I intend to explore not just cut or shot detection, but scene detection (or at the very least an approximation of it). More simply, I also intend to explore commercial detection techniques, in order to mark and remove commercials from recordings of television broadcasts.
My goal is to generate a list of timestamps for the in/out markers of scenes (or commercial breaks), which can then be used for a variety of purposes
links for 2006-04-06
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This is HUGE. Apple’s not supporting windows xp, but they’re doing everything they can to make it easy for folks to install and dual boot on their intel-macs!
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Stop forgetting to send the attachment you promised in the body of your email!
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snippets of python code for series 60 phones
Apple offers Dual Boot solution
This really surprised me:
Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,†Apple’s next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in August.
If there were ever a reason to switch, here it is…
links for 2006-04-02
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some very funny PSA’s from the cast of NBC’s The Office. Proof that the supporting cast is what makes this show funny!
links for 2006-03-28
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mythtv goes mainstream: WaPost story on mythtv….
GlowScarf: The Cellular Scarf
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The GlowScarf is a scarf that reacts to your cellular phone; when you receive a call the scarf begins to glow. By giving the cell phone’s ring an external signal, the wearer is free to embrace the status of being in-demand, without necessarily needing to answer the call. The glow of the scarf says, “I’m important”; the wearer can then decide to take the call or to merely bask in its glow.
The detection of the cell phone’s ring will be accomplished with a simple circuit (diagram here) which will then activate the glow. Initially I will use the circuitry from a novelty pen, to ensure operability and robustness for the initial prototype(s).
My current plan is to knit the scarf myself. I am interested in light colored and iridescent yarns that will enhance the glowing effect.
In order to create the lighting effect, I plan to use fiber optics in conjunction with super-bright LEDs. I looked into using EL wire, but the general consensus is that it is difficult to work with (also expensive), and probably not the most conducive for the comfort factor I’m looking for. Instead, I will use several strands of thin fiber optics which will be etched (most likely with a laser cutter) in order to refract the light along the length of the fiber. I have seem samples of this type of fiber optic application, and it produces a subtle yet noticeable effect. I have not determined how many LEDs or how many fiber optic strands I will need.
More illustrations to come.
(related links can be found here)