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Blackball (sometimes written black ball or black-ball) is a pool (pocket billiards) game that is popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, several Western European nations, South Africa, Australia, and some other countries. In the UK and Ireland it is usually called simply "pool". The game is played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen usually unnumbered object balls) on a small (6 ft x 3 ft or 7 ft x 4 ft) pool table with six pockets. Blackball is an internationally standardised variation of the popular bar and club game eight-ball pool (a.k.a. 8-ball pool or eightball pool), closely related to the originally American and now professionally internationalised game eight-ball. The two main sets of playing rules are those of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA, the International Olympic Committee-recognised governing body of pool) and its affiliate the European Blackball Association (EBA), known as "blackball rules", and the older code of the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF), often referred to as "world rules".
Eight-ball pool (and thus its standardised form blackball), like international-style eight-ball, is derived from an earlier game invented around 1900 and first popularised in 1925 under the name B.B.C. Co. Pool by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Like blackball and eight-ball pool today, this forerunner game was played with seven yellow and seven red balls, unnumbered (in contrast to the international-style numbered stripes and solids, sometimes called kelly pool or American-style balls in the UK), a black ball (numbered "8" or unnumbered), and the white cue ball. The game had relatively simple rules compared to the modern game.[1][2][3][4]
The ball sets typically range from 2 inches (51 mm) up to 2 3⁄16 inch (56 mm), often with a slightly smaller cue ball, e.g. 1 7⁄8 inches (4.76 cm) for a 2 inch set. The most common sized sets on the market are 2 inch and 21⁄8 inch (54 mm). Along with the single white cue ball, plain unnumbered red (or sometimes blue[5]) and yellow colour balls, seven of each color, are used in lieu of the numbered solids and stripes common to international eight-ball and other pool games (which in the UK are usually called kelly pool balls). Many suppliers refer to the yellows-and-reds sets as "casino" balls, whether UK- or US-sized, because they were formerly used in US casino-hosted, televised, modified-rules eight-ball tournaments popular in the 1970s; the coloured rather than numbered sets were selected for their distinguishability on TV. The black ball, however, still typically bears a number "8" (a holdover from kelly pool), though numberless variants are not unknown.
British pool tables come in 6 x 3 foot (1.8 x 0.9 m) or 7 x 3.5 ft (2.12 x 1.06 m) varieties,[6] with 7 ft being the regulation size for league play. The table has pockets just larger than the balls and rounded, as in the game of snooker, whereas the international-style (or "American-style") table has pockets significantly wider, with pointed knuckles.
Tournament rules may require the presence of more than one type of rest (mechanical bridge), as in snooker.
There are two competing standards bodies that have issued international rules. The older, and currently dominant, of the two sets in British-style pool are the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) rules (often called "World Rules").[7] The majority of WEPF members come from the UK and Ireland, and from current and former Commonwealth of Nations countries, plus a few leagues elsewhere.
A competing but very similar set of rules has been promulgated by the larger World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), under the game name "blackball" to better distinguish it from the American-style game (for which WPA also promulgates the world-standardised rules).[5] It was intended that "blackball" would unify the various existing British-style rulesets (presumably also including the WEPF rules) although this has not yet happened. The self-described "governing body" for WPA blackball in Europe, with numerous national and local affiliate groups, is the European Blackball Association (EBA).
In countries where pay-to-play pool tables with automatic ball-return devices are common, only the cue ball is returned to the players after potting. This means that if the black is potted from the break the game cannot continue without paying for a second game. It is not uncommon in the UK for 1 pound sterling (approximately 1.30 euros) to be the price of a game. Players may agree to play on without a black rather than lose the cost of a game for a single shot.
The older World Eightball Pool Federation rules pre-date the WPA blackball rules, and remain popular as amateur league and even professional tournament rules in the UK, Ireland, Australia, some other Commonwealth countries, and a few European nations. Locally the WEPF rules (or minor variants thereof) are sometimes referred to as "British standard pool", "Irish standard pool", etc. , WEPF leagues exist in: Australia, Belgium, China, Cyprus, France, India, Japan, Malta, Morocco, New Zealand, Ireland, Reunion Island, South Africa, and the UK (with separate leagues in the Channel Islands, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).[8]
The balls are racked with the black (the 8 ball) on the foot spot (or "black spot"), in contrast with US-style eight-ball, nine-ball and most other pool games, in which the apex ball is placed on the foot spot. A "fair break" is one in which an object ball is potted, and/or at least 4 object balls contact the cushion. If the black is potted, the game is restarted with a re-rack, broken by the original breaker. If the cue ball is potted on an otherwise fair break, it is a "non-standard" fault (foul) that simply ends the breaker's turn, with no further penalties. If it is a foul (non-fair) break, the incoming player gets two visits as with other "standard fouls" (see below), and gets to break, after a re-rack, without the option to instead play the balls as they lie. Openness of the table (unlike in the American-style game) does not last long, in that if the breaker pots a ball on the break from one group, and elects to continue shooting that group, then that group are his/her balls-on, even if the post-break followup shot is missed, while if the group chosen did not have any balls potted on the break, the table remains open until a ball is legally potted. If no balls were potted on the break, the table remains open. The shooter must nominate what group they are shooting for on the shot following the break if they had potted a ball off the break.
A legal (non-break) shot is one where the cue ball first hits a "ball-on" (one of the balls in the player's own group), and does not pot the cue ball, the black or any of the balls in the opponent's group, and either one of the shooter's balls-on is pocketed, or a (any) ball contacts a cushion after the cue ball contacts the (first) ball-on. I.e., it is the same as in American-style, but with the additional requirement that one not sink an opponent's ball (doing so is a fault), and lacking the requirement that ball and pocket have to be called (i.e. slop shots are perfectly valid, even on the black.) There are other forms of fault, generally the same as in other pool games, such as potting the cue ball (except on the break, as noted above), knocking balls off the table, moving balls accidentally, double-hits and pushes (though the standards are weaker than in American-style rules), unsportsmanlike conduct, etc. There are also other unique fouls such as the requirement (borrowed from snooker) to shoot away from any ball that the cue ball is frozen to, without moving it (however if the frozen ball is the shooter's own, it counts as contacting a ball-on, and only a (any) ball must reach a rail for it to be a legal shot. As in informal American bar pool, but not WPA/BCA/IPT standardised American-style rules, players are sometimes required to take certain shots (besides the break shot) from baulk or "the kitchen", i.e. from behind the baulk line (head string). Also, all deliberate jump shots that result in missing an intervening ball are faults.
After a fault, the offending player will effectively miss a turn and give the opponent two visits. These free shots must be taken from where the cue ball finished after their opponents foul, with two exceptions: the cue ball was potted, in which case the incoming player must take their shot from baulk; or the incoming player has been left in a foul snooker, in which case they may nominate a free ball, move the cue ball to baulk and play from there or indeed carry on as normal (i.e. shoot at one of their own balls).
There are other unique rules, such as a relaxation of the legal shot requirements when the shooter is "totally snookered" (i.e. the shooter no longer has to have a ball contact a rail after they have contacted their "ball-on").
It is a loss of frame (game) to fault in any way while actually potting (but not just shooting at) the black.
Blackball rules are very similar to the WEPF World Rules. One notable difference is that after a fault, the incoming player has a free shot (i.e., may take the cue ball in position or in-hand in baulk; the "wrong ball first" rule is suspended) and also the player does not have a next visit (does not continue playing even if no ball or opponent's ball is potted on the free shot). Also, if player A has any number of his or her own coloured balls left and player B has only the black ball left to pot. If, on player A's go, they deliberately attempt to move the black ball by shooting at, and hitting, it before touching their own colour ball. The person on the black has 2 shots to take. This is the only situation where a player on the black has 2 shots, for every other foul committed by the opposing player, the player with only the black to go gets only 1 shot.
Both the World Pool-Billiard Association (with PPPO and EBA) and the World Eight-ball Pool Federation currently sanction a World Championship, the WPA version is held every other year. The 2012 WPA World Blackball Champion is Gavin Phillips from Scotland and the 2013 WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Champion is Tom Cousins from Wales.
For more information see: List of Blackball and "British-style" eight-ball pool champions
World Snooker Championship, Snooker world rankings, Cue sports, Sheffield, Pool (cue sports)
United Kingdom, New Zealand, New South Wales, Canada, Queensland
Brussels, Andorra, United Kingdom, Canada, Wallonia
United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain
Snooker, Carom billiards, English billiards, Billiard table, Blackball (pool)
Snooker, Blackball (pool), United Kingdom, Pool (cue sports), Nine-ball
Snooker, Commonwealth of Nations, English billiards, Germany, Aluminium
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Google+ Photos Is Shutting Down On August 1st
This one might be a bit confusing due to product naming weirdness, but here we go:
Google+ Photos, the photo sharing solution built into Google's social network Google+, is shutting down.
However: Google Photos (note the lack of +) — as in the excellent, unlimited free photo host that Google launched back in May — will live on.
The shutdown of Google+ Photos will start on August 1. According to Google, the Android version will go first; shortly thereafter, the web and iOS versions will go dark.
Google is offering a tool that'll transition Google+ Photos users over to Google Photos; you can find it on your Google+ account photos page. Even if you miss the deadline, Google says your photos will still be available by way of Google Takeout.
So why kill off Google+ Photos? For most, the existence of the standalone Google Photos makes Google+ Photos redundant, and perhaps a bit confusing (Example A: this post.) Alas, there are a few tricks from Google+ Photos that haven't made it into the non-plus Google Photos app yet — things like pushing pictures to Chromecast, or support for PhotoSphere hosting.
With that said, the standalone Google Photos does bring a lot of rad new stuff to the table, even beyond the whole unlimited free storage thing. Check out my breakdown of some of its best tricks right over here.

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CAMDEN — A jury found a Camden man guilty of 11 criminal violations, including attempted murder and aggravated assault in a pair of shootings in Camden in 2010, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk reported.
Anthony Fontanez, 24, was found guilty Thursday afternoon of three counts of aggravated assault and additional counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault for the Sept. 23, 2010, shooting of a 26-year-old male at his barber shop on the 400 block of N. 27th St. The barber survived his injuries.
The jury further found Fontanez guilty of attempted murder, three more counts of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for shooting at a 29-year-old on the 1000 block of N. 25th Street later the same day.
The facts of both shootings led to a guilty verdict of an 11th offense, possession of a weapon without a license, according to the prosecutor's office.
Assistant Prosecutor Nevan Soumilas presented evidence during the trial that Fontanez shot the barber in what may have been a botched robbery attempt.
Three hours later he came upon the second victim, with whom he had a previous dispute. The second victim wasn't struck, but Fontanez fired repeatedly into the victim's car in an attempt to kill him.
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7 Common Pitfalls to Avoid to Ensure a Successful ASC Reprocessing Program
By now, most ambulatory surgery centers have heard of, or have even tried, reprocessing programs, often with varying degrees of success. If we dissect what often goes wrong in a reprocessing effort, we can develop some guidelines for implementing one successfully.
But first, let's define what we mean by reprocessing of single use devices. Reprocessing companies, under FDA regulation, develop processes whereby devices undergo rigorous cleaning, inspection, refurbishing, testing, packaging and sterilization to deliver devices that function like new. While much time and education is spent on the science behind the efficacy and safety of reprocessing, which is appropriate, the real results of reprocessing are borne out in the service of reprocessing. So, I will start with the premise that the quality, efficacy and safety of reprocessed devices has to be and is in fact is similar to new devices, as demonstrated by the over 70 million devices that have been successfully reprocessed in the United States.
Therefore, the breakdown or the barriers to maximizing reprocessing often lie in the service of reprocessing. The seven issues outlined below tend to be leading causes of a reprocessing programs lack of success.
1. The reprocessing opportunity is not clearly defined. What does success look like? The best way to know how much can be saved by reprocessing is to analyze your facility's current spend on devices that can be reprocessed. Your reprocessing company should be able to do this for you. Done correctly, the reprocessor and facility can agree down to the individual device what, and how much, will be reprocessed and what the targeted financial results will be. Goal-setting and agreement is the first step to any successful reprocessing program.
2. There is a lack of the right education at the right time. Education is at the core of successful reprocessing because there are many misconceptions around the science of reprocessing and reprocessing requires a change in behaviors and patterns at a facility. People in your facility will have questions at different times about various aspects of reprocessing. Your reprocessing partner has to be available to give you those answers. Education also needs to be conducted with all parties — from surgeons, to technicians to administration — all of whom will have very different questions from their own vantage point. This education needs to be tailored around the specific needs of your facility and your people: who has issues or poor history with reprocessing? Who has never heard of it? Who is already a strong advocate? Often the best education is first listening to individuals' concerns, then providing factual feedback. Surgeons sometimes prefer to "experience" reprocessing after understanding the evidence. Experience is best done through a blind study (side-by-side use comparisons of new and reprocessed devices) with the outcomes ultimately being that surgeons cannot tell the difference between new and reprocessed.
3. Lack of WIIFM (Whats In It For Me) for your staff and surgeons. Many of the most successful reprocessing programs throughout the country have established incentive programs that benefit key staff. At the least, consistent communication on the financial benefit for the center needs to occur on a regular basis. When reward programs are put in place, reprocessing programs thrive.
4. Potential issues are allowed to fester. After the critical launch phase of education, the next most important point of education needs to occur after perceived or real issues surface with a reprocessed device. I have often heard surgeons say, "when in doubt blame reprocessing" — often accompanied by a smirk or chuckle. This sentiment underscores the skepticism that lingers around reprocessing. Your reprocessing company needs to acknowledge device issues. Further, failure to respond quickly will cause a negative perception to spread and can erode even an established reprocessing program. A good service-oriented company will take this opportunity to reinforce the quality and rigor behind the science of reprocessing — and remind surgeons that as reprocessors we cant make a device better than new. If a surgeon experiences performance issues with new devices, s/he will experience those same performance issues with reprocessed devices — although it should not be at a greater rate than that of new devices.
5. OEM tactics confusing the benefits of reprocessing. Original equipment manufacturers have been fighting reprocessing for years and are spending millions of dollars to do so. The forms of "evidence" used to combat reprocessing include OEM-sponsored studies with loose scientific parameters, spreading surgeon perception of reprocessing from years ago and contracting strategies used to prohibit reprocessing. It is critical that when these tactics are encountered, immediate education is provided on the safety and cost effectiveness of reprocessing. The facts speak and scientific evidence in support of reprocessing speaks for itself and can't be refuted. Very few OEM proposals can match the financial advantage of a reprocessing program when you consider that reprocessing will nearly cut your device acquisition costs in half.
6. Lack of a true partnership. A reprocessing program is a true partnership with your reprocessing company. The reprocessing company can't do it all without having a committed and willing partner — your facility. The best examples of partnership start with a commitment to the outcomes from the very top – from the CEO, CFO, COO, for example. Consequently, the tone is set on expected goals and the behaviors reinforced to achieve those goals. The next critical constituency to have "on board" is the surgeons. Excluding them from the decision-making process is a fatal flaw to launching a reprocessing program. Finally, the best run programs have a designated "Champion" within the facility who is reminding, cheerleading and continuing to reinforce the goals set forth by leadership and how your facility is executing towards those goals on a daily basis. Often it is just simple reminders for attentive behaviors in order to get single-use devices to the reprocessing company.
If the reprocessing program is merely "pushed" by the reprocessing company, it will be seen as a "vendor" trying to make money, rather than a partner working alongside you and your facility to achieve a common set of goals.
7. Lack of detailed information needed to continue to drive savings. A given surgery center may use hundreds of different devices that can be reprocessed. In general, all single-use devices should be sent to the reprocessing company. Too often, however, only a dozen or so are captured at the facility, far from the quantity of new instruments being purchased. Therefore, using the data from the original opportunity identification/goal-setting phase and comparing it to what/how many devices are being sent to your reprocessor helps to prepare "gap analysis" reports. This gap analysis reports highlight the top cost savings opportunities left on the table for your facility to capture. It creates actionable items for the reprocessing company and the facility to integrate those devices into the reprocessing stream. This is the only way to create specific, measurable steps to continue to drive towards your targeted reprocessing savings goals.
Your potential reprocessing partner should be able to provide information to satisfy your concerns about their company's ability to deliver a successful reprocessing program that avoids on the common pitfalls outlined above.
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Monday, 21 December 2009
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Thursday, 17 December 2009
new typeface up on TFAW
Thursday, 10 December 2009
TFAW featured on the Kiosque website
We thank the Kiosque for the support and help, and for being an upstanding organ (!) in the Aberdeen City & Shire's cultural front.
To see the article, please visit : www.thekiosque.com/2009/12/10/arts-type-casting-in-union-terrace/
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Peacock class this weekend
They will be exploring portraits without faces... utilising drawing, photography, digital and printing methods. The work will be featured in the OMG exhibition still on at Peacock's, running until 23rd December
See the making of OMG on flickr!
typeface #48 - citySquare
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Sunday, 29 November 2009
gabi & Phil showing at the BV / NEOS exhibition.
The opening night is on Thursday (3rd December) at Bridge View, on Market Street (near the Tory Bridge). 6pm - 8pm. Always a fantastic opening at Bridge View!
for more info, please download the invite here
Gabi showing at teacosy too
The highly successful venture "tea cosy" at Aberdeen royal infirmary by Aberdeen based SMart consultants is getting a second life! It will be held in the old Pier building (Belmont street) and will feature a fantastic array of local makers & artists. for more information, please visit http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=177358808492&index=1
or download the PDF poster from here
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
OMG - creative Identities with PVA exhibition
Gabi and Phil have been working with Peacock Visual Arts & Creative Identities to make new work with the pupils of Craigielea school, Aberdeen.
They will be showcasing work that has been created over the last few months - getting the pupils to look at expressing themselves in "portraiture" without using "the face"... they are producing a collective, sculptural work from the output of the classes...should be interesting!
Also showing are Jo Gannon, Alicia Bruce, Iain Gildea...
for more info, please visit http://www.peacockvisualarts.com/events/243/creative-identities-omg
Gabi and Phil are also running a printing workshop for 10-15 year olds
Sat 12 Dec, 10am-2.30pm
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Two new typefaces from TFAW
Needless to say, we've got this week & last week's typefaces up for download.
Check out "Flood" and "Up" - based on the horrid state of affairs, weatherwise up in Aberdeen and the Pixar movie "up" - we took poppy to see it (first time ever to the cinema!) and she loved it.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Back From Holiday....
Needless to say, we're getting back into the swing of things... watch this space.
PS - we're putting work into the winter Junction Art show - so we'll post more soon...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
doves typeface for Jen Beattie (R.I.P)
We arrived at Jen's on Sunday morning to see lots of Jen's friends and fellow artists painting the cardboard coffin in the studio, a rather sobering sight. A mixture of sadness, collective spirit and joy - we all worked together to create an amazing work of art for Jen.
Monday, 21 September 2009
Collaboration with Belinda Rose
NEOS has now ended for 2009
We had a brilliant week with some amazing conversations - we're always astounded how many interesting people come out and really care about our creative community in the North East of Scotland.
Our thoughts go out to Jen Beatie who sadly could not be with us during NEOS due to illness...
Friday, 11 September 2009
NEOS starts today! (12/9/09)
We just wanted to invite you along to Susie Hunt's "Mill Farm", where we (Gabi and Phil) will be sharing with 10 other artists & makers for this Years NEOS event.
Gabi will be showcasing a lot of new drawings and illustrations, with a chance to snap up lots of new card designs and the cool Avian Alphabet tea towels.
Phil will be displaying some of his slate drawings as well as some of the computer based work he's been producing. (websites & experimental code).
Not only art but refreshments and banter to boot! for more info, please visit : http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/individual.asp?name=gabrielle
Friday, 4 September 2009
Small Stories in California...
she was over the moon to get the package the other day, which she immediately blogged, so if you want to see the lovely story, check out http://egretsnest.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/no-no-this-is-my-new-most-favorite-bird-artist-ever/ leave a comment too...it's always nice to share.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
I <3 UTG exhibition
An exhibition of local artists coming together to help raise awareness for the problems facing Union Terrace Gardens & Aberdeen's new Arts Centre.
All works based upon the theme "heart" and will be on sale for £20 per artwork to raise funds for the I ♥ UTG campaign.
Gilla Brooker
Alicia Bruce
Libby Day
Fraser Denholm
Jim Ewen
Jo Gannon
Katie Guthrie
Eva Merz
William Moulding
Gabrielle Reith
Stuart Simpson
Anita Stewart
Philip Thompson
Sarah J Tingle
and more to be confirmed……..
So come spend the evening with Project Slogan & I ♥ UTG and help us create a better, greener and brighter future for out city.
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We're also applying to the RSA for some financial support to get a residency in Peacock Visual Arts so we can really pull out the stops and create a wonderful "end product" - the limited edition Disc & artwork... exciting!
Monday, 24 August 2009
Tea Cosy photos
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Mark Goss - Curious Fiend typeface
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Tea Cosy craft fair 21st August.
Teacosy is at the Ross Crombie Hall, The Courtyard, Ashgrove House (next to ARI), Foresterhill Road, Aberdeen.
Click here for the invite! http://www.g-r-a.co.uk/downloads/teacosy.pdf
Friday, 31 July 2009
Gabi & Phil showing at BP with Smart Consultants
The exhibition will be a private BP viewing, but we aim to have photos / images to share...opens Mid September 2009.
Networking nights with Creative Cultures...
He is also working with the Cultural Enterprise Office to bring a NEOS networking night Mill farm, Kemnay on Tuesday 4th August (6-8pm). for more information please visit:
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Phil - Animation Classes
Collage Classes
Monday, 6 July 2009
new TFAW typeface up - 'blether' [#26]
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Private Tutoring
yours, Gabi and Phil.
atatat typefaceaweek by Gabi
Based on a missing @ sign...she was inspired to create a whole typeface based on the lovely little character...he's back now - thank goodness.
Monday, 15 June 2009
new typeface a week typeface up "maple" by Phil
...The typeface is a mash up of metrostyle & times...if I remember correctly! It's a bit clunky, a bit unfinished and a bit prickly...yes, just like the band....
Monday, 8 June 2009
Gabi in Leopard magazine
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Typefaceaweek #22 up - perspex
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Bird Tattoo - Dave Officer
Aberdeen Photographer Dave Officer loved Gabi's work so much - that he got a Tattoo of her song thrush on his forearm! It's ana amazing statement to make, getting a tattoo, and Gabi is particularly proud that Dave chose her design for his permanent statement...
Thanks to Dave for sending photos "hot off the needle"...
Creative Identities classes complete!
Gabi and Phil have completed their classes with Craigielea school... we've had a fantastic time working with the pupils and teachers - and we would like to extend out thanks to them as well as the Peacock Visual Arts - Creative Identities team. It has been a wonderful opportunity for us to not only showcase our typeface a week project - but to proves that we can facilitate and run classes as professional artists.
We've been asked to come back to Craigielea in the next semester, and we've also been asked to work further with the Creative Identities project - so things are looking fantastic creatively for us. Particular thanks to Adam Proctor and Nicole Plumb for having the belief and trust in our work.
Monday, 1 June 2009
Platform 22 - summer fair
Gabi and Phil will be showing some new and old work - and there to chat.
Hope you can come along!
Thursday, 28 May 2009
gabi COAST building wrap on eventScotland
Nice wee article we've just found talking about Gabi's competition winner for the COAST festival building wrap.
Friday, 22 May 2009
Gabi - COAST building wrap unveiled.
Images of the Building Wrap for the COAST festival (22 - 25th May 2009) can be seen on the fantastic Scottish Independent Media website!
See you up there!
Gabi & Phil
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Phil to make the POOT site
Monday, 18 May 2009
Typeface Classes with Craigielea School
We are working for four sessions utilising Found objects, Ink & Paint and Animation with several finished outcomes planned for the creation of the type.
We'll be posting some of the outcomes here, and also featuring a suit of typefaces in the typefaceaweek blog.
We'd like to thank Peacock Visual Arts for this opportunity, and look forward to running more workshops with them!
Sunday, 17 May 2009
New TFAW font by Jo Gannon
Jo Gannon has submitted our first ever "guest" font to the Typeface a week project!...thanks Jo!
Gabi & Phil.
Sunday, 10 May 2009
AAS picture sold
tfaw #18 up - pebbles
Monday, 4 May 2009
Aberdeen Artists Society
typeface a week #17 up
Friday, 1 May 2009
Small Stories cards...
Gabi has also been taken in by the fantastic Red Door gallery in Edinburgh - Cards are on sale there and we hope to be stocking the Small Stories Jewellery range soon too! (their buyer is on maternity leave!)
Monday, 13 April 2009
Egret Nest Blog use "Feathers" font by Gabi.
to see the font in use - and to read / see some fantastic blogs on all things Avian - check out http://egretsnest.wordpress.com/
Thanks Liza!
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Feathers typeface by Gabi
Sunday, 5 April 2009
new typefaceaweek - "Christopher smith"
A new typeface to kick off our "Claypots" work - due to the unending source of "things" from the steading (the previous owner left EVERYTHING) - we will be making a lot of work from the finds we uncover...
As a mark of respect, we thought it best to put up "young Christopher Smith's" handwriting - found and made from an old primary school jotter...
Phil had also showcased the "raw file" (scan of a page) at the OKN talk he did - so if anyone is watching that was there - here's the finished thing!
If you want to create a typeface and join us in our year long quest, please send us an email email@example.com
Friday, 3 April 2009
Applestalk typeface on typefaceaweek
Gabi has created a delightfull new font - Applestalk - full of the juiciness and energy we all need just after winter...free to download for a limited time.
apples talk
apple stalk
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Phil showcasing typefaceaweek at open knowledge networks
Phil will be doing a 15 minute presentation and practical example of how to make a typeface with photoshop & fontCreator at the fantastic open knowledge networks - at Peacock Visual Arts. I believe there is beer available too...
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Gabi in the PnJ about COAST
"Inverurie-based Gabrielle Reith has been chosen to cloak a former glazier's property at Banff for this year's Coast Visual Arts festival in May.
Her work will cover three sides of the building at Bridge Road, near Banff Bridge, and will be unveiled for the festival from May 22-25."
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Small Stories / Birds in typefaceaweek
Monday, 2 March 2009
Gabi at the DCA
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Avian Constructs [in a human context] - March 20th 2009
Gabrielle Reith & Philip Thompson proudly present their first partnership exhibition.
"Avian Constructs (in a Human Context)" aims to explore the metaphorical and literal links human life has with the lives of birds.
Our observations and research over the past year have been deeply affected by our own circumstances and re-location after selling our house and moving into temporary accommodation.
The work showing at Limousine Bull will explore and question some of the issues we have encountered whilst trying to find a new home.
Three key themes we explore are : Relationship, Hoarding and Structure. Avian activity – nest building, communications and relationships have parallels with our own experiences and we have used these seemingly "common" activities and situations to express our own experiences.The show utilises natural and digital mediums to question many aspects of human and avian "similarities".
to download the postcard & poster -click here (8Mbs)
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Phil in the Papers...
Not sure if that's a good or a bad article...it's as usual, full of puns and my age...but, that's local newspapers for you.
Mr Thompson, of Selbie Drive, Inverurie, said: "I got the idea from watching a programme about fossils and I thought that it would be interesting to use slate for the pieces because it would look a bit like fossils."
did I?... I thought I was more eloquent than that...
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Phil Thompson at Junction Art (feb 6th)
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Clouds typeface for Small Stories
The font is available for download for one week only, then it will only be available by subscribing to the free CD of all 52 Fonts which will be made in 2010.
Check out typefaceaweek.blogspot.com to see the font! enjoy!
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Rover 216 typeface up on typefaceaweek
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
La Fraise T-Shirt design Competition
again, some lovely comments from the WWW community!
"very classy, i love the style and detail. looks great on the shoe the way you have it layed out."
J3Concepts (Crew) 14.01.2009 01:33
RYZ Sneaker design Competition
one of the lovely comments left by the staff of RYZ goes as follows:
"In an age where the environment is at the fore front of international news, what better than celebrating nature in fashion. A great, calming design."
Monday, 12 January 2009
Itchee Wasp - Whitespace group show at Musa
Click here for the P&J article
Sunday, 4 January 2009
Small Stories in the Shops!
Gabi has also contacted the Lighthouse in Glasgow, the DCA in Dundee and various other potential outlets, meetings are being set up as we type... look out for them!
Saturday, 3 January 2009
Gabi has an Etsy Shop!
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Typeface a week project for 2009
Gabrielle & Philip are embarking upon an ambitious project for 2009. We are going to create a typeface a week! During 2009 Gabi and Phil will be creating 52 usable typefaces, including fonts from selected guests. The "weekly font" will be downloadable for one week only, then, at the end of the year, a limited edition download / cd will be distributed to subscribers. If you wish to subscribe to our projects outcome, please email us. email@example.com


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Learn more about TritonEd, student access, and other integrated tools.
TritonEd course sites are automatically created each quarter. If the instructor chooses to make the course available, only students who are enrolled in the course will have access.
Sites are created during the ninth week of the previous quarter, and are only created when all information is present in the Schedule of Classes. Once the TritonEd site is created, the instructor will receive an automated confirmation email notifying the instructor of its availability in TritonEd. By default, the course is hidden from students until the instructor makes the course available.
The student rosters in TritonEd and Canvas are automatically updated for each course. Once students are added to a course, they can access TritonEd or Canvas with their UCSD username and password.
A Student Preview button is now available in TritonEd.
Instructors can can easily toggle between instructor view and student view by clicking the Student Preview button at the top right of the TritonEd site. The Student Preview button allows the instructor to view the course from a student's perspective, and complete assessments and activities that are available to students in the course. Instructors also have the option of keeping or deleting the test-student's activity when exiting the student preview.
Instructors can limit which courses they see in their Dashboard by navigating to the Manage My Courses Module Settings and deselecting courses to hide them. The My Courses Module Settings also allows instructors to reorder their courses, and specify which information about a course is displayed in the Dashboard.
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Turnitin is an assignment tool that enables originality checks and online grading. Turnitin is currently integrated with TritonEd (the campus learning management system) and faculty are encouraged to use Turnitin through TritonEd. See steps on how to create a Turnitin Assignment in TritonEd and learn how to use the new Feedback Studio for grading.
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur's son, Arthur, escaped the towering shadow of his heroic dad only by changing his name and living as a recluse for most of his life. Bill Gates Jr., son of a renowned lawyer whose name graces a top global firm, eschewed the bookish discipline of law and dropped out of college to forge his own spectacular path in computer software and, lately, philanthropy. Winston Churchill's son might have been better off had he never run for public office. Greg Norman Jr.'s golf game may be better than average, but even impressive performance matters little when the frame of reference is his championship father.
The children of legends who carve out their own niche offer a broad model and lesson: Find your own strengths and play to them rather than try to measure up to those of your parents'. The succession challenge may be greatest in the context of a family business, as several generations of DuPonts or Pritzkers might attest.


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Pascal is retired and lives in Oveng village, read his story below:
"Our water well is probably over 100 years old. It is an open water source and not covered. It is quite a strenuous walk to get to the well and take the water home. Yes, we can drink the water and it quenches our thirst but it also make us sick. The water is full of diseases that give us bacteria, stomach aches and more!
Christian is the chief of Oveng village in the Nkolmetet district. He too is worried about the water sources in the village. He says: "My biggest concern is that the children of our small school do not have access to water. The old well has run dry and is neglected. The children walk distance of more than 500 meters on the road to get water from the nearby river, with and risk accidents."
Emmanuel is the principal at a school in Meyomessi. Children who attend his school have to walk far, almost 2km, to find portable water. Emmanuel says: 'Even the water they find is of questionable quality and often makes the children in my school sick. Please ADRA help us to get a water point at the school and provide proper latrines to help with sanitation!"
Charlotte also lives in Meyomessi and confirms: "Our village has one water well, but it is unfit for human consumption. The water looks clean and clear to drink but it really gets us into health trouble all the time!
Dr Legrand Oko is the director of the local hospital in Meyomessi. He says: "We have between 90 and 150 patients coming to the hospital every month. Over 80% of the health problems we see are from diseases linked to sanitation and to the quality of consumed water. The first illness is the malaria that develops in the places where there is a bad sanitation, i.e. the pools of water and bad weeding. We also note the waterborne viral diseases, i.e. typhoid fever, viral diarrhoea, amoebic dysenteries and gastro-enteritis. We have real waterborne problems in our district. Most of the patients are suffering from diseases linked to the consumption of an unfit water."
With YOUR help in this year's Annual Appeal, ADRA-UK will help control the risks of water-borne diseases by providing access to clean drinking water, sanitation and personal hygiene training, benefitting over 32,000 people in 10 villages in Cameroon.
Help ADRA-UK by supporting our water and sanitation project in Cameroon at adra.org.uk/donate


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Crab Macaroni Cheese with Lemon Brioche and Tarragon
Made at The Ivy | Serves 4
Image Credit: Jenny Zarins / The Ivy Now
50g unsalted butter
50g plain flour
500ml fish or shellfish stock
100ml double cream
2 tsp English mustard
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tsp anchovy essence
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Finley grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
250g dried macaroni
150g grated mature Cheddar cheese
300g white crabmeat, picked
1 tbsp chopped tarragon
75g fresh brioche crumbs splash of olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas mark 4.
Melt the butter in a heavy-based saucepan, add the flour, stir well and cook for a minute to cook out the flour. Gradually add the fish stock and keep whisking over a medium heat until you have a silky sauce. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the cream, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, anchovy essence, cayenne and a good squeeze of lemon juice. Season and mix until smooth.
Meanwhile, cook the macaroni in a pan of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain the pasta and return it to the pan. Add the sauce, 100g of the grated Cheddar, three-quarters of the crab and the chopped tarragon. Mix well, spoon into a baking dish and bake in the hot oven for 12-15 minutes until bubbling.
In a bowl, mix the brioche crumbs with the lemon zest and olive oil.
Scatter the remaining crab over the top of the bubbling macaroni, top with the lemon crumbs and remaining 50g cheese and cook under a hot grill for a few minutes until golden and piping hot.


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If you're a fan of the film 'Terminator 2', no doubt this Echo 1 M134 Minigun looks familiar. After all, who can forget the beastly weapon Arnold used to completely trash an entire fleet of police cars? Well now, thanks to Airsoft Atlanta, North Americans can get their hands on a BB gun version of the iconic movie prop and you'll be amazed at how much punch it still packs in toy form.
The Echo 1 M134 Minigun runs on a motorcycle battery and can shoot upwards of 3000 rounds per minute. It weighs a hulking 40 lbs and is so badass that Airsoft Atlanta describes the product as, "Built out [of] pure awesome by the totally-wicked-awesome-ninjas in Japan." Equally as impressive as the gun is its price, which comes at a staggering $3500.
The Echo 1 M134 Minigun Shoots Pellets at Monstrously Rapid Rates
Jason Soy — April 9, 2012 — Life-Stages
References: airsoftatlanta & cracked


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GALLOWS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE TO BE RELEASED ON JUNE 30TH "Chains" Available on CD & Digital Formats in the U.S.A. from Bridge Nine Records
"Chains" Available on CD & Digital Formats in the U.S.A. from Bridge Nine Records
June 30th will see the welcome return of one of the most notorious and thrilling punk bands to ever come out of the UK. Returning with a new single, "Chains" (which was recently showcased as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record In The World' on BBC Radio One), and a myriad of live performances throughout July in the UK, Gallows are coiled and sprung and ready to detonate once again.
"It's been a quite year so far for us all as we've been busy on new adventures and projects, but when we got together in February it was shocking how quickly ideas were flowing", explains guitarist Laurent Barnard.
Inspiration flowed very quickly. The band roared into life and the proof can be clearly heard on "Chains". Partnering up in the United States once again with Bridge Nine Records (and releasing elsewhere on the band's own label, Venn) as a digital download and limited edition colored 7inch vinyl, "Chains" starts slow and soft, lulling the listener into a false sense of security before the band come pounding in and level the place.
"Chains" is yet another step forward for a band who, since their inception in 2005, have never rested on their laurels or stayed still. And Gallows are back again to take it even further.
The Chains 7inch (with b-side "Wristslitter") is available for pre-order now from http://smarturl.it/chainsphysical
The Chains 7inch (with b-side "Wristslitter") is available for pre-order now from http://smarturl.it/chainsphysical
July 3 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store - SOLD OUT
July 4 London, UK @ British Summer Time @ Hyde Park
July 6 Knebworth, UK @ Sonisphere
July 13 Shepton Mallet, UK @ NASS Festival
July 16 Oslo, Norway @ Pokalen
July 17 Bukta, Norway @ Tomso Festival Afterparty
July 19 Dour, Belgium @ Dour Festival
July 20 Guildford, UK @ Guilfest
July 25 Kristiansand, Norway @ Makesrik Festival
August 2 Viveiro, Spain @ Resurrection Fest


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Plants for door-skins
Door-skins are thin, compression-molded MDF which are glued to a wooden frame and, in this way, make it easy and economical to produce cassette doors.
We have established ourselves in this special area. Siempelkamp builds the fastest lines with an annual output of up to 11 million boards. The benchmark project is a 12-daylight press for door-skins made of 3.2 mm thick MDF. We have designed, delivered, and installed this press, which is unique in the world.
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The State of House
If you're looking for a snapshot of the success of house music today, simply take a look at one man: Calvin Harris.
The young man from Dumfries – that's Scotland – broke a Billboard record this week, claiming three singles in the top 10. Last week he signed a three year deal with Las Vegas super club Hakkasan, to the tune of $400,000 a night.
The recent phenomenon - which has seen the likes of Harris, alongside David Guetta, Deadmau5, and Swedish House Mafia become chart topping sensations - has swept across the world from the nightclubs of the UK, to the casinos of Macau, to huge festivals that welcome tens of thousands of people. But it has slightly more humble beginnings.
Like many scenes from days gone by – Motown, punk, even the revival of rap to the mainstream with Eminem – the story of house can be traced partly back to Detroit, Michigan. An offshoot of Chicago house which was also big during the 80s with the likes of Frankie Knuckles of The Warehouse pioneering the sound, Detroit saw the genre hit the mainstream with Big Fun by Inner City topping the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and entering top 10s across the globe.
From there, the doors to house were well and truly open, and the party was here for good. Hitting the shores of the UK, it went further to influence the world with the Second Summer of Love, and the rise of acid house which saw the Hacienda in Manchester become one of the most famous nightclubs on the planet during the late 80s and early 90s.
Britpop and grunge took over, with the likes of Nirvana and Oasis taking over the airwaves. But the echoes of house were never fully silenced. Like in the 80s in Chicago, the end of the 90s saw nightclubs once again be introduced to a new form of the genre, except far from Illinois in the dingy backstreets of Paris. We were introduced to Air, Justice, and of course, Daft Punk, whose recent hit Get Lucky, co-starring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, sold over 9.3 million digital downloads worldwide, emphasizing the appeal the genre still wields.
The early aughts saw it boom with Roger Sanchez helping it become what it is today. His huge hit "Another Chance" charted across the world. Bringing house to the mainstream, he has worked on remixes for an array of stars including Kylie Minogue, Madonna, The Police, and a track for No Doubt, which he won a Grammy for. Sanchez even setting up his own record label, Stealth, which has put out music by Steve Angello and Swedish phenom Avicii.
And he still has time to spin with the best of them. The 47-year-old New Yorker is a regular in Las Vegas, today's house mecca, while he's also a favorite in Europe playing Ibiza's top hotspots and major events like the European Poker Tour's party in Barcelona last year.
During the DJ's performance at EPT Barcelona, the superstar sampled some of his new record as well as paying homage to the origins of the genre he loves. He said, "There's a lot of influences from Latin, deep house, there's techno, there's a lot of sounds that came from the underground which crossed over, and one of the things I want to do is reconnect with that sound, especially right now with the evolution of dance music being what it is."
And it's quite the evolution. In Las Vegas, Hakkasan is transforming the scene, placing DJs on the same plinth as the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Elton John, and David Copperfield, who are all headline acts on the strip.
Alongside Harris' $400,000 sets, Deadmau5 reportedly makes around $425,000 per night, while Tiesto receives $250,000 for turning the tables.
But why such a resurgence?
Kenny Dope, a Grammy nominated producer and one half of Masters at Work, believes it was always going to come back around again, telling Music Radar, "Music always moves in circles. It has a lot to do with the technology as well, which has been a huge benefit for people that are tapped into it as we're able to do things a lot quicker than we used to."
It's perhaps the reason Calvin Harris can have nine top 10 singles from one album on the UK Singles Chart – that beat a record set by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Is the King of House just as influential these days? It seems so. The reason the Scot is earning over $60 million a year is because of the huge appetite to get down to house. It's why Las Vegas nightclubs are promoting massive DJ sets ahead of the casino floors and Dope believes it's getting back to its best.
"The whole deep house scene is happening for me. I love what the kids are doing now and I think a lot of producers and DJs are open to the music again."
It doesn't look like house's dominance will be slowing down anytime soon either, particularly with the state of the music charts at the moment. Are any pop acts that are not already drawing from house music exciting? Meghan Trainor? Ed Sheeran? Even the world's biggest rock bands — Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Muse — have embraced house music to some degree to keep their music from feeling stale.
And what's more, with various underground scenes thriving across the world, it's as accessible as it was back in the days of Chicago and the Second Summer of Love. 2015 is going to be one hot, steamy, and sexy summer of love, and it'll be house blaring out of the speakers, serenading us all.


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Serviced Apartments in Shanghai are always located in a single or number of blocks with the Serviced Apartment name on the building and a concierge in the lobby. If you find yourself in a Serviced Apartment that does not have a clear name and concierge then most likely you are in an individually owned serviced apartment which are often very risky to stay in. Due to the high demand for short term housing in Shanghai some small companies and private individuals have taken up the chance to sub-lease private apartments often against the knowledge or agreement of the landlord. The quality of service and support provided is often sub-standard compared to a legit Serviced Apartment. There are also poor quality or non existent facilities. One of the major concerns is the return of the security deposit that often does not appear after check out and as most guests are leaving the city or country it is difficult to follow up on this. These scammers realise the vulnerability of short term foreigners and are prepared to exploit this for their gain. If you are entering into any short term accommodation agreement ensure you get legitimate references and reviews from approved sources either online or personally.
Also, the Shanghaiist and Lost Laowai reported of a horrible apartment scam committed by a foreigner. Read the original story here.


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Food producers Kraft and Kellogg reported lower earnings for the last quarter, chiefly because of the higher costs of ingredients. So should an investor bite?
"I think what we're seeing now from both companies is pretty decent performance," Sanford Bernstein senior research analyst Alexia Howard told CNBC.
"Pricing is coming up...and revenue growth remains very strong."
Howard believes Kraft is the one to buy at this point.
"We are seeing a moderation in dairy cost inflation, which affects Kraft most amongst the packaged food groups," she said. "That should start to come through next quarter and the quarter after."
She says pressures from rising grain prices have much more of an impact on Kellogg .
"It's actually pretty challenging for them," she said.
"We saw about 32 cents a share of input cost inflation that Kellogg managed to ride out in 2007; this quarter, they basically said, 'We were anticipating 65 cents a share of inflation on top of what we already got last year.' They actually raised that today, up to 80 cents a share."


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VK2WAR VK2WARhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-4943662161797858192015-03-04T11:11:51.743-07:002015-03-04T11:11:51.743-07:00Gary you can still buy it via Amazon, I just bough...Gary you can still buy it via Amazon, I just bought one.

Speaking of which I was curious if the device could be flashed with the bus pirate? The device is 3.3v tolerant, And I've wired it to my bp and been able to supply it power. However that's as far as I've gotten. Amy ideas?Xio Goeringhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-31977570289863566372012-07-23T00:55:39.337-06:002012-07-23T00:55:39.337-06:00Hi, can you please tell me the ebay seller you bro...Hi, can you please tell me the ebay seller you brought your IM-ME from? I am also a ham radio operator
regards Gary VK2KYPGary Vk2kyphttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-87250457653693620232012-07-23T00:51:59.984-06:002012-07-23T00:51:59.984-06:00Hi you please tell me which ebay dealer yu got you...Hi you please tell me which ebay dealer yu got your IM-Me from?
I am also aHam Radio operator
Thank you
regards Gary VK2KYPGary Vk2kyphttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-80426082566720458892011-09-02T03:29:06.444-06:002011-09-02T03:29:06.444-06:00I want to build a POCSAG receiver from the im-me. ...I want to build a POCSAG receiver from the im-me. This should be super email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-45411881064659089562011-08-12T05:29:12.768-06:002011-08-12T05:29:12.768-06:00Sorry, that should be 3rd harmonic at 1732 MHz, le...Sorry, that should be 3rd harmonic at 1732 MHz, leaving a difference frequency centred on 668 MHz at 2400 MHz and 768 MHz at 2500 MHz.

A simple tuned circuit bandpass filter would do the trick here.conundrumhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-28208190211808985002011-08-12T05:16:09.590-06:002011-08-12T05:16:09.590-06:00It ought to be possible to hack this for Wifi usin...It ought to be possible to hack this for Wifi using a simple mixer and L.O. to downconvert the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz band (and for that matter any other band all the way up to 15 GHz i.e, satellite TV) into a suitable band.

Ghetto TCXO can be made using any old cheap 433MHz xtal or other oscillator, tap off the 2nd harmonic at 866 MHz and use temperature feedback circuit :-)conundrumhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-21723802479046491492011-04-28T09:40:12.877-06:002011-04-28T09:40:12.877-06:00Is this idea adaptable for HF? I'm thinking so...Is this idea adaptable for HF? I'm thinking something like a mixer with a 280 MHz LO to convert the entire HF spectrum 0-30 MHz to 280-310 MHz, plus a lowpass filter to remove the image response. I'm interesed in measuring the harmonics of a homebrew 7 MHz CW rig.

Also, what's the dynamic range?qrp-gaijinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-29909496150650925702011-02-23T21:25:31.364-07:002011-02-23T21:25:31.364-07:00Lawz: it will detect any radio signal in the suppo...Lawz: it will detect any radio signal in the supported frequency range. The modulation doesn't matter. I'm not doing any demodulation or decoding here.Michael Ossmannhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-87891776094755854402011-02-10T11:09:34.763-07:002011-02-10T11:09:34.763-07:00Can this gizmo display FM analogue signals too, or...Can this gizmo display FM analogue signals too, or just digitallly modulated firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-27590607406341948022011-01-06T22:25:53.933-07:002011-01-06T22:25:53.933-07:00I would have expected the dongle to contain a CC11...I would have expected the dongle to contain a CC1111, but it has a CC1110. See Joby's blog for some great info.Michael Ossmannhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-72920818490134404092010-12-13T21:28:23.430-07:002010-12-13T21:28:23.430-07:00I assume the companion USB dongle also contains a ...I assume the companion USB dongle also contains a CC1110 and that comparable tricks might be possible from the PC firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-86701183694806565012010-12-13T16:22:18.548-07:002010-12-13T16:22:18.548-07:00Ewwww... What kind of person puts his grubby pocke...Ewwww... What kind of person puts his grubby pocket device that's been god-knows-where on everyone's bell peppers like firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-11329183219300667772010-11-09T17:58:00.508-07:002010-11-09T17:58:00.508-07:00Thanks for this work - I've just managed to ge...Thanks for this work - I've just managed to get my IM-ME running this as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybergibbons/5162938944/Cybergibbonshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-66523600093025173272010-03-19T10:17:52.277-06:002010-03-19T10:17:52.277-06:00Hey Guys this is crazy impressive! Excellent hack...Hey Guys this is crazy impressive! Excellent hack! FYI there are some gpl drivers for the pc side of this device posted below

http://im-megpldrivers.sourceforge.net/Hunter Davishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-32118753853585954272010-03-19T07:14:22.355-06:002010-03-19T07:14:22.355-06:00Michael, your points seem definetely reasonable. M...Michael, your points seem definetely reasonable.
Maybe XTAL harmonics could be reduced by removing the internal antenna (cutting PCB traces I suppose), and replacing it with a thin coax pigtail. Extra shielding for the XTAL would certainly help as well.
I'll have to experiment - in the end I surrendered to the temptation and ordered a cheap IM-ME :))
An external antenna firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-34088795228509019292010-03-19T05:59:06.752-06:002010-03-19T05:59:06.752-06:00Thnak you Michael! Since I usually work with AVR, ...Thnak you Michael! Since I usually work with AVR, I will try to build a CC Flasher. It would be nice to have a yahoo group or forum for all interested in turn the IM-ME into a handheld spectrum analyzer. Many hams would be firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-30521092675502272952010-03-18T22:45:15.369-06:002010-03-18T22:45:15.369-06:00I like the way you are thinking, Sebastiano, but t...I like the way you are thinking, Sebastiano, but there are drawbacks to your proposal.

If we normalize the output by subtracting the response without an antenna, then we show a reduced power level for signals at the same frequency as our spurs. For example, if we have a 10 dB spur from internal interference at 910 MHz and a 15 dB signal is detected, we would display it at 5 dB insteadMichael Ossmannhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-85982161344960531252010-03-18T17:29:38.955-06:002010-03-18T17:29:38.955-06:00Nice job Michael. I have ordered a IM-ME from ebay...Nice job Michael. I have ordered a IM-ME from ebay. But I wonder how to flash it with common tools/programmers. Any chance to program it using a PIC, AVR, or simmilar programmer? I'm not very familiarized with JTAG capabilities and GoodFET does not seem to be easily available. Any ideas?

Thank firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-78388100815674512382010-03-18T09:13:00.836-06:002010-03-18T09:13:00.836-06:00Nice indeed Michael, I had been trying to refrain ...Nice indeed Michael, I had been trying to refrain from buying a cheap IM-ME from ePay... don't think I'll succeed in refraining any longer now!

As to sporious response from the 26 MHz XTAL, wouldn't it be possible to implement a sort of calibration routine in software?

Something like:
- disable the antenna input of the radio IC
- measure exact email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-26806965938905793052010-03-17T12:51:04.217-06:002010-03-17T12:51:04.217-06:00Yes, the balun (not to mention the antenna) is des...Yes, the balun (not to mention the antenna) is designed for 900 MHz, so the lower bands do not perform as well. They also suffer more from internal interference. Still, I did some testing in all three bands, and it is useful even down at the low end.

I don't think a similar hack would be possible on the Zipit as it uses a 802.11 chip. If you find a device with a cc2530 or Michael Ossmannhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20739910.post-49664080535945841592010-03-17T12:27:28.159-06:002010-03-17T12:27:28.159-06:00Although you said that it supports bands at 200 or...Although you said that it supports bands at 200 or 300MHz, the balun network of the device is likely only meant for one of these bands. Is performance degraded by firstname.lastname@example.com


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Hoekstra was collecting 54 percent of the vote in Tuesday's Republican primary with 67 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press. Cornerstone Schools co-founder Clark Durant was at 34 percent, while Randy Hekman was at 7 percent. Gary Glenn had 5 percent of the vote, although he had suspended his campaign to support Durant.
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India has been weathering the global slowdown pretty well with impressive growth rates thanks to the service sector contributing over 55% to our GDP. With signs of recovery across the developed world, India now has tremendous opportunities to bolster its economy and hence the Union budget 2011 was keenly awaited.
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Health & Education: Education gets an allocation of Rs 52,057 crores, which is an increase of 24% over the previous year. We need to augment the skill sets of our manpower strength to exploit the opportunities in an increasingly flattening world economy and hence this increase is welcome.
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Industry: Measures such as reduction of corporate surcharge from 7.5% to 5%, continuing excise duty at 10% [which was expected to move to 12%] are expected to ease the tax burden only marginally and may not be a relief in sustaining corporate profits particularly with increasing inflation impacting both input and manpower costs. Many Industries will not be able to contain costs forcing a review of their pricing policy. This is likely to add to inflationary trends. With very high corporate taxes much above world average, the FM could have done away with the surcharge.
SEZs units being brought under the purview of MAT from 1st April, 2012 was unexpected and is a step in the wrong direction. Further, adding Rs 1000 crores to SIDBI for refinancing incremental lending by banks looks inadequate.
Taxation: On tax reforms, moving towards GST is being awaited for a long time and no deadline for its full implementation has been indicated. The RBI committee to look into issues related to micro finance sector has submitted its report, but the FM hasn't announced any specific measures other than adding Rs 100 crore corpus funds, which is miniscule.
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Overview: As far as industry is concerned, there's nothing exciting nor does it bring any relief to consumers suffering from record inflation. The savings to individuals on account of increased tax free slab of personal income to Rs 1.8 lakhs is too meager. The FM has also not clarified how the fiscal deficit will go down from 5.1% to 4.6% in the next year. The FM reiterated the commitment to bring in black money stashed outside the country. But it is devoid of a target oriented plan and specific timeline.
In a globalized world, outlook for any region including India, in reality is also dependent on a combination of external factors. The US Dollar-Chinese Yuan trends and the performance of the European markets in the light of the sovereign debt crisis could have significant impact on our overall performance. Further, the deficit on external account could increase further with an imminent oil crisis.
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