Google and YouTube….

Well, if you’ve been living under a rock… Google and YouTube have joined forces. Well, to put it more bluntly, Google have gobbled up YouTube. $1.65 billion!! Nuff said…

Here is an article written not long ago that gives the service a new cool name : GooTube! hehehe.

Interestingly, if you use Googles own Google Trends, YouTube doesn’t seem to be as popular as all that… maybe they made this tool just so they could buy the tube for a little bit less!!

I wonder how it will change things – if at all…

Digital white board

Tell me THIS isn’t a cool invention :) My post name probably doesn’t do this justice, it’s not just a digital white board – its more about the technology behind the drawing application that’s cool. Check it out.

Real world banner ad? Or am I just losing it!

Something Ive been meaning to do for a while now is reflect on a billboard space right outside my lounge room window. The billboard takes up just about as much space visually as a banner ad at the top of my browser window, with a similar aspect ratio as well… the only difference is that its a long way away. And the thing im interested in is how my perception of this billboard has changed in recent months. It’s like im looking at a huge static GIF… or that my window IS actually a “window”, and not the real kind… has the world become a giant simulacra and I didnt notice?

Real World Banner Ad

Anyway, in this day and age of ugly, unthoughtful banner ads, its quite refreshing to see one that doesn’t animate!! (Ed – some banners aren’t all that bad… at least not the ones I make!! Hehehe).

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Flash player 9 for Linux

Old news for some, but welcome news none-the-least, especially for those that are making the switch to Linux and Ubuntu. Read an interview here with Mike Melanson, the lead engineer on the project. Big news I guess, cause with the whole Macromedia/Adobe hand over and Flash 8x player, Linux got overlooked and there was fear that that would be it for Flash on Linux.

So never fear… the future is bright. And some of the things the new player can do… very neat. Just the other day, over at the Adobe Labs they released some new functionality in the beta release, including full screen Flash, no chrome, nothing. Interesting eh?

The Ant Farm

Just a little post to get you all to go check out the virtual Ant Farm, a little Flash fun I made for Red Ant last year.

We’ve taken a look at some of the older farms people have created and come up with a short list of the best, which you can see here.

Go on, you know you want to!

Incomplet

I’ve got this guy linked from the right, but for those too lazy to look, or those sufferring sidebar-itis, I draw your attention to the excellent Incomplet gallery page. A host of Flash experiments, utilising the (not so) new Flash drawing API in very creative ways.

I particularly like the webcam stuff – which is something im going to experiment with soon.. as soon that is as I get a webcam!!

Anyway, really worth a look. Make sure you have the latest blazing Flash player.

Bronte to Bondi – just a few more freckles…

Well, it’s that time again. You know what im talking about, don’t pretend like you don’t! The sun is out, the days are getting warmer, and the red heads are vanishing faster than you can say “sizzling sunburn batman!”

Well I for one won’t stand it! And so, here are a few photos for you to drool over, as I soak up Australia’s best on a long weekend that came just in time!