tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286159952010-03-20T11:10:39.079-07:00Ephemeral IsleI think I think, therefore, I think I think I am, I think.Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-50209145113125282122010-03-20T10:55:00.001-07:002010-03-20T10:55:57.241-07:00Radar Men From The Moon: Chapter 8<div style="text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf" w3c="true" flashvars="config={"key":"#$b6eb72a0f2f1e29f3d4","playlist":[{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/radarmen8/format=Thumbnail?.jpg","autoPlay":true,"scaling":"fit"},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/radarmen8/radar8_512kb.mp4","autoPlay":false,"accelerated":true,"scaling":"fit","provider":"h264streaming"},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/radarmen8/radarmen_chapter8_512kb.mp4","autoPlay":false,"accelerated":true,"scaling":"fit","provider":"h264streaming"}],"clip":{"autoPlay":false,"accelerated":true,"scaling":"fit","provider":"h264streaming"},"canvas":{"backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"none"},"plugins":{"audio":{"url":"http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.0.3-dev.swf"},"controls":{"playlist":true,"fullscreen":true,"gloss":"high","backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"medium","sliderColor":"0x777777","progressColor":"0x777777","timeColor":"0xeeeeee","durationColor":"0x01DAFF","buttonColor":"0x333333","buttonOverColor":"0x505050"},"h264streaming":{"url":"http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.h264streaming-3.0.5.swf"}},"contextMenu":[{"View+radarmen8+at+archive.org":"function()"},"-","Flowplayer 3.0.5"]}" width="420" height="284"></embed><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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