http://www.yokimbo.com new dad, loving husband, enjoys photography, technology, movies, etc. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:29:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rise and Fall of Twitter has to be one of the funniest videos of the year. And, as Biggs said, it's about Twitter, not Hitler. http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/107 I just want to say publicly that Tumblr rocks, and I wish Wordpress had the same functionality of subscribing to my Twitter feed, Flickr feed, etc, and turning each new entry on those services into a new blog post on Wordpress. I know it's possible to do, it's just ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/105 Ok, it's been a couple of weeks since I first wrote about This Week in Photography and I must say that episode 35 was a bit of a fluke. I've since added the podcast to my regular lineup. The group is funny, and has that TWIT feel to ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/101 I'm a big fan of Leo Laporte's TWiT network of podcasts. I regularly listen to This Week in Tech (TWiT), MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Jumping Monkeys, and FLOSS Weekly. I also listen to a couple others, although not as frequently. The funny, informative content in Leo's podcasts ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/100 Jenny and I watched the HBO film Recount today. It was fantastic! Here are links to a few reviews: Roger Eber IMDb Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/99 David Hobby released eight DVDs of Strobist lighting know-how yesterday. Having been to the his Phoenix workshop I couldn't resist. I ordered mine as soon as I found out. If you have any interest in photography beyond the point-and-shoot, seriously consider this set. It's cheaper than ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/98 Heard this on TWiT. The Godfather Trilogy is getting the treatment and being restored to 4k. And, 4k is four times the resolution of 1080p HD video. That's plenty of resolution to spare for a Blu-ray release. For all three films, there are now new 4K preservation negatives, ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/97 Looks like I'll be using SmugMug for video of our new little girl. Thanks to a recent flash update, they now offer H.264 up to 1280x720p. Now I just have to buy the camcorder. http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/96 I have to admit, I was a little bummed at the news that Ars Technica was being purchased by Condé Nast Publications. I'm a fan of Ars and read it nearly daily. That said, once I read the NYTimes piece about the deal, I was at ease about ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/95 Some interesting things have been going on around the web this week. Wired (Conde Nast) bought Ars Technica (which rocks btw). The NYTimes wrote up Yelp, a site that I really dig (my Yelp reviews). Google Reader just got better for the iPhone. Grand Theft Auto IV broke ... http://www.yokimbo.com/archives/94