Closed Captioning Brought to You By... YouTube?

All videos uploaded to YouTube are now getting closed captioning, thanks to Google's voice recognition software. It isn't perfect, which should make for some hilarious mistakes. More here

http://gizmodo.com/5485777/youtube-gets-automatic-captioning-for-all-videos

~JV

Lewis Black on Video Games

Lewis Black is one of my favorite comedians. He's one of the angriest, cynical, sarcastic curmudgeons alive and he's funny, too.

Mecca Pilgrimage

I round a really interesting article on CNN today that I wanted to share. It's about the world's largest annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabi. Three million people take part in this event, that's huge! The article and video are from the perspective of Suroosh Alvi, who went with his family on this pilgrimage. Videos are not allowed, so he had to literally sneak his camera in and film everything at his waist side with a tiny video camera. It makes your wonder, would you be able to do the same thing? I know I would be scared to get caught and end up in an episode of Locked Up Abroad! It's interesting though to see the massive amounts of people who take part in this pilgrimage. I also feel that Suroosh is bringing new media to the small holy city of Mecca by filming and posting it online for all of the world to see.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/02/vbs.mecca.diaries/index.html?hpt=Mid

Flags of the World- SNL digital short

Slap Chop - Remix

I thought this advertisement was a great example of remix culture. I saw this new ad on TV and was very impressed. It's really cool when the stuff we talk about in class starts popping up all around you. I guess we just never really paid attention till we understand what it is we are seeing. Hope you enjoy!!

Mike Granato

Somebody's response to whale video

Here is a creative response to the whale video. It boggles the mind. I guess this person was expressing horror in a unique way. Or maybe it is an expression of helplessness since there is nothing anyone can do about it now. That's whale 3, mankind 0. The alien is a cute little fellow.

Here is a clip showing that killer whale that killed the female trainer. This whale has been involved in attacks on people before. It reminds me of Hurricane Katrina. There was an aquarium that Katrina destroyed, and all of the fish swam away. Fish psychologists said the whale is not happy being in cativity.