cool jeri ellsworth interview / dtv game (fwd)

[RobertB]

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From: SDF Poster
Date: Mar 17, 11:30 am

Hey, here is a cool video of jeri ellsworth on a local news report:

http://blip.tv/file/749800/

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     [To be exact, the report is from KGW-TV in Portland, OR, and Jeri speaks a bit about her history and the creation of the C64 DTV 30-games-in-one joystick.]

[BigDumbDinosaur]

This video dates from late 2004.  It seems as though Jeri hasn't been very visible in the recent past.  One hardly reads or hears anything about her anymore in the "mainstream press."  Was this another computer flash-in-the-pan?

[RobertB]

It seems as though Jeri hasn't been very visible in the recent past.

Jeri appeared at CommVEx and the Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention last year, in addition to several "hackers'" events.  She will next speak at the Block Party 2008 in a few weeks.

One hardly reads or hears anything about her anymore in the "mainstream press."

Heh, the mainstream press only goes with what is the "fad" or unusual.

I've had my run-in's with them before,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[airship]

Heh. Robert's just torqued that the mainstream media hasn't given him his 15 minutes of fame yet.

[Golan Klinger]

Robert picture does appear in this Der Spiegel article about Jeri. Unfortunately he is described as a "grottenolmig" which is hard to explain but highly unflattering. The article originally appeared in the GEE and their caption was "Computer nerd in front of his Jeri-Shrine". Not much better.

[RobertB]

Heh. Robert's just torqued that the mainstream media hasn't given him his 15 minutes of fame yet.

Been there, done that.  The biggest being in Wired magazine and in the Los Angeles Times.
     I remember the incident at MicroPalooza 2003.  A local Portland reporter was bugging Jeri during the show.  I walked up to listen, and then Jeri deftly turned the reporter to me (and she then smoothly snuck away).  Whoa, I had to think fast on my feet in order to answer all of his questions (which were all a bit off... hey, he was a reporter... what did he know about 8-bit computers?).  It was good I had had practice with previous reporters at Classic Gaming Expos et al.
     Even Jack Tramiel had his run-in with such reporters at the December 10 Impact of Commodore 64 event at the Computer History Museum.  You grit your teeth, give a smile, and try to give information which they won't screw up

        Darn reporters! (including those in Germany)
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group
        http://videocam.net.au/fcug
        The Other Group of Amigoids
        http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[airship]

I've been on the other side as a journalist, begging clueless computer company executives to PLEASE let me speak to someone who knows what they're talking about. They generally just turn on that 'executive grin' and keep repeating what the PR people told them to say.

[Andrew Wiskow]

It seems as though Jeri hasn't been very visible in the recent past.

You can see a photo I shot of Jeri and her friend Trish at the last CommVEx here. 

-Andrew

[RobertB]

You can see a photo I shot...

I see that Eric Kudzin is holding the door prize 17xx ram expander he won.

            Burning the MossyCon 4 DVD part 1
            right now,
            Robert Bernardo
            Fresno Commodore User Group
            http://videocam.net.au/fcug
            The Other Group of Amigoids
            http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[Andrew Wiskow]

I see that Eric Kudzin is holding the door prize 17xx ram expander he won.

Indeed. 

-Andrew

[RobertB]

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From: SDF Poster
Date: Mar 17, 11:30 am

Hey, here is a cool video of jeri ellsworth on a local news report:

http://blip.tv/file/749800/

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The Blip.tv video of Jeri Ellsworth has been upgraded and reposted.  It is now plays much more smoothly.  It is still at the same place --  http://blip.tv/file/749800/

                    Truly,
                    Robert Bernardo
                    Fresno Commodore User Group
                    http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                    Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
                    http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

[SmallCleverDinosaur]

Is there any way to download the videos from blip.tv so I can save them for later viewing?

[RobertB]

Is there any way to download the videos from blip.tv...

Yes, just click on the file download link (in this case, it would be the .mov file).

                  Truly,
                  Robert Bernardo
                  Fresno Commodore User Group
                  http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                  Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
                  http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

[SmallCleverDinosaur]

Ah, that simple huh?

But I must be doing something wrong because I can only see like 15-20 seconds of the clip, and then it ends. It ends exactly at the same point both when being streamed and when being downloaded and watched

The downloaded file is only 519 KB.

[RobertB]

But I must be doing something wrong because I can only see like 15-20 seconds of the clip, and then it ends. It ends exactly at the same point both when being streamed and when being downloaded and watched

The downloaded file is only 519 KB.

Oh-oh, BIOS did not tell me anything was wrong with the upload.  Blip.tv reported that it was successfully uploaded.

                   I'll investigate,
                   Robert Bernardo
                   Fresno Commodore User Group
                   http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                   Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
                   http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

[RobertB]

But I must be doing something wrong because I can only see like 15-20 seconds of the clip, and then it ends. It ends exactly at the same point both when being streamed and when being downloaded and watched

Well, BIOS told me that it was checked twice this evening, and both times it played all the way through.

                         With a very nice picture, too,
                         Robert Bernardo
                         Fresno Commodore User Group
                         http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                         Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
                         http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

[Andrew Wiskow]

I just downloaded the .mov file.  It downloaded the full 136MB file, and it plays for 2 minutes and 7 seconds.