Take a look at this old video here. It is in black and white, and it is shaky as it is flickery. However, you will notice the restored footage looks like it was shot on a tripod.
Granted, it isn't perfectly still, but it's better than what was there before. This ...
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March 18th, 2011 | Posted in Software | Comments Off

Who is this man? He is Evan Emory, and because of a YouTube video he made, he could face 20 years in prison.
What was his crime? He sung a sexually explicit song to a classroom full of elementary school students. Actually, he claims that he didn't. All he did ...
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February 19th, 2011 | Posted in Culture, General Tips | Comments Off

Though I have never made a vid this long, I am told that YouTube has a 15 minute length restriction.
Of course, there are a lot of content partners that break that rule, so it probably won't be too long before the average Joe gets access to a longer YouTube video length.
There ...
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December 10th, 2010 | Posted in Software | Comments Off

The variants of Hello Kitty-themed devices continue to come out and now we have another Hello Kitty inspired camcorder for you. Exemode unveils the Hello Kitty DV520KT, a simple 5MP CMOS camcorder which is made more for the young girls of our time.
The Hello Kitty DV520KT camcorder can record videos at 640x320 at 30 fps ...
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June 15th, 2010 | Posted in Camcorder | Comments Off

There have been some screenshots of a new YouTube toolbar with "LiveStream" written on it.
I believe the this was found on a YouTube employee's help page, and perhaps this is part of their efforts to do more live events such as Tiger Woods confession.
If there is a way to do Live ...
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June 4th, 2010 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Toshiba offers the Camileo S20, a super slim HD camcorder packed with a 5MP CMOS sensor. It comes with a 4X digital zoom in 720p, a 3.0 rotating LCD screen and a SD/SDHC card slot which can store up to 32GB.
The Toshiba Camileo S20 shoots in H.264, offering video stabilization in 720p and below, ...
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April 5th, 2010 | Posted in Camcorder | Comments Off
You might be wondering why I have this shirtless man with this lecture on how to get the most out of your razors here. He probably didn't get a lot of hits until it was discovered that turning on the closed captions produces a very bizarre translation. You might need to click on ...
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March 29th, 2010 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

YouTube has recently started a new feature which allows the user to turn on closed captions. It isn't available on every video, and it is beta.
It is very obviously in beta too. You should see some of the hilarious combinations of words that they can come up with. This is ...
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March 9th, 2010 | Posted in business, Uncategorized | Comments Off

The one thing I don't understand about YouTube is how they can possibly scan the thousands of downloaded videos for X-rated content? Is there a computer that can figure out what nudity looks like?
Well, however they do it, everyone's favorite video sharing site has figured out a way to screen those Not Safe for ...
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February 15th, 2010 | Posted in Software | Comments Off

Attention all independent filmmakers! If you want to see the Sundance film festival, and can't afford to go to it yourself, I have a low budget option.
Yes, you will have to pay to for it, but YouTube wants to charge users to watch five films from the 2009 and 2010 Sundance Film ...
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January 22nd, 2010 | Posted in business, Uncategorized | 1 Comment