Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

March 17, 2008 | 3 Comments

It appears that Joss Whedon - writer god that blessed us with Serenity - decided to write a sweet new masterpiece called “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” during the writers strike! Felicia Day is saying that it is an internet Musical. Yup. Internet. Musical. w00t!

Joss writes:

It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to. And I’m having the time of my life.

The super villian - Doctor Horrible - will be played by Neil Patrick Harris. The hero - Captain Hammer - by Nathan Fillion, and the cute girl - Penny - will be played by one of my favorite YouTube stars: Felicia Day of The Guild!

Sadly there isn’t a ton out there regarding this epic musical, but I’ll be waiting and watching. Joss Whedon. Nathan Fillion. Felicia Day. Neil Patrick Harris. Awesome.

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The Best Photoshop Tutorials Ever

March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments

My Damn Channel, an entertainment studio, has a series of Photoshop tutorials that are hilarious and…well…really good. I saw You Suck At Photoshop #8 via Digg and ended up watching them all. Really good stuff.

Here’s #7:

Posted by Matt | Filed Under Blog, Technology 

High Resolution YouTube Videos

March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As reported by Slashdot, YouTube is rolling out high resolution video! Despite the fact that this feature isn’t fully implemented, for those of you that can’t wait - like myself - you can view the high-res versions simply by changing the URL like so:

Change This:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0

Into:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0&fmt=6

Yup! Just tack on &fmt=6 to the end of the YouTube video URLs and enjoy the high-res goodness.

Cybernet News additionally states:

If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode by clicking the button in the bottom-right corner of the player.

Note: Alternatively you can add &fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here’s a Greasemonkey script that will automatically add &fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL.

Note: YouTube has millions of videos and this feature isn’t officially released…so it will take some time for the high-res feature to become available on many videos. But…the URL tweak is worth it if it means there is a chance the video is higher quality.

Posted by Matt | Filed Under Blog, Random News