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Current TV

Kieran — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:34:23 +0000

Current TV, “The TV Network created by the people who watch it”, allows members of the public to not only upload their videos to the web but also have them broadcast on digital tv… this is the way things are going… regular television is losing out to online video, so it's got to adapt and change… the BBC have recently made a deal with Youtube to broadcast their content online, while Sky News invites it's viewers to send in their news and views through mobile video and webcam footage… just like the way radio broadcasting has been enhanced with podcasts and accompanying web reading, television is been further augmented by the online world… it's all converging…

more info: Current TV Official Site Current TV Wikipedia entry

Hack Attack

Kieran — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:48:09 +0000

This site got hacked last week, for the second time.. I guess in some strange way its a kind of an honour, this site doesn't get a lot of traffic… but anyways the hackers in question left a html file and a text file on the site with a little 'we were here' type message. I typed part of it into Google and up comes a list of sites where their files havn't been seen/removed… including some Chinese Government sites… mad – link

Second Life Dublin

Kieran — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:31:03 +0000

RTÉ News had a report on tv yesterday about a virtual Dublin built in the 3d multiplayer experience 'Second Life'.

The reporter created an avatar for himself and interviewed the owners of two businesses (a pub and a promotions agency) first in cyberspace (where they have built 3d representations of their premises) and then in the real world (meatspace).

It was interesting to see how they represented themselves online. The interviewer looked like fairly like himself, same haircut, suit and even had his microphone. The lady from the promotions agency wasn't wearing her glasses online, but the pub guy looked nothing like his avatar (no offence btw if you're reading this!).

There's a video link to the report here (about halfway down the page).

Bleepmaster, friend of Cornelius

Kieran — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:30:59 +0000

At the moment my 'Bleepmaster' myspace page is the 'top 8' friends list for eclectic indie music innovator Cornelius… that's a great surprise and honour for me since Cornelius is one of my favourite musicians… I guess someone at Matador Records must have liked the Mechagodzilla avatar :)

Urban Dead – Zombie MMORPG

Kieran — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:08:44 +0000

“Urban Dead is a low-tech massively-multiplayer zombie apocalypse game where the living and the undead compete for the control of a quarantined city.”

Awesome stuff… The user starts by selecting their player type (civilian, military, scientist or zombie) each with different strengths and weaknesses. Then they start the game, stranded in Malton City… looking for a safe house, food, weapons whatever it takes to survive the undead apocalypse. So far I'm alive… having avoided some zombies, found a baseball bat and made it to the sanctury of a Necrotech building (my character type is a Necrotech Lab Assistant), I have to wait a while there while my action points replenish… then it's back to streets :) – this looks addictive, it's even inspired some to create a quasi-religion!