Monthly Archives: June 2010

Putting together a lightweight HD video recording rig

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Karl

I have a Kodak Zi8 recorder that I am planning to use to upload videos to YouTube with. It produces fantastic quality videos, but more important, it has a stereo microphone jack, so that I can use it to record … Continue reading →

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A shocking source of TV news coverage of the oil leak?

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Karl

G4 and Kevin Pereira: “BP Oil Spill Effect on Wildlife”. G4, the games channel. Yes, the games channel! This makes sense in a world where the most informative pieces of national news journalism are coming from a music magazine and … Continue reading →

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Parsing HTML with your favorite language

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Karl

This thread at Stack Overflow is just terrific. One for your bookmarks. Related: help.hackshackers.com: “What are the best tools for “scraping” data off a Web page for analysis in Excel or other software?” Will Larson: “An Introduction to Compassionate Screen … Continue reading →

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Hey guys, it’s okay to cry at a movie

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Karl

The fact that stories like this one about ToyStory 3 are still being published – and still need to be published – is frustrating. It’s okay for men to be emotional. If anyone tells you otherwise, give ‘em a head … Continue reading →

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A high school drop out who did kinda okay

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Karl

Michael J. Fox’s latest book is ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future’ and yes, he is the high school drop out in question. In the book Michael J. Fox certainly does not promote quitting High School! … Continue reading →

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hacks/hackers teaming up with Mozilla on a course

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Karl

This sounds like a fantastic opportunity for programmers who want to become familiar with journalism, and journalists to become familiar with programming.

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Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Karl

Just wanted to wish all the dads out there a happy father’s day. Hope you are having a great one. PS – Newsweek put up a great series of lessons in fatherhood from YouTube

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Rick Astley and… Nirvana

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Karl

YouTube: “Rick Astley vs Nirvana Never gonna give/smells like teen spirit MSAH UP!”:

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Merlin Mann – “No, really, do it.”

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Karl

Merlin Mann on “Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion”: Nothing can actually “future-proof” anything. Anyone who claims to know the future is either a madman, a charlatan, or, often as not, both. Thing is, regardless of the passions (or … Continue reading →

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What could you/we/us do to help the Gulf Coast?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Karl

It is easy to be depressed about the oil leak in the Gulf Coast. It is easy to feel helpless. It is easy to feel ineffectual rage. So don’t. Share what is it that you, me, we, us can do … Continue reading →

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