Trailer: Jamaica Pond Snow 2010

Also watch on Vimeo.

Trying out iMovie 11 Movie Trailer creator.



Video shot with Nokia N8, Photojojo Wide Angle lens, and Joby Gorillapod.

Globe Food Section Fail: Fails to Mention and Link to YouTube Videos

This article in today's Boston Globe G Food Magazine fails to mention that lectures were recorded and are now available on iTunes and YouTube.

A first course gets high grades, Harvard’s series brought together foodies, physicists:

This fall 13 of the world’s most accomplished chefs made a pilgrimage to the university to hold forth on how the newest food science informs their creations. It was a dream team of speakers from this country and Europe: chefs David Chang, Dan Barber, Jose Andres, Wylie Dufresne; White House pastry chef Bill Yosses; visiting Catalan chef Ferran Adria, and several of his colleagues. The course filled immediately and outside wonks were swooning. For each public lecture, halls and teleconferenced overflow-halls were filled with the eager fooderati (bloggers, academics, chefs, fans). Thousands more tuned in via live Internet video.

Here you go:

Science & Cooking Public Lectures: Archive of talks by world-class chefs

Here's Lecture 1:



Speakers: Harold McGee, Ferran Adria (elBulli), José Andrés (minibar by josé andrés, Jaleo, The Bazaar) with commentary/moderation from Professors David Weitz and Michael Brenner (Harvard)

Globe Editorial Fail: Shows Lisa instead of Macintosh

Lisa, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Boston Globe editorial, "Quiz show: Which network blew it last week?" shows image of Apple Lisa in stead of Apple Macintosh.

#FAIL.

Snow Fort at Jamaica Pond

Snow Fort at Jamaica Pond, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Look at the interactive Panorama - 360 view: occip.it/pt3kv1cm

film - man in a blizzard by jamie stuart

An extraordinary film by Jamie Stuart. Not only is it a wonderful evocation of Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent film "Man With a Movie Camera," but consider that it was photographed during the Blizzard of 2010 and edited at lightning speed.

via [ Dave Allen ]

Roger Ebert's Journal, "Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart:

I shot with my Canon 7D and edited it with Final Cut Pro. Early on, I was able to vary things a little more -- I used macro diopters for the close-ups during the day shots, my portable slider for the dolly shots and also, a 75-300 zoom for the rooftop shots. I was more limited at night because of the weather conditions, so I stuck with my 24mm, 50mm and 85mm -- all of which are manual Nikon lenses. Which meant that in the middle of that maelstrom I was changing lenses, wiping off the lenses and manually focusing/adjusting each shot.

Great inspiration to go out and shoot, then edit some video.

Update:
Higher Quality Version

It says I need to install something called a Flash Player

Teach Parents Tech.

AT&T Don't Text While Driving Documentary

AT&T's Txtng & Drivng Campaign Urges Consumers That 'It Can Wait. This documentary featuring families affected by texting while behind the wheel is being distributed to educators, government officials, safety organizations and public as part of a educational awareness campaign.

A Girl and Her Bacon

A Girl and Her Bacon, originally uploaded by CC Chapman. CC BY-NC-SA

Aftermath: Blizzard 2010 Boston. Windy Shoveling

Interview with Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke on Wikipedia:

Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure.

VBS.TV | The next generation of online video TV

VBS.TV

Geek Squad on call during the Boston Blizzard of 2010

Geek Squad on call #bosnow #wbz @davidwade, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Milk, Bread, Eggs. #blizzard

Milk, Bread, Eggs. #blizzard, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Chris Lambton said no to The Bachelor and is dating Peyton Wright

Photo: Peyton Wright - Courtesy ABC

The Boston Globe has a nice article on Chris Lambton from last season's Bachelorette, Real life.

In the article Meredith Goldstein says:

On a recent afternoon, after visiting the Merc for lunch, Lambton travels around town with Erik on a few end-of-season jobs, raking the last of the fall leaves before the snow starts. Later, Lambton will spend quality time with his girlfriend of several months, a tall, blond woman from Texas. Lambton doesn’t want to disclose who she is — he turned down “The Bachelor’’ so he could fall in love in private — but it’s safe to say that he met her because of his participation on the show.

“I don’t want to put my love life out there,’’ Lambton says, shaking his head. “People from 6 to 96 watch this show. The extent of it blows me away.’’

A savvy reality show fan can probably identify Lambton’s girlfriend with some good Googling. She had her own television experience and now has similar feelings about the reality game. Lambton plans to spend a few weeks with her over the holidays in her hometown.

Here, let me Google that for you.

Blossoming 'Bachelor' Update: Has Chris Lambton Found Love with Peyton Wright?:

Bachelor blogger Reality Steve has made a couple of cryptic comments in his column recently about a possible love connection between Lambton and Bachelor Season 10 contestant Peyton Wright.

The TiVo App for iPad is coming soon to the App Store™

The TiVo App for iPad is coming soon to the App Store™.

Watch your TiVo customer newsletter for details!

via [ How to use the TiVo App for iPad ]

More:
iPad Fans: TiVo® Premiere App for the iPad Coming To a Second Screen Near You

Nice use of collapsed YouTube player

Playable list of Paste's opinion on the 50 best songs of 2010 http://t11.me/IGP-LS #musicless than a minute ago via Tap11Leslie Poston
leslie

I've never seen this before.


Image: YouTube players collapsed to 25 pixels high

All you have to do is make the player height = 25.

Turn My Swag On (Keri Hilson/Soulja Boy/Cher Lloyd Remix Cover) - Alexa Goddard

HTML5 Player using frame embed code

Turn My Swag On (Keri Hilson/Soulja Boy/Cher Lloyd Remix Cover) - Alexa Goddard

Standard Player

The Comcast Xfinity TV App doesn't work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade

Photo Courtesy Comcast: The Comcast Xfinity TV App

The Comcast Xfinity TV App doesn't work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade.


Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade

You'd think that early adopters of an advanced user interface would get Xfinity iPad/iPhone App support.

You can schedule recordings online for the Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade. What's the difference between using the Comcast Xfinity TV App?

Customer support told me that I'd have to downgrade my Comcast DVR, removing the TiVo Upgrade to allow the Comcast Xfinity TV App to work.

Seems like a programming issue to me.

Can I get some clarification? A timetable?

TWITTER UPDATE:

When will it work with TiVo? Thanks. RT @ComcastBill: @stevegarfield Correct it does not work with Tivoless than a minute ago via Tweetie for MacSteve Garfield
stevegarfield

@stevegarfield I can honestly say I'm not sure.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckComcastBill
ComcastBill

Comcast Chat:

Ashley > Is there anything else that I can help you with?
Steve_ > when will Xfinity TV App work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade
Ashley > Let me check on this.
Ashley > You may check this link www.xfinitytv.com for updates.
Ashley > I apologize but there's no update yet here.
Steve_ > Please find out and email me the status. Is thre a timeframe? Are people wrking on this?
Steve_ > Please do some research and get back to me rather than asking me to check the website.
Ashley > Please wait, I am checking this further.
Ashley > You may check is it is available now on your area by checking fancast.com/mydvr
Steve_ > No. It is available in my area. It just doesn't work with the Comcast DVR that's been upgraded with TiVo interface.
Ashley > Oh, I am sorry to know that.
Ashley > You may swap your cable box Steve.
Steve_ > Can you pass this along to someone who can answer me and email me back?
Steve_ > No. The BOX is not the problem.
Steve_ > Please, the box is fine. It's the TiVo upgrade that is the problem.
Ashley > Sure! You can send an email here http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Customers/contactus/ContactUs.html
Steve_ > I want a timeframe whe Xfininity app will be supported on Comcast TiVo DVR.
Ashley > This is within 2 to 3 months.
Ashley > Is there anything else that I can help you with?
Ashley > It has been my pleasure to have assisted you today . I'm happy you contacted Comcast.

Ikea Minde Mirror Instructions: Why 9 7/8"

Ikea Minde mirror instructions, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

What I would like to know, is why the support pieces have to be 9 7/8" inches apart.

How about making them 10" apart for easier measurement?

And BTW, the top brackets for this wall mirror are awesome, they are spring loaded so it's easy to attach the mirror.

From IKEA Fans.

Jamaica Pond

Jamaica Pond, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

WE KICKED A FEW GOALS

We kicked a few goals

Christmas time is always a time I tend to look back and see what things have happened through out the year.

This year has been a big year for us and our members and friends

Our members have achieved some fantastic results this year, One of the biggest success stories is ultra lite together our members over the last 6 months have lost over 1000 kg of fat.

It’s been fantastic to watch these people turn there life around, its not just the fat loss it’s the feeling of being energised again, feeling healthy leads to feeling happy.

It’s the best part of being a trainer when you can make such a difference to some ones life.

Our Australian institute of personal training campuses have been well supported, the quality of our students in wagga is exceptionally high and a lot have gone on to find employment in the industry inside and outside the Riverina.

I want to thank my team at Flex it I can confidently say and backed up by our members we have the best trainers in wagga.Deb a much appreciated year running the crèche.

This year we have fully renovated the Club, Put in all new equipment got flooded and did it all again, a very big year. I have to thank my wife Karen for all her time and help during this process. Thanks to all our members for there loyalty and support you are the backbone of the club.

The fitness spot has joined us at flex it, the fitness spots is waggas first children’s gym so there’s no excuses come to train at flex it and pop the kids into the fitness spot.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my column and hopefully learned something helpful.

We have some big surprises for 2011 and I look forward to continuing the column next year

Here are a few tips for After Christmas

1. Lose weight with water.
Water is essential for everybody - it is also the key to losing weight. If you haven't been drinking enough water, your body has developed a pattern of storing water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.

By drinking more water, you are not only flushing out toxins, you are also teaching your body that it no longer needs to store water. Drink at least 8 glasses a day..

2. Soup up your weight loss program.
A simple dietary change will have you losing kilos: eat a bowl of soup at least once a day. Nutritious, low-salt soups will nourish you as they flush waste from your body. People who eat a serving of soup daily lose more weight than those who eat the same amount of calories but don't eat soup. Go for homemade soup whenever possible, as canned soups are loaded with salt and chemicals.

3. Eat early to keep weight off.
The human body follows a circadian rhythm, which means that the same foods eaten at breakfast and lunch are processed differently than when eaten at dinner. Studies show that when you eat your daily protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight and have more energy; however, eating the same things at dinner tend to increase tendencies toward weight gain. I suggest that you eat your last meal of the day by 7 p.m.

4. Eat smaller meals, more frequently.
Follow an eating schedule with five little meals every day. Eating steadily through the day keeps you from becoming hungry and overeating at your next meal.

5. Adopt a balanced approach to your diet.
Most of the fad diet programs out there nowadays are extreme in a few recommended foods, or else deprive the body of food altogether. This works in opposition to our metabolism and the results usually don't last, producing a yoyo effect that depresses your metabolic function - not to mention your self-esteem. .

6. Walk off the weight.
The No. 1 cause of weight gain is inactivity. Physical activity is the key to speeding up your metabolism and burning excess calories. The best way to be physically active is to use your legs! Walk as often and as long as you can. See us at Flexit for a proper exercise program

For our FREE REPORT “The truth about weight loss” go to this link and request it for a down load http://www.flexitgym.com.au/Flexit_Gym/14_day_trial_2.html

Or email me at flexitgym@aapt.net.au

Have a wonderful Christmas and see you next year

Why does the Mac version cost more? TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 [Download]

TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 [Download]
Windows Vista / XP $65.99



TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 MAC [Download]
Mac OS X $74.62

Twitter update from the VP of TurboTax 12/19:

Off On A Tangent: Why does the Mac version cost more? via @stevegarfield/// Mac and Windows are the same price./bob Meighan, VP, TurboTaxless than a minute ago via Tweet ButtonBob Meighan
TurboTaxBob

Thanks!

So now the question goes to Amazon, why the difference in pricing?

MegaTweetup 12/16/2010

2nd Annual MegaTweetup. Joselin Mane Introduction.






This video was live streamed using Qik.com (I'm an investor) on the new Nokia N8 ( Evaluation Unit ). I think it came out great. The N8 has a 12 MP Carl Zeiss lens.


MegaTweetup Crowd

See the 360 Panorama Version.

Taking the 360 Panorama with an iPhone 4 ( iPhone App by Occipital ):



Lee Wilson Movement at MegaTweetup:

Artist Live Boston capturing video of Lee Wilson Movement at MegaTweetup



The Lee Wilson Movement.
@LWMovement

Karmin at MegaTweetup:





@karminmusic

Ken's Bird on Cait's Shoulder.

Photo by WayneNH

@MarketCait

Elsewhere:

Ben Spark Flickr Photo Set, Recap.
BruceKGarber.tv MegaTweetup Recap

Watch SteveGarfield.tv LIVE today at 2:00 Eastern

SteveGarfield.tv, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Watch SteveGarfield.tv LIVE today at 2:00 Eastern on The Pulse Network at http://thepulsenetwork.com/live. Special guest host, Maggie Rulli.


Archived Show: 12/16/10

We'll be talking about:

This Week in Steve
A video series about Teaching Mom's how to Copy and Paste
Lots of Food
A cool new 360 Panorama iPhone App

Behind the Tweet
Social Media Shopping at Whole Foods Market in Whole Foods Market Dedham for BEER and Maggie's favorite things.
How to edit B-Roll in iMovie
How to frame a shot with the Kodak Zi8

Get Seen
New XShot iPhone 4 cast and integrated tripod
This Year in YouTube and YouTube Trends YouTube

Video Soup
Slo-motion video, Bad Breath Solution and Twitter Math

Beer Shopping at Whole Foods

My friends on twitter helped me make beer selections at Whole Foods. I'll be featuring them on SteveGarfield.tv on December 16. 2010.



The Beers:

Stone Runiation IPA suggested on twitter by @jonbenson
Arrogant Bastard Ale suggested on twitter by @djwaldow
Maudite suggested on twitter by @ThisBeer
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron suggested on twitter by @mattsito
Yeti Imerial Stout, Great Divide Brewing suggested on twitter by @kyle1point10
Double Bastard Ale from Stone suggested on twitter by @Steve_Lafleur


Larry from Wachusett Brewing Company and The Publick House by me


Watch live at 2:00 Eastern at thepulsenetwork.com/live with my co-host Maggie Rulli who'll be sharing her Whole Foods haul video!



Testing out the framing on the Kodak Zi8, while holding a beer bottle, by taking a still photo first.

DECEMBER NEWS LETTER

http://www.flexitgym.com.au/Flexit_Gym/Press_Room.html

Mom: How to Copy and Paste

From "Send your parents a Tech Support care package."



Ha!

Video: Xshot iPhone 4 Case Review

xshot iPhone 4 Case

Delray Beach 360 Panorama Strip

Delray Beach 360 Panorama Strip, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

See this as a 360 Degree Panorama
http://occip.it/pt3exvhr

Taken on an iPhone4 with 360 Panorama iPhone App.

Christmas Video Song: Alexa Goddard & Brett Domino: Fairytale Of New York

My friend Alexa Goddard got together with Brett Domino to record a cover of The Pogues classic Christmas song, 'Fairytale Of New York'.

Available from iTunes
All profits go to Breast Cancer Care.
http://www.facebook.com/alexaandbrett

http://www.brettdomino.com
http://www.alexagoddard.co.uk

St.Patrick's Day Live (1988)

Video Songs Blog
How to Make A VideoSong
Interview with Brett Domino

HOW DO GYMS KNOW HOW TO TRAIN ME

            How do gyms know how to train me?

Good Question, for some one wanting to join our gym and get a bit fitter or lose some weight it’s fairly straight forward, we do a health screen, fitness evaluation, lifestyle habits, and your goals.

Health screen is fairly self explanatory, Fitness evaluation helps us decide where to start you, Life style habits gives us an idea how many times a week you can train from 1day a week up, if it doesn’t fit in with your lifestyle you will drop off .Your Goals are what you want to achieve, at Flex it we are careful to set you up for success not disappointment.

When your just starting out you will find you will get some very good results in the first 3 months of being at the gym as your body and mind adjust to the new stimulus.

But what about the advanced athlete? be it a footy player or female playing netball or sprinter, bike rider and all the other different kinds of sport.

I usually find these type of Athletes in a gym doing a weights program similar to every one else seeing how much they can lift or running on a treadmill for fitness. What I am getting at is, Dale is a good example brought in to town to play Footy for one of the clubs. Dale wanted to hit the weights and get into it, most fitness clubs would let him go for it but lets think about this for a minute.

Dale weighs around a solid 90kg low body fat can bench press 200 pound (sorry I still use pound for weight training) will his footy game benefit from him getting stronger? I doubt it.

When we have an Athlete like Dale come to us for a sports specific programme the first thing that must be done is an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the athlete otherwise you cannot put a correct programe together.

So we apply a series of tests to the Athlete that are specific to that persons sport. So for Footy we would test

·         Muscular endurance

·         Muscular power

·         Agility

·         Co ordination

·         Flexibility

·         Core stability

For each of these areas we have a specific set of activities where we score the Athlete from 1 to 5.

This is then plotted

 Dale is strong in Muscular power, Agility, co-ordination. But quite lacking in flexibility, core stability and Muscular endurance. So how are we going to improve his game? You guessed it train in these areas. The red line on a plot indicates the average for the team so in team sports you can benchmark your player’s strengths in relation to the team. We would then work out his periodisation that’s another whole article.

Talking of quality trainers Flexit would like to welcome Jenny Garrett to the team Jens been in the industry since 1980.

Jen has competed in physique and figure competitions for 10 years competition teaches a trainer how to get results and believe me Jen knows how to shape your body.

Jens mantra is to change a person’s life for ever. She believes that every person has the right to feel good about them selves.Jen says the satisfaction she gets from helping a person achieve is why she truly loves what she does. Good on you Jen!

Try Jens tummy bums and thighs fit ball classes you will love it.

If you need help getting results with your training contact us here at flex it and I am sure we can get you on the right track.

   

Christmas in Jamaica Plain 2010

Note: Click where it says '360p' to change to HD '1080p' version.

Music: Christmas Time Again by Steven Battles.

Steven Battle's Adventuretones on MySpace Music.

Used with permission, Thanks Steven.

Lyrics:

You can hear it in my simple song.
And I've been drinking it all night long.
It's seeping through my marrow,
and in cupid's funny arrow.
It's Christmas time again, it's Christmas time again.

So gather round the Christmas tree.
Come and have a drink with me.
We could have a redder wine.
Couldn't have a better time.
It's Christmas time again. It's Christmas time
again.

I'll be home on Christmas Eve, and I'll be waiting, breath abated.
Hoping Santa brings a few toys because all year I've been a good boy.
Maybe New Year's I'll get kisses from a pretty, little Misses.
I've got hopes. Could be a good year. I'm just stoked that I could be here.

Cupcake Truck: The Cupcakory

City Feed and Supply

Jamaica Plain Farmer's Market

Stillman's Farm

Watch on YouTube.

Shop Vac (kinetic typography animation)

[Video] Glide 2 - Recorded at 210 fps, Played back at 30 fps

This is cool. Looks like some of the promotional commercials I've seen on TV.

Images are recorded at 210 per second – but the film is played back at 30 frames per second.

Blog post with lots of details at http://straylight.co.uk/?p=120 . But to answer the most common question, this was filmed with a casio exilim fh20.

Cool.

The New Facebook Profile Page: There's a Duplicates Problem

Facebook has a data normalization problem with the new profile page. It started when they added places. Add a college. Is yours a place and a page.

Do you see duplicates?

I do.



University of Massachusetts Amherst



UMass Amherst



UMass Amherst

Now try adding your work place.

Does it exist as a page on Facebook, but not show up in search when you try to add it?

Dreamgirl Women's Stretch Lace Dress

Stretch Lace and Scallop Lace trim bell sleeved sleepwear chemise with removable shoulder straps and matching thong.

Product Features

* polyester
* 90% Polyester, 10% Spandex
* Made in China
* Hand Wash, Drip Dry

BUY HERE !!!

Dreamgirl Women's Stretch Lace Dress

Stretch Lace and Scallop Lace trim bell sleeved sleepwear chemise with removable shoulder straps and matching thong.

Product Features

* polyester
* 90% Polyester, 10% Spandex
* Made in China
* Hand Wash, Drip Dry

BUY HERE !!!

Elegant Bikini Swimsuit Underwear

Created by French designer, Christian Audigier, this Ed Hardy collection features vibrant, tattoo-inspired styles for women. It's the definition of 'hip' and you can have it right now.

* Graphic: FAIRY
* 56% Modal Rayon 38% cotton 6% Spandex
* Made of a super soft modal blend
* Machine wash cold

BUY HERE !!!

Elegant Bikini Swimsuit Underwear

Created by French designer, Christian Audigier, this Ed Hardy collection features vibrant, tattoo-inspired styles for women. It's the definition of 'hip' and you can have it right now.

* Graphic: FAIRY
* 56% Modal Rayon 38% cotton 6% Spandex
* Made of a super soft modal blend
* Machine wash cold

BUY HERE !!!