I apologize in advance to the whole world for this post.....I had another post in mind but after about 4 hours, I didn't like it, so I scrapped it...after about another 30 minutes of just staring at my camera, I decided on what you have here.......hey it's VloMo08 ....you gotta do what you gotta do....
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
24p
Day 2 of Video Blogging Week 2008 and I have already run out of ideas..this is going to be a loooonnnng week..
For much better videos go to Mefeedia!
24p
Day 2 of Video Blogging Week 2008 and I have already run out of ideas..this is going to be a loooonnnng week..
For much better videos go to Mefeedia!
24p
Day 2 of Video Blogging Week 2008 and I have already run out of ideas..this is going to be a loooonnnng week..
For much better videos go to Mefeedia!
Professional
I was up late watching TV last week and the idea for this video hit me....it's pretty stupid, but then so am I........
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
To the Batcave!
When I was in LA for the winnies, I got a chance to visit a truly historic place! The Batcave! Hey I am the Batman Geek you know. It was our last full day in LA, we (David Meade, Glenna and I) had dropped off Susan and Eric at the airport and I got a call from Scott. He told me that Bronson Canyon (which as I am sure you all know, was were the Batcave is) was about 5 miles or so where we were staying. The only problem was that the state park where it was located closed at dusk. Well we only have a bit of time to get there, so we sent off on our adventure! I hope you enjoy this bit of fun. And I have to say it was so much fun on multiple levels.
Looking back at the footage again has brought back so many fun memories from that day. I think this is some of my favorite footage of all time. It may not seem like much, but it was just fun, it was fun sharing it with my wife and friend and it's fun sharing this all with you.
Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)
Coming and Going?
This video is a NaVloPo reject....yea, a reject video during a month where we were posting a video a day....hard to believe isn't it? This video was going to be day 21 but I did this instead. At the time, there was just something "off" with this video and it just wasn't working for me. I always knew I would go back to it. Tonight I did, it's a part of my whole experimenting thing I do on and off. I hope you all enjoy.
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who have Ipods, does the "Ipod" version work? I am using Sony Vegas 8 and they have an Ipod format and I just want to make sure it works, thanks
Professional
I was up late watching TV last week and the idea for this video hit me....it's pretty stupid, but then so am I........
Coming and Going?
This video is a NaVloPo reject....yea, a reject video during a month where we were posting a video a day....hard to believe isn't it? This video was going to be day 21 but I did this instead. At the time, there was just something "off" with this video and it just wasn't working for me. I always knew I would go back to it. Tonight I did, it's a part of my whole experimenting thing I do on and off. I hope you all enjoy.
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who have Ipods, does the "Ipod" version work? I am using Sony Vegas 8 and they have an Ipod format and I just want to make sure it works, thanks
Professional
I was up late watching TV last week and the idea for this video hit me....it's pretty stupid, but then so am I........
Reflections
As most of you know, I turned 40 recently and as I posted about a couple of weeks ago, it has really got me thinking. What have I done? Where am I going? What do I want to do? Who am I? I've also been thinking about this thing we call vlogging. What it has meant to me and where I want to go with it.....or if I even want "it" to go anywhere.....Like I said, a lot of thinking....and well this video expresses some of the feelings I have been having and quite honestly the feelings I have had most of my life....(don't worry it's not a 20 minute vlog....one thing I have learned is that sometimes, short is indeed better)....anyway although the main part of this video was shot for someone else and for something else....it fits my current mood very well.....
Coming and Going?
This video is a NaVloPo reject....yea, a reject video during a month where we were posting a video a day....hard to believe isn't it? This video was going to be day 21 but I did this instead. At the time, there was just something "off" with this video and it just wasn't working for me. I always knew I would go back to it. Tonight I did, it's a part of my whole experimenting thing I do on and off. I hope you all enjoy.
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who don't know, my new site is up. it's http://www.heathparks.com/ it's where I hope to get some paying gigs. Check it out, I think for a guy who has never done a site (at least not a blog site) I think it turned out pretty well. I did the design and everything, (well mostly the banner was from another template) but stil... ;)
Also for those who have Ipods, does the "Ipod" version work? I am using Sony Vegas 8 and they have an Ipod format and I just want to make sure it works, thanks
Duet
This video really doesn't require much explaining....the question is just this..."What do a couple of geeks do on a 2 hour road trip to a convention".....the answer may surprise you.....or not.....
To the Batcave!
When I was in LA for the winnies, I got a chance to visit a truly historic place! The Batcave! Hey I am the Batman Geek you know. It was our last full day in LA, we (David Meade, Glenna and I) had dropped off Susan and Eric at the airport and I got a call from Scott. He told me that Bronson Canyon (which as I am sure you all know, was were the Batcave is) was about 5 miles or so where we were staying. The only problem was that the state park where it was located closed at dusk. Well we only have a bit of time to get there, so we sent off on our adventure! I hope you enjoy this bit of fun. And I have to say it was so much fun on multiple levels.
Looking back at the footage again has brought back so many fun memories from that day. I think this is some of my favorite footage of all time. It may not seem like much, but it was just fun, it was fun sharing it with my wife and friend and it's fun sharing this all with you.
Moving from Blogger to Wordpress
I have been telling you all for a bit, that I was going to talk about my big move from Blogger to Wordpress. Not only that but why I moved, some tips and tricks and so on. Well the day is finally here. I use Show in a Box and Vpip and most of what I talk about pertains to that. The video is a screencast I did that helps explain a few things about getting you vlog to work right after you move. But the real meat of the process is below.
So you wanna move your Vlog from Blogger to Wordpress? The first question you should ask yourself is why? I mean it, why do you want to change? Because after moving my vlog, I can tell you its not just a straight copy and paste kind of thing. Its gonna to take some work, things are going to go wrong. So if you are moving it, just to move itit may not be the right thing to do.
I moved because I wanted more control over how my videos played on my site, I wanted my vlog site to look more like a real website and I wanted to use Show in a Box and Vpip the way they were meant to be used. I wanted to be able to offer different feeds and to give people choice in how they see my videos. So basicly I wanted more choice.
Now if you still want to move, here are some of the things I found out, went through, etc. Now a blog move is pretty easy, text, links etc will come over fine. Its when you have media, some scripts, even some HTML that are associated with your media, in my case videos, that is when things get a bit wonky. I will do my best to explain everything.
I am going to assume that you have already got your domain name and hosting and have already put Wordpress on your site. If not, check out the tutorials on Show in a Box. They do a good job of getting you to that point. Now the first thing you are going to want to do after that is import your vlog from Blogger and luckly Wordpress makes this handy, dandy importer. There is just one problemits doesnt work with the new version of Blogger, (maybe, I have heard a few different reports but from what I can see, what I am going to explain is what most of you will have to do, at the moment anyway). Yes thats right, it says you can but you cant. There is a work-around though. You will need to go to Wordpress.com and create a free blog account. (Yes I am aware that Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com are by the same group, Wordpress.com has fixed the bug) After you have created you free wordpress.com account, import your blogger blog. This is pretty straight forward, you will see the status of your blog importing. Once that is done, you then want to Export your new blog from Wordpress. This creates an XML file that you will save to your desktop, once that is done, go back to your wordpress blog you have on your own domain and select import and then select the import a Wordpress blog. After that is done, you will now have your old vlog on your new site.
Now from here you can do a couple of things, you can select a brand new theme from the many themes that are out there. Make sure they are widget friendly though. Or you can select the Show in a Box themes that have a few different options, these are all widget ready. Its up to you, but why not use the Show in the Box stuff? Its fun! Now if you are wondering how you get these custom themes and widgets into your new site, get an FTP program, filezilla is good for the PC, and Cyberduck for the Mac. Just get one, you will need it, trust me. Again getting a theme is fairly straight forward. If you pick a pre-designed theme, the next stuff is pretty easy. If you want to really tweak out the site, visit the Show in a Box forums for help, if you dont know CSS, HTML, etc. (I dont know a lot myself, I asked for a lot of help.
Ok, the next part is best explained by my screencast, so check it out now.
See how easy all this is! Its going to take you a while to get all of your media to work like you want it. It took me about a week, of course I had over 2 ½ years of posts and video to work on. Its gonna take some time, it just will. Ok, thats about it for now. Yes there is a lot more you can do, create pages, etc. But this I think is a good start and how to do those things are fairly easy to do.
So to sum up, if you wanna move your blog from blogger to a self hosted Wordpress site, you will need the following.
Your own domain name and a web hosting plan
Wordpress.org software
Show in a Box (optional)
An FTP client
Lots of patience
I cant stress the last one enough. I hope you all found this useful and till next time.later, gator!
Professional
I was up late watching TV last week and the idea for this video hit me....it's pretty stupid, but then so am I........
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Test 3
For more information about this video go here. I gotta say I think this is one of my bests. This goes back to some other videos my buddy and I did. We started talking about all this last Aug on our way home from Wizard World Chicago. It's an idea that would not die, (that's funny when you think about it) anyway I hope you all like it.
And how cool is this, except for the pics all footage is from the internet archive. The Internet Archive, it's for all of us!
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Test 2
This past Friday and Saturday we got hit with a pretty major winter storm. I thought I would share. Oh and this week you may see not one but TWO videos. I am working on something so BIG, so HUGE, so MOTHER FREAKIN awesomne....my heart is beating out of my chest just thinking about it. So be prepared!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I might have oversold it a "bit"....... ;)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Some testing for importing my vlog
When I was in LA for the winnies, I got a chance to visit a truly historic place! The Batcave! Hey I am the Batman Geek you know. It was our last full day in LA, we (David Meade, Glenna and I) had dropped off Susan and Eric at the airport and I got a call from Scott. He told me that Bronson Canyon (which as I am sure you all know, was were the Batcave is) was about 5 miles or so where we were staying. The only problem was that the state park where it was located closed at dusk. Well we only have a bit of time to get there, so we sent off on our adventure! I hope you enjoy this bit of fun. And I have to say it was so much fun on multiple levels.
Looking back at the footage again has brought back so many fun memories from that day. I think this is some of my favorite footage of all time. It may not seem like much, but it was just fun, it was fun sharing it with my wife and friend and it's fun sharing this all with you.
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