Pick Your President!

here's a blatant example of someone... well me, trying to cash in on the US Presidential Election.

Riding on the coat tails of Barack Obama and John McCain... and to a lesser extent Sara Palin.

And it was a great excuse for a whole lot of fun with friends:

Videos That Made YouTube Famous

Two doofuses lip-synch to bad cartoon music in front of a webcam, and Google drops $1.65 billion for the privilege to host it.

To be fair, the evolution of YouTube has more to it, but that's the basic storyline. YouTube's success lies in its ability to give everyone a chance at sharing original and appropriated video content with the world, free of top-down control:

You, too, can make a video, post it online and become an overnight star.

Of course, YouTube has grown way beyond its humble origins. From its very first video--a brief tour of a zoo, hosted by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim-- it's become a hotbed of narcissism, a library of obscure television, a natural home for short-form comedy, a propaganda tool, a front in the copyright wars, a microcosm of democracy (and its shortcomings) and the perfect way to waste away an afternoon.

Whether you're into Richard Dawkins or Richard Simmons, YouTube promises endless hours of diversion, voyeurism or workplace productivity decline.

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Time To Get Filming Again

Trying to come up with inspiration for another short video...

Done a whole lot of research on video cameras too and have my eye on a particular model.

Another Sony and mini-dv as well. I like the tape format and it still captures the best images.

The big differences for me will be widescreen (16:9) mode and High Definition.

The model I want... A Sony HDR HC9

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Mini DV - Still Looking For Camcorders

I'm on amazon.co.uk (i'm in Australia and our format is PAL... amazon.com has camcorders in NTSC format) looking for an older new or used 3ccd camcorder.

Something like the Canon XM2 or the Sony VX2100...

And to get off topic... heard another "quote of the day"

"He's the type of guy who would use cloning so he could have gay sex with himself!"

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More On High Definition Camcorders...

I went into my local hi-fi store as they are noted for good deals on electronics, but not a specialist for video cameras so I still do my own research.

I have been thinking about hard disk drive camcorders as my old mini-dv tapes (which were supposed to last forever) seem to jump an skip all over the place.

At least going straight to digital file I can possibly avoid that problem.

The camcorder that caught my eye was the Sony HDR SR11.

60GB of storage space and High Definition recording...

but... still researching

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Youtube Video - YOUTUBEEE!!! Self Promotion

Now this video at the time of 'print' by "applemilk1988" has been out for less than a week, but already has over 1000 comments and in excess of 100,000 views!

It is basically a girl's monologue about all manner of things from her trip to Japan to battles with adsense.

Here's how the creator describes herself:

"Hello, friends. This is a video about me being disgruntled.And bamboozled."

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Youtube Video Success - Most Discussed

Over 1.4 million views but what makes this video different is that it tops the list at 305,000 + comments. "Macedonia is Greece" is a video that sparks fiery debate within the Greek and Macedonian community.

So tip number 9 for topping youtube video is to make comment on a topic that is emotionally charged, highly debated and raises national pride!

Here's how the creator describes himself:

"This video explains the truth behind Macedonia and Alexander the Great and shows how they are both Greek. "

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