Archive for May, 2007
You might be surprised to hear what happens to gay rights activists in Moscow. I’m not … I’ve been there (Moscow), seen that.
Thirty-one people were arrested during the peaceful demonstration by the police. At the same time, the police stood aside while right-wing and Orthodox activists took the chance the exercise their “right” to violent […]
Google has just announced at the AdSense blog that they have started a closed beta of AdSense for video.
Previously, it was possible to get a video ad instead of an image ad (granted you have opted in for video). This one is different and is probably tied to Google’s acquisition of Youtube.
It will now […]
Just as Microsoft launches Silverlight in an attempt to compete with Adobe’s Flash, Adobe strikes back.
Adobe will be launching a desktop media player, which is called unsurprisingly, Adobe Media Player. The player will be able to play FLVs (flash video format) as well as a number of other video formats.
The player has been built […]
It’s World Press Freedom day today. BBC are taking every chace they have to remind us that Alan Johnston is still missing in Gaza.
He’s not alone. The Committee to Protect Journalists annual worldwide census found 134 journalists imprisoned on December 1, an increase of nine from the 2005 tally.
As you can see the main offenders […]
Poor video lighting isn’t something you can only find on the web. Amateur videos of all sorts suffer from its effects.
I wrote a little article on three-point lighting at the Wikipedia that describes the most basic lighting setup.
The three point lighting setup may be simple but it’s useful in 80% of cases - or […]
