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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Yes, Halloween is over... yes it's November 1st... yes it's time to put away those costumes... unless you do drag... and yes I should have posted this article last night. Well I fell asleep. I didn't mean to, but around 8:30PM Roger and I just laid down for a minute in the bed, and next thing you know it's 4:AM.

Anyhow, better late than never. Here is a 'scary RIM' (Recorded Instant Message) Roger and I (Bob) worked on. The sound is a bit crappy because my headphones need tweaking, but other than that, it's cute and good for a chuckle. To see some other Halloween RIMs that Roger made, check out his profile and in the drop down menu, you'll see all the videos he's made.

What is a RIM? It's an Instant Message but instead of typing, you use your webcam. You can either have your RIMs show up on your profile, or you can make them private and send them to your buddies. You'll find this feature only on TubeBear. There's almost 10k profiles there already and it's becoming fast the best Bear profile site around. Make RIMs, not IMs. If you have a webcam, which I'm sure you do, one you might not even be using all that much, well TubeBear is the perfect site for you to utilize that webcam. Check out my profile (Forrest) ~ there's a few videos there that explains just exactly how to get your cam working and how to send RIMs.

RIMs

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

'RIM guys in your favourite chair... or RIM them while all cozy in bed... RIM 'em at work... and on business trips'.

There's a great feature on TubeBear... it's known as RIM which is short for Recorded Instant Messages. Everyone knows about IMs (Instant Messages) - typed messages in little boxes... well if you have a webcam, you can send Recorded IMs to your buddies, which is 100% better.

Honestly - what would you rather see, typed words from a guy... or a video from a hot Bear...?

We made a cute ad which you can see here on our YouTube page, and if you need some assistance on how to RIM, then go to my profile (Forrest), and from my list of videos, view 'How to RIM'.

TubeBear Fun

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

It's time to update you on all the neat things you can do on TubeBear... but remember... you need to join to get in on the fun.

1st you can Livestream - turn your webcam on and see the number of guys watching you rise. There's 2 ways you can stream - the simplest way is to login to your profile, click Broadcast & Record Videos, and if your webcam is plugged in properly, just click ok and you'll be streaming immediately. However, if you want a good camera and a fast computer, then you can stream in higher resolution by using Flash Media Encoder. There's a bit of 'configurating' to do... it's all explained here. Check out to see who's LiveStreaming.

Instead of sending an 'Instant Message', send a RIM - a 'Recorded Instant Message'... never worry about carpal tunnel syndrome again since all you need to do is chat rather than type. And sending RIMs is very easy - again go to your Broadcast & Record Videos link, click ok, and start recording. I made a little video explaining all this, check it out here.

Once you are logged in and add a main photo to your profile, you can view everyone else's profile, their galleries, their videos and their livestreaming.

My buddy Frank (PlanetBears' Gallery) has one of the best profiles on TubeBear. You have to check it out. He filled in the description about himself, added a ton of photos to his gallery section, has made a load of little videos and he livestreams a lot. And if you haven't seen his videos, there's some that are adult, some of him talking, cooking... and my favourite - Frank is disco dancing... there's a disco ball and everything - check out that video here.

If you see someone on - like either me (Forrest - TubeBear profile) or Frank, make sure to send us a RIM to say hello.