Dusting off the HiFi Five Blog

The next couple of days I am going to clean the HiFi Five Blog and add some new features so we can start blogging again. You will notice when you try to sigh in to your old blog account that blogger has been upgraded and merged with you google account.

More to come ...

Updated 02.23.07

Label Tags have been added to 80% of all the posts on the HiFi Five Blog and a navbar on the side has also been added so you can easily get to the label sections. The labels that are in place now are subject to change according to public opinion.

Channels To Watch on YouTube

• renetto - (paul robinett) : a 39 year old guy from ohio who is "self employed" yet embraces the youtube community as a whole, makes funny videos (under one of his alter egos), comments on important happenings going on at youtube, tracks down other "youtube celebs" and interviews them, starts contests and gives away free web cams. He is a must add to your subscriptions.
• watchman55 - The watchman (a cross between the grim reaper and judge judy) picks apart the video comments posted on youtube on a case by case basis. He is honest, to the point and always right.
• geriatric1927 - 79 year old grandpa from the UK who lived through WWII and wants to share his life stories with everyone willing to listen. He is the British grandpa you never had and a must add to your subscriptions.
• Love The Chad (The Chad) - he is annoying, loud and a poor dresser yet a entertaining at the same time. This 25 yr old east coast guy has created a show all about .... himself. His stunts go from dressing up as a bear at John Mayer concerts to trying to get on to American Idol.
• papadizi (aleksandros) - 46 yr old sheep herder from Greece who desperately wants to sleep with American women. He makes his videos on location and they are quite hilarious.
• okgojorge (The Band Ok GO) - This group has used youtube to its fullest extent, they unveil their newest music videos on youtube hold contests and promote others to do the same, hands down the best music channel on youtube so far.
• LisaNova - Entertaining film shorts defiantly produced by film students. All the videos star Lisa Nova. Her shorts consist of poking fun at other youtube users to addressing social problems. Probably one of the better professionally produced channels on youtube.
• virtualmagician (Marco Tempest) - A self proclaimed "camera phone street magician" what ever the hell that is, his tricks are not about magic yet more about figuring out how he pulled them off.
• blamesocietyfilms - best shows and short films on youtube, home of "Chad Vader - Night Shift Manager" darth vader working as a manager at a small grocery store, this is a must see.

Just Saving the world.... / Peter Jackson + Xbox

1. Here is a link to a set of stories about 20 nuclear (pronounced: nu·cle·ar ) mishaps that might have destroyed the world. Luckily there are some sane people that stopped this from ever happening.
2. King Kong director Peter Jackson has agreed a deal with Microsoft to create what he describes as a "new form of interactive entertainment". (more...)
   

Improv Everywhere

Very funny! Improv Everywhere, causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places, their last "scene" took place at a Best Buy in New York where 80 people dressed up in blue shirts and khaki pants (the best buy employee outfit) entered the store to cause nothing but chaos.

Watch Lost For Free

ABC is allowing free streaming of all their new tv shows, which are ad-supported online. The service is currently free and does not require any registration but is limited to US users only.

The service currently allows a user to stream full episodes of Desperate Housewives, Lost, Alias, or Commander-In-Chief for free. The videos are delivered in a Flash format and are not available for download. Each show currently features 2 30 second advertisements.

WATCH