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eliana ramos 1988-2007

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:28:34 -0300

Some very tragic news made the headlines this week in Buenos Aires. Uruguayan model Eliana Ramos, 18, was found dead on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

Sadly, this tragedy has all the makings of a story that sensationalist journalism will stick to. Just six months earlier, her older sister Luisel, 22, died as she stepped off the catwalk of a fashion show in Montevideo. Additionally, the local press has been whipped into an anorexia frenzy recently after the death of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston last November and the controversy surrounding Madrid Fashion Week's decision to bar underweight models. While no official medical report has been released yet, the local press has speculated that an eating disorder may have contributed to Elle's early demise.

While the mariposaHD team never actually knew Elle, our cameras did capture her smiles at several recent local fashion shows. We wish to offer our condolences to her family and friends for this tragic loss. But as usual, rather than commenting extensively on this sad story, we prefer to let our images do the talking. Here are links to some of our recent shots of Elle on the catwalk, hopefully the way she'd wish to be remembered:

dotto :: IMG_3323
dotto :: IMG_3251
ftv urban look :: IMG_6787
ftv urban look :: IMG_6860
fashion buenos aires :: IMG_5472

happy birthday mariposaHD!

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:27:11 -0300

Yes, for those of you who follow the Gregorian calendar, it has officially been one Gregorian year since Motamorfosis Productions publicly launched our first episode of mariposaHD. So, happy birthday mariposaHD!

Of course, around here we strictly adhere to the Mayan calendar. The positive energy associated with this is one of the secrets to the success of mariposaHD.

For us, it has been 12 full moons, many energetic days, and one "out of time day" since we launched our first episode of mariposaHD. On December 7, 2005 we became the world's first original HDTV show to be distributed on the Internet (according to any calendar).

In our first Gregorian year of "netcasting", thousands of people from all over the earth downloaded episodes of mariposaHD. From places we can easily count, viewers downloaded 92,761 episodes of mariposaHD using the BitTorrent protocol. An additional 39,952 episodes of our iPod version were downloaded directly from Apple's iTunes music store. Many thousands more downloaded episodes directly from bittorrent.com, the ed2k/eMule P2P network, or from USENET news feeds (which we can't count so easily). We have also welcomed more than half a million unique visitors to the mariposaHD.tv web site this year.

From our BitTorrent tracker alone we tracked more than 84 TERABYTES of data transfers this year. This project must stand as one of the most stunning endorsements of using Peer-to-Peer technology to transfer large data files around the world.

Many thousands of people had their first ever experience seeing High-definition video by watching mariposaHD (as HDTV is not yet broadcast in most parts of the world). mariposaHD has also been seen in trade shows, expositions, and HDTV demonstrations in several countries. This project is also a stunning endorsement of the Creative Commons licensing model and the idea of free and open digital exchange of artistic work.

For 365 sunrises now the mariposaHD team has brought you free HD videos and a huge online high definition photo gallery. You've enjoyed the beauty, style, adventure, great music, and gorgeous mariposa girls that define mariposaHD. We send little bits and bits of pleasure to your perceptions (using the latest technology out there).

But, there is more yet to come! We are going to continue to surprise you in the coming year. We have been traveling around the world to bring you more of the first free HDTV show for the Internet. Remember, we're always on, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and available from anywhere in the world. It's free and legal to download, watch, keep, copy, and share; always and forever. Someday, maybe all HDTV will work this way ...

At this time, we would like to extend two very special Happy Birthday thank-you's to:

all the people who contribute to the many open-source software projects such as BitTorrent, Drupal, Gallery, Red Hat Linux, Apache, mySQL, Azureus, and BNBT. Without you this project would not be possible!
the folks at Server Matrix / The Planet which is where our web server and BitTorrent tracker are hosted. We had an absolutely perfect 100% uptime in our first year of netcasting. Our server has never actually rebooted in a year of serving videos and several months of development work:

02:49:18 up 437 days, 10:33, 1 user, load average: 2.95, 1.60, 1.30 145 processes: 135 sleeping, 7 running, 2 zombie, 1 stopped
This could not have happened without the help of the solid team there at our hosting company.

Thanks to everyone who helped make our first year of transmissions a reality and to you for watching!

Remember, there is always someone in the universe watching mariposaHD ... always.

Enjoy it,

mike, jeff, dominic, and tamir
Motamorfosis Productions

µTorrent and BitTorrent Join Forces

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:57:15 -0300

It was announced today that BitTorrent has merged with (bought) µTorrent:

This is Bram Cohen, the creator of the BitTorrent protocol, and Ludvig (Ludde) Strigeus, the writer of µTorrent.

Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and µTorrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.

Full announcement here

In our opinion, µTorrent is the best BitTorrent client for Windows out there (including BitTorrent's own client, which isn't so great) so we see this as a very positive development for both parties involved. We have been using µTorrent around here since v1.0 and it is certainly one of the finest pieces of free software ever written. Congratulations on joining forces to both parties involved and we hope this leads to further development of one of the best new technologies of the 21st century.

mariposaHD would not be here without you!

Wireless HD specification due in 2007

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:15:06 -0300

I saw this on digg today and it got me excited:

Several leading consumer electronics companies are expected to announce Tuesday that they are working together to develop a new standard for transmitting high-definition audio and video signals wirelessly.

Supported by LG, Matsushita (Panasonic), NEC, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and semiconductor maker SiBeam, the digital interface WirelessHD would enable high-speed streaming of audio and video content between consumer electronics devices like televisions, DVD players, game consoles and other portable devices without using cords. The group plans to release the specification in spring 2007.

Full article

While on the one hand we're big fans of Japanese (and Korean) electronics companies, so it's great to see them coming out with this important and exciting technology, on the other hand we are Americans and it would be nice to actually see an American company working on something like this for once. Hopefully the Japanese will keep gobbling up all the blue jeans and Paris Hilton handbags we're sending them in exchange for all these nice HDTV gadgets they're sending us.

thanks Skype!

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:20:01 -0300

First of all, for those that already have Skype, nice work! If not why not get with the program and download Skype!

Skype is one of those wonderful inventions that the general public is unfortunately slow to acknowledge or get. Like ReplayTV and then Tivo and then the iPod and then HDTV and then the potential of the Sony HDV Cameras...aaaah the burden of an early adopter to help the masses out. But I digress...

Skype has allowed the founders and countless contributors to the creation of mariposaHD to stay in touch with friends and each other in our separate travels covering a total of 6 continents. We have even held a team video conference which took place in 4 different countries by 5 different folks.

All for free? Yes, Skype can be all for free. It is still cheap even if your friends don't have Skype . We're also assuming one's laptop can steal wireless. Headphones and a webcam may come in handy.

If you don't have a cam, I'd suggest ponying up and buying something useful at the end of this year. Yes, for the time of year that most of you lie to your children I suggest buying them one of these cameras. Why not get Sony's entry-level, high quality, super maneuverable and incognito new HDV camcorder. You can use it as a webcam for Skype videoconferencing or to record your own videos in 1080p HDTV. It also serves as an excellent still camera.

Also, why not kill the lie that is santaclaus?

we're on Dovetail!

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:50:10 -0300

We're happy to announce that episodes of mariposaHD are now available on Dovetail in full 720p HD resolution.

Dovetail is a browser-based media distribution platform that utilizes peer-to-peer transfers and streaming video previews. Dovetail is now the fourth independent media platform (along with iTunes, Instant Media, and Democracy) to distribute episodes of mariposaHD and the second to do so at full 720p High Definition resolution.

After subscribing to mariposaHD's showcase be sure to checkout Dovetail's rapidly growing collection of independent films, TV shows, and music videos.

The future of Internet video is looking brighter every day!

coming soon - - - mariposaHD goes inter-continental as we enter the exciting world of motocross racing

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:20:00 -0300

mariposa moto fashion is coming soon as mariposa girls will soon sport some of the latest designs from madif industries. madif is one of the largest manufacturers of motorcycle apparel in the world. Arlenn Ness and Berik, their feature lines, have a global appeal within the motoracing community. But you don't need to be a biker to look good in a nice leather jacket. Fortunately there are distributors in several parts of the world. Also coming soon, mariposa moto world coverage begins as we will be tracking select events alongside madif racing.

We are checking our calendars and the motocross schedule to find the perfect destination. Stay tuned!

Critique of the YouTube upload process

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:21:19 -0300

With thousands of new videos now being uploaded to YouTube every day, there must be tons of people who go thru what I just did: upload a video to YouTube for the first time. Despite one or two user forums, a quick Google search reveals that relatively little has been written about this process. So here are a few of our thoughts on uploading video to YouTube:

the worst part about it is how long you have to wait after the upload is finished for YouTube to process your video. We waited more than a day and half for our little 3 minute promo clip to finish processing and be ready to share. I have a hard time believing that all these thousands of people uploading videos everyday are going to have the patience to wait around a few days for their videos to show up. It certainly hurts the idea that user generated Internet video can cover any type of current events situation. By the time the video is ready to share it's already a few days later! I realize that YouTube is attempting to transcode thousands of new video clips a day to their own Flash format for streaming (which can't be an easy thing to do at that scale) but at some point they're going to have to figure out a better way do it or dedicate more resources to do the processing. Waiting days for your video to show up stinks.
why does YouTube recommend that the optimal format for upload is 320x200 video when they seem to be transcoding the video to fit in the 425 pixel-wide standard viewing window? They should suggest that directors encode video to a 425 pixel-wide (or higher) format video because whenever you transcode video from a lower resolution format to a higher one, you loose video quality. Perhaps they have a good reason for telling you to use a lower resolution format than their viewer window, but I can't figure it out.
it seems their transcoding process screws up the audio/video synchronization somewhat. I noticed this before even uploading videos by watching other people's Steven Colbert clips captured from broadcast television. I noticed the sound is usually a little off in them but I just assumed that it was the person capturing it that screwed it up. Now that I've uploaded my own video, I can see that it's YouTube's transcoding process that's messing it up. The original clip sound is perfect when played back locally on my PC but the sound synch is slightly off in the YouTube streaming version. (I uploaded a few different videos to be sure.)
Their transcoding is stripping off the last few moments of the video. We include a Creative Commons banner at the very end of all our videos (including the promo I uploaded to YouTube) and their processing step seems to have stripped it off.
It looks like by default YouTube takes a frame exactly in the middle of the video to use as the still screen shot icon that they display to represent the video. It would be nice if there was some way to manually select another frame to use as the frame exactly in the middle of the video may not necessarily best represent what the video is actually about.

Besides that, the video and sound quality appear to be okay (for streaming video). Hopefully you're not in a third-world country somewhere so your Internet connection is solid enough that it plays back in real-time without skipping.

As I alluded to on the front page, there are lots of cool things about streaming Internet video (especially what YouTube/MySpace/Google Video are doing) but video quality and playback performance aren't among them. That's one reason that we chose to go with BitTorrent and P2P to distribute the mariposaHD episodes: we wanted the best video quality possible.

For Internet video to eventually eclipse broadcast video (which it eventually will) the video quality and playback performance has to be BETTER than broadcast TV, not worse. The video capabilities of a typical PC are already far beyond most televisions. The trick is simply getting the high-quality video to the viewers on a network that wasn't designed to work that way. We think the BitTorrent/P2P/cached video method is what works. Not getting video in real-time is a small price to pay for vastly superior video quality. Most people don't need to watch something in real-time anyway. DVD's, VHS tapes, Tivoed TV shows, video on demand, are pay-per-view are all not real-time delivery and they all seem to do pretty well. Besides, the real criticism of YouTube's business model is the economic one. It reputedly costs them more than half a million bucks a month to pay for all those servers and bandwidth to host all those thousands of streaming videos. How are they going to make enough money to pay for all that? The bigger their audience, the bigger their bandwidth bill. Their economics don't scale well. Here at mariposaHD, we've had thousands of viewers download our first view videos (which are in HD!) from all over the world and we've distributed it all from a single 2.4 Ghz Celeron server that hosts our website and BitTorrent tracker. That's the way that Internet video will eventually eclipse broadcast television.

we're on YouTube!

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:20:03 -0300

Okay, we finally caved in and put a video clip on YouTube today. We're not big fans of streaming low-resolution video but the popularity of their site cannot be denied.

After spending so much time, money, and effort on top-of-the-line HD cameras, complex HD editing, and cutting-edge video compression and P2P distribution software, it has never made much sense to us to post our episodes on YouTube only to have them downsampled to lousy 320x240 low-bandwidth streaming video (and to sit alongside webcam clips of people lighting their farts on fire).

Nevertheless, we have posted a short promo clip and hopefully it will inspire some of their 16 million monthly viewers to stop by here to download the full length HD episodes. The video itself is simply the same 3 minute intro clip at the beginning of episode 01.01 :: abstract television.

Here's the link to our new mariposaHD YouTube page and the link to the promo clip itself, which you can also see here:

Feel free to post this clip (using the links provided by YouTube) on your website or blog to help us spread the word.

We also wrote up a blog article on some of our critiques of the YouTube uploading process.

We'll see how this goes for a few days and then we'll probably post the same thing on MySpace Videos and Google Video. Enjoy it!

Using BitTorrent to stream videos in real-time?

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:07:31 -0300

Slashdot today is reporting news from a Data Center blog that BitTorrent is ramping up their network infrastructure for streaming videos:

BitTorrent Inc. has signed an agreement with Global Netoptex Inc. (GNi) to provide IP transit for streaming videos at one gigabit per second, the companies said today.

Could it be long before we're streaming high definition videos in real-time? Perhaps one day soon you'll just click a button to start watching the latest installment of mariposaHD rather than having to wait a few hours for your download to finish.

Warner Bros. to start using BitTorrent

Tue, 09 May 2006 05:45:06 -0300

I noticed this press release out today from BitTorrent and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. Hey, what a great idea: embrace P2P technology to cheaply distribute video content! Why didn't we think of that?

Let me know when you guys have something in High Def. ;-)

WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ANNOUNCES REVOLUTIONARY DEAL TO PUBLISH LEGAL FILM AND TV CONTENT USING THE BITTORRENT PLATFORM

New BitTorrent Service Will Feature Hundreds of Warner Bros. Television Shows and Films for Download Day-and-Date with DVD

Burbank, CA (May 9, 2006) – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today announced a groundbreaking agreement with BitTorrent Inc. to leverage the company’s peer-assisted delivery system for the electronic sell through of motion picture and television content in the United States. With this announcement, Warner Bros. becomes the first major studio to provide legal video content via the BitTorrent publishing platform.

The announcement follows BitTorrent’s agreement with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to prevent film piracy and promote innovation in online digital distribution of content. Content published with BitTorrent will be available on the BitTorrent.com website and feature downloadable programming. The distribution channel will leverage BitTorrent’s revolutionary “file-swarming” technology, which enables the transfer of massive files from a website to a PC with the speed and bandwidth efficiency of peer-assisted transfers. This new method of delivery is the first peer-assisted network in the U.S. that combines guaranteed availability, high-quality video and rapid download rates.

“The technology behind BitTorrent is elegantly designed for the delivery of large files like TV programs and films. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group was established to provide innovative, next-generation distribution models and this relationship provides our company with a unique platform to reach a new set of movie fans,” said Kevin Tsujihara, President Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. “BitTorrent has made the leap in creating a legal partnership that respects the value of the intellectual property. This has provided us with a next-generation platform for the distribution of our films and TV programs.”

BitTorrent will provide the first peer-assisted technology platform to offer U.S. consumers legal content on both a video-on-demand (VOD) and electronic sell through (EST) basis, day-and-date with the DVD release.

The service is intended to launch in summer of 2006 and will initially feature more than 200 Warner Bros. new releases, catalog favorites and television series. Featured titles to be initially offered will include newer releases such as “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride,” “Dukes of Hazzard,” “North Country,” and “Rumor Has It,” as well as library titles such as “The Matrix,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Natural Born Killers,” and “National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation.” TV programming will include shows such as “Babylon 5” and “Dukes of Hazzard.”

“BitTorrent is the ideal platform to publish high-quality content on the Internet. By combining Warner Bros.’ popular video content with BitTorrent’s proven delivery efficiency, consumers will have an unparalleled way to experience entertainment online,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent. “As developers of the leading peer-assisted protocol, we’re pleased to be working with Warner Bros., an industry innovator with the largest library of motion pictures, to bring our millions of users entertainment at the click of a mouse.”

BitTorrent was designed in 2001 to be an effective publication tool for large files on the Web. With the launch of BitTorrent’s search engine in 2005, BitTorrent.com became a place for publishers to showcase their content and consumers to find and download content in one convenient location. BitTorrent continues to work with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to remove copyright infringing content from its search results and is working with studios to replace that content, to provide a secure, legal venue for consumers. With integrated monetization for paid and ad-supported content, the forthcoming BitTorrent service will be an ideal platform for the online distribution of popular video.

“Warner Bros. is in the business of making its movies and TV shows available to as wide an audience as possible. The launch of a legal BitTorrent online video service allows us to extend our reach to places our content would not ordinarily be found legally and opens up new opportunities. Entering into agreements such as this to distribute our content is not only a better way to reach existing and new customers but a reflection of the critical role distribution technologies play in the future of the entertainment industry,” said Darcy Antonellis, Executive Vice President, Distribution Technology & Operations.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group:

The Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group was founded in 2005 to bring together all of the Warner Bros. Entertainment businesses involved in the digital delivery of entertainment content to consumers, including home video, online, wireless, games and anti-piracy and emerging technologies operations. WBHEG is a strategic recognition of the ongoing changes in the way consumers view entertainment product and seeks to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios to make the Studio’s content available to audiences through as many channels, platforms and devices as possible.

About BitTorrent Inc.

BitTorrent is home to the world’s leading open-source file-sharing protocol by the same name, specifically created to overcome the obstacles of transferring large files over the Internet. Created in 2001, BitTorrent is enabling millions of users worldwide to publish, search and download popular digital content quickly, easily and securely. BitTorrent is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit: www.bittorrent.com

BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent Inc.

picketing seems popular

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:05:54 -0300

My first run-in with picketers had a lasting impression. At 6 years old I took part in peaceful picketing with my father, an air-traffic controller at the time, who chose to join the majority of his co-workers and participate in the 1981 PATCO strike. Those controllers were stressed-out and wanted to work less and get paid more. Who doesn't? Unfortunately they didn't grasp that they were dealing with a cowboy. Ronald Reagan, for better or worse, chose then and there to make a stand against trade-unions. He fired all striking controllers. My life changed as my father lost his career.

Piqueteros, like alot of things in Argentina, are similar but different to what we are used to in the States. We frequently encounter them in our adventures down here; though it's not always easy figuring out what they actually want. The guys holding us up for our asado were looking for higher wages from the affluent sugarcane farmers.

Recently, piquetero efforts in Gualeguaychu have prevented a paper factory from being installed across the river in Uruguay. The company building the factory has suspended operations until an independent environmental study is completed.

Unfortunately, striking and picketing has turned violent in France. Proposed labor reform has brought out the rock-throwing savages in men. Students want jobs for life, as their parents had, in a country where 20% of 18-25 year olds are unemployed. Meanwhile the government is trying to give incentive for companies to hire in a land of uncompetitive labor laws.

The bottom line is the world's economies are evolving and the current situation in France doesn't appear to be working. How about some ideas on what should be done in France? A peaceful internet discussion sure beats tear-gas in your eye!

let's learn a little from our neighbors to the south

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:56:40 -0300

Sugarcane fields are abundant in Northwest Argentina and many parts of Brazil. A typical American may think that's alot of sugar for their sodas and cereals. But the real reason for all of the sugarcane is much more useful than making Americans fatter then they already are.

Thanks to sugarcane, Brazil is due to achieve energy independence within a few years. Brazilians aren't driving around clunky SUVs, rather efficient flex fueled vehicles. These cars are capable of running on E85, an ethanol based fuel derived from sugarcane, which is more environmentally friendly then petroleum based fuels.

Due to climate differences, E85 in the United States is derived from corn. Corn-based ethanol, while not as energy efficient as ethanol derived from sugarcane, is still a greener and cost efficient alternative to imported petroleum and gasoline. Several vehicles running E85 are available to the American consumer.

As Barack Obama's recent podcast points out, we should learn from the successful strategies of our neigbors to the south. In particular, initiatives from the consumer are required to see the goal of energy independence a reality in 21st century America.

are the answers 2 world peace in Scientology?

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:19:20 -0300

As an expat-daytrader, and an open-minded person, I do my best to educate myself on what makes the World tick. There are a few things every person should consider as we enter the 3rd year of the Iraq war. We all live in the same complicated World. The Earth is 4.57 billions years old. Dinosaurs dominated earth 230 million years ago but their dominance ended 65 million years ago after mass extinctions. Humans have been evolving and killing each other for well over 100,000 years. Jesus, a Jew popular in Christianity, died about 2000 years ago. And Prophet Muhammad, popular in Islam, died in 632.

Yesterday George Bush had the unenviable job of trying to convince the world that he was upbeat on the situation in Iraq. Although confident the strategy being implemented will lead to victory, Bush nevertheless felt inclined to end his remarks with “God bless our troops in harms way.” The cycle of revenge violence between Sunni and Shi'a, while not yet a civil war, will be difficult to break. 'Blessed' or not, this means many more people will die in 'harms way'.

Unfortunately, religious bloodshed is not limited to Iraq. Nowhere is this more apparent than the extremely complicated situation in Israel/Palestine. Democratically elected Hamas has gained enough seats to form the next Palestinian government. Partially fueled to power by Israel's Gaza Strip withdrawal, Hamas has said before that liberation of Jerusalem and the West Bank are among their end goals. Consequently the cycle of revenge violence between Israel and Palestine, chillingly portrayed in Spielberg's Munich, will be difficult to break.

Fortunately, religious wars do not always have to be violent. Scientology vs. South Park should be one example. Scientology has yet to comment after South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker declared “the million-year war for earth has just begun!” Assuming they can keep this battle in Hollywood, ‘Smart money’ is on Southpark and the under. Did I mention that L. Ron Hubbard, popular in Scientology, died in 1986?

we're on iTunes!

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:52:39 -0300

The iPod version of mariposaHD is now available as a video podcast directly from Apple's iTunes Music Store!

We're real impressed with what Apple has done with the video iPod and the iTunes software. These guys are really pushing the boundaries of digital media. It's clear to us that what the iPod has done to the music industry is a vision of the near future for the TV industry.

Although mariposaHD is a show about the high-resolution beauty of HDTV, when the video iPod was announced in October 2005 we immediately decided to offer a downsampled version, optimized for the iPod, of all episodes of mariposaHD. Apple has not yet matched the technological sophistication of Motamorfosis Productions, so no HDTV resolution version for the iPod just yet, but we like what they're doing and want to support their endeavors. (We've also heard rumors that an HDTV iPod is in the works ... we'll be ready.)

It's currently quite difficult to find free videos on the iTunes Music Store. The main "TV Shows" link on the Music Store main page only contains the pay-for-download offerings from the big TV networks (though it is a pretty impressive collection of programming now). The free videos can be found under the "Podcasts" page. Hopefully, Apple will select us at some point to be included on the "Featured Video Podcasts" page, along with other pioneers in this emerging medium such as Diggnation, Tiki Bar TV, and The SuicideGirls.

If you have iTunes installed, you can subscribe to the mariposaHD video podcast directly from the iTunes Music Store with this direct link. We have episode 01.01 up there now and we'll put episode 01.02 up next week.