Anatomy  of a Computer Virus, written by Scott Mitchell and directed and animated by Patrick Clair, is probably one of the scariest computer virus videos I’ve seen. After watching the video you realize that computer systems will never be completely secure. As computer software gets smarter so do viruses. Eventually computers will all get smarter than us anyway and wage war on humans. Maybe they’ll start making their own viruses to control us. I probably shouldn’t say that. The computers could be reading this and I don’t want to give them any ideas. I need to stop thinking about this.

Techno Tuesdays at work often has a lot of Justice thrown in. My co-worker Justin sent me a link to the new Justice video for the song Civilization directed by Edouard Salier. It’s an amazing video that takes place in what at first resembles a Planet of Apes type setting with gigantic roman like sculptures and desert canons. Just when you think you’re figuring it out the whole world starts to tilt and Buffalo start appearing and running all over. The video is a stylized masterpiece that makes a pretty good song when it first starts into a really good song.

Here’s a fun video I came across a few months ago but haven’t posted yet. It’s made by two fellas named Daniel. They’ve collaborated on a bunch of music videos and a great Levis ad. All of their work is fantastic but Dogboading is well… you’ll see. Check out their site here.

So, I totally missed that Adele has a new album. You’ve probably heard it and have even seen this video for Rolling In The Deep. (Like I said, I’ve been busy nesting,  I’m a little behind on all things that don’t have to do with babies.)  Don’t worry. No babies in this video. No pink poufy dresses or lovey-dovey eyes at the camera either. That wouldn’t be Adele, and its certainly not me.

For Christmas this year my wife and I got a new flat screen tv and an Apple TV to go with it. I’ve used it a few times now and for the most part really like it. First I’ll talk about what I like.

1. I like that I can stream movies from my computer or my iPod. Very nice!
2. Netflix streaming is amazing. It’s easy to brows through movies and the picture quality is great. Many movies stream in HD. I haven’t experienced a hang up yet.
3. It does other stuff too like play music from iTunes, internet radio stations, photos and YouTube.
4. You can hack it. I’ve found a bunch of hacks for HULU and other things. Rumor has it that Apple will be coming out with an Apple TV App Store so maybe the hacks are just a temporary thing anyway.
5. It works. My wife and I have a Time Capsule, an iMac and a MacBookPro and it found them all no problem.
6. The size is so teeny weeny!

Drawbacks:

1. It was a huge pain to put in usernames and passwords to connect with the my iTunes store account and to Netflix. I don’t use the iTunes store much, it’s more expensive for buying music and there are DRM issues. So naturally I don’t remember what my pw is. It would be great if for streaming your own music on your own network you could just do a blue tooth type password that creates the bond and then doesn’t matter any more; at least for those who are not buying or renting from iTunes. Entering your username and password is ridicules. Basically you go character by character using the remote. I use very secure passwords for things that involve my cc number so naturally this took a long time especially with my username being an email address . I actually took a break from it at one point. The password is dots out the characters so it’s easy to loose your place if your pw is over 8 characters. At least it is for me. You would think in this day and age that kind of thing would be figured out.
2. This in more a drawback for all of you with screens larger than 40″. The Apple TV’s HD is only 720p, not 1080p. For me and my 32″ TV it makes no difference.

So that’s my story so far. If you have a smaller sized flat screen and are already using Apple gear in other walks of life the Apple TV is great. If you’re really into image quality being at 1080p then I would go for a more expensive media center option or a Roku for streaming online video.

This is a great music video. I really like the song and the animation is so stylized polished. The concept behind the video is great too. These organisms that feed off of each other, cause and effect, rockets and some explosions. You’ll get it when you see it.

This a great little test video by Oton Bačar of his friend doing BMX tricks. I wish there were more short videos like this. I could watch them all day. The great part about this video is the use of slow motion. It makes the rider at times feel more like an astronaut floating in space than a guy on bike.

This is a very simple and very amazing video by Jul & Mat for Ratatat’s Party With Children. I really can’t say much more about it. It has a certain perfection that I exceedingly enjoy; a common trait in Jul & Mat videos.