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Reading through my daily dutch news I see my good buddy Marc turns out to be a wanted hacker!!! Oh my god! I turned to Marc here in the office and said, "Dude, you're wanted! The cops have busted into your home and all!"
"What?, Where?"
"Here look on my laptop!" He looked shit scared for a second. Then we clicked and all was revealed.
So Gabe B and I are travelling today to Leipzig, Germany for the Mini experience at the AMI (Auto Motor International).
Mini is sending us to go vlog there. We've got lotsof tapes, mic, and I'm about to go get a funky haircut. I think it should be pretty cool. German Blogger Thomas Gigold will be showing us around, because we are a bit green. In any case if you wanna check out the vlogfest check out, www.vlogbymini.de
Cause lets face it…
Sending me & Gabe to a German auto convention...
With the freedom to vloggin’ vlog what ever they want...
Could be vloggin’ interesting.
BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Star Wars TV 'saviour for fans': "With Rick McCallum (Producer of Star Wars for those that didn't know) saying they are going to be making over 100 hours of a new Star Wars TV show.
So that's what the BBC is reporting. Oh man at least 100 hours of new episodes. My god!!! LEt's see we've already got the Animated series, 6 films, enough making of's to throw us into a coma, and now 100 hours of a TV series that's going to be released of Star Wars!!! I'm going to have to go on sick leave for 2 weeks just to make a decent Star Wars marathon...
On the other hand Lucas at the same time is saying that Big Budget films are doomed. "The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie. Those movies can't make their money back anymore. Look at what happened with 'King Kong.'"
But what I think is the kicker is when he says, "it's no accident that the "small movies" outclassed the spectaculars in this year's Academy Awards. Is that good for the business? No — it's bad for the business. But moviemaking isn't about business. It's about art!" Right Luke! It's about Vlogging and the force is with us!!! I can't wait for the first multi-million dollar vlog. That would be hilarious.
Studierstube.org:
" The Handheld AR project extended from PDAs to Smartphones. In March 2006 we created a simple demo that shows our technology on an i-mate SP5 phone.
This demo shows an animated character rendered live on an ARToolKitPlus marker."
I'm sure many of you who watch the Dutch television of heard of Minister Verdonk (Verdronk) the Minister of Alien Affairs and Integration , and her incredible right wing approach to immigration in the Netherlands. I'm sorry I cannot take this woman seriously. Let's look at the last copule of acts she has tried or has passed:
- She tried to pass a fine to anyone who public spoke any other language other than Dutch. Yeah that's gret for the tourist inducstry. Thank goodness this was laughed out.
- She deported Taida Pasic (18 year old girl) just a few months before she could get her highschool degree, becuase there were some forms improperly filled out. Now she has to go back Kosovo where she probably won't get as good a diploma or education.
So now Verdronk says all Iranian Gay and Lesbian refugees can go back to Iran, becvuase it's safe for them there again. Huh? (Check this link on Human Rights Watch) Well if you consider the death penalty to be safe Verdronk, I guess so. How does this woman sleep at night. I really wish we could just drop her in the middle of some foreign country and have her try and find her way cak to the Netherlands. Then maybe she would understand what it's like to be a foriegner.
For those of you who feel that Verdrtonk is right and too many Aliens are penetrating Holland, I say go try and take the Dutch Citizenship Test to see if you pass to be Dutch or not.
Netherlands: Threat to Return Gay and Lesbian Iranians (Human Rights Watch, 8-3-2006)
Zadi from Karmagrrl vlog is working hard on the "film your issue" festival. If you feel politcal, and want to make a statement, go submit your film to www.filmyourissue.com
Submit your film!!!
This promo was made by Zadi:
www.smashmouth.com/vlog
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Originally uploaded by Guido van Nispen.
A few weeks ago Frank from "frank-ly" asked me to do the videos for the Dutch Bloggie Awards 2006. It wasn't like I didn't have a shit load to do with moving myself and helping Bauer move, besides trying to earn a living, but we said ok. The films were a big hit at the awards, and we will be putting them online this week over at the XOLO.TV vlog. I hope you all enjoy them.
For more pics from the event, check the flickr photo pool dutch bloggies 2006.
I came across Beach n billboard via trndblog. It seems like a simple idea. Get yourself a tractor and start plowing the beach with ads. But who owns the beach? And what will happen to my wonderful beach views on vacation? Some advertising goes way to far in my mind. I'm just wondering what will be next? I mean when I go to the beach now I have the skywriters in the air, the bach ads in the sand, the billboards walking to the beach. I'm just waiting for some big ass tankers to start putting ads on the side of the boats when I'm swimming in the sea. I guess I'll just go m ake my own island out of coke cans and be done with it all.
What to say about Apple's unveiling of thier new Mac Mini and Boombox and other products today? Let's start with the Mini:
Okay of course they were gonna be adding the new Intel processors into the new compact Mac. I didn't need a crystal ball to tell me that one. So is that cool? Uh, I guess, kinda. I'm not sure what I feel about the Intel chips until a few people have tested it out themselves with their own software. I don't need to be another Apple Guiene pig.
So what IS cool? Well I would have to say the Front Row o be able to view all the media shared in iTunes is cool. That includes video. Hey I'm happy about that. But no news on the ability to play video playlists in Front row yet which is what I want man. Maybe it's in there, only an update will tell.
But where is the cool TIVO function and EPG on this thing? I want to record episodes of Seinfeld and watch them when I get home. I guess I'll have to go with elgato for that, or just stick to my vlogs. Yeah I'll do that.
So the BOOMBOX. WTF was Steve smoking when he thought of this one. A BIG ASS SPEAKER for my iPod which doesn't have surround, or allow me to connect to my DVD player, playstation, whatever. Only my iPod. This thing reminds me of the days of rundmc with a big ass box walking down the street, but now there's an iPod sticking out. Great for watching vids on it. NOT! I mean for the same price I buy an entire home surround system with DVD player or a bunch of the Logitech portable speakers, that I can easily carry arround with me.
So I don't think I'll be buying any of these so called "FUN" products. Except the iPod leather holder does look pretty nice I have to admit, but I've seen another one that doubles as a wallet and you can actually watch the videos without taking it out of the case. Three strikes Apple.
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Originally uploaded by Mattie & Den.
Lots of people are wondering what the hell we are up to with XOLO.TV. Well all I can say officialy is that XOLO is a hairless mexican dog with a cool mohawk. That should give you an idea of what we are up to. :-)
