I am a web developer working at GetGlue.
I enjoy tweeting, taking pictures, and making movies.
This is where I write.
Reggie Watts is a comedian I hadn’t heard of until I found out he was the opening act for Conan O’Brien’s comedy tour. Even after I found out about him I still wasn’t interested.
Then one day I decided to Google Reggie Watts. This is his video that I found [NSFW]:
Catchy, ain’t it? My favorite part are his lyrics on women. Classy all the way.
There’s something quite magical about a good insult, and there’s nowhere better to find a good insult than in a movie. Have a look at a video that compiles 100 of the greatest movie insults for your viewing pleasure. What’s your favorite? [kottke.org]
In case you didn’t know Microsoft is releasing a new add-on for the Xbox 360 later this year called Kinect. What is Kinect? In brief it is a webcam that you attach to your Xbox 360 that is able to track the motion of your body so as to use your body as the controller for games. What does that mean? I think it’s easier to learn by example so click on over to Mashable to see an upcoming Kinect game being played. Looks really cool to me.
Video embedded below as well.
In case you didn’t know: Toy Story 3 has just been released this weekend. I’m gearing up to watch it for Father’s Day tomorrow and I’m expecting it to be great. I’ve already heard so many great things about it: I’ve read so many reviews that have given it a 10/10. I just hope I don’t set my expectations so impossibly high that all I can expect back is disappointment. In any case, Pogo is back with a remix of Toy Story audio mixed with an ambient background track. Check it out on YouTube.
Digital Library maintenance is a long boring process. I’m not even sure if it’s a rewarding task. I know I’ll be grateful for my work later but right now I’m feeling the carpel tunnel creep into my left wrist.
What is digital library maintenance? It’s the process or organizing and naming my digital files in a way that I can access and find them easily and quickly. Think to your own collection of books and things – it has a certain order to it that lets you find what you want, when you want. Although maintaining a real physical library is more labor intensive, do not misrepresent the hours of work that is put into organizing a digital library.
Luckily iTunes and other software automatically organizes your files for you. You don’t have to think about where your music is because iTunes organizes it neatly for you. Unfortunately for me I have a perfectionist streak that forces me to do all my organization my self.
For my music I have all my music in one folder aptly named ‘Music.’ In that directory I have four sub-directories: #-d, e-l, m-r, and s-z. This thwarts the onslaught that happens when I’ve tried to view all my music in one directory. With sub-divisions I can load a portion of my music without fear of a hang-up. Essential.
For the rest of my digital media, namely videos, I have them arranged in the folder ‘Video’. Each file is named according to Boxee’s media file name conventions. This lets Boxee scrape my videos accurately so as to pull the accurate information for each video. A pain to perform at first yet the luxury afforded later is so very delightful.
In any case it’s time for me to finish this round of clean-up. It will be so lovely to rest.
Vampire Weekend just released a new video for their song ‘Holiday’. It looks like Sofia Coppola directed it, although I don’t think she did.
Everyone seems to be talking about TV nowadays. Everywhere I turn I’m seeing new technologies being created to alter how people currently use and interact with their TV. I can’t say this is bad news – technology tends to improve what already exists.
Let’s take a look at what’s new in TV-land nowadays:
If I had told you five years ago that you would be able to watch your favorite television shows for free and when you wanted you would have thought I was nuts. Yet how time has changed things.
Hulu has been around for just over two years (launched March 12, 2008) and it has drastically shifted the way people watch (or don’t watch) TV. Before Hulu you would have to stay in on weekends to see the new Saturday Night Live episode, or wait for it to re-air. Now you can watch the full episode online, when you want, and how you want.
Although Hulu still limits how you can watch its videos expect those limitations to be changed in the future. There have been rumblings of a paid Hulu-subscription being launched that would (hopefully, probably) include entire back-logs of seasons.
A Tel Aviv startup that spun off from the XBMC project (Xbox Media Center), Boxee hopes to be the center of your TV experience. Although Boxee doesn’t allow for live TV it does pretty much everything else.
If you’re a fan of podcasts, videocasts, or web-shows then Boxee is for you. Through applications built for Boxee you can enjoy new episodes of Revolution4 podcasts, FunnyOrDie videos, or CollegeHumor.
And, if you already have a large collection of digital content Boxee makes the process ridiculously easy. Point your Boxee software to where your media is and you’ll be streaming it to TV in no time.
Announced just last week, Google TV is Google’s take on augmenting the television watching experience.
Through the use of the Quick Search Bar you will be able to search the web while watching TV. By using a smart interface and staying out of the way of live TV, Google TV has the potential to bring about major changes in how we currently watch TV.
The future is only going to get brighter as current technologies improve and new technologies are invented. Right now the software being made to improve TV seems highly competent and promising. What I’m looking for is a promising hardware solution. My AppleTV only gets me so far and I’m not looking to put a hole in my pocket.
Let’s keep you updated on current music trends:
The Black Keys just released their sixth (count ‘em) studio album called Brothers. It’s a great album with few flaws. However the biggest flaw of the album, neatly pointed out by Pitchfork:
If there’s one thing that keeps Brothers from jumping the gap between a “very good” album and a “great” album, it’s the running time. When it’s all said and done, the 15-track set runs almost an hour long
Hardly something to get too upset about it, but sadly the length of the album does detract from its overall quality.
They just released a new video for their track “Tighten Up” which is very funny. I wish I knew kids who could sing like that.
Found via Stereogum
Conan O’Brien has been on the road lately performing on his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour”. This past week he made a couple of stops in Silicon Valley, visiting Twitter HQ and Google HQ. Fortunate for the internet, Conan’s entire appearance at Google was filmed and put on YouTube. So, enjoy some time with Conan and Google. [source]
If you’re not aware: the program you are using right now to read my website is called a browser. Specifically a web browser because it ‘browses’ the web.
Currently there are five major browsers that are used: Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera. Depending on what you primarily use the internet for decides what browser is the best choice for you. And really, at the end of the day, the browser you use is your choice, so choose the one you enjoy using the most.
Personally I prefer a browser that is fast. And by fast I mean it’s the fastest out of all the browsers. Today my choice is Google Chrome. And today a new version of Google Chrome was released that I think you should try.
The Google Chrome blog describes in detail how much faster the new release is due to improvements in the browser’s code. However that isn’t the main reason why I’m excited about this new release. The blog describes it best:
“Additionally, this is the first Chrome beta that features initial integration of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in with Chrome, so that you can browse a rich, dynamic web with added security and stability — you’ll automatically receive security and feature updates for Flash Player with Chrome’s auto-update mechanism.”
What does that mean for you? Flash, which lets you watch videos on YouTube and similar websites, will be automatically installed and updated for you to the newest, fastest, and safest release. All without you having to do anything. How’s that for easy street?
But the team that makes Google Chrome wasn’t content to stop there. They have gone ahead and made a video (with the help of video-makers) that gives a neat frame of reference for just how fast Google Chrome is. Have a look at the video below, and after you’re done watching download the new release by clicking here. Let me know if you like the browser.