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We’ll have an update on the HakHouse progress soon. The short version is we’ve moved back into the HakHouse but the first flood is still under construction meaning we don’t have a kitchen, living room, or studio.

Cheers,
Darren

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Hak5 will return with Season 4 on August 5, 2008. Hang tight and trust your technolust!

Production Notes

Darren’s Editing PC borked hardcore in the disaster. This episode is proof that an Eee PC is capable of post-production.

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The cause? Crappy Poly-B piping. There was a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer years ago but sadly my stuff was installed too long ago to qualify for replacement from the consumer plumbing recovery center. Luckily I’ve got some awesome insurance and everything is getting taken care of.

These disaster recovery super heroes Service Master are at the house testing, cleaning, and tearing everything apart. We’re working with a contractor to have everything repaired. I have no idea how long this process will take but so far I’m hopeful that everything will be restored swiftly. Everyone I’ve worked with has been attentive and professional. Aside from the house being pretty much ruined downstairs everything is fine. I should note that as far as we’ve seen no equipment was damaged. I’m pretty sure this will put a strain on 3×10 development.

I’m leaving for Springfield Missouri on Thursday and will return next Tuesday. I’ll try to get some pics of the progress from Matt or Paul while I’m out. More from the disaster can be found on this flickr set.

Did I mention this sucks? More coverage as this mess continues over at DarrenKitchen.net

As the third season of Hak5 comes to an end and we begin pre-production on the fourth I turn my attention to once again attempting to streamline the production. With every new season comes new challenges and it becomes ever more apparent that the show revolves around the (seemingly rotating) cast and their lives, not the other way around.

This makes it ever more important to streamline the production process so that content can take center stage.

I’ll give an example. Aside from having merely a vague idea of what we were doing in our first season we at least had a clue about production quality. We didn’t exactly know how to make our videos look great but we did know what we didn’t want. Much of this comes from a disgust of barely audible, horribly lit videos that litter social video sharing sites today. And much of the time the messages in these videos are rich and human and yet so lost in poor production that I rarely pay attention.

It’s a shame really as good production isn’t exactly the easiest skill to pick up. It seems as though you either learn “the way it’s done” in school or get creative with a lot of trial and error until you end up figuring out your own way. I lay somewhere between these two as my 90s stop motion Lego videos and never-realized film degree will attest.

In a recent post on my blog I detail three aspects of production that we’ve struggled with over the years. If this kind of stuff interests you I invite you to read more here.

This Saturday night we’ll be hosting an informal live event we’re calling “Cocktails with Hak5″. We will be taking calls via skype so if you have a webcam and want to join us that would be awesome. Join us at Hak5.org all night starting at 10.

Cheers!

Oh yeah and some bloopers. A lot of bloopers. Actually, pretty much most of the episode is one ongoing blooper. We’re kicking it oldschool Hak5 style. Call it senioritis if you will :).

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Production Notes

The new scan converter (device that takes the VGA output from our computers and inputs them into the video mixer) had great resolution and clarity however that isn’t seen in this episode. Unfortunately the video signal was a bit borked and everything captured was slightly pink. I’ve done my best to balance the color in post. Better luck next time I guess

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Plus this month’s trivia and a contest sure to get your lolz on.

Sponsors

It used to cost a fortune to protect your site with an SSL Cert. Thankfully, GoDaddy.com changed all that. You can get a standard SSL cert from Go Daddy for just $29.99 a year. They have the same basic specs you’d find on other certs – 256-bit encryption, 99% browser recognition, all that – but for about 80% less than the competition. Now you’ve got no reason to leave your data exposed. Grab an SSL cert from GoDaddy.com now for just $29.99. And save 10% on Domains and SSL certs with coupon code HAK.

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The cause was funding, employee Tom, aka Spinner said.

Born in 2006 by parent DivX, Inc. Stage6 spent most of its life differentiating itself from similar video sharing sites like YouTube. Stage6 accepted DivX or Xvid files up to 1080p, equivalent to BluRay.

In July 2007 DivX announced it was seeking to separate Stage6 from the rest of the company. Co-Founder and Executive Chainman Jordan Greenhall was to switch from role of DivX CEO to manage the separating Stage6.

Then in early February 2008 Stage6 was hacked, its front page redirecting to shock images. Within hours a site maintenance notice was put up by the Stage6 team. Service was restored the following day with uploads temporarily disabled. Several login credentials were accessed by the attackers, many of which were posted on 4chan’s /b/ forum.

Despite Stage6’s popularity with independent content creators, the fansub scene, and retro cartoon aficionados the site’s enormous demand for attention and resources could not be provided.

Stage6 is survived by DivX Certified devices and DivX Connected.

From all of us at Hak5 we will miss your creativity, your integration, your open communication with content creators like ourselves. You always kept it real ;-). You were elite.

*This is in no way representative of the views or opinions of anyone involved, except Jason Scott who seems to have liked it*

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