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Links of Interest

Here are some links we’ve stumbled upon this week that we think might interest you. Click away, you might learn something cool! Slashdot asks: How to best record remote video interviews: Ask.slashdot.org Get ready for another season of stiff drinks and sharp suits with a Mad Men Choose Your Own Adventure game: BuzzFeed Netflix and … Continue reading “Links of Interest”

Here are some links we’ve stumbled upon this week that we think might interest you. Click away, you might learn something cool!

Slashdot asks: How to best record remote video interviews: Ask.slashdot.org

Get ready for another season of stiff drinks and sharp suits with a Mad Men Choose Your Own Adventure game: BuzzFeed

Netflix and co. are outpacing physical media… but that’s bad news for movie studios: LA Times Blog

The top-rented DVDs of the year aren’t what you’d expect: LA Times Blog

Hands-on with the Photoshop CS6 beta: PC World

The first ever film based on a Dickens story has been found — after 111 years! BuzzFeed

Why were old-timey movie posters so cool? BuzzFeed

“Learn to Code: The Full Beginner’s Guide”
Always wanted to learn how to code but not sure how to get started? Lifehacker has four great step-by-step lessons that will teach you the basics: LifeHacker

“Learn the Basics of Photoshop in Under 25 Minutes”
This quick and dirty Photoshop tutorial will have you doing basic photo editing in no time: LifeHacker

“What to Watch”
Unsure what to watch tonight? Check out this great resource for daily tips on what’s worth watching on television: i09

“Trumping The Industry with Kickstarter: Women Support Women To Get Movies Made And Seen”
Traditionally, the male dominance at the top of the film industry has meant that few movies are made about women, by women or for women, but Kickstarter, a website where projects are funded by the masses, is making waves. Truly Free Film

Are you working in After Effects? Check out Video Copilot

Video Copilot is an After Effects haven with lots of great ideas and plenty of free tutorials for both special effects and motion graphics. You can download the source files and follow along, or use them as stock footage and make your own changes. They also have a lot of great products for sale, such … Continue reading “Are you working in After Effects? Check out Video Copilot”

Video Copilot is an After Effects haven with lots of great ideas and plenty of free tutorials for both special effects and motion graphics. You can download the source files and follow along, or use them as stock footage and make your own changes. They also have a lot of great products for sale, such as pre-matted explosions that you can just drop on top of your existing footage. Overall it’s a comprehensive site advanced enough for the seasoned pro, but accessible enough for the novice.

AV Club visits Wire locations in Baltimore Part 2

Check out the AV Club’s blog post on Baltimore: The Wire Locations part two. If you have not yet watched the entire series, get started and be warned; there are some spoilers in the video. In the video, the AV Club visit the location for Hamsterdam and the now semi-famous Novak’s Grocery. The post also … Continue reading “AV Club visits Wire locations in Baltimore Part 2”

Check out the AV Club’s blog post on Baltimore: The Wire Locations part two. If you have not yet watched the entire series, get started and be warned; there are some spoilers in the video. In the video, the AV Club visit the location for Hamsterdam and the now semi-famous Novak’s Grocery. The post also mentions a great Baltimore blog post that is a Google street view tour of some Wire locations. Check it out here: Welcome to Baltimore, Hon!

Baltimore: The Wire locations, part two

AV Club visits Wire locations in Baltimore Part 1

The blog, the AV Club recently posted about visiting some Wire locations in Baltimore. Here’s what they have to say, and be sure to check out the video below. The Wire (Complete Series) – HU DVD 2861 – 2883 As The A.V. Club discovered, there’s an upside to having much of your perception of Baltimore … Continue reading “AV Club visits Wire locations in Baltimore Part 1”

The blog, the AV Club recently posted about visiting some Wire locations in Baltimore. Here’s what they have to say, and be sure to check out the video below.

The Wire (Complete Series) – HU DVD 2861 – 2883

As The A.V. Club discovered, there’s an upside to having much of your perception of Baltimore come from The Wire: The city is a lot nicer than you’d expect. Yes, we understood on a realistic level that Baltimore wasn’t just blocks upon blocks of Hamsterdam, but we were a little surprised by how charming Fells Point was when we arrived to meet Wire location scout Eric Bannat. Of course, right in the middle of Fells Point is the run-down building that was the headquarters for Homicide: Life On The Street. (Apparently it’s being turned into a hotel.) It has a giant plaque out front to commemorate the show.

For the first of our two-part Pop Pilgrims on The Wire—you didn’t think we could cram it all into one episode, did you?—Bannat took us to a bunch of spots that fans of the show should instantly recognize. From the basketball courts to the dog-fighting warehouse, from Marlo’s corner to the cops’ favorite hangout, everything is right there for any pop pilgrim to check out. (Many of the big interiors, of course, were sets, but you’ll still feel like Bodie’s sidekick walking around this neighborhood.)

On Wednesday, another whole bunch of locations you can visit in Bodymore, including the spot where—spoiler alert!—Omar got dropped.

Baltimore: The Wire locations, part one

Remove Scratches from DVDs with Liquid Metal Polish

The Consumerist blog lead us to an old post on the Wise Bread blog which discusses several interesting methods for removing scratches from CDs or DVDs. Suggested methods include using tooth paste, a banana, chewing gum, and most effectively – Brasso, or any liquid metal polish. This video shows you how it’s done, but as … Continue reading “Remove Scratches from DVDs with Liquid Metal Polish”

This video shows you how it’s done, but as a reminder, never try this at home with an American University Library Media Services DVD. Just return and report any problems you have, and leave the repairs to the trained professionals: us!

300+ Free movies Online: Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns…

Where to watch free movies online? This may be too good to be true, but it appears to be a site attempting to be a gateway to legitimate streams of feature films online. OpenCulture.com has put together a list of 300+ quality films that you can watch online. The collection is divided into the following … Continue reading “300+ Free movies Online: Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns…”

Where to watch free movies online? This may be too good to be true, but it appears to be a site attempting to be a gateway to legitimate streams of feature films online.

OpenCulture.com has put together a list of 300+ quality films that you can watch online. The collection is divided into the following categories: Comedy & Drama; Film Noir, Horror & Hitchcock; Westerns & John Wayne; Silent Films; Documentaries, and Animation.

Here are a few titles:

COMEDY & DRAMA
A Farewell to Arms – Free – Buy DVD – Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes star in film based on famous novel by Ernest Hemingway. (1932)

Alexander Nevsky – Free – Buy DVD – A historical drama film directed by the great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. (1938)

All Quiet on the Western Front – Free – Buy DVD – This is a classic based on a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. (1930)

Angel on My Shoulder – Free – Buy DVD – A gangster comedy starring Claude Rains and Paul Muni. (1946)

To see the full list, go here.

[As seen on OpenCulture.com]