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moredirt (subscribe) is an online mountain bike and cycle community founded by Carl Billinghurst whom is based in the U.K. It features the latest biking news & events, reviews of bikes & trails, a discussions forum, and all of it can be localized to your part of the world.

This is one of those communities as much about the offline experience as the online one. Riders from around the world collaborate projects and events online and then put them in to practice face-to-face. It has me giddy to see what the Australian mountain biking scene is like; I haven’t ridden my own mountain bike in several years and just browsing moredirt.com makes me want to go out and get a new bike as soon as possible.

Of course, when there’s a recreation like biking, then there’s awesome videos to be make. The video below features some fast riding on narrow trails, and you get to see it all from the rider’s POV. Rad!

If you’re looking for an awesome community of riders to engage with, then look no further than moredirt.com; follow them on Twitter: @moredirt.

What kind of riding do you enjoy? BMX, mountain biking, or road cycling?

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Good Morning, folks!

If you’ve been following @RSHotel on Twitter, then you’ll know that they’ve been giving away free nights at their hotel in NYC. They have been giving bloggers the power to give away these free nights valid for redemption during the month of January (2010).

Today it’s Jill Hanner’s (friend her up!) turn to show off one of the rooms you could be staying in!

Just leave a comment on her video here stating what two things you would do in New York City. Pretty simple, hey!

Make sure you go and leave a comment before 4pm EST today!

Unrelated: Happy Australia Day, everyone!

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Welcome to the “Zack Attack”! 22-year-old Zack Follett (friend him up!) is an American football linebacker for the Detroit Lions. He previously played for the California Golden Bears until around mid-2009.

Zack just started video blogging at the beginning of 2010 and he’s been keeping it legit! First and foremost, he has rocked out to music in every video so far; a good beat makes for a solid video. He’s also about to sell a couple of Super Bowl XLIV that will be accompanied by a limited edition Super Bowl artwork created by Zack himself. Every single penny of the sale will be donated to the Haitian relief efforts. (All details of the sale will be updated here when they’re available.)

Zack shows some of his past artworks and a sneak peek at his Super Bowl piece in his video (after the jump). (more…)

T-Rave (friend him up!) welcomes everyone in to 2010 and he’s pumped for it too! You should be too! Seriously, Travis has so much passion you might just want to go start a karate class!

He teases with some geeky gadgets like an Intel motherboard and a Blackberry Curve 8530. Make sure you subscribe to T-Rave to catch the reviews of those products when they’re posted.

Vote for T-Rave in the Shorty Awards.

For more T-Rave action be sure to visit his website and follow him on Twitter.

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Last week Ramon DeLeon (friend him up!) flew to Dallas, Texas, for Southwest Air’s Annual Marketing meeting. He documented his experience with Southwest Air along the way and spoke to every Southwest Staff member he encountered.

If you’ve ever flown Southwest Air, then you’ll know how giddy the staff are and how enjoyable the flights are. Plus, two free checked bags. Yeah, that’s awesome!

If you’ve never flown Southwest, then you don’t fly much… right? Next time you need to fly throughout the continental United States you should definitely consider Southwest!

Follow @Ramon_DeLeon on Twitter | Follow @SouthwestAir on Twitter

I nor Viddler have any affiliation with Southwest. We just think they’re doing rad things!

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Coca-Cola has released a futuristic commercial which portrays a hunky man drinking from what’s labeled as a Nanodisk.

The cool thing about it is that the waste byproduct has been thought about. You’ll notice when the bottle cap falls to the ground that it biodegrades almost instantly. Many people in the world carelessly litter packaging on to the ground. Technologies that can help with the recycling or biodegradable products will mean that littering will become less of an issue.

I hope that Coca-Cola implements product similar or the same as that shown in the video below. It will mean less resources required to create a discretionary want such as Coke.

This commercial definitely has some imaginative ideas. I don’t really like Coca-Cola, but they own various bottled water brands and if they’re thinking of ways to make Coke more environmentally friendly, then I assume the same will be done for all products they produce. That’s a good thing in my opinion!

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Last week proved to be bigger than ever for CES launches, announcements, and — of course — videos. The Nexus One and various tablet devices took a lot of the limelight, but there were lots and lots of innovations which were mentioned by great technology sources like HotHardware and Engadget.

If you follow rumors you may have seen the curved iMac which many geeks swoon over — it’s not likely that Apple will release a product like that any time soon though. So — just like all the tablets that were released at CES — there was an array of displays announced.

Dave at HotHardware (subscribe) had a look at a demo of Ostendo’s CRVD display (which resembles some of those curved iMac illustrations). In this video three of the displays are placed next to each other to simulate what someone would see while driving a real car (or playing some type of other roleplay game); it surrounds the gamer’s field of view completely.

Discover more about these 43″ (8640×900 pixel) displays on HotHardware’s in depth post.

For more tech news and reviews make sure you follow @HotHardware on Twitter!

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Let’s get super-geeky for a moment here, friends!

It’s no question that we’ve seen some amazing video produced with the latest DSLR cameras such as the Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D, and Nikon D300. Single Lens Reflex cameras were originally intended to take still images, yet they do create stunning videos.

RED is a digital cinematography company that was founded in 1999, and launched its first modular video camera (RED One) back in 2007.

Engadget (subscribe) got hands on the the soon-to-be-released RED Scarlet — a smaller body (than the RED One) with a 2/3 sensor which is capable of shooting 3K (and 4K-6K in the future) video and RAW stills.

RED cameras are a cinematographer’s dream. Yes, I swooned. Though, I think I’ll probably get something in the range of a Canon 7D for now. RED cameras are much less expensive than traditional cinema cameras, but they’re still considerably more than a DSLR that records video.

What do you think about the new RED Scarlet?

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The first tech event of the calendar year opened to attendees today. Yes, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is on again and there’s already a heap of new devices and technology that has been announced.

First of all, there are dozens of videos from the event being uploaded daily by all the fantastic Viddler Partners. You can see them all here. (Be sure to subscribe to your fave partners!)

Randall, Eric, and Iyaz from TechVi (subscribe) give a great recap of what’s already been announced at CES, and they’ll have more videos throughout the next few days including hands on with many of the new devices.

Rumors about the heavily awaited Apple Tablet have resulted in many manufacturers launching their own tablets. Who knows if an Apple Tablet will be announced. If it isn’t, then there’s definitely more than enough choice out there thanks to announcements over the past couple of days leading up to CES.

One tablet that caught my eye — and the interest of many others — is the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. It’s a tablet and a netbook. How? Watch the video below; Jim Louderback (CEO of Revision 3) gets hands-on with the IdeaPad on an episode of Tekzilla (subscribe).

That’s darn nifty! And it’s only the first day! There’s lots more to come from CES 2010!

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Ahhh! The last Music Video Monday for 2009. Wowzers, there’s has been a lot of superb music videos this year!

If you want to watch all the past MVMs in reverse chronological order, then visit the MVM category on this blog.

For this last MVM of 2009 I have a giddy treat from Anji Bee! I’ve been listening to Anji Bee’s Chillcast off and on since way back when it began in 2006. Anji curates great music for each show, and I highly recommend it in your weekly podcast listening.

In 2007, Anji started the Chillcast Video Edition (subscribe). These generally feature just one music video and there’s only 2 or 3 video episodes released every month.

Episode #036 features Adam Fielding — a UK-based electronic musician. Adam started writing music using free software on his computer in the mid-1990s. He was originally more interested in computer programming, but the more he dabbled in electronic music the more he enjoyed it and turned it from a hobby into a passion.

Adam has produced a wide range of genres since his early days. From soothing ambient sounds to go-get-em dance breaks — he’s has something for almost everyone. He has also collaborated with various other artists on cause-worthy albums such as Whirlstream (an electronic collaboration album organized by the Electronic Artists Relief Syndicate to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina).

Here’s Anji introducing Adam’s music video for “Aurora”.

You can buy & listen to Adam’s latest album on adamfielding.com. Follow him on Twitter: @misterfielding.

Anji Bee’s Chillcast is at thechillcast.com, @chillcast on Twitter. You can discover more about Anji and her music at anjibee.com, and by following her on Twitter: @anjibee.

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