Steve Garfield's Video Blog

Unboxing a Windows Vista Laptop

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Microsoft sent me an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC with Microsoft Windows Vista installed. In this video I unbox the laptop and turn it on for the first time. [ Length 10:47 ] Disclosure: I'm keeping it for further review.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) 640x480, Quicktime (.mov) 320x240, Flash, YouTube.

Tags: windows, vista, microsoft, hp, pc, hp pavilion entertainment pc

Vlog Soup 23

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This week on Vlog Soup we show what Madison Ave portrays vloggers as, meet the artist Charles Beck, learn about preserving 8mm and Super 8mm movies, meet Josh Shipp who has advice for teenagers, Ben Blaser who shows us how to turn our videos into cartoons, and share an intimate moment with vlogger Josh Leo. Enjoy.

Roadrunner has an ad that represents videobloggers as crazy people jumping up and down. We are more than that, as Chris Pirillo demonstrates. Thanks Chris for helping to keep everything in perspective.

C. Beck is a new film portrait of the artist, Charles Beck, at MNSTORIES.COM by Deb Wallwork and Mike Hazard.

Lost in Light is a videoblog by Jennifer Proctor and Aaron Valdez about small gauge film making featuring home movies, work by artists, articles by preservationists and film scholars, video tutorials and other film gems.

Hey Josh with Josh Shipp is a three-minute advice video podcast for teenagers. It's a place to get real advice about anything from dating or drugs, to career choices or peer pressure from a young adult who is one your side. Sent in by Steve Woolf of Jet Set.

Quick And Easy Animation Effect in FCP 5.2.1, tutorial by Ben Blaser. this isn't on a vlog but it's a great tutorial on how to turn your videos into cartoon like animations like the movie Waking Life and Scanner Darkly, using Final Cut Pro.

Josh Leo Popping the Question to his girlfriend. Josh is a storyteller. He brought his camera along to record himself proposing to his girlfriend. By bringing his camera along ond sharing this moment on his vlog, it feels like he brought us along to. It's a special moment that isn't usually recorded and shared like this. It's special. Congratulations Josh.

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Tags: vlogsoup, roadrunner, lostinlight, heyjosh, minnesotastories, charlesbeck, chrispirillo, stevegarfield, vlog, videoblog, benblaser, scannerdarkly, wakinglife, joshleo, stevewoolf, jetset

Unboxing the Nokia N95

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I used my Nokia N93 to shoot an unboxing video of the Nokia N95. Here's what the shooting setup looked like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/369062645/

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Tags: nokia, n93, n95, unboxing

MIT Video

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At the MIT Enterprise Forum Software & Advanced Computing Special Interest Group showing videoblogging.

Interviewing Peter Marx from Legal Insight Media. Jeff Baer was there too from Podzinger and I learned that Podzinger now searches and indexes the audio in YouTube videos. Sweet.

Vlog Soup 22

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in this episode of Vlog Soup we visit the daily life of a graduate secretary, visit a junk collector in Texas, learn how to best use a microphone, meet a talking dog, and meet a vlogger from France who is traveling to America! Enjoy.

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The Graduate Secretary, it's like The Office without the writing, jokes or humor...

Chuck Cirno's Weird America visits :Slyvestor Williams Junk in Houston, Texas.

Adam Weiss Podcast Consultant presents mic placement.

Unleashed is a cartoon about a talking dog.

Bonjour America! features Vin Vin saying hello to Americans and teaching them about France. Vin Vin is coming to America and going to Holllywood!

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Tags: vlogsoup, video, vlog, graduatesecretary, chuckcirno, weirdamerica, sylvestorwilliams, junk, adamweiss, microphone, unleashed, cartoon, dog, bonjouramerica, vinvin, france, hollywood, wine