I made a little test video yesterday with my new camera. It’s not perfect, but it’s something. Check it out below, or click the title to go to vimeo and watch it in high definition.
For the blip.tv account, it has come to my attention that Obsoleet needs some new graphics in the following dimensions: 540x800, 980x400, 220x150. Instead of adapt my same old design, I am posing it to the community to see if anyone can come up with anything else, and have their work showcased on the page (and anywhere else I feel like). I may also adapt designs for shirts later on down the line.
So if it catches your fancy, fire up Photoshop or Gimp and let me see what you can come up with!
As I start pre-production on Season 2, I went and updated some of Obsoleet’s more social platforms.
There is now a Google Plus page located at, https://plus.google.com/109504373189656584477/posts
The Facebook page now has a permanent address here, https://www.facebook.com/Obsoleet
The Twitter page as always, https://twitter.com/#!/obsoleettv
I’ve also set up Obsoleet with the micro-donation platform Flattr here, http://flattr.com/thing/500710/Obsoleet as well as Bitcoin which you can find on the Donation page.
Got any suggestions on how to bring Obsoleet into more of a social scene? Contact me and let me know.
Episode 08
“The Audiosode”
Stream from Blip.tv
Stream from Vimeo.com
Stream from Youtube.com
Download XviD from Archive.org
Torrent download (XviD)
iTunes/Miro links are available in the Show Stuff section near the top of the page!
Show Notes
Segments:
8-Track Tapes
Book Review
Flexies
“8-Track Tapes”
Shows the basics of 8-track tapes. Uses a Sears player/recorder. Music was recorded on to tape with an iPod connected to the input jacks on the tape deck.
“Book Reviews”
Kingpin - Kevin Poulsen
Ghost in the Wires - Kevin Mitnick
“Flexies”
Shows two flexi discs compared to a standard vinyl record. Flexi discs are than demo’d on a Technics turntable.
Obsoleet is now on RantTV, the oldest internet television station! If you used to be big into the iptv scene, Rant will ring a few bells. Not only did they have a video stream of popular web-only shows, but also produced their own video shows featuring Sean Kennedy.
Every episode of Obsoleet is now included in the rotation, and if you tune in to the stream, you can view awesome content from other members of the RantMedia community.
For more information, check out the main RantTV site. For everything Rant does, check out RantMedia. Finally, to view the current rotation, check here.
It’s been a bit more than two months since the last episode of Obsoleet hit the internet, and you might be wondering what the deal with that is. Well, a multitude of things come into play here. My personal life, and my professional life have undergone some changes lately, and I don’t have the time or energy I once did. I am by no means saying that I have no time whatsoever, things have just hit a crawl. Many of my projects and projects I am involved in are slowing down, though one is actually moving again after years (more on this in the future), and all this is being shifted and optimized as I work with my schedule to do more things I enjoy doing.
Having said that, I still constantly toy with everything. I recently bought an Arduino Uno and set off to build an Auduino that I hope to toy with a bit. It’s a pretty cool and simple analog synthesizer that can make some awesome sounds. I literally sat turning nobs for an hour I was so impressed by it. I also managed to make a little demo video to show what I did,
It isn’t a ‘segment’ by any means, but it is something cool that I thought deserved to be filmed. Will it make its way into a future Obsoleet episode? I hope so. Hope you can find it as interesting as I do.
I have “created” an RSS feed for the torrents of episodes available here,
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ObsoleetTorrents
I basically made a feedburner pointed at an RSS feed that corresponds to searching for ‘obsoleet’ on Kickass-Torrents. This way, if I upload a new torrent, it will pop up in the feed. Now, I used feedburner so there is an easy transition if I ever decide to handle the RSS feed for the torrents in another fashion.
Episode 07
“The Digisode”
Stream from Blip.tv
Stream from Vimeo.com
Stream from Youtube.com
Download XviD from Archive.org
Torrent download (XviD)
iTunes/Miro links are available in the Show Stuff section near the top of the page!
Show Notes
Segments:
Minidiscs
‘Secrets of a Super Hacker’ Review
Digitizing VHS
“Minidiscs”
Shows the basics of Minidisc Net-MD players, transferring to Minidsic from the computer, and playback on a Minidisc deck.
Players used were: MZ-NE410, MZ-N510, MDS-JE500 (deck)
The SonicStage software can be found here, forums.sonyinsider.com/files/file/95-sonicstage-43-ultimate-edition/
NOTE: Registration is required for download, but is free and takes no time at all.
“’Secrets of a Super Hacker’ Review”
ISBN-10: 1559501065
ISBN-13: 978-1559501064
“Digitizing VHS”
Gives a little discussion of methods for transferring VHS.
Shows off the PolyTron Digital Video Stabilizer, Vidicraft Detailer II, Vidicraft Proc Amp, Archer Super Video Processor, Archer Video Enhancer/Stabilizer, Archer Video Color Processor, Archer Video Sound Processor, Ambico Video Enhancer/Audio Mixer, Sima SED-CM Video CopyMaster.
This is followed by a demonstration chaining the VCR —> Stabilizer —> Vidicraft Proc Amp —> Vidicraft Detailer II —> DVD Recorder.
So I’m sure many of you know my work with the IPTV Archive, and in a similar idea a new site called IPTV Torrents has officially launched today. This project is spearheaded by Corrosion of DeAuthThis, secret52 of Hak.5 torrents, as well as myself. The site is a cross between a public and private torrent site. While you can download torrents without registering, the real fun comes when you become a member. You can upload content, comment on torrents, search for lost shows, and become part of the community!
The idea for the site came around a month ago, and quickly went into a closed testing period. After it proved stable enough, it was expanded to a closed beta and has been so until today, where it is now completely public.
IPTV Torrents offers great potential. Not only can it be a great service for finding older, lost iptv shows, but can also be a great resource for newer ones. Why wade through dozens of pages of download links when you can click one and be done? It can even act as a launch pad for show creators to share their content, talk with other creators, and get connected with potential viewers.
Though the site is still in its early stages, and a bit rough around the edges, it needs all the support it can get. If you think it might interest you, check it out. We are open to all ideas, criticism, and compliments.Feel free to use all aspects of the site, and show your support through the IRC, Twitter, or Facebook page if you desire.
Happy IPTVing.
