Cars for teens, VW TDI diesels, biodiesel and medical school

Posted By on April 17, 2011

… and Google Video! With Google shutting down ‘cloud’ storage of logo_videosvideos users may have archived for years on their service, I decided it might be best to save a few important ones to my computer and personal webserver – a lesson for those putting to much trust in ‘cloud’ only storage.

Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.

On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)

Ohio_News_Network_on_Beyond_a_Billion_EventThat reminder aside, I stumbled on a long lost clip where I justified buying a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta TDI for my daughter at the Beyond a Billion event. My thoughts were that a diesel car was an investment that would get her through medical school … and from the looks of it well into her residency. Smart move … and with today’s fuel prices; I wish I still were driving my Volkswagen TDI (ONN news clip from 2005 below).

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  • http://richc.myarchive.us RichC

    Hmm, looks like Google has taken the hint and will now help to transfer videos to YouTube (owned by Google).

    Dear Google Video User,

    Last week we sent an email letting you know we would be ending playbacks of Google Videos on April 29 and providing instructions on how to download videos currently hosted on the platform. Since then we’ve received feedback from you about making the migration off of Google Video easier. We work every day to make sure you have a great user experience and should have done better. Based on your feedback, here’s what we’re doing to fix things.

    Google Video users can rest assured that they won’t be losing any of their content and we are eliminating the April 29 deadline. We will be working to automatically migrate your Google Videos to YouTube. In the meantime, your videos hosted on Google Video will remain accessible on the web and existing links to Google Videos will remain accessible. If you want to migrate to YouTube now, here’s how you do it:

    * We’ve created an “Upload Videos to YouTube” option on the Google Video status page. To do this, you’ll need to have a YouTube account associated with your Google Video account (you can create one here). Before doing this you should read YouTube’s Terms of Use and Copyright Policies. If you choose this option, we’ll do our best to ensure your existing Google Video links continue to function.

    If you’d prefer to download your videos from Google Video, that option is still available.

    As we said nearly two years ago, the team is now focused on tackling the tough challenge of video search. We want to thank the millions of people around the world who have taken the time to create and share videos on Google Video. We hope today’s improvements will help ease your transition to another video hosting service.

    Thank you for being a Google Video user.

    Sincerely,

    Mark Dochtermann Google Video Team

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    You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to Google Video and your Google Video account.

  • http://richc.myarchive.us RichC

    ***Rant
    Of course my gripe with YouTube was that they removed my account with all my YouTube “personal” videos because I uploaded a partial clip from the TV. (Ed Begley’s appearance for Earth Day a couple years ago on Oprah — she has aggressive lawyers) Even after a plea that I would remove the Oprah clip, they would not return or reinstate my personal videos or my account. So … be warned if you are using YouTube and put anything … ANYTHING … on there that is not your personal property.
    ***End of Rant

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