First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
Miks ma üldse kirjutan neid lühikesevõitu arvamuspostitusi filmide kohta? Kas sellepärast, et jagada oma suurepärast filmikriitikuiseloomujoont? Nope. Tore ju küll, kui paar sõbrakest tänu minule enda jaoks mõne hea filmi avastab, ent esmajoones kirjutan ma seda ainuüksi iseenese nigela mälu pärast. Nimelt on mul NIGEL mälu! Uskumatu, et see sõna saab inglise keeles mehenimi olla. Nigel...
Anyway. A Good Woman.
Elame praegu Silveriga siin Austraalias linnakeses nimega Townsville, ühe keskealise naise juures, kes muidu on igati sõbralik ja tundub kohati isegi olevat hea inimestetundja ja hingeelu mõistja, aga temal on nimelt hoopis erinev filmimaitse võrreldes meiega. Kuna tal eriti midagi põnevat kunagi teha ei ole (ehk siis loe nii, et ta on hirmus laisk ja lodev), elab ta kusagil unistustes ja vaatab iga päev mitu filmi. Istub kiiktoolis ja vaatab oma viletsat telekat. Ja alatasa tahab ta oma suurepärast filmivalikut meiega jagada - lausa *nõuab*, et me seda või toda geniaalset teost vaataksime. Enamasti on need tõsielul põhinevad, enamasti keerleb kogu film kellegi surma või mingi tapmise ümber. Enamasti puudub filmil midagi ütlev dialoog. Näited: Veronica Guerin, The Brave One. Need on sellised filmid, milledele mina annaksin hinde kolm (10 punkti skaalal), kui sedagi. Mis mõtet on vaadata mingit "põnevat juhtumit", kus keegi alati saab surma? Nii lihtne on panustada mingile death-stoorile, kusjuures nii hale on selle juures kasutada meenutuskaadreid ja lasta samal ajal mingit härdameelset muusikat. Või siis näiteks too esimene näide, Blanchett mängis mu meelest nii kohutavalt närviliselt, tegevusliin muutus nii kiiresti, et polnud võimalik rahulikult mitte midagi nautida, koguaeg pidi aju meeletult pingutama ja samal ajal tundma mingit vastikut ängistustunnet. Üleüldse, misiganes film on negatiivne ja teeb argielu tragöödia topelt-traagiliseks, on minu meelest väärtusetu. Saan halba energiat niigi iga päev meediakanaleid pidi, milleks veel selliseid filme vahtida?
Niisiis. A Good Woman. Ma pean tunnistama, et ehk polegi ma kõige objektiivsem seda filmi hindama, sest teatavasti olen ma Scarlett Johanssoni salafänn, peagi olen vist kõiki tema filme näinud. A Good Womanit nautisime me Silveriga mõlemad, mis sest, et esmapilgul võib vanaaegne element klišeeline tunduda. Mingid "OMG"-elamust polnud, aga dialoog oli täiega nauditav, stiil oli puhas, kunstnik oli teinud väga head tööd. Kõik elemendid (vabandust, kordus, maeisaanohh) omal kohal ja olemas... No olgu, Scarlett on tõepoolest peaaegu alati samas rollis, mistahes film see tal on, armas seksikas blondiin, seekord siis oli tal vähemalt moraali kah! Mmhh... Ausõna, soovitan kõigile, kes armastavad sooje ja lihtsaid filme. Tunne oli, nagu oleksin söönud ära mingi hea kommi. Aga ainult ÜHE!
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
The Majestic. Another Jim Carrey serious-film. Mulle NII NII NII meeldib Jim Carrey tõsistes osades. Juba "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"'is võlus ta mind oma suurepärase näitlejaoskusega, aga selles filmis oligi põhimõtteliselt ainus, mis mind toolile naelutas, tema meisterlik näitlemine. Ma ei tea, mis see täpselt on, can't put my finger on it, aga kaldun arvama, et ta haldab oma näoilmeid lihtsalt nii meisterlikult, ei midagi üleliigset. VÄGA inimlik! Ma ei suuda ühtegi teist näitlejat leida sellist, kes oskaks nii inimlikult olukordadele reageerida. Kümme pluss!
Küll aga sakkis see film muus osas, algus oli paljulubav, vaatamata aeglasele tempole oli filmis piisavalt palju müsteeriumit ja segadust, tõotas tulla midagi sürreaalset ja geniaalset... aga mida lähemale lõpule... seda unisemaks ma muutusin. Lõpu magasin täielikult maha - Silver jutustas pärast ja vandus, et küll oli sitt film. Ei mingit puänti. Oeh. Ei soovita eriti vaadata... Kui välja jätta Jim Carrey (ja tegelikult ka teiste näitlejate) puhas näitlejameisterlikkuse jälgimine. I say... 5 points.
Ehk The Counterfeiters. Ohoh, 2007. aasta film? Päris hea. Ühesõnaga, saksa film, vaatasime teda Silveriga mõned head päevad tagasi. Tuleb tunnistada - väga nauditav natsiteemaline teos. (Muideks, lugesin üle oma FRIDA postituse ja sain aru, et sõnale "film" tuleb tingimata paar sünonüümi leida, väga vastik korduv sõna.)
Ei mingisugust üleliiast vägivalda, hoopistükis teise nurga alt lähenetud - näidatakse neid, kel koonduslaagris teiste ees eelised. Nimelt suurepärased võltsimisoskused ja trükkimiskogemused. Natsid soovivad valeraha, eriti inglise naelu, sest teine maailmasõda on lõppemas, Saksa riigil on rahavarudega nigel olukord ja on tarvis kuskile investeerida. Naturaalne, head näitlejad, hea vaheldus Hollywoodist.
Mulle igatahes meeldis too film pea kõige rohkem nendest, mis viimasel ajal nähtud. Pealegi - põhineb tõsielul, always a plus. I give 8 points. Lovely.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
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~ daisy
It's raining. It's pouring. The old man is snoring. It's been raining like crazy out here. I'm so not used to it. I also hate driving in the rain so that has sucked as well.
I finally started work! It's been good so far, not my favorite thing. But I need the money. I need it bad so I've been sucking it up. I have to pay my bills and get my own place. I'm working customer service for a security systems place. So not bad so far. We're in training still so we haven't hit the floor yet. We've also taken some calls and dealt with them. I like the people I'm training with so that's good. I just hope we all work together. I also need to find a second job so I can get ahead.
I miss Memphis. It's so hard without him. I can't wait for him to come out here. Once I have my own place and save some money, he'll get to come out here so I'm glad!
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