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1. Mathias Bynens:

   I'm still downloading, and it goes pretty fast. 9 seeders, 15 downloaders at this time.

   "[...] my new (and un-styled) download site [...]" That's not what I call "unstyled", it's got a CSS!

   Posted 1 hour, 41 minutes after the fact

2. Simon Willison:

   That was well worth the download :)

   Posted 3 hours, 51 minutes after the fact

3. Morgan Doocy:

   Can I just say that these are incredibly cute? Thanks for documenting the pups growth like this, it's been great to watch. This one especially, seeing them venture outside for the very first time. Great stuff.

   By the way, how did you film this one? Did you rig up your camera with a pole attachment, or just stoop over a lot?

   Posted 5 hours, 5 minutes after the fact

4. Morgan Doocy:

   Grr. RTFA. Never mind about the camera question.

   /me dons dunce cap

   Posted 5 hours, 9 minutes after the fact

5. Si:

   Wow. It's official - watching puppies having difficulty getting up steps is officially the cutest thing I have ever seen. Kudos!

   Posted 5 hours, 16 minutes after the fact

6. Scott:

   Hey Dunstan, how did you set up the URL:

   http://download.1976design.com/

   with "download" taking the place of "www"

   Posted 7 hours, 5 minutes after the fact

   Inspired: ↓ Dunstan

7. Margaret:

   oh! those puppies are so cute! I didn't think it was possible, but they very well might be cuter than when they were born! if this trend continues, you might have to be careful with them; they could cause blood sugar levels in diabetic people to spike dangerously high :). BTW, have you decided what to do with them yet? I'm sure puppies, puppies everywhere gets old after a while.

   Posted 7 hours, 46 minutes after the fact

   Inspired: ↓ Dunstan

8. Dunstan:

   Scott, it's called a sub-domain and you use your server admin panel to set them up. If you don't know how to do that then ask your hosting company, they'll tell you (they might also say you can't do it, it depends on how much you pay/how nice they are).

   Posted 18 hours, 47 minutes after the fact

   Inspired by: ↑ Scott

9. Dunstan:

   We're going to keep either Squeak or Dotty, we've managed to sell Lotty, and we have a buyer for either Patch or Scrap (they've still to decide).

   We did think about keeping all of them and just making them sleep in very small boxes to keep them miniature, but apparently that's illegal, so...

   Posted 19 hours, 35 minutes after the fact

   Inspired by: ↑ Margaret

10. Joe:

    You should keep all of the little cute things. My old cat had two sets of kittens, first batch was 5 of them, second was 4.

    The first ones we're really tiny, all black apart from one grey one. The second ones were really healthy(chubby and fluffy), and all grey.

    I would love to have a puppy, but we're not allowed one in the household at the moment.. Anyway, downloading the movie as I blabber. I expect it to make me think "awwwww, sooo cute!!".

    Posted 20 hours, 34 minutes after the fact

11. Heather:

    I can't stand the cuteness. There was a very good chance, that upon viewing the video, my head would explode, much to the consternation of my fellow employees. Thank you Dunstan. It will be my "happy place" movie.

    Posted 20 hours, 36 minutes after the fact

12. Kitta:

    Coming soon to Apple...

    The iStick.

    Simply place your iSight on the iStick for ground-level shots of puppies and shoes. Only $29.95 - Comes in a variety of stick like colours, including "I can't believe it's not wood".

    Posted 20 hours, 42 minutes after the fact

13. Stian:

    Great video, Dunstan. What version of Up With People is that? I thought I had every Lambchop album, but I can't say I've ever heard that one before. Sounds like a mighty fine version.

    Posted 1 day, 4 hours after the fact

    Inspired: ↓ Dunstan

14. Dunstan:

    It's the Zero 7 mix, off an album called Acoustic 3.

    UK;
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008NW7T//1976design-21

    US:
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008NW7T//1976design-20

    HTH

    Posted 1 day, 4 hours after the fact

    Inspired by: ↑ Stian

15. Alf:

    Great video! What did you use to record the video from the iSight?

    Posted 2 days, 11 hours after the fact

    Inspired: ↓ Dunstan

16. Dunstan:

    I used iVeZeen:
    http://www.ivezeen.com/

    It's an excellent little program, and so simple even my parents can use it without trouble.

    Posted 2 days, 17 hours after the fact

    Inspired by: ↑ Alf

17. Alistair Lattimore:

    The scene with the little plastic pot, fantastic!

    Posted 2 days, 17 hours after the fact

18. Kev Hamm:

    Dunstan, nice video, and really a great way to start a Monday morning. (Shouldn't that be 'Monday mourning'? need coffee... anyway....) I especially like the orange Crocs that someone was wearing - I have a pair myself, in orange of course, and love them. As for the puppies, they are just SO. DARN. CUTE. I must acquire cute puppies at some point, as it will help my blog.

    Anyway, I was wondering what you used for compression? I've run the video through QuickTime and gotten it down to just over 31 MB. I have the file and can put it on a server if you want to see it. I also have the settings I used in QT that I used, and nothing I used requires additional purchases beyond QT Pro

    Posted 2 days, 21 hours after the fact

    Inspired: ↓ Dunstan

19. Dunstan:

    Kev, I realised last night that I boobed in making this film -- when I imported the uncompressed QT files into iMovie HD I didn't select iSight, but something different.

    I've been wondering why the image is all pixelated and now realise it's because of that error, I guess that's also why the file size is higher than it should be -- I was striving to achieve a quality that would normally be attainable at greater compression rates, but wasn't available in this case because of my formatting mistake.

    I'll try running the file though QT Pro myself and see what comes out... or I might just rebuild the whole project using the correct format in iMovie.

    Thanks for the tip though, much appreciated.

    Posted 2 days, 22 hours after the fact

    Inspired by: ↑ Kev Hamm

    Inspired: ↓ Kev Hamm

20. Kev Hamm:

    One thing I have found is that the Sorenson 3 codec is usually the best. And while, yes, you can fidget with the initial settings, I don't bother, as the exporting is where it's crucial, and getting the files in the computer with as much data as possible is much easier to deal with. That said, I exported using the Sorenson 3 codec, same size as your video, with 24 fps, 480 frames between keyframes and limited the data rate to 64 kbps. You can leave out the keyframes setting and just use the limited data rate, and you should still get a clean export, but sometimes you end up with keyframes stretched out too long and you lose too much clarity.

    By the way, everyone here at work has loved the video.

    Posted 2 days, 23 hours after the fact

    Inspired by: ↑ Dunstan

21. Joe:

    I did wonder whilst watching the video, how smooth everything was.. makes the video easier to watch.

    It'd be almost impossible to watch otherwise, because of the little things jumping and running at the screen all the time.

    Though I don't blame them, I mean, look at their cute faces, how could you be mad at that?

    Posted 3 days, 1 hour after the fact

22. Nathan Logan:

    I just wish the file was downloadable somewhere without installing other software... I've really enjoyed the other movies.

    Posted 3 days, 4 hours after the fact

23. Ian Lloyd:

    There comes a time, Dunstan, when you have to lay off the Apple gear and go back to 'old-fashioned' technology. Like a camcorder (strapped to the end of a stick, naturally). There I was thinking how good an idea using the iSight on the end of a stick was until I re-scanned through the page, thinking to myself "Hang on, how was he recording it?". Carrying your laptop, your iSight and dangly wires around woods in slippery cold Dorset winter weather with little pups that have a tendency to get under ones feet? Are you mad, sir?! Sounds like an accident waiting to happen! All I can say is that I can't wait to see the Applecare claim form when you and Powerbook (plus accessories) go for a Burton in the name of art ;-) Gotta admire your dedication, though Mr Orchard

    Posted 4 days, 18 hours after the fact

    Inspired: ↓ Kev Hamm

24. Kev Hamm:

    I hadn't really thought of that, as I'm wont to strap a $3k camera to my shoulder and plummet down a mountain at high rates of speed with low amounts of control. But what can I say, gravity is definitely on my side then. I'm wondering if Apple is going to add video recording abilities to the iPod. While I don't ever have a desire to watch anything on small screens like that, I think it would be great fun to have an iSight&iPod guerilla shooting unit. Perhaps Dunstan can bring it up in a meeting...

    Posted 5 days, 10 hours after the fact

    Inspired by: ↑ Ian Lloyd

25. Angela Wilson:

    That is awesome video! Well done!

    Posted 1 month, 1 week after the fact

26. Lisa Giovanni:

    I totally agree with Alistair. The scene with the little plastic pot is the best!

    Posted 3 months after the fact

27. Florida VJ:

    very cute :)

    Posted 11 months, 1 week after the fact

28. Yop:

    Fantastic!

    Posted 1 year, 2 months after the fact

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