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We sort of mentioned it in passing a little while back, but it's worth mentioning that we have launched a mobile version of The Sift for your handheld/mobile devices. The first time you visit (with most devices) it will auto-detect that you're on a handheld and redirect you to the mobile version. Or you can just type in the address yourself:

http://m.videosift.com



It's a very slimmed down version of VS with just the bare essentials (videos, logging in, and commenting) so that you can still have a very fast-paced VideoSift experience when you're on the go.

Below are a couple of photos of some mobile devices in action. (As an aside, it's really interesting seeing them side-by-side to note the difference in screen size and quality between the Droid and iPhone/iPod Touch.)

... more inside ...

Enjoy.


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Bryce Bryce baby, Bryce Bryce baby

All right stop, collaborate and listen
Bryce’s gold star has gone missin’
Replaced with a stone cold ruby
Hamlet said To be or not to be

Born, when the president was Carter
Double-digit inflation made life harder
Two thousand eight is when he started siftin’
If you’re old you should avoid heavy liftin’

Comments, he don’t post them often
Don’t mean that he lives in a coffin
Nice guy who always shows gratitude
Longitude is opposed to latitude

Now it’s time to congratulate Bryce
Just like a wedding throwing some rice
Y'all should be thankful that it’s finally time
For me to stop busting these ludicrous rhymes

I see that www.splicd.com is an easy tool to set the start and end time of a youtube link or embed, but using those embeds on Videosift videos only works for the start time, not the end time. (I've tried on two videos.)

Does anybody know a different way to make videos end at a set time?

Neatorama

Maersk Alabama Hit Again by Somali Pirates, But This Time It Has an Acoustic Cannon!
Maersk Alabama, the cargo vessel that was hijacked by Somali pirates back in April 2009, was attacked again. This time, however, the ship was prepared:
An on-board security team repelled the attack by using evasive maneuvers, small-arms fire and a Long Range Acoustic Device, which can beam earsplitting alarm tones, the fleet said.
Find out what happened next ...[Link]

Lion Opens Car Door with Teeth
Lion Safari Park in Johannesburg, South Africa allows cars to drive through the lion enclosure so people can see the animals up close. A family in a white Toyota drove through with the doors closed, but apparently failed to lock at least one back door.[Link]

Sports Car/Side Car
The Snaefell is the creation of François Knorreck, a French hospital technician who spent €15,000, 10 years, and 10,000 hours of work on the project. It’s a 1976 Laverda motorcycle with a custom-built sidecar made from Renault, Citroen, BMW, VW and Audi parts. More pictures at the links.[Link]

12 Weird Things to Do With Your Cremated Remains
From being fired into space to crushed into diamonds, there’s few limits to what you can do with your cremated remains. [Link]

Bottom 10 Records: The Worst Albums Ever Recorded
Tired of Top 10 lists? Well, here's the cure: Bottom 10 Records, from the good folks at Bathroom Reader Institute. Behold, the official BRI countdown - and they do mean down. [Link]

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Did anyone just get this a few minutes ago? Or just me?

I was watching http://www.videosift.com/video/Temperature-and-laser-cooling and trying to vote. It took forever so I reloaded/refreshed the Web page and then the error. I couldn't go to other pages on VS either. Then, VS came back.

posted by Throbbin 6 days 9 hours 33 minutes ago • 238 views
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A total of 33 votes have been cast on this poll

Let us know why.
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YouTube Blog
We're excited to say that support for watching 1080p HD videos in full resolution is on its way. Starting next week, YouTube's HD mode will add support for viewing videos in 720p or 1080p, depending on the resolution of the original source, up from our maximum output of 720p today.

And those of you who have already uploaded in 1080p, don't worry. We're in the process of re-encoding your videos so we can show them the way you intended.


As an example you can check out the Dark Knight trailer in full HD here. That is if your computer can run it. If you right click the video and press "show video info" you can see the amount of bandwidth and the FPS your computer runs it at.
If this becomes popular it will require a staggering amount of bandwidth from YouTube. I'm quite surprised they allow it.

More examples:
Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus HD 1080p Trailer
Prince Of Persia the Movie HD 1080p trailer
Avatar HD 1080p Trailer
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Would it be bad form... (Terrible Talk)
...to downvote every submission that starts with a commercial? 'Cause I sure want to. If I was interested in that kind of nonsense I'd subscribe to cable.

</bitchy>
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MrFisk, whose name sort of sounds like it belongs to a cat (Mr. Whiskers?), just got his diamond. Again. And he did it the hard way: By posting a lot of controversial stuff, which makes it difficult to get stars. And a lot of hip hop videos too. Which also makes it difficult to get stars. So marvel at this achievement, and love up his PQ while you're at it (conveniently sorted from highest to lowest votes.)

Did you know he's a Nebraska boy? I'm from there too, which makes us brothers. With the same wife. Our sister. Help out a brother. My brother. And brother-in-law.

posted by xxovercastxx 1 week 2 days ago • 348 views
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A total of 42 votes have been cast on this poll

It's always kinda bugged me that #eia doesn't really have any requirements. I normally associate the phrase "evolution in action" with the Darwin Awards where you must remove yourself from the gene pool (ie get yourself killed or render yourself unable to reproduce) and a lot of other people seem to think the same. Presently #eia only requires people doing something stupid or dangerous.

With the arrival of #fail, we've got a fair amount of overlap between the two.

Bringing #eia in line with the Darwin Awards requirements always felt right to me, but then it would be handicapped by the snuff rule. Can we come up with another definition which avoids this problem yet is still worthy of being evolution in action?

Or should we just can it and let #fail take the reins?
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For the past two (maybe 3) days, videos from YouTube have been slow to load. Videos from other sites seem fine. I have to hit play, then pause and go do something else while the video loads.
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We're launching a series of interviews with artists and video creators who are known favorites to Sifters.

I'm really happy to announce that our first interview will be with Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn from the musical duo Pomplamoose.

If you have any questions that you would like me to ask Nataly or Jack- please post them here - and while you're at it grab their album on iTunes. I picked it up a few days ago and am liking it very much. Pomplamoose - Pomplamoose VideoSongs

Also, we're looking for ideas for other people to interview - doesn't have to be music related. I've asked the "The Website is Down" people- I'd love to hear how they put their stuff together.



Welcome our newest gold star, notarobot!

He IS Canadian!

If you check his sifts you will find a variety of provocative subjects.

And don't forget to visit his PQ . . .

Hi.

I am trying to submit http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic.html with its embed code, but its validator gets stuck without any results and Submit button is greyed out.

What's up? I can submit other non-TED videos just fine.

Thank you in advance.

Now that we've all been using 4.0 for a while, I'd like to get some feedback on things that you think could use improving. These could be little issues to do with how you use VideoSift that are frustrating or don't work the way you think they should, or just ideas for improvement.

Our own Campion is hard at work tweaking and prodding the UI for 4.1- so now is a good time to let fly with any ideas for little improvements, glitch fixes or issues.

As usual, thanks for your help in improving the Sift.

Now you can connect to VideoSift through Facebook.

If you are an existing VideoSift member, you can link your VS account to Facebook by selecting the "Connect with Facebook" button at the top of the page. Once you're connected, we'll update your Facebook page with your activities here on the Sift. By default, new posts and comments will be updated to Facebook with a link back to the VideoSift page.

You can adjust the kinds of activities you want to update to Facebook in your VideoSift member profile.

For new VideoSift members, all of the above applies- but we'll also synch your Facebook avatar for use here on VideoSift.
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http://www.videosift.com/video/American-Version-Of-Soccer-Looks-More-Like-Hockey is older and yucky cammed!
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dirty-Womens-Soccer is newer and non-cammed.

What should we do with these two dupes?
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Tired.... (Eia Talk)
...of being here waiting for admins to give the user, (formerly known as choggie), some basic, operating power back.
When, boys? Times' a wastin'...Please, take a fucking poll if it helps to speed things along....I will remind the site and all her users, that decisions made here shape the site's future. Anyone who would like to have direct questions from choggie relative to this post answered on this thread.... feel free to ask here.

I remind anyone in the know how patient and long-suffering we are.
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Hey, if you want your Personal Queue to get more attention, sound off here. I'll go first: please browse my damn PQ, it has a bunch of 9-voters and stuff! Maybe post a link to a couple of the vids you'd especially like to see escape purgatory. How about this: I promise to check out the PQ of anybody who weighs in here (votes not guaranteed) so you'll profit from my benevolent gaze, at least, if nobody else's.

Yes, and feel free to pimp out a specific vid or two that you like so well from *other people's PQs*. That is all.
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Do you find yourself waking up in the morning feeling refreshed? Tired of getting through your whole day without falling asleep?? Sick of thinking clearly and rationally all day!? Wish you could spend all night every night angry and agitated!!?! Well I've got the solution for you, have a baby!

Oh that's right, I used to be just like you before I tried this revolutionary old program. I'd hate my whole day feeling all normal and not-tired. I'd be guilt stricken with all those uninterrupted hours of sleep just piling up night after night. But now that I've started my program of "having baby," I can breathe easy during my day knowing that I've just spent a fulfilling night trying to figure out if the baby is hungry, tired, dirty, cold, hot, dead, hyperactive, confused, diabetic, allergic to nuts, deaf, blind, demonic, confused, bored, scared, wet, gassy, crampy, pregnant, worried about getting a job, worried about finding a girlfriend, tense, wanting tummy time, wanting back time, wanting hammer time, wanting more allowance, or suffering from an enlarged prostate.

Sound appealing to you? Then get with the program that's been helping people not rest for literally decades, maybe longer!! Trust me, you'll have no regrets at all (maybe)!!
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