More Protest Footage Up Tonight

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I’m swamped today with life n’ stuff but I’ve got a bunch more footage already captured so I can get the next round of Sunday’s little adventure up later this evening.
I could really use some suggestions for software for making these video files smaller. I’ve been using 10 MB chunks, but am told that I should be able to get more minutes of footage for the MB sizes of the downloads that I have.
I’m already compressing them down to 10% in Premiere and I don’t have the funds to blow $600 on Cleaner right now (the most obvious solution).
Anybody know of some cool open source tools for video compression on Mac OSX?
pick an email and let me know (some are easier to remember than others): lisarein@finetuning.com, lisa@creativecommons.org, lisa@xml.com, lisa@lisarein.com…
Back later today!

My Little Adventure in Hacktivism for February 16, 2003 Parts 4-6

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An enthusiastic pair, followed by one of the day’s many crowd swells (a gradual rising cheer).

Feb 16, 2003 Part 4 of ? (Hi-res 32 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 4 of ? (Lo-res 16 MB)

Marching down Market Street — and another crowd swell.

Feb 16, 2003 Part 5 of ? (Hi-res 38 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 5 of ? (Lo-res 18 MB)

The street is growing more and more crowded at a very rapid rate.

Feb 16, 2003 Part 6 of ? (Hi-res 33 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 6 of ? (Lo-res 16 MB)

My Little Adventure in Hacktivism for February 16, 2003 Parts 1-3

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Me On The Way To The March

A neighbor nearby who was also on his way to the protest gave me a ride on his motorcycle.
(Note: First time I’ve been on a bike in over 10 years. Boy are they fun!)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 1 of ? (Hi-res 20 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 1 of ? (Lo-res 10 MB)
Kevin Burton On The Pre-March
People are heading towards Embarcadero before the official march begins.

Feb 16, 2003 Part 2 of ? (Hi-res 33 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 2 of ? (Lo-res 16 MB)

Market Street Around Noon
The street filled up very quickly all the way across from sidewalk to sidewalk.

Feb 16, 2003 Part 3 of ? (Hi-res 38 MB)
Feb 16, 2003 Part 3 of ? (Lo-res 18 MB)

Great Day Today In San Francisco

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I’m uploading some movies now and I’ll start linking to them in the morning.
There were even more people than last time. I couldn’t get up to the stage like before, or score a press pass. (But I still shot a lot of great footage.)
I’m going to try something different this time and put up the footage in the order I shot it. So you can sort of see how the day progressed (for me, anyway).
Update 2/18/03: Here’s the video up so far: Parts 1-3
Parts 4-6
See you in the am!

Movies From Tokyo’s Anti-war Parade

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Here are some movies from Joi Ito of the Anti-war Parade In Shibuya:

I’ve posted a two movies clips I took at the anti-war parade in Shibuya. The first one is a 1.7MB QT movie of the Japanese drummers and the second one is a
780K QT movie of the big black flags of the anarchics waving in the air walking down Koendori in front of the Marui department store. I imagined that we were marching for the overthrow of the Japanese government for a moment. 😉

Just Waking Up And Getting Ready For Today’s Big March And Rally!

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I’ve got a ton of links to put up about the protests that have been going on all over the world the last two days, and then I’m going early to the protest around 10:30 so I won’t miss anything. (Update at 10am: I’m running late and will have to post all of this stuff this afternoon after the protest — in between video crunching.)
Downtown San Francisco isn’t really equipped to hold more than it had to at the last protest (150,000+), so it will be quite interesting to see how everything pans out.
If you’re into showing your support, but not into walking 15 blocks or so with a huge crowd, you should just show up at Civic Center around 2pm. If it’s anything like last time, the entire area in a six block radius around the Civic Center will be alive with people, music, dance, theatre and song.
If you live within walking distance — even a bit of a long walk — that’s definitely the best form of transportation.
See you there! I’ll have footage up tonight!

Photos From Anti-War March In Tokyo

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hi-res pics of no war parade in Tokyo
From my friend Gohsuke Takama in Tokyo!

it was fullmoon night in Tokyo. variety of people gathered in Tokyo’s most
fasionable Shibuya area, did war protest parade on Sat night. there were
really different people. univ students, union member types to artist types
such as actors. street drummers kept dancing. many foreigners included. my
estimate was about 10k people.

Senator Max Baucus On CSPAN – More About This Unprecedented Situation

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Here are some clips of Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) from
yesterday’s debate over the nomination of Miguel Estrada
to the second highest court in the land.

It was lengthly, but very interesting. I sure learn a lot watching
CSPAN. (Well, a lot compared to what I used to know before about this stuff anyway, which was nothing 🙂
Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) explains a thing
or two about the Estrada situation
(Note: These clips are in no way complete — he spoke for
two or three times as long as these clips):
Highlights with descriptions: Part 1: Baucus recalls how he
recalls Supreme Court Justice O’Connor starting the
practice of not answering certain questions when she
was being considered for the bench — noting that she
had an extensive record from which she could be
assessed. Estrada, in contrast, has refused to answer
any questions whatsoever. (Not just one or two
questions that he doesn’t feel comfortable about.)
Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 1 of 4 (Lo-Res – 17 MB)
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 1 of 4 (Lo-Res – 2 MB)
Part 2 – Baucus talks about how important it is to
know what kind of a person that nominee is since
these are lifetime appointments.
Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 2 of 4 (Lo-Res – 17 MB)
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 2 of 4 (Lo-Res – 2 MB)
Part 3 – Baucus elaborates about how he feels
responsible to do what is right by the people.
He also brings up the point that the Justice Dept.
probably interviewed Estrada before the Shrub
made his recommendation — and asks “why wasn’t
that information made available to the Senate?”
Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 3 of 4 (Lo-Res – 25 MB)
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 3 of 4 (Lo-Res – 3 MB)
Part 4 – Baucus talks about when Roosevelt tried
to pack the Supreme Court when he didn’t like
the decisions it had been making. (He tried to
add Justices to the court.) But the Senate stood
up to him. Now it is time, he said, for the Senate
to stand up against the blind approval of these kind
of mystery nominees.
Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 4 of 4 (Lo-Res – 40 MB)
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN Part 4 of 4 (Lo-Res – 4 MB)
Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) Complete Audio:
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN – Parts 1-4 (Hi-Res – 10 MB)
Audio – Sen Max Baucus On CSPAN – Parts 1-4 (Lo-Res – 5 MB)