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RetroUI® Pro for Windows 8
What is RetroUI® Pro?
Thinix RetroUI® Pro is easy to use software that allows you to skip the Start screen in Windows 8, brings back the start button and start menu, makes the taskbar visible from the Start screen, allows you to resize Windows Store apps, allows you to block Windows HotCorners, and includes TabletView. RetroUI Pro makes Windows 8 far easier to use with features like allowing users to press the Windows key to return to the classic Windows desktop at any time. Multiple display users can easily span Windows 8 Apps across more than one monitor. Try a free 7-day trial of RetroUI Pro.
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RetroUI Pro brings back the features you need in Windows 8
- Taskbar is always available and visible even when the Windows 8 Start screen and Windows 8 Apps are running.
- Start Button & Start Menu that match the style of Windows 7 but include integrated features for Windows 8.
- Pin and Organize your favorites
- Pin & Launch everything you need: Computer, Documents, classic Windows applications.
- Pin & Launch any Windows 8 App
- Pin & Launch your favorite websites
- Drag & Drop technology allows you to sort and organize your favorites your way.
- Integrated Search, allows you to search for things you need and quickly pin anything to your favorites.
- Right Click, context menus and advanced features.
- Integrated Windows 8 Features
- Quick access to Shutdown features you need.
- Optionally block Hotcorners and still access the full functionality of Windows 8.
- Easy open the Charms Bar, Start screen, Search or Task switcher.
- Easily skip past the Windows 8 Start screen and login directly to the classic desktop you know and love.
- Run Windows 8 Apps resizable windows and quickly toggle them between full-screen and resizable.
- TabletView™ exclusive technology allows you to pin your favorite Apps, software, websites and more, and view it in an iconic App-style similar to iOS and Android.
- Secure, enterprise class features, Multi-Language, Multi-Monitor but quick and easy to install and use.
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RetroUI is a multi-language application with support for 33 native languages: English, Afrikaans, Bulgarian (Български), Chinese (汉语/漢語), Czech (čeština), Danish (Dansk), Dutch (Nederlands), German (Deutsch), Greek (Ελληνικά), Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisyen), Hindi Hindi (हिंदी), Hungarian/ Magyar, Latvain (Latvain), Lithuanian (Lietuvių), Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Norwegian (Norsk), Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Português), Romanian (Romana), Russian (русский), Slovenian (slovenščina), Slovak slovenčina, Spanish (Español), Swedish (Svenska), Thai (ไทย), Turkish/ Türkçe, Ukrainian (українська), and Vietnamese (Việt Nam).
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Thinix RetroUI® Pro allows you to skip the Start screen in Windows 8, brings back the start button and start menu, makes the taskbar visible from the Start screen, allows you to resize Windows Store apps, allows you to block Windows HotCorners, and includes TabletView. RetroUI Pro makes Windows 8 far easier to use with features like allowing users to press the Windows key to return to the classic Windows desktop at any time.
Windows 8.1 Users: this version of RetroUI® Pro is not compatible with Windows 8.1, Click here a compatible version
- Note: Installers can be used as a fully functional 7-day free trial and for the licensed (purchased) version of the software. This version of RetroUI Pro is compatible with Windows 8.0 (and does not work with Windows 8.1). You must uninstall prior versions before upgrading.
Using Windows 8.1?
- Terms and Conditions (Updated 5-24-2014)
- How to Uninstall RetroUI (Windows 7/8/8.1 Instructions)
- Previous Version (RetroUI Pro version 2.3.0)
- RetroUI Cleanup Utility
- Having problems getting RetroUI to work? Uninstall, run cleanup utility, then re-install.
Choose the pricing model appropriate for you
RetroUI Pro is offered in a version for Windows 8 and a separate version for Windows Server 2012. The consumer licenses are not authorized for use in business, education, government, or military applications. Also keep in mind that the consumer licenses have a lower level of support, without access to email support or upgrades. Only the Windows Server licenses will work with the Windows Server 2012 version of RetroUI Pro.
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Learning about RetroUI Pro
- Video: RetroUI Pro 3 Brings The Efficiency And Simplicity Of Windows 7 To Windows 8 PCs
- Video: Login Demonstration - Skip the Windows 8 Start Screen at Login and Bring Back the Start Menu
- Video: Introduction to TabletView in RetroUI v3
- Feature Overview
- Brochure
- Getting Acquainted with RetroUI Pro v3 | PDF
Advanced RetroUI Features
- Spanning Multiple Monitors with Windows 8 - Technical Overview
- Video: RetroUI Pro v3 with SuperSize Technology
- RetroUI Pro Enterprise Deployment Tool | PDF
Installing RetroUI Pro
Using RetroUI Pro
Troubleshooting RetroUI Pro
- Having problems upgrading RetroUI Pro?
- Uninstall your current version, then run the RetroUI Cleanup Utility before installing the latest version
- Correcting slow login with RetroUI Pro and Norton Internet Security
- Support Forum
Windows 8 version 9200 or later. RetroUI Pro for Windows 8 works with the official release versions of Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, or Windows 8 Enterprise. Please make sure you download the correct x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) hardware version. Windows 8 RT (for ARM based systems) is NOT supported
Classic Desktop
Microsoft included a traditional desktop which is similar to Windows 7 within Windows 8. However, they designed Windows 8 to require users to first go to the Windows 8 Start Screen (Metro UI) before anything else. RetroUI Pro eliminates the manual process of exiting out of the Live Tiles desktop and returning to the classic desktop every login. However, the classic desktop in Windows 8 does not include a start menu, RetroUI Pro includes and brings back the Start Button, and Start menu, as well as making the Taskbar visible when the Start Screen and Windows 8 Apps are visible.
When returning from a Windows lock screen, if a Metro style application is running, RetroUI Pro will not close the Metro app. RetroUI Pro is designed and tested to work with Windows 8 RTM version - 9200.win8_rtm.120725-1247, and later. RetroUI Pro will not work with Windows 8 RT (for ARM processors). RetroUI is not compatible and does not work with the developer and consumer previews of Windows 8. Registered users of RetroUI Pro will be able to download updates (commercial, educational, and non-profit licenses will also receive upgrades for 1 year) to RetroUI Pro. However, in the event that Microsoft removes the ability or somehow completely prevents RetroUI Pro from functioning by releasing future builds, service packs or patches, Thinix cannot control these things and therefore doesn't assert that RetroUI Pro will be compatible with other future versions of Windows 8. RetroUI Pro supports multiple users on a single machine and supports individualized settings for each user on the system.
Version 3.2.0 (Released on June 13, 2013)
- Update Modified Start button icons and associated corresponding graphics within the configuration application
Version 3.1.9 (Released on May 14, 2013)
- New Release now supports RetroUI Free
- Fix Fixed analytics bug
- Fix Fixed string parsing bug in analytics for RetroUI Free
Version 3.1.8 (Released on May 7, 2013)
- Note RetroUI Pro v3.1.8 corrects a few small bugs in the settings application which were introduced in v3.1.7, and corrects a minor issue with search. v3.1.8 is mature and stable
- Fix Fixed visual bug in Settings app where scroll bar was off the page in Windows 7 Start Menu Settings. This bug did not permit users to modify all Start menu settings because the settings were not visible within the settings application.
- Fix Fixed visual bug in Settings app where scroll bar was off the page in Enforce Keyboard Shortcuts. This bug did not permit users to modify all function keys because the settings were not visible within the settings application.
- Fix Fixed bug where search results cache was not updating when new software is installed.
Version 3.1.7 (Released on April 24, 2013)
- New Search optimization now allows searching for file names such as CMD (cmd.exe), or other file names that do not correlate to the application name
- Fix Corrected bug where Enforce did not start when Modern UI Start menu was selected.
- Fix Corrected bug where deselecting 'Show Metro Apps in the Start Menu' in the settings application did not fully disable Metro App enumeration.
Version 3.1.6 (Released on April 5, 2013)
- Fix Correct minor icon alignment issue. If the taskbar was docked left or right and the taskbar icon size was set to small, improper padding caused the icon to be incorrectly centered.
- Fix Correct minor text justification issue. When start menu was docked right, shutdown options in the Start menu were aligned right, instead of being aligned left.
Version 3.1.5 (Released on April 4, 2013)
- New Includes LogonAnimationTool.exe which allows users to easily turn-off the Windows 8 tutorial which runs each time a new user logs in
- Update Functionality related to Enterprise deployment of RetroUI Pro
- New Tightly integrated with RetroUI Enterprise Deployment Tool v3.1.5 which is now available to Business and Education license holders. In Enterprise applications, imaging technology is often used to create a base-image and then clone that image onto multiple PCs. This technology can be used on stand-alone PCs or can be used in the process used to create a master base image which is used on multiple PCs. With this, multiple users on each PC can inherit customized settings and customized pinned favorites
- New Implemented new technology to prompt each new user on a PC if they want the Start button added to their Taskbar. That functionality was recently removed from RetroUI, to correct a bug that did not allow users to answer 'no' to the do you want a Start button question. This fix now fully fixes both issues, and allows RetroUI Pro to prompt new users as they login for the first time if they want a Start button
- New Added functionality to the Start button to not allow right-click/properties if the configuration is locked
- Fix Switch-user bug in Windows 8 Standard
- Fix Close Start menu after sleep was selected from the Start menu. This corrected other issues resulting from Start menu not being closed
- Fix Issue with Taskbar not refreshing in certain situations
- Update User experience with the RetroUI Start menu and TabletView buttons open/close behavior. Now, if Start menu is open and TabletView button is clicked it will open TabletView, and vise-versa
- Update Startup which makes the Start menu available more quickly and addresses an issue with a black-screen freeze that could occur immediately after login if the Start button was clicked multiple times before the Start menu was fully initialized
- Update Logoff option in the Start menu to close the start menu prior to sending the logoff command
- Update Addressed and partially corrected an issue resulting in the first Start button click after boot being lost in certain situations
Version 3.1.4 (Released on Mar 26, 2013)
- Fix Corrected issue with TabletView icon in the Taskbar being clipped (cut-off) when the taskbar is located on the left or right sides of the screen.
- Fix Corrected a sorting issue in the All Programs view in the Start menu. This caused applications with upper case and lower case names to be sorted independently. This update corrects the sorting issue.
Version 3.1.3 (Released on Mar 21, 2013)
- Fix Implemented a critical fix, which affected the performance of RetroUI Pro. In certain situations such as, screen mirroring, some gaming software, or conferencing (GoToMeeting) was active would result in poor frame-rates and/or choppy graphics. This issue made the screen capture erratic. This correction makes the RetroUI Start menu more responsive & fully corrects a key issue that affected system stability. For this reason, we recommend that users upgrade to this version when possible.
- New Implemented new technology allowing RetroUI Pro to start faster from a cold boot.
- New Users can now right click the Start button or the TabletView icon to open the RetroUI settings application.
- Fix Corrected an issue when switching between a local user session and an RDP session where the shutdown options in the Start menu would not refresh.
- Update RetroUI Icon used for the Start button changed to button-style.
- Update Windows 8 Store App technology.
Version 3.1.2 (Released on Mar 13, 2013)
- New Added a new feature allowing the user to set the default shutdown action. Options include: Shutdown, Restart, Log off, Sleep, or Lock. These settings observe group policies and also change dynamically within an RDP session just as they do within Windows 7.
- New Added a new feature which allows the user to specify the number of pinned items to show in the start menu. This option can make the Start menu taller to accommodate more pinned items in the Start menu on high resolution monitors. For example on a 1920x1200 display – (30) items can be displayed without needing to scroll up/down to find pinned favorites.
- New Added caching technology to the Start menu, allowing the Start menu to start, up to 80% faster than v3.0.x. This setting helps even low power devices with large numbers of applications to load in just seconds.
- Fix Adjusted Search settings within the Start menu to wait before initiating auto-search. This allows users more time to complete typing their search query before the search is automatically initiated.
- Fix Help balloons within RetroUI Settings app to be more consistent.
- Fix Corrected an issue in Enforce, where opening a Metro App then closing the App, then re-opening the same Metro App caused the App not to be properly resized by Enforce.
- Fix Corrected transparency issue in the Start menu where clicking the whitespace next to an item in the all programs view didn't open the application.
- Fix Corrected issue where the Start menu was appearing in Alt-Tab list.
- Fix Corrected minor issue where task-switcher was not activated correctly by the button in the Start menu.
Version 3.1.1 (Released on Mar 6, 2013)
- Note RetroUI Pro v3.1.1 features an internally redesigned Start menu which loads faster and consumes fewer system resources. It also allows users of slower computers to disable showing Metro Apps, but still allows those apps to be pinned – making it faster when used on slower hardware. Enterprise customers will also be interested that Metro Apps can now be disabled if Metro Apps are not needed by end users.
- New Enterprise customers can now edit the Start menu configuration file and can set a state of 'locked' which prevents end users from adding, removing or rearranging items in the Start menu.
- New Features significant internal improvements and optimizations in the Start Menu which is now faster & uses up to 35% fewer system resources.
- New Splash screen which indicates Start Menu is loading to the end-user.
- New Adding blank buttons in TabletView, user experience improvement.
- New Added configuration file option for debug/logging.
- New Changed .ini file values to allow splash screen maximum on-screen time to be specified if desired.
- New Added ability to not show Metro Apps within the Start Menu. This allows users who do not wish to enumerate or pin Windows 8 Store (Metro) Apps to disable this feature. This feature is useful on some devices where App enumeration causes the Start menu to load slowly. Apps which are pinned before this feature is disabled, will remain pinned and can be used as normal. Using this feature, Enterprise customers can control which apps are available to end users in the Start menu.
- Fix Enhanced enterprise feature of locked configuration files that allowed users to unpin items from the Start menu or TabletView even if the start menu was locked from the all programs view.
- Fix Corrected visual bug switching between Start Menu and Tablet View.
- Fix Minor issue with Enforce where hotkey to save window position was not enabled.
- Fix Speed issue enumerating Metro apps, now 50% faster.
- Note Who should upgrade to v3.1.1? - We recommend all users of RetroUI Pro to upgrade to v3.1.1 when they have time Users who are using RetroUI Pro v3.0.x who haven't experienced any performance issues don't need to immediately upgrade, but should know that v3.1.1 uses up to 35% fewer resources and loads up to 50% faster. It also provides a new feature that allows you to turn off Metro App enumeration in the Start menu, so if you are not interested in having Metro Apps in the Start menu you can easily disable them and still have full access to 'All Metro Apps' via the Start Menu.
Version 3.0.2 (Released on Feb 12, 2013)
- Notev3.0.2 has only a few minor changes from v3.0.0 / v3.0.1, there is little reason to update to 3.0.2 from 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 unless you are having problems installing RetroUI Pro. The primary reason for this update was to release a patch that corrects issues where some machines were installing to the root of one of the drives, such as c:\ or f:\ instead of c:\program files\
- Fix Changed installer manifest to correct a rare problem that installed RetroUI to an incorrect location.
- Fix Modified system service to improve resiliency in registry handling, this automatically detects and corrects erroneous registry entries created when RetroUI incorrectly installed to the wrong path.
- Fix Modified file system monitoring algorithm to prevent rapid triggering of Start menu refresh events. Increasing performance.
- Fix Tweaked Enterprise lock functionality, so that the Start menu will recognize and enforce a locked status. This allows enterprise deployments where end-users are prevented from modifying the start menu.
Version 3.0.1 (Released on Feb 8, 2013)
- Note v3.0.1 has only a few minor changes from v3.0.0, there is little reason to update to 3.0.1 from 3.0.0
- New Add recent items button to start menu and add to settings app (default on).
- New Add 'homegroup' button to start menu and settings app (default off).
- New Added option to unpin a program from all programs view.
- New Re-order items in start menu to exactly match the order of the Windows 7 Start Menu.
- Fix Eliminated two somewhat obscure bugs with start menu item pinning.
- Fix Correct a one-pixel positioning gap when start menu is docked-left or docked-right.
Version 3.0.0 (Released on Feb 1, 2013)
- New Added Windows-7 Style Start Menu with integrated search, right click context menus, drag and drop.
- New Added RetroUI SuperSize feature that lets Apps span across multiple monitors.
- New The Start Menu adjusts its color to your Windows 8 color pallet.
- New Entirely new Metro App launcher allows all Metro Apps to be launched from the Start Menu and TabletView.
- New You can now set the starting size of a Metro App as a percentage of the desktop.
- New Added feature that provides Aero-snap like capabilities to Apps (snap to half-screen).
- New Automatic update checking is now integrated into RetroUI.
- Fix The Start Menu and Enforce features have been improved to run faster.
- Fix Pressing the Windows key on the keyboard returns user to classic desktop from anywhere.
- Fix The Start Menu and Enforce now works with all Taskbar configurations.
- Fix TabletView's look has been enhanced.
- Fix Visual enhancements in Enforce.
- Fix Skipping the Start Screen is now faster at login.
- Fix Improved multi-user support.
- Fix Improved multi-monitor support.
Version 2.3.0 (Released on Dec 21, 2012)
- New Added support for the Windows keyboard key to open/close the start menu and return to the classic desktop from within the Modern UI.
- Fix Multiple enhancements to the Start menu, making it perform even faster.
- New Added support for (10) new languages, bringing the total to (33) supported languages.
Version 2.2.2 (Released on Dec 10, 2012)
- Fix Fixed bug in drive detection algorithm causing high processor utilization, mouse/keyboard freezes, and frequent pauses in systems with certain removable drives including some floppy disk drives and Blu-ray drives.
Version 2.2.1 (Relased on Dec 5, 2012)
- Fix Corrected issue where Hotcorner setting was not being saved or read by the RetroUI Settings application (this was a minor bug which caused a major problem in that the block hotcorners feature did not work in v2.2.0).
- Fix Corrected Enforce algorithm related to saving App window positions. Window positions were not saved in certain situations in v2.2.0.
- Fix Corrected/Enhanced Enforce to dynamically adjust the file search window, and settings search window in all prior versions.
- New Added support for Small icon mode in the Taskbar.
- New Added support for: Slovak (sk) – slovenčina Language.
- New Added the ability to customize/reassign the Enforce Hotkey assignments via the RetroUI Settings application.


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If your home is anything like ours, you're bound to have one or two spaces that never seem to have enough storage space. And usually, when we we're faced with this challenge, we've always found amazing results when we've repurpose items for storage spots (not to mention, the options are usually quite affordable). Let's take a look-see at Ashli's creative solutions that we just can't get enough of.
In the kitchen Saying no to the traditional pot rack and saying yes to IKEA's BJÄRNUM hat/ shoe rack, Ashli goes vertical and places it above the kitchen sink. Deciding that traditional pot racks can be quite pricey (and the fact that her hubby is quite tall) the rack was destined to live over the sink. We love the modern look and feel to Ashli's spin on a pot rack--and it just so happens that the lids fit perfectly on top!
In the bathroom We instantly zeroed in on Ashli's bathroom (not only is it charming, we noticed her chrome inbox repurposed as a towel holder). A friend of ours uses her chrome basket for all things paper but we're kinda loving it used as a spot to hold extra towels.
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You can't help everyone, I guess. I'm still trying to get that through my head. But, at least I started caring about myself for once and decided that enough is enough, and now, I'm at a point where I've never been so happy in my life. Life feels... nice, for once, doesn't it? Oh, I feel like crying; I used to think I would never be happy. I just wish my mom could be genuinely happy, too, and not have to take a deep breath every single time she wakes up to a new day.
Same here. I have never been happier with myself. I'm really sorry about your mother!
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Smithsonian: Looking at the World's Tattoos
This month's Smithsonian Magazine features an article by Abigail Tucker on photojournalist Chris Rainer entitled "Looking at the World's Tattoos."
[I became an instant fan of Rainer in 2006 when I bought his gorgeous photography book Ancient Marks: The Sacred Art of Tattooing & Body Marking.]
The article looks at Rainer's experience, from his time spent as Ansel Adams' last assistant in the 80s to his first introduction to traditional tattooing and how that informed a body of work that explores the art across the globe from Borneo to Burning Man. Here's what Tucker says of the photographer's start:
"Like his mentor, Rainier is primarily a black-and-white photographer. Unlike Adams, however, he is less captivated by landscapes than by the topography of the body, and he specialized in portraits. In the 1990s, while traveling the world to chronicle waning indigenous cultures, he got interested in traditional tattooing--which has cropped up from Greenland to Thailand at one time or another--and its sister art, scarification, a cutting practice more common in West Africa and elsewhere. Some of those customs, Rainier says, are dying out as modernization penetrates even remote areas."
A slideshow of select images from Rainer's tattoo-focused work accompanies the article.
The article also discusses the upcoming film Tattoo Odyssey, which will air on the Smithsonian channel on September 26th. In it, Rainer visits the Mentawai people in a remote village on the Indonesian island of Siberut. There he sets out to document their ancient tattoo ritual as it rapidly disappears.
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2013 volvo s60 Model Overview
Are you sick of seeing the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class everywhere? Then Volvo hopes you'll consider its S60 compact luxury sport sedan. The Swedish S60 has a lot going for it other than its good looks and safety tech. The S60 is available in a variety of drivetrains with five- and six-cylinder engines, all paired to a six-speed automatic. The S60's base engine is a 2.5-liter turbocharged I-5 which makes 250 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque. For 2013, the I-5 (T5 in Volvo-speak) is available in either front- or all-wheel drive. Optional is a 3.0-liter turbocharged I-6 that makes 300 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque on the S60 T6, or (if you step up to the top-spec R-Design) 325 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. All turbo I-6 S60s come standard with all-wheel drive. The EPA rates the front-drive S60 at 21/30 mpg city/highway, the all-wheel drive I-5 S60 at 20/29 mpg, and the I-6 S60 at 18/25 mpg.
The S60 was a surprise contender the last time we gathered it up in a comparison test . In a test that included eight contenders with big names like BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz, the front-drive Volvo S60 T5 finished in second place owing to its stunning "coupe-like" design, comfortable cabin, and smooth engine. We previously had a long-term S60 T6
which was a reliable road trip favorite. A 2013 S60 T5 currently resides in the Motor Trend Garage and is well-loved.
For 2013 Volvo has made all-wheel drive an available option on the base T5. The R-Design model also gets some tweaks, including larger front brakes, and heated rear seats.
New for 2013
For 2013 Volvo expands the availability of all-wheel drive on the S60, making it available across the lineup. The S60 T5 also gets engine revisions to improve performance. The S60 T6 R-Design also gets a few revisions for 2013, including bigger front brakes, new safety tech, and comfort features like heated rear seats.
You'll Like
- Being different
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- Stylish design
- I-5 fuel economy
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- Limited transmission options
- Not the sportiest car in the class
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- Audi A4
- Cadillac ATS
- BMW 3 Series
- Lexus IS
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class


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A) Is he a steampunk magician?
B) Is he the neighborhood accordion repairman genius?
C) Is he a punk rock roboticist?
D) Is he a bovine pyrotechnician?
E) Is he a TV star?
F) Is he the personification of an East Bay Maker?
Why, you guessed it! Kimric Smythe is G: ALL OF THE ABOVE! We've done our best below to provide some backup to these assertions, but if you want t0 see for yourself what it feels like to be around a Renaissance Maker Man, you'll have to come visit Kimric Smythe's prime space at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire. Now for the evidence:
A) Is he a steampunk magician? Kimric helped build and plumb and fancify the Neverwas Haul, the fantastic and fabulous Victorian house-on-wheels. This is Kimric's steampunk era, Kimric stepping out into the world of early-industry fantasy and innocence, a celebration of "an era when technology and exploration fueled the imagination of the Continent, and gentlemen and ladies of leisure set out in pursuit of the strange and wonderous."
Kimric actually excels in steam power applications, has made steam-driven calliopes to buggies to whistles, and will be bringing a range of steam powered devices and whirlygigs to the EBMMF.
B) Is he the neighborhood accordion repair genius? Why indeed, Kimric is the fair proprietor of Smythe's Accordion Center in downtown Oakland. Kimric and some friends have also designed and built the best accordian amplifier on the market (a dubious distinction in some people's minds, but certainly a feat of maker prowess). If you visit the Accordion Center, you'll find Kimric has an incredible array of gorgeous accordions for sale. And for sure if you have an accordion that needs love and tender repair, someone has already probably told you to take it to Kimric.
C) Is he a punk rock roboticist? Certainly. Or something like that. Kimric has been a team member of the legendary machine performance troupe, Survival Research Laboratories (SRL), for over 20 years.
SRL was born way back in the late 1970's by Mark Pauline along with Matt Heckert and Eric Werner. Along the way an astounding array of Bay Area artists have made their way through the SRL clutches, learning tricks and skills, and putting on often outrageous displays of remote control debauchery. Kimric persists, and always brings solid quirk to SRL shows. He's good at dynamic and funny props that taunt the machines, as well as for providing irritation like an excruciatingly loud jet engine on a forklift—or the Kimric Kill Kart with its 6-barrel shockwave cannon.
D) Is he a bovine pyrotechnician?
Most early "Burners" remember Kimric. He led the pyro design and detonation of the Man at Burningman throughout the 1990s. But even just this past Burn, Kimric worked with Temple of Flux to design the pyro for their 2010 Burningman temple. (Image courtesy Extramatic.) Kimric is also fondly remembered for the legend of the Java Cow, a early morning playa apparition offering unadulterated caffeine.
E) Is he a TV star? Why yes, of course. Back in the 2000's, Kimric led a winning Junkyard Wars team, meeting the challenge of building a machine using a car and a soccer ball to play golf. (!?) Kimric's idea was to build an industrial version of a tennis ball pitching machine, and with his dad by his side, Kimric not only wooed the audience of millions, but his team won the challenge.
F) Is he the personification of a Maker? Yes. He can't stop and you can't stop him. It's in his blood and his genes and his clothes. If you're still on the fence about his qualifications, come see for yourself at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire.
>>Kimric's tophat photo courtesy of Lisa Swehla
I friggin LOVE your work! I friggin LOVE this guys work!
Birth of Steampunk?
Kimmerick sat at the Hotel Utah Bar after the SRL Crime Wave show in February of 1996. Much of the crew had narrowly avoided the fate of Mark Pauline & Mike Dingle (they were arrested for terrorism related charges – later dropped). We were thirsty. Kim saw a tiny dust and cobweb covered steam locomotive on the back bar shelf above the booze. He asked the barmaid if he could hold it. He filled the boiler up with beer, lit the candle beneath. For the next hour or so as we drank more & more, the little engine ran up & down the length of the bar as patrons and drunks lifted their drinks for it to pass.
SRL in Phoenix Arizona, 1996. The day after the show. We are all hungover, barely managing to pull the burnt and decimated set apart, culling out and herding the shattered machines. It's hot and little dust devils keep spinning around the lot where we are working. Nest thing you know, Kimric has buniged a giant orange nautical smoke bomb to the back of his bike and is chasing the dust devils, the orange smoke rising in the desert air like a tornado tail behind him. That's Kimric. Bungie jockey, tornado chaser.
2003 Black Rock Hardware Store: A Study in Contrasts. You guys made me giggle round the clock. For a solid week. That tub was gross!
-Proud Member of 2 Tub Clubs.
Kimric and Mom n' Dad Smythe arrive on the playa, Burning Man 2007, Tuesday night, literally just as the man goes up in flames early:
"Well! This is one of the few times in my life I can legitimately say that it was, in fact, on fire when I got here."
I seems impossible to narrow down a favorite from his endless stream of fantastical projects, but the title of his local TV show "Things That Might Fly If You Put Enough Rockets On Them" comes to mind. Then there was the time that I saw a picture of him and Shannon O'Hare on the steam buggy featured on the Colbert Report as part of coverage for the Escape From Berkeley race, prompting Steven Colbert to claim that the buggy was "run entirely on beard clippings and pink slips". Said buggy also single handedly raised hundreds of dollars at a benefit when Kimric and Shannon turned it into a hot dog cooker. You can't bottle this kind of ingenuity – unless of course Kimric himself figured out a material that could contain it.
One one of my first dates with the man now known as my husband, we were walking through an art gallery and the heel came off my shoe. I though the date was over, but Brian said, "don't worry my friend's an accordion repairman and his shop is nearby, he'll fix your shoe." And before I could finish explaining I didn't believe he knew an accordion repair man, I wasn't sure there was such a thing as an accordion repair shop, and this fictional character certainly couldn't fix my shoe, we where at Kimric's shop. There this Kimric guy, talking seamlessly, fixed my shoe, gave a monologue, I think about tubas and/or home-made fireworks.
Eight years later that shoe is still fixed. Thanks Mr. Smythe.
For the few years that I've known Kimric, he has personified my favorite Kimric comment "It's not supposed to do that!" by creating situations where he makes dangerous so much fun! Keep up the good work!
Kimric is the only person that you can walk up to and say, "I want to propel a 3-story house at 7mph" and have him answer with 12 different ways of doing so! He has enabled the Neverwas Haul crew to create the impossible…and then repair it repeatedly. If it hadn't been for Kimric and his crazy antics, my life would not be normal, but it certainly wouldn't be as adventurous.
I had the pleasure of camping with Kimric and the Never Was Haul group this year at Burning Man. What a great crew of people! I loved Kimric's home brew with the funny label and really enjoyed seeing his pyro work at the Temple of Flux. I will post some images of the pyro in the coming weeks at http://www.flickr.com/playarazzi Seeing other aspects of the man I can only say "what a talented guy"!


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The 1960s witnessed the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the eruption of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the invention of the mini-skirt. The decade was politically and culturally explosive and its literature is no different. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird made its controversial debut in 1960, setting the tone for the decade's book scene. The 1960s produced contentious classics like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962), titles that have appeared on countless banned book lists alongside Lee's only novel. Catch-22 (1961), Slaughterhouse-Five(1969) and The Bell Jar (1963) are no strangers to banned-book lists either, making the 1960s a very controversial decade for books, indeed.
But the literature of the '60s wasn't entirely dark and twisted. Beloved children's author Roald Dahl published hits James and the Giant Peach (1961) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964). Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are, a story book still read at bedtime, and Dr. Suess delighted children with Green Eggs and Ham (1960) and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960).
From forgotten titles to old favourites, we've gone back in time and gathered the most collectable, sensational first editions from one of the most fascinating decades in history.


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Rather be barefoot? Then this Los Angeles-based footwear brand is for you. Charlotte Stone makes luxuriously comfortable shoes in fashion-forward styles that you'll never want to take off. Charlotte knew she wanted to be a shoe designer since she was a teenager, growing up in a family of graphic artists and interior designers. After she graduated from FIDM, she honed her skills in footwear factories in Italy and has never looked back. Thank goodness.


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CTC Inclusive Cycling Directory
CTC Inclusive Cycling Directory
If you want to know what opportunities there are for inclusive cycling in your area, CTC is here to help.
Centres which provide access to adapted or specialised bikes/trikes/tandems etc. are now accessible via a UK map on the Inclusive Cycling page of CTC's website. The directory is aimed at individuals, carers and group organisers who are planning inclusive cycling activities.
Use the directory via the map on the Inclusive Cycling Page
Some facilities are off-road in a safe environment suitable for groups, others may be centres offering adaptive MTB in technical terrain. One example is Charlotte's Tandems, a nation-wide charity that loans tandems to people with a disability, and another is Watchtree Wheelers which has range of specialist bikes for hire at the Watchtree nature reserve in Cumbria. In Battersea Park, London you can find side-by-side trikes, recumbents, duet wheelchair tandems, tandems and tricycles provided by Wandsworth council.
The directory entry, attached to each point on the map, provides key information about the facility, such as the types of cycle available and who it's suitable for, plus the contact information you'll need to follow-up. Each entry is also dated, so you know when it was last confirmed.
You can now explore the map and find facilities near you. If you know of a project which provides an inclusive cycling opportunity that isn't on the map, please contact Nigel Williams. CTC does not charge providers to have an entry in the directory.


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A hair-raising performance by Paul Simon closed the 24th annual BluesFest at Byron Bay. Take a look at our photo gallery from across the weekend.
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Australia's biggest blues and roots music festival boasted a stellar 2013 line-up.
Held on site at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm in Byron Bay, the festival is renowned for bringing together some of the most celebrated musicians from around the world with some of the most talented up-and-coming acts in the blues and roots genre.
This year is no exception.
Organisers say it attracted record numbers with an estimated 100,000 people going through the gates across the five days.
And it attracted big names too; Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, Santana, Ben Harper and Wilco among the many who played across the long weekend.
Day OneThe crowd was blessed with perfect blue skies and a clear night lit by a full moon on the festival's first day.
Ben Harper has teamed up with American electric blues master Charlie Musselwhite, after crossing paths at blues festivals over the years.
Musselwhite, who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010, played the first ever East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in 1990.
With Harper on guitar and Musselwhite on harmonica, the two performed songs from their new collaboration album Get Up!.
Harper, a festival favourite, thanked the crowd and said they felt privileged to be playing at Byron Bay again.
Meanwhile dressed in a flamboyant red sparkly suit American blues rock musician Chris Isaak was putting on an energetic show on the next stage, pulling out crowd favourites like Wicked Game and Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing.
At one stage Isaak leaped into the crowd, before promising to rock until the highway patrol comes to arrest him.
These acts followed the much-anticipated performance of Sixto Rodriguez, whose story is the focus of 2013 Academy Award winning documentary Searching for Sugarman. Wearing a hat and sunglasses, the now partially blind Mexican-American singer has been described as the greatest '70's US rock icon who never was.
It's clear Rodriguez is now getting the recognition he deserves. A packed tent clung to his moving performance.
If people were up for a sense of 1990s nostalgia, they may have got it with Leonardo's Bride's Even When I'm Sleeping and the Counting Crows' Colourblind.
Jason Mraz, most known for his summery hit I'm Yours, The Beards and Fred Wesley and the New JB's were among the other acts to the hit the stage on the first day.
Many punters have shared their first day highlights on social media, but they've also used Facebook and Twitter to voice frustration about waits of up to two hours to get out of the car park.
Day TwoIt wouldn't be BluesFest if there was no mud.
Rain threatened most of Friday, but only began to pour down later in the afternoon and throughout the evening.
With several repeat performances, the program allowed people to catch up with some of the acts they may have missed on Thursday like Wanda Jackson.
The 75-year-old, who the night before joined Chris Isaak on stage, has collaborated in recent times with the likes of Justin Townes Earle and Jack White.
Surprise collaborations are a common occurrence at BluesFest.
During Ben Harper's solo show, which included a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah, he was joined on stage by Xavier Rudd.
The Steve Miller Band delivered some of their crowd-pleasers including The Joker before Santana roared out a massive set of their unmistakable guitar riffs and mesmerising instrumentals.
One of the last acts of the day was a show of multi-lingual energetic rhythms from French singer Manu Chao and his band La Ventura.
Day ThreeSaturday night was a big night of rock n' roll, blues and soul.
The pose-striking, lip-pouting British band Status Quo were rockin' all over the stage.
In a surprise appearance, Charlie Musselwhite came onto the stage to play a soulful number with the Blind Boys of Alabama, who told the crowd that "these blind boys don't like a conservative crowd".
Meanwhile on the Crossroads stage, the audience was anything but conservative.
The bouncing, crowd-surfing pit at the set of Boston punk band Dropkick Murphys had to be the wildest at BluesFest so far.
At the end of the night, some had to make a difficult choice between the day's headliners.
On one stage was the untamed performance of Iggy Pop and The Stooges, who rocked as hard as they ever have.
On the other, Plant played a mixture of Led Zeppelin and his Moroccan inspired music, many in awe at the vocal prowess the 64-year-old continues to deliver.
Day FourSunday wasn't as big-headline heavy as the previous days, but there was still more than plenty to see.
In the Crossroads tent there was US folk band The Lumineers whose song Ho Hey had hundreds helping with the back-up vocals, and Rufus Wainwright who's been dubbed the greatest living songwriter by Elton John.
Over on the Mojo stage, earlier in the day there was soulful young Melbourne nine-piece Saskwatch and Karise Eden from television show The Voice.
Later in the evening Xavier Rudd, as expected, delivered a thought-provoking performance incorporating an anti-coal seam gas message in a rendition of Marley's Buffalo Soldier.
The pit's young and lively crowd went wild for Fat Freddy's Drop, a seven-piece dub/reggae band from New Zealand whose improvised live performance incorporated crazy fun and an eclectic range of music styles.
And the energy didn't drop until one of the festival's favourite party acts, The Cat Empire closed the show.
Day FiveMavis Staples, Wilco, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Tony Joe White, Zac Brown Band, Ben Howard, The Beards and The Lumineers were just some of the acts selected to close this year's BluesFest.
Accomplished singer/songwriter and highly respected guitarist Bonnie Raitt performed in front of a packed house under the Mojo tent later in the afternoon.
A rumour had circulated that Bruce Springsteen planned to make an appearance, potentially with Raitt.
That turned out to be false (maybe even an April fools prank).
But there was no doubt about who the majority of Monday's crowd were there to see.
One of the most acclaimed songwriters of all time, it was difficult to get anywhere near the front of the stage more than an hour before Paul Simon's set.
For many, his one-and-a-half hour show was a blast from the past; Graceland and You Can Call Me Al two of the many picked from his extensive catalogue of hits.
He also played Simon and Garfunkle's The Boxer and a spine-tingling Sound of Silence.
The 71-year-old did a double encore, each time bowing and thanking each corner of the crowd before leaving the stage.
Long-time fans were clearly moved after the performance, some left speechless.
John O'Brien from Brisbane said it was a special show.
"The last time I saw him live was at Lang Park in the mid-80s with his mate Garfunkle, and he's just wonderful."
In a closing press conference, festival director Peter Noble said about 20,000 people went through the gates every day.
Mr Noble said issues that saw some audience members stuck in the car park for up to two hours will be fixed before next year.
He said main exits will be changed to ease congestion at the end of the night.
"People coming into the south car park will come from the south, and people coming north will go to the north car park and there's no linking of them at the end of the night, hopefully that's going to solve it.
"There's always going to be delays, it shouldn't be an hour-and-a-half, hour-and-forty-five minutes, they have occurred on at least two nights, it's too much we know it and we're addressing it."
At some points there were traffic delays on the Pacific Highway near upgrade roadworks between Ewingsdale and Bangalow.
Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson said that was due to usual Easter holiday traffic.
"Having a festival that's a little bit out of town it sort of spreads the love.
"It was one of those ones that we're busy anyway, Easter being what it is, however we've got a world class event that literally brings people from around the world."
He says there are a small number of residents who have an issue with the noise and number of people the festival brings, but most of the community feedback has been positive.
"From all reports I've had, the right type of visitors for this area are here, those that are respectful to the area, those that are here to have a good time, those that are here to spend a longer time and perhaps spend more money in our shops.
"Some aren't overly happy because you're living in a place in a pretty rural area and now a few times a year you're going to have some noise, what we want I guess is for those who come and gather to at least respect the place so that those who live here aren't inconvenienced, I think it's about finding that balance."
With tickets now on sale for the 2014 BluesFest, the guessing game begins about who will come to Byron Bay next year, and whether or not it's possible to top 2013.


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and second studying in advance of beginning to read your text all the vocab used therein (a technique i swear by, but haven't seen recommended previously which is really strange to me because it works so well):
Mods, Chad's contribution is so good, I think that it somehow should be given it's own (sticky?) thread. I'm not sure if you can do that here, but I think it is MOST DESERVING.
IreneY wrote:I would love to sticky a whole thread which contains splendid posts like chad's with alternative methods and suggestions. One size doesn't fit all and, while his method is most sensible and I'm sure will work wonders for many, I know for a fact that it doesn't work for me for example. It doesn't mean it is wrong in any way, but I am more or less like Scribo; it would be wrong therefore to sticky a single teaching path/method (not to mention the trouble from my inner teacher ).
shcromlet, my apologies for hijacking your thread
@ Irene: I'm curious what method works for you. You say you are more like Scribo, but you didn't get pumped after your advisor chewed you out did you?
pster wrote:@ helios: This past week, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on why I have been struggling. I'll say this. After finishing the textbook, I wish I had drilled myself silly--and this is going to sound silly--on all Greek words of FOUR LETTERS OR LESS and all words in the same conjugation or declension of any four letter word...
pster wrote:@jamesbath. I in the last two weeks have become rather addicted to flashcardmachine.com.
pster wrote:If anybody wants to try it out, I have some flashcards there I could make public.
pster wrote:I just saw that you are interested in some cards. I got all 200+ Mastronarde verbs. I got 50 correlatives. I got 100 Plato cards for the Apology. I got 300 French verbs. Note that you can do HTML cards, so if you cut and paste from Perseus/LSJ you will have live links that you can click on to open up Demosthenes! No physical flashcard can rival that! And note the import features. If you have a two column tab separated list, you can import it and voila you instantly have flashcards. Tres cool. That's how I did my French verbs.
Anyway, I'm done shilling for flashcardmachine.
calvinist wrote:Has anyone mentioned Anki? It's a great free flashcard program and there are many pre-made flashcard sets.
jamesbath wrote:(By the way, for whatever few minutes I can rob out of each day for language studies, I am enjoying "The Basics of New Testament Syntax" very much and looking forward to applying much of it to a flashcard database).
IreneY wrote:1) Learn grammatical concepts and terms in your own language. There are very few of us who are familiar with all these apositives and agents and relative causes and whatnot that we encounter when learning Ancient Greek.
IreneY wrote:2) Learn some very basic things: The verb "to be" obviously, the personal and relative pronouns, some other verbs that are used all the time...
IreneY wrote:3) Things start to differentiate about here. How much time do you have in your hands? How driven are you? What method works best for you in learning anything? (Some may say that things start differentiate at #2 but the way I see it, no matter what method you use, no matter how much time you have in your hands, you do need some basic grammar). Also, and this is very important, what kind of ancient Greek are you interested in?
IreneY wrote:Jump right into it and start reading an actual text that you are interested in. This way you are actually spending your time reading something you really want to read and, being a more "immersive" method you are speeding up your learning process; including teaching you to understand by context (very, very important in any language).
IreneY wrote:It is good, really good, to analyze each word and consult dictionaries and grammar books. This is the only way to learn. Do not however, rely on those things only. Context is everything and you will never achieve true fluency if you look at the text, not as a whole, but as a collection of individual words and clauses.
IreneY wrote:This is really important: People, be they teachers and/or experts and/or friends, can only help guide you through the learning process. You do the actual learning and by now you should be old enough to think for yourself and devise your own plan.
pster wrote:There is a discussion of Heinrich Schliemann's method at:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/fo ... D=943&PN=2
helios wrote:pster wrote:There is a discussion of Heinrich Schliemann's method at:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/fo ... D=943&PN=2
Thanks, pster...that is great reading.
calvinist wrote:Has anyone tried the method of "memorizing large chunks of text" in the target language? I'm tempted to try the method myself for Chinese which I've started just a couple months ago. It seems that it could be very effective, as you would be virtually stamping the basic morphology/syntax/vocabulary of the language firmly onto your mind, and all of this within a real context.
jamesbath wrote:If the offer still stands, I would like to see your flashcards. Thanks.
pster wrote:james, I made some cards available with the title "Plato's Apology" and the description "Vocabulary from 31-33", but they are not appearing. Perhaps it takes a bit of time? These are the the first cards I made and so they rather inconsistent in format which I think is probably a good thing as it will allow you to see a range of possibilities. Make sure to try and click on the blue HTML words and see how you get sent to Perseus LSJ.
pster wrote:I am going to memorize Demosthenes's Third Philippic starting March 1st. It is 10 dense pages, about 75 relatively long sentences. I think I am going to memorize it first without looking up words I don't know. Then I will look up whatever words I haven't been able to figure out. I'm hoping that I won't want to look up any grammar when I'm done with those first two steps. Schliemann seemed to vary his approach over the years and not sure what he would say his polished method was. Anyway, I think it is going to rock!
jamesbath wrote: In the meanwhile, since you mentioned Chinese, please tell me where, in the history of that language, you are beginning your studies. What form have you chosen? The reason I ask is that I have been wanting to begin studying some form of Chinese.
jamesbath wrote: I am very interested in learning how it compares with Greek and Latin, grammatically and otherwise.
calvinist wrote:Quite different. Chinese is a very analytic language, whereas Latin and Greek are very synthetic. This means that whereas Latin and Greek encode a lot of information into verbs, nouns, etc., Chinese uses particles and other things to mark ideas like tense, aspect, mood, number. Chinese essentially has no morphology. Nouns don't even change form to mark plurality (there are a couple exceptions to this), this is marked by context or words like "many/few". The nice thing about this is that once you learn a word (noun, verb, adjective)... you know it. The word will always appear the same way. None of the difficulties of someone learning English and seeing "went" and thinking, "Oh yeah, this is from the verb 'go', right?"
pster wrote: ..."Plato's Apology" and the description "Vocabulary from 31-33", but they are not appearing.
jamesbath wrote:Fascinating. So, what with English's considerable dependency on word order and minimal dependency on synthetics, as compared to Latin and Greek, one might say that the grammar mechanics (if you will) of English is halfway between the extremes of Greek/Latin and Chinese...?
pster wrote:calvinist, are you using "analytic" and "synthetic" in the Kantian sense? Or is it a technical linguistic sense?
james, i'll make all my Greek cards available. Search for author "fster". You should be able to find them in the next day or so.


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Part 2 Average Gaffes
by Robin Melanson
In part one of this series, we discussed various methods of fixing minor knitting errors in ways that did not involve ripping out a whole lot of work. I am perhaps a lazy knitter; I do not like tearing out hours of effort (who does, really?) when there is a clever shortcut that will produce the same result with less of a headache. When I read Franklin Habit's Process This, I immediately recognized myself as a product knitter, not a process knitter (exception: colorwork—I love to knit colorwork). Once is enough for me; I just want the darn sweater, thank you very much. If you too would like to reach the finish line faster, read on. We will focus on the mistakes that are usually made in cabled patterns and colorwork, and the best timesaving tricks to fix them.
Cable Repair
The crosses and twists that create the wonderful texture of cable designs can cause their share of headaches. Let's start with the crosses, which can be worked either left- or right-crossing. The stitches that pass in front determine the direction (left or right) of the cross. If you accidentally hold the cable needle to the front when you were meant to hold it to the back, your cable will be crossed in the wrong direction.
Twists too, can also be worked either left- or right-crossing. The knit stitches always pass in front of the purl stitches in situations where the background is reverse stockinette and the pattern is made by the traveling knit stitches. If it twists to the right, you will encounter the purl stitches first and hold them to the back; if it twists to the left, you will encounter the knit stitches first and hold them to the front. If you accidentally cross the purl stitches in front of the knit stitches, there will be a definite interruption in the pattern, which you will likely find on the next right-side row. It's unlikely that you'll keep going unaware and have to fix one of these mis-twists very far down, because the next time you need to move that traveling cable, it will very apparently look "wrong."
If you made an error a few rows back (figure 1) and the cable pattern is columnar (as in each successive cable is worked over the same stitches) the fix is a fairly simple matter of dropping down the affected stitches to the row on which you crossed the cable (figure 2), rearranging the stitches so that they cross in the correct direction (figure 3), and then working the stitches back up again using the raveled strands of yarn (figure 4). This is most effective if there have not been subsequent crosses since the error was made. If you have to work back up, crossing subsequent cables after fixing the error, it becomes more likely that you could introduce new errors (such as working too many or too few plain rows between the crosses). If the pattern is a rambling one, where the cables travel quite a bit, intersecting with other rambling cables, this method is usually only the best answer if, a) the cable was mis-crossed just a few rows ago and, b) there have not been any subsequent crosses involving any of those stitches.
figure 1 Rope cables on a background of reverse stockinette stitch, in which one has been mis-crossed three rows ago.
figure 2 Work is pulled back over the rope cable stitches only, to the point where the mistake was made.
figure 3 Rearrange the stitches in the correct orientation.
figure 4 Work the stitches back up correctly.
If you catch an error later on and quite a bit of work has been done since the error was made (work that you would be rather devastated to rip out), don't despair, there are a couple of options to fix it. One involves cutting the yarn; the other does not. Both end with Kitchener stitch (grafting). The first method (cutting) produces a superior result and can be used on cables of any number of stitches. However, if you are uncomfortable with the idea of cutting the yarn, you may prefer the second method. It produces a bulkier result, but if the cable is relatively narrow (such as two stitches over two stitches) and the mistake is in an unobvious section, it will barely be noticeable.
Method 1
Locate the row on which the cable was worked (figure 5). You will see that the yarn tends to pull a bit at the side of the cable, where the stitches were stretched as they were crossed. Thread a strand of waste yarn into the row below this row (figure 6). Turn the piece upside down and thread another strand of waste yarn into the row above the cabled row (you should work into one more stitch on each side than you have in the cable, because these stitches are offset in relation to ones below the cabled row, which are in the normal orientation). Carefully cut the yarn of the cabled row in the center of the cable (figure 7) and pull the two sides out to the edge of the cable (figure 8). Put the lower stitches on a double-pointed needle (dpn) and rearrange them in the correct orientation (figure 9). Put the upper stitches on another dpn. With a new strand of yarn, graft the upper and lower stitches together using Kitchener stitch (figure 10). You must now secure the ends that you cut, as well as the ends of the new strand, by weaving them in carefully on the wrong side.
figure 5 Rope cables on a background of reverse stockinette stitch, in which one has been mis-crossed many rows ago
figure 6 Weave in waste yarn below and above the cabled row.
figure 7 Cut the strand at the center of the cable.
figure 8 Pull out the yarn to each side of the cable.
figure 9 Use a double-pointed needle to rearrange the stitches in the correct order.
figure 10 Graft stitches together correctly with Kitchener stitch, using a contrast color for clarity.
Method 2
Locate the row on which the cable was worked (figure 11). Put a dpn through the stitches that should have gone in front, working into the row below the cabled row (figure 12). Join a new strand of yarn and knit one row over the picked-up stitches (figure 13). Cut the yarn leaving a six-inch tail, and graft the stitches you just knit to the row above the "old" cable (figure 14), so that it appears as though the cable were worked correctly.
figure 11 Rope cables on a background of reverse stockinette stitch, in which one has been mis-crossed many rows ago.
figure 12 Put the stitches that should have been crossed in front on a double-pointed needle.
figure 13 Knit one row into the picked-up stitches, using contrast yarn for clarity
figure 14 Grafted new stitches to the other side of the cable, using contrast yarn for clarity.
Common Errors in Colorwork
The most common colorwork misstep is knitting a stitch in the wrong color. It is easiest to make a mistake on the first row of colorwork, when you have no previously patterned stitches to act as a reference point. After the first row, even when you make a mistake, there is a tendency to self-correct if you are looking at the previous rows and you resume stacking the new stitches in the correct sequence.
If you only knit a few stitches in the wrong sequence (figure 15), and then continued in the proper sequence (so that the stitches stack correctly upon earlier rows); you can fix the problem simply by duplicate stitching with the correct color over the incorrect color (figure 16).
figure 15 A few stitches have been knit in the wrong color in a colorwork pattern.
figure 16 Duplicate stitch with the correct color.
Sometimes it is not such an easy fix: if your sequence was something along the lines of "3 MC, 1 CC, 3 MC, 1 CC, 3 MC, 1 CC" and instead you stitched "3 MC, 1 CC, 1 MC, 1 CC, 3 MC, 1 CC " and repeated the "3 MC, 1 CC" all the way to the end, everything that follows after the error is not going to stack properly with previous or subsequent rows. In this case, you will have to rip back the work to the row before the error was made. A good way to do this is to weave a finer needle through all the stitches of the row to which you would like to return (figure 17), making sure that the right leg of each stitch is in the front. This is similar to using a lifeline while knitting lace, except that you can decide after the fact where you would like that lifeline to be. Since you are working in stockinette rather than a lace pattern, it is much easier to see which stitches belong to which row.
A finer needle is used because it is easier to work that needle into the tighter space you have when trying to maneuver through previous work. Once you have the needle woven into the appropriate row, you can pull the working needle out of your knitting and rip out without fear that you will be spending three days picking up all those stitches and trying to sort out the main color and contrast color yarns (figure 18).
figure 17 Weave a finer needle through the row to which you would like to return.
figure 18 Pull the work to that row.
In the next issue, we'll explore how the methods introduced here— grafting and duplicate stitching— can be used to correct grave errors in construction.
Robin Melanson is a freelance knitwear designer and technical editor living in Montreal, Quebec. She is the author of Knitting New Mittens & Gloves (STC Craft, 2008), and is a production assistant for Twist Collective. Visit her at www.robinmelanson.com.


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In the Realm of the Senses/Empire of Passion (UK - BD RB)
Our Marcus reviews two of Nagisa Oshima's movies on Blu-ray Disc...
In The Realm of the Senses 1976 (102 mins).
Considered by many as Nagisa Oshima's most memorable work, this erotically charged story, that is loosely based on real events, tells the story of Sada Abe (Eiko Matsuda), a former prostitute who now works as a maid for hotel owner Kichizo Ishida (Tatsuya Fuji). After Kichizo tries it on with his employee the two begin an affair based on the exploration of their sexuality and their obsession with each other's pleasures lead to more extreme acts of love making.
Since its release In the Realm of the Senses has been a thing of legend really. I'm pretty sure I've never seen the movie in its entirety but over the years friends have shown me parts on video and elements like the boiled egg scene and of course the film's final scenes with the cutting off of a penis. In fact my biggest attachment of the film is probably the fact it came up in numerous pub conversations and if I remember rightly, I'm pretty sure there were even discussions about this when I was at school.
Anyway sitting down to watch the movie in full for the first time (and with this being the uncut version, it really is in full) this 35 year old movie has still got the initial shock value with its graphic sex scenes and its ability to string them together into large chunks without letting go of its characters' dramatic arcs. I mean, within minutes of the opening credits ending we are in a sex scene and as soon as we're done we get a snowball thrown at an old drunk's flaccid penis just to let us know that we're gonna be seeing a whole lot of genitalia.
Obviously this much sex, sexual aggression and the very open approach to showing the ins and outs of all of these acts (pun not intended) isn't going to get a mass audience, but those that see through the uproar and scandal attached to the film may actually get more than they bargained for. The sexual acts here are used to show the extreme nature of passion and the desire to please a sexual partner. Of course this really goes to the limits, but the film is focused on ecstasy and the addiction to it. The evil face of jealously or the ownership of another person is delved into and of course the extreme approach to sex can only lead to death and In the Realm of the Senses goes there in a big bad way in its final act but yet again it's handled with a romance as opposed to making it sinister even if it's not for the feint of heart.
Empire of Passion 1978 (105 mins)
Seki (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) is the beautiful housewife of rickshaw driver Gisaburo (Takahiro Tamura). When sexually aggressive neighbour Toyoji (Tatsuya Fuji) seduces Seki and convinces her that they must murder her husband because he cannot live with his jealousy, the pair plot and carry out the evil deed, but when the ghost of Gisaburo begins to haunt the erotic couple their dark act may destroy them both.
Empire of Passion still has its erotic elements but they are nowhere near as extreme as In the Realm of the Senses. That said, I found the aggressive nature of Toyoji's advances on Seki a lot more uncomfortable to watch here and this film isn't about a romantic connection as much as it is about two people who can't hold back their passion for one another. This is nowhere near as graphically depicted as the In the Realm of the Senses but it still doesn't leave too much to the imagination.
Really this Nagisa Oshima film is a ghost story as opposed to an erotic drama and it's a very good one at that. The visuals of the white faced, slow moving ghost of Gisaburo are actually quite creepy and there's an eeriness about how the visuals are used here. The imagery of Toyoji or Seki visiting the old well (where they got rid of Gisaburo's body) is classic ghost story stuff and something about seeing these forbidden lovers' lives fall to pieces because their dark act is haunting them is thoroughly satisfying. Also their final fate as the village officials try to force them to confess to their crimes is an utterly brutal comeuppance that is handled so honestly that it was hard not to wince.
Both films come presented in a 1.66:1 ratio and both films look absolutely fantastic. Of course it's not quite on par with how modern filmmaking looks in HD, but for an upgrade to two 30 year old features it's very pleasing indeed.
In both films detail levels are high with facial textures and wrinkles looking great. Fabrics and clothing are well defined and all of the locations and sets are packed with fine detail and natural lighting. Woodern floors, fabric mats, tall grass in the gardens all look great and there are a few scenes in Empire of Passion where the raindrops on a rain cover made of woven leaves looks so good you could almost reach out and get your hands wet.
Colours are bold especially when it comes to the women's clothing. The purple in Sada's dress in Realm of the Senses is especially striking and the blues in all of the costumes in Empire of Passion are also very well presented. Also any slither of red, no matter how small, leaps off of the screen, even if larger areas can feel a little pinky.
As for skin tones (of which there are plenty to study), both films look great. There's a very natural feel to everything. Lighting is always fantastic and shows of the subjects well and small things like fine hair on bodies and goosebumps are clearly visable. Out of the two films I'd say Empire of Passion had the slight edge when it came to detail and colour presentation but there's not much in it and both films shine with their HD upgrades.
Really there's not a lot to be said for the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono presentation here. It's strong, has clear dialogue and has the occasional sound effect to add a little depth but generally it's quite flat, confined track that of course lives very centrally in the front speakers. All in all, it's very clean, has no obvious problems and fits the style of the films, so no complaints really.
In The Realm of he Senses gets a bigger chunk of extras out of the two films, starting with 'Once Upon a Time: In the Realm of the Senses' (52:14 SD). This is a great documentary that has critics and those involved with the film taking about the themes, such as absolute love and characters abandoning themselves to desire. It also covers the impact of showing these sexual acts on film for real. and we get a history of the Nagisa Oshima life and his films leading up to Realm.
'Recalling the Film' (38:40 SD) is a more specific look back at the film from those involved in its making.
The 'Panel Discussion at Birbeck College' (57:01 SD) is a much better overall look at the film's history. The four participants give their personal feelings on the film from the difference between the video viewing they had and the cinematic experience being overwhelming. It's absolutely loaded of information and the history revolving around erotic cinema and Realm itself and honestly for a beginner who knew very little about the director's work I now feel like I know loads.
Last up on Realm are the deleted scenes (12:19 HD).
As for Empire of Passion, we begin with 'Sur le Tournage' (13.07 SD) which includes some of those involved in the making of the film talking about its production as well as another 'Panel Discussion at Birkbeck College' (53:21 SD) which is more from the four participants giving us loads of details, facts and feelings about this movie and again it's great stuff.
Both of these Nagisa Oshima films had quite an impact on me. Of course for the obvious extremeness of the sexual depictions (especially in Realm of the Senses), but more for how much the characters and the intensity of the drama utterly justified the visuals and really how pretty Nagisa Oshima's visuals were. These films aren't for everyone but with presentations this good and with extras this detailed and interesting, anyone wanting to take a detour into some seventies erotically charged drama should look no further than these releases because you'll come away having learnt a great deal (including another odd use for a boiled egg).
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
In the Realm of the Senses
Empire of Passion
Review by Marcus Doidge
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Nice reviews Marcus.
I'm tempted to grab this Empire of Passion blu-ray since we only got a DVD in the states.
I'm tempted to grab this Empire of Passion blu-ray since we only got a DVD in the states.
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
It's worth it. It really did look nice.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 17th October 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono Japanese
Subtitles: English
Extras: Documentaries, Panel Discussion, Deleted Scenes.
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura,, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima
Genre: Drama and Romance
Length: 207 minutes
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