I am REALLY not much of a videographer.....

However, I have managed to put six videos up here since last year. See?



By the way, the code to embed that is:

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Google has some truly amazing products. Then there are some you might have never heard of (e.g. Google Image Labeler).

Here is Google's list and here's the list from Wikipedia.org....

LIBERTAS

There's a relatively new restaurant on County Line Rd. in Madison (the new Publix shopping center)...

It's called Sakura Japanese Steak House. Great food! The pictures below link to bigger (hence, read more easily) versions.....

OK, this might look like a repeat, but....

I couldn't get the first one right. This vid is three separate movies that were spliced together. I'm still not sure why the original didn't work like I wanted it to.....

Interested in the medal count......

NBC is doing a fine job of broadcast/web features for their coverage of the Beijing Olympics!

OK, just a freaky video for right now...

And two other things...

I am a fan of Front 242. They helped pioneer EBM in the 1980s. Something I recently noticed is that they have made two of their older songs available as free high quality downloads. Check 'em out!

Another thing is HD View. HD View is a product of Microsoft Research. What, you may ask, is HD View? Here's Microsoft's description:

"What is HD View?
HD View is the camera for the web. Its goal is to create the best picture given (a) a source with high resolution, arbitrary dynamic range, any field of view & color gamut; (b) the user’s interaction; and(c) the display being used."

The viewer is available as a free download for Internet Explorer AND Firefox.

I've had Google Earth for quite some time now.....

However, I've never done a great deal with it. It's seriously cool being able to slap up pictures and information and associate them with a spot on the Earth. Here are the additions I've made so far (links should download a kml or kmz file)...

Art's Blog

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant news via Google News

Athens, AL news via enewscourier.com

Steak 'n Shake Huntsville, AL store

Visiting with my daddy-o and his family in Sunbury, OH

This was an oldie but a goodie.....

I just found the old pictures of Isabella and the bunnies from up in Illinois. I'm kind of surprised the old server I had them on hasn't gotten rid of them yet. Since I found them, I put them up on Picasa.....

See?

View Album

Get your own

Payback's a !*&)#%^#$^*&@

View Larger Map

Drat!

I've recently noticed that the old link I had up here for Olevia firmware DOES NOT WORK! FWIW, this is the link (http://64.168.125.230/support/OLEVIA/) that's BUSTED. Maybe I'll find something else that works....

Little shindig this past Saturday.....

View Album

Get your own

It's been quite some time since we've been to the beach.....

We just went this past weekend. I had forgotten how much I love the beach. I don't think that I had ever encountered jellyfish (though they were small) up close and in person. I think I had a few close encounters with them this time. No big deal! That certainly didn't keep me out of the water! Between hanging with friends, swimming with jellyfish, rolling in the sand and kicking a footbag, it was a blast. See?



I look like such a hippie...

Oh, by the way....

This is also pretty slick...

Make that super-wicked cool!

And there you are.....

Out some place sans a microwave but wanting a tasty snack.......

All you need is a cell phone and some popping corn. I'm sure this has been done often, but it's the first time I've seen it. Pretty slick!

Pop Corn téléphone portable micro-ondes
by sassiere

Those zany folks at JibJab have a great new campaign season animation for the world....

Check it out!

Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today!

I was ever-so-slightly perturbed yesterday afternoon...

Someone I know received an e-mail from a service professional (using their work e-mail addy) about some "fraudulent internet campaign funding" of a certain Democratic Presidential nominee. I won't even include the text here because I don't want to propagate crap. The e-mail cites an article by a New York Times reporter that SHE DID NOT WRITE. In other words, absolute lies are being spread. A simple search of the reporter's work for the suspect article turns up ZILCH.

I want one thing to be crystal clear right here and now...

I DO NOT support Obama. I DO SUPPORT Bob Barr. However, false information will not be the basis of my opposition for the Democrats (or the Republicans) and I hope that it won't be yours.

A link about this hoax: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jul/08/bogus-dowd-column/

From a slightly psychological/sociological standpoint, I realize that the folks who believe junk e-mails like this and continue to forward them have likely already made up their minds. In other words, many of these e-mails will be "preaching to the choir". However, there are undecided folks out there.

Snopes.com perhaps? http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp

I've put up 3 new songs for your listening pleasure at my myspace.com music profile

Here's a video I slapped together for one of them....



Vote for Liberty in November - I support Bob Barr

Happy summer solstice y'all!

I TOTALLY DIG the summer!

I've been on (for me) a music spree lately. For me, 3 CDs within 2 weeks was enough to call a spree. The goods......



I've wholeheartedly enjoyed Enigma since MCMXC A.D.. This was the latest of my purchases. First impressions? This should be a classic! Nice ambience and beats......

The CDs by The Offspring and Disturbed are not my typical genre (various electronic stuff). But, I've listened on and off to The Offspring since Smash and even had a fun time at a show of theirs in Albany about 10 years ago.

Disturbed is a new one for me. Very good stuff with a harder edge....

Disturbed @ MySpace

Enigma @ MySpace

The Offspring @ MySpace

The Offspring has had a free download of the first single released from Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace available for a little while. The sweet thing about it is that the mp3 is DRM-free AND high quality. More details.....

I can't forget to say .....

Happy Father's Day!

To all you moms out there, but to mine especially........

Happy Mother's Day!

Whewwww, I'm whipped so this will be short..........

Other things musical? Check out (specifically QNTAL) this remix contest from acidplanet.com. They even provide (limited capability) the software to do it. Pretty slick! If QNTAL isn't your speed, check out one of the other contests.

Last but not least...

Huntsville's homegrown arts festival is going on this weekend. It's been a while since I went, but that's OK. The Huntsville Arts Council's Concerts in the Park series begins at the end of May.