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HotForWords Forums » Topic: Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:40:27 +0000 leoNard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13302 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:48:45 +0000 leoNard 13302@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/KatarinaWitt-IAA2009.jpg">...one of another choice for the cOOlest LADY of THE WORlD leoNard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13301 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:11:58 +0000 leoNard 13301@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNa8wSbmaQ">The Lovell Sisters at Flavorfest sing Teardrop at 4 oclock. This band just keeps getting better and better</a> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P91_H690z4">Woman is the mother/Slave of the World - John Lennon - Live in New York City - 1972</a> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24B5wmF8_U0">null <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24B5wmF8_U0">M O T H E R...rehtom...mother</a><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Yoko_Ono_2007.jpg">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~interNational Harvest? <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> BULL PUSSY <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/files/hfw-valentines-2010.jpg"> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13300 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:09:46 +0000 pedanticKarl 13300@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Today, March 8, 2010 is International Women's Day and I am honoring one of the most special women, Marina Orlova It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. With greatest admiration and respect to the greatest woman in the Universe, Marina Orlova also known as HotForWords <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2im5dw4.jpg"> <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.internationalwomensday.com/</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day</a> On the following link there is a video at the top of the page from the news organization Russia Today, which describes women's day in Russia. Women's Day had its roots as early as 1908 with women campaigning for voting rights and in 1913 Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913 which later was moved to March 8. <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13151 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:44 +0000 pedanticKarl 13151@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Feb 22, 2010 Thank you to logischabbaubar a subscriber on this website for bringing this article to my attention. The German news magazine called Spiegel Online has a section which covers articles of interest regarding what is happening on YouTube. Spiegle (translates to mirror) has done several articles on Marina. Today, they are covering 12 YouTube videos representing the unusual and what they term as "anti-program", which I presume could imply trend-counter trend videos that create lots of interest. <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fweb%2F0%2C1518%2C678167-8%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&swap=1"> Five years YouTube: (Google translated) Part 8: Calculated success - good linguistic instruction is dependent on the quality of teacher <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/30vgjdi.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,678167-8,00.html"> This is the link to the original article in German.</a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fweb%2F0%2C1518%2C678167-8%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&swap=1">This is the Google translated link.</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12724 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:29:58 +0000 pedanticKarl 12724@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Posted on Jan 18, 2010 VidCon 2010 What: A 3 day conference of video makers in the online video industry. Where: HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA, LOS ANGELES When: JULY 9-11, 2010 WHAT IS VIDCON (from the VidCon website) Vid-Con is a three-day conference bringing together the brightest lights in the billion-views-a-day community known as the online video industry. Join us at the first ever gathering of the most influential and popular independent video makers online and the communities that have made them a force in the world. Online video has no analogous medium. It is an entirely new form of entertainment and it's spawning new genres and growing extremely quickly. We in online video have no interest in passive entertainment. We want to be engaged emotionally and socially. As the amount of content easily available becomes infinite, social interactions become by far the most significant way of sharing and experiencing video. Read more at the VidCon website: <a href="http://www.vidcon2010.com/">vidcon2010.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/vidcon">twitter.com/vidcon</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12625 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:31:41 +0000 pedanticKarl 12625@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/610180545/logo_bigger.png"> What: The 2nd Annual Shorty Awards The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. These unique awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. The Shorty Awards are a worldwide effort to engage hundreds of thousands of Twitter users to identify the best people and organizations on Twitter. When: Nomination period: Now, Jan 11, 2010 through February 2010. A specific date has not been set. Process: Five nominees will be selected as finalists in each category in Feb. Winners will be determined by a combination of popular vote and by members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences. Voting Only one person and one category per tweet. Voting for the same person in the same category more than once just replaces the text of your original vote. Read the official rules here: <a href="http://shortyawards.com/rules">shortyawards.com/rules</a> See examples of the voting below. Make sure you put a reason or the vote will not count. To stay abreast of what is happening to the votes, go to the HotForWords profile on the Shorty Awards site. There you will see who has voted for the nomination so far. You can also use their voting box to cast your vote or use your favorite Twitter client. <a href="http://shortyawards.com/hotforwords">shortyawards.com/hotforwords</a> How to Vote: You MUST add a reason as I have shown in the example or else the vote will not count. The reason is checked for sincerity. You can either copy my example or add your own reason. Long message Tweet Vote: I nominate @HotForWords for a Shorty Award in #education because Marina makes learning about words fun! <a href="http://bit.ly/shorty" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/shorty</a> Short Message Tweet Vote: #shortyawards @HotForWords #education learning about words is fun! Notes: At this time, the leader in the education category has 2,500+ votes. Get everyone to vote for HotForWords and that number can be exceeded. You can also create a new category by replacing the word education in the tweets above. Read the official rules or you can also contact me if you have questions. <a href="http://shortyawards.com/rules">shortyawards.com/rules</a>   neuroway on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12603 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:29:24 +0000 neuroway 12603@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Brainwaves - The Shutterstock. <img src="http://brainwaves.corante.com/shutterstock_2149425.jpg"> Arbeit Macht Frei. Oh Really? pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12583 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:46 +0000 pedanticKarl 12583@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ EG'2010 What: EG Conference Where: Monterey, California When: January 21-23, 2010 The EG'2010 or the Entertainment Gathering will be held in Monterey, California. It is a fourth in a series of conferences that draw together the best creative forces in our society. EG celebrates the most creative and uniquely American entertainment industries. They are the breeder reactors for talents, technologies and ideas that inspire many of the boldest trends in our culture. It is an intimate annual gathering of the most creative talents in our culture, sharing insight & drawing inspiration and Marina Orlova aka HotForWords will be one of the presenters. Scroll down the list of presenters to see Marina's listing. <a href="http://ark.the-eg.com/presenters/2010-presenters.html">ark.the-eg.com/presenters/2010-presenters.html</a> <code> Website: <a href="http://www.the-eg.com/">the-eg.com</a> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/egtweet">twitter.com/egtweet</a> Twitter Group: #EG10 </code> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11941 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:31 +0000 pedanticKarl 11941@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9756">Continued from appearance #8</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9c7iiJs7o"> O'Reilly Factor: 9th appearance: October 29, 2009 - Halloween words Click image to see video <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/i5ymhw.jpg"></a> Keywords: Halloween is short for "all hallow even" or eve of all saints day; even means eve where evening comes from as well; it was a Celtic festival called Samhein / Samhain summer's end, beginning of life's end, death starts; dress up as ghosts; Pope Gregory III changed All Saint's Day from May 13 to Nov 1; trick or treat versus trick and treat; Halloween was brought to America in 1930's; kids would threaten homeowners to give them treats; Jack-o-lantern refers to an Irishman named Jack who liked to play tricks on people who then tricked the devil not to take his soul after he dies; after Jack dies, he is in limbo between heaven and hell walking around with a lit coal in a carved out turnip; Nightmare - mare comes from incubus, a goblin or the devil who would suffocate you in your sleep; Werewolf - man wolf; wer comes from Anglo-Saxon meaning man; wif means woman; pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11896 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:04 +0000 pedanticKarl 11896@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Nov 18, 2009 HotForWords was nominated for final voting in Mashable's Open Web Awards!!! Please vote for HotForWords in the "Most Educational to Follow" category. Please vote every day! November 18th through December 13th, 2009 Click the image or click the link below to take you to the voting. <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36"><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/owa/img/OWA_300x250_vote_me.png"></a> <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36">mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11566 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:20:19 +0000 pedanticKarl 11566@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Marina's recent visit to NYC included appearances on several radio shows such as • Sirius XM Ch. 111 Cosmo Radio • Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710, NYC • Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710 Radio NYC - Oct 27, 2009 Joey chats with YouTube sensation Marina Orlova, principal George Albano, teacher Mary Anderson and pianist Katya Grinova (Russian Romantic Pianist) about words and their origins. Scroll down to photo of Marina. <a href="http://www.wor710.com/pages/46264">wor710.com/pages/46264</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.wor710.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=4120866"> MP3 download link</a> Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC, Oct 28, 2009 Marina talks about the origins of several words, her book, YouYube and interesting tidbits about her experiences. Very interesting. Playlist entry: October 28, 2009 ET <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582">eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/m3uhandler.ashx?ContentID=1270&PlayListID=13127">playlist link</a>. (Windows only?) pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11237 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:01:48 +0000 pedanticKarl 11237@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/10/search-comments-on-youtube-in-real-time.html">Search Comments on YouTube in Real-Time</a> Monday, October 19, 2009 (Partial Text) Today, Comments Search moves into Test Tube, the place where our engineers and developers test out new features and gather data and feedback before pushing them out to a wider audience. This feature allows you to search the comments people are making on YouTube in real time. The full comment will appear on a continuously updated results page, and "trending topics" indicates the hottest topics of conversation on YouTube at that particular moment. <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354485,00.asp">YouTube Copies Twitter with 'Trending Topics'</a> 10.20.09 Originally posted on: <a href="http://www.appscout.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.appscout.com/</a> (Partial text) Trending topics? They couldn't even come up with a different name? The idea is to "find out what YouTube users are saying" about the more popular videos or topics of the day, YouTube said. It appears to be an easy way to track current trends on the site. Trouble is, YouTube comments are widely regarded as some of the least informed or helpful commentary on the Web. YouTube's comment search page <a href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_search" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/comment_search</a> Captain Jack on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11220 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:52:31 +0000 Captain Jack 11220@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @PK, Hum that's interesting. I'm not seeing it. I know I can see them just fine. Here is a website I went to to test them out. <a href="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngpic2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngpic2.html</a> <img src="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/img_png/pnglogo-grr-sml.png"> I'm even on an upgraded computer and OS. Might be and image that only exist on your machine. I can see all the other images above just fine. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11219 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:19:55 +0000 pedanticKarl 11219@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Captain Jack I can see the image. It is a PNG image created by Mashable. The generic URL is given above where it says; WHERE The generic URL is: <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/owa/</a> This is the specific URL that preselects the nominating category. <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=hotforwords&c=5">mashable.com/owa/votes?v=hotforwords&c=5</a> Note: It looks like Mashable was/is having some problems. One is allowed to vote for the nomination once a day, but it wouldn't let me until today. Their encoded URL is supposed to preselect the candidate as shown, which is "hotforwords", and that appears not to work. One has to manually key in "hotforwords" Captain Jack on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11217 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:18 +0000 Captain Jack 11217@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ There is no image to click on. How about posting just the url? pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11101 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:05:08 +0000 pedanticKarl 11101@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ What? Mashable's 3rd Annual Open Web Awards Who? I am nominating HotForWords When? Now. Nomination period is: October 14th - November 15th, 2009 Voting period: November 18th - December 13th, 2009 Winner Announced: Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Where? <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/">mashable.com/owa/</a> Categories: <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/categories">mashable.com/owa/categories</a> I am nominating HotForWords for Most Educational to Follow How you can help: Click in the Mashable image below. It will take you to the awards site with a pre-selected category of Most Educational to Follow In the "Nominate" text box, enter: hotforwords Then, click the Submit&Tweet button. Your Twitter account will authenticate the voting. Remember, the submission is for voting for a nominee. Once a nominee is selected, then the final voting begins according to the timeline above. Voting is allowed once per day. See detailed rules on the Mashable site. Click image to nominate HotForWords<a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=HotForWords&c=5"> <img src="http://ec.mashable.com/owa/img/OWA_300x250_Nominate_Me_v1.png"></a> leoNard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-10918 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:01:50 +0000 leoNard 10918@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ To theh*O*t <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> f*O*r <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> w*O*r*d*s :P@pedanticKarl <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Member...I think with all your brains<blockquote>using the <center>[center]the nouns--geeks and nerds, keeps people confused. </center> Why have diversity and professionally "name-call"? So, we learn to be assos by segregation. </blockquote>I want to be funny, but, then again. thanks for the stingy white way of tech and currencies <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> [/b] W~A~V~E[b] <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_neutral.gif" title=":|" class="bb_smilies" /> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9756 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:54:55 +0000 pedanticKarl 9756@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8551">Continued from above:</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQueo7nEnwQ"> 7th appearance: July 28, 2009 - Summertime Edition <img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1zbfosi.jpg"></a> summertime; bikini; 1946; island of bikini; french designer; Louis Réard; vacation; empty work load; vacare; beach; pebbles worn down by the waves; picnics; french pique-nique; pique to pick; nique rhyming ending. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4MTZZLRoA"> 8th appearance: August 23, 2009 - Back of the Book Segment <img src="http://i31.tinypic.com/olouh.jpg"></a> New book out, Uncle Sam 1813; 1812 war with Britain; John Bull; initials U.S. same as Uncle Sam; America; Amerigo Vespuci; crocodile tears; fake emotions; Roaman and Greeks were writing about crocodiles with tears; break a leg; hatzlakha u-brakha, "Success and Blessings"; humbles, unwanted part of meat; humble pie; humble meaning lowly; pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9229 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:33:02 +0000 pedanticKarl 9229@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-statistics-coming-to-video-near.html">YouTube videos public statistics - July 22, 2009</a> By clicking the Statistics & Data link below each video, YouTube is now displaying statistics in graphs and other formats. It looks like the data is turned on by default for all videos uploaded prior to July 22 and can be turned off. When uploading a video, the stats can be turned on or off. Being analytically oriented, of course I like the new information. I looked at a variety of videos and it is interesting to see the demographics for different videos and users. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9169 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:05:26 +0000 pedanticKarl 9169@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Mashable posted an article about a Twitter Guide for Business. The Mashable article is here: <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/23/twitter-101/">Twitter Launches a Twitter 101 Guide for Business</a> The Twitter Business guide called "A Special Guide" is here: <a href="http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/">"A Special Guide" for business by Twitter.com</a> Mashable has their own guide for using Twitter: <a href="http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/">The Twitter Guide Book by Mashable.com</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9168 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:55:36 +0000 pedanticKarl 9168@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @greatestpotential YouTube XL(extra large) is a format intended for large screen TVs. Here are a few links regarding YouTube XL This is the YouTube link that one would use to watch YT videos on large screen TV <a href="http://www.youtube.com/xl">youtube.com/xl</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/youtube-xl/">YouTube XL Released; It’s YouTube Made for the TV</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/02/youtube-xl-brings-the-worlds-most-popular-video-portal-to-your-tv/">YouTube XL Brings The World’s Most Popular Video Portal To Your TV</a> Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8838 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:42:14 +0000 Greatest Potential 8838@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Karl Any feedback on "You Tube XL" yet - where does one even begin(?) pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8764 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:24:25 +0000 pedanticKarl 8764@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Google Wave is a hot new topic. It is a hot topic on twitter. The live search just keeps on scrolling. <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/"> Google Wave: A Complete Guide</a> May 28th, 2009 | by Ben Parr This is an excellent Mashable article on wave that goes into much more details and some new buzzwords. Here are some of them. - Wave: A wave, specifically, refers to a specific threaded conversation. It can include just one person, or it can include a group of users or even robots (explained below). The best comparison I can make is that it’s like your entire instant messaging (IM) history with someone. Anything you’ve ever discussed in a single chat or conversation is a wave. - Wavelet: A wavelet is also a threaded conversation, but only a subset of a larger conversation (or a wave). It’s like a single IM conversation - a small part of a larger conversation and a larger history. Wavelets, though, can be created and managed separately from a wave. - Blip (BLIP reviews): Even smaller than a Wavelet, a Blip is a single, individual message. It’s like a single line of an IM conversation. Blips can have other blips attached to them, called children. In addition, blips can either be published or unpublished (once again, it’s sort of like typing out an IM message but not yet sending it). The Google search term "Google Wave" is on a sharp uptrend. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8761 Sun, 31 May 2009 06:12:47 +0000 pedanticKarl 8761@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://code.google.com/events/io/">Google Wave</a> On May 28, there were several announcements at Google I/O Developer Conference regarding Google Wave. This site contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://twitter.com/googleio">Google IO on Twitter</a> <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/wave/">What is Google Wave?</a> Google Wave is a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web. A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where users can almost instantly communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. This site contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/05/google-wave.html">Google Wave blog </a>(not affiliated with Google) Thursday, May 28, 2009 Google Wave is a new communication service previewed today at Google I/O. This blog contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/exclusive-video-interview-with-the-google-wave-founders/">Exclusive: Video Interview With The Google Wave Founders</a> by Michael Arrington on May 28, 2009 But the product is important - not only does it do fantastic new things in a browser care of HTML 5, but it also proposes a new communication paradigm. The founding team behind wave like to say that this is what email would be if it were invented today. <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-wave-what-might-email-l.html">Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?</a> by Tim O'Reilly May 28, 2009 Google plans to announce an HTML 5-based application - still very much in the early stages of development - that represents a profound advance in the state of the art. Tim O'Reilly has quite a long page about Wave and goes into some details. Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8674 Wed, 27 May 2009 02:04:32 +0000 Greatest Potential 8674@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Marina #1 Guru on YouTube <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_exclaim.gif" title=":!:" class="bb_smilies" /> Ommmmmmm Marinahhhhh Padmeeeeeee Hummmmmmmm... pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8630 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:35:50 +0000 pedanticKarl 8630@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I proudly present to you the HotForWords YouTube Honors for May, 2009. Marina is the #1 Guru for the "Most Viewed" videos for May, 2009 and is #9 in all of the categories for "Most Viewed" videos for May with 7.5 million videos views. As you can see, there was some tough competition along the way. <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/e03el5.jpg"> Click for a larger image <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/2qjyjqp.jpg"></a> Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8577 Wed, 20 May 2009 21:45:05 +0000 Greatest Potential 8577@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I think its fun to see Marina go through different hair style changes. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8551 Wed, 20 May 2009 07:27:42 +0000 pedanticKarl 8551@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A Dedication To Marina This index of Bill O'Reilly TV appearances is dedicated to Marina for her many long hours of hard work in which she brings to us, the HotForWords community, new and interesting word origins. I have watched these videos again and again and I have learned something new from each of these lessons. This video series is a great learning experience in of itself. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb19WFhbYHM">1st appearance: Apr 15, 2008 - Bill O'Reilly words <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/30xc4qu.jpg"> </a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: 43 million hits; The magic of it; They look at me and they learn something at the end of the day; Blooter; Popinjay; Jackanapes; Pecksniffian; Pinhead;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lSMUznkBs">2nd appearance: July 31, 2008 - Political Edition 1 <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2usy90y.jpg"> </a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: 90 million hits; political words; political edition; feckless; codswallop; loon; democrat; republican; gulag; "You gotta love her";     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBUvJ_B1ems">3rd appearance: Sept 23, 2008 - Political Edition 2 <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/nbam8m.jpg"></a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: famous word lady; political words; vote; liberal; conservative; William Crocker; tories; libertarian; necessitarian; liber; socialist; socius; Robert Owen; commune; capitalist; sagacious     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-t2vLsI6E">4th appearance: Dec 11, 2008 - Christmas words <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/23rtro6.jpg"></a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: Christmas spirit; words of the season; HotForWord lady; 15 million people per month; discuss vocabulary; 2009 calendar; Christmas; mass; celebration; fesitval; Christ; annointed one; Xmas; Greek spelling of Christ; dreidel; German word drehen; Kwanzaa; first fruit; Santa Claus; Dutch origin; Saint Nicholas; In Russian, Father of Cold;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBsBYoKSak">5th appearance: Feb 13, 2009 - Valentine words <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/2dtndzp.jpg"> </a> video host: hotforwords Keywords: St Valentines Day; named after two priests; married people; Emperor Claudius; 14th of February; beginning of spring; romantic; romanicus; chivalry; helping women; passionate; pati means to suffer; patience; suffering; love hurts; desire; de sidere means from the stars; infatuated; obsessed over something; look foolish;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AbKFC0HwBA">6th appearance: Apr 10, 2009 - My beef with O'Reilly <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/dvk4e8.jpg"></a> video host: hotforwords Keywords: beef; meaness on the net; terrifying; rudeness online; Pew Internet and American Life Project; people are ruder online than real life; annonymity; cowards; educational channel; hurt my feelings; obnoxious; response out of you; ignore it; thick skin; pay attention to the positive comments; ignore the stuff; universal; rough, crude uneducated; rude means lacking of knowledge; beef originally meant to slaughter, to fight; now means complaint; pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8536 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:58:01 +0000 pedanticKarl 8536@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Here are three articles regarding YouTube videos that promote products. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050502889.html">The Video Evidence: Why YouTube Is Concerned About Product Placement</a> The Washington Post - by Rory Maherm paidContent.org May 5, 2009; 5:06 PM Excerpt On Monday, we reported that YouTube was notifying some of its more popular content partners that it planned to start enforcing its policy of not allowing product integration into partner videos unless YouTube got a cut of the action. Who: Marina Orlova, an easy-on-the-eyes philologist whose show Hot for Words explores the meaning of words. ?Comment: In this episode, "Sleep With Me," see that bottle of Neuro Sleep right next to Marina? That's a paying sponsor whose other products (including Neurogasm) have also appeared in Marina's videos. - - - - - - - <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-cracks-down-on-sneaky-brand-integrations">YouTube Cracks Down On Sneaky Brand Integrations</a> By David Kaplan - paidcontent.org - Mon 04 May 2009 Excerpt YouTube has a warning for its top content partners: don’t include any branded integration without getting our permission first. - - - - - - - <a href="http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/broadband/e3i3744fbefe2a504e91db238addd1c4d76"> YouTube: Placement Police Web video company looks for a chunk of integration ad revenue</a> By Mike Shields - MediaWeek.com - May 3, 2009 Excerpt Kevin Nalty, a marketing director at Merck & Co., who produces a series of sophomoric videos on YouTube under the moniker “nalts,” recently received a slightly scary e-mail from YouTube about one of his videos containing brand messaging. But he understands YouTube’s need to protect its business. “It’s not unreasonable,” he said. “They are paying these high bandwidth fees, and they don’t want to be seen just as a dumb pipe.” Some producers complain YouTube is inconsistent in its enforcement. Popular video creator Cory Williams, known as “Mr. Safety,” said he’s worked multiple sponsors into his videos, and YouTube has never bothered him as long as he runs overlay and banner ads during his clips. But advertisers that purchase overlay ads on YouTube don’t necessarily want to sponsor videos that are already sponsored. “We’re very sensitive to that,” said Pickett. Sometimes, producers say, YouTube deliberately turns a blind eye to paid product placements but refuses to promote those videos. That can significantly limit a video’s reach, leaving sponsors unhappy. “YouTube has so much power to push videos to the right audience,” said Tim Jones, COO of digital producer Animax Entertainment, which recently featured brand messaging from Hardee’s in its Nascar-spoofing series SlotCar—without YouTube’s prior knowledge. But Jones recognizes that some sort of revenue sharing model is inevitable. “YouTube should participate in revenue that is generated on their site,” he said. “This is something that would never happen in TV.” - - - - - - - NerdWithNoLife on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-3569 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:34:04 +0000 NerdWithNoLife 3569@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ When AviSynth can frameserve to Final Cut Pro, I'll be happy. Until then, the only solution is huge intermediate files. Premiere and After Effects however, can be frameserved by AviSynth to avoid those in between files, and take advantage of its superior processing, like native YCbCr noise filtering, and inverse telecining. Ever used TempGaussMC_betamod1? It's awesome. Now do you see why I have a PC? You'd be surprised what I can get done on my little machine, on a shoestring budget. I get stuff done, believe me. So for me the tinker toy argument doesn't hold water. And I can upgrade my motherboard without buying all the other stuff again (tower, power supply, drives, cards).