Do you know of any good open source media distribution server software? (Now that it looks like we can broadcast anything on the cheap Neokast (see below)). Maybe we should think about hosting/posting video content? My friend Kris Sheets of Itaki.net asked me this - and also sent me links. Open-source developers to extend the Helix DNA™, the first open multi-format digital media platform. https://helixcommunity.org/ - http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixdna.html
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Open source media distribution server software?
Do you know of any good open source media distribution server software? (Now that it looks like we can broadcast anything on the cheap Neokast (see below)). Maybe we should think about hosting/posting video content? My friend Kris Sheets of Itaki.net asked me this - and also sent me links. Open-source developers to extend the Helix DNA™, the first open multi-format digital media platform. https://helixcommunity.org/ - http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixdna.html
BAPS Hindu Temple (Lilburn, GA)
They are building a large temple just around the corner from my house Address/Map. Supposedly a highly touted architectural structure. Photo Gallery, Clarkston GA - http://nripulse.com/CityNews_BAPS_Janmasthami.html
Neokast
Neokast (windows only, Xvid, networking technology/not video codec) multicast video, similar to Joost, no video-on-demand or TIVO capabilities (yet).
Let's put that in a real-world context. Three megabits per second is almost precisely 1000 gigabytes per month, which is half the allotted monthly throughput for a $6.99-per-month web site at 1&1. So if Neokast's claim is valid, it would be possible to broadcast American Idol or the Super Bowl or friggin' CNN worldwide for $7 per month.
Here's what makes Neokast different from other peer-to-peer products, especially BitTorrent. Unlike BitTorrent where you are downloading a file, with Neokast you are intercepting a video stream. Under normal circumstances the client does not end up with a local copy of the complete video, the P2P caching aspect of the product being limited to a few seconds or at most minutes of content. This makes video rights management much easier and ought to appeal to TV networks and movie studios.http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070315_001831.html
http://www.neokastblog.com - http://www.technologyevangelist.com/
Ideas: create own network? sell ads? post wedding videos? (social network channels - show/share family videos) but whats the difference between cease and decist, and suing for showing copyrighted content?
Let's put that in a real-world context. Three megabits per second is almost precisely 1000 gigabytes per month, which is half the allotted monthly throughput for a $6.99-per-month web site at 1&1. So if Neokast's claim is valid, it would be possible to broadcast American Idol or the Super Bowl or friggin' CNN worldwide for $7 per month.
Here's what makes Neokast different from other peer-to-peer products, especially BitTorrent. Unlike BitTorrent where you are downloading a file, with Neokast you are intercepting a video stream. Under normal circumstances the client does not end up with a local copy of the complete video, the P2P caching aspect of the product being limited to a few seconds or at most minutes of content. This makes video rights management much easier and ought to appeal to TV networks and movie studios.http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070315_001831.html
http://www.neokastblog.com - http://www.technologyevangelist.com/
Ideas: create own network? sell ads? post wedding videos? (social network channels - show/share family videos) but whats the difference between cease and decist, and suing for showing copyrighted content?
Nissan Frontier - Check Engine light flaw
Replaced the EGR valve -didnt work. What does work for me tho -is to disconnect battery, it clears the computer, reconnect -light will be off, light will come back on if there is something wrong. The rumor also is -get the shop to reset the chip, put 50 miles on the car -after 50 miles -if the light isnt on -you should be ok to pass emissions.http://autorepair.about.com/library/a/1g/bl972g.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Nissan-Repair-825/98-nissan-frontier.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/650-1
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/nissan_frontier.html
Friday, March 16, 2007
YOUR Elevator Pitch
I heard an interesting segment on Marketplace (NPR/AMP/MPR) yesterday - and it got me thinkin...Is there a 30sec exciting elevator pitch for our company? So I can tell my friends briefly - all that we are capable of?
Or an elevator pitch for myself - personally?
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/03/15/PM200703155.html
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Photoshop CS3 - 2nd quarter 2007
http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs3/index.htmlhttp://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
PLACE IMAGE functionality in their products:
the jist of it is - you are placing a reference file, just like in after effects, and if the original file is modified, the reference is automatically updated - works the same in illustrator now to! http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/pop_smart.html
http://creativesuitepodcast.com/index.php?post_id=136195
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/newfeatures.html
Monday, March 12, 2007
Comin back from Cali
Venice Beach, whale watching, meeting Cams friend Greg. Saw a humming bird, a baby deer(doe), and a dove nesting in a small shrub - all in the same day. It was great hanging with my friend Randy in Hollywood at Bird. We had some drinks and nice chat with the locals. Thanx to Rachel for the ride from/to the airport. Dinner at Prizzis where my bro works.Saturday, March 10, 2007
Captain America Died For His Ideals
"We were asking the question, the very, very simple question, which is, What is more important for you, your civil liberties or your personal safety?"http://cbs2.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_069233836.html
http://www.marvel.com/universe/Captain_America_(Steve_Rogers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The best way to teach character is by example.
Burke Allen, the CEO of Novologic (where I now work) sent me an email this morning, and I too - thought it was important enough to pass along...
I've spent lots of time with some of the world's most successful coaches. I discovered that many of them think about character a lot, especially traits that are important to winning—like self-discipline, perseverance, resiliency and courage. They pay less attention to virtues like honesty, integrity, responsibility, compassion, respect and fairness—aspects of character that make a good person, citizen, spouse or parent.
The problem is that even at the amateur level, many coaches are hired and paid to win, not to build character. Unless it interferes with performance, to worry about the kind of person an athlete is off the field is a waste of time.
Coaches who seek to hone the mental and physical skills of winning while ignoring moral virtues of honor and decency too often produce magnificent competitors who are menaces to society.
Perhaps coaches of elite athletes not connected with educational or youth-serving institutions can operate in this moral vacuum, but all others have a responsibility to teach, enforce, advocate and model all aspects of good character including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
Whether it's sports, business or politics, whenever we divorce issues of competence from issues of character, we create a class of amoral professionals who think they're exempt from common standards of honor and decency. This discredits and demeans the moral standing of everyone involved. … Michael Josephson
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer said, "Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character." Helen Gahagan Douglas said, "Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action." I really think this quote is right on the money - Baron Thomas Babington Macauley (1800-1859) said, “The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” And no one said it better than Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – von Goethe said, "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
The best way to teach character is by example, I’ve always maintained. Remember, our character is our fate - we can build it over our entire lifetime and lose it in a split second. Our character isn’t what others may say or think it is – our character isn’t what we may say or think it is – our character is what it is.
I've spent lots of time with some of the world's most successful coaches. I discovered that many of them think about character a lot, especially traits that are important to winning—like self-discipline, perseverance, resiliency and courage. They pay less attention to virtues like honesty, integrity, responsibility, compassion, respect and fairness—aspects of character that make a good person, citizen, spouse or parent.
The problem is that even at the amateur level, many coaches are hired and paid to win, not to build character. Unless it interferes with performance, to worry about the kind of person an athlete is off the field is a waste of time.
Coaches who seek to hone the mental and physical skills of winning while ignoring moral virtues of honor and decency too often produce magnificent competitors who are menaces to society.
Perhaps coaches of elite athletes not connected with educational or youth-serving institutions can operate in this moral vacuum, but all others have a responsibility to teach, enforce, advocate and model all aspects of good character including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
Whether it's sports, business or politics, whenever we divorce issues of competence from issues of character, we create a class of amoral professionals who think they're exempt from common standards of honor and decency. This discredits and demeans the moral standing of everyone involved. … Michael Josephson
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer said, "Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character." Helen Gahagan Douglas said, "Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action." I really think this quote is right on the money - Baron Thomas Babington Macauley (1800-1859) said, “The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” And no one said it better than Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – von Goethe said, "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
The best way to teach character is by example, I’ve always maintained. Remember, our character is our fate - we can build it over our entire lifetime and lose it in a split second. Our character isn’t what others may say or think it is – our character isn’t what we may say or think it is – our character is what it is.
Summertime Vepsa dreams...
I have a 1980 Vespa p200e, but its in parts. I actually asked this place to fix it for me: Vespa Atlanta, 3175 Pleasant Hill Rd, Duluth, GA 30096, vespaatlanta.com - They have and independent shop, and never did complete the job. So I was wondering if anyone could recommend someone to put this this back together. Or convince me to do it myself, with the help of someone else (like you). The parts are: a rebuilt engine, 2 frames (1 good/1 bad), and other misc parts. I am missing 1 wheel and the light (maybe more). Thanks in advance!http://www.scooterpartsdirect.com/
Scooter World, 990 Grayson Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, (770) 962-5221
Scooter/Vespa Related Tutorials
vespa - http://members.aol.com/vespavamp/links.htm
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Responsibility = Sustainability
Why are companies that produce products, not responsible for sustainability? Why are they not responsible for the replenishment or protection of the environment? Why don't they have a program to recoup the waste product, or at least the cost of that, or fines that are bigger than that cost - if they do not comply? Or jail terms for their executives - in real prisons, not prisons for the rich. If a corporation takes from the environment, it should replenish equally. I actually feel that if they turn a profit on the product, they should give back even more to the environment than they took from it. The environment should profit as well. Why should the consumer be responsible for recycling of waste product? At the time of sale, the product should be completely sustainable. When a corporation pays a fine for wrongdoing, where does that money go, and what is done with it? Why aren't corporations regulated by an environmental organization? To educate, and keep them in check? Why are profits more important than overall responsibility? The more and more that I learn about our world, and the problems with it, the more it looks like the system we have in place, is a bad one. I really don't think that it is fixable. Because the good in the system, may not really be good. What if someone created a company to regulate products. To provide a sustainability ranking for every product. Each product created would have to pay to have their product ranked, and for it to printed on the package. Would there be 2 rankings, one for the product and one for packaging? What about manufacturing or production of the product? The workplace, etc? Thx to George Israel for getting me to watch The Corporation.Sustainability is an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future. It relates to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society, as well as the non-human environment. It is intended to be a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, and planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals in a very long term. Sustainability affects every level of organization, from the local neighborhood to the entire planet.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Adobe FLEX 2 - $750 (ouch)
Adobe® Flex Builder™ is an Eclipse™ based IDE for developing RIAs that combine the richness of desktop applications with the cross-platform reach of the Adobe Engagement Platform. Flex Builder enables developers to quickly build rich client-side logic that integrates with XML, web services, or Flex Data Services. With sophisticated design and layout tools, user interface designers can also create richer, more usable application interfaces with a customized look and feel. - - As my friend James put it, A truly amazing Object/Data/Content management piece of software. [The Next Generation of the Flash Platform]
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Today+Politics+Politicians = WASTE
I have been troubled over the years by 9/11, the war, Bush and his adminstration, and the various issues related to our somehow elected officials (federal and state). What I have feeling is powerlessness - for change. And no matter how much information I try to obtain - to help clarify things, it all doesnt seem to be of much value. I have made a decision, to not follow politics as closely as I have. I am still concerned about issues, but since it seems that there is no real value to the time spent educating myself - of the issues, I will discontinue giving them that much time. And now more than ever, time seems short for all of us - so enjoy it, and use it wisely. I await the day where we dont need overpaid politicians holding office vaguely representing us, but a real vote of and by the people, directly on each issue. And with the technology available, those days are soon to come.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Im currently reading...
My friend Jeff Gray passed this book onto me.Very similar to the wild at heart theme...
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2953525
Friday, February 23, 2007
sarah peacock
February, 23 2007 at Smithe's Olde Bar(Benefit Show for Big City Mountaineers) -taking donations at door http://sarahpeacockmusic.com/
Thursday, February 15, 2007
W says be prepared?!?
Correct me if Im wrong but, If George Bush says that we are much safer now, why am I now seeing ads about being prepared for something that sounds like a terrorist attack? If he didnt piss off those people even more...
From the office of Homeland Security (what a bunch of worthless...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJLxUUlGEI
http://www.ready.gov/:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcf67qxf_51dbmsg8
From the office of Homeland Security (what a bunch of worthless...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJLxUUlGEI
http://www.ready.gov/:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcf67qxf_51dbmsg8
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Pelosi's Air Forced One?
WTF? Air Force 2 ? Pelosi One? Why the heck should she have access to this? Bragging rights and free trips for her friends and family? One of the bribes she gets for "behaving". She needs to cut the crap and impeach that MoFo president. Airforce one is for the Prez - not everyone in in congress. Pelosi's push for jet remains up in air - 020707. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070207-123706-5963r.htm:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcf67qxf_51dbmsg8
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