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macos Big Sur 11.1 — ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

A while ago sudo gem update started throwing the following error: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. This wasn’t a big deal, as I wasn’t doing any any active ruby development, but it was still a minor annoyance. Missing directories reported in mkmf.log hinted at the cause: ld: warning: directory not found for option…

It’s Not a Conspiracy Theory—USPTO Just Doesn’t Like Facebook’s FBCLID URL Tracker

An acquaintance on Facebook was sharing some interesting information about the US Army’s Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process. It was a fun read, and a few sections paralleled Maat Magik’s take on astral projection, and the binaural meditation tapes that my late father, who was an instructor for Dale Carnegie, had me listen to as a kid.

But one of the resources that they posted was a…

The Reward from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.

ROGUE ONE - 46 SHOTS NOT IN THE FINAL FILM from Vashi Nedomansky on Vimeo.

FULL ARTICLE: vashivisuals.com/rogue-one-45-shots-not-in-the-final-film/

Field of Vision - Project X from Field Of Vision on Vimeo.

A top-secret handbook takes viewers on an undercover journey to Titanpointe, the site of a hidden partnership. Narrated by Rami Malek and Michelle Williams, and based on classified NSA documents, Project X reveals the inner workings of a windowless skyscraper in downtown Manhattan.

This film is the product of a joint reporting project between Field of Vision and The Intercept.

Directed by Laura Poitras and Henrik Moltke

Read an interview with the director here: fieldofvision.org/interview-with-henrik-moltke-and-laura-poitras

Akira 28 from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.

This project started many years ago when both Dean and I lived on Tybee Island. I came to Dean with the idea to do a tribute “trailer” to Akira. As a long time fan of the original film he of course loved the idea! As we brainstormed the story that we wanted to explore from the film we settled on focusing primarily on the bike. The Akira bike is one of those iconic symbols that still remains relevant today similar to the Millennium Falcon or Marty McFly’s beat up DeLorean.

HYPER-REALITY from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media. If you are interested in supporting the project, sponsoring the next work or would like to find out more, please send a hello to [email protected]

The Simpsons movie references from cgmzz on Vimeo.

The Simpsons' tribute to Film industry. Here's some of the many tributes that The Simpsons' have paid to Cinema. Along their 27 seasons this mythic tv show has used as reference movies from famous directors such as: Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola or Steven Spielberg.

Music: Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) - The Benny Goodman Orchestra

Inside Out: Outside Edition from Jordan Hanzon on Vimeo.

User rickroy37 requested an edit of Pixar's Inside Out without any of "inside". Here ya go! Reddit thread: reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3yzit2/request_inside_out_with_none_of_the_inside_scenes/

Crabs from John Brown on Vimeo.

Now I See from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

WATCH TILL VERY END FOR COMPARISONS!

Read the "evolving review of the Sony A7s" here: gopb.co/a7s

Any use of the tip jar to help fund these reviews is always gratefully welcomed! Thank you!!

Everyone had been saying the just out Sony A7s is a low light monster of a camera. There was only way to find out. To try it out!

I had a think about what I could do that could show it off and blow people's socks off. After all if it could do what people were saying...

To be able to shoot at crazy high ISOs is not about just seeing in the dark, At times I am shooting "night for day" here and for the most part it's not something I would actually ever want do. I want night to be dark....but doing this here really does show just how much the sensor can see.

The biggest benefit for me with this camera's sensitivity will be shooting in low light situations where normally you are at the top of your camera's ISO before it gets hideous and also wide open at F1.4. This sort of shallow depth of field may look pretty but it's not much fun trying to keep moving people in focus! To have a camera that could shoot in these conditions, have a clean image AND have a nice depth of field to solve focus headaches? This could be a very valuable tool indeed.

James Miller and I went down to our favourite shooting haunt, Brighton with our matching A7s to see what we could get and try out different profiles. James shot mostly S-Log. I mostly shot various Cine gamma modes.

Pointing away from practical lights so I could push the ISO up to see just how far you could push it. Just how much can you see in the dark?

Brighton Beach has no lights on it of course. There are lights on the promenade but there are a lot of people who sit out there in the dark that you can barely see with your eyes. This camera though? Well take a look!

I shot most of the daylight stuff at ISO 100 in Cine Gamma 4 and S-Gamut colour. A very flat image, not quite S-Log but close.

My glass was: Canon 24-70 F2.8II, Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS II, Sigma 35mm ART F1.4, SIgma 50mm ART F1.4

I used the Small HD DP4 as a monitor/ viewfinder, additionally I had a Tiffen variable ND filter and my Really Right Stuff tripod with FH-350 head. To top if off I also had my new Special Edition Kessler Crane "Burl Wood" Pimipn' edition for the odd slider move!

With the shots where in goes from dark to light and vice versa, these dark parts are what I could see with my eyes. They were all shot with high ISOs and graded down to show you what I could see and what the camera could see if it was set to around 800-1600iso as opposed to what I actually was shooting at. At night between 6,400-80,000!

It was incredibly dark out there so even though I could see everything way better than my eyesight could some of the shots with dark area in them were just too noisy not to fix. I used the ever marvellous Neat Video to get these results.

So there is no cheating here by grading it dark. I made it look exactly as it would do and to prove it watch after the credits for a shot where I cycle through the ISOs!

Music is "Now I See" (so apt for this film I took it for the title too!) by Dario Lupo from The Music Bed gopb.co/musicbed

Graded with Colorista II. FIlmConvert and custom LUTS from James Miller. 10% off Colorista II at gopb.co/redgiant with code bloom10 10% off FIlmConvert with code bloom at gopb.co/filmconvert

Chris Akrigg - The Water Cycle from chris akrigg on Vimeo.

A downhill romp from the top of the Brecon Beacons through South Wales all the way to the coast through streams, rivers, waterfalls, reservoirs and across beaches.

Filmed and Edited by Will Evans

Catasaqua from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

Catasauqua is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, settled in 1805 and chartered as a borough in 1853…. It is also home to the legendary Catty Trials, a must visit spot for any dirt ramp enthusiast. I think this was the first trip we talked about this year and strangely it's our last project for the year. Huge thanks to Andy Martinez, Robbo, Matt Roe, Rich Forne and all the locals for an amazing week in a small borough named Catasauqua.

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Music - Pie IX - Sunns

ABretterboys from AB Trails on Vimeo.

AB footage of 2014, better late than never. Enjoy, get out and dig more trails!!

Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux from Gwenn GERMAIN on Vimeo.

Bande annonce réalisée à l'occasion de mon diplôme de 5ème année à Créapole ESDI. 5 mois de production intensifs tout seul dans ma cabane. Projet: bande annonce d’un long métrage d’animation 2D type Aventure /Science Fiction. Pitch: Un jeune garçon, qui vit dans un village perché sur un arbre gigantesque, tombe dans les profondeurs de la forêt où il rencontre deux étranges autochtones qui vont l’aider à rentrer chez lui. Inspirations principales: Hayao Miyazaki, Jean Giraud, Syd Mead.

Using: Hanna bi by Joe Hisaishi

title traduction (to be checked) : Girls and Guys from Summits and skies

Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House (cover by Kawehi) from Kawehi on Vimeo.

Be a part of making music: kickstarter.com/projects/kawehi/interaktiv

FOR PHIL. Thank you for supporting my project and for picking such a cool song for me to cover for you! I was too young when this song first came out to truly understand it. I didn't have any dreams then, I hadn't owned anything or had anything own me, I didn't know what freedom was and certainly didn't know why we would fight for it. But as it is with any truly genius songwriter/band, Neil Finn's music has lived through decades of musical change and has touched many generations, and when I heard it again as an adult I remember that feeling of understanding.

I truly enjoyed making this video. No music, no life.