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Saturday, July 25, 2009
ESPN's NASCAR Curveball
The buzz has been around for several days now, but ESPN has finally just confirmed what Ray Evernham told SiriusXM radio. The NASCAR on ESPN team is shaking things up and the Michigan Nationwide Series race in three weeks is when it will happen.
Here are some excerpts from ESPN's official announcement:
ESPN's live coverage of the Aug. 15 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway will have a new and different approach as the telecast will prominently feature five former NASCAR champions and will be done without a traditional "play by play" announcer.
"Our goal is to give viewers a different presentation, one filled with discussion, observations, and stories from some of the most respected champions NASCAR has crowned, and their unique unfiltered perspective on an event," said Rich Feinberg, ESPN vice president, motorsports.
"This is an opportunity for our viewers to have the experience of sitting around watching a race with these champions from their couch at home, and without the traditional approach to sportscasting."
The official release goes on to document that in the announce booth will be Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree and Evernham. Tim Brewer will stay down in the Tech Garage. Allen Bestwick will host, probably from his normal infield studio location.
ESPN's Feinberg took a bold step already this season by bringing veteran announcer Marty Reid over to NASCAR. Reid was available after ESPN chopped its IRL TV contract into pieces, leaving the vast majority of the races and other programming to the Comcast-owned Versus TV network.
Reid was tagged to come over and relieve Jerry Punch of having to call both the final seventeen Sprint Cup Series races as well as the Nationwide events. This was a smart move and shows that ESPN recognizes things are not going well on the NASCAR trail where TV coverage is concerned.
This MIS experiment has several layers to it and they are all interesting. Despite the enthusiastic statement, Feinberg knows that every single live sports TV telecast needs a leader. As fans of TDP know from the past three seasons, there are duties to perform in the booth and an order to be established for a good telecast. We often refer to this as directing traffic.
There is little doubt from my vantage point that this exercise is about one individual. No, it is not the miscast Jerry Punch who has struggled with even the most basic play-by-play fundamentals for the past three seasons. This experiment is about ESPN's current NASCAR Lead Analyst Dale Jarrett.
Many TDP columns have thanked Jarrett for stepping in and taking over when Punch is unable to translate the excitement on the track to the TV viewers. Jarrett also offers a lot of the ordinary play-by-play coverage simply because the only alternative with Punch in the TV booth is silence. NASCAR on ESPN viewers are used to that.
This Nationwide Series race is a great opportunity to put Jarrett in a play-by-play role without ever admitting it. The Saturday race also saves face for Punch, who on the surface is not involved in this little experiment at all. Reid was listed as doing the Nationwide races down the stretch this season.
Jarrett gets to partner with Petree who is already his normal co-analyst. Evernham comes to the booth still learning how to handle the national TV spotlight. This should be a good test of just how much he has learned in his time with ESPN. Wallace is best in controlled doses and having four announcers in the booth will require patience from all concerned.
It should be Jarrett who calls the action on the track, leads into the replays and works to keep a good balance between announcers. Even with a Nationwide Series race, the TV skills of a play-by-play announcer are needed to keep order.
With four voices in the booth, four more on pit road, one in the Tech Garage and one in the Infield Pit Studio a large part of this broadcast is going to be what we referenced earlier, directing traffic. Jarrett should fill that role.
As this experiment gets closer, there is no doubt we will begin to hear a little more about the specifics. It certainly is curious that only a couple of days before Punch begins his Sprint Cup Series stretch, ESPN makes public plans to televise a NASCAR event with basically everyone else on the TV team except him.
Even in the heat of a NASCAR summer, who says sports television isn't interesting?
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31 comments:
- Andy Marquis said...
What bar were they sitting at when they came up with this idea? Maybe they found Jeremy Mayfield's stash.
- July 25, 2009 at 12:37 AM
- West Coast Diane said...
Interesting. I'm opening to anything that gets Jerry Punch out of PxP.
Only concern is...4 guys????
Should be a fun time at TDP. Maybe I'll break my rules and watch live and follow with TDP.
- July 25, 2009 at 1:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
I've been wondering when networks would experiment with alternate audio tracks, kinda like on a DVD. It might be great to watch a race with these guys. There might be stretches where on-track action takes a back seat to a funny story, but it might be more entertaining.
But at the end of the day, Jerry Punch is still calling Cup, so I can't get that excited yet.
- July 25, 2009 at 1:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Totally concur this is a move made to see if Dale Jarrett is as good with the play by play as we anticipate it.
I can't escape drawing a comparison to Pat Summerall, who actually played pro football (albeit as a kicker) before moving to the broadcast booth and becoming the perfect partner for John Madden at CBS and FOX.
- July 25, 2009 at 1:31 AM
- bevo said...
I was hoping there would be a follow-up about this, didn't think I had heard things wrong when Evernham mentioned this the other day.
I do see this as an audition for DJ. Hope Rusty doesn't derail him. I like that ESPN is trying something different.
I still think one of thee coolest things they ever did was a few years ago at the start of the college football season for a Florida State game on a Saturday night. The game was on ESPN, production truck on ESPN2, a four screen with each sideline and a solo camera on one player on each team on ESPNU and a running commentary with fan feedback on ESPNews. I think it would be great to do something like that for a race.
- July 25, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
I have always enjoyed DJ's professionalism and insights. Reid doesn't impress me in the least. I can't imagine Rusty keeping a low profile though. My greatest wish is that I never hear the voice of anyone named Wallace or Waltrip ever again! I look forward to the new look.
- July 25, 2009 at 4:00 AM
- Unknown said...
"I still think one of thee coolest things they ever did was a few years ago at the start of the college football season for a Florida State game on a Saturday night. The game was on ESPN, production truck on ESPN2, a four screen with each sideline and a solo camera on one player on each team on ESPNU and a running commentary with fan feedback on ESPNews. I think it would be great to do something like that for a race."
ah yes, i remember that from duke/north carolina games also. i dont see them doing that for a nascar race though.
i like this idea. its different. so what if it fails? at least they tried. and they picked the perfect track to try it at...
- July 25, 2009 at 4:30 AM
- KoHoSo said...
Maybe I'm wrong, but I see this as nothing but a gimmick to increase ratings...not that a "gimmick" is necessarily a bad thing.
But, maybe I feel that way because I think the solution for at least 50% of ESPN's problems sits being underused in the infield studio instead of up in the booth where he belongs.
I mean, why "experiment" with DJ when AB is on the payroll...unless ESPN is just killing time while negotiating to bring in Bill Weber. :-D
- July 25, 2009 at 6:08 AM
- red said...
my concerns:
1. 4 is a whole lotta voices for a n'wide race and . . .
2. who's gonna rein it in and make certain everyone gets time to speak? or will rusty be able to take over? evernham is naturally soft-spoken in the booth: this could mean an "invisible ray."
3. will dj be able to NOT do PxP? he's strong in that role and has naturally assumed it repeatedly.
here's the thing: the announcing team should (in my world) be balanced. if we're going to experiment with no PxP person, then, ideally, we'd have a crew chief, a driver and an owner (who does NOT have a car in that particular race.) these 3 should be able to speak to any technical issues which might arise so a tech center isn't required. this group has a muddled feel to me: dj = driver; rusty = driver and owner AND father; andy = crew chief; ray = crew chief and former/current owner. too much, just too much. why not just run with 3: dj, andy, ray? or dj, andy and (sigh) rusty?
this feels a bit forced to me but i'm going to give it a go. i've generally given up on n'wide, mostly b/c i'm finished w/cup regulars running in that series and stomping all over the n'wide regulars. unless and until nascar looks at this in the off-season, i won't be watching n'wide consistently, no matter how the broadcast booth is composed.
and if espn decides this "works," will they send this group to the stand-alone n'wide races or is this only for n'wide/cup weekends?
but honestly, it feels as if espn is trying to paint a rock pretty and shiny colors and divert attention from the bigger issue: the composition of the field, the rate of S&Pers, the status of sponsorships, etc.
it's become my mantra this season when discussing all-things nascar: remember that the primitive mind is drawn to the shiny object. this "experiment" has the look of a shiny object to me . . .
- July 25, 2009 at 8:19 AM
- jamie in n.c. said...
there is one ray of light in this shakeup......nary a mention of the word ...waltrip!!!!
i love nascar on espn.
- July 25, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- TexasRaceLady said...
red said "but honestly, it feels as if espn is trying to paint a rock pretty and shiny colors and divert attention from the bigger issue: the composition of the field, the rate of S&Pers, the status of sponsorships, etc.
it's become my mantra this season when discussing all-things nascar: remember that the primitive mind is drawn to the shiny object. this "experiment" has the look of a shiny object to me . . ."
red, you took the words right out of my mouth.
4 voices in the booth makes for uncontrolled chaos. They are going to wind up stepping all over each other.
I think I'll do some finger exercises for the next 3 weeks to limber up. hehehe
- July 25, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
As long as this site is zeroed in on ESPN and Jerry Punch you will continue to miss many other opportunities to really improve coverage.Yesterday was one of those to compare SPEED and ESPN ,who had practice coverage one after the other. I watched both, first ESPN, good commentary any enjoyable. Not perfect but I enjoyed it, the booth having an idea hat viewers want to hear.Then SPEED. J Hammond trying to explain Goodyears supposedly new approach to testing. Either he didn't know what it was or did not have the ability to explain it to us. He stumbled and bumbled , which is too bad, as I would be interested to learn about it. There are many other examples of his weak on air abilities.Then poor Larry Mac, a good guy, but with speaking skills and a voice that does not suit the booth.Speed needs to use Larry like TNT did, he was really good in that role and replace Hammond who does not belong in this role.
- July 25, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Mary said...
Sounds good to me apart from Rusty (sigh)
- July 25, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- Sicklajoie said...
Having Rusty back in the booth kills the whole idea.
- July 25, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- dawg said...
All this intense focus on the coverage, overlooks the fact that the product is flawed. That will be most evident at Indy. In 1911, a 500 mile race was such a novelty, that it's sucess was practicly quaranteed. Today the novelty is gone. Thankfully we are only subjected to 400 miles. This track doesn't lend itself to good stock car racing. Never has, never will. NA$CAR is stuck with way too many tracks, because of who owns ehem. Not because they produce good racing.
- July 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- Spaw said...
Do you ever notice that almost everyone enjoys playing programmer and there are a lot of great ideas out here in in "Fandom" that are often better than the networks? Also, most fans are loathe to throw anyone under the bus and are seemingly happy to keep them around but in a different role.
Except for Bill Weber and Rusty Wallace......the bus runs over them almost every time!
I'd like to help out here and suggest they pair up on Versus as the exclusive broadcast team bringing Pedal Car racing to Latvian reindeer wranglers. Maybe Rusty can fix Stevie up in a Pedal Car! It'll be perfect. Bill and Rusty can bring their lack of knowledge and know-it-all arrogance to an ideal audience......one which speaks a different language.
- July 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- 50 yr. fan said...
Dawg said it best. Indy isn't a
stock car track. Despite all the
hype and history it's a IRL go-cart
track. Give us back Rockingham,
Wilkesboro, or a second Darlington.
- July 25, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
DeWalt is leaving the championship 17 team and Mayfield is close to signing a deal that will give him $15 million in cash to build an elite team?
Give me a break - what a liar!
- July 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Newracefan said...
When I first heard the news, (isn't Twitter wonderful) after wondering what JD was going to say, was that I guess DJ will just take over the PXP duties. Then I found out Rusty will be in the booth too I'm not as confident. He has a habit of running off at the mouth and I would much rather hear from Ray. He could be ESPN's Larry Mac and give us the possible strategies during the race. AP never has time because he was always helping out with the PXP. This is going to be interesting all the way around.
- July 25, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- West Coast Diane said...
Follow up...besides changing "opening" to "open" in first post. (Must have JD's laptop).
On further thought...Rusty in the booth is not a good thing. I am sure they have a contract with him. Whenever it is up, Rusty needs to go be an owner full time.
Second. All the best booth people in the world can't help poor production/direction, whatever you call it. Without the appropriate camera work what difference will it make. A shot with a single car in the lead, ahead by 4 seconds, bumper cams, in-car cameras. What can the booth say that will fix that problem.
- July 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- Sophia said...
@Red great comments
@W.C. Diane
AGREE about camera work. Booth is useless if we are not SEEING real racing in WIDE CAMERA SHOTS.
More boys, more toys, but still less racing on the screen? sigh
Not a fan of a couple in the booth for this race.
Tell me MIKE WELLS is DIRECTING?
I would be excited.
- July 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
This looks & sounds like chaos. 4 people in 1 booth is a problem. ESPN already has too many talking heads, oversaturation doesn't fix it. They should not avoid the main problem: tight shots, set scripts, & the teams from 10th on back getting 0 attention. Its hard to get sponsorship to improve your team when the camera's focus is only on 5 cars.
All the Nationwide Series needs is Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett & Andy Petree in the booth, Mike Massaro run the pre-race show like he did at Gateway, and the other 3 pit reporters. There is no need for Tim Brewer to explain what a lugnut is, no need for an infield studio to bring life support into the broadcast, and no need for 4 analysts stuffed in a booth with no play-by-play.
- July 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sounds like an opportunity to listen to the race on the radio (usually a better option anyway).
- July 25, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- drpep said...
Hello MRN/PRN goodbye ESPN.
- July 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I'm intrigued that EESPN is going to try something new and looking forward to it, although 4 in the booth sounds like it could get a little crowded.
- July 25, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Sophia said...
Indeed, I will have MRN handy anyway as long as ESPN FOCUSES on the wrong things.
How in the world all these voices...I have said you could have the savviest, most fun bunch; but if the CAMERA DIRECTOR has the vision of somebody blindfolded...Tight shot, roof cam, bumper cam, in car cam, BRIEF wide shot or maybe 2 cars, roof cam bumper cam...Lather, rinse, repeat.
Still say the camera work is the main issue..and a bat cam won't fix that issue.
All drivers are deserving of some love on the tv as are their sponsors. Working the camera through the pack, as many have remarked about here, would help us "UNDERSTAND what track they are on". Would give a glimpse of the Sponsors... would give the fans what we REALLY want..the racing.
In these tough economic times, BCW-Better Camera Work could help NASCAR better than talking heads 'musical chairs' in the booth.
- July 25, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Geez, well, I like DJ a lot, but having Rusty in the booth is a non-starter for me. And 4 is too many people. I like that ESPN is listening, I guess, but until they change something in the cup booth and show the RACE that is actually happening on the track and not whatever "script" they have in mind, I don't expect this to be enough. ESPN needs to impress the heck out of me QUICKLY or I won't be watching for long.
- July 25, 2009 at 7:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
ok ... I'll give ESPN an applaud for trying something new. Remember when the NFL and I think NBC tried to do a game without announcers? didn't work! there is a reason why this formula works in sports! people like it!
ESPN spin doctors will do millions of press releases and they will say things like "never been done" going where no broadcast has gone before" ...everything saying how great ESPN is and how they are the greatest minds in sports TV.
I would like to ask mr. fienberg if he had square wheels would he want to try them on his car? actually make sure you try it on the taurus before the BMW. I don't get why they think they have to do all of this come up with new ways to invent the wheel.
the 4 guys won't work because they will have no direction and let's face it...none of those guys are stellar broadcasters with any real years of experience. I mean rusty is the longest and he should quit. I hope they let them drink before the show...then I might watch!
- July 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Stop messing with the gimmicks, dammit!
The race is interesting enough without them, IF you'll show the actual racing on the track.
- July 25, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dumb, stupid idea, just let MRN call the race, those guys know how its done
- July 26, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Delenn said...
Quoting Anonymous @ 8:27 PM
the 4 guys won't work because they will have no direction and let's face it...
That's the point. We all expect DJ to drop naturally into that role. He does anyway.
All the exercise, and last night at ORP, will do is add more evidence to the pile that shows change at PxP is necessary.
For me, all this exercise will show is that ESPN have 3 PxP options that are better than what they are currently doing for Cup. (DJ, AB, MR) I just hope this public experiment means they now admit a change is needed. Won't hold my breath.
Finally, I want to add my support to the view that the camera shots chosen is the biggest problem with ESPN. Last night at ORP was not perfect, but was a whole lot better than we have seen from ESPN Cup races in the past. A good director and good pxp is what the TV can do. Then, of course, they need Nascar to provide good racing for them.
- July 26, 2009 at 6:18 AM


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Puppy Stardust
Stardust 007 is release
This is still Puppy 4.3.1 - thanks to Barry for this wonder-OS
Focus on desktop flow and user easiness.
- Desktop in DeepThougt taken to next stage.
- Cleanup in apps, menus and kilobytes.
Comments version 006
This version contains 2 new tools.
- Pizzasgood made an app to set your default apps (texteditor, mediaplayer...). This was made for Puppy 2.1.5, and I think it's the time to wake this up from the dead. It had to be modified a little bit to work in a Puppy 4 system. The amount of default-apps has doubled since 2.1.5.
- The other tool is Pmenu. It gives you better control of the new menu(s) structure. If you like the old program-menu for mouse-right-click, it is now easily changed. Pmenu also gives you the possibility to recreate the old 4.3.1 menu. Stardust has removed a lot of menu-items, but these are now returnable via Pmenu. Because of this, - the system menu has returned. What is done is simply moving .desktop files to /usr/share/applications_nomenu instead of deleting them.
As you can see of the changelog, many apps has been updated for Stardust 006. We have steady maintainers of our Puppy apps. lameSMBexplorer has now reached version 0.1.5b. There has been some complains about Pnethood is missing. I would encourage users to test the latest lameSMBexplorer, and give feedback to patriot.
Many of us cares about weather, and tasmod has released a powerful weather-station widget.
Xf-prot installer in Puppy 4.3.1 / Stardust does not work. Discussed in
forum thread. It would have been great if someone looked into this, and made an updated pet......
This iso is smaller than the previous
And I believe that the next one will be even smaller.
Changelog since Stardust 005:
# Added defaults-wizard (thanks to pizzasgood)
# Added Pmenu - improved menu handling.
# System menu has returned.
# kept .desktop files for apps NOT in menu.
# mtpaintsnapshot added to ptray
# Alsamixer has become default mixer
# Updated lameSMBexplorer to 0.1.5b (thanks to patriot)
# Updated sfsconverter to 1.4.1 (thanks to trio)
# Updated cpu-scaling tool to 1.3.2 (thanks to trio)
# Updated PupRadio to 0.5.0 (thanks to 01micko)
# Updated Pwireless2 to 2.8 - integrated in PCC (thanks to jemimah)
# Updated Startmount to 0.2.0 (thanks to tasmod & 01micko)
# Updated JwmThemeMaker (thanks to trio)
# Updated you2pup to 1.3.2 (thanks to trio)
# Updated pcc, icon2desk, pwidgets
# removed Zmixer --> it doesn't show all audio channels
# removed unused tools of the netpbm package
# Bugfix: JwmThemeMaker crashes jwm-tray (thanks to tasmod and trio)
If you have Puppy installed, you MUST run this with the prefix 'puppy pfix=ram'. Else, the Stardust desktop will not install.
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Here is the good old
Stardust icon-theme
updated for Puppy Stardust (thanks to 01micko)
The following list shows many items that is taken out of the iso. But, it is not as critical as it seems. Most of these are tiny apps, and you have not been aware of many of them. Simply because other apps do the job.
Aqualung has left, and Pmusic is back. Pmusic has evolved in both features and speed, so It is more a matter of longterm strategy. I hope it will be possible to build more around ffmpeg in the future. We could hopefully get rid of lidsnd, libsamplerate and maybe libxine...
Gadmin-Rsync is out as well, since it crashed on first run. I don't think Pbackup fill the backup issue completely. It would be wonderful if there exists a tiny but complete backup suit.
If you see something that you would have changed, added or removed, I will be very glad if you mentioned it. Because of my limited time, it would be best if you deliver the patch.... My knowledge of network/internet tools is close to zero, so these are nearly untouched.
Possible improvement is easy to see
- icon theme in vector graphics for space saving.
- alternative multimedia tools using ffmpeg.
- hunt more files we don't need.
- upgrade gui in some of the scripts.
- extend the control center.
- replacement of Gparted (901kb)
- boot Puppy with pfix=fsck
- compile mhwaveedit without libsndfile
- driver adds/updates
- ...
This is meant to be a full featured user-oriented Puppy....Though, I have to admit that the biggest modem drivers is removed.
So what's added
- Stardust desktop environment - including pcc (Puppy control center), desktop configuration tools and Pwidgets
- Pwireless2 (replaces Pwireless)
- ATI graphic drivers
- Broadcom wifi drivers
- Pmusic (replaces aqualung)
- woo-ff
- printoxx
- floppy-formater (replaces floppy-format.sh)
- getez (replaces PmirrorGet)
- acpid
- gtkmoz (replaces PuppyBrowser)
- Pupradio (replaces pstreamvid)
- seahaven
- lameSMBexplorer (replaces pnethood)
- pstartupsound
- startmount
- fileedit (set to defaulttextviewer)
- ink (epson ink-level)
- default-wizard
Some scripts has been upgraded
- sfsconverter
- cpu-scaling tool
- JwmThemeMaker
- you2pup
- Pburn
- icon_switcher
- theme_switcher
And what does the Stardust-generator change
- Install desktop at first startup rather than keep it in the iso to save space
- snap desktop icons - medium grid
- simple Pmount facelift
- Xlock is fixed
- start pCD instead of defaultmediaplayer when click on audio-CD icon
- seamonkey buttons
- defaultaudioplayer is changed from aqualung to pmusic
- defaultaudiomixer is changed from zmixer to alsamixer
- Updated P-series
- Net-setup goes to Pwireless2 for wireless configuration
- CD/DVD wizard is cleaned up
- Darker background color in: rxvt, geany, abiword
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- didiwiki
- e3
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- gcolor2 (color chooser)
- gdmap
- gexec
- gfnrename - maybe better than PRename, but this is bash and easy updated.
- glightoff
- gtkdialog markup editor - devx ???
- gtklogfileviewer - Does any script use anymore ???
- gtksourceview
- Net-setup (old version)
- nicoedit
- pcdripper
- Pdisk - could maybe be in use by some wizard
- picpuz
- pictureviewer
- pmirror/mirdir
- pmwget (PMirrorget)
- pnetnood
- pplog
- pstreamvid
- ptooltips - tool to show tooltips in gtkdialog - not longer in use
- PuppyBrowser
- PuppyPdf - Abiword does exactly the same
- Pwireless
- quisp
- rsync / gadmin-rsync - crashes on first run
- securetelnetshell
- tile
- waveplay - linked to aplay
- xAutoconnect - Pwireless2 should do the job
- xcalc
- xclipboard
- Xconsole
- xfontsel
- ycalc
- zfind
- zmixer
*** Trimming ***
- cdrkit - Pburn has very few dependencies
- libsnd (only mhwaveedit (aqualung) use libsnd)
- jwmconfig2
- netpbm
*** Control panel has ditched some ***
- countrywizard
- XserverWizard
- wizardwizard
- And plenty of menu items
*** Graphics ***
- All wallpapers
- some Gtk-themes
- All Icon-themes
- many mini-icons
*** misc ***
- some apps NOT in control center has also lost their place in the menu
--> sfs-version-converter - warnings pointing to it is changed.
--> Pstopwatch - Ptimer should be enough.
- some documentation files
- some audio files
- the biggest modem drivers
- many fixed fonts
Puppy 4.3.1 Bugfixes
- JWM tray configuration.
- JWM keyboard shortcut configuration.
- Xlock - Lock screen.
- Kill pid of wallpaper setter when closing window.
- Shutdown / Reboot from menu after NFS error.
- Execute code from Geany with 'execute' button.
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Stardust 005 to 006
Delta File
16d562859b38a6d7b004226df05b5070 pup_stardust-005.iso:pup_stardust-006.iso.delta
Just save the delta in the same dir as the 005 iso and click!!! How easy is that??
Be sure to check the md5sum of the resultant iso such that it matches zigbert's in the main post before you burn/install.
(NB: As new deltas go up I am deleting old ones. Thanks
for server space.)
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Sigmund said:
Kept youtube icon, but changed menuicon to get right alignment. I still think 12 kb is way too much. It might go next time I get a shrinking delirium Twisted Evil
You included 2 youtube.png(s) 1 in /usr/share/pixmaps, another in /usr/share/icons ..... I guess one can stay
it saves 12 kb right?
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A problem with alsamixer... I only ran it once from the menu..
Seems to max out the cpu... look at screeny
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Try click menu - program - desktop - JWM configuration , nothing will show up...you should point the menu item to ptray
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Try click menu - program - desktop - JWM configuration , nothing will show up...you should point the menu item to ptray
I concurr..
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pupRadio is started from /usr/sbin
The new version 0.5 changed this file to allow command line options. The old version file is still in /usr/sbin.
gposil once said.. "It's fun building an OS"....
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I've looked at f-prot and can confirm it's the installer that's the problem as I've had it running standalone.
I have had it running and scanning files in cli, as well as updating anti-virus definitions.
I did not use the installer, just copied across the files and changed the name of the config file from default to just config.
I will look at it but no promises as it's in Python.
Ahh, maybe that's the problem, is Python installed in Stardust ?
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I have to say that speed of new versions is amazing. Still using 002 because it works for me. But maybe every fifth upgrade version would be reasonable speed for me. Would it be possible to use savefile from 002 to 006 ?
XF-prot hasnt worked in any puppies I have tried. From Choicepup 412, Choicepup 431, Puppy 431 to Stardust. I had need for it because of my mother got nasty trojan from mail attachment and I wanted to scan it from usb stick to be sure I got rid of it. Cant recognise the version error everytime.
Finally I installed clamav to upup from karmic repository and made manually all needed adjustments. There were quite alot of them.
I also would like to have click and go XF-prot possibility back. XF-prot is basically using good finnish design f-prot and it is easily installed to puppy for XP rescue use.
Thanks to Zigbert and also to everybody else who has helped to improve Stardust.
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some menu items don't have icons
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Yes, I see. - With the return of not-used menu-items, some mini-icons also must return. - It is fun building an OS
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Post subject: Weather station
I've been lurking on the various Stardust threads for a while as I couldn't get stock Puppy 4.3.1 to connect with my wifi ( Rt73 driver ). I decided to take the plunge and try 006 live ( pfix=ram ) and I'm posting from it now, so kudos to you and jermimah. I'm impressed, but one thing I noticed is that there doesn't appear to be any way to configure the weather station widget. It
about right for my location, but here in the UK we use degrees Celcius nowadays. Oh and trying to change the number of desktops to 4 doesn't seem to take, unless that's something that needs a re-boot of an installed Stardust?
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Post subject: share folders?
Subject description: pnethood missed
Can some kindly, expert soul help me get in touch with my main computer(wired), running Windows XP? It's easy with other Puppies, but in this case I'm stymied at a message that tells me to put in the server's address, but gives no way to enter it.
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Hmmm, considering how many people downloaded the pet I'm surprised no-one posted about it before.
technowomble is correct, it would not run the plugin for location as it was.
The pet is called Weather-Station but I used the hyphen name in the code, ohhh no, it doesn't like that!
So, I've re-written the calls with hyphens and now petted it up again.
It's so small I'll post it here as well as pwidgets forum.
Changed name links.
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I don't think IBM ACPI Modules are included in Stardust, Get it going on a Dino Thinkpad 570E, but I can't control the fan .... modules are not there
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Happy Christmas 2012 to all my blog followers and readers.
I thought I would just have a look and see what family events have taken place on Christmas Eve in the past. I discovered at least three weddings within a seven year period between 1859 and 1866.
Benjamin Gawthrop & Elizabeth Eastwood
Benjamin is my 2nd great grand uncle and he married Elizabeth Eastwood in 1859. According to the record in Ancestry they were both 21 years old. The marriage is registered in Colne, Lancashire. The grooms father was Martin Gawthrop (my 3x great grandfather) and the brides father was Richard Eastwood.
Benjamin and Ann had at least two children – Ann and Benjamin.
Ellen Carradice & Robert Brockbank
Ellen is my 2nd great grand aunt and she married Robert Brockbank in 1864. According to the marriage certificate they were both 24 years old. The marriage took place at Kendal parish church in Westmorland. The grooms father was Samuel Brockbank – a woollen spinner and the brides father was John Carradice (my 3x great grandfather) who was a weaver.
Margaret Dawson & Abel Ellison
Margaret is my 2nd great grand aunt and she married Abel Ellison in 1866. Abel was about 28 years old and Margaret one year younger. The marriage took place at St. Andrew's church in Kildwick, West Yorkshire. The brides father was Thomas Dawson (my 3x great grandfather).
What a magical time to be getting married. I hope they all had wonderful celebrations.


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OTTAWA — After nearly two years of investigation, Elections Canada has charged a former Conservative campaign staffer over misleading robocalls sent to voters in Guelph, Ont. in the 2011 election.
A single charge was laid in Guelph against Michael Sona, who served as director of communications to losing Conservative candidate Marty Burke.
Elections Canada confirmed that Sona was charged Tuesday under a section of the Elections Act that makes it illegal to "wilfully prevent or endeavour to prevent an elector from voting at an election."
The charge is the first to be laid in the politically-charged robocalls scandal that has hovered over the Conservative Party since last February.
"The strong public reaction to the fraudulent telephone calls made to electors in Guelph during the May 2011 general election shows how deeply disturbed Canadians were by what happened," Commissioner of Canada Elections Yves Côté said in the statement.
"I hope that the charge we filed today will send a strong message that such abuses under the Canada Elections Act will not be tolerated."
An officer, believed to be Elections Canada investigator Allan Mathews, signed an information in the Guelph courthouse on Tuesday morning. That document cannot be released until it is served on Sona, a court official said.
Reached Tuesday, Sona said he became aware of a pending charge before the Easter weekend but he declined to comment further. He referred to a statement issued by his lawyer, Norm Boxall.
"Although the charge is disappointing, it represents an opportunity for Mr. Sona to finally address the allegations in a court as opposed to in the media and resolve it permanently," said Boxall's statement.
"I cannot help but comment, that if the government was interested in the public being fully informed and the issue of robocalls being properly addressed, a Full Public Inquiry would be called, rather than a charge laid against a single individual who held a junior position on a single campaign and who clearly lacked the resources and access to the data required to make the robocalls.
"I am confident the public agrees."
Sona has repeatedly and publicly insisted he was not responsible for the more than 7,000 automated calls sent to voters in Guelph directing them to the wrong polling location. In a series of public interviews last year, he claimed he was wrongly scapegoated by the Conservative Party.
Veteran elections lawyer Jack Siegel said he is not familiar with the details of the investigation, but suggested investigators may be hoping Sona will help them.
"It's entirely possible even after he is charged that he could negotiate a deal with the prosecution whereby the charges are withdrawn or he could plead guilty to what he is charged with, or a lesser offence and a negotiated light sentence in exchange for his co-operation."
Sona, who was working on Parliament Hill for MP Eve Adams at the time the story broke in February 2012, has described learning that he had lost his job on a broadcast from Sun News Network, after first offering his resignation and having it refused.
In a letter to Director of Public Prosecutions Brian Saunders, Côté recommended laying the charge only against Sona, the Citizen and Postmedia News have learned. Saunders gave Coté's investigators the green light to lay the charge.
Sources say he is the only person charged in the matter and that the investigation is ongoing.
It is unclear if the information laid against Sona specifies a summary conviction offence, which would carry a maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine and two years in jail, or conviction on indictment, with a maximum penalty of $5,000 and five years in jail.
Fred DeLorey, director of communications for the Conservative Party, issued a statement Tuesday saying the party is "pleased that Elections Canada's work has progressed to this point."
"In 2011 we reached out to Elections Canada when we heard of wrongdoing in Guelph and did all we could to assist them," the statement said. "The Party was not involved with these calls and those that were will not play a role in any future campaign."
The morning of the May 2, 2011, Elections Canada began to receive reports of pre-recorded calls telling voters that their voting location had been moved to a shopping mall in downtown Guelph.
Mathews travelled to Guelph the following week to interview voters, beginning a long and sometimes frustrating investigation to identify the suspect "Pierre Poutine" who launched the calls from a disposable cellphone.
In court records that traced the course of the investigation, Mathews described how the electronic list of phone numbers used to send out the calls appeared to match a list of non-Conservative voters maintained on the party's Constituent Management Information System (CIMS).
Several workers on Marty Burke's campaign had a password to access CIMS, but Sona was not among them.
Court documents filed by Mathews trace a convoluted chain of evidence, full of dead ends, from the burner cell phone to Edmonton voter-contact firm RackNine, whose system was used to place the calls, to an Internet address linked to a RackNine account belonging to Andrew Prescott, Burke's deputy campaign manager.
Prescott, like Sona, has repeatedly and vociferously denied any involvement in the calls. Like Sona, he declined to be interviewed by investigators, as did Conservative campaign manager Ken Morgan, who has since moved to Kuwait.
In one sworn statement filed in court, Mathews said another Burke campaign worker told him he had overheard Sona had discussing American-style election tactics, and a worker in party headquarters told investigators that Sona called him to ask about making anonymous calls.
Sona has told Postmedia that he wanted to make an anonymous call attacking Liberal incumbent MP Frank Valeriote but has never had any knowledge of the Pierre Poutine scheme.
Valeriote's campaign was fined $4,900 by the CRTC for making an anonymous robocall attacking Burke on the abortion issue.
Sona has also maintained he never had the computer skills to work with the electronic files and upload them to robocalling service to place the calls.
After media reports last February revealed details of the Elections Canada investigation in Guelph, voters across the country inundated the agency with complaints of similar calls in other ridings and the agency began a national investigation of deceptive political calls, which is continuing in 246 other ridings.
Last week, Marc Mayrand, the chief electoral officer, tabled a report recommending that the government bring in new legislation to help investigators crack down on dirty tricks to prevent similar problems in the next election. In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised that the government will move ahead with "comprehensive reforms" in the "not-too-distant future."
Federal court judge Richard Mosley is now considering a suit brought by the Council of Canadians, seeking to overturn the election results in six Conservative ridings, alleging that deceptive phone calls kept opposition supporters away from the polls. A decision is expected this spring.


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Today was a great day at the conference. The exhibit hall opened up with a wide variety of vendors and societies represented. Best snags: a free t-shirt from FamilySearch and a handful of free records guides from NARA. Today's classes:
- Southern States Migration by David G. Dilts
- National Genealogical Society Luncheon with speaker Jeffrey L. Haines
- Poor? Black? Female? Slave? Southern Research Strategies by Elizabeth Shown Mills
The last class was two hours, and I have to say, the hype about Mrs. Mills is absolutely correct: her session was well worth the wait.
I skipped the last class so that I could return to the exhibit hall and study a BCG application portfolio.
Tomorrow is a full day, beginning with classes at 8 a.m., running through the APG luncheon (at which Mrs. Mills is the speaker), more classes until 6 p.m., door prize drawings until 7 p.m., and the War of 1812 reception to end the evening.
I apologize for the alphabet soup. As I was discussing with my research buddy and roommate for the conference, genealogists live in a world of acronyms, just like other fields do. Please click on the links to learn more about these wonderful resources.


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This is a song I really like right now. It is by Passion Pit called Take a Walk. I hope you enjoy!
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Stuffed Acorn Squash with Black Rice, Roasted Carrots, and Dried Cherries
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Seeded Maple Granola from Eating for England
Cranberry Hazelnut and White Chocolate Muffins from Baker Street
Apple Bread Ring from Cake Duchess
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Ricotta Flatbread with Pomegranate Salsa from Family Style Food
Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken from Closet Cooking
Cheesy Bacon Scalloped Potatoes from ChinDeep
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Curried Butternut Squash and Brown Rice Skillet from Naturally Ella
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WSU Presents Last Woman Standing!
Annie Social vs Alere Little Feather went to a no contest when Angel Orsini came out to beat up both people. Amy Lee made the save.
Nikki Roxx d. "The Soul Sister" Jana
Becky Bayless, very emotional due to her loss to Alicia from the last show, announced that she was retiring from wrestling. The crowd chanted "Please Don't Go", as Becky fought back tears.
Mercedes Martinez d. Roxxie Cotton, continuing her dominance over WSU.
In a Number 1 Contenders Match
Alexa Thatcher & Cindy Rogers wrestled to their third draw in as many matches! Cindy had Alexa tapping out while Alexa had Cindy pinned at the same time. As a result, Sr. Official Missy Sampson over-ruled both ref decisions and announced that both women were now number 1 contenders to the WSU Championship!
Amy Lee d. Angel Orsini via DQ when Mercedes Martinez blasted Amy with a chair. Mercedes & Angel beat the crap out of Amy after the match, only for ref Missy Sampson to step up to the plate and wipe Angel & Mercedes out! It was announced that Missy Sampson & Amy Lee will take on Angel & Mercedes at the next show!
In a Three Way Dance For the WSU Championship
(C) Alicia d. Melissa Stripes & Alexa Thatcher
Before the match, Alicia talked about having nobody to wrestle since Amber O'Neal backed out of the show. Alicia said she wanted to prove herself against someone who she sees taking her spot, seeing that Alicia is retiring. Alicia wanted to prove that she was retiring on top so wanted who she thought would be her successor. This led to Alicia bringing out Alexa Thatcher! However, Alexa came out and told Alicia she wanted to make Alicia's retirement match special, and brought out the returning Melissa Stripes! All three of these girls have a deep history in the northeast, and for one last time, it was rekindled for the great WSU fans!
Melissa Stripes was eliminated first by Alicia. It came down to Alexa & Alicia. Alicia was pinned by Alexa, as the ref counted three, however, the match was restarted by ref Matt Bennett when he saw Alicia's foot on the rope. The match continued. Bennett was knocked down by Alicia. Alicia went to grab a chair to destroy Alexa with, however, Becky Bayless ran out to prevent it! In a move that shocked the entire WSU world, from the fans to the locker room to the staff, Becky grabbed the chair and instead of going after her arch-rival Alicia, Becky smashed the chair in Alexa's face! The ref was then woken up, and Alicia picked up the cheap victory, as the fans wondered why Becky would help the person she has bled and killed her body for ever since WSU's inception.
After winning the match, Becky & Alicia cut a promo on the entire crowd, where they revealed that they are best friends in real life. Alicia voided Becky's contract from the last show, meaning that Becky can now challenge for the WSU title. Alicia then said Becky is the person who should be replacing her on the indy scene and handed Becky her WSU title! Becky was given the belt without even winning it! Becky & Alicia then bashed all the fans and everyone in WSU saying they outsmarted everyone. Alicia & Becky said the only reason they wrestled against each other for so long is because they make each other look good and no one can wrestle to their level!
Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, who had unfinished business with Alicia from several months ago, came out and said there is no way the show was ending like this. Tammy challenged Alicia to a match for the title, but Alicia said she fulfilled her WSU committments and went to leave. As Alicia & Becky went to the back, the entire locker room emptied out, forcing Alicia & Becky in the ring! Alicia decided to defend the title, saying Tammy was a pushover anyway. Becky went to attack Tammy, only to be thrown out of the ring! A few minutes later and a Sunny Stunner later, Tammy Sytch defeated Alicia to become the NEW WSU Womens Champion!
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Book Review: "Worst Song, Played on Ugliest Guitar" - Achewood Volume II
Achewood is not like any other webcomic. There is something about it that makes most of its fans - myself included - completely obsessed with it, always trying to read as much as possible about its universe, and rereading the archives on a regular basis. If you ask us why, we will usually say something about characters.
Achewood's characters are unlike anything else in the world of webcomics. Not only does he revel in having them interact with each other, seeing just how their own personalities and speech patterns work with each other and in different situations. For example, when Lyle gives adorable five-year-old Phillipe his copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook, Phillipe does exactly the "right" thing for his character. You read it and you go yes! that is exactly what Phillipe would do!
Chris Onstad is basically obsessed with the world of Achewood. He freakin wrote blogs for all the characters for years. He managed 12 blogs. TWELVE. And they were filled with just more and more conversations between the characters. Here's a Thanksgiving one from a few years back. Here's another, non-thanksgiving one. He wrote a cookbook in the voice of all his characters, and when that wasn't enough, he wrote another one.
All of this is to say that when the second official Achewood book came out (but in many ways the first one doesn't count, so this new one is the first one) no one should be surprised that it is chock full of character stories.
The comics themselves are things we've all seen before - starting with the first comic and taking us up through this one - though not every comic from the period is included. Unlike the Great Outdoor Fight book, it does include alt-texts [as an aside, the alt-texts are included in small type underneath each comic, leading me again to wonder why the xkcd book needed to stick its alt texts in random places and at random angles between panels. Also, the title of each comic is included, something I thought xkcd should have done to help organization].
Note: color comics have been rendered in black and white. It isn't a big deal - there are only, by my count, six color comics in this period, and you can't notice that anything is missing if you don't know what it's supposed to look like - but when the titles are things like Color Monday! it does make it pretty obvious.
Most comics have comments below them, some of which are rather trivial but many of which are pretty interesting for Achewood obsessives like me (and, as I said in the beginning, nearly every Achewood fan is an Achewood obsessive). In addition, this map is reproduced on the title page, and these two are inside the front and back covers. They look damn classy there.
But of course, for those of us who have read all these early comics so many times, the real excitement is the new writing. There are no new comics, but there's a Prologue, featuring a regular day's conversation between Onstad, Ray, and Roast Beef, and there's "A History Of Achewood," explaining just how it is that Phillipe, Cornelius Bear, Téodor, and Lyle ended up living with Onstad. So committed to his world is Onstad, and so aware of this fact are his readers, that we don't think twice when the introduction is missing all the usual introductory stuff - "So here's how I started this comic, then I got famous, now I got a book, thanks for buying it" - but just goes head on into how these stuffed animals came into his life. And it feels right.
What's a little different - but by no means problematic - is that Onstad takes a much more active role in their stories than he usually does in the comic. We know that those characters live in his house, and he made occasional appearances in the early comics, but for the most part, he's faded away. Perhaps it is because these are early comics, but it doesn't feel wrong to have him take this role. In any case, what we all read for is the animals, and we get plenty of that (for example, here's Téodor: "I'm just trying to keep blood out of the food. It imparts an iron taste").
Lastly, a note on organization: The comics are not quite presented in order. Instead, it cuts the 8 month series in half, and reverses the two halves. This actually makes a great deal of sense. The very early comics are a bit random and strange, and take a while to get used to. There are no recurring stories, and the characters aren't really very consistent yet. In fact, Ray and Roast Beef aren't even around. It's fitting, then, that the book puts those first comics at the end (under the title "Before we were Achewood") and starts with the comic that introduced the cats. The "History" segment is also split up, starting at the beginning of the book, continuing between "Achewood" and "Pre-Achewood," and then putting the last installment at the end. It's a clever way to make the book feel like it has more content.
It takes a while for people to get into Achewood (it took me three tries before I realized how much I loved this comic), and many of them may have an easier time with both the print format and the fact that it starts out past all the strange early comics. And of course, Achewood fans will love the book, and will likely take a very long time to get tired of these comics, no matter how often you read them. But then again, Achewood fans already knew that.
Worst Song, Played on Ugliest Guitar: Achewood Volume II is 136 pages, hardcover, and $15.95. Note: xkcd: volume 0 was paperback and costs $18 ($35 for the signed copy!)
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- AnonymousNovember 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM
And what? That's it? xkcd: volume 0 was paperback and here's a million dollars..or xkcd: volume zero was paperback and here's your own spaceship...ReplyDelete
Carl, I love you and you are my friend but this was little more than a pro-Achewood wankfest. It was...it was kind of shitty, Carl.ReplyDelete
I can't remember how many Cuddlefish have berated Carl for never posting about anything he likes, and CLEARLY he must be a friendless loser if he is 100% negative all the time forever.ReplyDelete
This time he wasn't! What a twist.
I'm a fan of Achewood in theory, but in practice all this shit with Todd and Kim Jung-Il was just way too tedious and wordy to wrap my head around and so I'm taking a break from reading it.
Achewood's ... not good.ReplyDelete
first anon: FUCK. whatever, that's what happens when I post after a night of heavy drinking with poore.ReplyDelete
Poore: whatever, i was out drinking heavily with anon.
look, the fact is, i like achewood. Most people who like achewood, like, CRAZY LOVE achewood. what can I say? I think it's a great comic. The book was well produced. I tried to explain why it is that I like it so much. What else should I say about it?
Just because you like something doesn't mean you can't criticize it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 2:29 AM
Meh. Not a fan of clothed talking dogs.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 2:59 AM
That's good, because Achewood contains absolutely NO clothed talking dogs!ReplyDelete
It's hard to not make this comment fanboyish and pretentious but I'll try.ReplyDelete
"Achewood's ... not good."
How much did you read?
If you read the first 5 months of strips, you won't like it. They suck.
If you read the latest comic or randoms, it'll suck. You have to know the characters AND the tone. Don't expect a punchline or even a joke.
If you've read the first ten months and don't like it then yeah, that's fine. But please don't judge it if you haven't. I know it's a lot to ask.
r. you sound like a battered woman.ReplyDelete
Rob you are fat.ReplyDelete
"Listen, you won't like him if you just look at the fact that he beats me, or he can't hold down a real job, or he's always drinking, or he has several felony charges. You don't KNOW him like I do. He's got a beautiful heart."ReplyDelete
Rob knows almost as much about battered women as he does about battered chickenReplyDelete
they don't call me Stockholm Rob for nothingReplyDelete
"Don't expect a punchline or even a joke."ReplyDelete
r it's okay we're here to helpReplyDelete
Carl, nothing is funny and everything is terrible. I want nothing but seething hatred and bitter disappointment all the time, forever.ReplyDelete
Okay, I'm finally happy with this blog.ReplyDelete
Those guys.
You guys see, I think this blog is a lot of forced negativity. I have no problem being overly nasty to an author if he deserves it (see: Christopher Paolini, Terry Goodkind, Robert Stanek, Adolf Hitler), but the attacks on Randall are bad. I've agreed on many of the points on this blog, but I've also disagreed with many. I've even made a trollish post a while back, saying that everybody who went to this blog is a dumbass.
But as bad as Carl is, those guys are worse. I fucking hate those guys. I would mildly agree with their point (IE. GRRM is taking way too fucking long for his next novel), if they weren't such goddamn assholes. Because at least the criticism here is fucking constructive. And here is far away from XKCD, so whoever likes XKCD can ignore it. But you know how I reached those guys? I was careless with a keyboard (That sounds like a porn title, in an odd way. Nerd porn). I typed an extra R. I was convinced, at first, that GRRM was pulling an April Fools joke on November. These douchebags have absolutely no decency.
I would be less angry if all they did was complain about the next book being late. But they're also complaining about how bad the previous books are, with points that make no fucking sense! Take, for instance, their list of character deaths. They deride GRRM for not killing enough major characters, although they omitted more than 3/4s of the major characters who died. They say that most of their list died in the first half of the first book, anyway, but the characters that died in the first book died pretty close to the end.
In case anybody noticed, I'm pissed off at those guys.
Now you can enjoy praising Achewood. I'll probably give it a try one of these days, once I get through the 1500+ pages of SMBC I have left to finish the goddamn thing. My verdict, in the meantime, is "Pretty much the same quality as XKCD with less nerdy shit and more dickery, and better art, though that last bit is only hard for people like me".
Also, Carl, I'm going to tell you a line I've heard about GRRM in the past: "If it takes you so long for each post, why do you take the time to write a post about something else, nyah nyah nyah"ReplyDelete
Pita you might enjoy this:ReplyDelete
Scroll down to the letter about GRRM natch.
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM
"Not only does he revel in having them interact with each other, seeing just how their own personalities and speech patterns work with each other and in different situations. For example, when Lyle gives adorable five-year-old Phillipe his copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook, Phillipe does exactly the "right" thing for his character. You read it and you go yes! that is exactly what Phillipe would do!"ReplyDelete
Do they all have easily identifiable physical characteristics, as well? It seems to me that strong characterization and obvious physical traits attracts an obsessed audience.
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM
fuck all jewsReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 6:54 PM
achewood is for fags who don't get xkcd.ReplyDelete
guys, here's what I'll do to make you feel better: I'll also do a review of the Dinosaur comics book, which i paid actual money for, and which is disappointing. And there's nothing I love more than dinosaur comics! so then you will see that I am not always SUPER PRO-things i like.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM
HOLY SHIT, Carl, you actually PAID for a book???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Must be why he doesn't like it, Covaz.ReplyDelete
Do they all have easily identifiable physical characteristics, as well? It seems to me that strong characterization and obvious physical traits attracts an obsessed audience.ReplyDelete
For any experienced reader it's easy to distinguish all the characters, but it's not like the art is so good that every character has a unique face or body. I can safely say that the obsessed audience is a result of brilliant writing, but you should just read it. And the Todd/Kim Jong-Il thing is over, so taking a break from Achewood now is a mistake if that turned you off.
wait, of course they are all identifiable. give us a link to an image of just a face and I am sure all of us fans will instantly tell you who it is.ReplyDelete
"Pita you might enjoy this:ReplyDelete
Scroll down to the letter about GRRM natch."
I already know that GRRM is not anybody's bitch.
I was pissed off at that blog, not at the eeevil assumption that GRRM is either not writing the book or that he is and we're assholes for questioning, or any of the other many perspectives on the matter. I really couldn't care less, as long as he continues publishing high quality work (I love Wild Cards, Hunter's Run was great, and I can't wait for Warriors. GRRM has been very active these past few years with his work). I just got a bit of perspective on my general dislike for this blog, as compared to other hatey places.
And yes, Neil Gaiman is the awesome.
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Turns out Carl's just a pathetic fanboy like everyone else...ReplyDelete
who knew, what with his constant "guys dinosaur comics is THE BEST" stuffReplyDelete
Just for the record: your writing skills suck. Thanks.ReplyDelete
[citation needed]ReplyDelete
I have to admit, Achewood sounded pretty awesome... until I actually went and read it. Now I have to wait for my eyes and brain to stop bleeding before I can go back to reading stuff that is any good, in any way, shape or form.ReplyDelete
Alright, so far I've been trying very hard to enjoy achewood. It's not working. Point me to the best story arc and I'll give it another shot.ReplyDelete
my favorite is the anarchist's cookbook story, but all of achewood is enhanced once you know the characters. I'd say to read anything that has a lot of Ray and Roast Beef and see if it ever gets better. If not, give up.ReplyDelete
lots of people also recommend the Great Outdoor Fight as it's pretty self-contained, but I don't think it's that representative of the rest of the comic.
why the fuck would you read achewood it's pretty terrible you said it yourself jeffsterReplyDelete


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Washington - Many, many spiritual eras ago, before there were yoga studios on every third urban block, my friend took me to a yoga class in someone's apartment. I had never done a single downward dog or said the word namaste with my eyes closed. It was all strange to me, but none of it stranger then when the class ended and we all lay down for shavasana (corpse pose, for all you holdout Western heathens).
The Indian man teaching the class - there were mostly Indian men teaching in those days, not lithe young women - came over and looked at me like I was a rotten corpse. He adjusted my feet, arms, hips and fingers and barked at me that I didn't understand how to "relax correctly."
Until then it had never occurred to me that relaxing could be done correctly or incorrectly or that it in any way required work or effort or even the slightest bit of thought. After all, an old couch and a bag of potato chips had done me just fine all my life. I opened my eyes and gave him a mildly hostile and mostly baffled expression, the same one I have on my face these days when I read about the new trend of "mindful parenting."
If you have never encountered "mindfulness" or tried to meditate, then congratulations, your soul must be very post-evolved (or absent). Mindfulness is now up there with juicing and SoulCycling for anyone who wants to be a better you (and who doesn't?).
My old cognitive behavioural therapist is into mindfulness, the rabbi at the conservative Washington synagogue I attend runs a meditation class, my very close friend plays only Thich Nhat Hanh or Tara Brach tapes in her car. (Hanh is the Vietnamese-born, American-educated monk who is credited with translating mindfulness for the West.)
Rapper 50 Cent evangelises mindfulness, and actress Lena Dunham has advocated meditation because "I come from a long line of neurotic Jewish women who need it more than anyone."
The Marine Corps loves it and, of course, so does Arianna Huffington, who is starting a "Third Metric" revolution designed to teach stressed-out professionals how to chill out.
Boiled down to its simplest element, mindfulness means slowing your thoughts down enough to be aware of what you are doing at that moment. Given the way we live now, this is harder than it sounds. Mindfulness devotees like to talk about our "monkey minds" jumping from one thought to another. The aim is to stop jumping and settle.
So, to practice while taking a shower, don't immediately start making to-do lists. Instead, think, I'm in the shower. The water is hot. The room is steamy, etc. Don't judge whether the shower is awesome or annoying; just slow down and experience it. After a while you can try mediation. And eventually, so it goes, you can reach a state where you become less jumpy and reactive, less attached to some preconceived, expected outcomes for the future, more open to responding to experiences as they are.
Don't we modern American parents need to learn to be calmer monkeys? Absolutely.
In its diagnosis of the ills of modern parenting, the mindful parenting movement is spot on. In her new book "Mindful Parenting," family psychologist Kristen Race writes in a chapter called "Overscheduled" about Eva, a girl whose mother brings her in for therapy.
Eva was a calm kid who in the middle of first grade suddenly turned anxious and defiant, so Race asked her mother to write down her weekly schedule. Every day after school Eva has some planned activity, such as gymnastics or soccer. Then she goes home, watches TV, does her homework, and after dinner practices piano. Eva, Race points out, has almost no unscheduled time in her week and no "calming" activities. (Race does not consider TV calming.)
"The message modern society sends us is clear," she writes. "If we're not providing enough 'enrichment' or extracurricular activities, even in early childhood, our kids will get left behind." In other words, we're too busy striving for the fixed notions we have about our children's future instead of just living in the present with them.
Race is part of a budding backlash against a generation of overinvolved parenting, embodied in books such as "Duct Tape Parenting: A Less Is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible, and Resilient Kids"; the upcoming "The Kids Will Be Fine"; and Hollywood's favourite parenting guide, "Baby Knows Best."
Jennifer Senior's excellent new book, "All Joy and No Fun," out later this month, makes a convincing case that modern parents are making themselves miserable by believing they always have to maximize their children's happiness and success. Senior's book is not prescriptive. She doesn't tell parents to be more mindful or drink more wine or neglect their kids; she just wants them to understand why they are always so stressed out.
At its core, mindfulness could be a pretty radical challenge to the parenting ills Senior diagnoses. A mindful parent would not buy into any preconceived notion of success. She would react to the child she has, not the one she wishes she had. And yet in practice the prescriptions given by the new mindful parenting gurus seem suspiciously to be all about moulding a very particular kind of child - one who eats vegetables, doesn't watch TV, shares his feelings and loves the Earth. Just as you might want a more French or more Asian child, you might want one who is more mindful.
In psychologist Carla Naumburg's often smart and knowing blog Mindful Parenting, guest blogger Logan Ritchie tells a story in a post called "Sucker Punched" about the day she learned that her son threw a "gut punch to his best friend." Ritchie was confused about what to do. She knew her own instinct was to chide and punish, to feel out of control when her children act out, so she curbed that. Her husband suggested the boys-will-be-boys approach, but Ritchie wasn't having it. "I don't believe in that theory of rough and tumble play and it isn't how I'm raising my three young boys." She also doesn't believe in "forced apologies." Instead she decided to remain calm and just listen:
"His feelings poured out. I learned more about playground politics, his classroom and teachers, his buddies, and his insecurities that night than ever before. All because I stopped talking and started listening. I asked non-judgmental questions. I was calm, relaxed, and focused."
In many ways this is exemplary parenting. She didn't yell. She gave her son an excellent lesson on managing emotions. She and her son bonded. But it is not, as Ritchie perceives, neutral. Like many mindful parents, Ritchie goes into the conversation with a fixed set of judgments. Rough-and-tumble play is bad. Talking about feelings is good. Wrestling club, probably out of the question. Earthwalks camp, excellent. No doubt her son could sense the desired outcome, and it was not, Mom, I was in a bad mood, and he got in my way.
If stress is caused by parents overmanaging their children, then mindful parenting seems like the opposite of the solution. It's merely another way of making sure our kids behave in an exemplary way, and we are always there to facilitate that.
I suspect it's true that American parents are making themselves miserable, that children are overscheduled and pressured to achieve and be better. But mindfulness is not a corrective to that. The last thing American parents need are more goals that they are failing to meet. "Breathe" and "live in the moment" are just two more things you didn't get to that day. - Slate/Washington Post
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> 2012 Committee Reports - October 17, 2012
2012 Committee Reports - October 17, 2012
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ActBlue New Hampshire
Advocates for NH Patients
AFSCME People
AFSCME People (amendment)
AGC of NH PAC
Aggregate the Vote
AIA New Hampshire PAC
America Votes Action Fund New Hampshire
America Votes-NH
American Kennel Club PAC
Amherst Democrats Town Committee
Belknap County Republican Committee
Bennington Democratic Committee
Boutin for State Senate
Bradley for State Senate, Friends of Jeb
Bragdon, Friends of Peter
Carpenters Local 111 PAC
Carroll County Democratic Committee
Carroll County Republican Committee
Carson, Friends of Sharon
Catalist for Change
Chandler, Comm. tot elect Gene
Choice in Healthcare Committee
Common Sense of NH PAC
Commonwealth PAC-New Hampshire
Contoocook Valley Democrats
Contoocook Valley Democrats (amendmetn)
Cornerstone Action PAC
Cornerstone Action PAC (amended)
D'Allesandro, Committee to Elect Lou
Democratic Governors Assoc-NH
Democratic Republican Independent Voters Education
Derry Democratic Committee
EMILY's List-New Hampshire
Fire PAC NH
Foote, Richard, for State Senate
Forrester, Friends of Jeanie
Friday Lunch Group
Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund-NH
Genesis Healthcare Corporation PAC State
Gilmour, Peggy, for NH Senate
Goffstown Democratic Committee
Granite State Teamsters DRIVE
Groen, Friends of Fenton
Hampton Town Democratic Committee
Hillsborough County Towns Democratic Committee
Holden, Campaign to Elect Carol
Home Builders and Remodelers ASsoc of NH Build PAC
Hospitality PAc
House Democrats, Comm. to Elect
House Republican Victory PAC
House Republican, Comm. to Elect
IAFF FIREPAC Non-Federal
Independent Data
Kelly PAC
Lambert for State Senate
Larsen for Senate
Lasky, Bette, for State Senate
Lebanon Democratic Committee
Live Free PAC
Local Union 131 Volunteer PAC
Luther, Friends of Jim
Maggie '12
Manchester Democratic City Committee
Mascoma Teachers PAC
Merrill, Amanda, for State Senate
Merrimack County Republican Committee
MVP Health Care New Hampshire PAC
NARAL Pro-Choice NH PAC
Nashua Firefighters PAC
Nashua Republican City Committee
Nat'l Fed of Ind Bus - NH Save America's Free Ent Trust
NEA Advocacy Fund
New Boston Democratic Committee
New Hampshire Credit Union League PAC
New Jersey Film PAC
NH AFL-CIO Voluntary C.O.P.E. Fund
NH Association for Justice PAC
NH Automobile Dealers PAC
NH Bankers Association Federal BankPAC
NH Bankers Association State BankPAC
NH Business PAC
NH Casino Now
NH Citizens for Truth PAC
NH Democratic State Committee
NH Dental PAC
NH Educators PAC
NH Executive PAC
NH Eye Physicians and Surgeons Eye Care Comm
NH First
NH Job Creation Alliance
NH Liberty Alliance PAC
NH Physicians PAC
NH Realtor PAC
NH Republican State Committee
NH Republicans for Freedom and Equality
NH Right to Life PAC
NH Senate Democratic Caucus
Odell, Bob, for State Senate 2012
Ovide 2012, Friends of
Painters and Allied Trades District Council #35
Pappas 2012, Chris
Pierce for NH Senate
Planned Parenthood of No. NE Action Fund NH PAC
Professional FireFighters of NH PAC
Rausch for Senate
Republican Senate Majority Committee
Republican State Leadership Comm-NH PAC
Restore the Center
RMANH Political Action Committee
Rockingham County Democratic Committee
Salem Democratic Town Committee
Sanborn, Friends of Andy
Sandwich Democratic Committee
Seacoast Republican Committee
Service Employees Internat'l Union Comm of Pol Ed
Sheet Metal Workers LU-17 PAL
Ski PAC Powder
Stiles, Friends of Nancy
Sullivan County Demcoratic Committee
Sullivan County Republican Club
Sununu, Chris, for Executive Council
Tierney, Comm. to Elect Michael
WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Inc. (amendment)
Woods, Friends of Phyllis
Workers Voices PAC New Hampshire
Xerox Corporation PAC
Youssef, Friends of Josh
Nashua Firefighters PAC.pdf
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