Stilgherrian’s links for 16 August 2008 through 20 August 2008, collected by a team of unemployed philatelists under a Word for the Dole program:
- Actor’s Release Form | PakBuzz: I was looking for a sample release form which people could use to sign away their rights when they participate in my media projects. This one isn’t a bad start.
- Video Capture and Editing in Linux using Kino | SLUG: Marghanita da Cruz’s notes from a year ago, explaining how to use a low-end (by today’s standards) laptop, free Kino software and consumer-grade video cameras to capture and edit video.
- Is there anybody out there? | VatorNews: A 22-minute video interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, in which he explains the concept of “ambient social awareness”.
- Cake Wrecks: As the subtitle explains, this is blog is about “when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong”. Gentle amusement value.
- Wirecast : Vara Software: “Wirecast is the most advanced live webcasting product available for your Mac or PC. You can stream multiple live video cameras, while dynamically mixing in other media (movies, images etc).” To be investigated soon, though the US$500 commercial license is putting me off a bit.
- RAAF Bases | Google Maps: A map showing the bases operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
- Mines of Papua New Guinea | Google Maps: A map showing the location of (presumably significant) mines in PNG.
- AtGoogleTalks’ Channel | YouTube: Full recordings of the various @Google events, such as Authors@Google. More than 450 of them, including names like Noam Chomsky, George Lakoff, Salman Rushdie, Ralph Nader, Barack Obama…
- Big Things of Australia | Google Maps: There’s more than 145 Big Things in Australia, from the original Big Banana in Coffs Harbour to… Well, this map shows them all. Explore!
Completely off the top of my head idea follows: If Wirecast is worth it, maybe you could wrangle up some sponsorship dollars for Stil Live to pay for it.
@Michael Meloni: As it happens, I do intend to explore sponsorship for Stilgherrian Live, and I’ll be promoting it properly now that we’re out of the “alpha” stage. Whether Wirecast is the way to go is another question, of course, but it would potentially deliver higher-quality imagery than Cam Twist’s (currently) hard-wired 320 x 240 pixels.