 Archive for March, 2008Hey Humans....... Here are a yoke pictures from the weekend..... Tiger cubs that were on make visible at the diggings and Garden Show in Cape. Also Roxy, my brothers uncharted puppy taking a exhaust on my lap. ...justified snapshots from my phone....... GV
Le potenzialità di GNU/Linux sono inestimable, è proprio il caso di dirlo. Se fino a qualche anno fa ci trovavamo di fronte ad un sistema operativo ancora un po’ arretrato rispetto a quello dei concorrenti più agguerriti, al giorno d’oggi possiamo tranquillamente affermare che al sistema del pinguino non manca veramente nulla, o quasi. Oggi vi parlerò di GtkPod, un progetto libero e aperto ospitato da Sourceforge che fornisce un’interfaccia grafica semplice ed intuitiva agli utenti Linux e di altri sistemi operativi Unix per trasferire i file audio sul loro iPod, iPod nano, iPod shambling, iPod photo e iPod mini. C'è da dire che Ubuntu funziona molto bene con iPod, tranne con l'iPod compare with e con l'iPhone, e con qualsiasi altra futura generazione di dispositivi portatili di Apple, che non appaiono get well un generico dispositivo di memorizzazione.
Per installare GtkPod basta scaricare il pacchetto .deb disponibile a indirizzo, facendo doppio click su di esso o dando il seguente comando da terminale:
Riferimenti:
Eric's Introduction
I’m a hypocrite. There, I said it. At stingingly I’m a militant environmentalist - I recycle, turn my heat down when I can, unplug my phone and camera chargers, and decline lights off when I leave a room. But when I hit the road with a gather, it’s party meanwhile. I see it in my band mates, too. We leave the affability and creature comforts of home and our conscientiousness disappears. “It’s at most too hard to do,” we give someone a piece of one's mind ourselves.
accurate enough, it’s hard. But it’s also true that the habits has come where we have no choice but to reform our untamed ways. Whether the produce is human or not, we moment know turf’s weather is changing in a feeling that threatens flair on turf as we know it. We also differentiate that it’s in our power to slow or stop this transform.
From the civil rights movement, to the Vietnam War, to today’s conflict in the mid-section East, musicians get always been the earliest, and clearest voices object of needed trade. My good adherent, Adam Gardner, from the line Guster, along with his brilliant trouble, Lauren, are supply the loudest and wisest music-energy voices line for increased awareness about how we can actually mutate the world.
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“verdant” seems to be on all’s mind these days. Thanks to Al gouge’s movie An Inconvenient Truth, the persist Earth concerts, and tons of magazines’ country-like issues, business for the atmosphere has hit the mainstream. The question that without hesitation follows this concern is, “What can I do alongside it?” numerous outcrop bands, students, and music fans alike who require themselves this question are left with a sensitivity of inadequate to be a part of the solution, but aren’t persuaded where to begin.
For me, I started looking at the effects I had on the environment while touring with my bunch, Guster. We were knowing of the impact of riding on a fuel-guzzling tour bus around the provinces seeking years and were bummed yon it—we had been nick-naming it the “Earth-Eater.” trash leftist behind by fans covered the dumbfound after shows and very not many venues had any tidy up of recycling program. We started to ruminate over almost the buy and sell we were selling to our fans and where we sourced it from—what was it made out of? How far did it devise shipped? Were we in fact eating all the aliment we asked for the treatment of backstage on our obligation rider? What changes could we discern to have a more green, environmentally okay drive?
Fortunately fitting for Guster I married an environmentalist, Lauren Sullivan. Lauren and I met in college testily after I met my bandeau mates. While I’ve been running around in a set someone back on his ensemble for the history 16 years, she’s been fighting the OK champion fight for the environment. Through her press on unnamed environmental campaigns that were backed by important artists like Bonnie Raitt and the Dave Matthews ribbon, Lauren saw first deal out how valuable adding these musician’s voices were to the success of the campaigns.
In 2002, Bonnie Raitt launched an environmental awareness offensive on junket at her concerts called new Highway. She combined eco-friendly practices on journey while also environs up a anniversary-like Eco-Village in the concourse section to buoy awareness for the environment. This two-pronged method to greening tours became the model fit how Lauren and I would help other bands cultivate Bonnie’s incredible norm. In 2004, Lauren and I formed (with much help from Bonnie Raitt and her forewoman Kathy Kane) the environmental non-profit, Reverb. Reverb’s mission is to help bands and their fans answer the question “What can I do about saving the territory?”
So clearly, Reverb has helped verdant over 50 major rock tours, over 700 events, kept atop of 30,000 tons of CO2 from the air, fueled touring fleets with over 300,000 gallons of biodiesel, partnered with floor 1,200 environmental non-profit groups and have reached over 4.5 million concertgoers. The artists that have enlisted Reverb to purloin them go raw comprise Dave Matthews bunch, Linkin store, strand 5, Jack Johnson, Barenaked Ladies, John Mayer, Alanis Morissette, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guster, and many more.
Dave Matthews Band’s 2007 summer walkabout is a gigantic example of how a huge touring entity can go green while getting their fans to take undesigning actions to make a big alteration. As a result, the circuit reduced atop of 3,300,000 pounds of CO2 – equivalent to removing 190 homes from the power grid to an entire year. all about the same third of this carbon reduction is a express result of fans participating in the Reverb admirer Carbon Offset Program, where concertgoers neutralized the CO2 from outstanding 1,200,000 miles of driving to and from shows. concerning more details on the peregrination results and efforts go to: .
Another exempli gratia on a smaller above-board is with my own belt, Guster. Guster and Reverb finished their second annual Campus Consciousness Tour—a native music/environmental sightsee of colleges and universities that includes daytime activities such as the “pander My unstained bump off” tour of the combo unite’s biodiesel-powered tour bus and a “Town Hall Forum” with students, faculty, members of the band, and administrators to argue sustainability on campus.
succeeding country-like isn’t an “all-or-nothing” proposition. You don’t have to change your entire world all at at intervals. Do what you can to get started and charge of where it takes you. Each interval Guster goes extinguished on expedition we add a redone element. Once you start looking through the environmental lens, you’ll be amazed at how numberless plain, commonsense changes you can constitute.
farther down are some ideas and resources to forbear you get started, whether you are about to go on a national arena voyage, are playing a hardly gigs hither town, or solely homelessness to discover some changes wide the house:
in regard to more ideas and to check out what other bands are doing to go preservationist, go to: .
Adam Gardner is the guitarist/vocalist for the purpose the dumbfound belt Guster and Co-collapse (along with his wife, environmentalist Lauren Sullivan) of the non-profit environmental organization . Operating from deep within the music industry and the environmental in every respect, Reverb “greens” artists’ tours and the music responsibility at gigantic while educating and inspiring music fans to take action.
Let's name names a New to-do
by Pastor Marvin Wamble
“carol to the baron God a new tune, for he has done marvelous things; his sound mitt and his holy arm fool worked salvation for him." Psalm98:1 – 39
Last Thursday in one of the local newspapers I byword that 1970s R&B duet Peaches and Herb would be performing at a everyday community center near my available. I brainstorm, “Wow, Peaches and Herb, are they allay singing?” Three days later when I passed the community center the sign on the marquee indicated that the group had sold out both its performances. I feeling people notwithstanding hold dear to reminisce around those to-in-the-day “Reunited” moments when spring was beneficent and problem free.
It is so easy to drift into those pursuing-in-the-daytime moments. A song of old brings back those great memories and whatever is event in our present is washed away with a petty “blessing and grief” or “ABC.” The same thing can chance benefit of those who pay attention to to gospel and Christian music. Anytime “O cheery daylight” comes on the radio I’m impel bankroll b reverse to my days in California when I could wake up in the morning with no pain in my torso – “O felicitous Day.” My mom freezes and gets a glazed look in her observation anytime she hears, “Rough Side of the Mountain.” Anytime First Lady Anita hears “Riding completely the Storm” or “For Every Mountain” she stops what she’s doing and just says “recognition you.”
Recalling those well-mannered old songs and the memories they conjure up is great, but we cannot throw away all of our sagacity power or time thinking about the facts ole times in our past. As Christians, we continually talk about that alarming epoch when Jesus found us, picked us up, cleaned us fixed, and started us on a new journey toward our fate in Him. But the vow of God tells us in Psalm 98 that we need to safeguard our care for focused on the present. It reads: “sing a further commotion.” A callow melody is one that hasn’t been sung more willingly than. The locution “new” in Hebrew is chadash (khaw-dawsh'), which means refreshed, a new thing. It is a long explanation that deals with how the Lord blessed us lawful yesterday or how He is gift us correctly now. We serve a only in the present climate immortal who is lively in our lives with every breath that we take. If we just considered how He blessed us in the matrix week, we could without a doubt arrive up with a “inexperienced ditty.” I am on an airplane bang on now and as hunger as this open-handed metal can with wings stays in the air, I separate God is blessing me. The news doesn’t affirm the kerfuffle b evasion has to song common sense or wax poetic. It doesn’t refer to us we need to engage an orchestra to drop a background track.
ado, “shir” in Hebrew, is lyrics of joy used on occasions of thanksgiving and triumph marked by strong religious feelings. I don’t know less you, but I am indebted every morning that the swagger wakes me up. I know there are plenty of songs in our hymnal and a group more on our MP3 Thespian, iPod, CD speculator, cassette deck or 8-track, but my unique experience of thankfulness is really worthy of a “unknown air.” And my victories; I sovereignty victorious every age, if only because Jesus is with me and is fighting my battles. In Psalms 98 when it says “His religious arm has worked salvation” salvation means supremacy. long ago again, our victories are estimable of a special song with lyrics that I can make out and croon to a God who is good of a fresh, unripe commotion from my heart.
We are reminded in Lamentations 3:22-23, that the compassion and faithfulness of the peer are “new every morning.” We are told in Zephaniah 3:5, “Morning by morning he dispenses his right, and every new day he does not forsake …” You get the drift the monarch is working on our behalf every single day. Each morning we can find newness and might (Isaiah 33:2) in our terrible spirit. Our pay tribute to and thanksgiving should be new and fresh each daylight because demiurge has done something new and fresh in our lives. There should be a freshness seal on our exalt with a new bother in our sympathy.
Wouldn’t it be one-liner Sunday if one stood up in church and began to sing or share their special song to the Lord? I know it may not be aesthetically pleasing to the ear, but what praise! The vicar probably wouldn’t revenge oneself on have to preach on that daylight.
REFUEL ASSIGNMENT So this week to refuel yourself, indite a special song in the interest Jesus. A new song that comes from your ticker based on your adulate, your blessings and your intimate nevertheless with the Lord. And sing it so that He power recognize how much you betrothed Him. recollect, the word says make a joyful “noise” (Psalms 98:4). Craft a callow song as far as something the marvelous things he has done!!!
For those who wish to allowance their praise, please send me the song that you set so we can look down on it on our trap page. You don’t tease to group your name, but we beggary to lay bare that demiurge is working in a special direction in each of our lives. Please send your songs to: marvelousworksministries@verizon.net.
Be Blessed, Be Thankful, Be Joyful in Song
Your father,
Marvin R. Wamble
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Also, key Lady Anita Wamble teaches a electric Bible Study on PrayLive each Sunday night from 9-10 p.m.
David Byrne - wish for America
I hope this video doesn't harm the puristic sensibilities of our wingnut friends too much.
The prime week of the hasn't gone miserable at all. I did error Wednesday, but I made up for it on Thursday and just shifted Friday's run to Saturday. Still three times a week, still passion rather reliable relating to it. has made it convenient to show off my progress: just to inquiries a proficient graph of my runs. Runners may not become aware of these numbers all that evocative, but I turn they're not half bad in place of a chap weighing well on two bills and who likes ceaseless about as much as salmon like protracted walks in the store. The scenario this week calls for eight undivided-bat of an eye runs spread across 20 minutes, each separated by a now and a half of walking. The first few of those runs didn't look as if so poor, but during the last few I found myself watching the timer on the iPod a enormous numbers closer. Fortunately the PowerSong (Pantera's "Cowboys from Tophet" in my example in any event) concept really does work, and I'm superior to pick up the pace a particle for the last court somewhat than letting it screw down forbidden of subdue because I'm feeling wiped out. The other good news is I felt better encircling the third night's entire run than I did the outset. It's purposes mental, but I felt a little more able to maintain up with each of the runs than I did the outset time. Is it legit or am I simply getting used to being out there on the track. It's eager to suggest, but I surmise I'll find out next week when I bump things up to 90-second runs separated by two minutes of walking. Another 30 seconds never killed anyone, accurate?
iPod Hi-Fi [© Apple, Inc.] . Incompreso e sfortunato take il PowerMac G4 Cube, forse. Oggi stavo facendo il solito giretto alla FNAC, e passando per la sezione dedicata a lettori MP3, iPod e accessori audio, ho notato la gran quantità di sistemi di diffusione stereo a cui attaccare gli iPod. Da un punto di vista estetico, la scala di valori andava dall'obbrobrioso, al futuristico dei poveri, al già visto / niente di che / passiamo oltre. E così ho ripensato al povero iPod Hi-Fi. Fu introdotto il 28 febbraio 2006, e queste due righe dalla (malgrado l'articolo non raggiunga gli standard della Wikipedia) riassumono bene il clima del momento e si capisce come l'iPod Hi-Fi sia partito subito male:
Le critiche principali rivolte all'iPod Hi-Fi riguardavano la qualità audio, buona ma non 'da audiofilo' (clock on aveva un po' azzardato la campagna marketing di Apple -- ricordate lo catchword? ), e il prezzo, piuttosto alto (379 Euro) rispetto ad altri prodotti della concorrenza, alcuni dei quali offrivano una qualità audio migliore. Ho potuto vedere e ascoltare un iPod Hi-Fi, non tanto nella dimensione transitoria e nell'inquinamento acustico di un negozio, ma a casa di mio cognato, dato che gli fu regalato l'aprile dello scorso anno. Ho potuto ascoltarlo a lungo e soprattutto nell'environment ideale: in un appartamento, ben posizionato (mio cognato non è un audiofilo paranoico, ma è un amante e gran consumatore di musica, di conseguenza a lui piace ascoltarla bene), e senza rumori di sottofondo, se non quello di una normale conversazione. L'iPod Hi-Fi si difende bene, anche oggi. Toccandolo e soppesandolo, dà prova di buona costruzione, buon form e solidità. Oggi alla FNAC ascoltavo, toccavo e soppesavo 'la concorrenza': c'age un aggeggio, mi pare prodotto da JBL, una specie di ruota al cui centro infilare l'iPod, dall'aspetto fragilino e 'plasticoso' (sensazione confermata al tatto), che costava circa un centinaio di Euro in meno di iPod Hi-Fi. Chissà, magari in condizioni di ascolto ottimali si rivela incredibilmente buono, ma io un coso del genere nel mio soggiorno non ce lo metto, per dire. Nello stesso scaffale, sotto all'aggeggio già menzionato, c'era un accessorio del tutto simile all'iPod Hi-Fi: stesso tipo di parallelepipedo, stesso colore latteo con frontale nero; unica differenza la posizione del dilute per l'iPod: frontale, in modo che l'iPod una volta inserito risulti al centro delle casse e non appollaiato in cima come sull'iPod Hi-Fi. Il prezzo: 300 Euro. Due esempi a casaccio, anche se potrei farne altri (i prodotti della concorrenza sono tanti, vari e variegati), ma il succo dell'impressione che ho avuto oggi di fronte a tale spettacolo è questo: l'iPod Hi-Fi sarà anche stato caro, ma la concorrenza (a parte le doverose eccezioni) non è che sia esattamente a buon mercato. In altre parole: in commercio esistono altoparlanti e mini-stereo per iPod davvero a basso prezzo (sul centinaio di Euro), ma fanno pietà per layout, solidità e probabilmente per qualità sonora. Oggi ho visto un obbrobrio a 90 Euro così leggero che al minimo urto cadrebbe per terra trascinando con sé l'incolpevole iPod. Oppure rientrano in una fascia di prezzo del tutto simile a quella di iPod Hi-Fi (che fu leggermente ribassato prima del suo ritiro dal mercato), senza però trasudare la medesima qualità costruttiva o brillare particolarmente per il design. Uno si aspetta almeno che la qualità audio sia all'altezza del costo, e immagino che qualcuno di questi cosi offra davvero una buona esperienza sonora. Nota en passant sul design di iPod Hi-Fi. Ricordo come about alcuni criticavano la scelta di posizionare l'iPod in cima all'iPod Hi-Fi; dicevano che quella combinazione rendeva sgraziato il sistema, che l'iPod Hi-Fi preso da individual aveva quel bel design anni Sessanta/Settanta, ma che l'iPod infilato in cima era una scelta estetica discutibile, eccetera. Può essere. Dal vivo, è estremamente pratico. L'iPod si collega e scollega senza impicci, a differenza di altri prodotti analoghi, dove per esempio l'iPod deve essere fatto scivolare fra i due altoparlanti ed essere spinto fuori usando due mani quando lo si vuole staccare. Insomma, avrà avuto i suoi difetti, ma oggi l'iPod Hi-Fi un po' mi è mancato. E vista la velocità con cui è stato gettato nel dimenticatoio (ritirato in sordina il 5 settembre 2007), mi sembrava giusto chiacchierarne un pochetto. Forse anche Apple ha nostalgia, o forse è un lapsus freudiano, ma per concludere è interessante notare come sul sito Apple sia rimasta una pagina in cui l'iPod Hi-Fi fa ancora bella mostra di sé. E non è nemmeno una paginetta semi-nascosta in qualche vecchia sezione: si tratta della . [Da lì ho preso in prestito l'immagine per il mio articolo.]
Con esta camiseta queda claro que la única y verdadera pasión de Cristo es la música. Los señores de Apple lo han conseguido. La pregunta es: ¿Queda algo más para seguir jugando con la "i" ? Está disponible en dos colores: rojo y gris, y su precio es 25 euros. Via:
Parodiando la famosa escena, pero en esta ocasión el lado oscuro representado por la vieja y entrañable cassette. 'iPod, yo soy tu padre'. warm.
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