So I haven't posted in a month or so. I am in an orgy of lethargy to be truthful. I haven't been doing much; haven't been listening to much music, haven't been - actually I have been watching far too much TV. I find that it's a good gauge of depresion/stuckness/boredom, more TV more of those listed elements in my life. When I'm all abuzz, TV doesn't usually get much of a look in. What's on that I watch regularly? - Rumpole of the Bailey, Ironside, Midsommer Murders, Frasier, The Simpsons, QI, Wycliffe, Pie In The Sky, Jeeves and Wooster, Without a Trace, Star Trek TNG, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm and I was watching the latest US Season of Desperate Housewives but that is on hiatus now till January.
I have been reading, still slowly plodding through War and Peace (the Russians have fought of Napoleon's advances, huzzah, but Moscow is now ablaze) and have read a couple of Penguin Classic crime books. One was a jolly romp set in a University, with all the English academicness that I love and a poetic Scotland Yard detective, though the book was mightily prolix, I larned me some new words, but have since forgotten them. The book was "Death at the Prestdent's Lodging" by Michael Innes. (Here's a review) Oh yes, it's an all male cast (pretty much) which is a little erm..., the odd woman does get a mention here and there.
I was going to post some links, but then I take a look at my web habits and see there isn't really anything of note, Well I'm sure there is but nothing leaps out at me.
I might add that I have become aware of the number of Farmers (Farmer's or Farmers' ?) Markets around the Birmingham area. There is a bi-monthly one in Birmingham City centre and Monthly ones in Harborne, King's Heath, Moseley, Bearwood (a tiny one), Sutton Coldfield and Solihull. A friend of mine is a regular at these events, I keep away as I am likely too see ducks on sale, all wrapped up in plastic and labelled. My friend tells me she saw some Mallards last Saturday at Harborne, she even bought some duck breasts.
I'm still unsure as to how I feel about that.
I will now return to my life of quiet (and fruitless) aspiration.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Peace Man. Online Books And Some Bleak House
I finished Bleak House a few days ago and have taken up with War and Peace again. This time I'm finding War and Peace (the Norton edition, longer pages) much more enjoyable, (when I say this time I mean picking up from where I left off last time, not re-reading it). I am in a better frame of mind to read it now, I'm in the mood for reading large books, I think I'm going to read another Dickens when I have finished, at the mo I am a third of the way through W+P.
I found a good place for online books at the Universtiy of Adelaide Or here is a list of books there by theme (of course there's the ol' Gutie among countless others, but I have found things here which aren't at Gutenberg e.g. War With the Newts which I read a long time ago and meant to re-read but have never found again, I think it might be out of print) The Crime and Mystery section has some stuff that I want to read, as does the Russian Lit. section all Dostoyevsky Lermontov, Turgenyev and the like.
Aaaanyway, I feel like throwing myself into 19th or early 20th C. books at the moment (I read most of the book as a physical book, and some of it online, it's nice to be able to do this.), not sure why I am shunning contemporary things, if I am shunning them; I don't think to focus on some things is necessarily to shun the other things, but I do wonder why I am more eager to read things from round about the 19th C. I think temporal distance is a kind of safety device, but there's more to my interest than just that, cos I'm not reading stuff from like 1700, I like the rules and the structures of society, I mean I like reading about them, I wouldn't want to live with them. And of course reading about the past illuminates the present, reading about past societies, their values, their unwritten rules etc. with a view to the present and how life is lived now is fascinating.
As I conjectured before I can't be arsed to really go into Bleak House though interesting it is, though I shall say a bit about it. So for those (if anyone is reading this) who couldn't care less about Bleak House stop reading here, the rest of this post is all Bleak house from hereon.)
I found the character Skimpole very intruiging and was disappointed that Jarndyce didn't "have it out" with him about his pretensions as an adult child with few wants and no concept of money and his conviction that he leads a more nobler and less base life than everyone he comes into contact with. And I do think his character is believable, unlike G K Chesterton who says
"By the end of the tale he has brought Skimpole to doing acts of mere low villainy"
(The low villany being taking a bribe that led to the feverous Jo being ejected from the comfort of Bleak House) I don't think of this as some kind of traduction, I think Skimpole has always been shown as a "low villain". The first such thing we see him do is demand money from people who barely have any to spare, and then make them feel as though he has done them a favour for allowing them to experience the joys of generosity (I mean OK they could have refused to give over the money, but when the alternative is for Esther (sp?) and co. to see their benefactor's friend go to debtor's prison (or whatever hellhole he was off to) they aren't going to say no are they?). And Mrs. Jellyby the supporter of hopeless causes having given up her Africa pursuit at the end of the book is now into Women's Rights, which Dickens seems to ridicule, having had a proponent of women's rights in the book previously shown to be a boring and if I recall correctly unattractive woman. Well we kinda know what Dickens thinks makes a good woman and devotion, humbleness, selflessness and kindness are all part of that.
Ok enough now.
I found a good place for online books at the Universtiy of Adelaide Or here is a list of books there by theme (of course there's the ol' Gutie among countless others, but I have found things here which aren't at Gutenberg e.g. War With the Newts which I read a long time ago and meant to re-read but have never found again, I think it might be out of print) The Crime and Mystery section has some stuff that I want to read, as does the Russian Lit. section all Dostoyevsky Lermontov, Turgenyev and the like.
Aaaanyway, I feel like throwing myself into 19th or early 20th C. books at the moment (I read most of the book as a physical book, and some of it online, it's nice to be able to do this.), not sure why I am shunning contemporary things, if I am shunning them; I don't think to focus on some things is necessarily to shun the other things, but I do wonder why I am more eager to read things from round about the 19th C. I think temporal distance is a kind of safety device, but there's more to my interest than just that, cos I'm not reading stuff from like 1700, I like the rules and the structures of society, I mean I like reading about them, I wouldn't want to live with them. And of course reading about the past illuminates the present, reading about past societies, their values, their unwritten rules etc. with a view to the present and how life is lived now is fascinating.
As I conjectured before I can't be arsed to really go into Bleak House though interesting it is, though I shall say a bit about it. So for those (if anyone is reading this) who couldn't care less about Bleak House stop reading here, the rest of this post is all Bleak house from hereon.)
I found the character Skimpole very intruiging and was disappointed that Jarndyce didn't "have it out" with him about his pretensions as an adult child with few wants and no concept of money and his conviction that he leads a more nobler and less base life than everyone he comes into contact with. And I do think his character is believable, unlike G K Chesterton who says
"By the end of the tale he has brought Skimpole to doing acts of mere low villainy"
(The low villany being taking a bribe that led to the feverous Jo being ejected from the comfort of Bleak House) I don't think of this as some kind of traduction, I think Skimpole has always been shown as a "low villain". The first such thing we see him do is demand money from people who barely have any to spare, and then make them feel as though he has done them a favour for allowing them to experience the joys of generosity (I mean OK they could have refused to give over the money, but when the alternative is for Esther (sp?) and co. to see their benefactor's friend go to debtor's prison (or whatever hellhole he was off to) they aren't going to say no are they?). And Mrs. Jellyby the supporter of hopeless causes having given up her Africa pursuit at the end of the book is now into Women's Rights, which Dickens seems to ridicule, having had a proponent of women's rights in the book previously shown to be a boring and if I recall correctly unattractive woman. Well we kinda know what Dickens thinks makes a good woman and devotion, humbleness, selflessness and kindness are all part of that.
Ok enough now.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Halloween Textmate
Textmate had a Halloween update that included nice new icons among other things
Then in another update a few days later all the modding got removed.
The readme says -
" >[2006-11-02: REVISION 1324]
"[REMOVED] TextMate no longer pays tribute to human sacrifices, rape, nor does it show a picture of the God of the deaths in your dock -- ticket 945BEB5D"
Awwww. But I have a copy of Halloweenified! So's not so bad.
Then in another update a few days later all the modding got removed.
The readme says -
" >[2006-11-02: REVISION 1324]
"[REMOVED] TextMate no longer pays tribute to human sacrifices, rape, nor does it show a picture of the God of the deaths in your dock -- ticket 945BEB5D"
Awwww. But I have a copy of Halloweenified! So's not so bad.
Beginning Borges Again
So, I am starting to read Borges again. Really inspiring and exciting. I only have the one book "Fictions", which contains the stories The Lottery in Babylon, The Library of Babel and Funes, his Memory among others.
I love that some of his stories are all about possibilities and permutations and infinity.
I love the reviews of a fictional book by a fictional author, that Borges does, which I feel is not just writing a review of a book that you couldn't be arsed to write, but is something much more intriguing than that. It's writing the bones, like writing the skeleton that allows you to build your own stories. There are so many structures that could hang on these bones that this the skeleton provided by the fictional review is more intriguing than the promise of one single story that the book would provide. I would like to see some of the books that could be written calling themselves - Insert Title of book Borges is reviewing. By writing a review the skeleton becomes more interesting than the book itself, to me at least. Especially in stories like "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain"(There's an online scanning I found, it's not the translation I have) which has a structure that allows the book "April March" to be a romance, a mystery, a Communist book, an anti-Communist book because it it contains different paths to follow each path is a different version of the story (an illustration of the story's structure, it's Like a tree root, or like those choose your own adventure type things, (well, not exactly)) There are altogether 9 stories in one book. This seems to have inspired some people on the web, for example here.
Reading all this treatment of Quain as a factual man (example and another) is making me believe in his existence as a real man, writing real books, that Borges reviewed. Which is nice, I feel as though art is creating reality.
Art creating reality is a thing that arises in the story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" text here is the most recent thing I read. (I'm taking the stories slowly, I think I will re-read this one a few times.) Mysterious discovery of a place that the narrator is never sure exists and the literature of that country. I'm going to re-read it before I talk about it. The idea in this story about a literature that is like philosophy, the point of the literature of this uncertain country seems to be to be as incredible as possible. That is just a tiny part of it. This and many other of Borges stories are as dense as poetry and as beautiful.
I love that some of his stories are all about possibilities and permutations and infinity.
I love the reviews of a fictional book by a fictional author, that Borges does, which I feel is not just writing a review of a book that you couldn't be arsed to write, but is something much more intriguing than that. It's writing the bones, like writing the skeleton that allows you to build your own stories. There are so many structures that could hang on these bones that this the skeleton provided by the fictional review is more intriguing than the promise of one single story that the book would provide. I would like to see some of the books that could be written calling themselves - Insert Title of book Borges is reviewing. By writing a review the skeleton becomes more interesting than the book itself, to me at least. Especially in stories like "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain"(There's an online scanning I found, it's not the translation I have) which has a structure that allows the book "April March" to be a romance, a mystery, a Communist book, an anti-Communist book because it it contains different paths to follow each path is a different version of the story (an illustration of the story's structure, it's Like a tree root, or like those choose your own adventure type things, (well, not exactly)) There are altogether 9 stories in one book. This seems to have inspired some people on the web, for example here.
Reading all this treatment of Quain as a factual man (example and another) is making me believe in his existence as a real man, writing real books, that Borges reviewed. Which is nice, I feel as though art is creating reality.
Art creating reality is a thing that arises in the story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" text here is the most recent thing I read. (I'm taking the stories slowly, I think I will re-read this one a few times.) Mysterious discovery of a place that the narrator is never sure exists and the literature of that country. I'm going to re-read it before I talk about it. The idea in this story about a literature that is like philosophy, the point of the literature of this uncertain country seems to be to be as incredible as possible. That is just a tiny part of it. This and many other of Borges stories are as dense as poetry and as beautiful.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Reading Again
I have started to read again. Haven't done so for months (books I mean), haven't been in the mood since I couldn't take any more of War and Peace, my mind was not following the story (I wasn't well at the time). So as "War and Peace" is currently elevating my Powerbook off the bed staving off over-heating (with the aid of some supports a la here, but with tape rolls instead of bottle lids.) I've been reading Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club", and have just begun the monster that is "Bleak House".
The Suicide Club is not as I had imagined it might be a nihilistic text about the futility of everything, it is a collection of three short stories about a club for those who wish to end their lives. The whole Club is set up is run like a game it is never certain which of the Club members will die next, but that's all part of the fun of the story - finding out that it isn't quite as straight forward as you expect (no massive OMGs here but it wasn't exactly what I was expecting.) The whole thing does involve a prince as the hero, which put me off reading it for years, and there is a "what a privilege it would be to die for him", kind of vibe going on, but a lot of the time the king and his "man" are in disguise so... anyway. It's only short (in my Dover edition which has slightly larger pages than an ordinary paperback) it's about 60 pages long, but I must say it was fun.
Bleak House throws me right in there with that (often) jocular, (often) sentimental, anthropomorphising Dickens's narrator. I run upon Dickens's busy philanthropic women who are everything but caring especially in regard to their own families (vs. the Darling, kind, sweet, self effacing Esther). Here are "non-entity" men erased by the unthinking formidability of their wives. Which brings up all kinds about the man Dickens which I am too lazy go into now, but briefly Here are some issues that spring to mind.
...on the "proper nature" and place of women, and of the devastation these do-gooding bring about (dejected, ignorant and/spiteful and resentful children) the ideas about sorting your own house first before going fucking around with bringing enlightenment and aid to "savages" (get your own house in order first, and all that)
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like I said, won't expound on that now, could go on forever if started... so anyway maybe when I've finished the book... having said that, probably not. It's not anywhere as "Bleak" as the BBC drama (of which I only watched a few episodes) made it out to be.
Annnnnnnnyway (again) on to another post now so look above where I shall be saying -
The Suicide Club is not as I had imagined it might be a nihilistic text about the futility of everything, it is a collection of three short stories about a club for those who wish to end their lives. The whole Club is set up is run like a game it is never certain which of the Club members will die next, but that's all part of the fun of the story - finding out that it isn't quite as straight forward as you expect (no massive OMGs here but it wasn't exactly what I was expecting.) The whole thing does involve a prince as the hero, which put me off reading it for years, and there is a "what a privilege it would be to die for him", kind of vibe going on, but a lot of the time the king and his "man" are in disguise so... anyway. It's only short (in my Dover edition which has slightly larger pages than an ordinary paperback) it's about 60 pages long, but I must say it was fun.
Bleak House throws me right in there with that (often) jocular, (often) sentimental, anthropomorphising Dickens's narrator. I run upon Dickens's busy philanthropic women who are everything but caring especially in regard to their own families (vs. the Darling, kind, sweet, self effacing Esther). Here are "non-entity" men erased by the unthinking formidability of their wives. Which brings up all kinds about the man Dickens which I am too lazy go into now, but briefly Here are some issues that spring to mind.
...on the "proper nature" and place of women, and of the devastation these do-gooding bring about (dejected, ignorant and/spiteful and resentful children) the ideas about sorting your own house first before going fucking around with bringing enlightenment and aid to "savages" (get your own house in order first, and all that)
... -
like I said, won't expound on that now, could go on forever if started... so anyway maybe when I've finished the book... having said that, probably not. It's not anywhere as "Bleak" as the BBC drama (of which I only watched a few episodes) made it out to be.
Annnnnnnnyway (again) on to another post now so look above where I shall be saying -
Friday, October 13, 2006
On My Duck-ness
I have been doing not much in the way of anything recently, hence no posts, but that is not unusual (the not posting). But I have been contemplating my duckhood. What does it mean for me to be an, as I describe myself a neurologicaly evolved Mallard? Some will say that I should spend my time campaigning for animal welfare, or somesuch relevant issue. No doubt that would be a great thing to spend my time doing - although I don't thing I could offer the unique animal perspective they are looking for (Do animals suffer, do they understand they are going to die? and revelations to these questions that they are seeking.) Because although I understand that I will die, and that I suffer in a way that I assume is comparable to human suffering, I can't say the same for my duck relatives. I realise, and always have that I am very different from them and can say nothing with surety about what they feel or understand or experience. And scientific investigations are not something I will willingly subject myself to (let us hope that I won't have to undergo them unwillingly either).
So then what is the purpose of my life here, away from the wetlands? My work is not to eat and find a mate and experience the duck experience, so then what should I be doing with myself?
Over the past couple of weeks of contemplation I think this comes back to the freedom of the individual. I grant myself those rights as obviously (obvious to myself) I deserve them. I must be free to do the things I want to do, and the things I enjoy, which is partially what I have been doing up until now. And if people judge that I am doing wrong in not doing the things they perceive I should be doing then that is that. I must get on with my life and discovering what it is to live in this unusual (perhaps unique) way, this half human half duck (half human in a neurological, not a physical way) development.
Anyway, those musings I have touched upon here I will be continuing through the rest of my life I expect, but that is what I would like to say today.
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And also that I have been reading the Barbelith forum quite a bit recently. Though i do not think I would like to become a member, I makes for a thoughtful read.
Following on from that I have been discovering The Invisibles, which is all very exciting and inspiring.
So then what is the purpose of my life here, away from the wetlands? My work is not to eat and find a mate and experience the duck experience, so then what should I be doing with myself?
Over the past couple of weeks of contemplation I think this comes back to the freedom of the individual. I grant myself those rights as obviously (obvious to myself) I deserve them. I must be free to do the things I want to do, and the things I enjoy, which is partially what I have been doing up until now. And if people judge that I am doing wrong in not doing the things they perceive I should be doing then that is that. I must get on with my life and discovering what it is to live in this unusual (perhaps unique) way, this half human half duck (half human in a neurological, not a physical way) development.
Anyway, those musings I have touched upon here I will be continuing through the rest of my life I expect, but that is what I would like to say today.
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And also that I have been reading the Barbelith forum quite a bit recently. Though i do not think I would like to become a member, I makes for a thoughtful read.
Following on from that I have been discovering The Invisibles, which is all very exciting and inspiring.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
I Have Posted Elsewhere
I have become incredibly lazy, there are things I have been meaning to do, but can't be arsed to do. I meant to tell blog I was returned... didn't do that. Meant to put up my rss feed link on this page (in the template), still haven't done that. Meant to make a proper post here about diversifying, not being so narrow in what I post here (it's too tech, tech) haven't done that either. But I have posted on last.fm so here is a link to that post (more about netlabels and some of my fave artists on them).
And here is a link to the rss feed.
I shall get around to putting it in the template someday. But no hurry, seeeing as no one reads this anyway...
And here is a link to the rss feed.
I shall get around to putting it in the template someday. But no hurry, seeeing as no one reads this anyway...
Monday, September 11, 2006
I Shall Be Away.
Off, sans computer for a while. I will be pining. I'm far too adapted to this way of life. What a development for a duck.
Birmingham's free Arts festival Artsfest was on last weekend. I saw parts. Elliot Jack were the best music act I saw. (With banter about breakfast cereal while waiting for their powerbook to sort itself out.)
I may write more when I return.
Birmingham's free Arts festival Artsfest was on last weekend. I saw parts. Elliot Jack were the best music act I saw. (With banter about breakfast cereal while waiting for their powerbook to sort itself out.)
I may write more when I return.
Friday, September 01, 2006
What is Becomming of Me?
This is turning into a software blog. I have to do something about it. Soon some non-software related posts. I am slowly becoming more geeky. Though hooray for that, though still no software next post. I am kinda geeky according to this extensive (but old) geek test. I forget what my actual delineation was, which isn't very geek like is it?
I have been downloading lots of torrents from legaltorrents.com where you can torrents of movies and music, a few books and audiobooks. All nice and guilt free as they are under the Creative Commons License. It's the music I am interested in right now. I have nearly all of the net.label stuff that is up there. I like Enough Records, Observatory Online, and Please Do Something stuff. One Archives is good too. In fact all prett much all of what I have heard, I like. It's electronica, beats, experimental type stuff; ambient, soundscapes, some drum and bass, technoish and idm (I don't like that term but there it is), that kind of thing, yer usual netlabel fare, although it is not your usual fare, there's some very good stuff out there. There is more a The Internet Archive.org that I must check out. I'm going to be making use of that external drive I recently bought. (LaCie Mini 300GB, nice, and doubles as a hub too, giving you 4 extra powered USB ports and 2 firewire.)
I have been downloading lots of torrents from legaltorrents.com where you can torrents of movies and music, a few books and audiobooks. All nice and guilt free as they are under the Creative Commons License. It's the music I am interested in right now. I have nearly all of the net.label stuff that is up there. I like Enough Records, Observatory Online, and Please Do Something stuff. One Archives is good too. In fact all prett much all of what I have heard, I like. It's electronica, beats, experimental type stuff; ambient, soundscapes, some drum and bass, technoish and idm (I don't like that term but there it is), that kind of thing, yer usual netlabel fare, although it is not your usual fare, there's some very good stuff out there. There is more a The Internet Archive.org that I must check out. I'm going to be making use of that external drive I recently bought. (LaCie Mini 300GB, nice, and doubles as a hub too, giving you 4 extra powered USB ports and 2 firewire.)
Firefox 2 Beta 2 (Mac)
Just downloaded the new Firefox 2 beta 2.
And Ooh it is pretty. It looks as though they have updated the icons.
And the little close tab cross on each tab now glows red when you hover over it.
Tabs not currently in use are faded out (I don't recall this before, though I may be mistaken).
There is a small arrow you can click at the end of the window that shows a list of all your tabs. you can then click to choose a tab and are taken to it in the browser window.
Very useful with the sprawl of tabs I usually have open. (Was this around in beta 1? If it was I didn't notice it)
I am excited about the new Firefox. I'm regularly using the spellcheck and the "undo close tab" and the "recently closed tabs" item in the history menu. And of course the session restore feature, which reinstates all your previously open tabs when/if you crash, (which is rarely happening for me now). Lifesaver. I think I have said all this before.
Oh and on the tab thing, you can scroll through your tabs along with some green arrows that appear, so no more "where have my tabs gone" worries. (and yes I think this was in beta 1 too, again I can't be sure, but if it was I don't think the arrows were green.)
Overall it just seems to me to be more a lot smoother to use, and nicer to look at. More Macintosh-y, though is it aqua looking?.
Well whatever, I am impressed.
I shall see over the next coming days how stable it is.
And Ooh it is pretty. It looks as though they have updated the icons.
And the little close tab cross on each tab now glows red when you hover over it.
Tabs not currently in use are faded out (I don't recall this before, though I may be mistaken).
There is a small arrow you can click at the end of the window that shows a list of all your tabs. you can then click to choose a tab and are taken to it in the browser window.
Very useful with the sprawl of tabs I usually have open. (Was this around in beta 1? If it was I didn't notice it)
I am excited about the new Firefox. I'm regularly using the spellcheck and the "undo close tab" and the "recently closed tabs" item in the history menu. And of course the session restore feature, which reinstates all your previously open tabs when/if you crash, (which is rarely happening for me now). Lifesaver. I think I have said all this before.
Oh and on the tab thing, you can scroll through your tabs along with some green arrows that appear, so no more "where have my tabs gone" worries. (and yes I think this was in beta 1 too, again I can't be sure, but if it was I don't think the arrows were green.)
Overall it just seems to me to be more a lot smoother to use, and nicer to look at. More Macintosh-y, though is it aqua looking?.
Well whatever, I am impressed.
I shall see over the next coming days how stable it is.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Things to Prettify Your Mac
Breve Creatures screensaver the breve simulation environment.
IdleWeb view and scroll through websites as a screensaver
LotsaSnow - Pretty snowflakes fall against a background or over your dimmed desktop. I love this.
FuzzyClock tells the time in an around and about way.
vUpstream is fast and flashy, but quite nice.
Oh and
ShadowKiller removes window shadows and speeds up my aging iMac (G4 800mhz). Not a prettyfier, but it does change the GUI.
IdleWeb view and scroll through websites as a screensaver
LotsaSnow - Pretty snowflakes fall against a background or over your dimmed desktop. I love this.
FuzzyClock tells the time in an around and about way.
vUpstream is fast and flashy, but quite nice.
Oh and
ShadowKiller removes window shadows and speeds up my aging iMac (G4 800mhz). Not a prettyfier, but it does change the GUI.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Links for 18/08/2006 or Thereabouts
TimeLapse Screensaver
If I had an iSight this would be excellent, though I am not exactly sure what it does (I wanna try it out).
WebnoteHappy Lite bookmark pages and make notes on them. This is something I've been looking for for some time. For all those times you want to check to something out later but don't want to add it to your "proper" bookmarks (Or del.icio.us or whatever). From Firefox adding a bookmark can be triggered by adding a bookmark in the toolbar and clicking on that or by adding a keyword to the bookmark and typing that keyword into the address bar, WebnoteHappy will be triggered to get the page you want bookmarked and allow you to make a note on it. You can then export these bookmarks and notes to backup or to bookmarks readable by other browsers (I'm assuming they are readable by other browsers, haven't tried importing any yet.)
Pingling this dockling that sits in the dock checking whether you are online or not by pinging apple.com, google.com or shrook.com.
I have a dodgy router so this is very useful.
Quicksilver changes everything. The wowee intro to using Quicksilver. Yes, this has been around for ages but I just got around to it.
If I had an iSight this would be excellent, though I am not exactly sure what it does (I wanna try it out).
WebnoteHappy Lite bookmark pages and make notes on them. This is something I've been looking for for some time. For all those times you want to check to something out later but don't want to add it to your "proper" bookmarks (Or del.icio.us or whatever). From Firefox adding a bookmark can be triggered by adding a bookmark in the toolbar and clicking on that or by adding a keyword to the bookmark and typing that keyword into the address bar, WebnoteHappy will be triggered to get the page you want bookmarked and allow you to make a note on it. You can then export these bookmarks and notes to backup or to bookmarks readable by other browsers (I'm assuming they are readable by other browsers, haven't tried importing any yet.)
Pingling this dockling that sits in the dock checking whether you are online or not by pinging apple.com, google.com or shrook.com.
I have a dodgy router so this is very useful.
Quicksilver changes everything. The wowee intro to using Quicksilver. Yes, this has been around for ages but I just got around to it.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Last.fm excitement
After having heard about Last.fm for some time form other people's blogs (e.g. Tom plasticbag Coates) I have just jumped in and begun tagging and discovering what Last.fm is all about. It's very exciting, though I will not understand the ins and outs of the site and its offerings I shall go a hunting, and a listening. Also I am brushing up on my UNIX basics. That is keeping me busy while it's windy weather. I doubt there are other ducks on Last.fm, but Im sure that won't matter a jot. The Web should be welcoming to those with feet of web.
Soon some links, they are waiting to be posted, but I am lazy.
Oh, and on Leopard (see previous post), though some people are expressing their underwhelm-ment with the Sneak Peek on Apple's site, I am quite looking forward to seeing what it has to offer, It looks good to me. I am glad that it Apple say it will be PowerPC compatible. Time Tunnel is might useful, and core animation looks promising. The new apple voice sounds fantastic too. I can't be bothered to link to everything I've just mentioned. It's all there at Lepoard Sneak Peek. And yes there Spaces does look like Virtue Desktops. (can't find working link)
Soon some links, they are waiting to be posted, but I am lazy.
Oh, and on Leopard (see previous post), though some people are expressing their underwhelm-ment with the Sneak Peek on Apple's site, I am quite looking forward to seeing what it has to offer, It looks good to me. I am glad that it Apple say it will be PowerPC compatible. Time Tunnel is might useful, and core animation looks promising. The new apple voice sounds fantastic too. I can't be bothered to link to everything I've just mentioned. It's all there at Lepoard Sneak Peek. And yes there Spaces does look like Virtue Desktops. (can't find working link)
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
A Few Things
I have been deprived of t'Internet for some time now. (about a week) so have no great list of links to give (not that I usually do).
I just caught the last half of Armmando Iannuci's "Time Trumpet" and loved the video comparison of Tony Blair and David Cameron's styles - similar gestures, photo ops, tones of voice, themes. Although o'course it could have been spun out of context, I think instead it illuminated the extent of the similarities, that I hadn't noticed before.
I love the way the episode ended with a (sort of) sing-a-longa by Blair and Cameron to "Heroes" by David Bowie complied with clips from speeches the two have made. Very good. Wonder how long that took.
I am also loving Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, the man that tells you what you need to know about the teevee industry (among sneers at adverts and other tv fare). In the first episode proper (there was a three episode pilot type thing a few months ago) Brooker talks about his reintroduction to the world of Eastenders.
"The real Eastend has got Hawksmoor churches, fashionable nightclubs and a thriving Bangladeshi community; Walford has just got Keith Miller swabbing windows with a rag on a stick."
"Jim Branning still looks like a 95 year old Thom Yorke"
Excellent.
I have been discovering more of the Smiths and I'm liking what I am hearing.
There is alight that never goes out
William it Was Really Nothing
What Difference Does it make?
How Soon is now
Handsome Devil
Hand in Glove
Vicar in a Tutu
This night has Opened my eyes
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
Frankly Mr Shankly : - (I didn't that you wrote poetry, I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry Mr Shankly.)
In no particular order.
I just caught the last half of Armmando Iannuci's "Time Trumpet" and loved the video comparison of Tony Blair and David Cameron's styles - similar gestures, photo ops, tones of voice, themes. Although o'course it could have been spun out of context, I think instead it illuminated the extent of the similarities, that I hadn't noticed before.
I love the way the episode ended with a (sort of) sing-a-longa by Blair and Cameron to "Heroes" by David Bowie complied with clips from speeches the two have made. Very good. Wonder how long that took.
I am also loving Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, the man that tells you what you need to know about the teevee industry (among sneers at adverts and other tv fare). In the first episode proper (there was a three episode pilot type thing a few months ago) Brooker talks about his reintroduction to the world of Eastenders.
Excellent.
I have been discovering more of the Smiths and I'm liking what I am hearing.
There is alight that never goes out
William it Was Really Nothing
What Difference Does it make?
How Soon is now
Handsome Devil
Hand in Glove
Vicar in a Tutu
This night has Opened my eyes
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
Frankly Mr Shankly : - (I didn't that you wrote poetry, I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry Mr Shankly.)
In no particular order.
Quicksilver
I have experienced a moment of wonder, at Quicksilver. I remembered that I could attach actions to my (and their) applescripts (my applescripts are the talk of - like nowhere). If you install the Extra Scripts plug-in within Quicksilver and then type Extras into Quicksilver you can scroll through a list of the available scripts. Some nice little scripts they have going on there: Sleep, Toggle Audio inputs, also some shell scripts.
Oh the joy of controlling i tunes without making it the foremost application. mmm.
This is new to me thought I'm sure others were well aware of all this before. I still have to figure out how to use the clipboard and the shelf effectively (i.e at all)
p.s.
I just discovered Quicksilver can play audio files. OMFG. Is there nothing it cannot do?
Oh the joy of controlling i tunes without making it the foremost application. mmm.
This is new to me thought I'm sure others were well aware of all this before. I still have to figure out how to use the clipboard and the shelf effectively (i.e at all)
p.s.
I just discovered Quicksilver can play audio files. OMFG. Is there nothing it cannot do?
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Links for 23rd July 2006 (ok then the 25th)
Yay Hooray Design collaboration - redesign famous logos in web 2.0 format
Narcissu a Beautiful Japanese visual novel for your puter.
What's now in Headline typograpy. A lot of the examples there are very Web 2.0 (pardon my French.)
Artack is a "retro-style shooter with stylish hand-drawn graphics and great trance-groove music. It's free!' for OS X. It's as though you're playing on a notepad.
OpenDNS purports to give you faster, safer Weblife. I am giving it a go. I heard about this on Buzz Out Loud. Here is the FAQ.
Narcissu a Beautiful Japanese visual novel for your puter.
What's now in Headline typograpy. A lot of the examples there are very Web 2.0 (pardon my French.)
Artack is a "retro-style shooter with stylish hand-drawn graphics and great trance-groove music. It's free!' for OS X. It's as though you're playing on a notepad.
OpenDNS purports to give you faster, safer Weblife. I am giving it a go. I heard about this on Buzz Out Loud. Here is the FAQ.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Browers
On Firefox 2.0 beta 1 (OS X) - After a couple of days:
(I am comparing from 1.0.7, so these features may not be new to 2.0)
Me Likey:
Each tab now has its own close button, like in Safari instead of just one right at the end of the tab bar.
Spell check for text input fields.
It still seems quite buggy, I have problems with using the space bar and up down right left buttons to move around pages. Maybe I've selected a preference that I didn't mean to.
I am playing around with some Camino extensions (for Camino of course not for Firefox, I can't hack) If I like them, they might encourage me to use Camino more. I am not big on the extensions I only have Adblock for Firefox, there are so many of them when I go to the extensions directory I am overwhelmed.
I have downloaded Flock, but ahh, I can't be arsed. There always seems so many other thing that I'd rather do. But I must get round to it. Same with OmniWeb. I have folders full of un-tasted apps.
(I am comparing from 1.0.7, so these features may not be new to 2.0)
Me Likey:
Each tab now has its own close button, like in Safari instead of just one right at the end of the tab bar.
Spell check for text input fields.
It still seems quite buggy, I have problems with using the space bar and up down right left buttons to move around pages. Maybe I've selected a preference that I didn't mean to.
I am playing around with some Camino extensions (for Camino of course not for Firefox, I can't hack) If I like them, they might encourage me to use Camino more. I am not big on the extensions I only have Adblock for Firefox, there are so many of them when I go to the extensions directory I am overwhelmed.
I have downloaded Flock, but ahh, I can't be arsed. There always seems so many other thing that I'd rather do. But I must get round to it. Same with OmniWeb. I have folders full of un-tasted apps.
links
AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
A person asks "In my quest to become more distinctive, I’m looking for suggestions of harmless eccentricities to adopt" found at 43 Folders
Pimp My Camino Camino extensions on a nice descriptive site wi' pictures n' all.
Wkipedia on Applscript
Momus - the Kinsey of clicking?
Momus - iMomus' livejournal, Click opera .
A person asks "In my quest to become more distinctive, I’m looking for suggestions of harmless eccentricities to adopt" found at 43 Folders
Pimp My Camino Camino extensions on a nice descriptive site wi' pictures n' all.
Wkipedia on Applscript
Momus - the Kinsey of clicking?
Momus - iMomus' livejournal, Click opera .
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
links for 19th July 2006 (around about)
Nike+iPod works with any shoe: The 99-cent DIY shoe mod
Betty Ford Clinic for gamers opens
the broken videocast. "social engineering" hacking type thing with Kevin Rose et all. I know it's been around for some time but I have just discovered it.
Journaler update. Journal, notekeeper, browse, add media, filter entries, categorise, and so on.
Betty Ford Clinic for gamers opens
the broken videocast. "social engineering" hacking type thing with Kevin Rose et all. I know it's been around for some time but I have just discovered it.
Journaler update. Journal, notekeeper, browse, add media, filter entries, categorise, and so on.
More on Podcasts
Other podcasts that I am listening to.
Buzz Out Loud
Here are other CNET podcasts. Me likey Gadget Girls, or is it Girls Gone Gadget as they say on that page? Or as they said lately, the Gad-Jets.
Diggnation Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. Digg.com highlights, weekly podcast and vlog (vodcast?). Amusing, sometimes makes me laugh. (Yes ducks too can laugh.)
BBC Podcasts. To inform, educate and entertain.
Having a listen to The Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab
as well and checking out podcasts on iTunes, which is a lot easier to use than all those other podcast directories e.g. Podcast Bunker odeo idiotvox Podcast Alley, though iTunes has fewer obscurantist tendencies.
Things not podcast:
IdleWeb is a screensaver that loads and scrolls through the websites that you tell it to.
PhotoBrowser v0.8
Simple Photo Browser with EXIF info viewer. Nice, simple jpeg browser (Cocoa). Gives EXIF info.
Buzz Out Loud
Here are other CNET podcasts. Me likey Gadget Girls, or is it Girls Gone Gadget as they say on that page? Or as they said lately, the Gad-Jets.
Diggnation Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. Digg.com highlights, weekly podcast and vlog (vodcast?). Amusing, sometimes makes me laugh. (Yes ducks too can laugh.)
BBC Podcasts. To inform, educate and entertain.
Having a listen to The Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab
as well and checking out podcasts on iTunes, which is a lot easier to use than all those other podcast directories e.g. Podcast Bunker odeo idiotvox Podcast Alley, though iTunes has fewer obscurantist tendencies.
Things not podcast:
IdleWeb is a screensaver that loads and scrolls through the websites that you tell it to.
PhotoBrowser v0.8
Simple Photo Browser with EXIF info viewer. Nice, simple jpeg browser (Cocoa). Gives EXIF info.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Aaaaand I'm back again
After another long break, I pop in to give a quick update on things. Before I become to lazy to bother.
Channel 4 Radio recommended in the Observer (a Sunday Newspaper) a few weeks ago seems quite interesting. Strange that you have to register with them to receive any of the downloads, I think they are tempting us into their lair with free content only to later have all the good stuff be unfree. Gives you your own personal RSS feed of stuff added to your Channel 4 Radio library.
http://www.archive.org led me to a science show Berkley Groks which is also available as a podcast. So far I have only heard the episode (that doesn't seem like the right word) on testosterone, which seemed okay, if cheesy.
Text2iPod lets you put longer than note sized pieces of text on your iPod in the contacts folder.
iFeedPod 1.11 is a fantastic piece of software letting you download RSS feeds to you 'Pod.
So For this entry at least it's all about the 'Pod.
I am moulting at the moment so have a lot of feathery cleaning to do, which is a pain, but must be done; and am somewhat tired. I feel a nap coming on.
Channel 4 Radio recommended in the Observer (a Sunday Newspaper) a few weeks ago seems quite interesting. Strange that you have to register with them to receive any of the downloads, I think they are tempting us into their lair with free content only to later have all the good stuff be unfree. Gives you your own personal RSS feed of stuff added to your Channel 4 Radio library.
http://www.archive.org led me to a science show Berkley Groks which is also available as a podcast. So far I have only heard the episode (that doesn't seem like the right word) on testosterone, which seemed okay, if cheesy.
Text2iPod lets you put longer than note sized pieces of text on your iPod in the contacts folder.
iFeedPod 1.11 is a fantastic piece of software letting you download RSS feeds to you 'Pod.
So For this entry at least it's all about the 'Pod.
I am moulting at the moment so have a lot of feathery cleaning to do, which is a pain, but must be done; and am somewhat tired. I feel a nap coming on.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Not much but here it is anyway
Here http://teylaminh.livejournal.com/ is the Live Journal of someone I knew a long time ago. I haven't seen this person in a long time, but for me it's an interesting read.
articles on taste, flavour and the senses
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2
3
articles on taste, flavour and the senses
1
2
3
Monday, May 22, 2006
Another comment
I am coming out of hiding to remark on the fact that I have another comment. Wow what is that? three now I think. I am astounded. The commenter (commentateur?) gave me a link http://www.quackometer.net/blog/ which I have yet to check out, but looks worth a peruse. I shall post again soon, I think the "grippe aviaire" panic is dying down. No pun intended.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Keeping a low profile
That is what I am up to. It's not the best time to be avian right now so I am laying low. But here are some links that I have gathered over the past month or so I have to purge myself of them.
Jeremy Hardy's Linda Smith Obituary from the Guardian.
bollix word game. Very addictive. In brief - See how many words you can make from a bunch of letters in 3 minutes.
freesmug has lots of wonderful Open Source software, with a few links to other similar sites. Very Useful if not invaluable.
StreamRipperX Record songs from your favourite Internet radio stations as individual MP3 files.
tickr for flickr has images from flickr scrolling across your screen dependents on the tag word you feed it.
The death of Smash Hits
Shira browser
Tweaking iTunes
Go 'back' to a new tab in some browsers
Art flower printer prints on flowers
sewing machine can work with both downloaded patterns and digital photos to make custom designs
Germaine Greer says some of her smartest students learned everything they needed from watching Friends, while John Sutherland laments the triumph of the 'swotocracy'
Onlife
tracks pages you have visited, documents you have read in a visual way, has a little browser that allows you to view selected items in a pane below
It Tracks apps like safari, Firefox, Camino, Real Player, Quicktime, Mail, Vienna (my Favourite RSS client), NetNewsWire, TextEdit, - and t'others.
OK. The purge has taken place, that really was just one long unsorted splurge. but it feels fitting somehow.
Jeremy Hardy's Linda Smith Obituary from the Guardian.
bollix word game. Very addictive. In brief - See how many words you can make from a bunch of letters in 3 minutes.
freesmug has lots of wonderful Open Source software, with a few links to other similar sites. Very Useful if not invaluable.
StreamRipperX Record songs from your favourite Internet radio stations as individual MP3 files.
tickr for flickr has images from flickr scrolling across your screen dependents on the tag word you feed it.
The death of Smash Hits
Shira browser
Tweaking iTunes
Go 'back' to a new tab in some browsers
Art flower printer prints on flowers
sewing machine can work with both downloaded patterns and digital photos to make custom designs
Germaine Greer says some of her smartest students learned everything they needed from watching Friends, while John Sutherland laments the triumph of the 'swotocracy'
Onlife
tracks pages you have visited, documents you have read in a visual way, has a little browser that allows you to view selected items in a pane below
It Tracks apps like safari, Firefox, Camino, Real Player, Quicktime, Mail, Vienna (my Favourite RSS client), NetNewsWire, TextEdit, - and t'others.
OK. The purge has taken place, that really was just one long unsorted splurge. but it feels fitting somehow.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Links for Today - or the past week really
What can't you send through the post? Hamsters, what about ladybirds - or worms?
BBC's Obsolete Law recent item you know the kind of thing... Are you allowed to drive your sheep through the streets of London?
When heroin was legal
And some pretty computers to look at. Sony Vaio Type F light in all colours
I am thinking of compiling a list of the rss feeds I subscribe to and blogs i read ( i don't read many - i feel i should be reading more blogs) - or I could just del.icio.us it, but the thought of it just puts me right off even looking at the keyboard. Yep del.icio.us is the way to go I think. Why am I even bothering with this? Why do I get any satisfaction when I know no one is reading, except myself? Myself and perhaps a few seagulls - I think.
BBC's Obsolete Law recent item you know the kind of thing... Are you allowed to drive your sheep through the streets of London?
When heroin was legal
And some pretty computers to look at. Sony Vaio Type F light in all colours
I am thinking of compiling a list of the rss feeds I subscribe to and blogs i read ( i don't read many - i feel i should be reading more blogs) - or I could just del.icio.us it, but the thought of it just puts me right off even looking at the keyboard. Yep del.icio.us is the way to go I think. Why am I even bothering with this? Why do I get any satisfaction when I know no one is reading, except myself? Myself and perhaps a few seagulls - I think.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Google Earth and Journaler
Looking at the features of the app Journaler, looks mighty fine.
A few notable features that I like:
Entries filed under date unlike other apps I have come across.
Insert images, video, make voice recordings (via mp3 encoder).
Add files to your entries or photos from iPhoto, music from iTunes, addresses from Address Book via browsers (ie. without having to launch the programs themselves).
Has categories, keywords, search feature.
Upload entries to weblog or Email entries
As yet this is Donationware. I intend to donate when I have given it a good going over.
Google Earth looks good too. Google earth Mac that is. I was using it yesterday and I'm not sure whether it has gremlins within or whether my 800 MHz iMac isn't fast enough to run it, but there were some problems.
A few notable features that I like:
Entries filed under date unlike other apps I have come across.
Insert images, video, make voice recordings (via mp3 encoder).
Add files to your entries or photos from iPhoto, music from iTunes, addresses from Address Book via browsers (ie. without having to launch the programs themselves).
Has categories, keywords, search feature.
Upload entries to weblog or Email entries
As yet this is Donationware. I intend to donate when I have given it a good going over.
Google Earth looks good too. Google earth Mac that is. I was using it yesterday and I'm not sure whether it has gremlins within or whether my 800 MHz iMac isn't fast enough to run it, but there were some problems.
Links
the best of flickr? the best of flickr?
Critique of iPod design
Tawainese (sp?) mobiles though I have read so many american blogs that I am starting to think of them as cell phones.
More nice looking mobiles!
A live version of Demons by a band called battle, I heard on bbc radio one with annie mac and blokie sitting in for Zane Lowe . I haven't listened to that programme for a long time. Another song ny them - Isabelle.
http://www.utdallas.edu/~kilgard/lectures.htm- lectures on neuroscience in video form.
See through hard drive from western Digital. enchanting no?
Critique of iPod design
Tawainese (sp?) mobiles though I have read so many american blogs that I am starting to think of them as cell phones.
More nice looking mobiles!
A live version of Demons by a band called battle, I heard on bbc radio one with annie mac and blokie sitting in for Zane Lowe . I haven't listened to that programme for a long time. Another song ny them - Isabelle.
http://www.utdallas.edu/~kilgard/lectures.htm- lectures on neuroscience in video form.
See through hard drive from western Digital. enchanting no?
Sunday, January 15, 2006
mindlessness and links for today
there is nothing to blog about so I instead offer up some links. So much unevent that it is almost enventful.
I did visit my friends and family yesterday, though they were having a good time lying on the pond bank dozing so not a good time was had. I think they thought I was a pain for trying to disturb them with my ponderances. They were conserving their energies I think. Perhaps in a few weeks once Spring is on its way they will liven up a bit.
--
pretty pics of sweets/candy/whatever you call it.
like this OSX launcher called Butler, I think it's donationware, though I can't remember.
A few nice bits of kit
Apple gear in glorius colour. Pretty pink iPods and ferrari red Powerbooks - oh la la.
Intel-Apple news
optimus keyboard very cool looking in the photo, but photos are often disappointing. Has keys which are image-customisable. could be distracting. Imagine icons staring up at you from the keyboard. I am used the the keyboard being a "nothing to see here" kind of thing. (Unobtrusive rather than ugly.)
tablet pc laptop with detachable screen
I did visit my friends and family yesterday, though they were having a good time lying on the pond bank dozing so not a good time was had. I think they thought I was a pain for trying to disturb them with my ponderances. They were conserving their energies I think. Perhaps in a few weeks once Spring is on its way they will liven up a bit.
--
pretty pics of sweets/candy/whatever you call it.
like this OSX launcher called Butler, I think it's donationware, though I can't remember.
A few nice bits of kit
Apple gear in glorius colour. Pretty pink iPods and ferrari red Powerbooks - oh la la.
Intel-Apple news
optimus keyboard very cool looking in the photo, but photos are often disappointing. Has keys which are image-customisable. could be distracting. Imagine icons staring up at you from the keyboard. I am used the the keyboard being a "nothing to see here" kind of thing. (Unobtrusive rather than ugly.)
tablet pc laptop with detachable screen
Sunday, January 08, 2006
links for 8th Jan 06
an intoduction to motherboard fundamentals at ars technica - very useful i think.
a list of the books in Howard Bloom's Western Canon
the BBC's Open News Archive looks interesting.
I have a fear of saying anything about anything anymore. It seems all there is is is this insubstantial stuff. well... There sees to be a lack of life going on at the momennt with me. I'm chasing my tail - well I would be if that was a feasible thing for a duck to do - Chasing my tail any watching TV and recorded stuff: The OC and Smallville and other US Drama. Quantum Leap is being shown on ITV 3 at the mo., and Kojak.
I'm reading War and Peace and Martin Chuzzlewit - oh and The Blind Assassin that's Tolstoy, Dickens and Margaret Atwood. The next book on my to read list is Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Books and TV and sleep, that's the good stuff in my life right now, and the odd bit of M.I.A and some music I downloaded from legaltorrents esp. the album 2063music netlabel MP3 Archives - Volume 1.
I need more music, I must remind myself.
a list of the books in Howard Bloom's Western Canon
the BBC's Open News Archive looks interesting.
I have a fear of saying anything about anything anymore. It seems all there is is is this insubstantial stuff. well... There sees to be a lack of life going on at the momennt with me. I'm chasing my tail - well I would be if that was a feasible thing for a duck to do - Chasing my tail any watching TV and recorded stuff: The OC and Smallville and other US Drama. Quantum Leap is being shown on ITV 3 at the mo., and Kojak.
I'm reading War and Peace and Martin Chuzzlewit - oh and The Blind Assassin that's Tolstoy, Dickens and Margaret Atwood. The next book on my to read list is Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Books and TV and sleep, that's the good stuff in my life right now, and the odd bit of M.I.A and some music I downloaded from legaltorrents esp. the album 2063music netlabel MP3 Archives - Volume 1.
I need more music, I must remind myself.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Holidays Bye Bye
The end of the "holiday Season" is quite sad. Decorations and lights are put away, and there is no longer an excuse, since one seems to be required, to indulge in luxuries. So although i don't have much of a christmas thang gong on, i am still sad to see the year stretching out ahead of me. It all seems so bleak.
OK, linky-links:
Vienna. A nice OS X RSS reader. Open source, with it's own built in browser for opening links in. I am currently trying this out for my main RSS reader in place of NetWNewsWire Lite.
Women lovin' their training shoes
Webcams from around the world
Slothcam widget at apple.com a dashboard widget allowing you to view various webcams - allows you to add your own webcams.
OK, linky-links:
Vienna. A nice OS X RSS reader. Open source, with it's own built in browser for opening links in. I am currently trying this out for my main RSS reader in place of NetWNewsWire Lite.
Women lovin' their training shoes
Webcams from around the world
Slothcam widget at apple.com a dashboard widget allowing you to view various webcams - allows you to add your own webcams.
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