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Opera 9.5 Beta: Now With Cracklin’ Video

Friday, November 9th, 2007

The Opera web browser really puts the other guys to shame when implementing open standards. I wholeheartedly agree with Doug that it’s a shame that I can’t customize Opera’s chrome the way I can with Firefox (you can only go so far with User JavaScript and widgets) - it would easily become my default browser (and not just the browser I test advanced features in). Anyway, those guys at Opera have released a development build of Opera 9.5 that supports video in the browser. This is a big step forward for the open web. Click To Read More...

Chad Vader: YouTube Diversion For Today

Friday, September 14th, 2007

I found Chad Vader last night and finished watching the series this morning. This is not your typical YouTube video, the production value is pretty high. Apparently they are compiling the series onto a DVD while planning for “Season 2″. Each video is about 5 minutes long. Here are the links in recommended watching order:

Chad Vader Season 1

Chad Vader Video Blogs

Chad Vader Music Video

I like how the last episode of Season 1 and the video blogs set up the major plots for Season 2. I’m looking forward to it! :)

Video Deathmatch

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Go Vote For Your Favourite Music Video.

Caught a whiff of this from Robert Scoble. Go watch some vloggers in a contest to make a music video and then vote for your favourites (each IP address is allowed 2 votes). My favourites:

And if you’re one of those who aren’t sure what a “video blog” is supposed to be or do, go watch this awesomeness and tell me you aren’t fired up about it by the end…

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