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Via kottke.org.
Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores…:
“Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores at the Metropolitan Opera? Not anymore. After Juan Diego Flórez busted out nine flawless high Cs in a tenor solo, the reaction from the audience compelled the singer into the first solo encore at the Met since 1994.
Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said on Tuesday that he had asked Mr. Flórez weeks ago whether he would be prepared to repeat the aria, if the audience demanded. Mr. Fl’orez had already done so at other houses, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where last year he became the first to violate an encore ban since 1933.
Mr. Flórez agreed to Mr. Gelb’s request, and the orchestra and chorus were warned. A system was established. Mr. Gelb kept an open line on the phone in his box to the stage manager. After the explosive reaction he gave the stage manager the go-ahead. The manager activated a podium light for the conductor, Marco Armiliato. Mr. Armiliato held out a questioning two fingers to Mr. Flórez. ‘He just smiled, and that means ‘Yes,’ ‘ the conductor said.
Flórez nailed all nine Cs in the encore too. The mp3 of the performance is a thrilling listen.
(link)”
First impressions, having just read the spec.
For the record, I like small laptops. And I mean, I REALLY like small laptops. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a sub-notebook I’d actually consider purchasing, be it Mac or PC.
And I can’t see that changing with the announcement of the MacBook Air.
I’m using a 1.83ghz Core2 MacBook with 1.5gb RAM at the moment.
An entry level MacBook Air is running at 1.63ghz and shipping with 2gb RAM.
While there’s not a lot of difference here, it is worth noting that the Air has 4mb of L2 cache on the chip (versus 2mb on the MacBook) and an 800mhz FSB (versus 667mhz on the MacBook). I’m unsure as to how much of a performance increase we’ll see from this. Have to wait and see.
Interesting to see a PATA instead of a SATA hard disk in the Air.
Multi-touch trackpad is a nice feature too. Looking forward to playing with that!
The Air certainly looks the part. It’s small, it’s light, spec is pretty good, looks amazing. Couldn’t ask for more.
Until…….
A: No Firewire.
B: No removal/upgradeable memory.
C: No optical drive as standard (available as an option)
D: No removable battery.
E: Hefty price tag
Any one (or maybe even two or three (at a push!)) of these would be acceptable, but all five really makes me shy away a bit, which is a real shame.
I was really hoping Apple would release a sub-notebook and not the iPhone-esque tablet thing that everyone’s been praying for, so I was really excited to see the MacBook Air release news.
I’m a little disappointed on initial inspection. That may change when I actually have one in front of me.
I’ll let you know when that happens.
The world is full of strange people.
Firefighters had to turn a waterhose on a man armed with a samurai sword while attending a fire in Dundalk.
(Via BBC News.)
Cool use for the Wii remote.
Help feed the poor while brushing up on your vocabulary.
Freerice.com is a website that does just that by giving you a word and suggesting four possible definitions. For each one you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the World Food Program (WFP).
Rice is paid for by advertisers, including Apple and Toshiba. It’s a cool idea and one that should be suppported.
There’s been a lot of press about the hits and misses in Leopard. But my two fave features seem to be quite low on the list!
1: Airport in the menu bar.
Yes I know it’s been there forever, but it sucked before, and now it doesn’t! Proper realtime updating of available networks, including security status. It should have been sorted a long time ago. Thankfully, now it is!
2: Finder and mounted shares.
This was my most loathed part of all previous incarnations of OS X. Mount a remote volume, put your Mac to sleep and wander to another location. Open it up and watch and wait for the spinning beachball of doom to do it’s thing.
If you’re lucky, you may get a “volume disconnected” message, albeit eventually. You may however have to forcefully reboot your machine to sort it.
This behaviour is now no more, and it’s a joy! In fact, I really like the way Leopard deals with remote servers. Authenticate to the machine, and you instantly have access to all the shares on the machine. No more multiple ‘Command-K’ing to connect to the same server.
It may seem like small fry against the behemoth Time Machine or the instantly cool Quick Look, but in terms of usability, it’s the little things that make all the difference.
I really hate reviews that misinform, and while the Macworld review of Leopard is mostly accurate, there are some gross inaccuracies!
First, if the Dock is on the bottom of the screen (where a lot of people tend to keep it), a stack will display as a curving column of icons or as a rectangular grid, depending on how many items are in the folder.
While this is true of the default behavior, it is easily rectified with a right click -> view as -> grid. Problem solved.
Interestingly, this choice is not available if the dock is positioned on the side. It’s grid or nothing!
For folders where the number of items changes regularly (such as Downloads), you never know which display you’re going to get.
Wrong again. Once again, right click invoked context menu has the answer, which happens to be the same as above!
Furthermore, stacks displayed as columns sort items alphabetically beginning at the bottom of the stack, while stacks displaying as a grid sort items alphabetically beginning at the top left.
Someone really ought to invest in a two button mouse. Context menus are a wonderful thing.
You open a Finder window in Cover Flow mode, then drag the lower-right corner of the window down to see more files. Oops! Watch instead as the Cover Flow icons grow to gargantuan size while the list of files you’re actually trying to expand remains the same size.
And you can then reduce the size of the icons by dragging the bar below them up, thus revealing more icons. 
For those who are a couple of generations behind in their hardware, the prospect of a Leopard world is bleak. For one, any Mac with a G3 chip is automatically left out. This includes all of the original translucent iMacs; you know, the ones that helped get Apple back on its feet.
Do what now?!
Other G4s that Leopard doesn’t support include Quicksilver and earlier Power Macs and Cubes released before January 2002; eMacs sold before October 2003; Titanium PowerBooks older than November 2002.
So, machines about as old as G3 hardware then…..
We were able to get an unsupported mini working that way, albeit slowly.
Which is possibly why they’re considered “unsupported”?
There are always going to be casualties in the bleeding edge market. Dropping support for the G3 was an inevitability. It struggled to run Tiger without loads of ram, and Leopard is a whole ‘nother beast.
Dan “Björn Türoque” Crane on the Air Guitar!
I consider the air guitar to be the ne plus ultra of both high and low tech, and thus find myself subservient to its power.
The oddest directions I’ve ever had.
Through the gate, left down the dirt track, third chicken shed on the right.
From the BBC Website
Prince has threatened to take legal action against fan-run websites unless they remove photographs of him.
A fan group, Prince Fans United, claims the star is trying to “stifle all critical commentary” and he is in “violation of the freedom of speech”.
But Web Sheriff, the UK firm the pop star has hired to enforce the ban, said it was “not an attack on fans”.In September, Prince took action against video sharing website YouTube to remove clips of his London concerts.
Whatever about the Youtube thing. I think it’s stupid but hey…..
But this latest row is simply nonsense!
Well kinda……
Porn sites that offer free movies, but you have to install a “codec” to view them.
Sound familiar? All those setup.exe files are back but with a Mac flavour.
Once installed the trojan hijacks DNS and redirects popular purchase sites to sites controlled by the hijacker to extract credit card details.
Now I hardly think this constitutes “open season” on the Mac as Wired would have you believe. Fair enough it’s a development in the “viruses on the Mac” department, but, currently, you would have to be a bit of a muppet to get duped. Macs are not invincible, and they never have been. There’s been plenty of dodgy apps that do dodgy things once authentication has been given. This is nothing new.
And as for this pearl of wisdom from “security researcher” (?) Gadi Evron:
Apple’s day has finally come, and Apple users are going to get hit hard. OS X is the new Windows 98.
Ahuh……
Even the BBC are getting excited about this game.
It does look awesome though!
The new ad for Sony Bravia. Apparently Europe only?
Anyway, it’s great!
From The Times Online
In their defence the restaurateurs say that there were actually rats in the stew.
Nice….
US President George W Bush has vetoed a bill to expand a children’s health care insurance scheme, after it was passed with a large majority in the Senate.
More here
Palm Pilot? Sounds like a wanking machine!
Awesome!
It is a sad day.
Amazing artist.
I love his Rosa Parks picture.
It appears that absolute positioning in Opera 9 is broken.
Putting an absolutely positioned item within a relatively positioned div doesn’t work as it should….
The following code should place the image 10px from the top of the div, but due to the bug in Opera, it doesn’t!
<div style=”position: relative;”>
<img src=”someimage.jpg” style=”position: absolute; top: 10px;”>
</div>
The solution?
Nest the image inside another div, thus…
<div style=”position: relative;”>
<div style=”position: absolute; top: 10px;”>
<img src=”someimage.jpg”>
</div>
</div>
Problem solved.
From The Guardian
A long-running private squabble over who deserves most credit for the film Babel has escalated into a public row between one of the most important cinematic duos of recent years.
Who deserves the most “credit” for Babel?
Who cares? It was shit!
From BBC News
Actor Ian Richardson, best known for his role as scheming chief whip Francis Urquhart in the BBC’s House of Cards, has died suddenly at the age of 72.
Wonderful actor. A great loss.
Could it possibly be time for another Stephen King book to film adaptation that’s actually good?
John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson in starring roles, and, from the trailer, 1408 looks great!
I like John Cusack, so I hold out some kind of hope for this. From the short clip (and I must admit, I’ve not read ANY Stephen King since Dolores Claiborne), I can see similarities to Kubrik’s ‘The Shining’. Cusack’s character even seems to look remarkably like Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson from The Shining).
Good films based on Stephen King’s works are remarkably few and far between, when you consider the extensive list that’s been made.
Personal faves would be Misery, Carrie, Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption, and the Green Mile.
Atrocities? Lawnmower Man, It, The Tommyknockers, The Langoliers, Cujo……
I could go on.
It’s a long list unfortunately. Let’s hope this doesn’t end up on it.
My initial reaction to today’s Oscar nominations.
Firstly:
Pan’s Labyrinth receiving 6 nominations:
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Achievement in Makeup
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Original Screenplay
I loved Pan’s Labyrinth. Easily my favourite film of last year, and, if I had my way, it would walk away with Best Foreign Language Film and Original Screenplay. A real shame it’s not nominated in best film (more on that later….)
United 93 receiving two nominations:
Achievement in Directing (Paul Greengrass)
Achievement in Film Editing
Another of my favourite films from last year. I thought it might have been overlooked, and am really happy that it hasn’t been.
Children of Men gets 3 nominations:
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Film Editing
Adapted Screenplay
The Best Actor in a Leading Role category is interesting:
Leonardo Di Caprio (Blood Diamond)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Peter O’ Toole (Venus)
Will Smith (Pursuit of Happyness)
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
I would love to see Peter O’ Toole take the award. He’s been nominated 6 times in the past. He has been awarded an Academy Honorary Award in 2003 which he accepted saying that he would still like to “win the lovely bugger outright”.
I can’t help but feel that he’ll be beaten to the statue again this year. Forest Whitaker’s performance as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland is simply incredible.
And then there’s Babel getting 7 nominatons:
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Original Screenplay
I’m sorry. Maybe I’m missing something. What is so great about this film?
I found it dull, really dull. It has some of the most contrived plot points I’ve seen in a film.
Granted, the performances are good, as is the direction, but the script sucks, and without a half way decent script…….
Anyway, full list of nominations is available from the Oscars website
As voted for by users on MSN Movies.
- Spice World
- Titanic
- Grease 2
- Waterworld
- Hostel
- Anaconda
- Batman & Robin
- Gigli
- Catwoman
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
I haven’t seen all the films on the list, but……
Titanic wasn’t that bad. Fair enough, it’s no masterpiece, but compared to something like Raise the Titanic, then (to quote Mark Kermode) it’s Citizen Kane.
Waterworld didn’t live up to the hype, fair enough, but it’s not as bad a film as say….. Razor Blade Smile…..
Hostel just a gore flick. An endurance test for teenagers, and not that bad either…..
And why isn’t Little Man on that list?!
Worst film of all time surely?!
A list of films I’ve seen in the last view months, seeing as I’ve been lame about posting!
Pan’s Labyrinth - Easily my choice for best film of 2006. If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing a masterpiece. IMDB
United 93 - Superb retelling of the hijacking of the 4th plane on September 11. IMDB
Capote - A wonderful performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, but I didn’t really like the film. IMDB
Wisconsin Death Trip - Beautiful film based on newspaper articles in Wisconsin between 1890 - 1900. IMDB
Roman Holiday - Not seen it in years. Still as good as I remembered it. IMDB
To Kill a Mocking Bird - Better than I remembered it, and that was amazing! IMDB
Casino Royale - A gritty Bond movie. And it’s good! IMDB
Requiem - Hard hitting German exorcism film. Really powerful, but not a fun watch. IMDB
Wizard of Oz - It was a joy to see it projected. IMDB
Hellboy - Really enjoyable comic book to film adaptation, something that rarely goes well! IMDB
Ghost in the Shell 2 (Innocence) - Really good sequel to one of the most amazing animes ever. IMDB
Children of Men - Superb dark dystopian thriller about a society where women are infertile. IMDB
I’m sure I’m missing some in there. I’ll update it as I remember.
From curbly.com :
This is a fabulous idea for reusing your wine and liquor bottles after
your holiday parties. Just spray them with chalkboard paint. After the paint dries then rub chalk all over the bottle and then erase it. This will “prime” the bottle and give it that old chalkboard look that you so love!
Looks really nice and considering I drink a lot of wine, there should be no shortage of materials!
From lab6.com
Have a look at this. It canexxors:
1×1=1
11×11=121
111×111=12321
1111×1111=1234321
11111×11111=123454321
111111×111111=12345654321
1111111×1111111=1234567654321
11111111×11111111=123456787654321
111111111×111111111=12345678987654321
Nice.
And I’m back again……
No excuses. I’ve just been lame.
So, now I am going to make a concerted effort to write stuff a bit more often. Let’s see how long it lasts this time
From playlistmag.com
Famed electronic duo The Crystal Method has released Drive: Nike+ Original Run, a 45 minute continuous electronic music mix for runners.
Gotta love The Crystal Method. Vegas is a must-have album.
As the observant among you will have noticed, I have been conspicuous by my absence of late. So where have I been?
Well, some of it it’s interesting and some of it isn’t. Firstly, been spending my free time learning PHP. I’ve become a little engrossed in a little personal project, the purpose of which is to write an app to catalog my movie collection. It’s been fun (most of the time) if a little frustrating (most of the time!).
Other than that, went to my first festival last week!
The Sunrise Celebration took place in Somerset between the 16th - 21st of June. We (as in my band, Just to Annoy Ray) played a couple of sets there, Friday on the Eartheart (Whirl-Y-Gig) Stage and Sunday in the Bimble Inn. We had a great time with both sets being really well received, though I do HAVE to give a big shout out to the guys at the Bimble Inn for all their hard work. It was touch and go for a while, but they pulled it off. Fair play guys!
Other than playing, the definite highlight was seeing Banco de Gaia play live in Friday night. It was awesome! For those of you that don’t know him, his new album, Farewell Ferengistan is worth picking up, and there are a couple of classic tunes you NEED to hear, namely Last Train to Lhasa, Heliopolis, and Drunk as a Monk (Rabbit in the Moon Mix).
So in summary, I’ve been programming, getting drunk, and dancing around to upbeat ambient dance music in a big field (though not ALL at the same time!)
Technorati Tags: Banco de Gaia, Sunrise Celebration, Just to Annoy Ray, Undulattice
Having seen a post on Daring Fireball about posting to a blog from Textmate, I thought I’d give it a go.
Since deciding to learn something about PHP a few weeks ago, I went in search of a text editor that would suit my needs and Textmate seems to be the weapon of choice. I’ve been using it as my main text editor for a few weeks now and it is the bomb, the mac, and the daddy.
Just have to see how the blogging bit works out. Not as elegant as Ecto but does a lot more besides blogging!
From Apple’s PR website:
Nike and Apple® today announced a partnership bringing the worlds of sports and music together like never before with the launch of innovative Nike+iPod products. The first product developed through this partnership is the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a wireless system that allows Nike+ footwear to talk with your iPod® nano to connect you to the ultimate personal running and workout experience.
This is a partnership I imagine most people won’t have seen coming, and I for one wish it hadn’t. Nike’s track record is dubious to say the least. It’s not too difficult to find information regarding their use of sweatshops in various parts of the world.
Apple itself have not been immune to some rather negative commentary, notably from Naomi Klein in her book “No Logo”, a discussion about branding and it’s impact on society.
In relation to this, an article on igorinternational.com states:
The company projects a humanistic corporate culture and a strong corporate ethic, characterized by volunteerism, support of good causes or involvement in the community. Nike blundered here. Apple, on the other hand, comes across as profoundly humanist.
Until now. Or maybe the ‘magic curtain’ has just been lifted, and I’ve seen a side to Apple that I did not want to see before. Maybe we’ll have Apple powered Starbucks WIFI spots next, or maybe even a range of Gapple clothing…….
I may not go as far as some people I know who are actually considering SELLING all their Apple equipment following the announcement of this “partnership”. I will have to think long and hard about my next Apple purchase though. The branding inbreeding is becoming too much to take.
Technorati Tags: Apple, Branding, Nike, iPod
Sorry. Couldn’t resist the title!
Regarding the new glossy screen on the Macbook (optional on 15″ Macbook Pros), John Sircusa offers the following:
Glossy displays have effectively taken over the entire laptop market. Why are they so popular? Here are three possible reasons.
They are better than matte-finish displays.
They are cheaper than matte-finish displays.
People are idiots.
Sounds fair to me.
The guys at Macserendipity disagree:
I have a Sony TFT at home with an Xblack glossy screen and I love it. The colors look vibrant and deep and switching to my Belina screen at work is frankly painful.
…
So maybe not having a choice is bad. People ( that are not idiots) should have a choice as some may not like the Glossy Screen. However some do. Those people including myself are not idiots they just have a preference.
Before I begin, I will say that I am NOT a fan of glossy screens. These “more vibrant colours” that are being spoken about and “higher contrast” make the screen almost unusable for getting an ACCURATE colour representation and are therefore fairly useless to anyone wanting to attempt some colour matching. Admittedly, this is something I do only rarely and is something that most people would not have any want or need to do, but it still annoys me! :-p
Anyway.
I’m sure a Sony XBlack TFT screen would look great in a lot of rooms. After all, indoors in a environment where you can control lighting conditions, a situation which is perfect (nay essential?) for these screens. Most showrooms, for example, are just such environments.
But the Macbook is PORTABLE computer. Thus, it would be preferrable to be able to use the laptop the conditions I happen to find myself, be it on a train, in the park having lunch, whatever…..
I should dictate where I use a portable computer, not the other way around.
As for John Siracusa’s argument about people being idiots, once you eliminate the first two options:
A: Glossy screens are better - Um, no they’re not.
B: Glossy screens are cheaper - Unsure, but can’t imagine there’s much in it. As far as I’m aware it’s only the finish that differs?
there aren’t many options left.
To say that people PREFER a glossy screen is to say that they prefer an inferior product (given A and B above), which isn’t unusual these days. As I’m oft reminded, people are entitled to their opinion, but then again, I happen to think most people are idiots anyway! :-p
fernando.dubtribe.com
Most amazing web page search I’ve seen!
Having followed a link from kottke.org to a converstaion between Errol Morris and Adam Curtis, I stumbled across a wonderful short film made by Errol for the opening of the Oscars in 2002 (I think…..)
In a brief exchange, Jerry Brown (Mayor of Oakland, CA) says:
Jerry: Movies are an escape.
Interviewer: Just an escape?
Jerry: Well what’s wrong with that? That’s quite a lot.
Movies are exactly that. An escape.
The difference between great moves and other movies is that a great movie gives you something to take back to reality.
A personal example:
From Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog
There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When
meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run
quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under
the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved
from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still
get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.
This is actually from the Hagakure (the book of the Samurai, available to download here).
This single paragraph of text (and its significance and importance within the film) not only changed my understanding of the film, but my understanding of life (made it a better film second time around too).
Just a small example of the power of movies.
Technorati Tags: hagakure, movies, undulattice
From Blogorrhea Junior
Constantly bombarded as we are by the media with uncited cultural references, stuff creeps in. And sticks. How often have you spouted some clever signature line from a show you love? It works the same way with voracious readers. Ask any author how easy it is to escape one’s influences. I guarantee they’ll hiss at you and reach for the whiskey.
Applies to all things in life.
Blogorrhea also has a link to a site containing before and after 9/11 photos.
Very surreal. I think I prefer the landscape without them (from an aesthetic viewpoint, not in a cold and unfeeling way).
This time, from film critic Jim Emerson. His list of 102 films you must see is copied below with an asterisk next to the ones I’ve seen (a la Jason Kottke)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* The 400 Blows
* 8 1/2
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
* Alien
* All About Eve
* Annie Hall
* Apocalypse Now
* Bambi
* The Battleship Potemkin
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Red One
The Bicycle Thief
* The Big Sleep
* Blade Runner
Blowup
* Blue Velvet
* Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
Bringing Up Baby
* Carrie
* Casablanca
Un Chien Andalou
Children of Paradise / Les Enfants du Paradis
* Chinatown
* Citizen Kane
* A Clockwork Orange
* The Crying Game
* The Day the Earth Stood Still
* Days of Heaven
* Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Do the Right Thing
La Dolce Vita
* Double Indemnity
* Dr. Strangelove
* Duck Soup
* E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial
* Easy Rider
* The Empire Strikes Back
* The Exorcist
* Fargo
* Fight Club
* Frankenstein
* The General
* The Godfather, The Godfather, Part II
* Gone With the Wind
* GoodFellas
* The Graduate
* Halloween
* A Hard Day’s Night
Intolerance
It’s a Gift
* It’s a Wonderful Life
* Jaws
The Lady Eve
* Lawrence of Arabia
* M (This is one of my favourite films of all time…..)
* Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior
* The Maltese Falcon
* The Manchurian Candidate
* Metropolis
Modern Times
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
* The Night of the Hunter
* Night of the Living Dead
* North by Northwest
* Nosferatu
* On the Waterfront
* Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Persona
Pink Flamingos
*Psycho
* Pulp Fiction
* Rashomon (or indeed anything directed by Akira Kurosawa)
* Rear Window
* Rebel Without a Cause
Red River
Repulsion
The Rules of the Game
* Scarface
* The Scarlet Empress
* Schindler’s List
* The Searchers
* The Seven Samurai
* Singin’ in the Rain
* Some Like It Hot
A Star Is Born
* A Streetcar Named Desire
* Sunset Boulevard
* Taxi Driver
* The Third Man
* Tokyo Story
* Touch of Evil
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Trouble in Paradise
* Vertigo
West Side Story
* The Wild Bunch
* The Wizard of Oz
So that’s 75 out of 102. There are a few films on there I’d not heard of so i reckon I’m going to have to find some DVDs to watch!
It’s nice to see two Kurosawa films on the list. I’ve yet to see a film he’s made that I haven’t liked, and I’ve seen about 19 so far. My personal favourite is Red Beard which should have made the list, but hey, can’t have everything!
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Once I made the swap to Mac a few years ago, any Windows machine I’ve used has had its taskbar moved to the top a la OS X, a trick Peter Cohen from Macworld should learn.
One confession: I did catch myself for a short time the other day wondering why the Start menu wouldn’t appear when I kept pushing the mouse cursor to the lower left—in Mac OS X.
At first I thought it was just familiarity, but when you think about it, there is no reason to use the bottom corners of the screen for anything (though I do have hot corners set up for screensaver etc.). All the menus in all the apps are at the top of the screen, so it only seems sensible that you should place the taskbar at the top too. Proximity is everything.
Good Religion from the album “Spirit Of The Century” by Blind Boys Of Alabama
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If you don’t like maths, don’t click this link!
Riciulous Fish - Pi
Interesting attempt to stop spam by requiring anyone leaving a comment to enter “two very large numbers”. These two numbers are then used in an equation to calculate pi.
tenfortyfive*
Always nice to get have someone sing your praises.
UPDATE:
Here’s another one.
Twinfish
I could get used to this.
So I’ve finally given in……..
Blogging is something I’ve never really considered myself interested in, until someone mentioned that since I spend quite a bit of time reading others people’s and getting quite inspired/incensed by what I read, that I should probably make these musings available to all.
And so, here we are…….
A place for my thoughts, opinions, and rants on things I encounter on a daily basis. I hope it will be of interest to those who read it.
