May 12, 2007
Hello TRD Roller Derby fans! I finally had time to edit the first Season 4 bout trailer. Sit back sip a spiked lemonade or a frothy PBR, enjoy the sounds of Tucson’s own Al Foul, and watch the gals knock the heck out of each other! Ahh yeah another season of Roller Derby gets under way.
Tucson Roller Derby: Season 4, Bout 1!
May 10, 2007
Today I discovered this great website that will convert a youtube video to .avi or .mov for you allowing you to download the video and edit it. Of course the quality of the video still sucks because youtube compresses the living daylights out of it initially. I have tested it with a few clips and it seems to work without a hitch so far, despite being a “beta” service. It’s damn simple to use, you just copy the link url from youtube, paste it in the form and selct type of video to convert to…and once it is done converting it offers you the option to download. Sweet!
April 23, 2007
Tip of the hat to this badass animal videographer Scott Cassell. Read his recent tale of diving with Rojo Diablo otherwise known as the Humboldt Squid. This sounds like a ringing endorsement for Seacam Underwater Camera Housing Systems, and the folks at Seacam ought to be calling this cat up now with an endorsement deal…I mean c’mon read this excerpt below:
On the other hand, even with an extremely violent series of Giant Humboldt squid attacks, the Seacam system never had a failure. It was anvil-tough and very simple. In fact, it proved to be sturdy above and beyond the call of duty on one really violent attack. A large Humboldt had come up on me from behind and was trying to chew into my neck. I struggled to hit it with my camera, weakening my grip in the process. As I struggled to right myself and get my dive gear back in order, I accidentally let the camera go. Since the sea bottom was always more than 1,000 feet below me, I kept the camera system a pound positively buoyant so that if I ever dropped it, it would float. That’s exactly what happened. The squid had dragged me down nearly 75 feet before I dropped my camera, and it quickly floated up just out of Jacquie’s reach and continued to accelerate until it popped to the surface striking the dive boat.
Read the full story, it’s amazing: In Search of the Red Demon
Another story featuring Scott here: Behold the Humboldt
*update*
I wrote Scott an email inquiring as to if and where his footage might be available, he responded promptly with a link to his website where you can view some trailers and purchase DVD’s:
Official Website: Sea Wolves
April 15, 2007
Let me clean the drool from my dropped jaw! I missed out going to NAB this year as I have to head up to Portland for Webvisions to see good friend and CSS master Mark Wyner give a presentation. Boy did I miss out as Apple unleashed the new FCP suite of video editing apps. A quick view of the promo movie and I know I will be spending money to upgrade everything here…All of the products in the Apple suite have numerous upgrades, highlights include:
View the Promotional film and learn more from apple…recommence drooling.
April 4, 2007
You certainly won’t see this ad anytime soon in the USA…we are way to tight assed to allow this kind of creativity on our airwaves. This ad looks like it must have been loads of fun to design and makes me want to go out and buy a playstation right now…ok not really i still want a Wii more…
March 7, 2007
Fantastic typographical rendition of the famous Pulp Fiction scene. *warning contains all the graphic language you’d expect from a Tarantino film*
October 30, 2006
Pretty brutal halloween party featuring a blistering set from Tucson’s own Besmirchers…Punk rock is alive and well in Tucson for sure with these guys carrying the torch for the younger kids…I got knocked around so hard twice that it turned the camera off! hey ho let’s go.
ok well more like alien celebration…Video from the huge party on Sat night up on the northside, loads of fun for all.
October 8, 2006
Check out this trailer for the incredible TRD Championship Bout, featuring music from the SwingDingAmigos (these guys damn good live get out and see them sucker). FTW proves they are the owners of season three in this very close and exciting final bout. Vice Squad took them down to the wire and perhaps the bout was decided by one or two crucial penalties. The gals of TRD have really come a long way this season, the quality of skating is incredible these days, and if you have not been out to see a roller derby event…well you are missing something special. The gals are alwyas looking for corporate sponsors to help them foot the bills, check out some helpful suggestions we have included at the end of the video for possible sponsorship opportunity!
August 4, 2006
FTW continues their dominance of season three with this hard fought victory over last years champs the Vice Squad
Bitclone is a small Portland, Oregon based Web Design Agency owned by these two nerds Eric Baldoni and Alex Carey (pictured above somewhere in the outdoors, clearly lost without their trusty computers).