Monthly Archive for January, 2009

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Jiggle Physics On the iPhone Are Only Acceptable If Used On Real Boobs

Published by Zacqary Adam Green at 7:53 PM on January 16, 2009 in Commentary. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , . Short URL: http://plankhead.com/ksz

Some time ago there was an app submitted to the iPhone App Store called iBoobs. This was an application which displayed a pair of 3D boobs (wearing a bra) and read accelerometer data. Essentially this means that every time you moved or shook your iPhone, the boobs would jiggle. How funny. But as you can maybe see from the link if the German translation is comprehensible, the app was not approved by Apple because “Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”

But yesterday Apple apparently did approve something called Wobble. It’s an application that allows you to add “wobble regions” to photographs. These regions will jiggle when you shake your iPhone. (Hint: You put them on boobies!!!!)

Seems Apple’s being their hypocritical selves again. After the jump, videos explaining why…

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    Confuzmodo: How NOT To Write An Article Including Videos

    Published by Zacqary Adam Green at 3:03 PM on January 15, 2009 in Commentary. 0 Comments Tags: , , , . Short URL: http://plankhead.com/rwm

    Gizmodo says Fake Steve Jobs Rips CNBC a new one??!?! Wow, what an interesting sounding article. Let’s see what it’s about.

    Unfortunately, all mention of Dan Lyons, who played Steve Jobs on the Interwebs, disappears completely after the first paragraph of the article. And it’s only alluded to there at all after an “UPDATE”.

    The entire text of the article talks about how Jim Goldman is a bad reporter and didn’t tell everyone about something or other regarding Steve Jobs and how he’s maybe dying which you should all STFU about anyway because dying SUCKS so leave him alone whether he is or not. But Fake Steve? No, you have to watch the embedded videos to know what the hell they’re talking about in that aspect.

    Now, it’s not too unreasonable to ask someone to watch a video to understand what you’re talking about in a post. It’s rather unreasonable to require someone to watch a video to understand what you’re talking about in a post and NOT ASK THAT IT HAPPEN.

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      Warner Music Mutes YouTube, So Blame Them Instead

      Published by Zacqary Adam Green at 1:47 AM on January 15, 2009 in Commentary. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , . Short URL: http://plankhead.com/53v

      I’ve always had my qualms with YouTube about video quality, comment moderation, ease of use, comment moderation, and comment moderation, but what’s got the blogosphere exploding lately is something that I kind of pity rather than hate YouTube for: videos containing copyrighted music are having their audio muted.

      This actually isn’t new, just a new option for users hit by an increasingly rabid crackdown by Google’s Video Identification robots. A video that I posted of footage I took at Anthrocon was taken down automatically just because I happened to synchronize the footage with a song that is copyrighted by a gigantic corporation. I was given the option to replace the audio with a different song, which would have killed all my hard work in Final Cut, or I could dispute the claim, either because it was an incorrect match (which it wasn’t) or because it was Fair Use (which it was).

      Dispute Submitted to WMG
      I don’t love YouTube’s handling of Fair Use, though legally the burden is upon the Fair User to justify it, so I suppose taking your video down before allowing you to defend the use is appropriate. That’s how I handled my video, explaining to YouTube’s input box that my video was non-commercial and did not prevent the copyright holder from making a profit. Submitting that dispute got my video replaced quite punctually, but when I clicked that Submit button, I saw a single line that told the story of who the true villain is here: “Your claim has been submitted to WMG.” Warner Music Group.

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        Bloggity Bloogity Bleegity Blaggity!

        Published by Zacqary Adam Green at 2:50 AM on January 13, 2009 in Filmmakery. 0 Comments Tags: , . Short URL: http://plankhead.com/Pc

        Oh, hello, Internet. I didn’t see you there.

        But now that you’re here I suppose I should blog at you. BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGG.

        So tomorrow (well, today, technically) the Spring semester of classes at SVA start up for me. They actually started the 12th but I have no Monday classes. But yeah, when I wake up after…sleeping I’ll be heading back to my Production class. I’m excited for this semester since we’ll be able to spend the entire duration of it working on one short film. And with six months to put together ten minutes, how can I NOT make it epic?

        Anyway, the idea I’ll be proposing is “Bright Black,” a short glimpse into the life of a manic secret agent who thinks he has the best job in the world. And 99% of the lighting used will be black light.

        I think it’s going to work out quite well; shooting in a studio won’t be a problem since most of the light will be focused outside revealing areas. I’m hoping that in the darkness I can create the illusion that the space is larger or more complex than it really is.

        I’ve got a work-in-progress of the script up right now. Less than two thirds of the whole thing are written so far, but I know where I’m going with it.

        I’m hoping to cast Santo Ciaravino in the lead role if he can work with me again. He played Mike in “The Drawing Board,” which is the movie I made for last semester’s final project. You can watch it and most of my other half-decent stuff on my Vimeo page.

        It’s almost 3 AM and I should sleep now so more blaggitying later.