I was listening to Off the Wall two nights ago thinking about remixing it with something for a gig I’m dj’ing tonight. Then to my horror MJ dies the very following day. It’s rare that I put on a Michael Jackson album but I own all of them up to History so it was strange when I heard the news. A coincidence by all means but the 10yr old boy in me wants to put some part of the blame on myself. Not sure why that is. Then the more awful thought came into my mind, I can’t play a remix tonight. It would be too cliche. *sigh*
I’m getting into the Kevin Pollak Chat Show as it begins to evolve. It’s very much a Charlie Rose, inside the actor’s studio kind of show but less drivel and more nonsense. I’m endeared by the nonsense, little things that no one would get to in an interview in normal TV space. I also enjoy the comfort level of the actors on the show. There have been some interesting actors that have come to the show, not necessarily the same actors that would be on the Tonight Show but a good set of interviews none-the-less. There are also interviews with web stars, which is a nice change. To get a more in depth interview with someone like Felicia Day for example is a nice touch. There is definitely an audience for this show, if it doesn’t drown or run out of funds. Check it out if you get a moment, it’s major draw back and greatest asset is that it is a long form video. An hour plus per interview.
p.s. Will someone over at Mahalo learn how to use Motion. I’m tired of the same standard templates for all their title cards and lower thirds.
Two of my newest geek crushes are Boxee (an internet on your tv solution) and BuzzFeed (one of the best viral web blogs of all time). If you haven’t checked out either please do so. Today Boxee released a method for getting Vimeo channels onto Boxee with ease. Vimeo is one of my favorite video sharing sites and they maintain a spectacular product. So, I eagerly created a Boxee app for my own channel. Considering I only have 5 videos on vimeo I decided I should make one for a more productive channel. My thoughts turned to BuzzFeed and one of my favorite video bloggers Ze Frank, who’s been doing a rather interesting series on BuzzFeed and Vimeo called HardTimes. Anyway, here it is, the HardTimes Boxee app.
You’ll have to install it manually for now.
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Download the app here and extract it to ~/Library/Application Support/BOXEE/User Data/Apps
Then edit up the sources.xml file under ~/Library/Application Support/BOXEE/User Data/Profiles/<username>
and add this peice of code in the video section.
<source>
<name>Hard Times :: Ze Frank</name>
<path>app://zefrank/</path>
<thumbnail>http://images.vimeo.com/11/30/60/113060111/113060111_300.jpg</thumbnail>
<private>false</private>
</source>
You may need to restart Boxee after doing so to get the app to appear. I submitted it to boxee, who knows maybe they’ll put it in their repository.
Two of my newest geek crushes are 
