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Longer amazing short found on Vimeo

Time for bed, but before I go, here’s an amazing short.  I think this short internet movie (actually long by 2009 standards) is one of those major serious signals of a shift in content creation, sharing, consumption and distribution.  The movie industry … Continue reading

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Great little short by a 21 year old Russian

Kids these days… Alexander Vladimirovich Semenov, 21 years old and from Murmansk, Russia created this short with his Canonn 550D, the standard kit lens, a 50mm 1.8 and a Nikon for some shots.  And a lot of editing, modeling and … Continue reading

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Google TV Microsofts Apple TV

Google TV is generating some great embedded CE support with a bunch of CE companies announcing embedding Google TV and android into their TV systems, hot on the heels of the Apple TV announcement of last week.   You can … Continue reading

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Plex signs deal with LG

Right on the heels of the new Apple TV announcement, Plex, the Mac Media Center software of choice, today announced it inked a deal with LG to have their software embedded in future LG HDTV’s and Bluray players.  Having it … Continue reading

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Berlin

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Thoughts on Ping

Why Ping, Apple?  Why do you want your own social network on top of your proprietary media distribution platform?  Do you really think you can do it all?  Why not focus on what you do well and partner with, let’s … Continue reading

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Apple Sauce

With today’s Apple event, I’d like to come back to some of my older posts about gadget consolidation.  It’s interesting to see Apple’s latest update on its hobby; Apple TV.  This is a logical next step in gadget consolidation, but … Continue reading

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Summer is over?

Seems like it, if you look at the weather here in the Lowlands.  Seems more like early fall.  Oh how I wish we had an indian summer coming up late September, early October.  Who knows, we might have a climate … Continue reading

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Update on the non updates

Lots of things going on at the moment.  Just got an office space in Strijp-S here in Eindhoven.  Started a new company with 2 friends and am working on our own CMS under my web development company.  Fun fun fun… busy busy busy… … Continue reading

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Haiti, 70 days later

Another installment of photographs covering the situation in Haiti.  I hope the media will keep this story under everybody’s attention, as Haiti still has a long way to go… Haiti, 70 days later – The Big Picture

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