I've discovered a very cool service today and I can't get enough of it. It is called Animoto

Animoto is a service where you upload pictures and music and it creates a slide show like thing that matches the speed of the music to the transition of the photos. How it does that I don't know but it does it very well.

The transitions are incredible, the finished product looks like it took hours to create.

You can make free shows that are limited to 30 seconds. For just 3 dollars you can get one full length video or for 30 dollars an unlimited use for a year.

It is hard to describe this service so have a look

Lately I have started to use Twitter more.  My first try at twitter was unsuccessful as I found it quite useless.  Now however I may have to reconsider.

I used twitter to keep my family up to date when my wife went into labour.  That experience was quite positive and it encouraged me to use twitter more. 

The more I use it the more I like it.  I now follow few people and find that getting updates from their time lines is not as annoying as I thought it would be.  The opposite is the truth.  I know through the people I follow am discovering new links and other cool stuff on the net. 

I also like how you can use twitter just about everywhere.  I use it at home, I use it at work and I even use it on my ipod touch when ever I can find a hotspot. 

I'm pleasantly surprised at twitter and for now will continue to use it regularly.

Now that the HD DVD format is dead, the question remains, did Blue Ray win?

Are people really interested in High Definition DVDs? I think not any more. The technology missed its chance. I think that because of the format wars, downloading of High Definition content took off a lot faster than it would otherwise. This web based HD content trend will only continue and soon there will not be a big market for Blue Ray at all.

I for sure don't see myself buying a High Definition player any time soon.

The content is on the net and that's where the focus should now move. The next big thing should be delivering the content in a timely and easy way.

Rest in peace HD DVD.

A step by step guid to Love Song writting on this Valentine's Day

Normally I could not care less what happens to either one of these companies if the merger goes through.  I hardly ever go to Yahoo and Microsoft well, it will stay Microsoft no matter what happens. 

One problem however that I have with this whole mess is the future of Flickr.  I love flickr and so do millions of other people around the world.  I would hate to see this great service be changed or even possibly killed off in the future.