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Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (live)

jhay — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:00:38 +0000

Something to lighten the mood, a break from all the politics and geekery.

Here’s a Jason Mraz performing “I’m Yours” live at the EBS Space, South Korea.

I’m Yours by Jason Mraz

well you done done me and you bet i felt it
i tried to get you but you’re so hot that i melted
i fell right through the cracks
and i’m trying to get back
before the cool done run out
i’ll be giving it my bestest
nothin’s going to stop me but devine intervention
i reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some

i won’t hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait, i’m yours

well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you’re free
look into your heart and you’ll find love love love
listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
ah la peaceful melody
its your godforsaken right to be loved love loved love love

so i won’t hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait i’m sure
theres no need to complicate
our time is short
this is our fate, i’m yours

i been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
and bendin over backwards just to try to see it clearer
my breath fogged up the glass
so i drew a new face and laughed
i guess what i’m sayin is there ain’t no better reason
to rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
its what we aim to do
our name is our virtue

i won’t hesitate no more
no more it cannot wait i’m sure
theres no need to complicate
our time is short
it cannot wait, i’m yours

Chrome Shorts – Google promotes Chrome on YouTube

jhay — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:12:32 +0000

As reported by paidContent.org, Google rarely advertises its directly advertises its products. When it does, people certainly notices them. The latest of which is a collection of short clips highlighting the features of its own browser, Google Chrome.

The web giant commissioned indie illustrators and creative shops to make the shorts, all 11 videos of it and placed it on its own YouTube channel, Google Shorts.

Here’s my favorite clip “Evolution of Short” by Pantograph:

Simplicity is just beautiful! There are ten other short clips with a diverse take on presenting the neat features of Chrome. It’s quite impressive that none of the clips had made mention of any of Chrome’s competitors, perhaps it’s a way to avoid the “ad-wars” between Apple and Microsoft.

Nonetheless, the clips does a good job of getting more attention for Google Chrome which according to reports, is still way behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox in terms of market share.

The biggest culprit is the lack of support for plugins and extensions which have become one of Firefox’s strongest selling points. I know many of my friends have been impressed by Chrome but stuck with Firefox because they simply couldn’t browse normally with their choice of extensions.

I on the other hand, have switched to Chrome as my default browser for it does a very good job of browsing the web without taking too much system resources that slow down my machine, which is what I really want in a browser.

However, there’s still great hope because the Chrome team are hard at work in bringing extensions-support to Chrome. When this happens, things will certainly look interesting in the browser wars.

What do you think of the Chrome Shorts? Do you already have a favorite clip?

Via paidContent.org

Star Wars meets Real Wushu

jhay — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:20:54 +0000

Found this on Bro Arwee, FSC’s multiply site. It’s an edit of a Wu Shu demontration wherein lightsaber effects were added to the jians or double-edged straight swords used in the demonstration. The footage is impressive on its own, but with added lightsaber effects, it’s so awesome I say it qualifies as p0rn for Star Wars fans! LOL

Flickr Videos: Twitter in motion?

jhay — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:27:42 +0000

So it’s official and working. Videos can now be uploaded to Flickr just like on PhotoBucket. But there are a lot of strings attached to this one:

90-second cap on video length and 150MB in size
Only “safe” and “moderate” videos are allowed
Original content is a must
Only users with PRO Flickr accounts can upload videos

Of course everyone else could watch the videos. However, I see something else with this new development in Flickr. Why would a photo storage and sharing site would host videos? There are a lot of good websites that already do this and Flickr has been doing good at hosting and sharing photos. It even led to Zooomr’s migration to Japan. So why host videos all of sudden?

From my comment left on Yuga’s post about this new Flickr feature, it is perhaps an attempt to “break the ice”, so to speak, because if I’m correct no significantly new development has happened to Flickr since of late except for this one. They’ve done the photo hosting and sharing gig so well there was almost nothing new to do or to try.

And so, moving pictures was the next logical step. After all, Flickr is still a photo hosting and sharing site remember?

But why just 90 seconds of video fun? Why are there so much strings attached to new feature?

The answer is found in the Flickr FAQ:

Video on Flickr is going to be defined by our incredible, diverse, far-flung and fabulously talented members. Some answers that we’ve come up with:

1. A long photo
2. Personal
3. Simple – not overproduced or slick
4. Possibly the best answer so far: The Great Unknown

Okay. Still, somehow, and you’ve guessed it from the title of this post, I cannot help but think that Flickr Video is their take on what has made Twitter so successful.

Just 140 characters
Personal
Simple – not like a full blown blog post like this one
Just answer one question: What are you doing?

If 140 characters of personal updates from friends, colleagues, family and fellow bloggers can be so addicting, a 90-second video would be just as tasty and interesting as well. We’re not even talking about the excitement of shooting a 90-second clip. Perhaps this would be my ticket to videoblogging, eh?

So, what would your 90-second Flickr video would be like?

PS: You could follow me on Twitter or see my Flickr photos here.

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