Below are videos of three demos produced by Cpix, pictured above at age 18. In the early 1990’s, he coded small footprint graphical and audio demos as part of what was known as the “demo scene.” These tiny programs illustrate how a focus on tight code and an understanding of low level computational processes enable a great programmer to do in 640k what an average coder might accomplish in 20M. It’s generally understood that one can not replace a great coder with 10 fair coders and obtain the same quality of code.

Kaltura has released a plugin for Wordpress that let’s bloggers:

• Upload, and import videos directly to the blog post (this is what I did a moment ago);
• Edit and remix videos using Kaltura’s online full-featured video editor;
• Easily import video and other forms of rich-media from other sites and social networks, and;
• Allow readers and subscribers to add video and audio comments, and to participate in collaborative videos.

You can find the plugin at the Wordpress Plugins Download Page.

Given that there are plugins that provide for uploading of videos and images, Kaltura’s offering seems most interesting with regard to the editing capabilities they offer. Will be adding to this post once I have the opportunity to try out the 1.0 version of their plugin to see how robust it is and what types of editing capabilities they offer up to bloggers.

I’m a bit concerned that Kaltura’s limiting free video bandwidth to 3Gb. It doesn’t seem like very much data before one has to begin to pay Kaltura for the use of their servers.

I’m downloading it right now and ought to have it up and running here any time now. Feel free to upload a video comment!

Everything that’s going on with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is available through the widget I’ve placed below this text. It’s amazing!

At the top you can select from NEWS, VIDEO, or SLIDESHOWS. The thumbnails for the videos might take a while to load, but you don’t have to wait for them to click and watch. I’m impressed with NBC’s commitment to bringing as much of the Olympics as possible to each of us. You want to read about what happens, great. You want to see it happen, you got it. You want it delivered to your news reader, not a problem

If you want to watch the videos, you’ll have to install MS Silverlight. It’s easy to do and you’ll be prompted when it’s needed. I really enjoy being able to quickly find the videos for the events that interest me. I also like taking a look at events I haven’t seen before. I didn’t think I was going to enjoy watching fencing as much as I do. I can’t wait to see the finals!

If you’d like to place the widget on your site, or on your DESKTOP, feel free to surf over to The NBC Olympics Widget Page.

I conclude with charismatic and heartfelt cheers of “USA! USA! USA!” and “GO MICHAEL PHELPS!”

Now go check out the widget!

Most of the services we enjoy from Web2.0 companies are offered “FREE” of charge. Friendly reminder here….NOTHING’S FREE!! The cost for free services may be hidden, but ultimately each User pays for the services in some way.

Users have for the most part stopped reading the Terms and Conditions to which they agree when they register at free Web2.0 sites. Many Users have NEVER reviewed the Terms and Conditions, but in their defense, the deals early on were pretty fair. Google swore they’d do no evil and began rolling out service after service - for FREE!

I appreciate what Google’s founders were attempting to do when they pledged to do no evil. Ironically however, because ‘do no evil’ was characterized as a standard by which to act, and not as an ideal towards which to strive, people came to count on it. Users quickly viewed it as the norm for Google and other web companies.

Users were happy to let Google use their data to improve search results, to filter spam, and whatever else Google might do under the terms of the User Agreements. For a short while it even seemed that Google’s duty to investors was aligned with its sense of responsibility to its Users and its interest in doing no evil. Eventually however, Google was forced act in keeping with its duty to investors and short term profitability.