Sample the Web

Samplings from the World Wide Web by C.K. Sample III

Entries Tagged ‘video’

Record Video with your iPhone

May.12, 2008 in Gadgets, Media, Online Media, Tech, iPhone

So if you’ve done all the fun stuff, like install Installer.app on your iPhone, you can now record video on it. The video tends to look and sound like this:

Bad news: the app found here isn’t freeware, so you’ll have to spend some $$$ on it if you want to keep using it. Also, the [...]

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Mahalo Daily interview with Stan Lee

Jan.28, 2008 in Mahalo, Mahalo Daily, comics

Stan Lee is amazing. Check out this interview:

Make sure you stay past the credits to hear what Stan has to say about Mahalo (*). I love it!
Related pages here:
Stan Lee (*)
POW Entertainment (*)
Marvel Comics (*)
Iron-Man (*)
Spider-Man (*)
The Incredible Hulk (*)
The X-Men (*)
The Silver Surfer (*)
Fantastic Four (*)

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Asus Eee PC Touch Panel Installation: Pre-installation (with video)

Jan.12, 2008 in Asus Eee PC, Gadgets, Hacks, Tech

Yesterday, after several weeks of delay, I received the 7-inch touch panel I had ordered for my Asus Eee PC (*). Much thanks to jkkmobile for discovering that one could install a touch panel in the Eee and for paving the way with his video how-to. Before I get into the nitty-gritty of taking my [...]

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Hulu: American Gladiators Night 2

Jan.10, 2008 in Hulu, Online Media, TV

Did you miss night 2 of American Gladiators? Me too. Here you go:

I have to say, Hulu (*) is pretty awesome. Full videos, ad-supported in the video itself so they don’t care if you embed it in your blog like I just did. Now the real question is: does their embed code break validation?
UPDATE: [...]

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Mahalo Daily: Tay Zonday Interview

Jan.03, 2008 in Mahalo Daily, Online Media

I think this Tay Zonday Interview is my favorite Mahalo Daily to date:

He sings falsetto! Awesome.
Here’s some related reading:
Tay Zonday (*)
Chocolate Rain (*)
Cherry Chocolate Rain (*)
www.TayZonday.com
Also, make sure you check out our Internet Zeitgeist category.

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How to embed YouTube and Google Video without breaking validation!

Sep.10, 2006 in Blogging

So, here’s the code for either one:
<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”[INSERT VIDEO URL FROM EMBED CODE PROVIDED HERE]” width=”400″ height=”326″><param name=”movie” value=”[INSERT VIDEO URL FROM EMBED CODE PROVIDED HERE]” /><param name=”FlashVars” value=”playerMode=embedded” /></object>
Took a while to figure out, but it works. I originally tried the code mentioned in this article, but it kept breaking my site, so [...]

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Welcome to C.K. Sample III's Sample the Web. I am the Director of Content Marketing at Crowd Fusion, an online media consultant, and the author of PSP Hacks. You may know me as: the former lead blogger for The Unofficial Apple Weblog; the former General Manager of the new Netscape (later relaunched as Propeller); the former Editorial Director of Mahalo.com; a contributing editor at Obsessable.

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