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Jim Munroe's "Infest Wisely" interview at the Vancity Theatre

Author and filmmaker Jim Munroe was in Vancouver on September 23rd for Vidfest, a digital/new media conference. He was here to show Infest Wisely, a "lo fi sci fi" movie that replaces expensive special effects with ideas, and yelling crew members with collaboration between seven teams to create one feature film. On a personal note, I tried to cut this with Final Cut Pro at first, but then I realized I was unnecessarily adding B-Roll and other holdovers from my TV editing days, when all anyone really wants is to hear what Jim has to say. So I dipped into iMovie and got this video done in about an hour. While I'm going to stick with FCP for documentaries and shorts, iMovie would seem to be the way to go for fast videoblogging.

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Radio Free Skaro #53 - Truly this is Utopia

A high watermark for both the classic and new series, Utopia is an hour of top-rate Who, and the Three comment on it mightily, including some off-color joking about by Warren (Mr. Jacobi, the remark was meant as a joke, so please call off those lawyers, there's a good fellow.) Listen to us gush over Utopia...and oh yeah, a bit or two of news might get covered as well. (feed, web, direct download)

Update: Chris caught a glitch at the end of the original recording, so I've fixed that now.

Radio Free Skaro #52 - The Art of Blinksmanship

With a surfeit of news, the premiere of the Sarah Jane Adventures and Blink, one of the seasons best episodes, as the subject of our commentary, the Three Who Rule had plenty to shoot their mouths off about. And shoot they did, though not always on topic. Enjoy! (feed, web, direct download)

Stephen Fry has a blog

Stephen Fry, one of the funniest men on the planet, now has a blog. Drop what you're doing immediately and read it.... More...

Film Piracy, wide lapels and disco

Concerned about piracy? So was the film industry...when Superman: The Movie was released. Youtube has a hard hitting investigation from 60 Minutes (part 1, part 2) on nefarious movie pirates and their newfangled video-taping instruments. (found on Boing Boing)... More...

Radio Free Skaro #51 - The Podcast of Blood

Despite Chris (the "Third Guy") being set upon by some sort of throat ailment, the RFS crew set forth and valiantly commentated on "The Family of Blood," the second part of Paul Cornell's season 3 magnum opus and a corking... More...

New documentary about text adventures

Get Lamp is a documentary aimed squarely at the heart of aging Infocom addicts everywhere (ie. your beloved author.) Jason Scott, who previously released BBS: The Documentary, has traveled across North America interviewing many of the pioneers that brought you... More...

9/11 stories head towards cliche

In a rather ballsy bit of writing, Joyce Wadler of the New York Times criticizes the "I remember when..." war story nature of everyone's 9/11 memories. She's got a point, in that a terrible day has become a cultural touchstone... More...

Radio Free Skaro #50 - Human, Naturally

A truly momentous milestone, as we celebrate our 50th episode of Radio Free Skaro with...well, nothing really. Nothing, that is, except a corking bit of episode-ery known as "Human Nature," one of the highlights of Season 3. Join Warren, Steven,... More...

Music videos go lo-fi

In the Nineties, music videos mirrored the rise of excess-oriented hip hop and swelled in cost to ridiculous proportions. Somewhere along the way MTV started running more reality shows than videos, hip-hop lost some of its potency, and kids stopped... More...

TV's methodology is outdated and insulting

An article in the Spectator points to recent a recent decree by the news director of Britain's Channel 5 to get rid of outmoded television news conventions like the "noddy", the practice of cutting back to a reporter nodding at... More...

The Lab with Leo party at the Alibi Room

Last night I had a chance to finally meet Leo Laporte at a party at the Alibi Room commemorating 100 episodes of "The Lab with Leo" on TechTV Canada. I was a bit of a dilettante viewer in the glory... More...

Radio Free Skaro #49 - is about 42

Steven, Warren and the supremely jaunty Chris tackle 42, a madcap romp through a spaceship hurtling towards a dying sun, for this the 49th episode of Radio Free Skaro. We also tackle the recent announcement of a "gap year" for... More...

Man barely survives eight hours in a truck with only FM radio for company

Sounds like a horrible fate. I haven't listened to radio in years (unless you count NPR and CBC podcasts), and I don't intend to start.... More...

Radio Free Skaro #48 - The Lazurus Meandering

The Third Guy returns as Chris Burgess joins us once again for our take on "The Lazurus Experiment", a Seaon 3 time-filler redeemed by cool scorpion effects and the fact that it came right after a disastrous Dalek two-parter. We... More...

Videogames make better horror experiences than movies

I'd go further and say that, of late, video games have made better experiences than movies, full stop. But that's doubly true in the case of horror, since games can (and will) throw as much scariness at you as possible,... More...

Vint Cerf's Internet predictions

Vint Cerf, one of the inventors of the Internet, predicts television is about to hit its "iPod moment" and will soon be primarily downloaded for later viewing. I can personally attest to live TV taking a backseat to downloaded content... More...

Newspapers pwned by Internet

This should come to a shock to no-one, but the steady diet of news available online is weakening the power of the once mighty newspaper. I agree with the author of this Slate column, who says by the time he... More...

Radio Free Skaro #47 - Mehvolution of the Daleks

The episode under fire in our commentary may be nothing to write home about, but this week's episode of Radio Free Skaro was indeed special in that it included Chris Burgess, our perennial silent partner and Fifth Beatle. Chris threw... More...

The best and worst sci-fi TV show openings

No argument here on most of these....but what about Doctor Who? Huh? HUH? Plus the old Max Headroom opening was quite the bit of cyber-gold back in the day. Also, despite the cheesiness of the old Battlestar Galactica....that's still one... More...

The Enemies of Reason

Noted atheist and biologist Richard Dawkins has a new show, "The Enemies of Reason," which aims to put the lie to the world of superstition and mysticism. Besides being a fine bit of documentary, it's also beautifully shot, presumably in... More...

I'm at Barcamp Vancouver 2007....

...nerding it up. Lots of my A/V club brethren are here at Barcamp Vancouver 2007 giving talks and enlightening each other as to the mysteries of social media, Web 2.0, and assorted whatnot. More later.... More...

Radio Free Skaro #46 - Daleks in Meh-hattan

Warren and Steven tear into what was definitely the lowlight of the season, Daleks in Manhattan, which had all the potential for greatness but failed to live up to its promise every step of the way. At least it gave... More...

Relgious reporter loses faith

I'm firmly in the Dawkins camp, myself, but I found this story by a religion reporter (and former devout Christian) fascinating. It details how the ongoing sex scandal in the Catholic Church shook his beliefs to their core, and as... More...

The worst job in new media

There was a time in my distant past when I was a Master Control Operator for several Canadian national broadcast networks. Despite the grandiose sounding title, it was thankless drudgework which consisted mostly of making sure "Caillou" kept broadcasting through... More...

Near-fame and reality TV

Turns out that reality TV is great for a short-term boost, but in terms of long-term career growth, it's a bit of a non-starter.... More...

Radio Free Skaro #45 - Gridlock commentary and other sundry bits

One of our favorites from Season Three goes under the microscope as Warren and Steven subject "Gridlock" to their witty, nay brilliant commentary. We also veered off into a few other topics off the top, including "Life on Mars" (which... More...

The worst music video ever

While flipping around the dial last night, I came across what could quite possibly be the worst music video ever to be created. It's amazing not only that the five band members of Dragonforce each manage to outdouche one another... More...