Thursday, September 23, 2004

"...fire in the sky..." sky. By (johndan). [johndan's Photos] 9:25:40 PM

o2ma Wilmington8 WilmingtonDrumDuet8. By nobody@flickr.com (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:19:02 PM

Amit Tyagi From Nairobi Kenya Market opportunity in East Africa for international film/TV? Amit Tyagi reports from Nairobi, Kenya. The market section of the Seventh Africa Cine Week, the MAP-TV 2004 section, has announced its list of thirty-one confirmed participants. What is very interesting is that — despite the sizeable presence of East African TV broadcasters, most of whom buy foreign programmes in considerable quantity — there are no foreign programme suppliers/distributors in this list. If you go to the Sithengi market in Cape Town, South Africa, the place is teeming with sellers/distributors of foreign programmes — from American majors to distributors selling dubbed Italian programmes, to Malaysian and Chinese programme producers — they can all be found chasing African broadcasters. But here, the market is going by without any foreign programme seller noticing! Or is it simply that this market has grown without anyone realising that it has? I wouldn't know the answer, but I suspect there's a niche waiting to be filled here. [Amit Tyagi: Cinema Minima Correspondent in East Africa] Subscribe to  Amit Tyagi's RSS news feed [Cinema Minima] 8:16:35 PM

o2ma Wilmington7 WilmingtonDrumDuet7. By nobody@flickr.com (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:12:55 PM

o2ma Wilmington5 WilmingtonDrumDuet5. By nobody@flickr.com (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:10:42 PM

o2ma Wilmington4 WilmingtonDrumDuet4. By (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:07:21 PM

o2ma Wilmington3 WilmingtonDrumDuet3. By (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:04:41 PM

o2ma Wilmington1 WilmingtonDrumDuet1. By (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 8:02:02 PM

via donewaiting.com You Give Me Something I Can Feel. The most rocking, energetic U2 single in over 15 years was leaked today. We at Donewaiting.com suspect it's probably only... [donewaiting.com :: music commentary] 7:59:21 PM

o2ma on mediaburn ---> Ottmar Liebert 2003-7 Ottmar 2003-7. photo by walt By (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 7:53:31 PM

Looks Browsable ManiaTV!. ManiaTV! "delivers Internet addicts the best mix of music, short films, action sports, video games, cartoons and news with a four-legged twist. All hosted by our wannabe CyberJockeys""What happens when you take the medium of traditional Television Broadcasting and combine it with the much less traditional medium of the Internet? Well, you'll probably end up with a television set for the new millennium, you'll definitely end up with something new and edgy, and you're going to end up here at ManiaTV! We've taken Windows Media Video, a host of talented Internet producers, all of the top new music videos, our own ManiaTV! Original Programming, and we're streaming it all out to you broadband wookies for free!" (Looks totally browsable. ;) -kc.) [unmediated] 7:48:01 PM

Broadband Wireless Networks France to Get Nationwide WiMax. Altitude Telecom, the only owner of a nationwide 3.5 Ghz license in France, plans to use Alvarion gear to build a broadband wireless network in the country: The Alvarion gear is based on WiMax, though not yet certified as WiMax because the certification process hasn't started yet. Altitude will start out with four counties and move on from there. It's interesting to note that Altitude plans to use the wireless network to serve small to large businesses. That target market is the same market that broadband wireless operators have traditionally targeted. WiMax, however, has often been touted as a DSL replacement that could be used to serve the residential market. Perhaps Altitude will use the next generation of WiMax gear to target the residential market.... [Wi-Fi Networking News] 7:44:48 PM

Ron Wagner + Berimbau Ron Wagner + Berimbau. photo by Walt By (o2ma). [o2ma's Photos] 7:42:37 PM

UnmediatedTV unmediatedtv - every Monday @ 2:00p EST. Join us online every Monday at 2:00pm EST for UnmediatedTV, a look at some of what's going on in the development of decentralized media, live from NYC. We'll be using Shawn Van Every's Interactive Tele-Journalism system, developed at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, (the same system used for the Konscious.TV during the RNC) to allow folks to chat and participate. [unmediated] 7:39:44 PM

HP Fiorina: HP's ordering problem now fixed. CEO Carly Fiorina says problem that dented last quarter's financial results is a thing of the past. [CNET News.com] 6:22:56 PM

Students at the Festival Free tickets to Sundance: deadline 2004 October 15. The Sundance Institute's Students at the Festival program offers a limited number of complimentary ticket packages to high school and youth groups to attend the Sundance Film Festival, 2004 January 26 - 30. This year the Institute is committed to additional outreach in an effort to involve students who are at-risk or from underserved communities. Information [Listen Up! Newsblog] [Cinema Minima] 6:15:02 PM

Greetings Earthlings Science & Fiction Symposium. A "Science & Fiction Symposium " will be held in in San Francisco on September 29 - October 2, 2004 Four days to analyse the relationship and mutual influence of science and fiction, of hard fact and imagination. Swiss and American scientists, science-fiction writers, and astronauts will talk about four topics: Automatons, Autonomous robots, Human Augmentation and Mars in Science and Fiction. The exhibition "Science Fiction - Technology Fact", on loan from the House of Elsewhere, will be on display throughout the symposium. To get more details and register: ScienceLink. From World Changing. Image. [bTang reBlog] 6:11:51 PM

Kerry Slipping in Arizona? Kerry pulls ads in Arizona. Sen. John Kerry's campaign scrapped plans for television advertising in the state, prompting Republicans to declare ''it's over'' for the Democratic candidate in Arizona. Teresa Kerry talks about the campaign in Sun City* Heinz Kerry wows faithful * Campaign 2004 [azcentral.com | republicfront] 6:08:39 PM