43 - Roof Cam

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Kyle Scheuerle
October 14, 2023

Welcome!

Welcome to thirty-two eleven (”3211”). This newsletter will entail: 3 Reads, 2 Rabbit Holes, 1 Watch, and 1 Listen — 3/2/1/1. Detailing what I have been up to, on the internet.

3 reads:

1 - The definition of YOLO, a 104 year old woman became the oldest person to skydive. A little over a week later, she unfortunately passed.

104-year-old skydiver, Chicagoan Dorothy Hoffner, dies days after becoming oldest person to parachute from a plane

Skydive Chicago & the U.S. Parachute Association said they were honored the skydiving experience was able to serve as an incredible cap to her “exciting, well-lived life.”

chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/10/23911219/skydiver-dorothy-hoffner-104-years-old-skydiving-record

2 - Bijan Robinson, the electric rookie running back for the Atlanta Falcons has been generating head turning highlights early this season. The Atlanta Falcons are in a perfect position with a great media team featuring the new “roof cam". This article goes into detail on how the roof cam works.

The NFL’s Viral Sensation: ‘Roof Cam’ Highlights

Meet the Atlanta Falcons auteur behind these motion-tracking videos making fans and insiders gush.

www.wsj.com/sports/football/nfl-atlanta-falcons-roof-cam-bijan-robinson-c2d541d4

For reference:

3 - Big fan of Trung Phan’s newsletter Satpost. I plan on diving into these podcasts he writes about for runs.

5 Good Evergreen Podcasts

Baller topics include food, explorers, record labels, Vietnam War films and iconic sounds.

www.readtrung.com/p/5-good-evergreen-podcasts

A few highlights:

The Explorer’s Podcast: A podcast examining the lives, explorations and discoveries of history's greatest explorers. Top episodes include Apollo 11, Ernest Shackleton, and Christopher Columbus among others.

‎The Explorers Podcast: Ernest Shackleton - Part 1 - Early Years on Apple Podcasts

‎Show The Explorers Podcast, Ep Ernest Shackleton - Part 1 - Early Years - May 28, 2021

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ernest-shackleton-part-1-early-years/id1161063301?i=1000523445993

The Big Picture’s mini series called “Do We Get To Win This Time”. The overarching theme is on the public's mood about the Vietnam war and how it has been heavily influenced by Hollywood films.

1. Give ’Em Hell | Do We Get to Win This Time?

Listen to this episode from The Big Picture on Spotify. In the late-’60s, John Wayne stars in the first hit Vietnam movie: his controversial blockbuster ‘The Green Berets.’ And the piercing documentary ‘Hearts and Minds’ leads to an Oscar-night meltdown in 1975.Other films we talk about in this episode include ‘In the Year of the Pig’ (1969) and ‘Winter Soldier’ (1972). Host: Brian Raftery Producers: Devon Manze, Mike Wargon, Amanda Dobbins, and Vikram PatelSound Design: Bobby Wagner Mixing and Mastering: Scott Somerville All interviews for this series were conducted before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

open.spotify.com/episode/2C3A6wngjEOHkXgIN71B08?go=1&sp_cid=d3694eb17928d696b33e8603371253a6&nd=1

2 rabbit holes:

1 - Meta’s Next Gen AI Personas. Essentially Meta is paying celebrities for their “likeliness” and creating AI alter egos on social media. These alter egos are fully AI generated figures that will answer questions from fans and become “friends” with their social followings. Top celebrities featured include Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, and Dwayne Wade among others. Very creepy.

2 - Netflix for AI generated content. More signs of what is possible in the world of media for artificial intelligence.

LUCIDBOX

lucidbox.net

1 watch / 1 listen +:

1 - I recently went to a concert with Sam Barber, Drayton Farley, and Nolan Taylor. The format was awesome. Instead of two openers playing following by the main act, all three sat on stools next to each other and exchange 2 songs at a time. Drayton Farley sounds exactly like Jason Isbell, in fact he recently has been touring with the 400 unit (Jason Isbell’s band). A few of their best songs:

An interesting business is Western AF (Drayton Farley’s video), the company that makes these videos for country artists in the woods. Offering the HD video, sound recording, and different angles for up and coming artists. Seems like a pretty cool job and lucrative business.

Cheers,