The Slick Network

Some of the most talked about items on the internet are tech videos on demand. One of the real pioneers of this genre of web video for download is Kevin Rose. He started this trend with the Broken and continued it with System and Diggnation. His Revison 3 company is at the forefront of this digital revolution. Not too long ago, you needed the backing of a major television studio in order to get a show aired. WIth the expansion of this new medium, quality tech programming is being produced on distributed by “individuals” with new ideas.

The only drawback of this video revolution is the same drawback that put an end to smaller developing podcasts —the high cost of bandwidth. The more popular a show gets, the more expensive it becomes to maintain. This is where this mediums differs from traditional television programming that relies heavily on advertsing. The main thing that can save this small productions is the use of a peer to peer program like Bit Torrent.

I am putting together a list of some of my favorite web video shows:

• Diggnation
• Systm
• the Broken
• Command N
• The.Scene
• Digital Life TV

Give some of these shows a try. *Note: Not all of these are “indie” productions/ Digital Life TV is produced by Ziff Davis.

Scarlett Johansson claims that she was being followed by Paparazzi when she crashed into a car in the Disneyland parking lot last week.

Access Hollywood’s article says:

Johansson, 20, paid the $10 fee to enter a lot at the amusement park when
she tried to get away from the vehicles and swerved, clipping the right side of
car carrying a woman and her two daughters, Pariseau said.

Johansson, who has starred in such movies as “Lost in Translation” and “The Island,” has left Los Angeles and hopes that state legislators will enact a law “to avoid these situations,” Pariseau said.

“She’s frustrated,” he said. “She can’t deal with it anymore.”

I curse the Paparazzi for chasing away young starlets from Hollywood!!!!!

 

Read the Article

Some people may think that George Clooney is sick in the head when it comes to his on-set practical jokes, but he really is.

Clooney suffers from a torn membrane surrounding his spinal cord. It causes him to get extreme headaches. At one point, he even had spinal fluid dripping from his nose. After “Ocean’s Eleven”, Clooney elected to have plastic pins implanted to secure his spine in place.

Who knew that he had it so rough?

 

One of the most disturbing things that I have ever read on the internet is from accused serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan. Duncan kept a blog with disturbing accounts of his life and his “monsters”. I can’t really tell if this is his real blog or a joke that some sick blogger came up with. *Note: When clicking on some links, my Virus Scan was activated.

Read some of the accounts from “Blogging from the Fifth Nail”.

http://fifthnail.blogspot.com/

Harvard Article

Here is a link to the coolest Bit Torrent search engine around.

http://torrentsearcher.filesharingplace.com/

Update: 08/28/05

I found another link to a torrent seach engine.

http://www.torrentz.com/

Torrents are a great way to save a web publisher on bandwidth costs, so whenever possible and legal, you should at least attempt to find a torrent file to download.

http://www.postsecret.com

 

http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46818

Here is a link to the infamous “Hot Coffee” porn cheat codes. It looks like Rockstar Games is facing some serious heat and is pulling the game from stores.

Caution: ADULTS ONLY
Here is link to actual video of the mod in action:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2673401

Bob will do anything to get a date with Drew Barrymore in 30 days. I just finished watching the first ten minutes of this film on AOL and it looks very funny.

Hedonistica.com has a very cool clip of an illusionist doing a hamburger trick.

I know that it is fake, but it is still very interesting. Check it out here .

We’re not afraid is a cool site that expresses people’s feelings towards the British Bombing attacks.

This is a cool online community that is growing larger and larger each day.