YouTube makes jobs!

YouTube made a couple of big announcements at VidCon today that I wanted to address. First of all, there was the announcement that YouTube will soon offer 4k-resolution videos, which is actually better than Imax.

Holy shit.

YouTube kind of jumped the gun on this one, didn't they? Never mind that the necessary network speed to quickly download this is not available outside of South Korea, one big factor is that pretty much 99% of all monitors don't go above 1080p. You would need to get a projector that is "typically the size of a small refrigerator" (YouTube's words, not mine) just to watch the video to its full capacity. Although it's nice to see that we can take it that far, it just isn't really worth it to add on to the site, in my opinion.

The second announcement is the announcement of the YouTube Partner Grant Program. I've long been a fan of Internet commerce, and I really approve of the YouTube Partner program. I've seen many people who make their living off of YouTube (a person I mentioned in this blog before, Wheezy Waiter, just started vlogging full-time), and I personally have wanted to get into the business. Although I likely wouldn't qualify for this grant (I don't really have that many views), it's really nice to know that many young videographers are getting what they need to start making videos, especially in this economic downturn. I have to give YouTube a thumbs-up for that grant.

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Rube Goldberg, 90 years later

Nothing much this time, just a link to a bunch of Rube Goldberg videos. After that one OK Go video, they seem to be pretty popular.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/rube-goldberg-video-gallery/

Vijima g4M3z

It just so happens that it's my birthday tomorrow :D ! Because of this (and because I'm naturally lazy), today's gonna be a link day.

I've been playing a bunch of flash games lately (I honestly hate Flash, but there's not many browser games that aren't flash). One game that got me hooked for 5 hours - a long time, I know - is Infectionator: World Dominator. It has a great concept, a lot of challenges, and apparently a zombie Colonel Sanders that s**ts zombie chickens (O.e).

Another game I really like is called MegaDrill. Another upgrade concept, this applies some mechanics of Hedgehog Launch, except downward.

A game that I haven't gotten around to yet, but I'm really excited to play, is Factory Balls 3. The puzzles in the first two Factory Balls games were fairly challenging without being Silver-Surfer-esque.

If you don't get that Silver Surfer reference, I want to recommend another Youtube series with you, called the Angry Video Game Nerd. It's a review of terrible games, and gives a lot of comedic material to any gamer.

That's all for now, folks! Don't forget to follow me on Twitter!