Check out Young Duse’s new website designed by TY THA ARTIST. Also, check out Young Duse’s new single “We Winning” featuring YG!

Check out the Homie Barritz’ new website designed by TY THA ARTIST. Also, look for Barritz starring as Joey Valeri in Concealed 360.

Stack
Played by: Brandon Matthews
Photo by: TY THA ARTIST
www.concealed-thefilm.com

Lance Martin
Played by: Julian Vinatieri
Photo by: TY THA ARTIST
www.concealed-thefilm.com

Check out the video “Alcohol Insane” directed by Chris Morocco from Movements In Media…

BTS

http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Available March 16th, preorders start today

Pros:
-4G LTE! HSPA+ (up to 21MBps) DC-HSDPA (42 Mbps) LTE (73 Mbps)
-1080p HD Video
-A5X Processor, quad-core graphics
-Retina Display (2048 x 1536 resolution) 3.1 million pixels – 264 ppi.
-Siri-like voice dictation
-Improved iPhoto with better editing
-Battery life on iPad 2 was 10 hours, 9 hours on 3G.

Cons:
-No HDMI out?
-Still pricey compared to other tablets – 16GB wifi/4G ($499/$629) 32GB wifi/4G ($599/$729), 64GB wifi/4G ($699/$829).
-The iPad 2 was good already (graphics lagging was never a problem, need for retina not as a big of a deal as the iPhone 4 introduction)

I’m probably going to wait for the iPhone 4G instead unless the benchmarks and new graphics are really that much better. I’m also curious how the current websites are going to look on the high res screen. Most websites are designed with 960 pixels as a width so will they be pixelated when they aren’t in the “reader” mode?

Check out the video I did for Dr. Sara Gottfried. She goes over how Yoga can relieve stress and shows you a Yoga pose called the “Butterfly.” Nice to shoot something different this time. More videos to come!

www.saragottfriedmd.com
www.twitter.com/DrGottfried

I just signed up for Crashplan on the $5 per month Unlimited plan which allows me to back up unlimited data and keeps my data on their server (Crashplan Central) forever! I went through the 30-day trial and was able to back up around 80gb mostly from home. I plan on uploading more in the coming weeks at school with much faster internet while I work on Concealed.

So why did I choose Crashplan? I am a digital creator of photos, websites, videos and have spent hundreds of dollars on extra storage in the last few months. The rule is, if it’s not on two drives, then be ready to lose it (data). I purchased a 4TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 with Raid 5 and love it for it’s balance of speed and storage, but 4TB is filled up fast when you are working with multiple video projects, especially Concealed!

Compared to other plans, which are around the same price (Backblaze, Mozy, Carbonite), Crashplan was the best for me because it was not only unlimited, but kept archives FOREVER! This will be great for holding on to old video sessions which can easily be 200gb each.

Upload speed is also very important. I currently have around 3TB to upload so this process will take months on the fastest connection from home. When I set the Data De-Duplication to Minimal and Compression to Automatic, uploads now seem uninhibited by any Crashplan thresholds.

Also, I can’t afford to have the backup process slow down my work from home so the 2-5% CPU usage on my 2010 Apple Macbook Pro i7 is marginal and not really an issue. You can also limit CPU usage to a certain percent, but keeping it under 5 as it is, is fine. Also, you can limit upload rate when away and present on the machine for different speeds.