Saturday, July 29, 2006

Video on demand

The internet has already had a huge impact impact on the circulation of newspapers. Podcasting and audio streaming is changing the way people relate to radio. Soon video on demand will fundamentally change the other major form of media, television. YouTube offers a taste of what the future might look like. This site has millions of videos uploaded by users from around the world. There are other sites like Google Video and Yahoo Video which are similar to YouTube.

Below are a couple of interesting videos that I recommend. One of the biggest problems with the site is the although there is a huge amount of content and it is possible to find a video of almost anything the quality is often poor.

Israelis in India

Israeli backpackers in Asia have a bad reputation and many guest houses simply refuse to admit them. I don't know whether there reputation is deserved or not. I have met some great Israeli people on my travels. Anyway, this clip comes from an Israeli television, so at least they seem to be able to laugh at themselves.



Yellow Fever

Why do white guys always get the Asian girls? Watch this video and find out.



White out

Awesome big wave surfing action. Starts with a tow in from a jet ski, ends with...

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