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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 17:04
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Mozilla & Co. ....
Hi Nooby
nooby wrote:
Thanks Oui, So the Adobe Flash is not built in from scratch?
That is sad. I have changed from Lupu to Slacko due to
one iso already have firefox with adobe in it?
That way I don't need to install it each time.
This being the Gernam channel I will not further derail the thread.
I did report something different:
since more than 5 years I only use the last Mozilla one (of the family
: I prefer Seamonkey! It offers the same actuality as Firefox since years now after an difficult re-start from
Mozilla Suite
Seamonkey Suite
- since years, it is the same. But the scope of applications in Seamonkey is uncomparable better: Best HTML editor in the all world, IRC, Address book, all fully integrated in ABOUT THE SAME SIZE as Firefox. So I will be militant for Seamonkey, a full solution, exactly as the legendary old Mozilla Suite did be, not a stripped one
! And as I manage a great among of land maps, Seamonkey offers without new settings the max. surface for the user on the screen (in Firefox, you have to really change your settings to do the same). The last Mozilla, this means alpha or beta. I change only if dictionaries for at least my 3 main languages are available as Mozilla blocks older dictionaries (a nonsens: what have hunspell dictionaries with the network software to do?)... This means sometimes the alpha or beta, sometime the last stable because of the dictionaries...
no Puppy did offer the stuff continuously until yet.
so is my Mozilla in the most cases outside of my Puppy, outside of each Puppy
it is on my hard disk in the same directory as /mnt/home/mozilla
no, I don't need some *.sfs for that, only a few lines code:
ln -s /mnt/home/mozilla/seamonkey /root/.mozilla/seamonkey
ln -s /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/seamonkey /usr/lib/seamonkey
(why? /mnt/home/mozilla/seamonkey contains an old initial /root/.mozilla/seamonkey from years ago with it's /mnt/home/mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini text file and the subdir /mnt/home/mozilla/seamonkey/al54dkqw.default: this is the data subdir of my own seamonkey application! but it also contains the complete binary subdir /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/seamonkey resulting of the installation from the original last software version at
expanded in my subdir /mnt/home/mozilla/seamonkey! and the second link bring it into the right place in the tree of each Puppy: ONE time on the hard disk, in hundred Puppy's or other Linux's active!)
depending of the Puppy (Puppy seamonkey based or Puppy something other based), you need or not that link
ln -s /usr/lib/seamonkey/seamonkey /usr/bin/seamonkey
If you will use the preinstallation of an Firefox (Icones etc.) for Seamonkey, you can do
rm /usr/bin/firefox
ln -s /usr/lib/seamonkey/seamonkey /usr/bin/firefox
the most actual Seamonkey starts now if you hit on the browser icone
as you see, as well some *.PET as some *.SFS are totaly unnecessary
for that! only
a download from above mozilla web site into /home/home/seamonkey and a hit onto the new file downloaded (beeing to be erased after that as seamonkey proposes now about daily actualizations...)
2 rows of really easy code
and you can use in each Puplet the same version and the same personal data in your browser instead to have to re enter you logins and password and each version.
next advantage: my seamonkey personal data are more than 5 years old. they contain a lot of very important emails, pictures of my family in divers circumstances etc.
for this reason, this subdir is more than 1/2 GByte! it fills up instantannly each usual puppy save file with at least also only 1/2 Gbyte! for what: for a damaged copy of the initial stand
.... and it continuous separately to grow in each puppy? how would I do to concatenate the data after that
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 17:08
Post subject: the initial /mnt/home/mozilla came of course, years ago...
ok, before you can bind a external subdir into /root/.mozilla, you need to have created a base in /mnt/home/mozilla:
the initial /mnt/home/mozilla came of course, years ago,
from an actual old puppy,
you can do it easily now using
FIRST STEP (only one time, the first time):
CLOSE the browser
(it is very important)
open rox and hit on the icone «see hidden files»,
mark .mozilla
open a 2d instance of rox on /mnt/home
drag an draw .mozilla into /mnt/home , select «move it», it is moving, and rename it after that only «mozilla» (no dot in front any more! to see it permanently
2d STEP (for each Puppy):
mark it again in /mnt/home and do the same in the opposite direction
BUT SELECT not move it but link it or, more easy, old the key CRTL+ALT pressed as you drag and draw and let fall into the /root directory.
ATTENTION: you have to rename bak!!! the dot in front is needed again in the link name!
or do it in code as mentioned in my first above message...
SPECIAL CASE OF ArchPup
ArchPup give you a
sensational supplementary figure
to have a Mozilla with highly discretion and comfort at the same time!
how to do that:
you restart you Mozilla without the hidden directory /root/.mozilla
(rename above link do the same
and restart it: mozilla create automatic a new and empty /root/.mozilla hidden subdir
feed it now with all you find does not need absolutely full discretion: password from Puppy forum etc.
enter bookmarks you wish (or import a bookmark file)
open one time the web page you are usual opening showing back in the url's field etc.
and now repeat the operation described above under STEP 1 under an other name:
your external /mnt/home/mozilla-b subdir contains now your minimal comfort start equipment!
and now, THE KICK:
the /root directory contains a genial .start file!
enter this code in it after a new start of archpup without save file for ex. in version 12.12 (ArchPup did not recognize /mnt/home himself and need a friendly backslapping
! the partition number is of course to adapt!):
ifconfig lo up &
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/home
cp -a /mnt/home/mozilla/* /root/.mozilla
and remaster ArchPup with above links!
each new start without save file, the system will copy the minimal comfort start equipment into /root BEFORE mozilla itself will create this one (it would create it without this comfort equipment)...
after that, after the mozilla starting you can use your links, bookmarks, login's and passwords as you did enter them! If you reboot or shutdown without to create some save file, the session will be forgotten and nothing more comes in addition! you can enter your account of banking number etc.: they will be forgotten (in such a case, I would immediately restart after ending the bank transaction)...
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 17:09
Post subject: flash plugin
flashplugin is only ONE file:
to install it correctly it is enough to copy it into the subdir
actually the file is about 20 Mb! after high performance squashing (compressions rate about 1:3) there are about 6 MB more in each Puppy ISO!!!
for this reason it is better don't to pre install it
you can alternative loge it into
mozilla's will find it after that there so that you don't need more copy of them or links in your ISO!
-Mozilla proceed differently!)
if you use the external installation, you can put your libflashplugin.so into
for firefox, you can of course do exactly the same, change only the names!
it will certainly work!
you can proceed analogue with the mozilla dictionaries: create a subdir
and put them in it! you don't need to reinstall them all the time if you are playing to test a lot of Puppy's and puplets as I and a lot of other users do!
the old version with a size of only 9.740 kB
continues to work perfectly
in youtube etc. it has a great advantage: you will find the temporary files of course in /tmp and can move them easily with Rox as long as the video windows stay open (if it close the system erase them immediately: it is a real temporary file!)
the actual version has just more than 17.000 kB, and probably not more functionality! her goal is probably to protect the clients of Adobe against this kind of undesirable copy
you also can old both copies in your /root as they are directly accessible there as Rox opens, the one as flashpluginL (little) and the second as flashpluginB (big) and install in
only a link to /root/flashplugin
before you use (before you start the browser), just rename the right one!
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 17:10
Post subject: wine, oo, lo & co.
the next giant in the puppy save file can be
you must accept following reallity:
wine is or become now after years of development
on the kernel of the linux system
a more or less complete clone of the windows system but based on linux (and reactOS, the twin system of it, with common parts of developement, based on a clone of the windows kernel)
THE WINE FILES can need as much as the stuff of a complete Windows partition depending of the stuff you will install in it!
for this reason, it is much better to link /root/.wine with an external /mnt/home/wine dir on /mnt/home !
they are heavy packages making the ISO really big if you remaster including them (and they need, the new versions Java!).
the user data in /root can also be relatively big (also if you use an office in SFS-file!).
this stuff can very easy be linked in the same way, including an eventually installed version (you generally find it in the main dir /opt if not in /usr/lib
I usually use an old version of OpenOffice from old Puppy including OO from the time of Puppy 2.0 ! complete OO is less than 100 MB
(were to find in /usr/lib for those having yet that ISO!). It is yet often better than the Gnome Office Suite and has exactly the same organization as the future OO and LO: you don't have to get into the habit
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 18:58
Post subject:
the next question is of course:
why a save file?
why forced messages after start, for welcome, at shutdown or reboot time
why not directly in the menu: it is exact the role / the function of a menu
is the save file, are those little windows a kind of failed development
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 22:09
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Oh much appreciated you wrote all that for me.
Hope many others can make use of it too.
I have part of that already but with .mozilla on the mnt/home
and I do a relative symlink to it in the root by drag/ropping
I guess it is not easy to combine seamonkey with firefox?
No critcism but I dont like seamonkey at all.
I use flashgot and noscript addons in FF and not sure if them exist
for seamonkey? 3 am now so off to bed
I spent some 5 hours now totally failing to make a sfs out of a
savefile so I really want to know how to keep Swedish and Stockholm time
and other personal settings from one boot to another without save file.
Thanks again for all this info
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 10:57
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Hi Nooby
As my English (often only "Googlelian" as Google speaks often English at my place) is not the best, I did illustrate tomorrow what I did explain yesterday evening:
the red arrows concern Seamonkey, the greens one flash player
I have since years ago a software stock on my hard disk in my /mnt/home
in the subdir «so's» I have only 4 libflashplugin.so files and use only the two extreme of them 9.740 kb or 17 Mb (see green arrows big and light)
to install flash player in seamonkey, I only move the one of both into my subdir /mnt/home/seamonkey/seamonkey/plugins
it is all what is to do to install for seamonkey
and for iceape or icecat or firefox, I do exactly the same or use a link.
it works pretty since years...
I never need some flashgot or the original adobe installation any more...
and you find good libflashplayer.so file preinstalled in a lot of puppy but they are to find in such a case in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
good luck
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 17:10
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I am bad at reading text. I trust that you use Lazy puppy OS then?
But how do you set the keyboard? Should I guess you use the German
localization using the DE iso so you get the right keyboard from scratch?
I would need to somehow manually change from English to Swedish.
the easiest is to use a puppy that have fast setup like slacko?
Ah much appreciated. I try this out today after eating breakfast
it is 9.17 PM now and just got up locally so my stomch scream for food
I can test it out on lupu or slacko or lxpup or some other new puppy distro. Which one is best for seamonkey?
Do you know if such only works on puppies due to them using aufs
or does this tech work on all live linux distros like Knoppix? etc?
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2013, 04:51
Post subject:
Here is my problem. I already have a .mozilla on my HD
for to use with firefox on Slacko5.4 so creating a mnt/home/mozilla
collide due to seamonkey code would find the mnt/home/.mozilla too?
and make changes to it so destroying my firefox set up?
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2013, 08:48
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Could I protect my current install of .mozilla by renaming it to .nozilla ?
That way I could test your approach? I maybe should make a back up copy of the .mozilla too somewhere else deep down on the computer?
But my main question is this.
Don't I already have what you describe the only thing different is
that I did not know that one could also do same with flash Dir
so that is something I should do ASAP.
What I really need is to get down from the 22 clicks I need to do now
to set up all my personal settings. So if one could somehow prepare
a bashscipt with all these settings and just call it up?
Or can I make a savefile and then change it to a sfs file
and call that one up at each boot not the zdrive because that one fails
but maybe use sfs-exec or the one Rainer use in Lazy pup?
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Growing up in Aberdeen, Washington, in the 1970s left Gabe Johnson with memories of girlfriends who smelled like bubblegum and vodka, a penchant for explosives, a taste for illicit cartoons—and a zealous sense of nostalgia for America. The "real" America, as he puts it; and specifically, the mom-and-pop treasures that dot the highways and byways of this great nation, in the form of watering holes, record stores, auto shops, and other legendary landmarks that locals hold dear.
The latest undertaking of Johnson's company, Horses Cut Shop, involves sharing the stories of those local haunts via T-shirts—the sale of which benefits the small businesses themselves.
Shop a few of our favorite shirts at the bottom of this article. First though, join us as we trace the history and influences of Horses Cut Shop, in the words of "Professional Boat Rocker" Gabe Johnson himself:
Origin Story. "Horses Cut Shop was started as unincorporated meeting spot for artists, riffraff, musicians and people who wished to create their own 'reality,' if only for one day or night at a time. The world wasn't giving me what I wanted in terms of community, so in 2009 I decided to create the conditions that would." [Watch a video about Gabe and said meeting spot that we made last Christmas.]
Smells Like Home. "Horses Cut Shop, as an entity, was styled after the American Fraternal Orders (Moose Lodge, Elks Lodge, Eagles Club, Knights of Columbus, etc.), and the '70s summers of my youth in Aberdeen. The Cut Shop was a fortified compound in upper Fremont [in Seattle] that smelled like smoky burnouts, farm animals, whiskey, gas, mayhem and the ever-present dangerous machine. (This Flickr link provides photographic evidence of three years spent just under the radar of Seattle's Finest.)"
A New Hope. "The Cut Shop experience was anchored by a monthly Sunday Brunch that we managed to pull regularly, on a volunteer basis, without fail for three years before the shop closed due to sale of the property by the owner. Ultimately, money was needed to continue the experiment in another location and in a new way. Hence the foray into the T-shirt business. The sale of T-shirts that celebrate and support 'real' America, an America that's hanging on by a thread, seemed in-line with my ultimate goal of preserving and shaping the kind of world I want to live in. The T-shirt business is a vehicle for storytelling and simply a cover for my illicit love affair with America and the riffraff that makes her hum."
Core Beliefs. "I believe beauty and knowledge can be found in the soul of inanimate objects. I tend to worship things that were built for use, community and to outlast the maker. In this sense, a wrench is like a record store and an old tavern is like a worn-in pair of boots. These objects—these places—are constructed with deliberate intention; they're the embodiment of the American Dream and the products of our country's worship of self expression and individualism. I want to acknowledge them and celebrate the creators/makers behind the name and logo."
Fun Facts:
– I was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, along with four generations of my family.
– My favorite place to be is either lost and/or in some type of trouble.
– I've been arrested and charged with "Mayhem" twice.
– I believe that if you're respectful of the differences in disposition and avoid harming others, there are no rules and everything is permitted.
– I believe the America I love peaked during the summer of 1979. Specifically, the evening of July 26th, 1979.
– The slow death of my hometown (Aberdeen, WA) has had the greatest affect on me as person.
– I may or may not have founded The Comstock Commission in 2008.
— — —
Under the Influence. Gabe's influences include, but are not limited to:
Men of Substance. "The Bandit (Burt Reynolds' character in Smokey and the Bandit), Hunter Stockton Thompson, Jack Tripper (Three's Company character) and Steve McQueen."
Wild Women. "Jane Birkin, The Runaways, Lynda Carter, Nancy Sinatra."
Miscellaneous: "That poster of Farrah Fawcett, girls that roller skate, Evel Knievel, being put in/let out of handcuffs, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, skinned knees, cherry bombs. As is probably evident by now, I left my heart in the Aberdeen of the '70s." [See Gabe's Tumblr for further odds, ends and vintage awesomeness.]
— — —
Made from America. A few of our favorite Horses Cut Shop shirts (which double as a checklist for your next road trip). All are made in the USA and benefit the independent businesses that emblazon them.
L-R: Comet Tavern, Seattle | Amoeba Music, SF | Wolski's Tavern, Milwaukee
Twin Anchors, Chicago | Hole in the Wall, Austin
L-R: Moby Dick's, Minneapolis | Kelly's Olympian, Portland
Pete Paulsen's House of Wheels, San Leandro | Sunset Sound, Hollywood | Baranof, Seattle
[Portrait of Gabe Johnson by Angel Ceballos. Still-life photos courtesy of Horses Cut Shop.]


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- This was uploaded to YouTube at 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, hence the half-hearted Halloween costumes.
- Provo's police department confirmed that it's investigating reports of a fist-fight in a 24-hour Rancherito's restaurant that "involved BYU football players."
- On Thursday, senior safety Joe Sampson and sophomore linebacker Zac Stout were suspended from the team for the remainder of the season "for violating team rules"—the rules in question were not specified.
Police won't confirm whether those players are the ones under investigation, but both have withdrawn from the school. Here's Joe Sampson's profile, here's Zac Stout's on cougarstats.com—he doesn't seem to have one on the BYU athletics page. Tough to say whether either of them appear in the video, but you can judge for yourself.
I'd say "fast-forward to..." but, honestly, just let it hit you. It's better that way. Big shout-out the guy who comes by to get some napkins at about 1:10.
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Without delving too far into the always-fascinating legal technicalities, the NFLPA attempted on two fronts to reopen the 2011 settlement agreement that otherwise waived any collusion claims for events occurring in 2010. The December 31 ruling defeated one of those efforts. As to the other effort, the parties failed to file paperwork in compliance with the court order setting forth the deadline for submitting the paperwork.
Judge Doty has now blocked the second effort, based not on the fact that the parties failed to submit paperwork but on the merits of the argument.
While the NFLPA understandably will be upset and likely will appeal the decision, Judge Doty once again has avoided issuing a ruling with language that would embarrass or chastise the players. And he once again has slipped the ruling through the media's five-hole at a time when there are plenty of other more pertinent NFL stories.


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Weathering the storm also gave me some valuable insight into myself as well as those around me. I discovered that there will always be the Monday morning quarterbacks who tell you what you should have done, after the fact, but are less forthcoming before they know the result. And it also seems that there always are naysayers who enjoy anticipating disaster -- "I'm sorry to say that all is lost" -- and others who are determined to prevail. I prefer to surround myself with those positive thinkers, because negative energy can be suffocating if not paralyzing. And even a little positive energy can be contagious.
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To say that this decade has been a volatile time for our industry is an understatement. How we respond to adversity in life can help teach us how we should operate our businesses. Running a business involves risk; there are no guarantees that you've made the right decision until the outcome presents itself. But there are two things I know for sure: complacency is dangerous, and despair is fatal. I've also learned that, at 44 years young, I'm fairly levelheaded, and while I am open to advice I instinctively make a decision based on the information I've gathered for myself. And once I've made a decision, I am prepared to forge ahead without second-guessing myself, but flexible enough to change course rapidly if the situation changes. And while a little bit of luck is always helpful, hope alone is not a strategy. Good fortune usually results from effective preparation and work.
Managing risk and being prepared is always a wise business practice. Don't panic; be flexible, have a backup plan and an exit strategy. Evaluate advice, but recognize that it can be self-serving. The government doesn't always know best, and it has its own priorities. Also, it necessarily plans for the worst case. Instructions for people in remote beachfront bungalows may not apply to people in modern steel-framed buildings. It's important to know your own situation and act appropriately.
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text: Hi List Thanks to eveyone who has replied to my abysmal failures trying to get an Avermedia A771 working under Linux. Someone was asking where I got it - got it from Media Atlantic in the UK, but you can also get them from Maplins (probbaly scan.co.uk and dabs.com). Anyhoo until the thing works I wouldn't recommend it (under windows it's really nice and clear) Anyway, I think Andrew was asking if I was getting any messages about firmware...when I checked in dmesg there was nothing in there about firmware. However, when I checked I had not loaded the front end stuff (modprobe dvb_bt8xx) would've thought the firmware went with the card driver not just the frontend - something I've learned. I was playing with FC4 for a while and it makes no mention of firmware so either it fails quietly or it doesn't work. Under Slackware 10.2 with the stock 2.6.13 (got fed up compiling 2.6.14.x kernels everytime I rebuilt the machine) - noticed it complains about firmware. There's a: firmware_class_init: class_register failed message in the dmesg. This message remains even when I have a dvb-fe-sp887x (or whatever it's called) in the correct location (/lib/firmware). I've turned on debugging in the hotplug scripts and don't ever see the firmware.agent script being called. However, the default scripts do try and call dvb.agent scripts amongst others. Naturally slackware doesn't have a dvb.agent script - possibly this is meant to call or trigger the firmware.agent script. I'm going to brave the horrors that is a gentoo build on the hopes that it has better hotplugging firmware loading record breaking dedication...... My real question is: so what? I don't actually think loading the firmware will make a blind bit of different (NB: I'm being ultra cynical here). Surely the firmware that gets loaded is merely some extra post-manufacturing updates to fix bugs or improve features. I would've thought that the card would work (possibly not very reliably) but basic bread'n'butter functions of a DVB card i.e. tuning into stations and receiving television, would just work from the get go. Is firmware loading really that ultra important - has anyone else experience of their card just absolutely refusing to act like a digital television receiving card until they managed to coax the firmware into it? As always thanks for your time and patience Hugo


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SAN FRANCISCO – Marco Scutaro looked up through the pouring rain, caught Matt Holliday's popup for the final out and punched his ticket to the World Series for the first time at age 36.
In an NL championship series that saw Scutaro absorb a hard and admitted late slide from Holliday that strained the second baseman's left hip, what a fitting ending.
Scutaro tied the NLCS record with 14 hits to earn MVP honors, capping off his remarkable run with three singles and a walk in San Francisco's 9-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night in the decisive Game 7.
Scutaro batted .500 with two walks, scored six runs and drove in four. Hideki Matsui (2004 Yankees), Albert Pujols (2004 Cardinals) and Kevin Youkilis (2007 Red Sox) also had 14 hits in an LCS. And Scutaro's 10-game hitting streak ties Cody Ross and Alvin Dark for the longest in Giants postseason history.
Starting Wednesday night in San Francisco, he'll have a chance to break that mark when the Giants host the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series.
The Giants acquired the Venezuelan native in July at the trade deadline. It turned out to be one of baseball's best moves, and easily one of its most overlooked.
While the rival Dodgers' spending spree made headlines from coast-to-coast, the Giants took on just $2.1 million of Scutaro's salary from Colorado in exchange for minor leaguer Charlie Culberson.
All Scutaro has done since is make opponents pay — and he earned a $75,000 bonus for winning NLCS MVP honors in the process.
He had a major impact even before October, batting .339 after the All-Star break to power the Giants' playoff push. Scutaro has delivered in the biggest moments in the postseason, and in many ways, has become the 2012 version of Ross.
The Giants plucked Ross off waivers in August two years ago and watched him capture MVP honors in the NLCS against Philadelphia and help lead them to the first World Series title since moving from New York in 1958. And just like in 2010, general manager Brian Sabean's move made the biggest noise at the most key time.
Scutaro was hurt on Holliday's slide in the first inning of Game 2. Scutaro got even a few innings later with his own big blow that helped the Giants even the series and end an 0-3 home slide in the postseason when he singled home two runs in San Francisco's four-run fourth inning.
Another run scored on the bases-loaded hit when Holliday misplayed the bouncing ball in left field. Scutaro left after the fifth of that 7-1 win because of his damaged left hip on a play Giants manager Bruce Bochy felt was illegal.
Scutaro never missed a game, and he never stopped played all-out, either.
His sliding stops were part of a spectacular defensive effort that backed Barry Zito in San Francisco's 5-0 Game 5 victory.
Scutaro delivered a two-out, two-run double to highlight a four-run second inning of the Game 6 win. And even in the Game 1 loss, Scutaro's single to left leading off the fourth was San Francisco's first hit off 18-game winner Lance Lynn.
He had long been a super-sub in four seasons across the bay with the Oakland Athletics from 2004-07, filling in wherever he was needed in the infield – and, on occasion, as an outfielder.
Scutaro, who turns 37 on Oct. 30, played for Mets (2002-03), Toronto (2008-09), Boston (2010-11) and 95 games with Colorado this season.
No matter what happens now, he will always be remembered in San Francisco.


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'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' Extended Clip: Ben Stiller Troubleshoots His Dating Profile
In 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' Ben Stiller plays an ordinary, average guy -- a little too ordinary and average perhaps. He's never really traveled or gone anywhere special, he's never done anything exceptional. He just lives his day-to-day, monotonous life without any real excitement, as alarmingly pointed out to him by an eHarmony tech support worker -- of all people -- in the latest clip.
Our new extended look comes courtesy of DigitalSpy, and features Patton Oswalt's voice on the other end of the phone as the eHarmony tech support specialist trying to help Mitty (Stiller) figure out what's wrong with his online dating profile, but instead he winds up pointing out what's wrong with Mitty's life. Of course, Mitty ends up daydreaming, as he tends to do in this film, and some fiery action ensues.
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Ben Stiller directs and stars in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' James Thurber's classic story of a day-dreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker (Kristen Wiig) are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Neither um nor ah
We wish. What is already remarkable about the dispute is how depoliticized it is, with not just Labour but all political parties keeping well clear of it. It's a far cry from the days when ministers personally intervened in industrial action and Labour politicians sided with striking workers, even joining them on the picket line. Market ideology so controls the commanding heights of this country's politics now that no one wants to get offside with business, or dare to do anything that implies 'the market' can't sort out everything out by itself.
I don't know if anyone has approached Shearer for comment or asked, um, wait a minute, who is Labour's spokesperson on labour issues? I just looked it up: it's Darien Fenton. Who knew? She may well be intensely credible on industrial relations but I don't believe we've heard from her yet on the ports dispute. The only Labourish public figure to even put a fingertip over the trenches so far is Auckland mayor Len Brown, and he has come down on the woolly side of woofterish by declaring resoundingly that he supports both sides.
There is an unhappy echo there of Walter Nash's infamous response to the 1951 waterfront dispute when he was Labour's leader: asked whether he supported the watersiders he said he was neither for nor against them. I have a horrible feeling that Shearer, if he ever does comment, will say much the same thing. Yet, thanks to some useful reporting by Bernard Orsman of the New Zealand Herald, there is much in this dispute that ought to concern a party with the very word 'labour' in its title.
I can no longer deny that every time I think of the current state of the Labour Party the image of Richard Pearse's convertiplane comes into my mind. Long after his failed attempts at sustained flight in South Canterbury in the early 20th century, Pearse devoted all his energy to perfecting this strange aircraft, which though visionary in some respects was clearly never going to get off the ground. It seemed to have far too many moving parts and, in repose, looked like a giant insect with an identity crisis. It drove him mad and he ended his days in Sunnyside mental hospital.
So perhaps I'm being unfair to Labour; maybe, while the rest of us sun ourselves by pool or beach, in between downpours of rain, the shed down the back of the Labour section is actually humming with activity. Let us picture the busy scene: amid the hand-mowers, garden tools and half-used cans of paint, the party's most progressive thinkers, and Trevor Mallard as well, are beavering away on a new model. Never mind that most of the electorate no longer has any idea what Labour stands for: party strategists are convinced that with Kiwi ingenuity, No 8 wire and lashings of aviation glue they can design a convertiparty capable of soaring into the political firmament. Unlike the old model, this baby will fly!
So there it sits in the Labour shed—the convertiparty, still half-built, not yet capable of sustained flight, but a potential world-beater. Above all (and here is the fiendish cunning of the thing) it will be all things to all people. And you thought the Labour Party had lost its way! The only outstanding issue, I understand, is reconciling the aerodynamics of the right wing with the tendency of the left wing to lurch. But technicians are working on this even as we speak.
4 comments:
- Giovanni Tiso said...
Fenton for the record is the only person to have mentioned the CMP Rangitikei lockout on Red Alert (http://blog.labour.org.nz/?s=cmp+rangitikei). This was back in November. There has been nothing on the site on this topic since the election.
- January 11, 2012 at 9:30 PM
- Rich said...
Well, Len Brown is the leader of Auckland Council. Auckland Council owns POAL on behalf of the people of Auckland.
However, in a subtle 21st century version of raupatu, the owners of the company are legally barred from influencing it through their elected representatives.
- January 11, 2012 at 9:34 PM
- Sherlee said...
Where is Mr Key in the Ports of Auckland dispute?
- January 12, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
There but for a simple twist of (electoral)fate there could have been another Labour MP called Nash who, if asked whether he supported the watersiders, might have said he was "neither for nor against them"
- January 12, 2012 at 10:09 PM


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No rare earth metals in the Model S
No rare earth metals in the Model S
That's nice to know. One of the things the company should be actively debunking.
While there aren't any in the battery or motor, there are certainly rare earth metals used in other places. Probably electronics. But specifically I am referring to the neodymium magnets used in the sound studio package. Those are definitely rare earth metals.
Given 60 minutes episode, be good to confirm no "rare earth" in Tesla. Apparently there are "25 pounds" of it in a Prius.
What about 12 VDC motors for HVAC/climate control, windows, seats???
Neodymium magnets in the speakers?
Holy Necrobump, Batman!
@JPPTM Great point. Tesla can afford to design the main motor but a custom design for all the small "commodity" motors and electronics in the Model S is unrealistic.
I see benefit in minimizing rare earth metal use even if complete elimination is not economically feasible right know. Elon Musk understands sustainability and saw from the outset that using DC motor to drive the car was not sustainable. I celebrate that decision.
I believe yobigd20 is right. No rare earths in drive train and battery cells, but the rest of the car uses them in the same places and proportions as an ICE.
Stuff in ancillary motors and speakers is just the same as any ICE. The issue is stuff that is specific to EVs.
The other thing to bear in mind is that Lithium is the really significant element in the batteries, that there is no short-term Lithium shortage, and that the vast majority will be recycled at the end of life of the car/batteries.
Rare Earth elements aren't particularly rare. Their existence in certain lower-quality EVs is just a nugget of FUD that has been used by haters to try to scare people away from them.
Different motor type.
DC motor in most EV's uses rare earth (Neodymium) magnet. Only copper wire is used in AC inductive motor you find in the Tesla cars. A foresight by Tesla, both the inventor and the company? BTW GM built the largest US Neodymium magnet plant, Magnaquench which was mentioned in the sixty minutes segment, in Indiana in the 80's that was later sold to the Chinese. GM was interested in electric motors for automative applications but not necessarily EV at that early time. I know all these because rare earth elements and rare earth magnets happen to be my early research interests.


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Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
After many flopped attempts, I was so excited last week to finally find a delicious recipe for Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls. Not only were they simple to do–they probably took me a total of 20 minutes of effort to pull off (which is much less than my by-hand recipe!)–but they were a huge hit at our house.
I will most definitely be making these over and over again. In fact, I don't think my husband would mind at all if I made them everyday. But seeing as I doubt we really need that many calories, we're going to save them for our Saturday breakfasts.
Here's the yummy recipe so you can try making them, too:
Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
1 cup 2 tablespoons warm milk
3 tablespoons oil
1 egg, lightly beaten 2 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups flour (Add a bit more if dough seems too wet after first few minutes of kneading in the bread machine.)
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons yeast
Filling (I doubled this since we like our filling, oh yes we do!):
2 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon milk
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
4 tablespoons (or less) butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
Put the dough ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed and run on the dough cycle. After the dough cycle is finished, roll the dough into a large rectangle and spread it with 2 Tablespoons melted butter and 2/3 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 Tablespoon cinnamon.
Roll up and cut into 10-15 rolls and place in two greased round cake pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until browned. Spread the icing on as soon as they come out of the oven.
You can also cover the unbaked rolls with plastic wrap, stick them in the refrigerator overnight, and then bake in the morning.
We baked both pans, ate one pan, and froze the other. We were planning to use the second pan for this Saturday's breakfast. But, ahem, it lasted all of one day in the freezer. I promise I wasn't the sole one responsible for that, though. 🙂
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The screen is bright and the colours punchy, showing off your album artwork. With a clip on the back like the old (and new) shuffle, you can also rotate the entire screen so it doesn't matter how and where you clip it, as you'll be able to view things the right way round.
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Whether you're a PHP developer who has been using this useful server-side scripting language for a while, or a seasoned programmer who has spent many years developing PHP-driven web applications, it's highly probable that you have already used (deliberately or not) a design pattern.
While this isn't a fact that is going to change the way you create your PHP programs permanently, the truth is that there are certain design patterns that are much more common to implement during the development of specific web applications than others.
Naturally, this concept may sound strange at first, particularly if you're just starting to dig deeper into the huge and fascinating terrain of PHP-based programming, but consider this: how many times have you used the "new" PHP keyword to create an instance of a particular class? Or, more to the point, how many times have you utilized the "&" operator to avoid working with multiple instances of that class?
Probably the answer to the above questions is tens or hundreds of times, right? In these cases you used a basic implementation of the Factory and Singleton patterns respectively, maybe without being aware of it.
As you can see, there are certain design patterns that are more usually applied than others. That's exactly the case with the subject of this article, the strategy pattern. To put things more clearly, I'm sure that you always validate adequately all the forms included in your web sites. First off, you create a few validation functions (or classes), then use these functions to check the validity of the data supplied by users, and finally determine the course of action to be taken accordingly.
In the example that I described above, you first selected a context where the corresponding form validation was going to take place, and then applied a data checking strategy to establish programmatically how different types of user inputs will be verified.
Certainly, this is a concrete implementation of the strategy design pattern, in a situation that should be familiar to you! In other words, when this pattern is applied, there will be a predefined context (in object-based programming this is represented by a context class) that will be capable of selecting what type of action must be taken, in accordance with the requirement of a specific strategy (again, in OOP this is achieved by coding different extensions of a class interface).
Now that you know at least in theory how the strategy pattern works, in this two-part series I'm going to demonstrate the practical side of this topic. I will provide you with some illustrative examples that hopefully will help you understand how the pattern can be included in your own PHP applications.
Ready to face this challenge? All right, let's go!
{mospagebreak title=A basic example of the design strategy pattern: building a file data handling class}
A good point to begin demonstrating how the strategy pattern works is with developing an adequate context, where you can easily see the functionality provided by the pattern in question.
Therefore, I'm going to build a file data handling class which will be capable of performing some handy tasks, like reading and writing strings of data to a specified file location.
Later on, I'm going to create a contextual class, which will determine programmatically what type of format should be applied to all the data returned by the aforementioned file data handler. In this case, two output formats will be available: HTML and XML. As usual, this condition can be easily modified to expand the capacity of the contextual class.
And finally, after defining all the classes that I discussed earlier, I'm going to establish a strategy between them, so you can see how the aptly-named strategy pattern works. Pretty simple, isn't it?
Now that I have explained how I'm going to apply the strategy pattern here, pay attention to the signature of the following class. As I said before, it is tasked with performing some basic file handling operations. Its structure is as follows:
// define 'FileReader' class
class FileDataHandler{
private $dataFile;
private $data;
public function __construct($data='default data',
throw new Exception('Invalid string of data!');
throw new Exception('Invalid data file!');
// write data to file
public function writeData(){
throw new Exception('Error opening data file!');
throw new Exception('Error writing data to file!');
// read data from file
public function readData(){
throw new Exception('Error reading data from file!');
return $contents;
As you can see, the signature of the above file data handling class is indeed simple to grasp. As I expressed before, this class exposes some basic methods, which come in handy for reading data from a specified file, as well as writing new contents to it.
Obviously, these operations are carried out by the "readData()" and "writeData()" methods respectively, so until now, the prior "FileDataHandler" class shouldn't present any problems to you.
Also, a possible use for the previous class can be seen by the example below:
// example using the 'FileDataHandler' class
$fdHandler=new FileDataHandler();
echo $fdHandler->readData();
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
Not surprisingly, the output generated by the above example is the following:
default data
Pretty basic, isn't it? Nonetheless, this is where things are getting really exciting. In the section that you're about to read, I'm going to define a contextual class. It will be responsible for determining what format should be applied to the data read by the previous file data handing class (HTML or XML), in this way implementing a formatting strategy, or what's commonly called "the strategy pattern."
To see how this contextual class will be created, keep reading.
{mospagebreak title=Establishing a formatting strategy: defining a contextual class}
Since I'm using object-based programming with PHP 5, the creation of a context where the strategy pattern can be applied will be performed by a single contextual class. However, if you're working with a procedural approach, creating the aforementioned context should be as simple as defining some functions tasked with implementing a predefined strategy.
Having said that, let me show you the signature for this new contextual class, which I called "StrategySelector." It looks like this:
// define 'StrategySelector' class
class StrategySelector{
private $strategy=NULL;
public function __construct($strategy){
throw new Exception('Invalid value for strategy!');
$this->strategy=new StrategyHTML();
$this->strategy=new StrategyXML();
public function displayFileContents(FileDataHandler
return $this->strategy->displayFileContents
Even when the definition of the above contextual class is rather short, it indeed tells a lot about how the strategy pattern works. As you can see, the previous "StrategySelector" class takes up a $strategy" parameter via the corresponding constructor, and according to the value of this argument, that is "html" or "xml," it creates the correct "strategy" object. This object will be used for formatting contents fetched by the file data handler that was shown in the previous section.
So, summarizing, on one hand I created a class that defines the context where different formatting strategies will be applied, while on the other hand, there's a couple of objects that implement these strategies. Are you starting to grasp the logic that stands behind the strategy pattern? I bet you are!
But now, let me go straight to the point and show you the signatures that correspond to the pair of strategy classes that were shown previously, that is "StrategyHTML" and "StrategyXML." The respective definitions for these new classes are as follows:
// define 'StrategyHTML' class
class StrategyHTML{
// return contents of data file as HTML
public function displayFileContents(FileDataHandler
return '

Contents of data file, formatted as HTML
are as follows

'.$dataFileHandler->readData().'

';
// define 'StrategyXML' class
class StrategyXML{
// return contents of data file as XML
public function displayFileContents(FileDataHandler
return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
As shown above, the two previous strategy classes expose the same "displayFileContents()" method, although obviously they offer different implementations. In the first case, contents fetched via the file data handler class will be outputted as HTML, while in the second case, the same contents will be formatted as XML.
At this point, I'm pretty certain that you've already learned how the strategy pattern works in this situation, where the pattern is applied to format data fetched from a remote file.
However, there is still a missing piece in the previous scenario, since you haven't yet seen how the strategy selector and the respective strategy classes can be put to work in conjunction. Therefore, keeping in mind this situation, in the section to come I'm going to show you an illustrative example where all prior classes are going to be used together.
Want to see how this educational example will be developed? Go ahead and read the next few lines. I'll be there, waiting for you.
{mospagebreak title=Understanding how the strategy pattern works: creating an example}
As I stated in the section that you just read, below I set up a couple of illustrative examples. These show in a friendly fashion how all the classes that you learned before can be put to work together, in this way demonstrating the functionality provided by the strategy design pattern.
That being said, please have a look at the following pair of code listings:
(example formatting data file as HTML)
// instantiate 'FileDataHandler' class
$fdHandler=new FileDataHandler('This string will be formatted
depending on the context!');
// write data to file
// instantiate 'StrategyHTML' class
$strategyHTML=new StrategySelector('html');
// display file contents formatted as HTML
echo $strategyHTML->displayFileContents($fdHandler);
// instantiate 'StrategyXML' class
$strategyXML=new StrategySelector('xml');
// display file contents formatted as XML
header('Content-type: text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1');
echo $strategyXML->displayFileContents($fdHandler);
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
(example formatting data file as XML)
// instantiate 'FileDataHandler' class
$fdHandler=new FileDataHandler('This string will be formatted
depending on the context!');
// write data to file
// instantiate 'StrategyXML' class
$strategyXML=new StrategySelector('xml');
// display file contents formatted as XML
header('Content-type: text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1');
echo $strategyXML->displayFileContents($fdHandler);
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
As you can see, the first example uses the "StrategyHTML" class to format file data as HTML, while the second example returns this data to calling code as XML. For reasons of clarity, I broke the two examples into different pieces of code, but if you don't need to use the "header()" PHP function, you can merge them into one single code block.
Final thoughts
In this first part of the series, I introduced the basic concepts concerning the implementation of the strategy pattern in PHP 5. As you saw, this pattern can be used in multiple contexts, and also utilize a wide range of predefined strategies.
In the second (and last) installment of the series, I'm going to show you how to use this neat pattern for a more useful purpose: validating user-supplied data. You won't want to miss it!


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EmergingMedia necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 346 diseños de 97 diseñadores freelance.
Emerging Media Solutions
Emerging Media Solutions is a new media consultancy specialising in online marketing and integration, digital strategy, broadcast consultancy, mobile marketing, research and website development.
Small to Medium Business.
The name of our company is Emerging Media Solutions and we need an identity.
Think contemporary, modern, sharp and classy... something that stands out, and doesnt look old and traditional.
Perhaps the E could be part of an image.. it doesnt just have to be text (but can be if it looks good!!)
Our positioning statement is "it's all possible."
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A logo for multi-purpose use, and can be used not just on websites and invoices, but on stunning powerpoint presentations and proposals.
The logo needs to convey thinking... brainpower... strategy, and good ideas... and the concept of new media itself stands out...
See the attached file, of something we found on this site... it was initially combinations of blue and black... but the black and pink/red also looks as good.
We need versions with a White Background
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Versions with Inverted Colors
Final design to be supplied as Vector and PNG format, but PNG is preferred in the mean time.
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here's the facts:
yesterday, calgary put rhett warrener on injury reserve and sent dustin boyd to the AHL. the initial move seemed par-for-the-course in sutter's shocking inability to move the veteran defender, but the latter can only be deemed an absolute outrage.
there is no arguing that, with warrener's full salary currently counting against the cap, the flames needed to drop somebody. dustin boyd became the victim of his own two-way contract, by being the only guy on the team who didn't have to clear waivers on his way down....
it's entirely possible that the situation is that simple, though (in my humble opinion) a guy with as much injury history as warrener should not have been allowed to go on this long. it was far too risky... he should have been demoted with the first cuts, or told specifically NOT to get out of bed FOR ANY REASON. one or the other. to have this all go down on the eve of game 1 is a management disaster....
months ago, duncan and i discussed the merits of giving rhettro a hugely overpaid job in the head office. have him retire from on-ice play, and give him the same dough to wear a suit. everybody wins... rhettros kids stay in calgary schools, there's still a bowl-a-rama, and he makes a few mil in the first year that doesn't count towards the cap. if this were actually happening, though, i'd think the paperwork would have been signed and sealed long before yesterday....
yesterday, kent wrote "This *almost* makes me wonder if there is a trade in store...involving Aucoin. We know that Warrener is pretty much unmovable. But maybe the Pens came knocking for Aucoin recently due to their injuries and Sutter is putting the finishing touches on that. Which means; Warrener sticks around and the team gets under the cap." it is not a totally farfetched theory...
i had also theorized that perhaps a trade was upcoming that involved adam pardy, thereby creating a need for the seventh defender (warrener). i could only imagine it being a piggyback-type deal; an overpaid deadweight roster player (ie: primeau) coupled with pardy, traded for prospects or draft picks.
so is warrener actually injured ?? i have my doubts. i would think that if there were no waiver wires and no AHL, warrener would be ready to suit up tonight in vancouver. is warrener the crybaby here, or was it sutter's idea ??
anyhow. we shall see how this all shakes down in the next days. if the situation is allowed to continue, it will be a crying shame for this team. faith in sutter's abilities is at an alltime low, and i (for one) am just sore that the game tonight will not be played by the best possible flames group. as a fan, it is a slap in the face....
check back to hitthepost later today for some very exciting news !!!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
the warrener/boyd mishap: theories
Posted by walkinvisible at 7:07 AM
4 comments:
- Kent W. said...
check back to hitthepost later today for some very exciting news !!!!
Boo...you said that yesterday.
Either you got a job with the Flames or your blog got scouted and you're joining some fancy network.
Am I close?
- October 9, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- joel said...
Your Bro' Wants to Know!!!!!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- walkinvisible said...
Am I close?
Your Bro' Wants to Know!!!!!
dude. you're my bro. you already know.... :P
- October 9, 2008 at 9:43 AM
- Kent W. said...
You're tomorrow's sunshine girl?
- October 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Hello All,
I hope this finds you well as spring is quickly running to summer here in Oakland. June has come with a little time off the road for Howlin Rain. Amongst other late spring celebrations and endeavors I've managed to get back through some of the recordings from the winter tour runs. I found the midwest dates had an especially nice cocktail of super jammed out tunes and yet a restless, raw nerve and wild-eyed energy so I put together a comp of highlights from those gigs.
In the past some folks have asked about hi-quality lossless versions of the releases on the Silver Current blog. I will shortly begin releasing items from the blog as part of a Silver Current "Bootleg" series exclusive to the Howlin Rain merch table and our on-line web store. More on that over the next month or so but for now enjoy "Howlin Rain, Jammin' the Midwest!"
1. Phantom In The Valley
2. Beneath Wild Wings/ Boogie Jam out
3. Dancers At the End of Time
4. Can't Satisfy Me Now
5. Calling Lightning pt 2
6. Hung Out In The Rain
7. Roll On the Rusted Days
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Wow! Great, great stuff! I'm anxious about europe live gigs! (Portugal would be great :) )ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2012 at 4:51 PM
I'm dying to get my hands on a recording of you acoustic set from the Living Room in NYC from this past winter/spring. Any chance of it getting posted here, and if not is there anywhere online where it can be procured? BTW, the new album is amazing, you folks just keep getting more and more amazing with each outing. I now mark the years by which Howlin Rain albums I was obsessing over at the time...ReplyDelete
- Dee RockJuly 5, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Can we get a list of the date(s) and venue(s) these tracks are taken from?ReplyDelete
Awesome job on this compilation, fellas. It must be so fun to play these songs. Verily, I say unto you, your music is so fun to listen to.ReplyDelete
I'd love to hear a live version (if you've done one) of "...Still Walking, Still Stone." That's such a badass jam.
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- AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 5:43 AM
Great stuff. Any chance of a future comp with live versions of Walking Through Stone, Good Life, and Burning of The Midnight Lamp? Or how about the whole Annapolis gig from the other night.ReplyDelete
- Dan PateyAugust 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Hey Ethan!ReplyDelete
Great set at the Rickshaw last night. I'm the guy that talked to you about getting that first album out on vinyl.
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- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2012 at 4:51 AM
Thanks! Will you ever come play to Spain? Eagerly awaiting...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2012 at 5:48 AM
A million thanks for the absolutely startling, overwhelming show last nite in Madrid. That hendrixian Killing Floor cover was fantastic, and is incredible to see how you take your own songs through different paths and jam 'em up.ReplyDelete
An absolute pleasure talking to you (you still owe us Outcast or I want To See the Bright Ligths), and to Isaiah & Raj.
Sorry to hear about Joel's illness, hope he gets well soon.
See you all soon, best wishes for the rest of the tour.
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Best links of the week NOT about the damned Facebook IPO
This was a week when we needed an app that would filter out all of the lame (and occasionally non-lame) patter about the pending Facebook IPO. (Example: The Guardian tells us six things we need to know about the IPO, as if somehow its readers were considering a purchase)
Underlying all the link-fodder, of course, is the extraordinary transformation that Facebook has wrought on the web, and everything that has come to mean in people's lives, as the latest Pew Internet survey reveals.
I spend a lot of time in my work trying to figure out how innovation comes about. So I was fascinated by two articles from the mainest of the mainstream media on the topic this week: Why Brainstorming Doesn't Work is a long read that appeared in The New Yorker, ironically, during the same week as the NY Times issued a similar jeremiad against "groupthink".
Trend-wise, highly respected (and followed) tech guru Robert Scoble suggests that the intense tech disruption of the last 8 years may recede this year as a new class of enabling companies step up to help others scale their businesses by leveraging the transformational aspects (like the cloud, apps, social, etc,)
From the department of geek, part 2 of RWW's interview with Netflix's Daniel Jacobsen posits a future when the "app" experience we are seeing on mobile becomes a standard on laptops and certainly televisions.
Super-hot social blogging platform Tumbr has begun to hire experienced editors and writers to help its users make sense of the mass of content produced on the site every minute. A trend?
Marc Andreesen opines about the VC and startup world in the wake of his new $1.5 billion fund. Worth the read.
Buzzworthy start-up CodeAcademy, which provides online training for software programmers, has now become a platform that supports outsiders who want to create their own courses. I mention this because I was one of 100,000 people who signed up for free training in a single two-day period in January. I'm also one whose head hurt after the first lesson. I'll never be a hacker, I fear, but it was fun trying.
Time Mag looks at YouTube as of 2012, but since the whole article is fire walled, check out Kevin Nalts' summary. BTW the headline is great: "The Beast with a Billion Eyes."
Will Richmond of VideoNuze tells us why cable doesn't "get" YouTube, and he thinks they sound like broadcasters back when cable was the disrupter.
In case you hadn't noticed, YouTube isn't the only online video provider that's investing in original content. Here's a quick update.
Are you a member of the "Content Creation Class"? Check out this post, which divides us into creators and consumers in a way that you may find useful, or perhaps irritating, or both.
"Temporal Metadata" may be a term that gives you a headache, but as this very smart post explains, new forms of tagging the meaning and content within videos may hold the key to creating value for online video publishing. Efforts in Europe like the NoTube initiative are addressing it.
Two startups, Frequency and Showyou, are among the new breed of startups trying to make sense of the tonnage of video now available via the web. Trust me, there will be more (both tonnage and startups trying to help curate, manage, prioritize, contextualize and discover online video). It's a big opportunity.
AOL steps up its investment in online video with a plan to generate 12 hours of video per day from its HuffPo subsid.
One of my frequently-used sites, Goodreads, bailed on Amazon as the provider of its descriptive book data, and this post explains why, indeed, explains the complexities of online businesses that rely upon outsourced metadata generally.
A smart post from the Atlantic called "Why the Future of the Book is the Stream," which suggests that the Netflix on demand sub model will work with books.
The NY Times ran a ginormous story on Barnes & Noble this week, "The Bookstore's Last Stand"
Life is not easy for the indie filmmaker, as this Sundance wrap-up post from IndieWire makes abundantly clear, along with some great tips.
Lina Srivastava has done a lovely job of aggregating examples of "Narrative Design for Social Action" using the Pinterest platform, the first time I've seen it done so well. It looks a bit like my Delicious "Stack" on Transmedia, only Pinterest presents a denser, tile-based UI.
Leave it to Frank Rose to provide great context, as with this analysis of the "Game of Thrones" transmedia components on his Deep Media blog (The banner: How the Internet is changing storytelling)
A couple of posts about content marketing & transmedia caught my eye this week, one by Marc Binkley that incorporates some of the ideas from Ernest Barbaric's post, "What is Content Marketing"
As Sony replaces CEO Howard Stringer with Kazuo Hirai, it's hard not to feel a bit sad that the giant tech/media company has fallen so fast and so low. Stringer is class A human, who could not turn the battleship around,
Vimeo has launched a "Focus Forward" program to stimulate documentary shorts about tech innovation. Worth keeping an eye on.
If the rise in digital storytelling continues, there will inevitably be a surge of new tools to help content creators who don't want to reinvent the wheel. To wit, the buzz all over the web around TumbleCloud, a cloud-based collaborative storytelling platform
Three tools that were new to me -- HipGeo, StoryWheel, and CowBird -- are described in this post from a self-described uberGeek.
This post offers a nice survey of "journalism 2.0" tools.


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ninalalic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
We make applications for smart phones and believe that phone applications can make our lives easier, happier or just plain better. We believe that our phone conversations should no longer be some moments in past that only live in our memory. CallRec application allows us to live differently and preserves phone conversations so that they can easily be stored, managed, transcribed and shared. It gives it a new life, the one where phone conversations turned into voice files can last and be revisited for as long as we need them.
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Auburn Assured Of Losing Season, Falls To Texas A&M 63-21
Auburn, Ala. – Jonathan Wallace connected on touchdown passes to C.J. Uzomah and Emory Blake and threw for 122 yards but it wasn't enough to overcome No. 21/22 Texas A&M's 672 yards of total offense as the Auburn football team fell to 1-7, 0-6 SEC with a 63-21 loss on Saturday night.
Both of Wallace's touchdown tosses covered 27 yards and both came in the third quarter after Auburn went down 49-7 at the half. Auburn's lone score in the first half was a Tre Mason one-yard run on Auburn's first possession of the second quarter.
Wallace finished the night 6-for-9 from the pocket and also ran for 71 yards on 13 attempts while Mason rushed 12 times for 80 yards and his fifth touchdown of the season.
Texas A&M (6-2, 3-2 SEC) quarterback Johnny Manziel threw for 260 yards on 16-for-23 passing with two touchdowns and also ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns on nine carries.
Emory Blake finished the night with five catches for 106 yards and moved into fifth in the Auburn record books with his 16th receiving touchdown catch. Uzomah had three catches for 90 yards.
Auburn remains home for its next game, playing host to New Mexico State on Saturday, Nov. 3. The game is slated to kick off at 11:30 am CT.
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Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Are Fired Up for the Super Bowl [PHOTO]
You think you're excited for the Super Bowl?
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen prove they're more than just decorated actors and 'X-Men' co-stars in this fan-tastic photo tweeted out by Stewart:
Guess you could say these 'X-Men' are 'x-cited.'
Yup, these two jocks are clearly ready for the big game, although that soccer ball makes it appear as if they may be pretty psyched for the World Cup.


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|Yuan Shao
|Gongsun Zan
"Yuan Shao, even though you are not responsible for Gongsun Yue's death, you are responsible for Gongsun Yue's death!"
"Come at me bro."
The Battle of Jieqiao or the Battle On A Bridge Called Jie was a military mass mutiny that took place in the year 191 CE. Combatants were Gongsun Zan (AKA Gongsun Zazz) and Yuan Shao. Though fighting alongside each other during the Battle of Hulao Pass, these cool cats stood on opposite ends of the battlefield.
The Battle was the first of many nonstop fights of the
"Family Feud" rivalry between the Gongsun family and the Yuan family. The families competed for not cash money but rather control of Gee and and Ching provinces somewhere in the massive country of China. All notable information about these provinces is that the two are located northeast, close to the Vietnamese.
Around Christmas of 191, following a fashionable blow against the Yellow Turban leftovers, Gongsun Zan became bored of the lack of war (coming off from the Battle against the Dong a few months before) and decided to use the death of his brethren Gongsun Yue (given name pronounced "You-ee") as a crutch to declare war on the nobleman Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao wasn't looking, Gongsun Zan stole multiple cities from under Yuan's nose and declared war against him. Yuan Shao, becoming angry and offended, decided to raise an army to ultimately destroy the Gongsun and exterminate their clan. Since Yuan Shao would need to lead because he is just so picky about how things are done, he gave the control of Bohai in the hands of Gongsun Zan's distant cousin Gongsun Fan. Since Yuan Shao had Gongsun Fan as an associate and often picked on his name, Gongsun Fan gave up the control to Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao would be humiliated for months to follow.
The battle[edit]
Soon Yuan Shao himself came with his men towards Jie bridge, hoping to get a piece of Gongsun Zan's ass. (which was out theeere oon the otheerrr sidddee!)
Gongsun Zan's troop amount was exposed, stating that an impressive 40,000 troops followed him. (They were currently planning on how to get single file to cross the bridge) Yuan Shao however took the advantage and attacked the enemy. Gongsun Zan tried to get back at Yuan, but it was too late and he already looked stupider than when he fought at Hulao.
The aftermath of the battle was that more battles would follow. It wasn't a one-time stand. Even though this battle seems unimportant, many historians just consider it important because they find it funny that Gongsun Zan came off strong for a change and ultimately ended up a failure again.