This is how a critical video calls a very famous video blogger.

I haven't heard much about video blogs so far. (Unfortunately, or else it had appeared in my research paper on weblogs as well) But recently I discovered YouTube and thus a new dimensions of blogging.

It seems that video blogging is quite popular already in the USA. One of the most famous video-bloggers is probably lonelygirl15. I just watched one of her clips and I have to say that it is quite professional.

However, so far I haven't compared it to other videos in the category "Blogs". So I can not say if it is a typical example for a blogger video. On the other hand there are also rumours if she is a real video blogger or not. If you check out the video linked above, you will know what I mean. There she can be seen on TV where she admits that some details about her were actually fake.

Nevertheless, I feel pretty interested in this new form of media. It offers a great deal of possibilities I think. The only problem is the lame modem connection at home...

I just created an account at YouTube. It shall be possible to upload 100 Mb of videos and mp3 for free. Well, I will try it soon probably.

And then I read the news. Google bought YouTube! The internet isn't safe anymore. Google is on a good way to become a monopole I think. Nevertheless, the action saved YouTube's life. They had lots of problems keeping the site alive. Many people recommended Google not to buy it. I think, however, that it was a good deal for Google.

We will see probably in the near future what Google makes out of YouTube. I hope that in the end the customers will benefit...

For me it is a news though. I always wondered how to include videos in weblogs. Now I found out. (Unfortunately I don't have a broadband connection so far, so there is no video now where I am telling you this ;-)

YouTube is a platform for hosting videos (lots of funny stuff there). I maybe will try it in the near future...

Today somebody visited my page and was looking for a solution to open his Acer Travelmate 800 case. Because I had the same problem and it took me a while to find the service manual, here is a link (hope it works for a while) for the Travelmate 800 Service Manual. In case it should be offline, try to google for the file tm800sg.pdf.

From next Friday on, Technorati plans to have its own newsletter. It shall appear every week.

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SIgning in shall be possible at http://www.technorati.com.

I couldn’t believe it when I opened today’s newspaper advertisements. Finally there is a new part of “The Broken Sword” available! This would be the 4th part of the computer game whose part 1 fascinated me a lot 10 years ago.

However the following parts were a harsh disappointment. Well, let’s see how the new part of this adventure-game is. Unfortunately the 3D characters from the 3rd part are still existent and any similarity with the characters from the previous parts is gone.

Some developers, however, created an unofficial version 2.5. A demo can be downloaded at http://www.baphometsfluch25.de/. The actors from the first 2 parts who borrowed their voices for the game’s characters even renounced to get paid.

To be honest, I am more looking forwards to the unofficial version than two play the 4th part (“The Angel of Death”) in a few years when it costs only a quarter of the €44!