Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
High Dynamic Range photography has been all the rage the last few years, but this is the first time I’ve seen it done with video! The way HDR works is a series of photos of the same object are taken at different levels of exposure — first exposing for the sky / background, then the object, then the foreground (and other intermediaries). Then all of the photos are digitally stitched together to create a photo where every area of it is perfectly exposed. This makes photos look beautiful and vibrant, almost like a painting.
Now this is possible with video — at least a very preliminary version of it with two different exposure levels. I predict that in a few years, HDR video will be all the rage. It just looks so awesome. Check out the video:
Posted by Pete Berg on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
A brilliant (and very simple) technique for getting free internet access at paid Wireless hotspots. If there is already another user who has paid for access, it’s very easy to find their IP address and trick the network into thinking that you are that user. This is a bit technical, but surprisingly simple when it comes down to it!
Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Another one of those videos showing how easy it is to circumvent locks and security devices. Locks really only buy you piece of mind and keep out the dumbest of crooks. If someone is really determined to break in, they will get through.
Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at 9:47 am
This guy, who calls himself “BENO,” has made dozens of videos documenting his rides up and down elevators (“lifts” ’cause he’s British). He also made a brilliant animation (the first video) about one fateful lift ride, which you MUST watch to the very end. I’m not sure who this guy is, but I love his fantastic blog and his collection of photos of mundane objects like traffic lights and telephone poles. He’s some kind of mad genius, with the best accent of all time.
Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Excellent tips for not getting KIDNAPPED AND CHILD MOLESTED. Also, great tips for being fucking rude to everyone you meet. Though I do love the quote “If you tell anybody about our little secret, I’ll kill your dog.”
Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Another fantastic drunk history video from the Funny Or Die crew! “Watch the story of how the friendship of Abraham Lincoln (Will Ferrell) and Fredrick Douglass (Don Cheadle) overcame the slavery movement and the racism that existed in their day. Mary Todd Lincoln (Zooey Deschanel) also stars in this epic re-telling of a true American story. Watch as Jen Kirkman has two bottles of wine and tells us the story. “
Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 10:07 am
The sexiest CPR instructional video ever created. Now that this exists, I’m sure nobody in the history of the world will ever die of cardio-pulmonary stoppage ever again.
Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 at 11:18 am
“An AP Psychology teacher wrote a song enumerating several types of cognitive bias — the blindspots in our thinking — for his students.” If you’re a critical thinking nerd like myself, you will probably enjoy this.