December 20, 2006
New Blog
As I mentioned below, sLop has had a good run but must now retire. Essentially, I am moving to WordPress and decided that I would rethink the type content I publish along with the move. The new blog will have much less in the manner of links (I will probably continue using del.icio.us) but much more in the way of thoughts..
So.. Come on by: Not sLop
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November 30, 2006
Retired
sLop (the blog you are reading) is retiring..
The archives should stay up indefinitely though so feel free to continue linking in if you like..
In the coming weeks, I should have something new up. Please stay tuned.
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August 14, 2006
ITJ Project Beta Released
Interactive Tele-Journalism
So.. I have finally released ITJ on SourceForge.net.
With support from Konscious and Manhattan Neighborhood Network we have packaged and uploaded the latest version and it can be downloaded at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/itv-ism/.
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July 15, 2006
Flash, FFMPEG and more..
Over at OpenVlog I have just finished implementing an automatic Flash conversion for video that is sent in. It was quite a task from getting FFMPEG running on Dreamhost with LAME and AMR support (you need to change your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable), understanding Ruby enough to get FLVTool2 installed and working (another environment variable issue) and building a fancy Flash video player..
I think it was worthwhile in the end..
A Sample: I love NY (click on the Flash Version link).
Next will be making thumbnails with FFMPEG so that I don't use the silly "Click Here" graphic anymore.. I suppose I should still say, "click here" as for some strange reason I can not get the mouse pointer to change over top of the QuickTime plugin. That is a story for another day but the gist is, use JavaScript instead of reference movies. The added benefit is that IE users don't have the extra alert.
Thanks to Cat and the FreeFormed.org crew for the impetus.
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June 30, 2006
Updated QuickTime Embedding Plugin
Due to overwhelming demand (1 person), I updated my QuickTime Embedding Plugin for WordPress to support Auto Play and Hiding the movie controller.
Just thought you might like to know.. ;-)
Oh yeah, John has been very hard at work on the next version of our Video Commenting Plugin. Prepare to be impressed (I am). It should be released over the weekend.
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June 24, 2006
Video Comments, Video Comments, Video Comments
mobvcasting >> Blog Archive >> Interactive Video Blogging Session at Vloggercon
At this session at Vloggercon 2006, I presented the video comments plugin which this video is using.. Check it out. Click on "Watch Video" after the jump. (Warning, the video is long and big)
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June 06, 2006
Mobile Image and Video Posting
Where.com - WHERE Mobile 2.0 API
From the site:
The WHERE Mobile 2.0 API allows developers to add mobile pictures and mobile video clips to web sites with a few simple steps
Very similar to what I have been planning on doing with my Video and Image Moblogging with a (video enabled) Camera Phone Scripts
-Thanks Jenny!
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January 28, 2006
MeFeedia Updates
Videoblog directory: the most complete directory of videoblogs or vlogs: 4770 videoblogs and counting.
MeFeedia starts offering reviews..
Auto-generates thumbnails (here are some from generated from my mobile video blog: MobVCasting":
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November 19, 2005
OpenVlog at MobVCasting
I have been doing something that I call MobVCasting for some time.
Essentially, it is video blogging with a twist. My vlog posts are created, edited as well as posted directly from my mobile phone. I use MMS (or Multimedia Messaging or picture messaging or whatever your provider calls it) to post videos to my vlog.
You can see what I do by visiting http://www.mobvcasting.com/wp/
I am almost to the point where I feel comfortable offering this capability to all who are brave enough to try.
Although I am not ready for offering personalized service (which would entail posting to your blog though mobvcasting), I have opened up a test MobVCasting vlog that anyone is free to post to. I am calling it OpenVlog at MobVCasting. You can see it at: http://www.openvlog.mobvcasting.com/
Anyone is welcome to use their mobile phone to post to this "open" vlog. You will need a video capable phone and the ability to send MMS (multimedia messages or picture mail or whatever your provider calls it) to an email address. The address for this service is openvlog@mobvcasting.com. The subject of your message will be the title of the post and any text in the body of the message becomes the body of the text.
One last thing, your mobile phone provider may charge you to send MMS messages. So if you give it a shot, don't go overboard until you get your first bill.
Please feel free to send any questions or comments my way: shawn@mobvcasting.com
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November 06, 2005
MobVCasting on the Vlog Map
vlogmap.org | Vlog Map | Video Blog Map
Map of Vloggers around the world
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November 04, 2005
OMDS Article
TECTONIC: How will you consume your open media?
Michael Sharon has written a nice article summarizing the Open Media Developers Summit.
From the article:
Two weeks ago, on a rainy Friday and Saturday in October, 65 programmers and developers debated these and many other questions at the first Open Media Developer's Summit held at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in down-town Manhattan.
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January 12, 2005
reBlogging
So, I just upgraded to the latest version of MT and installed Eyebeam's reBlog plugin. Look forward to more content from more sources. (I will tag reBlogged items as such).
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December 06, 2004
Open Access Directory Of RSS News Feeds
Open Access Directory Of RSS News Feeds: Who Is For It? - Robin Good's Latest News
Of course, THIS site is for it and already has a CC license that supports such.
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Hillary support's The INDUCE Act
I was dismayed to learn that Senator Hillary Clinton has come out and in fact co-sponsored Senator Hatch's Induce Act. What follows is a draft of a letter that I am writing to Sen. Clinton to express my concern. I hope that others will do the same.
Here is some background material:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2560:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64315,00.html
http://techlawadvisor.com/induce/
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/004563.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20040618-3906.html
http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/INDUCEanalysis.cfm
http://action.eff.org/site/pp.asp?c=esJNJ5OWF&b=164928
Like your iPod, read this:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Apple_Complaint.php
Please comment on the letter as you see fit.
Dear Senator Clinton,
I was dismayed to learn that you have come out in support of Senator Hatch's Induce Act. I hope that on further consideration of the issues that this bill covers that you change your stance to better reflect the opinions of your constituents and for the betterment of our society.
The Induce act as it currently is written does much to stifle free-speech, artistic and fair uses of media. Imposing legal responsibility on the makers of devices and software for illegal use such device or software will create a burden so great on manufacturers and creators of such programs that they will not develop or offer products that have potential for misuse.
I fear that by trying to curb the theft of copyrighted material you will instead be curbing the ability for individuals and groups with legitimate uses for the technology that enables such to use it. Being thoroughly immersed in an academic and artistic atmosphere, I am witness every day to fair uses of technology that would not exist today were such a law in existence. In fact I feel that the software that I am using to write this letter would not have been developed simply because it includes the ability to cut and paste text from any source into the document.
I believe that should this Bill become law that it will undo much of the progress of free-speech and alternative media creation that has been enabled by the internet, personal electronic devices, computers, tape recorders and so on. Furthermore it will be a giant step backwards and lead to increased power by the media and further relegate citizens to the role of consumer without a voice.
I hope that you will reconsider your position on this matter.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Shawn Van Every
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October 15, 2004
Circuits - The NYTimes Technology Section archives are now available online FREE
The New York Times > Technology News > Circuits
Now I can link to all of those articles that I wouldn't link to in the past because people would have to cough up $3 to read each one.
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August 19, 2004
Somebody buy my Toughbook!!!
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July 26, 2004
Directory of Movable Type Plugins
Now looking for an RSS feed aggregator that will tie into my MT install. Anyone have an opinion on what works well? In this directory I only see MT RSS feed. Guess I will give it a shot.
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April 07, 2004
Tracking the tools that decentralize the media.
unmediated
It's a group blog that I am particpiating in.. Turning out to be a great resource for tracking the next generation media tools and technology.
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March 11, 2004
Ah ha, that is what this site is, a reBlog!!!
reBlog.org
From reBlog.org:
What is a reBlog?
A reBlog facilitates the process of filtering and republishing relevant content from many RSS feeds. reBloggers subscribe to their favorite feeds, preview the content, and select their favorite posts. These posts are automatically published to a Moveable Type weblog.
Only I am not using RSS.. I will have to check into this.. (when I have time that is)
Here is Eyebeam's reBlog, they are the group that developed the software in the first place.
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September 29, 2003
Safari Bookmarklet Fix for MT
Fixing the MT bookmarklet for Safari :: The Daily Journey :: JayAllen.org
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September 19, 2003
Open Source Online Image Gallery
SourceForge.net: Project Info - Gallery
Try this...
Posted by vanevery at 09:54 AM
September 15, 2003
CSS for Movable Type
Update your interface shawn..
Posted by vanevery at 01:38 AM