We are ready to set off for a little more adventure in Minecraft.  Today, we will be taking our map out to chart some more of the world and see if we can run across a swamp.  Swamps in Minecraft have a few resources that are rare, mainly vines and lily pads.  Will we be able to find them before the skeletons, creepers, and zombies come out to play?

Wanted to spend some time adding onto the main house. Today we will add a room on both the left and the right. One of them will end up being a bed room but I am totally open to suggestions for the other room.  Let me know!

On today’s episode of Mitchcraft, we are going to take a trip down the second (and much more scary) ravine we’ve run across to see what type of goodies it has in store for us.  Will we find diamonds or skeletons? Time to do a little adventuring.  Remember, to show your support and let me know you want to see more episodes – be sure to subscribe to my channel over on YouTube and leave me a few comments on what you think, what you like or what you want to see more of. 

Ready for some Mitchcraft? In this first episode of my new YouTube series I will show you what I’ve done to get started in this new world and also start a wheat farm right in front of your eyes.  I have skipped over some of the basic “first day” type game play that many people have covered before me.  Trying to get right to the meat and potatoes of game play.  Be sure to leave a comment, like the video and subscribe if you want to see more Mitchcraft episodes.

So, what is my goal with Mitchcraft? I have decided not to go with your standard gimmick of trying hardcore mode or play until I find this, that or the other.  I am just going to play, record and let you come along for the ride.  This has also given me the change to learn a lot about both video production and how to work with YouTube – so overall I think it will be a win/win for everybody.  I get to learn some new skills and you get some more great content to check out.

Check out my YouTube channel for more information:

Have no fear though – I will continue my articles and podcast via my other projects.  This will just be one more project to add to the list. You can always subscribe here to make sure you never miss an episode or you can subscribe to me on YouTube too.  I only have 28 subscribers thus far, so I would love to have you subscribe to me there just to let me know you are watching.  Content will be kept pretty family friendly too, so bring the whole family to come and watch.

The best feature of this camcorder has to be that it is really simple to use.  You honestly point it in the direction you want to film and then push the big red shinny button on the back.

Here is a sample video I took of my dog a few months back, so you can get an idea of the video quality.

Here are some of the other features worth mentioning too:

• Easy-to-use, pocket-sized HD camcorder featuring one-touch recording and digital zoom
• Simple user interface lets you start capturing HD video just seconds after powering on
• Captures 120 minutes of HD video on 8 GB of built-in memory; no tapes or additional memory cards required
• Convenient flip-out USB arm plugs directly into your PC or Mac to launch FlipShare software
• Pre-installed FlipShare software lets you easily email videos, edit individual clips, make custom movies, capture still photos from video, and even upload video to sharing sites like YouTube and MySpace
• FlipShare’s advanced compression technology allows for quick and easy sharing of high-resolution HD video in compact-sized files (via email or publishing online)
• Comes with Flip Video rechargeable AA battery pack (recharges when connected to USB); also supported by standard AA batteries
• Large 2-inch anti-glare color LCD screen to play back and delete videos
• HDMI output (mini-HDMI connector) makes it simple to watch video on your HDTV
• Video: 16:9 widescreen, HD 720p (1280 x 720) at 30 frames per second (fps) progressive scan; recorded as MP4 files

Now, I can’t hold a camcorder steady to save my life – but for people like me, you can easily screw a tripod into the bottom of the camcorder for hands free recording.

Overall, it has been a few months now, and I think I made the right purchasing decision. Having recorded more than a few birthday parties, and just my nephews and niece messing around the the backyard and can really say nothing but good things about the Flip UltraHD Camcorder.

After watching a video online, you might decide you want to watch it again later – but rather than going to the website again and slowly downloading it as you watch, you would like to have a local copy.  The freeware program, VideoCacheView will let you easily recover videos from your browser’s cache.

If the video is stored in your web browser’s cache, VideoCacheView will find it and give you the option to export the file out of the cache and onto your desktop.  Once there you can archive it however you see fit.

Here is a little more about the program from the developers:

It automatically scans the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers (Including Firefox) and finds all video files that are currently stored in it. It allows you to easily copy the cached video files into another folder for playing/watching them in the future. If you have a movie player that is configured to play flv files, it also allows you to play the video directly from your browser’s cache.

You can download and try this great freeware program on almost any flavor of Windows too.  Head over to the NirSoft website to download it and give it a shot.  Hope it helps you with your video download recoveries.

Looking for a way to download YouTube videos, without cluttering your browser of choice with yet another extension or add-on?  YouTube Downloader is a free program you can download and use to get this simple job done.

All you have to do  is enter the web site address of the video into the program, and hit the, OK button.  The rest of the process is taken care of internally via the program.

This might be one of the best stand alone simple YouTube video downloaders out there on the Web today.

Some of the features included are:

• Download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV and many others
• Allows you to access YouTube videos for which you need to be 18+ years of age
• Provides the ability to cut and select the output quality of converted videos
• Uses the FFmpeg engine to convert the videos
• Plays videos downloaded in Flash
• Extremely easy to use

You also have the choice to download and convert the files to the formats for the iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, Xvid, or turn the video file into an MP3.

To download YouTube Downloader, go visit youtubedownloader.altervista.org, and hit the, “download now!” banner there.  You’ll be glad you did.

What was the best of the best on Mitchelaneous.com in the past month?

• Google Reader Notifications for Windows, Mac and Linux!
• Zelda Fans? Here is Your Own Personal Triforce Icon!
• A Better WordPress Admin Layout?
• Hurricane Ike Takes Out Geraldo Rivera
• Akismet Help and How-tos
• URL, E-Mail and Text Shortening with kissa.be
• Make Gmail Style Change to Super Clean
• A Look Inside Hosting Bookmarks
• Awesome Metroid Wallpaper
• Zero Suit Samus (and Regular Suit) Desktop Icons

Plus as an extra bonus, don’t forget to pick up the Mega Man 9 villain pack of all the bosses from the latest blue bomber adventure:

• Mega Man 9’s Plug Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Tornado Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9′s Splash Woman Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Magma Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Galaxy Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Jewel Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Hornet Man Desktop Icon
• Mega Man 9’s Concrete Man Desktop Icon

Did I miss a post you liked?  What else would you like to see me cover?

The biggest improvement over past versions is that the FLV support is much better.  So if you download a lot of YouTube (or any of the other video sharing sites) videos, you will no longer have to reload the player if you try to fast forward or rewind.  You can check out the full list of features too for this tiny player, if you are not impressed yet.  For more on this most recent release, check out the “What is cool in 0.9″ page or check out this video:

VLC media player 0.9.2 – Grishenko from Antoine Cellerier on Vimeo.