Hak5 will be LIVE at Virginia Tech this Saturday, November 7th. Join us at 7:00 PM for the best of networking, hacking and homebrew and Q&A. They’ll be in Torgersen 2150 at 201 Burruss Hall on the Virginia Tech campus in Blackburg, VA. Then later at 9:00 we’ll be for the first time experiencing Bar Golf, a VT tradition that the entire Hak5 gang would love to see you at. So lock down your firewalls and get ready for some Technolust as Hak5 begins the campus invasion. See you there!
Hey guys!
It has been a while since I’ve posted on ye olde Revision3 blog - so I thought I’d take a moment to with a couple of cool updates regarding Diggnation. We’ve rounded the bases twice now, passing the 200 episode milestone just 27 episodes ago…whoa, has it really been already 27 episodes since we passed 200?! Wow.
Specifically of note in this most recent episode (that would be 227) is that Kevin finally ditched his beloved Mac to use a Windows 7 PC -but not just any PC, the brand new Nokia Booklet 3G.
Next up, we wanted to make sure everyone knows about the fact that we’ll be doing a live Diggnation for the 2nd time this year in New York City. We’ll be at The Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center on November 17th from 7pm until late. We’d love it if you would let us know if you can come see us by RSVPing on our Facebook event page.
Coming later this month, we’ll have brand new Diggnation branded hoodies in the Revision3 Store. We just may be throwing some out into the crowd at
the New York live show.
Finally, also in the store later this month, expect to see the first official Diggnation DVD. In it, we’ll have a compilation of best of moments from 200+ episodes of Diggnation, some deleted scenes (yes, we have actually deleted scenes), plus never before seen footage from live events and other behind the scenes footage. Oh and we pieced together every last joke sponsor of Diggnation into a whopping 25 minutes of back-to-back joke sponsors - it is quite an entertaining piece of video.
Thanks for reading and for all of your support through the years!
- David Prager
It’s not too often you get to see Martin Scorsese and one of the major players at Best Buy in the same room… but this is Blu-Con 2.0, and we’re talking about the future of Blu-Ray and hi def, from its role in film preservation, to marketing the hardware to the future of HD technology -3D HD anyone?- is on the table.
My HD Nation co-host Robert Heron and I have been brought down to cover the event. We love HD on Blu-ray, so it’s gonna be a fun day!
I’m a huge fan of his movies, so Martin Scorsese’s keynote, “How Blu-ray Impacts the Movie Experience” is a must see. Some major movie studios will be talking about what’s coming for BD-Live and Digital Copy. Another one we can’t wait to see is Best Buy’s Mike Vitelli; he’ll be talking about “How Consumers Consume Entertainment.”
And on a panel we can’t wait to see, folks from Netflix, Sony Electronics, Roxio CinemaNow and Blockbuster on Demand will talk about network streaming, “Building a Bridge to Blu-ray.”
And then there’s the whole Blu-ray 3D thing. Robert’s had a chance to see Panasonic’s Full HD 3D demo, but I haven’t… will I fall on the Roger Ebert side o’ the 3D debate? We’ll find out!
We’ll have a quick wrap up online after the event. Next week’s episode of HD Nation will go in depth on announcements, new tech and Scorsese’s keynote. Stay tuned for HD Nation’s coverage of Blu-Con 2.0!
A quick update to let everyone know that this past episode of JV’s World will be the last on Revision3. JV’s main job as a top-rated morning show host here in the SF Bay Area keeps him extremely busy and he’s needing to focus in on those endeavors. We’ve had a great time watching this show evolve and seeing all the fearless experiments in social engineering that JV has embarked upon. He’s an extremely dynamic and creative entertainer and we wish him the best of luck in all his future projects! Keep up with all that JV is doing in the future at www.jvsworld.com or www.twitter.com/jvsworld.
Yes Brian, There is a Santa Claus
A few weeks ago I got a message from Revision3 fan Brian Desmon, asking whether there was any chance of Revision3 shows appearing on Roku’s groundbreaking internet video box – known mostly for its integration with Netflix on Demand.
I had to skirt the issue – but no more! Finally I can tell the world! Revision3 will be on Roku! Our amazing team of web designers and developers have been slaving over the implementation for the last few months – and their amazing efforts have borne some pretty tasty fruit.
I still can’t say exactly when, beyond “very soon now”. But I can give you a sneak peek of what it’ll look like. Check out this week’s Tekzilla for a look at the upcoming Revision3 channel on Roku. And if you don’t have a Roku, what are you waiting for? It streams Baseball, Netflix movies and Amazon Unbox today, with a wide variety of other video channels coming soon.
The box itself costs $99. And unlike today’s services, we’re going to be 100% free – and in amazing high definition as well (if your internet connection is fast enough).
That’s right, now there’s even more reason to buy a Roku! So if you love our shows, and want to watch them on a big TV, pick up a Roku today. They make great holiday presents too.. (hint hint).
Check out this demo of the Revision3 channel on Roku:
