GeekLimit

I remember back in the day (not that long ago) when VH1 had the show ‘Pop Up Video‘. The idea was that while showing the video, there were many little tidbits of information that would “pop up” on the screen and tell you more about the production of the video, the artists involved, or anything else remotely interesting.

Later, DVD’s would come out and do the same thing, but offer information such as translations of the dialogue to director’s commentary.

There are a few players out in the web-video world that are working to provide the same kind of functionality to users who want to add more to the videos they share.

Mojiti isn’t very well known, but they have easy-to-use tools for providing your own annotations for videos hosted on YouTube, Revver, and Google Video.  For a good example of how Mojiti works, check out this YouTube favorite where someone has found and listed the exact dances being shown. Cool!

via mashable 

Every review of the MacBook Pro I’ve seen goes on and on about how wonderful everything is about these user-lappy’s…until they get to the topic of cooling.

It seems that there is a general agreement that the MacBook Pro’s run way too hot for many people’s preference.  This seems to be a poorly defined threshold as to when the fans kick in or stay off.  As with many laptops, fan use has to be balanced with battery life, but it appears that Apple missed the mark with this one, with the result being a hotter-than-usual laptop.
Luckily, a freeware app from Lobotomo called Fan Control solves this.  You can set the default base fan speed, as well as the lower and upper temperature limits to properly cool your MacBook Pro to your liking.  Check out this freeware today, and say goodbye to your burning lap!

via kraneland

Some nice commentary from the Colbert Report on how the revenue sharing of content on YouTube seems to stop with the corporate content providers, and has yet address reaching the bulk of the users on YouTube…

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Hey all,

Sorry about the delay here at GL. What an October! Here’s a summary af what happened here, as well as why GL is just getting back up and running now. I can see that we still have hundreds of visitors still visiting the site regularly, I’ll get to posting some good stuff to you shortly. Drop a comment and let me know you’re still out there, I appreciate all of you!

(Sept 27 – GeekLimit.com goes down hard)

October 2006

Oct 1 – I get back from a long weekend vacation (and 50+ mile bike ride) to find the site is still down
Oct 3 – I still can’t get into the hosting admin panel, tech support says the server is fine

Oct 4 – Home inspection, refi

Oct 5-9 I’m busy preparing for a conference I’m speaking at on the 10th

Oct 12-15 Working on final projects for 2 of my grad school courses

Oct 16-19 Taking final exams for grad school classes

Oct 20 Troubles with home refinancing, poor estimate of home’s value

Oct 22 Grandma is admitted to Critical Care Unit, obstructions and heart issues

Oct 23-28 spending spare time at hospital, obstructions OK, heart worsening

Oct 29-31 Gma admitted to ICU, heart issues worse still

Oct 31 Start new semester of grad school

Nov 1 Gma heart problems significantly better, regular beat pattern, breathing much less labored, high spirits

Nov 2 I realize that GL has been down for almost a month, and get some time to address the issues. Hosting is OK, but bad plugin preventing page load. Reinstall wordpress and ystematically disable 40+ plugins one at a time, find the culprit. Found a new theme and moved upload folder to new install.

Nov 3 Back in business!

Ever have those months where you wonder where the time goes? That was October for me. I feel completely drained by everything that went on, but can’t really point out any real accomplishments for all that work. It might be a little depressing, if November wasn’t looking so good!

Stay warm everybody, and let me know you’re still here!