Video Player in a Magazine!

I have been trying to find someone with a copy of Entertainment Weekly from mid September. Trust me, this has nothing to do with this merits of the magazine itself -- but there's a little glimpse of some exciting new video technology within. For this issue only, CBS has supplied a thin insert that plays a video with audio right on the page. It's an advertisement, of course, but wow. Crazy. Only magazine subscribers got the insert, so I've had no luck at news stands. Has anyone seen it in person?

Uncut.

A while back, our friend Matt told us about an online project called Star Wars: Uncut. It asks the people of the internet to recreate 15 second scenes from Star Wars, with whatever creative direction they see fit. The ultimate goal is to string together all the scenes to recreate the whole movie. I finally got the chance to check it out, and it's awesome! Some people re-enacted it with their own actors, or friends, or legos, or cats, or animation, etc. Some people literally translated the scenes shot by shot, and others took funny creative liberties. Definitely worth checking out, and participating.

Way to go, Finland.

Finland just passed a law making access to broadband a legal right for Finnish citizens. (In France, access to the internet is a human right, but this is the first country to make it a legal right). Starting in July 2010, residents of Finland will be guaranteed at least 1mbs internet access, with plans to increase this to 100mbs by 2015. In a world where access to the web is increasingly essential for applying for employment, paying bills, and accessing world news -- this is a wonderful thing.

Web Video Predicted to Drive 60% of Internet Traffic in 2013

Cisco released a white paper analysis that shows that video communications traffic is accelerating at an alarming rate, particularly web video. Read the full analysis here.

Wireless Electricity

I can't wait...