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  • Youtube streams Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and surprise guest Eminem on Coachella LIVE perfectly, except for the lack of adult content disclaimer

    • 16 Apr 2012
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    As I’m writing this, I am watching the awesome advancement in live webcasting technology – and moreover, media web technology. Youtube is streaming Coachella Live with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and surprise guest Eminem giving performances of a lifetime without any censorship or FCC regulations.

    Live webcasting has been around for awhile now. Startups like Livestream, Ustream and Justin.tv have been developing their platforms for years. I've had a business that started in 2007 that offered live webcsting productions. I love this stuff. But the more incredible part is that Youtube, the most popular video platform in the world, which is owned by one of the most powerful web platforms of all time, Google, is now streaming live uncensored. 

    This is not your typical CNN debate or Presidential address type of "safe" content.

    This is no holds bar hip hop and rap complete with scantily-clad “video hoes” and Snoop Dogg smoking a fatty onstage on top of f-bombs, n-bombs and all other such words typically bleeped out on national television. 

    Well, it isn’t television, is it?

    Youtube has certainly reached critical mass.

    On the Coachella Live Youtube channel there has been over 5.9 million video views. And according to Youtube’s advertising page, their total audience is 128.2 million, of which 18.7 million is under the age of 18. 

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    I’d like to place a bet tonight that tomorrow, Fox News will be all over this shit. Or perhaps not…they are a bit slow over there. Maybe in a week after a few conservatives start complaining? 

    I am not a fan of censorship, but I don’t understand why Youtube didn’t include a disclaimer for this instance. Just as protection, you know? HBO does on HBOGo.com and on cable. 

    But let's put the legal debate aside. I do believe live video on Youtube is an incredible thing for the masses to be able to experience.  A ticket to Coachella is a few hundred dollars. Plus, Coachella is in Indio, which is literally in the middle of the dessert. I’ve always placed a great value on how live webcasting makes content accessible to those who cannot experience it in person. And isn’t that what the Web is all about? Connectivity. Raw. Unadultered. Experience.

     

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  • First homemade dinner in my new Chicago apartment: pink shrimp and pink peppercorn over couscous drizzled w white truffle oil

    • 15 Apr 2012
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  • Feeling right at home (#sf) @vosges chocolate shop in #chicago. Cowgirl Creamery triple creme w Gianduia hazelnut praline.

    • 11 Apr 2012
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  • Beer week commences! Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel stout. #delish

    • 11 Feb 2012
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  • Pan seared steak using 500 degrees method

    • 8 Feb 2012
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    I've got a very small kitchen with no dishwasher and a half-size oven and refrigerator. But that doesn't stop me from cooking. I found this great recipe online and have always had a perfect medium/medium rare steak come out from it. 

    Tonight, I made a Porterhouse that I prepared with a dry Espresso spice rub from The Spice & Tea Exchange store at Fisherman's Warf. I wish this shop was in a different part of the neighborhood than the infamous tourist attraction. It'll certainly get me coming back to Pier 39 a bit more now. 

    Ingredients

    • - 1 boneless rib eye steak, 1 1/2-inch thick (Note: The Porterhouse still worked with this process!)
    • - Canola oil to coat (Note: I use olive oil)
    • - Kosher salt and ground black pepper (Note: Tonight, I used the Espresso spice rub, which was AMAZING! A few times before I used just salt and pepper.)

    Directions

    Place 10 to 12-inch cast iron skillet in oven and heat oven to 500 degrees. Bring steak(s) to room temperature.

    When oven reaches temperature, remove pan and place on range over high heat. Coat steak lightly with oil and season both sides with a generous pinch of salt. Grind on black pepper to taste.

    Immediately place steak in the middle of hot, dry pan. Cook 30 seconds without moving. Turn with tongs and cook another 30 seconds, then put the pan straight into the oven for 2 minutes. Flip steak and cook for another 2 minutes. (This time is for medium rare steaks. If you prefer medium, add a minute to both of the oven turns.)

    Remove steak from pan, cover loosely with foil, and rest for 2 minutes. Serve whole or slice thin and fan onto plate.

    Recipe from Food Network.  
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  • Espresso rubbed porterhouse steak. So good I forgot to take a photo before I ate it. Paired w a Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA. recipe to follow.

    • 7 Feb 2012
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  • Startup World Launch Party watching Sarah Lacey and Hermione Way

    • 24 Jan 2012
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  • Silvia Console Battilana

    • 19 Jan 2012
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  • @davemclure in flip flops on #SOPA #2012 #startuplive #s2s

    • 19 Jan 2012
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  • #StartupLive kickin' it w @hanschung of @appington

    • 19 Jan 2012
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    "There will be time... for a hundred indecisions, and a hundred visions and revisions."- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

    I am a serial idea producer. Although I am a true girly-girl, I own more domain names than I do shoes. I love to cook, eat and drink wine. I've read hundreds of books as a child, but now I regret that I don't make enough time to read. I hate being sad, but I know that life has contrasts without which would make it dull and boring. And there's nothing worst than being bored or boring. I wag my tail when I'm happy.

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