In this post, I’m going to compare two online PowerPoint hosting services (like YouTube, but for your slideshows) — SlideBoom and SlideShare — by looking at details regarding:
Another interesting video… this one’s actually funny — at least for geeks and other people who use their computer a lot.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.If you have any interesting videos, leave a comment. (And in response to certain people, I will not rickroll anyone! Don’t try to rickroll me either.)
I recently found this video of Steve Jobs unveiling the Macintosh in 1984. It’s a very interesting video to watch, particularly 24 years later.
Still, it’s not hard to believe that this amazing machine was such an important milestone.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.Can you believe Bill Gates claimed credit for inventing the Personal Computer?
If you like this, you should rate the post/video (thumbs up), leave a comment, bookmark this post, and/or check out the Apple iMac 20-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
This is indeed a political issue, and one of great importance. In this recently-declassified and released video, a senior CSIS spy and a foreign affairs official, as well as a woman from the CIA, are questioning Khadr at Guantanamo Bay.
It has sparked outrage and has also made some feel that this “terrorist” is being treated fairly.
You should know, though, that Pentagon papers accidentally released in February of this year showed that even though Khadr was present during the firefight in which a grenade killed a U.S. soldier, there was no evidence they had which proved that he threw the grenade.
Watch and vote.
EDIT: apparently YouTube removed the interrogation video. Hmm…
It was intended to be a parody of his real life, but it ended up seriously injuring him.
The message isn’t “don’t take risks” — it’s “be careful”. This professional stuntman and video creator (very popular on YouTube) had practised the car stunt attempted below for three times without issue before filming, yet on this particular shoot, he flipped over and fractured his hand.
You can watch it on Vimeo in HD or download the true 720p HD file.
Another message: make sure you have health insurance; “Mr. Safety” doesn’t, and his fracture cost him heftily.
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Most of you probably do not know that classical music is a passion of mine. In February of this year, Benjamin Zander (conductor of the Boston Philharmonic) gave an inspiring, beautiful, and fascinating talk at the TED conference. Here is the video, released this month.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.I personally think that this man is a genius in his methodology. Watch this video, and you too will be convinced that classical music does what few other musical genres can — inspire, move, and motivate.
There’s a good reason that I like free stuff and you should, too.
One of the amazing things that the Internet has led to is the ease of publishing to the World Wide Web. No longer do you have to be a large media outlet to get the word out and to publish content.
Blogging has capitalized on this freedom on the Internet, allowing (literally) hundreds of millions of people to create their individual online presences. That’s why there’s so much content that can be accessed, and one of the reasons why Google has billions of pages in its index.
I think it’s an interesting question. Sure, you (probably) have to pay a monthly fee to get your Internet access, but you’re usually not charged by the blogger to read his or her content. In other words, posts on blogs are valuable content given away for free.
There are many free services like WordPress.com, Blogger, and even my own PersonalLog which let you easily get your site on the Web. That means that a good portion of those “hundreds of millions of people” don’t have to pay anything to get their site on the Web.
Of course, those free services aren’t without costs to operate; they need some sort of return on their investment on the infrastructure to keep the service going. That’s exactly why WordPress.com offers upgrades (eg. CSS customization, domain names, storage upgrades, etc).
In other words, it doesn’t cost you or the blogger to read a blog that is hosted for free by these services.
Then let’s take a look at people who need to pay for shared hosting or those who have dedicated servers to run their blogs. This blog, for instance, depends on paid hosting.
Most of the blogs like Frederick’s Timelog don’t charge the end-users to read or access their content.
Most of us need to support our hosting, too; that’s why we often need advertisers and sponsors to keep the blogs on the Web.
In other words, it doesn’t cost you to read a blog that needs paid hosting, and the cost incurred by offering this FREE content to you is recovered through a third party – the advertiser.
Blogging is an amazing way of getting content on the Web and also a great way for ordinary non-bloggers to read free content. The non-bloggers are getting the content without having to pay the bloggers, even though they’re driving up costs. The bloggers act as an intermediary between the cost-incurring readers (you) and the cost-paying advertisers.
The advertisers aren’t just losing their money for no reason, though; they either promote their image or entice you to take action (ie. sign up or purchase something).
Thus, in this case, free stuff (or what appears to be “free”) is good for all parties.
