You’ve probably seen the Where the Hell Is Matt? videos — the main one has been viewed over 11 million times and the 2008 version (above) more than 9 million times. In today’s San Jose Mercury News, Mike Cassidy interviews dancing Matt Harding and writes about he has stumbled on the true meaning of the […]
Archives for August 2008
Google cache on Chinese gymnast’s real age
The China Digital Times asks, How Old is [Chinese gymnast and gold medalist] He Kexin (何可欣), Really? The answer is 14 (or possibly 13), well under the age limit of 16. More importantly, the site dug out the Google cache page (above) dated November 2007 that clearly shows the girl’s age to be 13 at […]
Social action in person
Spent Wednesday night at a new event in San Francisco called awareness2action that drew 40-50 people to the DragonBar in San Francisco’s North Beach. Put together by uber-networker Sundeep Ahuja, the gathering’s objective was "to connect with others leveraging the web to convert awareness to action, and share best practices." Among the folks I met: […]
Kaltura: open source video
Kaltura: open-source video from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I’ve been following Kaltura for about a year now. It offers a terrific open-source platform, toolset and nearly free video hosting solution for small and large companies and nonprofits. (I think I have that right — it’s hard to explain what they do in a single sentence.) […]