February 2008
Flash conversions →
Just about exactly a month ago we doubled our Flash conversion capacity. For a while conversions went through super fast. Then the growth in uploads to blip caught up with us. Not just the…
XPantiVirus →
We’ve gotten some reports that visitors to our homepage are being prompted to download an executable file called XPantiVirus. We’ve also observed this ourselves. We have disabled banner ads on…
Blip.tv: The best shows of the Web →
The online video landscape is becoming increasingly specialized. Since our inception blip.tv has focused on shows. We offer a service for people who are making serialized, episodic content with a…
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The couple →
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This is just as I’m coming down with my 102 fever that left me bedridden for most of the trip.
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Alli in La Libertad Center →
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Alli in La Libertad city center →
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Volcano →
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This is a school →
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That dude is carrying a shotgun. Everyone in El Salvador is packing heat. Don’t try any funny business.
An entire country under construction →
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The entirety of El Salvador is under construction. It’s amazing to think what the country will be like in ten years.
Shane eats →
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Pollo Campero →
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It’s like KFC, but actually tastes good.
El Salvadorian volcano →
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Don't break the flowers →
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El Salvadorian highrise →
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Outside San Salvador
Advertising is rampant in El Salvador →
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This is the gate to someone’s home.
El Salvadorian mummy →
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This guy has been dead for a couple thousand years.
Shane's birthday in El Salvador →
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We bought his cake at the Super Selectos.
El Salvadorian chain restaurant →
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Smoking in El Salvador →
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I know it’s terrible. Every once in a while.
What do you want in your stats? →
We’re planning our next major upgrade — to our stats system. Please let us know what you’d like to see!
I am vacation challenged.
Saturday: saved show players, demographic surveys, new episode pages, stats exports (Excel!), transcode status e-mails, multiple playlists
One if by land, two if by sea →
The new release will be hitting on Saturday. It will include new saved Show Players, massively upgraded cross-posting, demographic survey widgets, e-mail notification of transcode success and failure, multiple playlist support, a redesigned Episode Page, stats exports (compatible with Excel!) and a whole bevy of small features, bug fixes and optimizations.
“The Clinton camp’s claims of a victory, after spending weeks retreating...”
– Obama claims delegate lead - Mike Allen - Politico.com
It’s Super Tuesday! Don’t forget to vote (for Obama) today!
Growth →
Beet.TV has the news that, according to comScore, blip.tv “tops worldwide growth among video sharing sites.” The numbers from comScore apply only to our destination site, and do not take into account our distribution network — which has actually been growing at a faster pace than our destination. They also understate the scale of our destination site’s reach, at least when compared with our own...