I’ve been pretty pathetic about updating my blog lately! Sorry folks! Been busy working on far too many projects and Truckblog.TV. I will post an update soon about everthing that’s going on.
In the meantime, I couldn’t resist posting this video. I just can’t get enough cowbell!
This video won’t embed, so click it!
A few months ago Frozone and I went to AMP Research in Irvine, CA to have them install their products on my project truck for Truckblog. Here’s the video we put together!
This is a very interesting video that explains several techniques for image stabilization on your still camera or camcorder. They are all very inexpensive and their effectiveness varies.
The water bottle technique would be best if you are on the go (walking) but if you’re doing stationary shots, the string technique would best. Enjoy!
Here is another DIY camera stabilization solution that is a bit more involved. It is a very inexpensive version of the Glidecam 2000, which is what we use for X7 Media for our videos using our Canon GL2 camcorder.
There’s very little known about this upcoming movie which will star nobody from the original Star Trek cast, Star Trek Next Generation, or any other spin-offs. Even after the trailer you won’t be able to figure out what the deal is with this movie, other than there’s a new USS Enterprise, involves space somehow, and comes out in December 2008. But does it?
It actually doesn’t come out this year at all, in fact it comes out as a summer blockbuster on May 8, 2009 — well over a year from now. It chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk (portrayed by Chris Pine) and Kirk’s fellow USS Enterprise crew members. You may have seen Pine in… well… nothing that I have personally seen. Spock is played by Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana plays “Nero”, Winona Ryder portrays Amanda Grayson, Zoe Saldana is Uhura, Karl Urban plays McCoy, Bruce Greenwood is Christopher Pike, John Cho is Sulu, Simon Pegg is Scotty, Anton Yelchin is Chekov, and Leonard Nimoy plays a tribble. Ok, he doesn’t, but he does make some appearances in the movie, kind of how David Hasselhoff appeared in the recent Knight Rider movie on NBC and handed off KITT to “Mike Traceur”. I can only hope the new Enterprise has a LED light chaser like KITT. That would be cool.
chrisTHIS has the con, starting May 8, 2009, only in theaters.
I’m a huge HUGE fan of the Indiana Jones movies, although I figured three was going to do it for this movie series. Every time I saw Harrison Ford over the past few years, he looked a bit, well, ragged, in his old age. So I was shocked to hear that he’s at it again for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull.” Stars the aging Harrison Ford, of course, the youthful Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, and some other jablonskies. There, I said jablonskies again.
Hits theaters May 22nd. Bring your fedoras and whips everyone!
It’s Hulkamania time again! Yeaaah brother! Ok, different Hulk, but I had to say it. I think this summer blockbuster will trump “Speed Racer” just because it’s not so campy. Based on the original TV series starring Bill Bixby, physicist Bruce Banner takes flight in order to understand, and hopefully cure, the condition that turns him into a monster. Stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Robert Downey Jr, and some other jablonskies. Yes, I said jablonskies.
Hits theaters June 13th. Save our planet, Hulkster!
Another summer blockbuster is coming, staring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, and Susan Sarandon. Directed by the Wachowski brothers, this looks visually stunning, a bit too goofy, and reminds me a lot of “Tron” for some odd reason.
Hits theaters May 9th. Christina Ricci looks hot.
While watching movies on the iPhone version of YouTube I always noticed videos looked better. I just thought it might be the smaller screen. With this new Add-on for FireFox, I think it confirms that there are different quality versions of videos at YouTube. In fact, according to Josh, this Add-on streams from video.l.google.com instead of youtube.com. This makes sense to me because Google videos always supported much better video quality. Perhaps the YouTube player on the iPhone does the same thing?
The Add-on for FireFox is called “Better YouTube Firefox extension” that really does improve the video quality of YouTube, depending on the video that was originally uploaded. I always upload videos in a better quality than is shown at YouTube, and I can confirm that it does work with a side-by-side comparison of two of my videos using Safari (left) Vs. FireFox (right) with the Add-on:
(Click for full size and to see the detail in the “Jason G.” logo bug)
(Click here to use this video for testing)
One of the more amazing new technologies to come out of CES 2008, IMHO, is this 9mm plasma screen TV from Pioneer. Watch this video:
There are some photos at Gizmodo. If you think your current LCD/plasma TV was thin, this is what the future holds…
NBC’s new Knight Rider show, based on the popular 80’s show, premieres this February 17th. It features the Knight Industries 3000 (KITT) Shelby Ford Mustang GT500KR created in the vein of the original KITT car that Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) kicked around with his big poofy hair.
A friend of mine designed the iconic red lights on the front of KITT just below the front lip of the hood. I’m going to interview him for an exclusive story for my Muscle Car Blog site. Should be a lot of fun!
Here’s the latest 2 minute video about the show:
Got a case of the Mooondays? This should pick you up.
That’s a Scrubs tribute to:
Check these out, if you are a fan of “Office Space” (the movie) you’ll appreciate both of these.
Last week I was in Las Vegas all week for the SEMA Show (automotive convention) with 6 others as part of my Truckblog Crew. Here’s the first video posted of the event:
You can also see all of the photos we took.