This is the first post since I officially launched this blog tonight. (For the past six months I’ve been slowly getting this blog looking and working perfectly. Now, I will use it to blog regularly. Giddy!)
Michelle (leggyblonde) is bringing the scrunchie back, and you better watch out because she’s serious!
I remember girls wearing scrunchies in primary school and even some in high school. It seems they’re not that popular outside of school. This fact is sad, because scrunchies are damn hot! Yes, if I was a girl, I’d wear one.
Although I don’t like Justin Timberlake’s music, I definitely thank him for inspiring Michelle to create this video. *Instant fave* and I was lolerskating up and down the stairs in my house.
Lyrics and favouriting available on the video page.
After about half an hour everything was back to normal and Viddler now has a new video page design. The most exciting new features — widescreen without letterboxing, faster player loading, new embedding options — are detailed on The Viddler Spotlight.
The very first thing I noticed, though, was how much more it looked like YouTube. I think the only difference between the two now is: Viddler has a larger player, better quality, does better widescreen, and displays the related videos slightly differently. And, yes, if the user allows it, you can download Viddler videos.
While Viddler’s on-site video viewing may make YouTube regulars feel comfortable on Viddler, I think previous designs were better, and people should be used to other video sites being different (in features and design).
The following images show Viddler (left) and YouTube (right) side by side:
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As you can see, there isn’t too much difference until you get in close.
I’m not too sure why Viddler’s new design wasn’t shown to Viddlerers (for approval) like the grey bar was.
I admit, I don’t mind the grey bar, but I still would prefer the green one. I love the new features (yay for bug fixes), but I’m not to sure the YouTube design will grow on me.
This morning Allie and woke up really early, and went out to watch Queen Elizabeth II sail in to Sydney Harbour.
At 6am she strolled through the heads sounding her horn. We watched from Middle Head; a perfect view.
Once she’d past Middle Head, we got back in the car and went down the road to Bradleys Head. (I’d never been there before; the view of Sydney Harbour is the most amazing I’ve ever seen!) As we arrived the QE2 was just passing by. Perfect.
We shot some beautiful photographs, and I filmed the video below on Will’s Sony HDV video camera.
