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Re: Feline Rewind

mikeypop1 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:16:52 -0000

Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

Re: Feline Rewind

mikeytimons — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:44 -0000

Interesting post. I have stumbled this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: Mardi Gras World Photo Tour

Gicleeprinting — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:37:44 -0000

Thanks eddie, those shots are fine and clean to give us an idea of new orleans and taking a tour of Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World.
giclee printing

Re: Geneva 4 Drive-In Urban Scrabble

Telstar Logistics — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:09:25 -0000

I'm proud to say that I saw "Showgirls" at this drive-in, circa 1995. The fact that it closed not long thereafter is surely a coincidence.

Re: Coworking at the Hat Factory

Kit3t0a — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:48:02 -0000

Hey, i'd love to work there. Can I come over ?
The only problem is what the hell could I do.
Anyways...

Re: Google Voice translates the FedEx guy

rfreeman77 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:40:48 -0000

Well, it's free and will do many useful things besides transcribe voice. I use it to send myself email notes and reminders with my cell phone and if the transcriptions are quite droll you have the actual audio embedded in the email so you just click on it to listen. One of the really nice things google voice does is give you a phone number you can give out without fear because it's so easy to filter out spam and other obnoxious callers.

Re: Google Voice translates the FedEx guy

Beth — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:30:03 -0000

I had a Twitter friend, who's Pakistani, call my number to test it when I finally received the invite. When I read the text translation- my first thought was-WTF is Google doing? Forcing us to decode? The message had phrases such as,'meet Marcia in the lobby, lunch for fun--" you get the idea. But the audio, thankfully, was much better. I have a Southern accent. Imagine the possibilities of translations.

(@TheRealBeth)

Re: http://www.eddie.com/2009/04/07/san-francisco-flyover/

Ethan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:09:22 -0000

The audio track is terrifying!! While you were enjoying the pretty view, it sounds like the air traffic controller had his head up his ass with no idea where the planes under his control were or what they were doing.

Re: United Airlines, why do you fuck me so?

Sean — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:53:35 -0000

I agree. United has enjoyed fucking me at least twice; the most significant when I had to pay an additional $2500 for a "day of" booking - because although the knew the plane I was supposed to board at 6:30am never arrived at the airport at 10pm the prior evening. They never bothered to contact me. Consequently, I - and a couple hundred other "where the hell is my plane" passengers are staring red-eyed and confused, trying to find other flights. Had we know when THEY knew, no issue. We'd have been happily on our way. Instead, we arrived at the United Counter too late to catch another flight. Their answer: well, here's a $250 voucher for another flight. The math: that's - oh that's right. $2250 in the hole. Fuck you, United. I am counting your future with a sweep second hand.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

evden para — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:49:57 -0000

I agree that Creative Commons licensing is choice each creator must make when publishing online. Ze can choose to publish with a full copyright. Not sure why he's so concerned.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ericmortensen — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:52:39 -0000

I'm not sure what CC has to do the problems being addressed here. I'm not certain that they're even internet/digital problems. I think this is about respecting the work, which is much more ethereal. And, if anything, CC helps with that.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Caleb — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:05:20 -0000

Thanks Eddie. It's a stormy transition! Can't wait to see the dust settle and see the new and old ways entertainers/informers figure out how to get paid.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

David Pescovitz — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:05:51 -0000

I'm a fan of Ze's work but I was surprised by his comments. I didn't understand why he thinks that creative commons licensing is related to someone allegedly ripping off the format of his vlog and adding "beer and boobs." The "format" of a show isn't copyrightable anyway. Also, he's clearly incorrect when he says that the bulk of Boing Boing is commentary on something else, not original material. I still think he's a pretty funny guy though.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Jess Hemerly — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:27:46 -0000

I'm so glad you captured this. Thank you!

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ekai — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:59:51 -0000

Rusty: That's a sweeping generalization, and like most, is bullshit. I use CC, but I don't care if you or Ze don't. Totally cool by me.

As for BB.com mirroring BB.net, that's a different issue than content licensing. I'm betting the name BoingBoing is trademarked and actually calling yourself that would bring up trademark issues, not copyright. There's already a ton of blogs which DO mirror BB's content but they don't get the traffic, probably because their google juice is much less sweet and copycat sites are not authoritative, how do u know it's really an accurate mirror?

I agree with you on the books thing, I hate reading books on a laptop. BUT I do think being able to read a chapter or two online does fuel sales. I bought Little Brother after reading a bit of it online first.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

jay dedman — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:09:40 -0000

I agree that Creative Commons licensing is choice each creator must make when publishing online. Ze can choose to publish with a full copyright. Not sure why he's so concerned.

But the danger of full copyright is the lack of enforcement. What's Ze going to do is someone copies his work? Hire a lawyer and sue? Doesn't seem feasible for any independent.

At least a Creative Commons license gives some permission for reuse under certain restrictions that work well online. Yes, someone could still break a CC license, but then you have the community to help you police. I'm surprised Ze hasnt reached out to his large, loyal fanbase to get his work respected.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Rusty — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:36:30 -0000

The problem with CC is not the CC license itself, it's the fact that CC proponents want to force all content creators to CC license their work.

You like CC, you release your stuff that way. But it's not right to force others to release things that way.

What if the owners of BoingBoing.com put up all the BoingBoing.net content without ads, and put in light grey text on a white background the attribution notice. Then they promoted boingboing.com as the ad-free version of BoingBoing.net and people started going to it and the real site (.net) started massively losing pageviews and hence ad revenue.

Just because you're doing something non-commercially doesn't mean that it doesn't have a negative impact on the original creator's value.

And I get tired of hearing the excuse about Cory D giving away his books but still selling tons of them. He's getting press because he gives away the book online, and that translates into sales. If everyone was doing it, the novelty factor would be gone and he wouldn't generate the press. And frankly, most people aren't going to read a book on their laptop (or print it out, etc). All he's giving away is a mostly less convenient facsimile of the original book. A free sample if you will.

In 20 years from now when everyone has ebooks, I bet he won't be giving them away.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

sull — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:06:17 -0000

i dont know how a good argument can be made against cc.
cc is not the cause of blatant rip-offs.
thats just going to happen with or without cc.
and everything borrows and influences everything else.
i dont get his core argument. yet. would need to read/listen to more.
cc does not need to carry the role of facilitating the monetization of net video.
that is left for the creator(s) to figure out.
a video on the internet is never going to be controlled.
a style is never going to remain soley yours. and likely was never soley yours to begin with.
only your most loyal fans will even consider paying you money direct for the pleasure of consuming your net video.
money can come in more indirect ways if you are good at what you do and you are consistent. you can license your content to tv networks if its that good.
but your video is often going to be more like an ongoing portfolio that grows and takes you places. it's not food that you buy. its not clothes that you buy. its not a cup of coffee. its a video that becomes a cultural artifact. its not a tangible product. some may think or wish it was, but it is not. if a $200million film on DVD can barely pass as a product today, then how is a short witty video of your mug going to do?
if their is an upside, it is probably in the interactive video segment. if you create something that is more than a linear video... something that a user interacts with and is entertained by that interaction... then that is harder to copy and more than just the content. it can become the content unique to the user experiencing it.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ekai — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:07:57 -0000

thanks Doc, fixed!

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

docpop — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:58:12 -0000

the second video is marked as "private", so it can't be seen without being that persons youtube friend.

The first video was interesting, but I was wondering if the Play Him Off cat was CC licensed.

Re: Happy Buy Nothing Day!

erin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:50:08 -0000

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Re: Happy Buy Nothing Day!

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Re: Retro video games from stuff around the house

Media Gamer — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:26:33 -0000

Wow, that video makes me miss playing Centipede. That video was an excellent use of kitchen food and utensils to recreate gaming experiences. This is my favorite video this week.

Re: What would you ask Spike Lee?

cmalone — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01:59 -0000

I was looking at school days and I was wondering what is that brothers name that sang you can only be you, and iI can only be me?

Re: Major Ripoff

erin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:02:53 -0000

ha this eddie i love you