{"id":627,"date":"2009-04-11T06:18:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T13:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remarc.com\/craig\/?p=627"},"modified":"2009-04-11T06:20:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T13:20:12","slug":"web-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Web round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Effective web video<\/strong> &#8211; Professionally produced video is going to cost you $1,000 a minute or more.  But that doesn&#8217;t mean that you can&#8217;t do throughtful, well-scripted, entertaining video with a point for much less.  This video was pointed out to me as an example of just that.  And with almost 700K hits, who am I to argue?<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mF_anaVcCXg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mF_anaVcCXg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanflowerproject.com\/index.php\/weblog\/comments\/our_lady_of_the_bottles\/\">Our Lady of the Bottles<\/a> &#8211; Julie over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanflowerproject.com\">Human Flower Project <\/a>  features the best example of blue-bottle yard art I&#8217;ve ever seen.  I argue that blue bottles are popular because the alternative is pretty much clear, brown and green.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.nintendo.com\/nintendo\/bin\/CqyC7bp6hlkfjRuMIbwH4nfyMhov0zjH\/4I8gCjEk0zD9Elrizv1b4_4PexkimfRg.gif\" alt=\"gardening mama\" align=\"right\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gardeningmama.com\/\">Gardening Mama<\/a> &#8211; New game from Nintendo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/09\/garden\/09gardens.html?ref=garden\">&#8220;allows players to nurture 37 pixelated varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables&#8221; <\/a>through Japanese anime-like characters.  Seemed like their was a pretty heavy emphasis on controlling pests and mixing up serums.  Looks like it&#8217;s about as satisfying as Cooking Mama, its predecessor where you cook up pixellated meals.  If you can figure out <a href=\"http:\/\/gardeningmama.com\/gogreen\/\">how to make this plant grow<\/a> past the line, let me know.  Better idea: Take the grandchildren outside and actually garden, then come back into the kitchen and actually cook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/how-to\/articles\/making-mosaic-garden-art.aspx?nterms=74888\">Making Mosaic Garden Art<\/a> &#8211; A great little tutorial from the fine folks at Find Gardening.  I&#8217;ve got boxes of shards from expensive pots blown off the plant stand and an old high school buddy who owns a tiling company who has issued a standing invitation for me to come rummage through his voluminous leftovers.  So when will I find time to do this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective web video &#8211; Professionally produced video is going to cost you $1,000 a minute or more. But that doesn&#8217;t mean that you can&#8217;t do throughtful, well-scripted, entertaining video with a point for much less. This video was pointed out to me as an example of just that. 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