I’m no fan of Flash as you may or may not know. However it is almost impossible to consume pop culture sites today without interacting with a Flash site somehow. Well today is a landmark day – I’ve actually found something funny and interesting enough that I’m putting a Flash video link in my post directly. I’ve chosen Google over youtube though they both have the video.
Behold what happens when two geeks get together and think about old technology – stop motion capture. I’ve also never embedded any videos here before so this should be interesting.
In the spirit of hating Flash and the way it makes so much of the web inaccessible, I’m going to share a little secret with you. There exists a “bookmarklet” that allows you to download the .avi file that is played by the Flash player for many Google and youtube videos. Simply follow the instructions and you can view the videos from your own desktop, over and over – all without dipping into proprietary and close-sourced video players!
Finally, I leave you with a link to instructions on how to access the MP3 (audio) files that many Flash sites play so you can enjoy those upon your leisure too.
Hope these are as helpful to you as they are to me – which is to say extremely so.
I thought Google bought youtube.
Aye, I believe they did. But they’re two separate sites (for now at least) and two separate offerings.
Damn, that was fun. Thanks.
If you’re in a movie mood, check out the National Film Board’s site, http://www.nfb.ca. They have 50 animated films available online. My favorite (although I don’t know many of them!) is The Big Snit. “OK teens, beeegiiiin to saaaaaw.”
I can’t even begin to imagine how long that must have taken to film and edit. It is a riot.
Don’t get it-
Glad you boys enjoyed
Must go back to the, too much time on their hands
Jealous