I generally shoot my videos in the standard aspect ratio, but I notice a lot of people making online videos in widescreen format. Do you have a preference for shooting or watching video? If you do strongly   more...prefer one or the other, why?  less

30andout asks if he should try to concentrate on one type of video, or continue to be "scattered." Since when is scattered such a bad thing?

Just a typical day at home with kenrg, in response to thefrozenghost's video paloozaslamathonfest 2 challenge thing. See his video to have it all make sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1a3NQ-1DQs

"Never doubt that a small group of dedicated people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

To find out more about the Change video campaign, and how   more...you can participate, please visit http://www.trews.org/change/  less

Just my feelings on the state of the world today, and the difficulty of trying to make a political vlog that's not offensive or over five minutes long (not to mention the danger of letting somebody else   more...edit your vlogs).  less

A few suggestions for next year's dictionary updates.

The title says it all. (Uploaded by special request)

Oh, and music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com

Yet another in a long chain of "Five Facts" videos - Take a wild guess who I tagged...

A couple of weeks ago I asked for suggestions for a new opening to my videos for 2008. These are the wonderful clips and tunes that people sent me:

Intro Videos from (in order of appearance):
TheFrozenGhost   more...
http://www.youtube.com/TheFrozenGhost
Neotrific
http://www.youtube.com/Neotrific
EddyBergman
http://www.youtube.com/EddyBergman
CitizenStand
http://www.youtube.com/CitizenStand
Justinmazing
http://www.youtube.com/Justinmazing
IISwanSongII
http://www.youtube.com/IISwanSongII
StuKeck
http://www.youtube.com/StuKeck
Yaffle
http://www.youtube.com/Yaffle
EvilSpartacus
http://www.youtube.com/EvilSpartacus
YeuxlumineuxNtx
http://www.youtube.com/YeuxlumineuxNtx

Music from:
MichaelLydon & Ellen Mandel
http://www.youtube.com/MichaelLydon & Ellen Mandel
DoctorMetropolis
http://www.youtube.com/DoctorMetropolis
BlackTurtleUS
http://www.youtube.com/BlackTurtleUS

Spoken Outro by:
OhCurt
http://www.youtube.com/OhCurt

Thanks to Everybody!  less

AS Mudhooks would say, it's Christmakwazukkah Tag.

Tagged by kenrg, I thought I could tell a holiday story. Well, maybe not.

Tagging Ravensinger and alaskainmydreams.

I visited with CitizenStand (Ira) in Santa Cruz and asked him about his videos. He does one stand video each day (he's up to about 250) in which he simply stands in front of, or in the midst of, some   more...event, location, or other interesting happening.

Visit Ira at:
http://www.youtube.com/citizenstand  less

I'm getting tired of the lighthouse opening that I usually use for my videos, and am asking your assistance in coming up with a new intro.

Be as creative as you like and send the video or audio files to:
  more...stupidcontest@gmail.com

Of course, if I use the intro or theme music you create I will give you full credit.

Or, if you think I should just stick with the lighthouse, put that in the comments section below.

Thanks!  less

Just some thoughts as we go into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend here in the U.S.

Can you say wrongful hiring practices?

The traditional "Happy Birthday" song is actually copyrighted, owned by Time-Warner, and they consider singing it on this site to be a "public performance" that requires paying a royalty.
  more...
And so, I offer my all-new copyright-free Happy Birthday song. Have fun with it; it's my gift to the world.

More info and resources...

Unhappy Birthday:
http://unhappybirthday.com/

Happy Birthday Screw You (Kembrew McLeod):
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/15999

Snopes Urban Legend Reference Page:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp  less

Is there a place for poetry and the arts on sites like YouTube or LiveVideo (etc.)?

See JackDanyells' TubeArts challenge here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb0-wV9dPks
and find out how more...you can   more...enter here:
http://www.carmun.com/tubearts

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I saw the best minds of the vloggerhood
destroyed by commercialization, the DMCA, and flame wars
squeezed into narrow categories
made to compete for top honors
against networks content
and still failing to connect

Would the beats have thrived here?
What categories would they choose?
Would Ginsberg have been a guru
while Ferlinghetti stared at the city lights
with Kerouac behind the wheel
and just let anonymous sock puppets multiply?

There is a road, no info super highway
that leads to true community and real connections
to a place where we decide what matters
and roller skating dogs are but a dream

I aim to be on that road
with Neil, and Jack, and Caroline
bundled in the back of my Studebaker coupe
as we head out for the coast

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Thanks to NorCalCorsello for helping with the camera!  less

Things I hate tag....
Tagged are kenrg, katsknoll, debwal

A visit to the Mystery Spot, where gravity is on vacation, with Ira (citizenstand). It's more impressive in person than on camera. Really.

Ira:
http://www.youtube.com/citizenstand

Mystery Spot:
http://mysteryspot.com/
  more...
Music by Kevin Macleod:
http://incompetech.com/  less

A repost of last year's drive around town on Christmas Eve to look at the lights. Just trying to get a jump on the season, you know?

By Reid Baer

My own warring states
are so loosely stitched
with a bit of flimsy white thread

Don't know just how long
this union will hold
or when I'll be shot in the head

More of Reid's poetry and rants at:
  more...http://www.youtube.com/newwarriorman  less

A Halloween nightmare - But is it a trick or a treat?

I interviewed British vlogger Anthony Padbury to learn all about England over a couple of pints of porter in a San Francisco pub.

Thanks to Anthony:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/ajdpadbury
and to Cat:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/21stcenturycat

A reading and visual interpretation of "The House by the Side of the Road" by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911).

For the full text of the poem, please see:
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/62063-Sam-Walter-Foss-The-House-by-the-Side-of-the-Road
  more...
Music: Kevin MacLeod - http://incompetech.com/  less

Just a list of my 90 favorite movies.

* This list is subject to change without notice. Being on the list is not a guarantee of film quality. All movies should be viewed with a grain of salt. Film is not   more...a substitute for life. But it should be.  less