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Blog Day 2007

Friday, August 31st • Comments (0)

Today is Blog Day. If you are like me, every day is blog day, but I will play along. Here are 5 great blogs I like to read on a regular basis.

Shorpy - I like photos. And I really like old photos, so I check this feed daily.
This Blog Sits at the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics - The title says it all.
Music Thing - When I feel like ogling some synthpr0n.
Afarensis - Know your primates!
Future Perfect - Jan Chipchase always notices things most people would just walk right past.

“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” -Winston Churchill

Violinist Chuanyun Li

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Paganini 24th Caprice

Clowning around

New high-tech musical instruments

Visiting with Internet Explorer

Wednesday, August 29th • Comments (0)

Thirty percent of the visitors to this site use Internet Explorer 7. Thirty-nine percent use IE 6. That’s fine with me, my site actually looks pretty good in IE.

Open source hardware, what is it?

OpenFM Open Source Radio Transmitter

Saturday, August 25th • Comments (1)

From the OpenFM website:

When Adapted Consulting’s co-Founder, Frederic Renet couldn’t find a commercial radio that was energy efficient, easy to repair and affordable, he decided to build his own. These requirements were crucial for where he was installing radios in rural Africa. Based on that first model, Fred has designed a new radio that we call “Open FM”.

Adapted’s OpenFM radio kit is a low power, affordable open source solution created for use in remote areas. The system is robust and was designed to withstand harsh weather conditions, including high temperatures, dust and humidity. It has been optimized to be energy efficient, allowing it to operate using solar power and so is particularly well suited for rural environments that lack dependable electricity.

http://www.flickr.com/nikon

Jay Greenberg Violin Concerto

Sunday, August 19th • Comments (0)

From Mr. Greenberg’s website:

Recently, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s announced it has commissioned Jay Greenberg to write a one movement violin concerto for Joshua Bell to be premiered at Carnegie Hall on October 28, 2007.

Csardas by Sándor Lakatos

Saturday, August 18th • Comments (0)

How to Remove the OpenOffice Splash Screen

Thursday, August 16th • Comments (0)

If you are using Windows XP, browse to C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program. Open the file named soffice.ini with a text editor like Notepad. It should look like this:
[Bootstrap] Logo=1 ProgressBarColor=0,0,128 ProgressSize=-1,6 ProgressPosition=-1,-1
Change the second line to:
Logo=0
Save the file.

Creative Commons licensed version of Verdi’s Nabucco - recorded by the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI di Roma as directed by Fernando Previtali in 1951.

Facebook drops support for classes. If you still want this feature, you’ll have to use an application like Courses.

The Liverpool Philharmonic will perform September 14th in Second Life.