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“Indeed, Michigan-based movie director Mike Ambs has tapped Vimeo member Abad to...”

– via USATODAY.com Can I just say… that I think it’s hilarious we announced Karen Abad working with us on FToM in a USA Today article. I feel like we actually have a press agent :P

Jan 31st

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Introducing 1080p playback and AVCHD support! →

clintus: Woah it’s been a big month for new stuff! At the beginning of 2010 we rolled out Plus mobile support, and kicked off a new HTML5 beta just last week. Today we’re announcing two more options for… Vimeo is the win. YouTube may be bigger, may also have 1080p… but I’ve never found more inspiration from one central place in all my years of looking. I’m just saying.

Jan 31st

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we ♥ karen abad ♥s dinosaurs →

In May, Amanda and I will be traveling to Northern California - we’ll be doing this to film scenes with Larry that are from the perspective of both coming home and (then later in the film) prepping for his next 16,000 mile adventure. We’ve always known that we would need additional help with these scenes - unlike the strictly documentary part of For Thousands of Miles, these will be...

Jan 31st

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velogogo: Episode One: From the beginning on Vimeo (via mike ambs) Thanks for posting this, Sox - I didn’t think people still went back to these early episodes. They seem like a life time ago now.

Jan 31st

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Jan 30th

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Jan 30th

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The vgkids.com were cool enough to let me come by and film them making the film’s new t-shirts. I had no idea the machines they use to print shirts were so awesome - the way it drops and spins around is kinda’ hypnotizing :P I think I shot way, way more footage of their machine than anything else. The tees are 100% organic cotton unisex alternate apparel shirts :) and all the profits...

Jan 30th

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One Third of Women in the Military are Raped →

via msg, newsjunkiepost reports, via tedr, via npr, via bbc In 2003, a survey of female veterans found that 30 percent said they were raped in the military. A 2004 study of veterans who were seeking help for post-traumatic stress disorder found that 71 percent of the women said they were sexually assaulted or raped while serving…

Jan 27th

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“I hate cynicism. It’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere....”

– - Conan O’Brien via Brigitte Dale - It’s Quotation Tuesday!

Jan 27th

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On the 24th, Erica, Jami and I went on a photo adventure in Detroit. While on our way to an empty house on Parkview, we passed the old Lafayette building and saw it was in the middle of being demolished. It’s sad to see a building like this go to such waste thanks to mismanagement and a short-sighted city counsel. Apparently there’s plans to turn it into a small park… Watching...

Jan 27th

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Jan 23rd

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10 Things To Do Before You Submit A Script →

1) Cut at least another 10% of the script. Even when you think you are finished, there’s always another 10% that can come out. 2) Clarify what you feel the themes are and how they evolve during the course of the narrative. 3) Figure out some of the ways that the story can be expanded onto other platforms. 4) Know what the historical precedents are for your story and how you differ from them in...

Jan 21st

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Jan 20th

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Jan 18th

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Jan 18th

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The Kickstarter Awards (Cont)

via kickstarter: Earlier this week we asked some Kickstarter Award winners to answer two questions: 1. What’s your favorite Kickstarter experience so far? This could be something that happened as part of your project, a particularly cool exchange you had with another project, whatever you want. 2. What’s your favorite Kickstarter project(s)? And if you’d rather swap in another adjective for...

Jan 18th

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Jan 17th

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“suck.”

– - me I’m a newbie at transferring domains and hosting and because of this, I’ve manage to loose several recent files between servers. Had to re-writing the css from scratch for main site (2nd time this month).

Jan 17th

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Jan 16th

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I realized earlier today, while cleaning out the more than 1.7 Tbs of iMovie footage (spread across 3 separate drives), that when I made this Jellyfish video back in Sept of 2008, I had forgot to also make a video with the rest of footage I took when Erica and I spent a day at the Long Beach Aquarium. So I put something quick together :)

Jan 16th

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“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”

– via savagemike, via atheistramblings, via phazerblast, via jonahray, via juliavickerman, via ericmortensen, via ladimcbeth - Ann Druyan I’ve always been terrified that deep-down inside I might not actually understand love. I might not know what it really means or where it really comes from....

Jan 16th

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Jan 13th

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Best in Show

via kickstarter: For the past week we’ve been counting down the best projects, updates, and moments in Kickstarter’s 2009. We highlighted projects according to various metrics, some hard-to-categorize standouts, and sentimental favorites. We’ve really been blessed with an abundance of riches to share. In the final edition of our inaugural Kickstarter Awards, we’re unveiling the big prizes: Best...

Jan 13th

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