Ben on the sit and spin listening to Zappa

The title says it all. Here is the flick

Netflix-1st-mailer-design

1999
Made from cardboard, the first Netflix mailer weighs more than an ounce. But with only 100,000 customers, reducing material and shipping costs is not yet a priority for the company.

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There is a cool gallery on CNN that helps us visualize the evolution of the Netflix mailer, the key to their business and core to their success. The shot to the left is the 1st crack at cracking the DVD via USPS product development - a carboard box. They were not to concerned at this point, rife with VC $, and only 100,000 users. You have to start somewhere. Here is a link to the article if you feel like reading more.

Ben's First Bites of Solids

WARNING: this is for family's enjoyment. It was shot at 6 am in very bad light but it is Ben taking his first spoon filled bits of real food.

The Best webcam I have ever seen - Hornby Island Eagle Nest

A friend at work fwd me a link to this cam. I was like "oh yeah another choppy, shitty, no sound no motion site." Then I checked it one time and my jaw hit the spacebar. It has been a week and it is still blowing me away. The cam is streaming at 291 Kbps above the nest high in a tree in Hornby BC. and run by a guy named David.

How good is it, should you check it out. Well I am watching the mom or dad on the next right now. The sky is overcast, the eagle just yawned and is watching a raven fly by. There is a fly hoovering around the lower left of the next and it appears there is only a slight breeze by the soft ruffeling of the eagles feathers. Earlier the Eagle was calling from the nest which woke me up a bit. I forgot this stream had sound. The nest has two eggs currently. I know because I saw the big bird rolling them between sittings. One of my friends saw a switch off yesterday. One parent flew in, switched places and the other flew off. Here is a hint to the genders, female raptors are always larger due to egg production. The other theory is there are different prey targets depending on the size and power of the bird. Check this out, you won't be unmoved.

I have written the owner and operator of the cam asking what Microsoft can do to help him support such an educational site. I will keep you posted on his reply.

Spap.

This is funny

Caught this video months ago on SNL but couldn't find it afterwords on the net. Well it is out there now. Samberg got a cool start as a comedian writer with a few buddies out in SF. They had there own video site that showcased their own shorts.

Here is a little snippet of some dope rhymes....

Roll up to the theater. Ticket buying what we're handling.
You can call us Aaron Burr from the way we're dropping Hamiltons.
Parked in our seats, movie trivia's the illest.
What Friends alum starred in films with Bruce Willis?
We answered so fast it was scary.
Everyone stared in awe when we screamed Matthew Perry.