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Netflix and the future of television

The Netflix series House of Cards, that was made available to viewers Friday night, is a game changer for how programming is going to be consumed from now on. The future of television will no longer have viewers tied to cable programming schedules that are more about marketing than entertaining, more about filler than

Incredible War Footage

An incredible helmet cam video showing first hand a soldier in a fire fight has gone viral on YouTube. According to the statement on the YouTube Channel “no rounds penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries. This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.” With the development of smaller and

Dad Sends His Son’s Toy Train On A Space Trip

On Aug 24th 2012 Ron Fugelseth sent his son’s favorite train “Stanley” to space in “a weather balloon with a HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS. He was recovered 27 miles away in a corn field and we got some great footage of the trip. This video documents the journey from

Finding Bibi

Bita Haidarian Nossa, has an upcoming film about her “journey around the world to answer the big questions – who am I, where do I come from, and where can a girl find a good laser hair removalist?” If the trailer is any indication this will be on my watch list although I can’t

Avoiding the DSLR Temptation

It’s hard to explain why but so far I’ve managed to avoid the DSLR temptation. I think that avoidance is based on a little bit of hoping for video camera that offers the results a 5DMkII produces and little of looking at the workflow involved with using a DSLR to shoot with and thinking

Sonnyboo.com

Every now and then I find a great site to share. This one is Sonnyboo.com. “Online since 1999, Sonnyboo.com produced over 40 short films, with several million combined views from various sites. Sonnyboo.com has been noted in such publications as Computer Arts, RES Magazine, Ain’t It Cool News, Camcorder & Computer Video magazine, Film