Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in 5min, News, Sports, Technology on Dec 28th, 2008
1) The Large Hadron Collider
For some, the way to know how everything began. For others, the beginning of the end, and according to some, 2008 was supposed to be the last year of our collective existence. Planet Earth, eaten by a black hole. As far as I know, the world is still spinning on its [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Sports, Technology on Dec 2nd, 2008
We’re stoked to finally be launching our exciting new syndication tools, spearheaded by 5min’s proprietary VideoSeed technology.
5min’s semantic syndication platform for instructional video programming now reaches 100M unique users via our vast network of partner publisher sites. This platform pairs brand advertising with relevant video from 5min’s library of hundreds of thousands of new and [...]
Posted in Sports on Sep 21st, 2008
I’ve never been a big fan of sports, but when it comes to world tournaments, I feel the adrenaline flowing all over my body. That’s how I feel with every World Cup, with the Olympics, and with the Davis Cup.
That’s why in September of 2007 I watched with surprise-horror-admiration how my all-time-favorite, Fernando Gonzalez, was [...]
In an alternate universe, these two may have been best friends:
Please note that both the DJ and the Wrestler are animal lovers.
One, is Jonathan AKA DJ Ellaskins , a massive DJ from England, with over 20 years of experience in setting up raves, working the club scene and slicing up the dance floor with [...]
If there are two things that don’t thrill me, they are going to Beijing and playing volleyball. Now, after watching the Olympic Games, I can maybe change my mind about one of them: volleyball.
Having sports teachers who were trained under a military regime, volleyball didn’t seem so much fun when I was in high [...]
Posted in Sports on Jul 13th, 2008
Some things make such big impressions on you when you’re a kid, that they stay forever. For me, the word lacrosse means much more than the name of the sport played with a stick that holds a net and a rubber ball. For me, lacrosse is the sport that Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan, [...]
“The harder you practice the better you’ll be become; there are no secrets to the game.” – Sheila Masterson, soccer expert.
Coach Emmitt Carney steps up to the mound facing the plate, sweat on his brow, the sun reflecting its light in his opponents eyes. He prepares himself for the pitch. After years of preparation [...]
Yep, boys and girls, that time of year is upon us once again – the annual end-all be-all of sporting events – the Super Bowl (if you’re in the New Country, that is… if you live anywhere else on the globe, you can still console yourself with old-school soccer).
This year marks the 42nd annual Super [...]
