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From the Sacramento Bee (also on the Bee’s site, peep the video of Johnson on the show):

“My job is trying to put Sacramento on the map and this type of visibility is important,” Johnson told The Bee after the show.

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Troy Duffy, director of the original Boondock Saints, is back with the sequel (Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day) written by himself.  If you haven’t seen the documentary Overnight, about the meteoric rise (and fall) of Duffy, it is a reminder to not burn your bridges.  Check it out.

Interesting article from Videomaker on Face Recognition Technology for Video Cameras

And somewhat related, I recently saw a demo of the new Adobe CS4, and Premiere Pro now has speech recognition technology which allows you to search footage by keyword:

Turn spoken dialogue into text-based, timecode-accurate, searchable metadata. Jump to a specific area of a shot by searching for keywords within the dialogue, and then use keywords to quickly locate and display what you’re looking for.

Hey Steve Jobs! Where’s my speech recognition technology for Final Cut Pro???

with a guest appearance by The Amazing Mr Volcano

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