Animator vs. Animation (A Flash Animation)

As you all start to enjoy Flash, you may hit one or two moments where Flash is a little uncooperative. In such cases, this little flash animation from Alan Becker might just make you feel better …

(Click the centre of the screen and the video will open in a new window.)

Update: As Kylie Timpani points out in the comments, Animator Vs Animation II is pretty good as well!

The iPhone Shuffle?

What happens when convergence, miniturization and Apple-level cuteness get too much?

The iPhone Shuffle! (Don’t forget, you can Vixy this link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnsQpcNvpE – to convert this YouTube clip into an mp4 that can play on your iPod!)

Thanks Chantal!

Mika Brzezinski Clip for this week’s Tutorials

This week you’re watching a clip from MSNBC where Mika Brzezinksi refused to read a lead story (on Paris Hilton). Here it is…

Don’t forget, if you’d like to have this video in your iPod, then use vixy.net, paste the YouTube URL (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0) and convert it to mp4 (which is the video format iPods use).

Mediawatch Podcast

MediaWatch is an ABC program that casts a critical eye on the Australian media, on a weekly basis. It’s screened four times a week on ABCTV and ABC 2, but episodes are also available for download. MediaWatch is often described as ’smug’ or ‘pedantic’ by the newsmakers it generally targets, but nevertheless plays an important role in reminding the community that news and current affairs is the product of (fallible) media practices and personnel. Watching it is a great way to sharpen up your ‘critical attitude’ to the media.

You can download individual episodes of the show here or paste this link – http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/vodcast/mediawatch_mp4.xml – into your iTunes (or your preferred podcast aggregator).

If you prefer to tune in on TV, then Mediawatch screens On ABC TV Mondays 9:20pm and Wednesdays 12:20am; and On ABC2 Wednesdays 10:15pm and Thursdays 8:45am.

 

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

Ever heard of “Web2.0″? If not, watch this…

Now, you’re probably wondering why we’d point to a YouTube video since it’s not in a iPod video (mp4) format! Well, those of you who’d like to carry around this, or any other YouTube video, just use Vixy.net. To use this free online service, just paste in the URL (web address) of any YouTube video, select convert to “mp4 for iPod/PSP”, and give the website a few minutes and it’ll turn any YouTube clip into an mp4 format movie which you can upload to and play from you iPod!