World Link TV good for something!

VARTTINA

Wow. Just wow.


Well, that's something, but nothing compared to the new 2007 (World) Link TV music site!

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Nudge, nudge.

RSS Help

The following is an example of an improper RSS feed url:
http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/MainFeed.aspx

results from running the same run through a validator:
http://www.feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/MainFeed.aspx

Below is a non-working example of an "opml" feed url:
(merely a page that explains what xml or opml is)
http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/Opml.aspx

Again, results from running the same run through the same validator:
http://www.feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/Opml.aspx

Although I actually use the Citrix products, I am saddened to see the lack of deatail in the simplest of forms represented in their poorly constructed xml and opml references and application.
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Next, what follows are 2 good examples that will actually work:

proper RSS feed url:
http://feeds.pixelcorps.com/feeds/macbreakipod.xml
(This can be dropped in both an aggregate reader AND iTunes for the audio portions)


and then a
working example of an "xml" podcast feed url:
http://www.stratfor.com/reports/podcast.xml
WOW, (notice the ACTUAL "xml" extension used at the END of the url - this is a clue!)


If you cannot see the difference in the urls, look closer or stop trying to make bad urls -

OR

try this, and make good:

http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/sbFeedsOPMLFeedBlender.html

and then try this:
(it's fun)

http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.php

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Not to worry, for those of you who just want to USE rss in your readers or don't want to get all that technical, you can try IE7 - RSS is built in!

http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/microsofts_cont.html

(Although, I disagree with Nick's assesment that Microsoft's patent application here is due to the degredation of the Patent Office. More likely this represents continuing frivolity of legal eagles)

and then follow Nick's advice and read:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060288329%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060288329&RS=DN/20060288329

then follow someone else's advice:
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/forum/index.html
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Copyright vs. Copywrong or the fight between YouTube and Dailymotion.com

In a Forbes.com article about the new GoogleVideo/YouTube-on-the-blockster "Dailymotion.com" recently reported a college law professor - clearly out of touch with current copyright issues and law - saying that, in effect, merely linking to a site that contains illegal content is violating law (for this arguement, copyright act law).

Not only this passed March 2006 did the US Supreme court say that any site linking to other sites cannot be held legally or otherwise responsible for any other content than what is on its own site, but that also no site linked to can expect nor can they legally hold liable nor can they force any linking entity from linking to their site.

Even Forbes.com dropped the ball on this issue. Yawl better stay up on the info.

Miles Davis' "AURA" and the album of the same name...

So Long's article is pretty good at describing - musically - what Aura is all about. Or is he missing something obvious. Yes.

Obvious to me as I am a percussionist. While listening to Aura the first time - I bought it on vinyl the day it was released - AND while perusing the titles listed, the various hues and so forth, I noticed something. I noticed that some of the songs were in odd meter (you know, 5/4, 3/4, 12/8 and then...) and one in particular was a song in 11. 11? Yes, 11. It happened to be also TRACK 11.

That got me investigating, using the tone arm as my tool Track 5 (on my hunch) was/is indeed in 5/4 time. Track 3 is in 3/4. Track 1 has no discernible main beat but a pulse of - one would say - conducted in 1. Track 7 is in 7/4 or7/8 depending on how slow or fast you want to count it.

Furthering the infinity of numbers, the musical thematic material (ignoring the colors for now) brings similarities of track 1 in track 11. Track 5 in track 10. Track 2 in 4 and then in 8. Now, bring in colors = since Green has Blue & Yellow in it......guess what matches this time, not time, but chords. Yep. The chord changes are interrelated using color matching. On a 12-tone (Long incorrectly identifies track 1 as having only a 10 note theme*) system, assign the number 1 to track one's color then see if when you match tonal centers of the Blue track and the Yellow track that you don't see a correlation in the Green track? Freaky, huh?

Listen again if you think I am exaggerating this.


The Amazing Aura of Miles.

*This assumes that my mathematical application is the correct one, for there lies the possibility that the 10 notes Long identifies are mathematically related to a different number base. In other words, taken to its extreme, the numbering theory here would be that of adding or subtracting a melody line based upon some formula I have not yet uncovered, but indeed someone here is not counting on something!
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Dixie Chicks, The

I must personally declare:

The Dixie Chicks should not be ashamed of being from TEXAS!

Mr. Bush should be ashamed. Period.

U go girls - CLC RADIO BACKS YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND BEYOND.

BTW, GWB's daughters LOVE your music! Especially when they are DRUNK OFF THEIR ASSES!

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My Space, my ass!

CENSORSHIP be DAMNED!

A damn shame, but peruse the link (below) from the mind of MySpace, the man behind it all.

Also , get this take from Pete Cashmore writing at MASHABLE.COM

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College of Lake County Library is for books. OK, mostly for books. Right?

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- using the following links will help you visualize these ideas:

http://www.clcillinois.edu/maps/pdf/cwing1.pdf &

http://www.clcillinois.edu/maps/pdf/bwing1.pdf

Last night I had a dream. Of rows and rows of books for everybody! Not so in the Murphy Memorial Library here at CLC. The first floor is the circ desk, study area, Artectera, Testing Center, Tutoring Emporium, offices, a classroom, and an open computer lab. Let's move some of that crap to another part of CLC. How about Southlake?

Ha. Just kidding. I am thinking: "Those old Electronic Lab classrooms could be converted into a large enough space (actually by floor space, this new lab space IDEA OF MINE would be now larger than currently in the LRC. Strike that, I mean in the Library!) Part of the new space would have to have at least one or two small offices built-in for monitor/lab rats.

The rooms I choose are: B155 & B156 or perhaps the old Electronics labs - or just one of them or one-and-a-half (again, B-wing)? Well, maybe. At least, out of the library, the users wouldn't have to be as quiet as they seem to be in the Library". Most people are fairly quiet in most libraries. But, in a converted classroom? Naw. Why?

You want to talk about intake? Look at Personnel. Look at Counseling.

Think "INSIDE" the box now. What do you see? A Foundation. I first see the CLC Foundation moving.

What I mean in the Theatre of my mind:

Move CLC Foundation into B153 & B154 (re apply classroom assignments there)

HR Moves to B128 & B129 & B135 through B139 (re apply classroom assignments there) & Hall is closed off with Front & Rear Entry doors Move Counseling into

B120 & B121 B122 & B123 stay as classrooms for training (NSO meetings, conferences, etc.)

B142 becomes Music Dept & Radio Audio Audition lab & classroom - B143 becomes Control Booth & waiting Area (re apply classroom assignments there)

CLC Radio moves to B162a,b,c & B141 & B140 (mostly as CD Storage/Audio Isolation for new Personnel offices)

LRC comp lab moves to B118 Financial Aid moves to B119

B117 REMAINS as Language Lab/Classroom

Registration, Records, & Student Dev Offices move across hall to all other (now) unused areas (actually gaining space because of Stairwell in current location taking away floor space)

Vacated Reg, StuDev, Records, now becomes the NEW BOOKSTORE moved from downstairs (mostly). Install dumb-waiter to "go below" for book storage.

In part of old bookstore (basement) a "quiet lounge" can be installed for students, as well as a STAFF LOUNGE for C-wing & b-wingers - with a wide carpeted Spiral Staircase from the NEW book store (NEAR and just outside the front doors of the NEW book store so when store is closed, people can still get to the newer lounges.)

Who did I leave out?

Oh ya, Theatre now has the vacated areas from old Personnel & old Foundation Offices to use!

Well, that's ONE idea of mine. And, obviously, the logistics would need to be worked out a little bit.

The StuDev/Bookstore moves can't start until Financial Aid moves and the Theatre can't move until personnel and or Foundation move.

The part-time faculty offices (currently being proposed for the Newer CLC Radio hub) could be moved to B132 thru B134 while B134 moves into StuDev or FinAid or Counseling or HR - whichever area is most appropriate.

The proposed new proximity of the Radio/Music Dept Audio Audition room would make wiring consolidation easy AND events programmed in the Audio room could be broadcast live.

Program Board Events held in the B-Court could be more easily broadcast live as well.

Moving the Radio Station there would be closer to Theatre and Main Lobby (if hope springs eternal - and I don't mean hot springs!)

The proposed vacated space of the current Student Activities area could become a new area for Campus Safety.

Also, when thinking of the newer areas described, there's no reason why the newer personnel area proposed couldn't swap with the newer Student Activities' area proposed (still with the idea of the double-doored hallway closed providing for extra floor space)!

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So we want CLC to be more like the first 2 years of the 4-year experience?

To this question? DO we? Really?

Then let us start with the Students Rights & responsibilities Handbook thing.

Do we really want to curtail the Appeal Process already in place?

No.

Should we expand the judicial Process of CLC to be more reflective of the first 2 years of a 4 year college?

I say: Yes.

Here's why:

Northern Illinois University
The Student Code of Conduct
(Effective August 8, 2006)

In general, what you may have read (after perusing NIU's Student Code of Conduct), really means: When at all possible, put the responsibility on the Student Organization for Judicial matters, and leave the smaller Club issues to a more general governing body - in our case, our SGA. In the latter case presented here, the SGA could form a Judicial committee to handle the small problems. But, if the Student Newspaper, or if CLC's Phi Theta Kappa chapter member commits a gaf, then an ad hoc group formed from non-infractors via the Chapter membership could adjudicate and form an opinion.

Now, you know you want to read the example set by NIU.

Really?

Yes.

Still not convinced cha-chi? How about this quote from the document:

"In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a student
may inspect and review his/her judicial file upon request to the Judicial Affairs [Office - to be interpreted as: or any person or body in charge of such a file]."

Then again, this isn't news to those of us who have been trained in the FERPA.

Apologising on behalf of NIU, as far as typos go, even NIU can make a mistake like a typo once per academic year, I believe. That typo is no worse than CLC's own recent, "[a body] determined that decisions will be discussed and decided in [a time frame chosen]". Holy Crap, Batman, that doesn't even make any sense; the Riddler has done it again.

WARNING: When comparing the wording of NIU's version and CLC's version, many similarities were found. Copy/Paste. Although this method was delineated at meetings, mere declaration of copying does not constitute permission of same.

Decisions will be discussed and decided? I truly don't believe the horrific logic/grammar implied in this puzzle, but I thin I know what the person was trying to say.


Copyright 2006 Dan Prowse, Jr.

I WIN!

I just took the "Fight Club" test. I am now certified by the State of Illinois as being a most Ethical BITCH!

Of course, I took the test AFTER my shift was over and I used State Resources in order to take the test, which is ethical, since the test was related to work.

I think I beat Brent's time.

"Your music sucks!"

Hey, how come I here a wide variety of songs in an hour or a half hour of time - why can't there be a theme every hour or even two? Or, why does the/your music suck?

Well, you do, there is, and we don't care if you think the music sucks!

90% of what you hear during automation times (when there is no Live DJ) is at least 3 hours of the same music genre. Occasionally, the other 10% is heard differently - usually during peak CLC network usage times (up to about 6 months ago) - for instance Classical music in the early morning at the top of an hour (on clcradio.org between 6am to 9am, in Lancers however not before 8am) but somewhere midway through any hour becomes a light pop variety of music - not the Classical expected. This glitch is due to many factors - all out of any one person's control. The reason we use light pop is because it is middle-of-the road and shouldn't really jar anyone's sensibilities.

At CLC Radio, the Chief Engineer is continually improving the status of this in everyway humanly possible. Just know that it can happen, it does happen, and will happen occasionally, and you all know this - when it comes to automation.

With Live DJ talent, another solution is always at hand:

The DJ On-Air (or Off, if you prefer) phone number for the studio is 847-543-2929. The staff will not, shall not, and cannot take blame for the music that DJs want to play. While it is in a DJs best interest (to gain audience) to play what the students want to hear (faculty, staff, and administration must understandably wait in line for the privilege of songs desired), you might want to make a request; just call the DJ at 847-543-2929 or just 2929 from your IP. Skype, or a CLC Tan House Phone.

When you are listening to us during Automation hours, you can always make a request through our automated system on this website. ONE SONG AT A TIME and only TWO PER HOUR and each song you choose will play approximately 2 to 4 songs later. Anything else would actually violate DMCA Internet Audio Streaming Regulations. KEEP IN MIND: Our request page has a glitch due to our ISP's insistence of using direct linking of asp.net libraries (which is ludicrous just knowing the basic of ,net programming) rather than releative linking! Whatever. Just don't be fooled off by the error at the pre-load time of the request page, nor the error that says your request didn't "go through" - it did, actually, but due to the above issue, it will just "appear" to be faulty. The request did "go through" and you will hear it shortly, between 3 to 5 songs later.

You can also send us emails regarding any issues you may have with our music choices, but you must keep this in mind: complaints about our website have absolutely no connection with our music programming, and do not confuse the two, please. There are good places within our site to make suggestions or complain about that!

Why, at the top of the hour, do I hear an announcement, then it fades out in the middle?

Short answer: We are aware and we will be fixing it. At least the programmers of the software we use say it is fixable!

Slightly long answer: Most likely the person speaking in the announcement wasn't watching the clock - to keep it at or under 2 minutes, OR the announcements longer than 2 minutes ended up being put in the wrong folder by an actual person - and probably the person speaking that announcement. (We train all our DJs to speak - as well as edit - the announcements; as much as possible)

Sound and songs listed don't always sync up in the various players' text scrollers offered?

Well, kids, and Moms & Dads; the reason? Because there are various players to choose from and each player is governed by servers out of our direct control, due each having a different set of scripts that support/don't support song title streaming at any given time or time frame.

For example: Live365 uses what they call their Nano Servers (so-named because they are LIGHTING fast) that will allow a proprietary stream coming from the originating streaming computer (clcradio's main DJ computer in our case) containing such important text; text that is actually required by the DMCA. Reports of the text are later randomly required by BMI, one of the 3 major Music Publishing Clearing Houses and specifically the one designated to collect royalties, which CLC pays every year. The Nano Servers are only set up to allow updates every 60 seconds (the bare minimum) to every five minutes or so (so far it has been set to their minimum and is completely server-side, therefore we cannot control it), so if you hear a 30 second sponsorship or CLC announcement play, and then hear a song, you might not see the sponsorship listed until 30 seconds after the next song has generated upon 60 seconds. However, it will show in the "Song played" area of the Live365 player in the order of its play along with exactly when it played and for how long it played in reality - not just its listed timing which is really from the MP3 "tag" that must accompany each song once it has played completely (the latter which is required of our automation software as well as the SIN-TV text song title scroller thingy).

Probably our most accurate player is our own ASX player (the type that just launches in most browsers automatically upon visiting our site, but only if your browser is set up to allow popups for our site). This ASX player maintains a fairly close relationship as to what is playing. Not only that, but the quality is higher for our player than what Live365 is willing to give us for free! (This is why we usually reserve some sports broadcasts for the Live365 player, only when there is a competing Live Music concert that we ill cover in a higher quality always).

COMPLAIN? You want to complain, why, just look at these shoes; I've only had them for a week and already the soles have worn through.....

M. Python

All complaints or constructive criticisms must first come to the DJ line, 837-542-2929, then to our Program Director, 847-543-2391. If you get no satisfaction there, you can then call Dan Prowse (GM and Chief Engineer of CLC Radio) in his office at 847-543-2637.

DO NOT CALL AND COMPLAIN ANYWHERE ELSE UNTIL YOU HAVE AT LEAST MADE AN EFFORT TO CONTACT THESE PEOPLE ABOVE. It is not fair to you, us, our managers/supervisors, nor especially the employees and managers of Lancers. The employees and managers of Lancers have little time to deal with what CLC Radio produces as Lancers' and the committee that helps think of ways to improve Lancers' (the Food Service Committee) main concern is making the excellent quality food you are likely to eat there everyday or whether there acoustical control installed on the floor, walls, or ceiling, what lighting they may have, color schema , etc.

Make your complaints or send your compliments and kudos of CLC Radio to CLC Radio staff on the SAME DAY you notice an issue - not weeks later in casual conversation with others. Frankly, we receive about 6 to 10 complaints a YEAR regarding music choices - something that needs no fixing and will fall on deaf ears all the way to the "top" (if you now what I mean, nudge-nudge), and maybe 3 to 6 complaints or less per year of volume control (either too low or a bit too loud - usually "...too low when Lancers is crowded"). These numbers are based upon actual audience participation and eyewitness accounts.

Soon, all complaints will be logged and signed by both parties; if the complaints are to be considered at all credible. "Stacks of complaints" older than 10 days will not ever be considered, so you might as well turn those post-it notes over, and then reuse. All our shows - automated or live - are archived to 10 days officially and 60 days unofficially (for DJ use).

Time & Space - they have the money

Yes I am both Part-time Faculty Advisor to & Manager (Supervisor if you prefer) of CLC Radio. I keep my time delineated between the two (for the few of you who mistakenly believe that that delineation is warranted). I stopped by CLC personnel Friday and I have been told to answer, when asked, "what do you teach", when referencing the Part-time Faculty designation, I need only reply, "I am Part-time Faculty in advisement. I am currently Advisor to CLC Radio". Any further inquiry would be considered nonsense to those in personnel. I was also informed that my first choice of answer was correct but may be too difficult to understand.

CLC employs people of the Lake County community as Part-time faculty Credit (or non-credit) with the intention for advisement or training only, not specifically for teaching classroom-style, but usually when the employee or incumbent holds a particular niche expertise or developing expertise in that area, or as a Counselor (they are all either Part-time or Full-time Faculty now, but are not assigned classes at first; Regular FT-Faculty are given first choice, of course, per their contract), or within Career & Placement Services for their expertise.

In other words, Part-time Faculty as Advisors are hired where it would not be efficient nor prudent to hire FT-Faculty to do the "job", because by necessity a lot of the work in niche areas is just that: a job. In the department of Career Services & Placement, there are also PT-Faculty Credit Course employees that can teach, have taught, but some currently do not. Kent Korth would be a good example of one that is not presently assigned to any credit course - but he does advise.

All of the above mentioned hires come under the roof of Student Development and so does anyone employed within the Office of Student Life or Student Activities. Currently in the Office of Student Life, then activities there are three employees qualified to teach: Felicia Ganther (OSL), Cindy Sarkady (OSA), and Dan Prowse (myself)(OSA). Ms. Ganther has taught Speech Class several times at CLC, Ms. Sarkady her own created seminars at CLC, and me, my own training methods I use everyday for DJ students and station staff that need that guidance, and I am good at it. I also teach privately, percussion (you know, drums). I am good at that, as well. They become good at it because of me, and sometimes, in spite of me (as I have planned all along).

There are no broadcasting courses at CLC again, yet - there aren't many even just within the Skyway Conference system - there once was at CLC, three attempts approximately 8 years ago, with the assignment of the then General Manager of "WCLC" (now, of course, correctly and legally given the name, by my insistence, "CLC Radio", in lieu of an illegal name perpetuated), Rodney Findley as the PT-Faculty for that credit course. But the course (actually may never have started due low enrollment) and Mr. Findley proved a supreme disappointment. Besides, a basic or intro course, somewhat necessary for study in Electronic Media Communications, would not generally include a Lab component, as it is introductory at most schools who have just one course in Radio. An introductory course alone will not teach you how to operate a station, it should just generally teach of history, position, job descriptions (as best as can be done, given the industry standards), different types of transmissions, and an overview of equipment. A trip to am FM station can also help a course improve. CLC Radio presently provides for out-trips to Radio Stations & Recording Studios.

In addition to only one course, even IF there would be a Lab attached, CLC has no separate Lab space to be used to teach what I already teach, On-hand, on Real-World equipment - WHEN TIME ALLOWS. These are the key elements in teaching radio, both Time & Space - and not just Standard Time nor Standard Office Space. Perusing the Nine AQIP Points, one can see that even a course, under CommArts, in Sound Design/Backstage, has been postponed due to lack of Space and Funds (if those are the only things holding it back, then CommArts needs to hire me full time just to do the research. Frankly, I am very curious in how a Sound Design and Backstage Rubric mix, so to speak, would look like - at least on paper).

In a production environment that provides the CLC Community a vast array of programming, programming which would sound excellent in your car stereo, if....LPFM? No. Educational entities are not allowed to enter into LPFM licensing - that is reserved to Religious or Governmental bodies. Educational entities may only apply for Educational Licenses - a higher power, if you will forgive any anecdotal reference, I intend none at this time. Applying is not a lengthy process by any means, and carries nothing more serious than the desire to do it, and the revelation that - from a PR stance - we are foolish not to attempt it. Doing so could prove CLC outstanding.

Those that can afford some sort of Internet Access can hear us or if you can stand to listen to us in Lancers' Cafe, that is fine for you, too; the Cafe is mainly devoid of acoustical treatment - CLC Radio has gone as far as technologically possible using electronic means to smooth out rough audible "edges" exposed if using no alteration in that space. (And no, using a noise monitoring device would not only fail - they just don't work as expected - but, using one would surely bring questions from the 1984 Camp, located just upstairs in any Speach & Communications Faculty Office). At least, when at a computer or in your car, you can control the volume and equalization to suit your personal comfort zone.

But, then when asked, my first answer has been, "I am not currently assigned classes. I am Part-time Faculty Advisor to CLC Radio, I am also their manager.". CLC Radio is not only an "it" to me, CLC Radio are people, too.

That last sentence sounded like a Super Computer wrote it.

Look, there is much more I can say here - especially about sound design, as I am expert in it - but, let me save that Draft for another blog time and space.

Lobby: Intermission Impossible

Lobby.

Main.

I guessed 37 cents.

I won the money.

If I were to use the pond to make a wish, I would wish for more clear discussion into the use of Lexan.

Here are some links (my idea from 9 years ago)

http://www.piperplastics.com/html/materials.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexan

http://www.infolink.com.au/Showcases/GE-Plastics-Australia/141038


The idea here is to propagate better thinking in the Lobby design and use.

Surround the whole Main Lobby in Lexan walls. Install a second level of Lexan flooring above the Main Lobby. Put a roof (recently: not my idea) of Lexan over the courtyard between the ML and CL. Wow, huh?

You could also put a second level Lexan floor in the C-wing above the Auditorium Lobby. The wall between the Glass Lounge and Auditorium Lobby should be Lexan.

The cost of Lexan (and possibly Peek) per lf/sf is identical to Sheetrock installation at 6 inches thick.

Wow.

Email Privacy at work or play?

Taken from:
Network World, 12/27/04 (no doubt, copied & pasted without permission)

"The blurring of personal and business e-mail is a serious problem at companies today, says Mich Kabay, associate professor for information assurance at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., and author of the "Network World on Security" newsletter. "Any e-mail message that is written on a corporate account should be considered written on company letterhead," he says. "It should not be taken lightly." "

I say: BULL*HIT

The problem is niether serious and letterhead is just that, the HEAD OF THE LETTER, not an email introduction - not the same thing. The only exception to my exception is when you are sending email correspondence to customers or vendors OUTSIDE your company "walls".

If you are ALLOWED the PRIVELEDGE to send private emails to and from each other in or out of work between family, friends, or co-workers, then you have a RIGHT to your privacy to ALL TYPES OF EMAILS.

All you need to do is sign yourself up for a digital certificate. Most will plugin to all the popular and even some of the not-so-popular (read: propriatary) email systems and will not harm their proper operation.

At the very least, if it is assumed that the emails moving around a network at work are private and internal, then they, too, should be protected with a cert.

There can be no argument against this policy, given my opening rebuttal.

Kosuth's argument for early destruction of emails and having to protect an archive is aggregious thinking. You migh have to keep certain types of documents for up to 10 years if attached to emails, so you might as well save them. Besides that, it is more likely to want to have your archive to protect you in defense o aclaim rather than just to delay discovery purposes. If an FBI investigation needs old "deleted" info back, they can get it - with current technology, data forensics can now uncover thrashed data to upward of 50 times rubbed-out - most of us have probably seen that episode of CSI!

You asked for it, we give it to you.

Statement Issued by a college's Board of Trustees September 11, 2006

The Board of Trustees is very concerned about the communication issues, and the resulting level of distrust, that have emerged at the college over the last several months.

The college has long been an institution that prided itself on having a climate that fostered open dialog and mutual trust. We have not always agreed on every issue, and sometimes difficult decisions have been made, but we have respected and trusted each other.

Over the last several months, however, we have experienced mounting anxiety and distrust in the college community. At times, the level of rhetoric has risen too high. At other times, decisions have been made without providing opportunities for feedback through the governance system.

As the elected leaders of the college, the members of the Board of Trustees have no higher priority than addressing the current campus climate issues. Toward that end, we wish to speak to several points.

We recognize that ultimately decisions must be made by those responsible for them. However, providing broad-based opportunities for feedback through the governance system is one of the college's most deeply held values. Using the governance system as intended helps build understanding of issues and helps ensure that the best ideas surface. The Board is unequivocally committed to the governance system and processes.

Likewise, we are committed to treating our employees fairly. We are aware that concerns have arisen over the processes for administrative evaluation and contract renewal. We are reviewing these processes, and we reaffirm the college's commitment to treating employees fairly while holding them accountable for their performance.

And given the current campus concerns, we wholeheartedly agree with the Faculty Senate, as does the president, that now is not the right time to engage in the previously announced strategic planning process. Our energies need to be focused on the important work of coming together again as a community.

We believe the president and the administration have had a role in escalating tensions at the college, and we are directing them to immediately begin taking steps to rebuild the level of trust and collegiality by actively seeking feedback on issues through the governance system, respecting differences of opinion and listening to ideas with truly open minds.

At the same time, we call upon all employee groups - faculty, administrators, specialist and classified - also to be open-minded and willing to make a fresh start. We know that re-establishing the climate of trust and collaboration that we all want will not occur overnight. It will take all of us being willing to step outside our comfort zones, and it will require changes in behavior and actions over time. But if we are truly open to talking and really listening to each other, we can become an even stronger community. Please join us in that effort.

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In reality, all employee groups did not receive this email. All employee and governance groups were not mentioned in this email. As there is more than one governing body set up at that college, and one of those bodies is the Student Governance body, this is reprinted here to cover those forgotten comrades.

Shame on whomever sent this on the board's behalf, forgetting the most important groups that make this college exist and function: The students and the Temps.

The board, however, must be supremely congratulated for this message.

I only hope, as I cannot command, that this message in its entirety, as printed here above the dashed marker line, is equally disseminated to the print press and the main college Website (as few more important issues are sometimes not - as in the September 13th deadline, instead we have to see it only printed in the School Newspaper, 2 days after the deadline!).

One key point buried in the above announcement is that of emphasizing the governance approach to foster ideas. A good philosophy to latch onto is the gathering of ideas and then voting on the choice of highest merit (if the merit system is being used to judge the criteria), but governance is there primarily to air questions or concerns, comment, make decisions, and comment further, not primarily to come up with ideas or brainstorm, absolutely not. Brainstorming is just that, as the AQIP approach dictates.

The governance approach in idea making I call bad, on the flipside a brainstorming session is not the place to vote nor just "send the best of 3 to 5 ideas" up the flagpole to see who salutes, no. That is bullstorming, not brainstorming. All brainstormed ideas ("no idea is invalid") must find their way into council chambers for council members to deliberate over, and then vote upon the best choice.

And how about keeping everyone informed, surely a part of the message above? Well, to that end, what should have been properly delivered, has. Right here. You asked for it, we give it to you.
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Don't get too overly concerned by what I have done here. I rarely make this a habit, and no names have been mentioned (proving that I, too, can hold back).

Posting

Where can I get a copy of the College of Lake County's posting policy?

OK, you can start calling me the "Media Guy", but instead start thinking, Technical Media Sepcialist. Done. Now vote.

PS; Dave, are you actually reading these? Well, if you are, here's a cookie.

The Curtis Gentry Show?

The Curtis Gentry Show? On another radio station? We didn't even know he was interested. He never came to us, and you can bet Bish didn't come to him with the idea.

CLC has its own radio station, clcradio.org, perfectly capable of producing a Sports Talk & Opinion show, as well as all the other AWARD WINNING shows we do! Mr. Gentry is a faculty member at CLC!

Why anyone employed by CLC would want to compete with us using a completely unaffiliated station (and it better remain that way), frankly just pisses me off and should piss off all Lake County tax payers, students, and especially employees of CLC. Was there absolutely NO REASON to send Kent Korth, CPAA, The Lancers House Announcer and CLC Radio's PxP Announcer down to the Danville, Spring 2006 Playoffs? Korth is a certified Public address Announcer of the NASPAA (National association of Sports Public address Announcers). He is also the House Announcer for the Lake County Lakers.

That better not change. If this college, College of Lake County, spends one thin dime for a local LPFM station to go anywhere but Round Lake - instead of its own in-house experts going, then I won't be the only one going to board meetings.

I just hope that he doesn't ramble on about CLC Sports, because clcradio.org is the goddam VOICE OF of CLC SPORTS. Mainly, Coach Gentry's show is Football Talk - a call in show.

Curtis? Didn't Shawn bring anything to the table? Should we blame him for not making you aware of clcradio.org?

Should we even bother to archive the past games' broadcasts? (YES, we will, always, as long as WE do it).

Get Curtis to do a show on clcradio.org, and I will say no more about the Lobby. That is, until he agrees, then of course it will be business as usual, which by the way is always improving, so don't fix it!

CLC Radio - always improving our controversial skills. Besides, controversy and in-fighting is what sports broadcasting is all about.

".........be the ball, Danny, be the ball......."

I don't blame Curtis, or that other station - I blame the media - that's right, I blame the poor usage of all-distribution emails! That last one reminded me of the one I sent, and got my wrist slapped for. You should have CTS by now!

blogger.com spell checker not working properly!

It's true! The spell checker window that pops up when spell chacking your propsed blog no longer has the text tracking. Y0ou have to guess where the checker is pointing!

Maybe they'll fix it once they see this blog entry is tracked on Google!

(and the horrible spelling unchecked)

Trillian AND GAIM signing into MSN hotmail/MSN Live still a problem?

The Trillian MSN hotmail/Live signin problem may soon be solved, according to the latest (September 1) report from Admin of the Trillian forums, amoeba, that Scotty the engineer at Trillian's Cerulean Studios has been informed by amoeba that the signin problem that begun on August 13th is real and actually happening - to amoeba! And, probably Scott as well.

So here's to hope!

12-23-2006 Add-in
Forget it.

Both GAIM and Trillian have given up on trying to fix an extremely fixable situation (it only involves adding a feature to both where the end user can change the parameters needed for proper sign-ons; usch as server name and proper ports).

The 2nd installment of the LAIR REPORT

As of September 1st, guess....you guessed correctly! Someone in authority actually went down to the LAIR and HEARD how damned loud the one TV was and FIXED IT. There was also a change, a rotation, of channels. And that after one administrator said, "We aren't changing the channels...bla bla...". Dude, whatever.

This is thoughorghly amazing, as generally, it takes that person a very long time to agree to anything proposed (misinformed, miscomunicating, almost Ludite in fact). The sky is blue, "no it isn't", barring any dicsussion of physics, however.

This is a journal of my opinions, as outlined above, and I write in it when I am happy, sad, or pissed. I guess on this issue I am all three. Equally.

HA!, WAH!, and GRRRH!

Now, on the WARNING front: WARNING: Surf or work at your own risk is the watch-phrase from IT staff. DO NOT expect to do important work or even long-assed downloads of huge ZIP files.

1st, the large ZIP files wil hang about half-way through, and you will have to reboot the computer

2nd, rebooting the computer will bring it bcak to its original DAY ONE installed state of being. LIKE NEW. NOTHING ON IT. It won't even remember your IM settings. Is this kind of an oops? I don't know yet. The jury is still out on this issue. I wouldn't even call it an issue. Just BE CAREFUL and mind that reset button - touch it and say good bye to ANYTHING you did up to that point. You will NOT be able to UNDELETE the missing work. So just relax and enjoy browsing through all the computer hardware porn you can stand, as no website has been forbidden. Yet.

The 1st installment of the LAIR REPORT

With various input from student, staff, faculty and some administration casual discussions, I was able to throw this together!

LAIR FUN FACTS:

10:00 pm is the official closing time for Lancers' new Student Acitivities' sponsored "The LAIR". This time is as reported verbally via a simple inquiry to the CLC Campus Safety department.
You will find that the Internet connection to the LAIR computers and any WI-FI device connection works GREAT, but stop at exactly 10pm. Get your homework or work SAVED BEFORE then! The LAIR is completely sponsored by and under the control of the Office of Student activities as well as the Office of Student Life, with major help from the CLC Campus Safety, Business and ITS departments.

The installation of the 5 computers was completed by CLC ITS department in time for the LAIR opening computers are connected for Internet-Only access through a WI-FI system - not directly (Ethernet) connected to any school networks per se.

each desktop computer is WI-FI connected, in other words, not through a cable connection.

Each computer is equipped with many goodies that are not normally permitted in the LRC, for example, such as many brands of IM, DVD-ROM and CD-Burner as well as Zip drives and USB ports.

We highly recommend that you bring headphones if you want to stream clcradio.org audio, because even when and if the audio noise currently in the LAIR is fixed, the noise level even after it is fixed will still be somewhat annoying when trying to listen with just the supplied in-monitor speakers.

Security device installation was completed way ahead of schedule for the LAIR's opening.

CLC Maintenance staff, (it is believed, as it may have been out-sourced), installed the AMPle lighting in the LAIR, also well in time.

A cellular repeater was installed on time but coverage was deemed insufficient as to what the customer (CLC patrons and staff) was expecting, so an additional unit was installed on Tuesday or Wednesday in the first opening week to also better improve previously weak cellular coverage in the Lancers' Cafe and general C-wing and B-wing basement areas.

The HDTVs were installed a bit late of the opening, but they are working. The only real problem is that even though ESPNHD is tuned in on one of Monitors - NOTHING is plugged into the HDMI connectors !(BTW, they really are called Monitors, they are not TVs - simply for the fact you cannot simply tune in a local broadcast channel such as Channel 2 Chicago or 6 Milwaukee). This won't matter much, as all these cheap LCD TV's may not be bad, but they all advertise HDTV and yet almost none of them support 1080i resolutions. Why buy an HDTV that will not have native support for the best quality HDTV signals?

All 3 Widescreen HD Monitors are receiving one each of 3 NON-CHANGEABLE channels, ESPNDV (as mentioned), FuseTV, and CNN.


LAIR NOT-SO-FUN FACTS:

Don't bother trying to install any Music Download software such as Limewire or Bearshare (iTunes SHOULD BE ALLOWED, however - more to come on that later), as the gut engines that should work on your home computer have been rather effectively been quelled for use on the LAIR computers. Actually, installation of any of your own software will probably be automatically weekly or daily uninstalled and you can assume that such installation is not sanctioned yet by any person or department or club of CLC - without prior permission, and it is not likely that any permission will be generally given to students.

Reasonable requests for particular popular software may be forwarded to the Office of Student activities for review, but we cannot guarantee such installations.

By reasonable, we mean something NOT like SIMS or DUKE NUKEM or DOOM - except in some gaming circumstances where the CLC Computer Club might have a LAN party based in the the AIR at some future pont. Although approval may be given for some selections, only ITS department officials will be authorized to complete such installations of software or hardware (So, Please keep your hands outside the "vehicle" at all times, as otherwise those hands may get slapped).

The channels that the TVs are tuned to will remain unchangeable by students or staff at the present time.YOU HAVE: FuseTV, ESPNHD, and CNN NEWS. That is all for now.


LAIR PROBLEMS OR PERCIEVED ISSUES:

If the closing time 10pm is official or deemed to be, then one problem is with the Internet connection cut-off time, there should be a 5 to 10 minute "homework safe" window added to the shut down time. If the closing time is NOT official, then that should be made clear through signs as well the connection closing time adjusted forward. Another problem of operation hours is: the LAIR was closed today, Saturday! 3 students asked me why it was closed. One of them thought they [as a Saturday-only student] were "...being cheated out of the fees..." they pay to support [such things like a student lounge]. This points us in the direction of proper signage, describing not just the rules of pool tables, but Hours of Operation, Rules of the Internet computers, TV rules, and who supports and maintains the area. Pictures of all attendants (and even possibly anyone who might be acting on authority at any time) should be posted as well, so there is no confusion as to whom takes charge when handling acts of stupidity.

Room ambient lighting is very bright. Enough legitimate and verified complaints have come to all appropriate departments about the brightness issues - the power people are in apparent agreement on this issue.

TV audio level(s) is(are) a real problem.

For the TVs that are tuned to HD channel(s), the HDMI I/O is NOT connected! Issues?

1. Possibly a waste of money for a Widescreen HD with NO USE OF HD signal. Actually, one could blame the installation company for not pointing that out before installation, and certainly prior to purchasing - this point should have been covered in any bid documents.
2. Speaking of bids, check this crap out:

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/139619.html and

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4104438

Now I am a little pissed off. The ilo brand is an OFF brand sold through Walmart/Sam Club at Clearance and is total CRAP. Forget using HDMI as the connector is NOT compatible anyway. Ass.

TV mounted height is in affect and effect, too low. Most of the CLC Men's Lancer Basketball Team would be injured off the court just getting up out of their seat if they were sitting too near 2 of the 3 TVs (one is wall-mounted, and does not pose a threat to the future successes of the Lancers Sports Teams).

There are currently no plans to allow what has come to be known as the Student Information Network video signal to be seen on any of the 3 existing monitors in the LAIR. We can easily install what is currently shown on the regular "SIN" TVs throughout other parts of the campus into the new LAIR computers as a screen saver, if desired. I would like that. This plan is fresh and new, and was proposed a few years back to the LRC for daytime screen savers on the LRC computers in their main large room - NOT the testing center computers, of course.

The SIN signal can also be sent to the new LAIR TVs in planned on-off cycles if needed. No plans or requests yet for this, either. I'm not sure I care either way for that.


LAIR PROPOSED SOLUTIONS NOW or LATER:

First of all, since the LAIR is mainly for the students of CLC, the students of CLC should submit ideas for the LAIR as often as they think of them, and forward those ideas at a regularly scheduled SGA meting for a read, then a vote possibly.

By doing this, students may actually become interested in becoming a senator once they see how professionally, peacefully, and quickly Student Governance Association meetings end. Meeting times are biweekly and are posted on the CLC Website and around the ample bulletin boards throughout all the ample CLC campuses.

The excessive lighting will be fixed by the installation and use of a ballast dimmers via CLC Maintenance staff - "ASAP", sources said Tuesday. Our recommendation? ALSO re-circuit the lighting into three dimmable zones, not just one huge zone. My reason? Many types of events will inevitably find their way into the LAIR and being able to dim certain areas for certain events would be desirable. Events like a regularly scheduled movie night.

TV audio output of all TV Monitors can be installed with Audio Limiting devices that should take care of a majority of program volume disparities. Leaving the volume higher so the "those playing pool can hear the music" is a non-solution.


IN GENERAL:

If we were to judge (and we are) the Lancers' Cafe audio installation of 4 years ago and the new LAIR installation (different installing companies) on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the highest quality; the Cafe install is a 9, and the new LAIR is a 5 or 6.

LAIR: The head-end units connecting the Monitors to actual signals are strapped to various electrical conduit, or insulated Hot-water pipes with cable-ties. Although not strictly against GRayslake or Lake County Fire Code, the wise should check that the plumbing code IS NOT being violated. The head end units are not in a closed equipment rack - thereby adding modifications to the design as unnecessarily problematic. An overall unprofessional installation.

CAFE: The audio levels in Lancers olde tyme Cafe are monitored by automatic level adjustments since installation and very soon "day-part" timing software, both providing for an 800% improvement prior to installation and lack of volume complaints since. Oh, we still get complaints of music choices, but as long as the station remains student-run - which should be the focus of all college music stations - that will not change. But, ultimatums combatted with love and mutual "restekpa" become a soft underbelly waiting to be rubbed.

The placement of the TVs are too low from the ceiling (easily fixed as mentioned) presents another handled issue: important A/V connections are exposed to the "natural" and "unnatural" elements, the problems of which were recently exhibited by one of CLC's own enterprising staff (unconfirmed reports said). There was no malice or effected tampering to be sure - the TV in question still works properly as installed.

The concept of the LAIR is mainly for student use during normal CLC open hours. The concept of TVs located in community rooms such as the LAIR, should be operated in the community way. Many 4 year colleges do so. People near a TV take a vote as to which channel is to be tuned and when - CLC is NOT paying contract fees forcing any particular channel to be played, there is only the obligatory royalty built ino a monthly or annual subscription fee for recieving programming which does not require such commandment. Everyone in the room or a designated attendant decides from minute to minute if need be, for volume level changes. Some automation could help, as it does in Lancers' Cafe.

Steve's promise.

OK. It's official. Actually not today, but since Wednesday.

I got email from Steve telling me that the Power Supply and CPU fan to one of our MPC-brand computers is ordered and should be here in a few days. I believe him.

Now, I just have to show up and let him know I am here and ready to recieve the bounty.

After all, the warranty is up October 23rd, 2006! It was a 5 year warranty. That kind of cool smokes Dell's 4 year warranty! HA!

Way to go. Let's keep up my good work.

Here's the

Lancer's LAIR at the College of Lake County !

Pretty cool, huh?

Almost ready, the NEW CLC Student Lounge dubbed by local Lake County Knights as "Lancer's Lair" - THE place to be when you need to study, or break from study or wait for your next class to start - with 3 pool tables, TVs blaring, computers internetting, and lights BLAZING bright. REALLY bright. So you won't get lost. Lost? Yes. Because this Lair is

H U G E !

The comfy new soft chairs are also

huge !

It's just too damned bad some of those chairs aren't equipped with those cool-curved swing-out mini-desktops: like the one's you'll find in the lower Library Art Gallery Pit. I said Pit.

But, hey, I do my best studying with noise and visual distractions!

Back when I was reaching for the Sky (the limit) to get my AA here at CLC, I would study by the local swim club - all the scanty-clad....never mind. Not a picture you need to concern yourself with. I got A's and B's on those tests. HA!

Whatever - those chicks were HOT. It was, like, 95 deg Fahrenheit outside. DAMN HOT!

Other chair news: Some are regular-sized lower to the floor and others are at "high-tops" and higher above the floor - for those of us who like to dangle our feet like little kids. Heck, even those chairs are comfortable, even though at first gLance you might not think so.

For the Pool table games? BRING QUARTERS; there is NO bill changer yet. (But, here's a trick, go across the hall to a vending machine, put in a dollar, don't purchase, then press the coin return instead - you just might get your dollar back - in QUARTERS! Sometimes, that trick works, Bullwinkle)

For the Internet connected computers? It doesn't cost anything. Yet. Who knows what the "future" might bring. I believe these Super Computers might also be networked together for GAMING! Ooooh. At least, that WAS the plan , and may still BE the plan. Hopefully, the latest GAMES will already be there and INSTALLED. HA!

So Have your FUN and eat it, too! Yes, you can bring your food in there as well. BLISS!

While all of this might sound complicated or confusing, not to worry, for the Office of Student Life will have a sentry posted in the Office of the Lair at all times.

Everything will be ready for enjoyment this Monday!

Steve Dahl & Garry Meier getting all wet at the Beachstro

I have done a bit of "cross-posting" in my own blogs, but HAHA! They're mine!

Is it two 'r's or one?

Are they shaken or stirred?

I can answer that! Steve & Garry are stirring it up, baby! Oh, yeah, I was listening the 'G' - as I like to refer to the Chicago Free-FM Talk Station, WCKG - and Steve saw Gary eating Lunch (like that wasn't pre-planned over the phone sometime ago!) at the Oak Street Beachstro, where the Dahl Crew broadcasts live every Friday now.

When a [female] reporter from Channel 2 News (whom Steve accused of wishing she were at Channel 9 right about now) asked Steve for a short over-the-air interview, Steve mentioned more than five times, "Who's going to pay Gary?". Haw Haw Haw. Steve then, as King Arthur might have done back in the day, went around the table (it might be round?) and asked Wendy, "No", Buzz, "Nope", Stan?

A moment of silence.

Then Stan says, "I'm just lookin to keep my gig.". Haw Haw Haw, laughter all around, the crowd is pleased. But, the laughter sounded more like we were listening to a golf match when Bob Hope said something amusing before taking a putt.

Everyone loves a peek at the race card, when it leads to laughter instead of mayhem, as Stan added, "Whenever two white men get together, it's always bad for the black man.". And Haw Haw Haw, more gay laughter from the Crew and the Crowd. Who wouldn't love a good bout of race-card humor? We play a few hands everyday here at work! It's fun!

Well, I doubt very much Stan will lose his job at CBS radio anytime soon - I think he has about one more year to go on that one year contract he just signed. And, Brendan, well let's just say he is like the Womper. The Womper is a big sail made for the front of the winning boat of the America' s cup race, as portrayed in the film "Wind", now playing near the IFC channel! It stars Matthew Modine as an unrespected genius of sail and the loooove interest cutie-pie sister of Ferris Bueler, what's-her-name-and-I-am-to-lazy-to-goggle-it!

Sorry.

So, It looks like S & G are back, at least in the "media" RIGHT NOW, as it will be the second to the lead story on Channel 9, 7, 5 , and 2 NEWS ! I might tune right now?

Attittude?

Attittude? I can't even spell attittude! I'll let you know when I get one - just ask Roz!

Nothing pisses me off more than.....people saying I have an attitude.....when I am not having an attitude!

How DARE you?

But, I do hereby publicly apoligize to the lady in the orange shirt for "having" and attitude. Just make sure you read the syllabi.

Now it's your turn - next time; have your papers in order!

G4TV

PLUSSES: Great, funny, and sincere to the comedy that is TechTV (or was TechTV).
They still have that 'TechTV" spirit which I enjoy.

Office Jesus having His morning coffee? nothing short of genius. (or perhaps, Jenius, if you will)
to the newest
Inside the Porn Actors' Studio (or anything else); Pure conscious wrap-around.

Howevuh! Bring back Kevin Rose and add that Albrecht guy, and you've got sompin! (you could easily lose the Man Show or just slide it further into darkness).

Come on, bring back some of those good olden times, that feeling of geekery most of us geeks crave like a teenager loves a good fresh, cold banana.

MINUSES: Pinch my ride (Pimp my Ride, actually, as "Pinch My Ride" was a great parody) and any show like it - save those kind of lame shows for Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. Awful. Or AT LEAST get a new host that actually knows something about cars and women. That dude on there now knows little about either.

And "Let's get ready to rumbllllllllllllllllle?". What? Why can the announcer for the Langerie Bowl NOT get sued for using "the phrase" that everyone else seems to get sued over?

SCREW IT. I am using it ofr the next CLC RADIO promo - just SCREW IT.

PHP and general text size for readability

The link provided at the end of this tribunal will give good example of CRAPPY web content readability.

Note to self and all web designers: Cease the use of PHP or any other content entries that do not allow the end-user re-sizing of text.

Design issues aside (only because I suck at it personally):
I know that anyone designing text for important web content should either stick to 14 point font or larger WITH resizable text. Under no circumstances should anyone - even with 20/20 vision - use any font less than 12 point, even if you are a lawyer!

This rule of course also applies to magazines we can hold or touch - case in point, the FuturePublishing Company's 6 point font (yes SIX) in its audio zines.

I can only hope that one day those web designers will not need glasses to read their old articles.

If the link doesn't do it for you, try the following:

The link provided at the end of this tribunal will give good example of CRAPPY web content readability.

Note to self and all web designers: Cease the use of PHP or any other content entries that do not allow the end-user re-sizing of text.

Design issues aside (only because I suck at it personally):
I know that anyone designing text for important web content should either stick to 14 point font or larger WITH resizable text. Under no circumstances should anyone - even with 20/20 vision - use any font less than 12 point, even if you are a lawyer!

This rule of course also applies to magazines we can hold or touch - case in point, the FuturePublishing Company's 6 point font (yes SIX) in its audio zines.

I can only hope that one day those web designers will not need glasses to read their old articles.

Speakin' of Music...

Winamp streams, although listing in the Media Library (the 'ML'), would not play since at least 8:00pm CST today. As of this writing at midnight, all the streams are back, and with a bonus! Now, when you play Shoutcast streams (radio, later with TV), you get Shoutacast's web-look as an AOL-style popup with oodles of useless info about the stream and what's currently playing.

I'm sure damn glad I had to wait 4 hours for that.

Music, MIDI, and Why?

From diggnation.com comes the venerable Kevin Rose (on the right) & The Other Guy (on the wrong). Why am I referring to him as just The Other Guy? (on the wrong) because he, The Other Guy, had to ask the dumbest question of the hay-century (as in; hay-penny). His question: "Why do they [even have] MIDI anymore?".

To be fair, The Other Guy was probably referring to the common MIDI Ring Tones one hears on a cellphone. To that I say, "I don't know why the MIDI sounds are so shitty on today's modern phones, sir. Perhaps more memory or a bigger chip to hold a better DLS?".


Nip that MIDI in the bud!


The Other Guy is not veteran computer geek and improv guru, ALEX ALBRECHT who also hosts a cooking show called ctl+alt+chicken (remember to hold don the chicken, just as you would an alt or ctl) but he is as the real other guy I referred to and am miffed at for his MIDI-miffing comment. (f***king MIDI-miffer!)






Hey, try a free bandwidth test (of your internet connection speed)


Electronic musicians (or musicians that use midi at work), post your comments!

More of the same IIS6 nonsense

STANFORD University, although really good, the staff sometimes can make HUGE mistakes - or at least fail to think far enough ahead!

Check the link, very few of the suggestions will work in IIS6, they are great for IIS5, however....

For those of you migrating from IIS5 to IIS6 (Server2003)

IT is not obvious, but there is mention of needing WMI service in order to implement scripted XML metabase changes. However, WMI does not come with Server2003 Standard aand lower. I have not checked, but the WMI capability may have been included in the RC2 version of Standard.

Comment if you know for sure, I'll post up when I find out.

HiJackThis logs REPORT: Lifescaninc.com bad!

Folks, there is a bit of a panic out on the web lately after HiJackThis logs have been perused.

The new one all the "experts" are telling all of the "others" is: Delete the one that says lifescaninc.com

I say: If you want your copy of Picasa2 to run properly, you better keep that one. You see, before Picasa was called Picasa, Google renamed it Picasa from its inventors in a company called lifescan.

That was the idea: The pictures of your life scan before your eyes kind-of-a-thing.

Get it?

Got it.

Keep it.

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