ASCII videos

ASCIImeo takes Vimeo video and plays them as ASCII art. Here’s an example video: Dogboarding. I love that the player controls are all text as well…here’s a screenshot:

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Top Vimeo videos of 2009

From Vimeo’s list of favorite videos of 2009, the music video for Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers:

Also worth watching is the Tarantino Mixtape, which hovers somewhere between an analysis of the themes in QuentinTarantino’s films and a toe-tapping remix of all the great music, visuals, and sounds he uses in them. (via @brainpicker)

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• best of 2009
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• Vimeo

Time lapse of a gorgeous Chad Pugh

Time lapse of a gorgeous Chad Pugh illustration from start to finish (in HD).

The video is a condensed time lapse of screenshots over a several month period. Total physical drawing time is close to 40 hours and I’d add an equal amount of time for concept time and readying the print. A screenshot was taken every 5 seconds, which actually results in a full 18 minute video.

This illustration inspired Vimeo’s wonderful login screen. A limited-edition print of the finished illustration is available. (via jakob)

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Wow, Vimeo has videos in HD…the

Wow, Vimeo has videos in HD…the best quality I’ve seen from one of the big video sites. You get so used to watching crappy quality stuff on YouTube that you forget how nice it can look.

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• video
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• YouTube

Congrats to the Vimeo team on the

Congrats to the Vimeo team on the launch of the latest version of the site. Here’s the announcement post. The login/signup page is awesome. I also like how Vimeo has found room in the crowded video-on-the-web field, even though YouTube dominates the space. Vimeo is to YouTube as Facebook is to MySpace…not in terms of closed versus open (you do know that Facebook is AOL 2.0, right?) but in terms of being a bit more well thought out and not as, well, ugly (and not just in the aesthetic sense).

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• YouTube

A controlling interest in Connected Ventures (which

A controlling interest in Connected Ventures (which includes CollegeHumor) has been purchased by Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp (press release). Congrats guys! Although I don’t agree with the choice of suitor…I hate IAC-owned Ticketmaster with the fire of 50 suns. Possible hidden benefit: IAC now has a YouTube competitor in Vimeo.

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Time lapse videos from Vimeo, which relaunched nicely today.

Time lapse videos from Vimeo, which relaunched nicely today.

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• Vimeo

Blogging on the job…

A man was forced to resign from the Met for videoblogging on the job. (via zach)

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• weblogs

Vimeo is a new site for “organizing

Vimeo is a new site for “organizing and sharing your video clips”. A bit like Flickr for video clips.

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• Vimeo