Today I got a cheap web cam. I was unable to get it to work on my Windows 2000 system however it did work on my Windows 98 system. The only reason to keep a Windows 98 system anymore is for games and hardware that won’t work on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. I had to delete a lot of programs from my Windows 98 system to free up some disk space. It is a good candidate for a hard drive upgrade.
I used the web cam to create a humorous music video starring my plastic skeleton. I edited the video in MGI VideoWave but it is a very old program and did not produce proper Quicktime video files. So I had to redo the video using Windows Movie Maker which only runs on Windows XP. I used an original dance song that I created in Propellerhead’s Reason software. The RIAA is sending cease and desist letters to YouTube users who feature copyrighted music in their dance videos so I wanted to make sure to use something original.
YouTube is a very addictive web site, especially if you’ve given up cable TV. There is a lot of very funny video on YouTube created by average people. YouTube is a form of video blogging but most of the vloggers are producing comedy sketches rather than diary type videos. It is a very competitive environment because some YouTube vloggers have become famous and may move on to commercial media opportunities.
