Category: Video

The Truth Hurts

16 May 2011 No Comments

by ryanin Politics, Rants, Religion, Video Tags: Christians, hypocrisy, war

How TV Ruined Your Life

17 Feb 2011 No Comments

by ryanin Signs of the Horsemen, Video Tags: British, commentary, fear, propaganda

Charlie Booker nails it.

Hulu Plus; more of the same

29 Jun 2010 No Comments

by ryanin Rants, Technology, Video, Web Tags: business, hulu, television

Is it any wonder broadcasters are afraid of the Internet? They don’t even understand it. Exhibit most recent: Hulu Plus, a $10 per month service which allows you to watch current and back-catalogs of television shows like X-Files, Modern Family, and others. Oh, wait, a $10 per month “ad-supported” service, something Hulu considers “revolutionary” and a price-point about which they’re “thrilled”.

Which would be great if they only had to eat their own dog food. But here in the real world, with services like Netflix already providing ad-free streaming (to more devices), the value proposition for Hulu Plus seems smaller. Add to this the ability to already see the same shows available on Hulu Plus through regular Hulu (with the same ads), things are looking oddly… off.

The big sell here is that you can watch all currently available episodes of a show, not just the three or five trailing episodes many shows currently allow. But, with movie studios clinging to old markets and training consumers that they’re going to have to wait for releases, people using the convenience of the Internet to view media are more and more willing to wait.

Essentially, Hulu Plus is almost 3 years too late with this idea. The market has better offerings with more value. Unfortunately, if Hulu Plus fails, look for calls of piracy and consumer readiness as reasons. Never mind the complete lack of any value presented and the complete ignorance of what consumers actually want.

Simply Fantastic

19 Mar 2010 No Comments

by ryanin Cool!, Photography, Video Tags: astronomy, awesome, Photography, Video

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Galactica: Sabotage

11 Mar 2010 No Comments

by ryanin Cool!, Music, Video, Web Tags: awesome, battlestar galactica, beastie boys, bsg, Video

Because it technically hasn’t been everywhere, Galactica: Sabotage:

Wired also talked to the creator, Katie King.

The Known Universe

17 Dec 2009 No Comments

by ryanin Cool!, Science, Video Tags: awesome, Eames, Science, space, Video

I don’t remember where I first saw this, but this is an amazing video in the spirit of the Powers of Ten film frequently shown in science classes.

Here’s the Powers of Ten video.

Fantastic Sand Animation

25 Sep 2009 No Comments

by ryanin Cool!, Entertainment, Video Tags: awesome, sand animation, Video

I’d never heard of sand animation, but I can’t imagine it gets much better than this from Ukraine’s Got Talent. I feel I’m missing much of what makes it moving with my lack of history for the Ukraine, but the art is just awesome.