Archive | May, 2009
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Mini-Manuals in b-roll.net WIKI

b-roller, Dennis Hart of Semaphore Video recently wrote me with an interesting idea. Kevin, As I was riding the train to Chicago to look at a dizzying array of new cameras I  recalled you were looking for some new ideas for b-roll. On my last 10 HD jobs I used 8 different camera requiring some [...]

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ENDANGERED- LOCAL CONVENTIONAL TELEVISION

There is an old saying that originated in Asia that states “May you live in interesting times.” Some say this is a curse, others a blessing. All I know is these are indeed interesting times for Conventional Television through out North America.It is no…

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ENDANGERED- LOCAL CONVENTIONAL TELEVISION

There is an old saying that originated in Asia that states “May you live in interesting times.” Some say this is a curse, others a blessing. All I know is these are indeed interesting times for Conventional Television through out North America.It is no…

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b-roll.net FORUM log in problems

Over the weekend, we had a bout with a hacker on the b-roll.net FORUM. There does not seem to be a malware aspect – only a case of tweaking with the user database. Unfortunately this has meant a few users have not been able to log in. We appear to have locked the system down [...]

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Oh Hockey God, Why have you Foresaken me (Us)???

There was a tremor last evening, one felt through out Canuck Nation. Perhaps tremor is too small a word. More like a Category 10 Quake. The epicentre was in Chicago and it marked the post season exit of my beloved Vancouver Canucks at the hands of the …

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Oh Hockey God, Why have you Foresaken me (Us)???

There was a tremor last evening, one felt through out Canuck Nation. Perhaps tremor is too small a word. More like a Category 10 Quake. The epicentre was in Chicago and it marked the post season exit of my beloved Vancouver Canucks at the hands of the …

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BECOMING THE NEWS – The Sequel

Contributed by John Woods
Well, it happened. No, not a car wreck. And no, I didn’t get a “dewie” after a long day of covering car wrecks. I was assaulted. And by a girl, none the less! Well, I guess “technically” there is no gender, because I was assaulted by Mother Nature (insert collective groan)…

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