Re: [videoblogging] why it's important to get angry

2007-01-05 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> I'm a one man chorus on the give me some damn permalinks in itunes front. > > But maybe we can kick around heavy.. someone who might actualy do > something for us. It's a little different-- I volunteered for iTunes. I didn't volunteer for Heavy. A linkback off of iTunes has never seemed like t

Re: [videoblogging] FM as transmitter/receiver combo for cheap wireless mic?

2007-01-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hm...I use a wireless lavalier microphone I bought on eBay that's intended for DJs or people giving presentations. I think I spent $80 on it, and I think it uses FM on one of the commercial bands (not sure, though). It's not perfect, but a little noise gating on the editing console cleans it righ

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sprint WiMax in Chicago by year end, and Nokia + SixApart = mobile video sha

2007-01-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
First off, he's touting Cingular because Apple signed a deal with Cingular. There need be no reason above that. Business partners stand up for each other. Secondly, he's touting Cingular because Cingular is the biggest of the US networks, so it made sense to strike on that iron. Finally, he's t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sprint WiMax in Chicago by year end, and Nokia + SixApart = mobile video sha

2007-01-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
act the iPhone is going to be on Cingular. Ok? :) > >Francisco Daum >franciscodaum.com >franciscodaum.blogspot.com > > >--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>First off, he's touting Cingul

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sprint WiMax in Chicago by year end, and Nokia + SixApart = mobile video sha

2007-01-11 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
ol over their network and anything >connected too it. > >-Mike > >On 1/10/07, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I didn't think you were ignorant. Sorry if I gave you that impression. >>I was just not understanding why Jobs is touting Cingular...wh

Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?

2007-01-11 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
There are some wonderful starter light sets available on Amazon. I bought this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/BAJB80/102-4970784-2736168 For the price, it's amazing. 1250W is great for many applications. If you want to see us using the new light kit to make the "endless white void"

Re: [videoblogging] more iPhones coming?

2007-01-12 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Don't want to be rude, I may be wrong, but I'm not thinking that apple > is trying to go after making converts of businesses. The thing is, the cellphone business is a pretty low-margin business, and this is actually the highest-yielding market segment. > If I had to guess. I'd guess apple is

[videoblogging] Martin Luther King Day posts

2007-01-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hi, all. I know I promoted a post here two weeks ago when I made a little New Year's video card, but you'll forgive me for doing it again so soon. I felt moved this year to make something for Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day. My workplace declared it a company holiday, and with some free time on

Re: [videoblogging] Are you learning another language?

2007-01-16 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Anyway: Are you learning another language? If so, what are your tools? How > do you do it? Are there others who are documenting their attempts to learn > a > new language on a videoblog? I struggle with trying to learn Japanese. I do okay at it, but I don't have any regular conversation partne

Re: [videoblogging] Thumbnails into Democracy?

2007-01-18 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Good question. I use their Brodcast Machine software, but redirect it through Feedburner, and that seems to be quashing my thumbnails, too. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > Anybody using PodPress & WordPress know how to get thumbnails to show > up in Democracy? > > -- > Bill C. >

Re: [videoblogging] Sundance?

2007-01-18 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Any Vloggers heading to Sundance this weekend? We'll be at Sundace for the tail-end of the festival next weekend. Will you guys still be there? We should totally do a joing vlogging session if you will! -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime

Re: [videoblogging] camcorder recommendations

2007-01-21 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Yeah. The Panasonic GS line...you get 3 chips and some of them even offer full manual control over the aperature and shutter speed and focus and whatnot. My GS-150 seems a little thirsty for light, but otherwise, it's not done me wrong. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime Randy Mann

[videoblogging] Custom player skin

2007-01-23 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, guys. We're considering putting our videos of last year on a CD so we can give them out to people we meet. Since our videos end up in 320x240, we can't make a DVD and have it look decent on a TV. We'd like to have some DVD-like features, though, like menus and whatnot. We thought it'd be n

Re: [videoblogging] SUNDANCE

2007-01-27 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
We are at Sundance right now and just spent a long, tiring day yesterday trying to get here, get the feel of the town, meet some people, and fail miserably at getting a ticket via a waitlist. I stayed up late into the night on an editing session of VERY rough footage, and the post is uploading now.

[videoblogging] Audio too quiet when I use mono.

2007-01-27 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Guys, Our first Sundance video is stalled from being released because of a critical issue that I don't know how to fix! I bought us a new mic to use on the road...it's a handheld Shure that uses an XLR input. I step that down to the 1/8" plug on the camera. The audio sounds beautiful "in the ca

Re: [videoblogging] Audio too quiet when I use mono.

2007-01-27 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
ono sources. They send normal- >and inverted-polarity signals along two of their three pins (using >phase cancellation as a tool to lessen induced noise). Your 1/8" >adapter then thinks these signals represent the two channels of a >stereo sound... which is very much not the case

[videoblogging] New camera...suggestions?

2007-01-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
It's becoming clear that Amy and I are getting increasingly serious about Freetime and the places we can take video production for the web. After a lot of thinking about it, I'm starting to think that it's time for me to roll my pennies and consider getting a new camera. I've been using a Panason

Re: [videoblogging] iPhone flash & youtube comments from Steve Jobs

2007-01-29 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Steve Jobs is a captain of industry in a monopolistically competetive market. True to form, he is plying his own flavor of monopoly, no different than Microsoft. Apple deals in a monopolistic package and it always has. It's just been such a cute monopoly with such a good line of marketing BS about

Re: [videoblogging] Mooninites take over Boston

2007-02-01 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
a uniquely American response. So really it's the story of a > political/societal response to the threat of terrorism, which is for > another group and which I keep on prolonging here. sorry. goodnight. > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:38, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: > > This is just

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Mooninites take over Boston

2007-02-01 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
t; defense of their actions seems hauntingly > stupid ... "they were just doing their jobs, following orders." > > I want to see interviews with executives who approved this debacle. > That would be a laugh riot. > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videobloggers YouTube Group - Anyone Interested?

2007-02-08 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I'm also already on YouTube (freetimevlog), and I'd happily join any groups going. I need that networking! :) -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime Robyn Tippins wrote: >I'm on YouTube already, so if you set up a group and invite us I'd certainly >join you. Of course, I'm a social net

Re: [videoblogging] Re: viewer feedback

2007-02-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
It makes me feel good to hear this. I often feel like, when I just ask people to email us or to friend us on MySpace, that I'm screaming into the void. I know I have an audience, because FeedBurner stats show the subscribers. I also, as far as I can tell, have never grown my audience through wor

[videoblogging] Your blogs, my friends?

2007-02-19 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, guys. Amy and I are slowly starting to branch out beyond Freetime, and part of this has meant doing up the weatherlight.com website to reflect that we're slowly becoming a video productions group with a number of different projects. We've created a blog (http://www.weatherlight.com/blog) whe

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
What about discussing marketing plans for vlogs? I think there are a number of us who are trying a number of things, and having a forum to riff on what's worked, what hasn't, etc, might be useful. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > I would like to see a "better" way to find vlogs,

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
We can get cheap tickets to NYC and can stay with a friend there, so it gets our vote, too. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > Anne and I definitely need to get out to NY.if this is a vote, > that's what 'd vote for. > > -- > Devlon > > > > Mike Hudack wrote: >> NYC! NYC! NYC

Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Fade

2007-02-26 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Anyhow... just remember that the time you, as a vlogger, are investing > in creation, there are others who are also investing their time in > watching. This is a really good reminder. I don't think my viewers expect high regularity, but I am past-due for a post. The next post slated for relea

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I don't follow your logic. You say that if they put out more good shows, we would watch them on TV instead of "viewing their good clips online". If we're already getting the good stuff online, by this logic, wouldn't making a good show just mean it would end up being posted and viewed online? --

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
ch i can also take advantage of. > > Anyway > > On 13 Mar 2007 09:11:05 -0700, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I don't follow your logic. You say that if they put out more good >> shows, >> we would watch them on TV instead

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
scribed from cable tv >> last >> April (just get internet) because i am fedup with the force feeding of >> crap >> i dont want. So netflix fills in the void and I'm also very interested >> in >> any new VOD service like Joost etc which i can also take advan

Re: [videoblogging] How often do you post new videos?

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
We do shows that last anywhere from 2 to 15 minutes, but because of our extremely busy schedules and because there's often a fair amount of editing involved, we're doing good if we get out a post every other week. We're considering a "quality over quantity" step, though, where we post more like on

[videoblogging] Greentime, the new green video blog.

2007-03-21 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, everyone. Amy and I have been rubbing our heads together over the last month or so, and we've launched a second video blog. This one is going to be much closer to a "true blog" than Freetime because it's going to be mostly about us and our lives. The premise of the new video blog, called Gr

Re: [videoblogging] Green Vlogging?

2007-03-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> How green is video-blogging itself? > > Do personal computers and video cameras grow on trees? Or, are they > made out of petro-chemicals? > > What is the carbon footprint of the equipment used to product a > videoblog? Does that include the internet infra-structure? > > Where can I buy carbon cr

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Green Vlogging?

2007-03-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
used to make it > is greater than all the energy the device will generate in a lifetime. > And dont even get me started on biofuels. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Green Vlogging?

2007-03-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
hat has been sent from here to India or China, where poor > people melt it down and expose themselves to many harmful chemicals :( > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Steve, >&

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
What resolution should we be resizing to if we want to work with Apple TV? Gary Rosenzweig wrote: >On 3/25/07, Tim Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet? >> >> > >Just vlogged about it at MacMost.com: >http://macmost.com/blog/video-tutorials/

Re: [videoblogging] A question about viewership habits....

2007-03-27 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
In my experience, one-time mentionings in blogs and such is good but will not yield a lasting viewer base that one would expect. Freetime did start to take off after The Vloggies, which was in part because of iTunes featuring it and part the bloglove, but a big reason why is because TV Tonic picke

[videoblogging] Greentime, the new green video blog.

2007-03-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
7;d love to feature you. > >Best, >Carter Harkins >http://planet2025.tv >http://crowdabout.us > > >--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>Hey, everyone. >> >>Amy and I have bee

Re: [videoblogging] Greentime, the new green video blog.

2007-03-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Whoops...wrong recipient. Sorry about that, everyone. J. Rhett Aultman wrote: >Hey...I hate to stound dim, but I accidentally deleted the email >explaining how I can sync up my Planet2025 show with my main RSS feed. >Could you resend it? > >Also, you'd mentioned desiring

Re: [videoblogging] Alternative to Videoblogging Week

2007-03-29 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I recognzine only one soverignty, and that is the nationless nation of Subgenii. I recognize only one propaganda, which I interpret in the rings of smoke which emerge from the face of the Great Piped One. 13013 be his number, Dobbs be his name. An orange is nothing but a juicy pumpkin. -- Rhett

Re: [videoblogging] vbweek is canceled!

2007-03-31 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Heath, with us launching Greentime, we haven't had the time to be able to even think about VBW, but we'd love to consider another week. Personally, I'd love to do a green video blogging week. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime Heath wrote: >Just

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Josh Wolf to be releases

2007-04-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I can't stop to watch the video at work...what happened? The Wiki for his blog now reads: "Josh Wolf is an independent journalist and blogger who finked on his friends when he agreed to testify and turn over unpublished video out-takes to a federal grand jury investigating a July, 2005 anti-G8 de

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Yes. Making QT my main format caused no end of headaches from people telling me they had trouble with QT, so I decided to go with Flash. Dreamhost also offers their own Flash transcoder, but I felt that Blip.tv offered more in the way of social support, such as serving as the mouthpiece of vlogge

Re: [videoblogging] Need advice on how to conduct an interview for use on a blog.

2007-04-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Hi, can anyone recommend any books or articles, etc, that give advice > on how to conduct an interview with a guest. I am looking for tips on > things to do, and not do during an interview with a guest, from the > perspective of being the host. OK, thanks, Ed. Creative Cow Magazine covered thi

[videoblogging] My iPod format is wrong?

2007-05-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Gang, I've had some complaints from my viewers that the .m4v files we generate for distribution on iTunes are not compatible with video iPods. We're finding this horribly confusing because we generate them with Quicktime using the "Movie to iPod" exporter. Could I trouble someone to pull up http

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My iPod format is wrong?

2007-05-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
periencing? Plays o in itunes but wont transfer to ipod? > > Strange! > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Gang, >> >> I've had some complai

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My iPod format is wrong?

2007-05-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Looking at episode 6, it's a little over the data rate limit for 320 x > 240 ipod video. But since it came out of the quicktime ipod preset, I > have to assume that its low-complexity baseline profile, which > theoretically means it COULD play fine on ipods that have current > firmware allowing t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My iPod format is wrong?

2007-05-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
. > > Cheryl Colan > I vlog: hummingcrow.com > I make: whatwefound.blogspot.com > I teach: node101phoenix.org > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Thanks for a little sanity checking, Steve. I r

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My iPod format is wrong?

2007-05-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
may report one >> bitrate for the file, but expensive mp4 analysis software can show how >> the bitrate changes over the length of the video. >> >> I'll see what I can find about ipod or itunes bitrate limits. >> >> Cheers >> >> Steve Elbows >&

Re: [videoblogging] Is Blip DOWN?

2007-05-08 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Looks it to me. Their site is timing out and all the material on my blog that loads through them is stalled out. At least when I hosted my own videos, the blog and videos all went down together. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > what timing..

Re: [videoblogging] The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-12 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Anyone who promotes their book on Coast to Coast AM with Georgy Noory is already on my list of windbags who just enjoy the sound of their own voices slightly more than they enjoy the sound of cages being pointlessly rattled. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.co

Re: [videoblogging] The Vloggies (was Re: irina gone)

2007-07-24 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I strongly agree with this. I realize it's "business as usual" for more traditional media businesses to use award shows as a way to scratch the backs of their VIPs and biggest stakeholders, but I find something like that entirely disingenuous in the case of PodTech and the Vloggies. Not only tha

Re: [videoblogging] The Vloggies (was Re: irina gone)

2007-07-24 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
For what it's worth, Freetime is profoundly unpopular, and we still won a People's Choice for Best Documentary, so this isn't necessarily true. Also, having the Vloggy definitely improved our viewership, as we went from being completely unknown to being only moderately unknown. -- Rhett. http://

Re: [videoblogging] Re: irina gone

2007-07-24 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
No offense, but our Vloggy has meant a lot to us. In fact, it's the only positive regard we ever got from Freetime. It's also the only time that project ever got linked by anyone else's blogs. If we hadn't had that modicum of success in getting even the most rudimentary audience, I probably wou

[videoblogging] "Blank tape detected" in Premiere

2007-07-30 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Guys, When I dump a tape to Premiere, it sometimes stops in the middle of the capture process and says "capture stopped because blank tape was detected". I've become used to this as a minor glitch that occurs once in a blue moon. Lately, though, it's been happening a lot. It seems to crop up on

Re: [videoblogging] "Blank tape detected" in Premiere

2007-07-30 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I am using Scene Detect. If I turn it off, though, won't I have to go in and split out all the scenes by hand? I haven't noticed a problem with it mis-detecting scene boundaries, only with it thinking that it's hit blank tape or something. I'll try getting more religious about what tape brand I

Re: [videoblogging] new ways to distribute your shows

2007-07-31 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
What makes these sites a preferable choice to other places offering similar features? Places like Veoh have offered these kinds of syndication, and Blip.tv also has similar features. Why would I want to use these sites over others? -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weathe

Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I have three televisions, one of which is HD. I sometimes (very rarely) use the HDTV as a monitor for my laptop, but that's a minimal use case. I watch TV a pretty fair amount and own a TiVO. In fact, it was via my TiVO that I found Rocketboom and got inspired to videoblog. I have also converte

RE: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
inton > > CEO > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ > > > > http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs > > _ > > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of J. Rhett Aultman &g

Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
It's worth noting that, despite the fact that I watch a lot of television, I'm generally not focusing on it. Between my job, my doctorate, Greentime, Freetime (still technically active), the ever-impending-event (was my wedding, now it's Dragon*Con), gym, garden, baking and brewing, etc, etc, I do

[videoblogging] Hiss from audio mixer

2007-08-06 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Guys, We've been trying to improve our sound setup, but to no avail. I'm mildly desperate for advice. Most of the time, we've been using a Shure handheld microphone. Sounds great, but looks stupid unless you're in the field. So, we tried to upgrade. We bought an SE Electronics SE1A condens

Re: [videoblogging] Hiss from audio mixer

2007-08-07 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Rob Danielson wrote: > Hi Rhett-- > The sensitivity (output) of the SE1 is 10mV/Pa which is the lower-end > of condenser mics but still acceptable. Noise of 17dBA is acceptable. > It seems to want at least 44 volts phantom. > > It doesn't sound like you are getting just mixer or camcorder preamp

Re: [videoblogging] On the off chance someone has this USB Mic...

2007-08-23 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I haven't used that one, but I do have a Blue Snowball USB mic and I love it. Cheap, good, and rugged. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime Jarod Dixon wrote: > Looking to see if anyone has used the R0de "podcaster" usb Mic for > voice overs and w

Re: [videoblogging] Please help me with Green TV, Lori Lake

2007-08-23 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hi! I can't help you with website design, as I'm up to my elbows in my own work, but I have been trying hard to foster better community and solidarity among green video bloggers. I'd like to link you from my project, Greentime (http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime). Perhaps if you like the work

Re: [videoblogging] Embedding vs. Not

2007-10-06 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Call us mercenary, but the numbers don't lie. Our audience seems to prefer embeds, so we give them embeds. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime Brook Hinton wrote: > I'm curious what others feel about the experience of watching video embedded > in

[videoblogging] Acoustic echo control

2007-10-07 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey guys! You guessed it. We're back with another production-related question. We've been learning to use this new condenser boom-mounted mic in our videos and we love the freedom it's offering us, but we're also noticing that it picks up a fairly heavy amount of acoustic echo when our voice

[videoblogging] Spamming via Trackback?

2007-10-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Since Greentime is supported in (a very, very tiny) part by Google Ads, we did not feel right installing Akismet to handle our spam for us. I've gotten pretty good at weeding through Greentime's spam, but I came across something I haven't seen before. It looks like someone's trying to spam via a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Spamming via Trackback?

2007-10-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
; -Frank > > http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks/ - What are you watching? > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Since Greentime is supported in (a very, very tiny) part by Google > Ads, we >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Spamming via Trackback?

2007-10-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
ores low on the filter's algorithm. Just a guess, though. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > it really blows my mind when the comment spam gets thru > my typepad comment captcha -- how do they do that? > > On 10/15/07, J. Rhett A

Re: [videoblogging] Best sport ever

2007-11-26 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Sweet. Now if only I could convince some people to start a hovercraft polo league with me... -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > This has very little to do with videoblogging, so I'll keep it short. > > When Hunter Thompson was still alive, one

Re: [videoblogging] Making a living with videoblogging

2007-12-27 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
My first piece of advice would be to not have high expectations. There are a number of people on here making good scratch from their videoblogs, but I'm not sure how many of them actually expected they'd be able to make a living of it. It seems to be something you kinda have to fall ass-backw

Re: [videoblogging] Whole Foods TV

2008-01-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I would say not to count on Whole Foods to do this. I like them, and regularly shop at the one a quarter mile from my home, but my perception of working with them on doing a video has told me that they're happy to carry a greenwashed product as long as you buy it. Here's my story. Back around Se

[videoblogging] Sales Recepts - Fair Use?

2008-01-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
In light of what I mentioned about Whole Foods, I'm curious about something. What is the legal status of a sales receipt or the information printed on it? Can it be argued to contain copyrighted or protected information? Is it a public document? Is it *mine* once I have it? Does display of one

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sales Recepts - Fair Use?

2008-01-15 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
*are* things on a receipt that *may* be an issue. For example, > coupons, advertisements and store promotions. > > Michael > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> In light of what I mentioned abou

RE: [videoblogging] Re: TrafficGeyser.com ?

2008-02-04 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Sure...because nobody ever made good videos but suffered from a lack of promotion. Making good videos and assuming the world will beat a path to your door is like opening a restaurant without advertising it. Good food or not, nobody knows you're there. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/green

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

2008-02-08 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Having watched Steve Fishman's video deposition in full, I can no longer support this point of view. I guess I should first off mention that I have no love for the Catholic church in its current incarnation, so even given what I'm about to say, there is no inherent hypocrisy. There are three prob

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

2008-02-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
First off, it's a false binary to say "psychiatrists become the good guys" by anything I say. This is, in fact, buying Scientology's argument. They offer "true mental health" and oppose psychiatry; I oppose them, therefore I am pro-psychiatry. It doesn't follow. I could easily protest both

Re: [videoblogging] Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Absolutely not. When steel and oil were "monopolies", did people pay > $500,000 > per ingot or barrel? Companies are always restricted by the marketplace > unless > they have government protection. Even a monopoly cannot charge infinite > prices > because there are always alternatives at hand

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Steve Watkins wrote: >> All of the distortions and non-freeness of the market is in fact part of >> the nature of >> humans, how else did it come to be this way? > > So is crime "human nature". Should we continue to fight crime? I personally believe "human nature" is a bullshit notion, but if i

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
gt; > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> > >> Yeah...I didn't understand the assertion, either. Game theory >> absolutely >> can be used to demonstrate w

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
ousands of horses to move them around? > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The problem I see here is externalities. If the costs of externalities >> were baked int

Re: [videoblogging] Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Bell is not an example of an entity in a free market. Bell obtained a > government-enforced monopoly through the patent system and government > regulations and licensing that (effectively) prevented other companies > from entering the market to compete against Bell. > > In some countries (like

Re: [videoblogging] Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I would tend to agree, too. Just look at the history of rural electrification to see the failure of private industry and market forces to electrify rural areas, a critical step in providing the society we now enjoy. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freet

Re: [videoblogging] Net-Neutrality

2008-02-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
> Meanwhile, in terms of education, medicine, and pretty much everything > else, > "public run" is a synonym for crappy and busted. You can select an equal number of targets where "privatized" implies an equal quagmire. > The magic of market forces has nothing at all to do with hoping people act

Re: [videoblogging] Net-Neutrality

2008-02-14 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
>> All the libertarian ideals are great, but practical reality has produced >> the >> likes of Ron Paulwho is stridently anti-abortion. > > there's goes my rights! > > He is personally against abortion because of his experiences as an > obstetrician, and yet his Constitutional ideals prevent h

Re: [videoblogging] Re: 1000 True Fans

2008-03-04 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
So, what do you do when you have zero "true fans"? -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > I think this is just about right on. > > I've estimated I have about 300 of what Kevin Kelly calls "true fans", > and I am earning about 1/3 of my living with my self-publishing (in > print and eB

[videoblogging] Low light action shooting

2008-04-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, gang. Yeah, yeah...I know that I post on here only when I have questions. I'm bad. Anyway, I'm currently exploring a new project that could involve a lot of low-light shooting, and I'm trying to assess my various options. By "low light", I'm talking about a level of ambient lighting you mi

Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting

2008-04-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
l stills camera. > The Canon Powershot Ixus 860 that I have is *incredible* in low > light. It shoots really, really good quality images with great > color. It even has certain built-in color modes that can give night > scenes a real edge. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ &

Re: [videoblogging] Low light action shooting

2008-04-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Could you give some examples of what you're referring to when you're talking about levels and gradients in post? Are there techniques that have worked particularly well for you? -- Rhett. > You can shoot at 15fps, which is what you'll end up with very > likely on the web anyway. That'll give yo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Low light action shooting

2008-04-22 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
s blocked but if you go to my site and click on my flickr > badge and go to my photo stream you can see for yourself. > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > http://heathparks.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >

[videoblogging] Canon XL-1 How many hours is too many?

2008-05-09 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, all. I've been lucky and think I have a lead on an inexpensive used Canon XL-1. This is the first pro-level camera I've been able to afford, and the price is amazingly right. So, I'm feeling a little "buyer beware". Most pro cameras have some sort of counter that tells you how many hours o

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for comments on Canon GL-2

2008-05-11 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
FYI, there have been a bunch of reports about the casette loading mechanism going faulty with the GL-2. It could just be a bad factory run that's cleared out or something. I considered the GL-2, but I'm settling on a Sony PD-170 because of the strong reports of its powerful performance in low

[videoblogging] Working with multiple cameras

2008-06-01 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Hey, gang. Thanks for the input on camcorders that work well in lower light. I'm very pleased with my new Sony PD-170. So, now I have two camcorders, and this means that, light conditions permitting, I'm doing more multiple-camera stuff. I just got done stitching together most of the footage

Re: [videoblogging] Popcorn popping, the truth

2008-06-12 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
That's certainly a way to do it. That is, after all, how the cooking application of microwaves was discovered in the first place. Alternately, you could just heat the table, but it'd have to be pretty hot. I work in cellphone development. There is definitely not enough energy in a handful of ri

Re: [videoblogging] A Vlogger's Voice

2008-06-21 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I've put Freetime and Greentime on hold and I'm now working with the Broward County Derby Girls (http://www.bcdg.net) to produce video for their various needs. This will ultimately mean making a video podcast highlighting their bouts, but we're still working out some critical components of tha

Re: [videoblogging] who are the Green Video Bloggers?

2008-07-30 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Amy and I did a good 23 episodes on the topic. When my grandmother passed away in April, it was a harbinger of personal life chaos, though...involving a cat dying of cancer, funny rules regarding me getting my MS, etc. Anyway, we'll return to it someday. It's at http://www.weatherlight.com/green

Re: [videoblogging] Re "Before you start belittling me again."

2006-05-16 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
rob wrote: > Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:55 PM, Randolfe Wicker > wrote (excerpt only): > > "Neither of those videos would have been permitted on contemporary > TV because they would have been considered "offensive". > "Offensive" really means they carry a strong enough message to >  

[videoblogging] Large vlog posts

2006-05-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Guys, how do you handle large vlog posts?  I just finished our next post, and it's over 400MB in size.  The video resolution is already 320x240 (can't go lower) and I don't want to skimp on the sound any more, so I don't know how to make the file smaller.  It's been encoded to QuickTime as a "fa

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Large vlog posts

2006-05-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Gena wrote: >*What are you using to edit/compress? Is it QT or are you porting it >over from another editing program? >  > I edited it in Adobe Premiere, made the final cut an uncompressed AVI, and then used QuickTime to convert it to QT format, as Adobe Premiere's QT export is sub-par in my

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Large vlog posts

2006-05-28 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: >First off: 400MB is just too large to be practical. How many minutes of  >video do you have? The good advice is to simply make shorter videos, cut  >stuff up into serials. This is not tv after all. You don't have to fit  >into a 30 minute timeslot. :o) >  > Well,

[videoblogging] Our first "real documentary"

2006-05-30 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Well, our first "real documentary" post was finished today.  Boy, did I ever learn more than I wanted to about managing large amounts of footage, working interviews together into something coherent, etc, etc. I learned all of it the hard way this time, so hopefully that'll never happen again.

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