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TuxReports: KWord 1.2beta2 snapshots
Tux Reports is featuring a brief review of KWord 1.2beta2 particularly highlighting the popular WYSIWYG feature. "KWord launched into a beautiful layout. Since I hadn't seen any screenshots of the new layout, it caught my attention. Nice job!" The review includes some nice screenshots.
Brief describes it best
Looking forward for a real review of at least 3 components of KOffice 1.2.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2002/07/08 - 5:00am
Re: Brief describes it best
Write one!
By KDE User at Mon, 2002/07/08 - 5:00am
Surprised link
This link was a surprise. The snapshots were not meant to be a review. I was having fun with the product and wrote about the KWord experiences.
IMHO, a review can't be written until I've worked with the product for quite some time. It's a policy of mine set years ago on the site. Since I just got the apps installed it will take some time fiddling with things.
The KWord product is quite spectacular. My hats are off to the developers. Just take a look at the snapshots and decide for yourself whether you'd like to install it. IMHO, go for it.
By LPH at Mon, 2002/07/08 - 5:00am
Re: Surprised link
Yeah - I read your review off of NewsForge, and got the idea that this was more of a preliminary note. I considered submitting it to the Dot, but it was so sparse, I figured I'd wait for a meatier review - I have no doubt that several will be cropping up in the near future.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
It's good to see Koffice getting some press, as it is really maturing into a great office suite; however, I have a small gripe about it and want to know where others stand on this issure.
Some time ago I posted a wishlist item to koffice-devel list about having the option to shut the inital modal template dialog off in koffice and just default to an empty document. This caused quite a heated argument that was continued on the usability mailing list. Most people on the usability list were in favour of having the option, but it was quite the opposite on the koffice-devel list. I was just wondering what other non-developers thought of having the option to default to a blank document instead of asking you everytime.
It seems to me that ignoring the fact that many people do not like this modal dialog box is a very bad approach to gaining new users and giving koffice a chance to effectively compete with the other office suites out there. Koffice is a wonderful set of programs and it's a great addition to KDE, but many do not like modal dialog boxes or wizard like dialogs one bit and find them very obtrusive. (I will say though, that this dialog box isn't as bad for Kpresenter) Every other person I know that uses KDE, including a professor at Pennsylvania State University's Information Science department who's field of study includes human information processing found this dialog to greatly hinder usability. On a side note, I was thinking of seeing if this professor would consider doing a class project where his students test the usabilty of Koffice, then post the results to the koffice-devel mailing list. I am not sure if this will happen, but I think it would be great for the project if it does.
Anyway, I am extremely grateful for all the KDE developers and wish them the best of luck. They have put out a wonderful product, but this is just one of those areas that I feel needs serious attention.
By Biz at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Is this a troll? It smells legit, but I'm starting to have serious bells go off whenever I hear "the developers said...". Interesting.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
"the developers said..."
Uhh ... where did I say this? Listen, I am just curious about this topic and don't see why you'd think I'm trolling.
By Biz at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
It's nothing personal. There are a lot of trolls on this forum of late, and well, people get paranoid. I, for one, think your original post was quite valid.
By ac at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
No, no... it's not you - I was commenting on the atmosphere of late. There's a fellow who used to say KDE was a Nazi inspired desktop (literally), who now has started off on a jihad about how the core developers are all stuckup and don't listen to users. While your message reads fine, I was just commenting that you can't take anything for granted of late, and lamenting the fact that I've taken to reading messages for hidden agendas. The fellow (and this is my opinion, having read his articles but not the original source he is quoting from) has a habit of framing harmless quotes to appear sinister in his essays.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed this. It's really pathetic how this guy has been attempting to poison attitudes towards KDE and creating general bad feelings in the community. Others have been gleefully taking up his cue to harm an innocent project.
By ac at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: linuxandmain
You're ac too! We're twins! ;-)
By ac at Thu, 2002/07/11 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Heh, as many things in KDE you have to do some tricks to get the right results. Mayby your 'professor at Pennsylvania State University's Information Science department who's field of study includes human information processing' is not so brilliant as ordinary KDE users. I don't understand that he has not been able to think about a work-around for that 'problem'.
Here is how-to: just create an empty (for example) A4 document and save it as emptyA4.kwd .
By antialias at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
First off, I'd like to clear something up. I shouldn't have said that my prof friend uses koffice. I just presented it to him and asked him what he thought since that is the sorta stuff he studies. Sorry about the confusion.
Anyway, thank you for this suggestion, but I do not feel this is not a proper solution to the problem. Plus, does this work with kspead and kivio where this dialog serves even less purpose in my opinion (I would check myself, but I removed koffice and don't feel like recompiling it.) Regardless, I just don't see why there was so much fighting on the lists over the option to turn it off. I mean, it was like I was asking them to rewrite Koffice. Anyway, I do not want to start a flame war here. I just wanted to see what others thought.
By Biz at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Not to add fuel to the fire, but I agree. There's certainly a lot of well-deserved backlash against showing "wizards" (which, essentially, the opening dialog box is) for even the most basic tasks. This wizard inserts an extra step in starting a blank document (from 0 steps to 1 step), and doesn't really remove any steps from opening an existing document (2 steps either way). The only thing that is easier is opening a recent document (from 2 steps to 1 step). I guess the real question is: do we need a wizard at all for a process that only takes 2 steps? How many steps should a wizard save before it becomes useful? And if you usually open your documents by clicking on the documents in the filemanager, the wizard is a total waste of time.
That said, it's a minor annoyance in the big picture. It would certainly be nice to have an option for "always start with blank A4 document" or something, though.
But from a strict usability point of view...unless you've open recent documents (through the wizard) more often than creating new documents, the dialog box is wasting more time than it's saving you. No question about it.
By ac at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Wrong. Create an empty (for example A4) document, call it emptyA4.kwd, and then there where you have your icon for Kword right click on the icon, choose Properties, and under Execute tab > Command write this: kword empty.kwd .
By antialias at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Er, that makes me wrong how? Working around a problem does not solve the problem. Your "solution" results in a different usability problem, where the user needs to remember to avoid using the "Save" button when they want to save. (Now THAT'S counter-intuitive!)
The fact that you're willing to go through so much effort to bypass the dialog indicates that you agree with me--the dialog gets in the way. But I'm sure you won't see it that way ;-)
By ac at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
'Er, that makes me wrong how?'
It is possible to start Kword without template dialog. You said: 'This wizard inserts an extra step in starting a blank document...'
'Working around a problem does not solve the problem.'
I solved the 'problem', I can start Kword with an empty document, and without template dialog.
'Your "solution" results in a different usability problem, where the user needs to remember to avoid using the "Save" button when they want to save. (Now THAT'S counter-intuitive!)'
Your 'solution' also results in a usability problem, where the user have to click twice (minimum) to get templates dialog. Koffice developers probably wanted to make template dialog more visible for users. For example, in Microsoft word the template dialog is hidden and many users are not aware that it actually exists.
'The fact that you're willing to go through so much effort to bypass the dialog indicates that you agree with me--the dialog gets in the way.'
1. An effort that takes 10 seconds ;-)
By antialias at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Sorry. When someone replies to a multiple-point post with a simple "WRONG!", I can't help but think they're saying all of my points were wrong ("Wrong! There is no backlash! Wrong! The wizard does not insert an extra step! Wrong! It is not a minor annoyance! Wrong! It would NOT be nice to have an option!"). You know, like on Crossfire. (If you've never seen Crossfire, nevermind). I was being obstinate because you were being a bit strident. Great way to communicate, innit?
Anyway, I find the dialog to be a "minor annoyance". I find having to avoid the save button to be worse than a minor annoyance. It's a matter of taste, I suppose. I'd certainly rather put up with the dialog box than have to use a program with a "don't press me" button.
And it WOULD TOO be nice to have an option!
By ac at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Considering that it is not a huge change, and it would obviously be something users want, I think that it is a valid and good suggestion.
Or even better, "start with template XXX". If I have gone through the trouble of making a spiffy template, I want that to be the first thing that is up when I start the app. Other might always want the wizard, while yet others surely want the last document they worked on.
If the developers are bogged down with requests, I can see why this isn't done right away. My suggestion would be that those who want it and use KWord simply makes the changes and submits the change to the developers. Or if nobody is a developer and has the time, make a little pool where everyone who wants it put in let's say 1, and whomever codes the feature first gets the money.
By John Gustafsson at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
> Or even better, "start with template XXX". If I have gone through the
Important note: KOffice 1.2-beta2 remembers the last template that you
By David Faure at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
I'm going to write a patch to Konqueror to emulate this useful KOffice behavior.
Every time you start up Konqueror, it will open a modal dialog to ask the question "what web site do you want to visit?". There'll also be a listing of recently viewed websites and icons for your bookmarks that you can click on.
Presumably everyone who likes this box so much in KOffice would like it equally well in Konq. If not, I'd be genuinely curious to know what they feel the difference is.
(and yes, I was joking about writing the patch)
By Stuart at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
By Bob Smith at Thu, 2002/07/11 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Konq is a viewer, KWord is an editor. The comparison doesn't hold.
The danger here is that if KWord doesn't ask, then you'll start typing your text, and _then_ you'll realize you didn't use the right template around it.
By David Faure at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Yeah, but if a user is that stupid to use the wrong template; that's their fault.
If they're doing work at Office or Home/School, then they best be checking they're using the right equipment.
Also, computers have a certain minimum level of complexity, and some of us can handle it while others can not. An option to hide the wizard on start-up is fine. It's not like you can't "uncheck" that option.
Giving users choice is not stupid. So everyone arguing about it, please STFU. If an average user can't figure out what's going on, then why did they start using it on a regular basis in the first place?
Just let the change occur using the Options for allowing/disallowing wizard showing at startup. Then everyone is happy.
If anyone thinks that's stupid, then tell MS to change their Office product to include a start-up wizard b/c I'm sure they'll think it'll attract more users.
By wgrim at Wed, 2002/07/24 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
I agree with most of what you said, namely that popping up a dialog every time you create a new document in KOffice is somewhat off-putting. I'd rather see a normal empty document too by default and some other way to handle the other current choices.
By Navindra Umanee at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
In my opinion you're right and defaulting to a standard template is the preferred way. Most of the time I and other people I know only work with one standard template that we have defaulted to.
Now I need to click on it in a file browser to open KWord, which means I first have to open the file browser or use the wizard-dialog in KWord, which is an extra step. I think most of the people use a standard template (p.e. for a particular paper format like A4 or US-Letter) and a few different templates (p.e. for letters to companies). I think MS Word and Open Office.org in this respect do the right thing. There can't be that many people that are wrong!
By Patrick Smits at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
To all who agree with this change:
Make your thoughts known to the KOffice developers!
Email your suggestions to [email protected], the KOffice mailing list. Maybe if enough complain the developers will finally agree to get rid of that lame dialog box.
By Bob Smith at Tue, 2002/07/09 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
it has been discussed. to death. read the threads on koffice-devel and kde-usability. you may even discover that, contrary to what Biz implies, a workable conclusion was arrived at that doesn't require the complete removal of the introductory window but does remove the annoyance of an intervening modal dialog.
the concept is to merge what is in the introductory window with the actual application window, perhaps as a sidebar, to be shown at start up. best of both worlds!
there are some very real issues with simply "removing it", including setting (and subsequently resetting) the default template. or quick and obvious access to recent documents (yes, there is a menu item for it and yes, it is quicker and more obvious in the current window) ... or how to conveniently walk a user through the set up of a complex template w/out bringing them through a completely foreign interface just for that purpose. it isn't like the developers got together and went "pff... leave it as it is! who, us care?" there was actual discussion with actual points made on both sides and a new concept was developed.
perhaps you (the collective you) could sponser a developer to create the merged-window-widget-thingy. (just realize that it won't be in the upcoming release of of koffice: it is already in feature freeze.)
btw, my personal opinion (as if that matters any ;) as to why people dislike the window soooo much is twofold: they aren't used to it (other office suites do it differently, with their own braindamage as a result; but of course, we wouldn't want something unique in our KDE apps ;-) and it is a seperate, modal window (which is penultimately frustrating for a user: you open an app and a flurry of windows open, some of which are locked by others which are in front of it). in other words it is simultaneously frusrating and disorienting in its current form. no wonder people don't like it. interestingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, few complain about the actual capabilities it offers. i have a feeling that the koffice devels are right: by merging it into the main window people would probably be quite happy with it.
By Aaron J. Seigo at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
Do you think properly redesigning the dialog box is any easier a solution than finding a way to reset default templates if the dialog box were made to be shut off? I know you said, in the list, that you thought of changing the modal dialog box, but it did not seem that any strong agreements were made and this is why I brough it up again. Also, why does every discussion about this always centre around Kword. Kivio is not template based and yet this dialog still appears. The templates in Kspread make no sense to me and I don't see this dialog being of any use for this program either. I did mention that the dialog does have advantages for Kpresenter, but it could use work, as you mentioned.
As to you're personal opition about people not being used to it, I say this. I think that most of the people on this list have had plenty of time to get used to it, but they still do not seem to like it. The one poster has gone through great pains to avoid it. Please do not get me wrong. I have no problems with inovation and am all for it, but just do it with great caution as people in general resist change. Anyway, thanks for responding to this post and I'm sorry for not letting this topic die.
By Biz at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
The difference between him and us is he codes and we don't. So yeah, his opinion DOES count more. I'm not saying this to be snide; I'm saying this because I think these coders don't get the credit they deserve for being pulled in twelve directions by people who don't help (that's me, guilty as charged).
They see the usability problem. They have a solution that they like, and they're working on it. It doesn't match our solutions, but there is always the possibility that their solution is better. Until I see their solution (or have a deep enough understanding that it's equivalent to having seen it), I'll shut my mouth on this topic.
But once I see it, it better be good ;-)
By ac at Thu, 2002/07/11 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
I am not at all saying that the developers do not deserve more credit. Hell, I still have a hard time believing the project has grown so mature since KDE 1.x. They are great coders, but sometimes it takes an outsider like yourself to point out problems. I am an mech engineer and run across this in my work as well where an outsider sees things differently and provides a better solution. That outsider may not know how to implement the solution, but their idea is often better. Sometimes knowledge of a particular topic does get in the way. This can not be avoided. Having people do usability studies that don't know a thing about coding is extremely valuable in my opinion and their opinions should considered just as valuable. Again, please do not get me wrong. I think the developers are all extremely talented people and I tip my hat at them for what they are doing and wish them all my thanks.
By Biz at Thu, 2002/07/11 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
You remind me of that idea of "merging into the (already much crowded) UI",
Personnally I think the UI (toolbars in particular) is for stuff that you need often, not for stuff that you only need once before you start to create
By David Faure at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
<< Personnally I think the UI (toolbars in particular) is for stuff that you need often, not for stuff that you only need once before you start to create
It sounds like he's thinking of a MS Office XP style sidebar. IMHO, the sidebar, as it works in Office, is a pretty good idea. It lists your recently used documents, templates, and has options for various new documents. It even has a checkbox at the bottom so you can choose not to see it again, if you wish.
Not that an idea originating with MS would go over too well here, but we all probably know who they got the idea for the shadows under the menus from... ;)
By Josh at Mon, 2002/07/15 - 5:00am
Simple Solution
I can see a simple solution to this problem: add a tickbox at the bottom of the dialoge with the words "Do not show this next time" or something simalar. When it's ticked the program can be set to not show it the next time the program is started.
This is a solution that should please both the people who don't like this and the people who finds this useful.
- James
By James Pole at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Simple Solution
I think this is acceptable for me. Everybody then gets to see the dialog, but can skip it in the future.
By Patrick Smits at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Simple Solution
So you're stuck with the same template for ever?
By David Faure at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Simple Solution
It's a matter of planned featured versus available features versus used features. KWord has a wonderfully extensible architecture that will allow it to someday become a very solid DTP app. I can tell that you're thinking long-term about the day that someone can simply use KWord as a drop-in replacement for FrameMaker. For the DTP crowd, it's bad to assume a template. For the DTP crowd, it's always nice to be asked.
But KWord is not replacing FrameMaker yet. Not only that, but when it DOES get that good (and I have faith that it will), it will still be primarily used as a word processing app. There are simply more word processing users than DTP users. DTP is a small and exclusive market. It's very ambitious and very smart for KWord to target that. But don't ignore the users. Even if the users seem to be using your tool not for its intended purpose, this is merely a fact that you should consider when developing your app.
If someone discovered an easy way that KWord could be used to edit MP3 files, and, in fact, that's what most people used it for, the developers can (and should) sit up and take notice. If someone says "KWord could be the best MP3 editor in the world if it only had (easy to implement) feature X", the correct response should not be "KWord is not an MP3 editor", but "What's the best way to make the users happy?" KWord may very well not be an MP3 editor, but if that's what people want to use it for, let them.
People use KWord as a word processor, for now. A typewriter replacement, not a professional typesetting replacement. Take notice. I understand (I really do!) your attachment to keeping a DTP framework in place because you don't want people to see KWord as a dumb Winword ripoff (because it isn't). Nevertheless, people are using KWord as they would use Winword, and they aren't going to stop.
So in answer to your questions:
- So you're stuck with the same template for ever?
- Or you then need another checkbox somewhere to bring this dialog back...
- Plus, when you do want to use another template, it's kinda hard.
- Really, is it so hard to just press Enter?
By ac at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Simple Solution
> (small gripe: it's not a matter of hitting enter, it's selecting the template and then hitting enter)
Thanks for the other arguments, but I think you're missing the point. This isn't only about
Honestly, I think this isn't about WP vs DTP users, it's about home users vs corporate users
For the record, Powerpoint comes up with a similar template dialog ; Lotus WordPro too (IIRC) ; ....
By David Faure at Mon, 2002/07/15 - 5:00am
Re: Simple Solution
You're correct. And I dislike that about Powerpoint and Wordpro. So at least I'm consistent about it ;)
By ac at Mon, 2002/07/15 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
I agree, I never use that dialog even if I intend on using one of its options --I close it and then do it "manually." In any case I'm surprised that the issue sparked such discussion. Would it be that complicated to include the option of disabling it? What disadvantages could the option possibly have?
By hmm at Wed, 2002/07/10 - 5:00am
Re: Koffice
You completely miss the fact that your post led to a change in the code:
See also my other post here about why opening on a blank document can be asking for trouble down the road.
By David Faure at Sun, 2002/07/14 - 5:00am


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We continue this increasingly boring Nicaraguan tale on Rhode Island (Redpemtion Island). A sad and forlorn pony is no longer happy with his circumstances. What was once light and fluffy is now dismal and bleak. His God has blessed him with lovely cascading flaxen locks of spun gold and a rippling rock hard tum-tum of tan-ness, but still the pony grieves. In the still of the night, Pretty Pony (Matt) closes his eyes and asks God what in the sam hell is he supposed to do now? He's not happy here on Rhode Island anymore. He's done everything Jesus has asked, but nothing is going according to plan. Maybe it's for the best that he goes home instead and serves his Savior that way. Once he is sparkly and clean and back at school studying Medicinery and Christiagraphy he'll regain his focus and be able to spread the word of the lord much more effectively. But here, on Rhode Island, he feels so useless, so ineffectual, so broken. He continues to beg God, out loud and on camera, to set him free and let him prance with the other ponies, but God replies only how God knows how to reply - with another mystery. Out of the darkness enters Lawyer Dave who announces himself as, "Murphy. David Murphy." Is that like Bond. James Bond.? Grrreat. We have another covert agent to keep an eye on now. Well, let's hope this new one drinks lots of martinis and bangs hot chicks rather than using his own urine as invisible ink to send letters back to Langley. Lawyer Dave and Pretty Pony begin to discuss the upcoming duel and in doing so they rouse that afterthought of a player, Mike, out of his slumber. Together the three decide that a duel must be imminent. A three person duel isn't the norm - on Rhode Island or in Ancient Capua - but sometimes it must be done. So, like Crixus and Spartacus chopped off the head of Theokoles, I hope that Lawyer Dave and Pretty Pony will chop off the head of Mike. I mean, let's be honest, he'd be just as talkative without a head as he would be with one.
Back at Murlonio it's time for some breakfast. The remaining Zappas (Zapateras) are enjoying a meal of rice and fish while off in a corner a giant man begins to burble. With a sewing needle, thread and a brand spanking new feather, Phillip is talking to himself in the only language he understands - gibberish. "Ah homina homina homina inda guru nana flata enchilada empanada ixnay on the upidstay aussie aussie aussie oy oy oy." The Cuddler (Steve) looks around the camp self consciously wondering if anyone else is witnessing the same mental breakdown he's witnessing. To his surprise no one is batting an eyelash. Mascaroni (Andrea) is dutifully doing her chores, Tattalie (Natalie) is taking copious notes in her little notebook and Assley (Ashley) is busying herself with being useless. Oh sure, a man is sitting in a beach chair surrounded by 20 or so dead hummingbirds and knitting himself a feathered shawl, but that's status quo for Murlonio. Nothing to see here. Just go about your day. The Cuddler scratches his head and wonders if maybe he can get some Omarions (Ometepes) to open their eyes and see that Gary Busey himself has infiltrated their camp. It's the only chance he and his Zappas have of sticking around in this game.
So while The Cuddler is figuring out a way to stay alive, Wang Chung Kung Fu master Phillip sits on the side of a cliff and meditates. "Benzo oooloo gaftoo, oooh la, oooh la, rah rah, ah ah ah, roma roma ma, gaga oh la la, want your bad romance." It turns out in addition to being a member of the Subway Sandwich Club and a high scorer on Ms. Pac-Man, Phillip Shephard is also a lifelong student of Buddhism. If there's one thing that Buddhism teaches you, other than that your mother could have been that spider you just flushed, it's that your spirit is interconnected to every single living thing including the Tathagata. Oh phooey! There's no way in hell I'm connected to Gwyneth Paltrow and you can never ever ever convince me otherwise. The Tathagata, however, is the name the Buddha gives himself in scriptures. According to Phillip, the Tathagata can manifest as anything. You just have to be open to receiving it and recognizing it for what it is. For Phillip, the Tathagata is any feather he can find. Whether he's in the feather section at Michael's or at a cock fight in someone's basement, those feathers are manifestations of God and must be immediately made into hats. Once his Buddha feathers are made into charming chapeaux, Phillip can speak with his ancestor Jesspum (last week it was Jessup) Harring and discover how to proceed in the game. This week Jessica told him that his bond with Rob is one of truth and honor. Then he said something about a circle of trust and I wondered to myself how many times Phillip has actually seen Meet The Parents. I'm thinking it runs on a constant loop along with Hot Shots! and Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Back at camp, a crotchety ole leather boot strap is hungry. Julie is very excited by how much rice the Zappas have left so she's decided, along with The Cuddler, that they should eat as much of it as possible. Did you ever see that movie Alive? A soccer team crashes in the Andes mountains, sees a plane fly overhead and assumes they're getting rescued. Without thinking about how long it may take for rescuers to reach them, they go ahead and eat all of the very little food they had available to them. In the end, they ending up eating each other - literally - they eat each other! Look, all I'm saying is that when you're stuck in a situation where food isn't the least bit plentiful, it might not be the best idea to shove your entire inventory down your leathery trap. If the Zappas eat all of their rations now, the Omarions will be forced to devour Julie and I'm thinking she tastes a little bit like stale beef jerky and a broom handle.
Phillip, hiding in a foxhole he dug right next to the campfire, peeks out and begins to mark in his mud wall exactly how many scoops of rice Julie eats. Once he has all of his intel, he races over to Rob to report his findings. Why does Julie get seven scoops when he only gets two?!? First off, I saw his bowl during the crispy rice fiasco. Phillip did not have two scoops. He had an entire bowl. Secondly, he's one of the main culprits in insisting that the Zappas keep to themselves and don't mix with the Omarions. He drew that line in the sand last week and refused to even entertain the idea of a conversation with them. You can't have it both ways Phillip. Either you chat with the Zappas and let them sleep under your tarp when it rains or you ignore them and forfeit your right to their rice. It's as simple as that. Of course, if a feather showed up at the bottom of the cooking pot, we might have to have another conversation about how Jessplo, from beyond the grave, wants you to have that rice. But, until that happens, shut your trap and stop being a little tattle tale bitch like Tattalie.
And this brings us to Rhode Island where the entire Mauritania tribe (that's Murlonio according to Phillip) is there to witness the duel. Pretty Pony, Mike and Lawyer Dave are marched in for all the crowd to see. Right out of the gate, Pretty Pony says, "I never knew strangers could hurt me so deeply." *sniffle sniffle* Tissue please. I don't like to see my pony sad. I want to see him shiny and resplendent not bitter and resentful. I wanted to explore this new downtrodden side of my pony some more, but Dimples stormed ahead and went right on explaining how the duel is going to happen. Each player will be given 150 wooden tiles to build a house of cards. The first two to reach 8 feet will stay alive. The loser is out for good and becomes the first member of the Jury. Upon hearing this, Pretty Pony smirks and lifts his chin to the Omarions looking on. It was subtle, but it was there. A teeny tiny hint of pride and smartassness eeked out and we now know that if Pretty Pony gets put on the Jury, he won't vote for the best player, he'll vote for whomever didn't do him wrong. Well, Philip has one vote I guess. Survivors ready, go.
Lawyer Dave, the mayor of Legoland, takes his time building a structure that will stand up to gale force winds and possible hurricanes. Mike, on the other hand, just makes one wooden box on top of another and before we know it, he's already at 6 feet with Pretty Pony about a foot behind him. I quickly became very nervous for Lawyer Dave and started hurling dominoes and chess pieces at my tv screen. As the governor of Checkertown, I expected Lawyer Dave to smoke those other guys! Instead he was making sure his design was earthquake proof and wouldn't leak radiation. While I appreciate the thoughtfulness, just build the damn thing already!
Stack, stack, stack, build, build, build. Mike has one more level to complete but comes dangerously close to knocking down his entire structure. After repeated tries and leathery queefs from that motorcycle jacket Julie, MIKE STAYS ALIVE!!! We're now down to Pretty Pony and Lawyer Dave and I'm struggling a little bit with whom I want to stay in the game. On the one hand, it's the pony. On the other hand, Lawyer Dave talks shit to Phillip. I couldn't decide so I covered my eyes and hoped that Mike would maybe, fingers crossed, get struck by a bolt of lightening. Sadly, that didn't happen and PRETTY PONY STAYS ALIVE!!! Bummer. I'm sad to see Lawyer Dave go at this point in the game. He was one of our last hopes for some solid game play. Personally, I think the title of "Puzzle Master" was a curse. I don't know if he gave it to himself or if someone on his tribe gave it to him. All I know is that when he returns to Parcheesiville, his head will be hanging low and the citizens will be hurling dice at his cranium. Godspeed Lawyer Dave. Hopefully, we'll see you back in another season.
After the big duel, the tribe returns to camp and it's rice time! The Omarions are so stoked to eat their rice that they sing a little ditty while Phillip's limbs flail akimbo and we all get a peek at his ball sack. Mascaroni heads to the rice urn to begin cooking only to discover that what was once rice is now maggots! Uh oh... there are vampires in the tribe now. Michael, Michael, Michael... Clearly, Kiefer Sutherland showed up when everyone was gone and turned the lo mein into worms and the rice into maggots. The last fire will rise, behind those eyes, black house will rock, blind boys don't lie... Jami Gertz wasn't the only one all upset about it. Phillip was furious! After Mascaroni painstakingly separated the maggots from the rice, she wanted to store the remainder of their diseased rice in the Zappas urn. Now, I'm not a fan of the Zappas at all, but I'm with The Cuddler on this one. No fucking way are you putting your maggot rice into my urn. Maggots are born from eggs and while I'm sure Mascaroni did a bang up job pulling out the maggots themselves, there's no way she got out all of the microscopic eggs. Phillip thinks this sort of negative response from the Zappas is very telling and now he's somehow seen inside of their blackened evil souls as a result. No, you dumbass! Wouldn't an agent of the government have some sort of forensic knowledge about maggots? They didn't crawl into the leaky urn. They were born there!
So now Phillip Sheppard is very angry with how the Zappas refuse to help him save his rice. They're being unreasonable, they're blatantly breaking the rice law of the land and, if he could, he'd build an underground prison and arrest them for breaking Article 6 Section 2 of the Constitution Of The United States and the rice pinky swear. The Cuddler questions Phillip as to why he didn't ask to share the urn earlier before dumping the rice on a filthy towel. Phillip doesn't want to hear anything like questions and logic and reasoning. Instead, he wants to claim everything in that camp that he has a right to use. Oh sure, the Zappas can't sleep in the shelter or share the pillows or sleep under the tarp or cross the line in the sand, but Phillip is allowed to put his meaty paws on everything whenever and however he wants. Tattalie loaned him a whole gross of Post-It notes and now he's going to go around and label everything as his own. As soon as the Zappas leave their urn alone, Phillip will steal it, smack a Post-It on it and never again will the Zappas will be able to use it. Well, according to The Cuddler, that's all just crazy talk.
Phillip hears the word "crazy" on the wind and that teeny tiny brass diary key that was holding the lunacy part of his brain tightly shut breaks apart and a whole lot of verbal diarrhea leaks out... "I'm a very reasonable person to deal with. I know I am [a lunatic]. That's the one thing you never want to forget with me. You need to keep that in your mindset. That's your perception. Anytime somebody of a uh uh uh of uh my color gets up in one of your faces then you feel like I'm crazy." That's verbatim right there. Undoctored Phillip Sheppard. The man who stalks the Predator, the man who uses tiny seashells for earpieces, the man who radios to Goose whenever he has a private moment has just turned the word "crazy" into an all out Survivor race war. Rob and Grant listen from a distance and gasp in horror. Mascaroni crosses her arms, puts her head down and quietly walks away, Assley continues to pick the nits out of her armipts and The Cuddler replies lazily while lying supine in his shelter. I kind of love that he didn't even bother to stand up to argue with Phillip. Meanwhile, Phillip was beating on his chest saying, "Wang Chung Kung Fu expert right here!" Whatever Phillip. It's time for your Depakote.
What I'm more interested in is how Phillip, the filler of stereotypes, then proceeded to tell Survivor's 7 million or so viewers that all black men eventually self destruct and then go out and shoot stuff. With his finger he bang, bang, banged a borage of bullets through the screen and killed us all with his stupidity. As if that wasn't bad enough, he went back to his beach chair, sans feather chapeau, and started talking to himself about how one day everyone will be on their knees begging him for rice. No Phillip, we won't. We may be on our knees, but we won't be begging for your rice. We'll be begging for you to agree to the labotomy you so desperately need. Some people have been labotomized without cause - Frances Farmer, R.P. McMurphy - but I think it may turn out to be a beneficial thing for you Phillip. Just folllow Nurse Ratched down the hall and she'll take care of you from here on out. And, if for some reason, it doesn't work out, we'll do to you what the Indian did to McMurphy - smother you with a pillow.
The bickering continues and Phillip starts his whole "I'm a Chief Federal Agent" speech again. It used to be "Former", then it was "Special", now it's "Chief". I think next week he'll be "Princess Federal Agent". So there was Phillip yammering on, "White folks this... black men that... crazy, crazy, porcupine, jelly toast." The Cuddler spontaneously salutes him and I had to applaud in that moment. Finally! Another person to stand up to Phillip's bullshit. Steve is still a waste of space and adds nothing to the game, but I'm sick of everyone letting Phillip get away with all this crap he believes in. There he sat, beached on his chair, shoveling rice into his mouth (Hey! Where did he get that rice?), blurting out the N-word twice while not one person said anything in response. It turns out that Phillip's logic is that since he's never been in jail, he's not crazy. I know plenty of people who have never been incarcerated, but who are fucking cuckoo for cocoa puffs - Gwyneth Paltrow, for one.
This brings us to the big Immunity Challenge. For today's challenge, Survivors must build a multi-stage puzzle wheel. First, all nine tribe members will race to release a circular puzzle piece where they will then solve a puzzle inside of it. The first six to finish will proceed onto round two. I HATE challenges like this for Individual Immunity - the ones where a group proceeds to round two and then a smaller group proceeds to round three. I'd much rather they just did Endurance Challenges from here on out. They did it last season and it was exciting and awesome - remember how Jane kept winning? Anyhow, the six who continue on will then solve another puzzle to complete the wheel. First person to finish wins Immunity. Survivors ready, go!
The challenge begins and it's pretty funny. The Survivors have to run in circles around a podium to release the first part of the wheel. Phillip, scared of jostling the cranks and levers in his brain, gently tiptoes around his wheel while Rob flies so fast all we can make out is his gold medallion blowing in the wind. Mascaroni takes the lead and starts her puzzle first. Grant and Leatherface are right after her with Rob, Ralph and Assley behind them. Assley falls on her ass and that was cool, but all in all it was kind of a boring part one. Rob finishes first while Phillip tried to coerce his pieces into getting into place. When that didn't work, he started punching them in with his fists. And when that didn't work, he shot them all to smithereens with his pointer finger. Rob, Leatherface, Rooster, Mascaroni, The Cuddler and Grant proceed to round two.
Round two is literally people standing there solving puzzles which is about as exciting as watching someone play Solitaire. Very little visual appeal. Blah, blah, blah... Rob and The Cuddler are neck in neck and ROB WINS IMMUNITY!!! According to Dimples' twitter last night, The Cuddler was one second behind Rob. Too bad, so sad. His only hope to keep the Zappas together is to get two Omarion's to join them in voting out Phillip.
Back at Murlonio, the tribe is once again eating more rice. That satchel Julie tells us that the three Zappas will be voting out Phillip and she sure hopes someone from the Omarions will join them in that vote. Does she approach Assley who so clearly hates Phillip? Does she tell Mascaroni she'll never write her name down? Nope. Instead Leatherface goes and steals Phillip's shorts off the laundry line and buries them in the dirt. Now, the Nicaraguan water supply is tainted and there are an awful lot of Latin children talking to grains of sand and making feather skirts. That desk organizer Julie says, "Phillip's right, it's war." and war it was! Phillip notices his shorts missing and begins to interrogate all of the members of the tribe in a very calm and methodical way. "Did YOU take my shorts off the line! Well then, they must have gotten up and walked away then! They were right there a second ago. I can play that game! I can play that game! You're from the big house, right? You're from the big house." What "big house"? The one you saw in the distance out of the tiny window of your padded cell while you did a 5150 at Cedars? What the hell is he talking about?
Anyhow, Phillip doesn't have his shorts so instead he straps a few more feathers to his head and hangs a buff over his johnson. With a machete in hand and a purse over his shoulder, he paces the perimeter of the camp daring any and all unicorns, dragons, satyrs and chupacabras to start with him. He's trained in the top military facilities in this country. He's got the purple heart, the Congressional medal of honor and the Top Gun trophy. If any ligers or leprechauns out there want to fuck with him, now's the time. Bring it on!
Unfortunately, there was no time to fight any of the mythical creatures inside Phillip's head because now it's time for Tribal Council. Sandal wearing Lawyer Dave enters as the first member of the Jury and the first order of business is: where are Phillip's shorts? Without hesitating Phillip blames his missing pantaloons on The Cuddler. Due to his vast training at Langley and watching Meet The Parents 200 times, Phillip is confident that The Cuddler is the one who stole his shorts. He's also very mad that the Zappas are eating all of their own rice without his consent. The Cuddler says that as the Zappas numbers dwindle, the amount of rice allotted each person grows. They're going to eat it all and if they're forced into cannibalism then so be it. Dark meat is tastier than white meat. Be careful Phillip.
Mascaroni says she's frustrated with the maggot-y rice and then The Cuddler spills everything about the n-word riddled convo that took place back at camp. Dimples clutches his pearls and is stunned. This isn't a DMX album. This is Survivor! Backpackface Julie chimes in and says how Phillip threatened them with Wang Chung Kung Fu and then the fit hit the shan. Phillip got mad people were calling him crazy, his dad went to a grocery store, 1968, Richard Pryor, Jeff Probst isn't a woman, ring dings, beanbags and pillow cases. I don't know what the hell he was talking about, but it was neverending and it's almost not even fun anymore to try to recap it. I can just list random shit and it would make about as much sense as Phillip does. Potted plants, milkbones, guitar strings, beach towels and a carpet runner. There you go. That's what Phillip said.
So, digital clocks, handsoap, branches, marshmallows and colorful swirlies... Leatherface fesses up to stealing the shorts and Julie is the the 11th person voted out of Survivor: Redemption Island. Burble, burble, bleh.
So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? Quite honestly, I'm getting a little annoyed with the direction this season is heading. Phillip monopolized probably 80% of last night's episode. There's no strategy to cover and everyone I like is going home. On the one hand, I want Phillip to be voted out already, but, on the other hand, I know I'll have nothing to talk about it if he goes. What do you guys think? How much longer do you want Phillip to stay? Without Julie around anymore what will I carry my make-up case and sunglasses in? Are you surprised Ralph spelled Phile instead of Fill? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
If you like this blog and you watch The Amazing Race, please check out the Bitchy Amazing Race Blog.
Also, all Survivor photos in this post were blatantly stolen from the Facebook Group Survivor Seasons. I usually try to swipe them from CBS, but those bitches won't update their photo section. So, thanks Survivor Seasons. Sorry about that whole theft thing.

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Friday, January 18, 2013
Woman With the Biggest Hips in the World Speaks
75 comments:
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 20:34
This is a sack of disease!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 20:37
Egba mi? I no go eat again. What? *Going to throw up*ReplyDelete
These are not hips. Just lumps of abnormal fat deposited at the hip region. Finito! her body is crying fir surgery.ReplyDelete
See how Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj fought as Nicki rejected a contestant over same eyeshadow. See it on GISTville
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 20:51
Its nt a matter of big hips, how do u walk, n its nt healthy, u need to detox asap.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 20:55
Serzly huh? U call ds sexy SMH, BBM*confusedface* dunno front 4rm back in d 3rd pics ogaju...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:02
Sorry don't mean to b rude ,but I'm just curious as to how she wipes her bum ,considering the distance .ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:17
Lol ur discustinDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 02:21
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 11:53
Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:02; dude u r very funny!HAAAAAHHAAHAHAHAH "considering the distance" indeed! LOLDelete
- Anonymous20 January, 2013 02:27
- sarafina18 January, 2013 21:07
What can she do about it? Her husband even loves it sefReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:18
How does she hv sex self with all dat n d wayDelete
Dis is far too much,but anyways its gods giftDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:13
Chei!! Ihemo! Dis one na Udumoyoyo.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:14
sexy and hot,my dog faceReplyDelete
- dt chic18 January, 2013 21:16
Ooobioko, nawa ooo. Ds is disgusting, over to you luca heheheheheReplyDelete
- Laduns biggest fan18 January, 2013 21:22
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:33
what a very nice husband. I like how he boosts her confidenceReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:41
Wad is dis?goshReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:42
Wad is dis??? I fell lik trowin up rite nw.GoshReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 21:48
Jeez! This is scary, the buttocks are even slanting. I feel bad for her, it can't be easy, putting so much weight on those legs. How do they make love? :sReplyDelete
Soon she would start having leg pain, and hope some day it wont break her legsReplyDelete
- Valerie.18 January, 2013 21:54
OMG she looks like a tent in that last picture. This is just plain wrong..... on so many levels. And unhealthy. My only joy is that she has a man who loves her, but shouldn't that love translate to concern? Rather than encouraging her by telling her she's sexy he should help/make/force her to lose weight.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:00
Sorry ,Just curious hw her hands can reach to wipe her bum.#realy amazedReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:04
she is pretty !!!!and i am happy that she got verified on twitterReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:08
some men can like dirty tinz shaReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:09
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:10
i feel baad for her alreadyReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:11
WTF is this?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:12
Akpu things.see their children's cheeks.see as d man keep face.greedy guy.lolReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:13
her cloths are specially made,without being told, SMHseriouslyReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:19
God forbid badt thinz,how can a sane man call this sexy and hot?is he madt?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:20
Hmmmm! Beautyfully n wondafully made!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:21
U are really hot ooo...I wonder how ur husby they fuck u sef.he will need to pass a pipe to pour sperm inside.ReplyDelete
Concerned citizen
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 22:41
Hian! Jisos were onoduReplyDelete
HIPS DON'T LIE! i comot cap for u!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:09
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:12
This is sadReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:12
Omg! How did she allow herself become this? Sometimes you don't need to listen to only hussy o. God no create you like this na, I hope he isn't disappointed she turned herself into. How do the kids cope sef?ReplyDelete
- warri pikin18 January, 2013 23:13
Abeg na diseaseReplyDelete
- Ginika18 January, 2013 23:33
She needs a gastric bypass or a gastric band fitted. The pressure on her legs can lead to all sorts of illnesses.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm surprised her legs aren't broken yet.Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 01:15
True she is overweight but I think there is a factor in her that makes the fat so disproportionateReplyDelete
- Her RoyalPoshness19 January, 2013 01:29
Jesu Kristi Oluwa wa....ReplyDelete
Btw whr z Luca??
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 02:02
All of you who are being extremely rude shld take a chill pill...her husband likes her the ways she is, so wat ever u guys opinions are dosent matter or count!!!and am sure must of u cursing her out are either skinny like a needle or ugly as fuck..so get a life LOSERSS!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 08:06
Says a fellow fatso!Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 08:07
I'm sure u are an insecure fat person. "Her husband likes her...." If he really loves her, he would be concerned about her health and her being alive 4 a long time. People like u make me sick when u refuse to face simple reality. This woman and others like her are a disaster waiting to happen! Keep urselves healthy for long life and for ur family n kids instead of killing urselves and attacking people who tell u the truth!!Delete
- dr van bay19 January, 2013 09:05
Orobokibo keep on rocking!Delete
- dr van bay19 January, 2013 09:11
Just showed the pic to my fave patient! He said this is called two rooms and parlour! Abariba peoples kinda diet! Lol!Delete
- Anonymous20 January, 2013 01:01
@dr van bay will u marry me? #batslashesDelete
- dr van bay19 January, 2013 06:14
This is lucabracee's spec nah!lol But her husband is wicked! Ahn ahn! I don't even no if there's a medical name For this condition!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 10:25
This dr van bay,are you sure you are a real doctor or a muntuary attendant, mistaken himself for a doctor,cos all the doctors I know,are always busy and have less time for bloging,but ur own seem to be the reverse,you seem to be everywhere on this blog and even that of linda ikeji's,I saw one of ur post where you were telling cossy to die so you can embalm her,and that got me very confused,so my dear pls explain how you are a doctor,but work in a mortuary,cos this is a typical case of a butterfly that thinks he is a bird,just asking o?Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 10:58
@ anon 10:25,d fact dat he's a Dr doesn't mean he'll work all thru d day.ok?Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 11:14
@anon 10.25,well said, So dokinta/lab attendant wat do u have to say.Delete
- dr van bay19 January, 2013 13:51
Anon 10:25 M-O-R-T-U-A-R-Y that is how it is spelt! Meanwhile why are you taking morphine for my pains? Also ask professor x of she's a professor,and ask yourself if you are really anonymous! Instead of blog whoring I advise you to take up english lessons! Cos your grammar is horrific! ignorant bigot!fool of life!Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 17:07
hahahahahahahahaha dr van bay. people forget that blogs are accessed on phones and tablets and you can also check on the move, on the job except when you are sleeping. all work and no play jareDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 17:29
Lol,sweetie forget about my grammar am not an english woman,and english is not my fathers language,I only asked an honest question that deserved and honest answer,but you know what? ur responds just told me all I need to know about you,a doctor is Suppose to be patient and understanding,but with an Attitude like that I can clearly tell you are not a doctor,but then again, this is the internet,anybody can be who they want to be behind a computer,I won't insult u back cos you can only give what you have,if what you have in ur life is insults and Aggression that's too bad,what I have in my life is blessings and happiness,so am gonna give you that,kiss kiss darling.Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 18:10
Anon 17:29,I love ur response its so matured.if you are still single pls send me ur email add.Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 18:16
Haba dorkita,you fall my hand oooo,as a medical practitioner you should be used to people asking you annoying questions,is this how you act when a patient says something that gets you upset?I need to report you to ur medical director oooo.Delete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 09:09
May God give her restReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 10:47
Beauty lies in d eyes of the beholder n dats y dey have 3 lovely kids...♣ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 12:40
Sexy it is to hide behind her hips, playing hide and seek with her can really be fun for d husband and d 3 kids. Lord, pls send help to her fast.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 15:39
heavily endowed *lwkmReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 16:45
She really needs help..wow..how person go dey look as the hips dey increase and she did nothing bout it?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 18:38
She's pretty but needs 2 cut down dose fat.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 January, 2013 00:20
This is definitely a medical condition that needs a fast and urgent attention;God intervene in her affairsReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 January, 2013 07:25
Sexy???????I comment my reserve.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 17:01
way too much *ssReplyDelete
Too much for one man but not enough for two.ReplyDelete


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Sondra, The Next Level in MP3 Appreciation?
Benjamin Meyer, author of Kinkatta (the app formerly known as Kaim, renamed at the kind suggestion of AOL), is ready to present his next project, Sondra.
According to Benjamin, this concept may well be unique and original enough that it probably hasn't been implemented elsewhere (including Windows-land). Currently, Sondra is tied to XMMS, but should be easy to generalize to use your favorite player. I also wonder if Sondra could be made to use Ogg Vorbis, given the patent troubles with MP3.
Excellent. The next step is to link it to a database that links the cut to a style, CD, artist list, date of composition, date of release, etc. and let each one of these variables influence the next selection. Going even further: tempo, theme, musical period, and significant lyrics could be linked. This is what radio djs do (or used to). Heck, a thesaurus function or pun linker could even get into the act!
By Ross Baker at Fri, 2001/08/03 - 5:00am
Re: Sondra
I agree completely. I've wanted this for a long time, and have thought about trying to write my own version of this. If your extension ideas get added, I'll be in hog heaven!
By TomC at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Ogg me
It would be great if this could work with *.ogg files.
By Mark Hillary at Fri, 2001/08/03 - 5:00am
Re: Ogg me
As an Ogg supporter, I was wondering if you knew of a hardware player that supports Ogg. Otherwise, I'm getting a portable player that only supports MP3 due to the simple dual facts of 1) it's cheap and 2) it's really nicely engineered.
And, of course, that pretty much sets my personal format for the near future.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Fri, 2001/08/03 - 5:00am
Re: Ogg me
This interests me too.
By Konqi at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Ogg me
errmmh, it would be great, yes.
By reihal at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Ogg me
I think the iomega hip zip supports .ogg
By Rob at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
the problem with the hip zip ...
is that it sucks :)
Actually, that may not be true for some people, no offense to Iomega is intended.
However, those "pocketzip" disks (formerly "clik!" -- guess that name didn't work out too well ;)) aren't common, and I doubt they ever will be. They're (not even) the Bernoulli carts of the early 21st century ... I don't trust Zip drives, and have no reason to trust the little version either. If they were the only alternative, maybe I would, but I can't think of any area in which a CD-R / CD-RW is beaten by Zip except longest dimension, since the Zips are small and rectangular.
If Iomega sees the potential in Ogg, as they seem to, I wish they would come out with a player with a better chance of survival -- like one that plays burned CD-Rs or CD-RWs, or even DVD-RAM. Or if big-spinning-disks players are too bulky, maybe one using SmartMedia or CompactFlash?
Even (and I say this because I'd like to see more of the tiny CD-Rs ;)) tiny CD-Rs? I'd like to see a cute little round clamshell that plays vorbis from those mini-disks (not MiniDisks). iomega would be a perfectly adequate name to have on the outside of it, but so would a lot of others.
Iomega isn't wedded to Zip anymore, which is good -- I just wish they would make a clean break from them, since they have low capacity and low speed, and are not particularly reliable.
Hmmm. That small-CD clamshell player is sounding like a good idea to me, anyone want to sell one to me? :)
By timothy at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: the problem with the hip zip ...
Dear Timothy,
have u ever tried to go around or jogging with a portable Cd player? I have one and just bought a hip zip for 99 $...it sounds well and, surprise!!!, no junps....
Good look with your big and heavy cd player.... : )
Thx anyway for your advice
By Tony at Sun, 2001/11/18 - 6:00am
Re: Ogg me
the intel blah blah mp3man has support for adding new codecs.
By Caoilte at Tue, 2001/08/07 - 5:00am
Re: Ogg me
Well you can simply change the ".mp3" in the code and you should be find. I actually thought about having it be user defined so you could also have .wav, etc in it
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
What about ID3?
I thought ID3 was an MP3 thing only? Does it really work for ogg and wav?
By Navindra Umanee at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: What about ID3?
Actually, .ogg files have a generic name-value system for adding arbitrary fields to each file, so if anything it should be _easier_ to implement this for ogg. A quick eyeballing of the libvorbis headers would probably get one most of the way there.
By Space Coyote at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Sounds like Tivo
So its not exactly the same thing, but it is similar in concept. Play the kind of music that I like. What? I've been listening to a lot of Clasical? Oh, well lets see what other clasical music we have on disk and queue it up for playback.
I'm curious if this couldn't be extended to include Tivo favorite list like features for TV tuners. Or to search MP3.com or some other online free repository of music for music similar to what is being played. I'd DEFINATELY use something like that.
Very original. Very cool. I like it :)
By Falrick at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Sounds like Tivo
>Or to search MP3.com
Yeah, that way it could, say, dial-up in the middle of the night and download songs it thinks you might like. Perhaps the system could even be set to occasionaly download a random song, just to see if you like it and might want to get into that subgenre/artist.
By Carbon at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Storing info outside of the MP3 file
I put my MP3 files in a directory accessible from the LAN so that other users can play them as well. This conflicts with writing the information inside the MP3 file. First problem is that I made the files read-only, to avoid silly mistakes putting holes in my MP3 collection. Second problem is that every listener has a different taste in music, therefore their listening records should be kept separately.
So I would prefer if the gathered information would be stored outside of the MP3 file. There are other arguments in favor of external storage. Not every format can hold additional info; XMMS has a large number of input plugins and can play for example all the tracker formats (MOD, S3M, XM etc). Another argument for external storage is file sharing: if you swap music with others, you don't want their listening info mixed with yours.
By Maarten ter Huurne at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Storing info outside of the MP3 file
Rank them before you put them as read-only.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Storing info outside of the MP3 file
the whole purpose of this inventnion is that the ranking happens dynamically. every time you manually select a file, the rankings change. if you made the mp3's read only (as almost EVERY person i know does) then the dynamic ranking cannot happen. this defeats the wholr purpose of the entire technology.
By dude who cares at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Storing info outside of the MP3 file
If you use an OS with a sensible file permission system, it is trivial to make the files read-only to everyone who doesn't know your password, but still allow yourself to write to them. I don't see what the fuss is about.
The other problem (that music preferences shouldn't be shared along with the music) is actually much more of a problem. The only way this could be solved is if Sondra started storing its data in an external database instead of inside the .mp3 files (which sounds quite sensible to me, actually).
By not me at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Storing info outside of the MP3 file
Err - i can clearly understand what the problem is when you store your data inside the mp3file.
It results in _no_ multi user ability.
You know, most ppl like different kinds of music like one has punk as his favourite - and the other would like to hear some techno music.
Besides, I really don't like to save _any_ data
bye, valor
By valor at Thu, 2001/08/09 - 5:00am
for those people dual booting, the Windows version
Sondra is not unique.
The free (but not open source) program MP3 Control does this exact same thing. It is in a .7 release at the moment. More info can be found at http://mp3control.virtualave.net/. I've been using the feature that track song usage for a while, and it generally works pretty well. Reading the faq, it sounds like the auther wrote it for the same reason a lot of free software gets written: nothing else did what he wanted.
It can integrate with winamp or be used on its own. Don't know how it works under wine.
By Bob at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: for those people dual booting, the Windows version
The .7 hardly means anything. I could have called my application.9 if I so desired. As far as I know there is only 1 bug, so it is pretty far done. Not what I would call beta.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: for those people dual booting, the Windows version
Site is down... I can't find any information about it and the site seems to be down...
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Similar idea...
I've had a similar idea in the past. What I was considering was having a ranking system the same as Sondra, except the music would come from an Icecast server, and the rankings would be sent back there from multiple users (think an office of people listening to the same speakers).
That way, more popular songs would be played a little more often than the obscure ones, and, as people get sick of a song being played too much, the ratings go down and the song gets played less. A "veto" option would also be good...
By Jim at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Similar idea...
Now that you mention it, I swear I saw this used as an example in some Linux magazine. Could have been L. Journal or L. Magazine. IIRC, it was used as an example of using PERL to make interactive web pages. People ranked the song that was playing, the page was sent back to the server and then the playlist weightings were changed. Darned if I can remember more about it at this point.
By Bob at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Similar idea...
should be possible to use dcop+perl or php
By ik at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Re: Similar idea...
Well adding sandra to a web page is something that can be done quite easily using the 2 command line tools.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
Ogg Vorbis
I also would like to see support for Ogg Vorbis.
By Joergen Ramskov at Sat, 2001/08/04 - 5:00am
It's not that origional...
Umm, I've seen things like this on Freshmeat for years now. I think it was Freshmeat, anyway, it might have been on sourceforge, but it definately existed and it definately sounded just like this. It didn't mention storing information in ID3 tags, but that was the only difference.
By Chris Carlin at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
Please Bring forth this fantome! Quick search here, quick search there, nada. You are probably thinking of playlist generators, that would just scan files This is nothing special. Sondra generates the playlist based upon rank which is special.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
Rank things as you play them, and it starts to play songs you like more often than those you don't.
By Lauri Watts at Mon, 2001/08/06 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
By Peter at Tue, 2001/08/07 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
Please, Benjamin...
Please stop trying to push your software as some new "nifty wowie-gee I can't imagine anyone else even thinking of this idea before me" plugin. Many many people have had this idea before you, and I'm sure many more before them. Hell even I did (I used to be a DJ and actually started a database with genre, bpm, beginning and ending "style", etc.) -- Your idea is *not* original. It's a hard lesson to learn but once learned it saves a lot of head/heartache in the future.
With that being said, let me commend you for actually getting software out the door. *That* is what many many people with the idea have *NOT* done (or not done well), and that is exactly what you should be proud of. When I get home I will be installing sondra and giving it a whirl.
Now as far as ideas for improvement go:
By Andrew at Tue, 2001/08/07 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
The Apollo player (for windows, unfortunately.. it was pretty decent) did something like this.
By sesquiped at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: It's not that origional...
Nope, they don't have ranking of any sort. They have a little bit more advanced search capability, but not playlist generation.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Talking about song ranking...
I'm thinking back about 4 years now...
I'm sure there used to be a web site which would ask you to rate albums, and then recommend new music to you, based on previous ratings by other people. Does anyone remember this, and know if it's still going (I doubt it's still there, this was quite a while ago: before MP3s became as big as they are now).
On a different tack, there used to be a site which was a sort of stock market in event probabilities (from coin flips, to thermonuclear war). This would be about 4 years ago as well. Does anyone remember this?
I used to have all these sites bookmarked, but on computers that I don't own anymore :)
By Jon at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Same Data, Read-Only MP3s?
I love the idea, but I don't want the MP3s themselves written! Does it support writing it to a separate database, even just a text file?
How can you make a shared MP3 database for the house, if everyone's different preferences are written to the MP3 files themselves? That also suggests that you have WRITE access to the MP3 filesystem, where a good jukebox would lock off most writes to avoid accidental deletions.
By Speare at Sun, 2001/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Same Data, Read-Only MP3s?
Well generally you would rank the songs simply based upon how good they were. Generally people will rank the songs about the same. You could then rank it before you mark it read-only. Also if you want to have a file or database then you can simply re-write one of the files in Sondra (song.cpp) and you are all set.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Mon, 2001/08/06 - 5:00am
Offtopic: KDE2.2?
Does anyone know the status of KDE2.2 ? According to the updated release schedule (posted on the Dot a few weeks back), KDE2.2 would be available via ftp on the 3rd (two days ago), and announced tomorrow.
I don't see the packages on ftp.kde.org, but the CVS has been tagged as KDE_2_2_RELEASE, so it looks like things are rolling.
Anyway, good work! As you can tell, I can't wait :)
By Justin at Mon, 2001/08/06 - 5:00am
is anyone else reminded of STTNG?
"Computer, I want some music, play some classical."
"Hmmm. That's not quite right- something slower, more romantic..."
I think the conversation like this was in the one where Geordi is trying to get into Leah Brahms' knickers....
By graspee at Mon, 2001/08/06 - 5:00am
Unique yes. Useful?
Interesting idea, however just because you've listened to the Macarena 99 times doesn't mean that it is now the only song you ever want to hear. Going to have to be careful how those playlists are generated.
By Steve at Tue, 2001/08/07 - 5:00am
Re: Unique yes. Useful?
In the source there is a file called ThinkingLogic or something that explains just what detirmines what will be in the next batch of songs.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Wed, 2001/08/08 - 5:00am
Altering MP3's is a Bad Idea - From My perspective
I like to keep my mp3's high quality and sharable. I prefer to keep them in pristine condition, without tainting them with my own personal ID3 tags. I also don't want to find mp3's with other peoples commentary other than that of the original creator/etractor/ripper....
By GoofBall at Tue, 2001/08/07 - 5:00am


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Sodium Hyaluronate
Hyaluronate is the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the fluid that bathes joints, in the vitreous humor of the eye and in the skin. It's abundant in the dermis of young skin, but levels of this important compound decline with age. This makes skin look older. Hyaluronic acid gives skin volume by holding onto water and as levels decline with age, skin loses its youthful fullness. As an anti-aging treatment, dermatologists inject it into the dermis of the skin to restore facial fullness in areas where volume is lost. Sodium hyluronate is the main ingredient in Restylane, an injectable filler used to treat loss of facial volume and wrinkles. It has other medical applications as well.
Doctors sometimes use injections of sodium hyaluronate to treat knee pain due to arthritis. In this setting, it helps to lubricate the joint and reduce pain and inflammation. It also has various applications in the field of ophthalmology.
Hyaluronic acid doesn't easily penetrate the skin when it's applied topically, so it is most successful when injected into the dermis of the skin through fillers like Restylane. This is due to its large size. Sodium hyaluronate is smaller than hyaluronic acid and is able to move more freely into the deeper layers of the skin. This is an advantage since sodium hyaluronate is a powerful humectant that attracts and holds on to water, making it the ultimate skin moisturizer. This helps to hydrate skin and keep it moist and supple. Because it attracts and binds to water, it causes slight swelling. This swelling helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and gives skin a more youthful appearance. In addition, the subtle swelling increases volume, which makes skin look younger.
The fact that hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the dermis of the skin makes it even more appealing as a skin care ingredient.
Not surprisingly, sodium hyaluronate has become popular with manufacturers of cosmetics and anti-aging skin care products. Its ability to penetrate skin and hold onto water makes it a popular ingredient in moisturizers, eye creams, facial cleansers, skin repair creams and other anti-aging skin care products. The fact that hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the dermis of the skin makes it even more appealing as a skin care ingredient. People are increasingly looking for products that contain natural ingredients that aren't toxic and won't harm or irritate skin. Sodium hyaluronate fits the bill. The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep database classifies it as an ingredient with a low potential for toxicity and gives it a high safety rating.
Sodium hyaluronate is also not known to be irritating to skin, although people who get filler injections with hyaluronic acid in the form of Restylane may experience some localized irritation after the procedure. Unlike some moisturizing products, moisturizers and cleansers that contain sodium hyaluronate don't leave a "greasy" feel to the skin. This makes sodium hyaluronate beneficial as a moisturizer for most skin types. In moisturizers, it may be combined with other hydrating ingredients that form a protective layer on the surface of the skin, further increasing skin's ability to hold onto water. Since hyaluronic acid is naturally found in the dermis of the skin, products that contain sodium hyaluronate help to replace hyaluronic acid lost as a result of the natural skin aging process and sun exposure.
Sodium hyaluronate has moisturizing benefits when applied topically to skin tissue.
All in all, sodium hyaluronate is a safe and effective moisturizer and has the ability to bind and hold onto significant amounts of water. It has an advantage over hyaluronic acid, a molecule that has to be injected into the dermis due to its large size. Plus, not everyone is comfortable with having a needle placed into the skin on their face or the risks of injecting too much and not getting a good cosmetic result. Sodium hyaluronate has moisturizing benefits when applied topically to skin tissue. No injections are required. In addition, it mimics hyaluronic acid produced naturally by the body. It's non-irritating to skin and is usually well tolerated even by people with sensitive skin.
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