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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $1.56, or 0.4%, at $399.63, but they have been going into and out of the red since the open. Christopher Caso of Susquehanna Financial Group reiterated a Neutral rating on the shares this morning, and cut his price target to $440 from $480, writing that his recent "production checks" suggest no new iPhones will come out until early September.
That seems unsurprising given Tim Cook's mention on the last quarterly conference call of new product in "the fall," and, indeed, Caso concedes, "A fall launch isn't entirely surprising."
"Nonetheless, we think a July launch was the only way that AAPL could achieve what we think are aggressive Street estimates for the September quarter, particularly in light of the mix challenges facing them." Caso cut his September-quarter estimate to $35.7 billion and $7.38 per share from $37.7 billion and $8.11 per share.
Abhey Lamba of Mizuho Securities , who has a Buy rating, and a $550 price target, was on CNBC this morning stating, "there could be risk to September numbers," but added that new product categories next year should be a catalyst to the stock.
Speaking of Apple, shares of Samsung Electronics (005930KS) got a lift following a decision by a U.S. judge yesterday that Apple may not add the Galaxy S4 to a lis of products Apple alleges infringe on its intellectual property, as reported by Businessweek's Joel Rosenblatt. Smasung shares rose ₩7,8000, or 6%, to ₩1,339,000.
Speaking still further of Apple, Aaron Lee and Joseph Tsai of DigiTimes this morning report the company is bringing more contract manufacturers into its fold, to diversify partners and mitigate its risk, citing multiple unnamed sources.
By adding manufacturers such as Compal and Wistron, the authors write, "Apple is trying to start an operating model with flexibility and more profits," sources believe.
The Street this morning welcomed the initial public offering of shares of CDW (CDW) of Vernon Hills, Illinois, the tech reseller/integrator, whose shares priced at $17. The stock is up $1.26, or 7.4%, at $18.26, but has gone as high as $18.67 this morning.
The company may sound familiar to public investors: it was public from 1993 to 2007, when it was acquired by private equity shops Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity, according to the prospectus for $7.4 billion. CDW had sales of $10.13 billion last year, and EPS of $1.01. The firm's balance sheet contains $147 million in cash against $3.68 billion of debt.
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are up 26 cents, or 1%, at $24.65, as the Street continues to respond favorably to its "Cisco Live" partnership conference. Following some Street research I noted yesterday, Stifel Nicolaus's Sanjiv Wadhwani this morning reiterates a Buy rating, while raising his price target to $28 from $25, writing that " the company seems to have gotten its R&D momentum back, with a series of product and architecture announcements."
In addition to the refresh of the Catalyst 6500 switch and the intro of the Nexus 7700, he writes that Cisco laid out a vision for the Insieme startup, which as I noted yesterday is really the most intriguing thing to the Street. Writes Wadhwani, "we believe that the Cisco ONE-led SDN will be applicable for existing Cisco infrastructure and products (like the Nexus 7K), while Insieme will be used (along with various new elements/products) to make the network completely application-centric."
BlackBerry (BBRY) offered a bit of news this morning in advance of its fiscal Q1 report morning: the company says its BlackBerry 10 enterprise server, or BES10, as it's known, which manages employee use of BlackBerry handsets, as well as, potentially, use of iPhones and phones based on Google's (GOOG) Android, has been installed in 18,000 server instances. The company cited some two new prominent customers, Whirlpool and Canada's BDO, an accounting and tax advisory firm.
Speaking of BlackBerry, Scotia Capital's Gus Papageorgiou of was on CNBC this morning talking about some of the themes he mentioned in a report on Monday.
Papageorgiou, who has a Sector Outperformer rating on the shares, emphasized that one of the biggest differences between his view and those of others on the Street is "We expect BB10 to really boost the margins for this company," going from 40% in fiscal Q4 to perhaps 44% last quarter. "I wouldn't doubt we'll see numbers get pushed up to north of $1.50 for the year. We need to see good BlackBerry 10 volumes, we need to see BlackBerry 10 enterprise server making inroads, and we need to see apps come onto the platform."
But with 40% of the shares sold short, Papageorgiou repeated his view that "a lot of people are going to be rethinking things tomorrow."
BlackBerry stock is down 20 cents, or 1.3%, at $14.71.


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Moog Micromoog
How cute! It's a tiny Moog. But don't underestimate it. Sure, it's just a single-oscillator mono-synth, designed as a budget performance Moog. But it's an inexpensive alternative to the Minimoog. In fact, it is often used as just a stand-alone filter processor since it has a filter that is virtually identical to the one found in the Minimoog, and it accepts external sounds for processing through itself (all at a fraction of the price for a Mini)! It also employs a ribbon controller (which was a cool new feature) for pitch bending. Notice that there are still plenty of knobs to give you access to the shape of your sounds! Unfortunately the construction feels kind of cheap.
The Micromoog has been used by Apollo 440, Kraftwerk, Richard Barbieri, Chik Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Edgar, and Add N To (X).
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MOOG MICROMOOG Analog Synthesizer 1975
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
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- Oscillators - 1 VCO
- Memory - None
- Filter - 24 dB/oct lowpass (w/ ring modulation)
- VCA - 1 VCA w/ attack, decay, sustain, release
- Keyboard - 32 keys
- Arpeg/Seq - Sample & Hold
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Hey folks, I want to share a few things with you about the Podcast and the blog.
Clarke Green from the Blog and Podcast "Scoutmaster" recently posted to his blog about feedback and what it takes to maintain the blogs and podcasts. Rather than re type what he said, because I agree with him and he said it well enough for all of us that blog and podcast, check out his blog post HERE.
Now some news about the Scoutmaster Minute Blog and Podcast.
First, I am going to try my hardest to get more content on the blog. There is no lack of it, I just need to stay motivated and hit the keyboard.
The Podcast is going to a weekly show! I will be posting every Wednesday, so look for the show in iTunes or check back here for the posting. But every Wednesday a new show will hit the net.
Here is a sneak peak at whats coming up on the SMMPodcast-
Next week an interview with author of Legacy of Honor and Spirit of Adventure, Alvin Townley.
December 8th- Tips on Sleeping Well in the outdoors.
December 15th – What would you Do? Answering questions from Scouting Mag.
Thanks for listening.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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In 1937 sportsmen lobbied congress to create a 10% excise tax on guns and ammo to aid wildlife conservation. It passed and was known as the Pittman-Robertson Act, named after the two sponsors of the legislation (TRIVIA: the "Robertson" named was Rev. Pat Robertson's father). In 1970, the excise tax was expanded to include handguns and archery equipment. Since 1937, P-R has raised $4.4 billion for wildlife conservation.
So whenever you go buy a box of shells, or a brick of cartridges, you not only pay sales tax, you also pay an additional 10% excise tax into P-R.
Putting still another excise tax on ammo is on its face an absurd notion to most people and that is why it really has no hope of passing. The idea is usually raised by a Democrat congress-critter that doesn't know about P-R (hello Sen. Obama). There is also a "nuance." Democrat constituencies like animal rights and environmentalist groups, really do not want the attention brought to the fact that sportsmen voluntarily pay for wildlife conservation, that a debate over this legislation would bring.
Unless the Democrats win a longstanding super-majority indicating a mandate for more liberalism, I just don't see it happening.


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Idaho Criminal Rule 30. Instructions and Communications With Jury.
(a) Jury instructions conference. Prior to the presentation of evidence, the court may instruct the jury on the role of the court, counsel and jury, the elements of all claims in dispute and any known defenses, and any other matter it believes necessary and appropriate to aid in resolution of the issues at hand. The Court shall hold an instruction conference prior to trial to consider these initial instructions to the jury.
(b) Final Instructions. No later than five (5) days before the commencement of any trial by jury, any party may file written requests that the court instruct the jury on the law as set forth in the request. The Court may grant an exception for unanticipated issues or matters constituting fundamental errors. At the same time, copies of such requested instructions shall be furnished to all parties. The court shall inform counsel of its proposed actions upon the requested instructions and shall allow counsel a reasonable time within which to examine and make objections outside the presence of the jury to such instructions or the failure to give requested instructions. No party may assign as error the giving of or failure to give an instruction unless the party objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the instruction to which the party objects and the grounds of the objection. The court shall read the instructions to the jury prior to final argument; but if all parties consent, it may read part or all of the instructions after final argument. The written instructions, or a copy thereof, shall be given to each juror to take when the jury retires for deliberation.
(c) Communications with the jury. Any request by the jury to be further informed of any point concerning the action shall be communicated to the court in writing, at which time the attorneys for the parties shall be given the opportunity to be present, if the attorney is available and can be present within a reasonable period of time, and the court in its discretion may further instruct the jury in writing or explain the instructions in open court which shall be made part of the record.
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SAINT MORITZ(SUI) – Thursday, December 6th
For the eighth year in a row, LANGE has chosen to put the spotlight on the women skiers on the world circuit. Lange, a premium ski boot brand and competition leader, wanted to come up with an original way of honouring its female athletes by giving them an opportunity to fully express their femininity and personality.
After Julia Mancuso in 2007, Resi Stiegler in 2008, Maria Hoefl-Riesch in 2009, Manuela Moelgg in 2010, Dominique Gisin in 2011 and Federica Brignone in 2012, LANGE is proud to present the LANGE ICON 2013: Lara Gut. The official presentation of Lara Gut's photo took place on Thursday 6 December in St. Moritz, a symbolic place for the Swiss skier. Saint Moritz has been the location of some of Lara's most memorable races: her first World Cup podium position on 2 February 2008, with 3rd place in the downhill, followed by her first competition win a season later, in December 2008, in Super G.
This season, the holder of World Championship silvers in Downhill and Super Combined will represent the charm and femininity of the greatest female athletes in the World Cup: "Lange was the first ski boot I used as I a child. It's funny, because over the years the colour blue has always been a feature and I really like that. In addition, it's an advantage to be able to ski with a brand that focuses exclusively on ski boots, because this allows you to develop a lot of things, to work on the subject in depth and even become the Lange Icon!"
Having claimed fourth place in Giant Slalom in Aspen and sixth place in Super G in Lake Louise at the start of the season, Lara Gut has already made her RS 140 ski boots a major asset in conquering the highest peaks.


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Any callbacks yet?
Any callbacks yet?
Bill Davis
Derby Results:
First #25 Jazztime Delta Blues
Second #12 Sundog's Maximum Pursuit
Third #28 Topend's Grady's Strip Teezer
Fourth #20 Just Gnarly Owner
RJ #24 Rainy States Dekoy
Jams 4, 8, 11, 16, 7, 19, 21, 26
There were over 50 dogs back fo r the land blind in the open and 21 back for the water blind in the Qual.
Generous callbacks in the OPen--54 back to landblind which was a wicked one! 21 dogs to the waterblind.
Amateur has 27 back to the landblind--1,9,11,13,14,15,17,18,19,22,23,26,27,32,33,34,35,3 8,39,41,42,43,47,48,52,53
Thanks Lynn! Good luck with Tebow !!
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Portland, OR
Amateur Results:
1st #13 Kaylee/Sonya Harrigfield
2nd #17 Chance/Larry Calvert
3rd #27 Keno/Arnie Erwin
4th #18 Margo/Mel Milton
RJ #38 Chipper/Sally Foster
Jams 14,22,23,26,41,42,43,48,53
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Congratulations Sonja and Kaylee on your Amateur win. Go Team Sargenti!
Randy T.
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Unsolved Cold Case Homicide
Case Number 41-03527
Age: 58
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Case Date: 09/28/1974
County: Rush
Location of Offense: Rush/Decatur County line road 1/2 mile east of SR 3
Circumstances: On 09/28/1974, Eugene W. Sefton was found deceased by a family member at his home located on the Rush/Decatur County line road approximately ½ mile east of SR 3. No forced entry was detected; however, it appears a struggle occurred inside the residence. Mr. Sefton's vehicle, a black vinyl over dark blue, 1974, Chevrolet, Chevelle was missing from the residence. This vehicle was later located abandoned in a secluded area near Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
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By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Senior Southeast Asia RepresentativeLike other Burmese exile-run media, the Irrawaddy has been plagued by numerous denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in recent years that have forced its website to be shut down. Now, Aung Zaw, the publication's founder and editor, believes Burma's military-backed regime has adopted a new cyber-attack strategy that aims to undermine the exile media's credibility among readers.
By Noha Atef/CPJ Guest Blogger
I have been blogging in various platforms since 2006, focusing on human rights conditions and police abuses in Egypt. During this time, the Egyptian regime was widely described as one of the most "liberal-moderate" and sometimes "semi-democratic" regimes in the region, but meanwhile, hundreds of young people were hijacked, jailed, fined, and intimidated. Egypt has been named by CPJ as one of the worst countries to be a blogger, and now resides on its list out today of "10 Tools of Online Oppressors."
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
Or click here to see the full petition, and join leading journalists like Christiane Amanpour, The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll, and Arianna Huffington in signing on.


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Shootboxing 2012 Act.4 Results: Shishido, Stevelmans, Bovy Qualify for S-Cup Featured
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Earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Shootboxing held its final event before this year's S-Cup, featuring 3 S-Cup qualifying bouts featuring Shootboxing standouts Hiroki Shishido, Satoru Suzuki and Bovy Sor. Udomson, as well as newcomers Warren Stevelmans, Hinata and Akihiro Gono.
In the night's main event, Hiroki Shishido secured his spot in his 5th straight S-Cup with a 1st round KO of Satoru Suzuki. Shishido (49-17-0, 21 KO) scored a spinning backfist that dropped Suzuki and kept him down, snapping a 4-fight losing streak for Shishido. He had been struggling as of late, losing 6 of his last 7 with uncharacteristic losses to MMA fighters Toby Imada and "Lion" Takeshi Inoue, but picks up a big win here and should give him some momentum for the S-Cup. In the 2010 S-Cup, he dropped a decision to eventual champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk. Suzuki (8-12-0, 5 KO) had a chance to avenge a loss from his first fight in Shootboxing, but fell in the first round once again. Despite becoming one of Shootboxing's most popular fighters, it looks like Suzuki will miss out on this year's S-Cup.
In the co-main event, Shootboxing newcomers and K-1 veterans Warren Stevelmans and Hinata fought for a spot in this year's S-Cup, with Stevelmans winning a unanimous decision on scores of 30-28, 28-27 and 29-28. Stevelmans (56-16-4, 16 KO) dropped Hinata in the second round and it was enough to get him into this year's S-Cup. This was his second fight in Shootboxing, previously defeating Hiroki Shishido in the main event of Shootboxing Act.1 earlier this year. Hinata (23-13-1, 8 KO) was also making his second appearance in Shootboxing after a 48 second loss to Andy Souwer in 2010.
In the final S-Cup qualifier, Bovy Sor Udomson made quick work of former PRIDE and UFC star Akihiro Gono with a 1st round TKO at 2:15. Bovy (85-46-2, 53 KO) will make his 2nd S-Cup appearance with this win, losing to Andy Souwer in the quarterfinals of his first S-Cup in 2010. Bovy had most recently lost to Satoru Suzuki, but that is irrelevant as Bovy is in the S-Cup while Suzuki is not. Gono (5-4-0, 1 KO) initially weighed in over weight and had to re-weigh this morning before the event. After retiring from MMA earlier this year and returning to kickboxing in 2011, Gono had stated that he wanted to qualify for the S-Cup. A win in DEEP got him this fight, but he was unable to capitalize and this loss could possibly be the last fight in an entertaining career. If it is, hopefully the Magic Man can continue to find ways to entertain fans outside of fighting.
Assuming Shootboxing will be able to bring back their 4 semifinalists from 2010 (Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Toby Imada, Andy Souwer and Henri van Opstal), there is only 1 open spot remaining. It is possible that the spot could be given to one of today's losers, presumably Satoru Suzuki, or it could go to Shootboxing Super Lightweight champ Hiroaki Suzuki. With Shishido being the only Japanese fighter to qualify for the tournament, I expect either Suzuki to be a more viable option than a 7th foreigner.
In a 60kg bout, RISE 60kg champ Kosuke Komiyama continued his winning ways with a unanimous decision over Shootboxing Super Featherweight champ Akifumi Utagawa on scores of 30-28 and 30-29(x2). Komiyama (19-2-0, 11 KO) has looked extremely impressive since a questionable split decision loss to Keiji Ozaki in K-1 and is looking for divisional supremacy at 60kg, though that will be hard to claim until he fights against the best that Krush has to offer. To his credit, he has called out Hirotaka Urabe in the past, but nothing has come of it. Utagawa (32-13-1, 1 NC, 15 KO) had his 4-fight winning streak snapped here.
Quick results after the break
70kg S-Cup Qualifier: Hiroki Shishido def. Satoru Suzuki by 1st round KO (spinning back fist) at 1:03
70kg S-Cup Qualifier: Warren Stevelmans def. Hinata by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 28-27, 29-28)
70kg S-Cup Qualifier: Bovy Sor. Udomson def. Akihiro Gono by 1st round TKO (referee stoppage) at 2:15
60kg Fight: Kosuke Komiyama def. Akifumi Utagawa by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-29, 30-29)
65kg Fight: Yusuke Sugawara def. Kensaku Nakamura by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-28, 30-28)
64kg Fight: MASAYA def. Naoki by ext. round Unanimous Decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9) after a 3rd round Majority Draw (29-28, 29-29, 29-29)
70kg Fight: Yuki Sakamoto def. Masatoshi Hyakutake by 2nd round TKO (referee stoppage) at 1:23
Heavyweight Fight: Shunsuke Inoue def. Oliva by 1st round KO (head kick) at 1:33
61kg Fight: Yu Sugawara def. TAISHO by ext. round Unanimous Decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9) after a 3rd round Split Draw (29-28, 28-28, 29-30)
57.5kg Fight: Koya Shimada def. Motohiro Shinohara by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-29, 29-28, 29-28)
60kg Fight: Yuichi Ohashi def. Toshiyuki Nitamizu by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-28)
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
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When the U.S. women's hockey team skates onto the ice Thursday (Feb. 21) for the gold medal game at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a Tiger will be in the lineup.
Andrea Kilbourne, who completed three seasons on Princeton's team before taking a break from school to join the national team, is on the 20-player roster. Members of the University community are invited to come to the Frist Campus Center to support Kilbourne. The game against Canada will be shown on the big-screen TV in the first floor lounge at 7 p.m.
Kilbourne, one of the most prolific scorers in recent Princeton history, is one of three skaters making their first appearance on the U.S. national team. She led the Tigers in scoring in each of the past three seasons and finished 2000-01 with 49 points (22 goals and 27 assists). She was a second-team All-ECAC and All-Ivy selection. The team's captain in 2000-01, the Saranac Lake, N.Y., resident was to serve again in that capacity this year.
In her Olympic debut, Kilbourne has had one goal and one assist in the four games leading up to the final. The U.S. team defeated Germany (10-0), China (12-1), Finland (5-0) and Sweden (4-0).
"The most amazing part of this whole experience has been being able to represent my country, especially at such an important time," Kilbourne said. "To see people all over the country get excited about our team is something really special. Although it is a huge responsibility, it is also an enormous honor."
USA Today has called Thursday's game "one of the most-anticipated matchups of the Olympics." The United States beat Canada in the 1998 Olympics for the gold, but the Canadians have won seven consecutive world championships. During a pre-Olympic tour, however, the U.S. team went 8-0 against Canada.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Spooky Fingers Pita Bread
A simple and quick way to make this spooky fingers on a pita bread. Since this is a quickie way, i used store bought pita breads and some chicken sausages to make this. I still have a little pesto left which i made a week ago, i used that as a base for the pizza, arrange the sausages on top of the pesto, sprinkle some pieces of sundried tomatoes and mozarella cheese on top and there you have it, a sausage sundried tomatoes pita pizza.. less than 20 minutes!
To make those spooky fingers, what i did was i cut each sausage into 2 lengthwise, place a piece of almond as the "fingernail" on the end of the sausage. You can cut a certain angle off at the end of the sausage to fit in the almond nicely, some i did and some i did not and not all my almond slices come in one nice slice.. Dab a little ketchup on the sausage to stick the almond onto the sausages. They dont look spooky enough?? or they need some" manicure" ? hehe..no, i'm not celebrating halloween but i'm still going to eat those ' spooky and stiff' fingers!!
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1 piece pita bread
6 sausages, cut into 2 lengthwise
some pine nut pesto or any of your favourite base
some mozarella cheese
2 pieces of sundried tomatoes, cut into small pieces
After you have put on the base, arrange the sausages, spread the mozarella cheese and sundried tomatoes and then you can send it to oven for baking at 180C until the cheese has melted.
October is also a month of many food celebrations and one of them is sausage. I'll be submitting this entry for the Cookbook Party hosted by Louise of Months of Edible Celebrations under " Sausage Month' category
and also to the Halloween Party Event hosted by Hankerie
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As soon as I started reading this post, I said to myself "I sure hope Lena is bringing those biting finger nails to the Cookbook Party and lo and behold you are!!!ReplyDelete
How utterly cool...Thank you Lena, I'm off to tweet you!!!
whoops, I almost forgot, I "borrowed" your link for today's Pumpkin Day post!!!ReplyDelete
wow this is truly amazing! it's really creative and the pizza looks absolutely lovely!ReplyDelete
Euhhhh this is positively spooky! I love it!ReplyDelete
love this! How fun and scary and yet delicious! I should have done this for my son's halloween school party tomorrow! AwesomeReplyDelete
bbrrss! These fingers scared me Lena!! Look amazing! gloriaReplyDelete
poo it does look spooky to me!!! but in a delicious way.ReplyDelete
Wow, look at those "fingers" so scary ha!But look at the last picture, scare no more le...^^ReplyDelete
LOL and that really looks like real fingers indeed!! where did you get inspired to come up with this idea?? haha.. but i really love sausages and sundried tomatoes..ReplyDelete
Really looks scary....ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh... it looks creepily spookily artistic, but I vow I'm not gonna dig in tht, lol!ReplyDelete
I saw something similiar on Allrecipes. The fingers were made with bread stick instead. I love your take on this better than the version on Allrecipes with sausages as fingers.. the colours are more humanlike, LOL.ReplyDelete
this looks awesome! sure gives me the creep :) and it looks very delicious too!ReplyDelete
these really look like bloodied severed fingers! what a great idea, perfect for halloween!ReplyDelete
Spooky fingers going well with Halloween. Looks yummy. Lovely.ReplyDelete
Oh wow, spooky fingers have never looked so tasty! Love it! I'm thinking of baking something fun too for Halloween...but still no idea what, haha!ReplyDelete
I just gave me the chills when I start loading your webpage when I saw your first picture. Great job!!!ReplyDelete
Too realistic to eat, I can feel the creeps cm by cm as the photo loaded up on my screen! You have definitely succeeded in creeping me out!ReplyDelete
Very spooky indeed (and flesh-toned some more!) so much so that I can't imagine a better entry for a Halloween Feast! ;)ReplyDelete
waahh...you really gave me a scare :) very spooky indeed :) did the girls eat them?ReplyDelete
Good for halloween!!!:))ReplyDelete
Lena you are so right! this is really spooky!ReplyDelete
Lena..you are brave to eat them...so spooky alright ! but I would give you a 10 for such a creative pizza :) Though scary it kind of arty ! Well done ! I bet it taste good !ReplyDelete
Wow, what a wonderful idea! Spooky and fun to eat! Really creative of you! Enjoy your weekend!ReplyDelete
ah! spooky spooky! any eyeballs ? heheReplyDelete
This really look very spooky... I dare not eat... hehe...ReplyDelete
This is so much fun. Looks real! Spooky. Looks good to eat too.ReplyDelete
yeah..spooky hor? great for the coming Halloween ... :)ReplyDelete
Lena, I have to go buy "Chang Hock Yuen" (Chinese green cover pills to calm my nerves. "Hak say ngoh lor!" That's super creative!ReplyDelete
I'd have to eat these with my eyes closed as I'm totally squeemish to anything gory, but they are indeed perfect for Halloween :)ReplyDelete
- Eileen@Hundred Eighty DegreesOctober 27, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Too real to be eaten! Scary yeah!! Well done.ReplyDelete
do they look spooky, scary or ugly? LOL!! anyway, thanks for all of your 'scary' comments. I'm chuckling as i'm reading thru your comments!!ReplyDelete
Gosh, those really send shivers down my spine!! Spooky indeed but it was real cool!ReplyDelete
feeling scary when looking at the "fingers" mean you are success right...salute to you, lena...great piece of "art" work, hahahaReplyDelete
happy Halloween....
gosh they do look like chopped off fingers!ReplyDelete
that's very creative! at last we have reasons to bite the nails! ;pReplyDelete
This sure looks spooky!ReplyDelete
woww. spooky!! I dont know whether to reach for them or turn away. U know what, on second thought i would reach for them and eat them with my eyes closed!ReplyDelete
Lena, very creative ideal but it look spooky.ReplyDelete
This so cute! I'm sure your family had fun eating this!ReplyDelete
o that's just plainly spooky and fun!ReplyDelete
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! >_< This is pretty creepy and I'm scared! But I have to say you are so creative Lena! Very impressive work. My kids will scream - I kind of want to see them seeing this though. =PReplyDelete
Nice one! Frankly, I wouldn't dare to eat this spooky fingers. It looks real and scary, and may I suggest to pour more tomato sauce so that it'll look bloodier, kekeke!ReplyDelete
Happy Halloween!
This is...spooky!! I definately wouldn't eat this!ReplyDelete
Lena, so clever of you to make this 'finger-licious' dish. err..did you clean the nails before you cook the fingers? hhaaha..Happy Halloween.ReplyDelete
Lena, Creative neh! spooky spooky!!ReplyDelete
Need to borrow ur Idea, gonna make my spooky hand too! ^^
Lena, it looks like fingers to me...must be yummy rite?ReplyDelete
Happy Halloween.
You are very creative! This look so scary , hehehe ..ReplyDelete
Oooo....I missed this out too! What a scary looking dish. haha.... It's a successful post.ReplyDelete
those spooky pita breads looks yummy but till I read the title of this post, especially the word "fingers" ewwwck they do not look that yummy now!ReplyDelete
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If you're a techie who loves fashion, then a career in wearable technology might be right for you.It's at the cutting edge of both engineering and fashion design.
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- Wearable technology ranges from prom dresses with swirling LED lights to self-cleaning, shape-changing apparel. From jackets with embedded GPS units to spacesuits with built-in computers, the design of wearable technology is a new and exciting career.
- Watch this video to learn more about wearable technology from people who have careers in this field: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/04/25/179077634/video-the-future-of-wearable-technology
- One of the leaders in the field of wearable technology is Dr. Lucy Dunne. You can learn more about Dr. Dunne and her views on the field in this interview: http://www.clintzeagler.com/2013/06/19/interview-lucy-dunne-on-space-fashion-and-iswc-design-exhibition/
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Showers gradually becoming confined to eastern and then south-eastern parts of the UK, leaving many places dry. Clouding over across the north-west of the UK with rain later. Feeling cold.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Outbreaks of rain will move south-eastwards across the UK during Thursday. Mainly dry thereafter with some sunshine and temperatures slowly returning to nearer normal. Overnight frosts becoming less widespread too.
Updated at: 1603 on Tue 25 Apr 2017
Outlook for the UK over the next 6-30 days
UK Outlook for Sunday 30 Apr 2017 to Tuesday 9 May 2017:
The tail end of the Bank Holiday weekend looks more unsettled, with rain, already across some west and south-western parts of the UK, extending across the rest of the country. Rain could be heavy across south-western areas, and it will be increasingly windy for many. However, some north-eastern areas could stay dry throughout the long weekend, and temperatures will generally be near or slightly below normal. Tuesday will remain on the wet and windy side, but as next week progresses, drier, more settled and increasingly sunny weather should become established. South-east England is expected to see this change first. Temperatures are likely to respond too with some places becoming very warm, but the main uncertainty is just how quickly this change occurs.
Updated at: 1320 on Tue 25 Apr 2017
UK Outlook for Wednesday 10 May 2017 to Wednesday 24 May 2017:
High pressure appears to be in charge during the middle part of May, with temperatures likely to be above average, possible very warm at times. It also looks drier than average, especially across the north-west of the UK, with central and southern Britain perhaps seeing some wetter weather occasionally. Towards the end of May, indications on a particular weather type are less certain, with temperatures likely to be closer to normal; some pleasantly warm days but some chilly nights. Rainfall also looks to become nearer average too.
Updated at: 1321 on Tue 25 Apr 2017
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Well, we are in Hollywood now and have been here for about 3 days. It's been really cool so far and we've been keeping ourselves busy!
On Monday we did a tour of LA which included Santa Monica (AKA the Baywatch beach) Downtown, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Sunset Strip, Hollywood Boulevard, Rodeo Drive and also we tour of loads of celebrity houses. We saw houses that belonged to Britany Spears, J-Lo, Jack Nickleson, John Travolta, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Elton John, Jim Carey, Jackie Chan, the house that Elvis lived in with Precilla, Frank Sinatras old house which Nancy still lives in, Rod Stewarts old house, Mick Jagger's house and loads of others..... We also stopped and saw the 'Hollywood' sign.
We also got to shop on Rodeo Drive and I treated myself to a necklace in the Tiffany & Co shop, mind you it was probably one of the cheapest ones in there but I have had my eye on it for ages....
On Tuesday we actually moved from Venice Beach and now are staying on Hollywood Boulevard. It's pretty cool here but at the same time its a bit of a dump. There are loads of tramps, or 'bums' as americans call them. I was nearly sick the other day when we saw a guy picking out random bottles from the 'trash can' that people had thrown away and drinking the dregs left in the bottom! He even drunk coffee out of a coffee cup! yuk!
Yesterday we went to Universal Studios which was fun. We were there for about 9 hours and went on loads of rides and saw a few shows and had a tour of the studios where film sets from Jaws, War of the Worlds and Bates Motel from Psycho. They were filming Desperate Housewives when we were there too but we didn't any. (Apart from the ones on the tour)
Today we slept in until about 11 for the first time in ages and strolled up and down the walk of fame, had a look in a few shops and plan to chill out for tonight and tomorrow before we got to Vegas on Sunday!!!! I can't wait!!
We've got about 2 and a half weeks now until we'll be home and I'm actually looking forward to it now. I can't wait to have a bath, sleep in my bed and get away from fast food!
I'll try and put the Fiji photos and LA photos on here as soon as I can but I haven't found an internet cafe yet that I can connect my camera to.


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Information Village Fair to showcase technology, March 25-26
Posted March 20, 2003; 07:20 p.m.
The multipurpose rooms on the B level of the Frist Campus Center will be transformed into a high-tech town Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26, for an Information Village Fair.
Sponsored by the Office of Information Technology and its partners, the event will run from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. It is open to Princeton students, faculty and staff.
There will be more than 50 displays of information technology from OIT, the library, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, purchasing, facilities, the Undergraduate Student Government and more. A total of 21 half-hour presentations will cover practical things people can do with information technology today.
Participants can enjoy free popcorn, register for door prizes and put their suggestions for making information technology more effective at Princeton into a wishing well.
Upstairs on the 100 level, the digital display wall will showcase new technology and the amazing things that can only be done using its enormous screen. The TV will show the best of Princeton's lectures and special events as well as films made by OIT's Help Desk.
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Free movie at Peck Farm Orientation Barn Geneva's Natural Resources Committee (NRC) invites all ages to get inspired with a ree movies at Peck Farm Orientation Barn. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday,.\, April 4 the movie Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time will be shown. These movies were chosen to show families how they can do their part in making Earth a better environment. NRC will also be hosting an Earth Day celebration at from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Peck Farm on Saturday, April 20. Items will be availabel for purchase from the Geneva Green Market, rain barrels will be for sale, bicycle tune-ups offered, free paper-shredding, green education, electronic recycling and more.
Screen Free Week gets families to unplug The Geneva Park District is challenging residents of all ages to go "screen free." for the week of April 29 through May 5, 2013. Families are encouraged to turn off their TVs, video games and other gadgets during Screen Free Week. The park district will host a variety of activities to keep f amilies active and enjoying time together. Events are free,registration is required.
County offers up nature series for adults The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is offering a new, monthly progr am series for adults looking to meet others interested in nature topics and activities. These free monthly progr ams will take place at varying forest preserves and will each focus on a different topic or theme. "In Search of Skunk Cabbage." The progr am is from 9:30 to 11 am Saturday, April 20, at Big Rock Forest Preserve, which is at 46W524 Jericho Road, Big Rock. "Spring amphibians and Reptiles" meets from 6:45 to 9 p.m. May 9 at at Creek Bend Nature Center within LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W370 Dean St., St. Charles. A nature walk and picnic is set from 9:30 to 11:30 am Sunday, June 2, at C ampton Forest Preserve, 4N379 Town Hall Road, St. Charles. All progr ams in "The Nature Network" series are free. Progr ams are for ages 18 and up. Register at 847-741-8350 or by e-mail at progr firstname.lastname@example.com. For information, visit www.kaneforest.com or visit www.facebook.com/forestpreserve.


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We went to the Farmers Market in Benicia, as we do most Thursdays. This was the first week of corn season, so we got some. It was amazingly good. I like farmers markets; they're a good way to make a connection to the people who actually grow your food.
Antony Courtney called me up today, and we had a nice chat. He is interested in working on Fitz, largely so he can use it for his thesis work on functional reactive user interfaces.
His work is done in Haskell, so Haskell bindings for Fitz would be part of the deal. I think these two things could work well together. Fitz has a somewhat functional design. The rendering of a tree is a function of the tree. Caching is strongly related to memoization in functional languages, and minimal updating is a form of incremental computation.
Language bindings are to be an integral part of Fitz. We'll use the Python bindings extensively for testing. It's also, I think, the best language for experimenting. But I don't mean to exclude Perl or Ruby programmers, either. I just wish it was easier to write high quality cross-language wrappers.
What I'd really like is something like Pyrex, only with the ability to generate code for many different runtimes. Pyrex itself seems to be coming along quite nicely. As of 0.3, you can define classes in C, which seems quite useful. At some point, I might be motivated to try an experiment of making Pyrex generate, say, a Ruby extension.
David McCusker writes briefly of picoservers. These sound like fun. Basically, the problem boils down to: how do you best express asynchronous behavior in a programming language? Threads are one way, but they have lots of pitfalls, including performance and scaling issues. Event-based programming is more lightweight, but has a reputation for being very tedious and low-level. Also, event-based programming by itself can't take advantage of multiple processors.
I haven't looked at SEDA carefully yet (it's the thesis work of Matt Welsh), but it looks interesting.
People have been thinking about asynchrony for a long time. One of the more elegant approaches is Hoare's Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). I'm a bit surprised that CSP hasn't gone further. It seems like a nice higher level abstraction compared with event-driven programming, but without all the nasty problems with race conditions and lock contention that threads bring you.
There is actually a CSP implementation in C. It seems like more typing than languages that have CSP baked-in. Occam is the most famous of these languages, but I think Limbo might be a more useful incarnation. Occam tends to be fairly static, but Limbo lets you create "threads" and channels very dynamically.
Python's generators are already sorta like coroutines. David Mertz talks about using them to implement what he calls weightless threads.


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7.8: Types of Soils
What makes soil good?
Some types of soils are good for growing crops and some are not. When good soils are found in good climates where water is available, a variety of crops will grow. If one of these things is missing, the possibilities are much more limited.
Types of Soils
Although soil scientists recognize thousands of types of soil – each with its own specific characteristics and name - let's consider just three soil types. This will help you to understand some of the basic ideas about how climate produces a certain type of soil, but there are many exceptions to what we will learn right now (Figure below).
Just some of the thousands of soil types.
Deciduous trees, the trees that lose their leaves each winter, need at least 65 cm of rain per year. These forests produce soils called pedalfers, which are common in many areas of the temperate, eastern part of the United States (Figure below). The word pedalfer comes from some of the elements that are commonly found in the soil. The "Al" in pedalfer is the chemical symbol of the element aluminum, and the "Fe" in pedalfer is the chemical symbol for iron. Pedalfers are usually a very fertile, dark brown or black soil. Not surprisingly, they are rich in aluminum clays and iron oxides. Because a great deal of rainfall is common in this climate, most of the soluble minerals dissolve and are carried away, leaving the less soluble clays and iron oxides behind.
A pedalfer is the dark, fertile type of soil that will form in a forested region.
Pedocal soils form in drier, temperate areas where grasslands and brush are the usual types of vegetation (Figure below). The climates that form pedocals have less than 65 cm rainfall per year. Compared to pedalfers there is less chemical weathering and less water to dissolve away soluble minerals, so more soluble minerals are present and fewer clay minerals are produced. It is a drier region with less vegetation, so the soils have lower amounts of organic material and are less fertile.
A pedocal is named for the calcite enriched layer that forms. Water begins to move down through the soil layers, but before it gets very far, it begins to evaporate. Soluble minerals, like calcium carbonate, concentrate in a layer that marks the lowest place that water was able to reach. This layer is called caliche.
A lizard on soil typical of an arid region in Mexico.
In tropical rainforests where it rains literally every day, laterite soils form (Figure below). In these hot, wet, tropical regions, intense chemical weathering strips the soils of their nutrients. There is practically no humus. All soluble minerals are removed from the soil and all plant nutrients are carried away. All that is left behind are the least soluble materials, like aluminum and iron oxides. These soils are often red in color from the iron oxides. Laterite soils bake as hard as a brick if they are exposed to the sun.
A laterite is the type of thick, nutrient-poor soil that forms in the rainforest.
Many climate types have not been mentioned here. Each produces a distinctive soil type that forms in the particular circumstances found there. Where there is less weathering, soils are thinner but soluble minerals may be present. Where there is intense weathering, soils may be thick but nutrient-poor. Soil development takes a very long time, it may take hundreds or even thousands of years for a good fertile topsoil to form. Soil scientists estimate that in the very best soil-forming conditions, soil forms at a rate of about 1mm/year. In poor conditions, soil formation may take thousands of years!
- laterite: Nutrient poor, red, tropical soil that forms in rainforest areas.
- pedalfer: Fertile, dark soil that forms in mid latitude, forested regions.
- pedocal: Less fertile soil that forms in drier, grassland regions.
- Pedalfer is the soil common in deciduous forests and is rich in aluminum and iron. Pedalfers are dark brown and fertile.
- Pedocal is the soil common in grasslands where the climate is drier and is rich in calcium.
- Laterite forms in tropical rain forests. Chemical weathering strips the soils of their nutrients, so when the forest is removed the soil is not very fertile.
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2. Where are pedalfers found?
3. Where are pedocals found?
4. Where is laterite found?
5. What is laterite?
6. Where is it found?
7. What zones are in laterite?
1. What is pedocal and under what conditions does it form?
2. What is pedalfer and under what conditions does it form?
3. What is laterite and under what conditions does it form?
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For those of you who approve such tactics, I can only assume you are also OK with similar interrogation of our own forces. Presumably representatives of our government who have called those who did similar things to our troops monsters who should be tried and convicted of war crimes are nothing but liberal whiners.
In my mind, you treat all people as you would want to be treated under similar circumstances. That doesn't mean that they would return the favor. However, our morality is measured first by our standards, not the lowest common denominator from among our enemies. I have never seen a convincing argument that torture is an effective technique for gathering reliable intelligence.
It is not up to me to be OK with that happening to our guys. Only a fool would think that it does not happen and much worse to our guys. They don't have a bunch of crying libs in most parts of the world to care what they do to our troops
Oh I see because I support ridding our country of an enemy who has no other thoughts than to rip out your heart and show it to you while you die and to continue doing that until they die. have you forgot 9/11. They are terrorist's!!! Cowards!!! Enemies of the state!!!
Should we give them a group hug and say we are sorry instead. Liberals disgust me. They need to go and live outside in the real world. get up and see whats outside and don't live your life through the TV or the media.
They are the enemy and make no mistake they will do what ever it is to make you suffer a hideous death and if that means dieing to do that then so be it. Heck they are leaving a sand soaked filth and flea infested life in some middle east Sh*%$t hole and would be welcomed by a group of virgins upon arriving on the other side. I say send them there. I say let me send them there. Let me throw the switch. They are like a mad dog that needs to be put down.
But then that's not nice is it.
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This is how I imagine how those that dont approve of water boarding might sound like. During a arrest or battlefield capture.
Interrogator We found you with a computer that has plans to attack the US
Its not mine
Interrogator Your phone has numbers of know terrorist
No it doesn't
Interrogator Your car has bomb making materials in the trunk
Its a science project
Interrogator You just finished flight school.
Its a hobby
Interrogator You have detailed plans of the twin towers
I was planning a vacation
Interrogator Were you planning anything
Interrogator OK I am going to get tough with you. Are you really planning anything.
Interrogator I am only going to ask you one more time
Interrogator ARE YOU PLANNING ANYTHING ?
Interrogator Alrighty then you are free to go would you like a referral to the ACLU or maybe a nice warm muffin. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Here is another account of an uncomfortable shower.http://waterboarding.org/firsthand
And your point?
I never said it was comfortable. It is a serious method of breaking ones spirit to allow the extraction of information. It appears to do just that.
Just because those that are subject to it don't like it and can't withstand more than a few minutes of the procedure, doesn't mean it is torture.
From Wikepedia:
Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing a person on their back with the head inclined downward and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages.[1][2] Through forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences the process of drowning and is made to believe that death is imminent.[3] In contrast to merely submerging the head face-forward, waterboarding almost immediately elicits the gag reflex.[4] Although waterboarding does not always cause lasting physical damage, it carries the risks of extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to the lungs, brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation, physical injuries (including broken bones) due to struggling against restraints, psychological injury, and, ultimately, death, which may be caused by one of the many possible conditions -- not only drowning -- that are triggered by this behavior.[5] The physical effects of waterboarding can come on even months after the event, and the psychological effects on the victims can last for years.[6]
Waterboarding was used for interrogation at least as early as the Spanish Inquisition to obtain information,[7] coerce confessions, punish, and intimidate. It is considered to be torture by a wide range of authorities, including legal experts,[5][8] politicians, war veterans,[9][10] intelligence officials,[11] military judges,[12] and human rights organizations.[13][14]
So what we have is a form of "strong encouragement" developed during the Spanish Inquisition and extended by Japanese interrogators in WWII (people we charged with war crimes) and Chinese interrogators during the Korean War (where we called it brain washing). It can cause permanent physical damage, including brain damage, and even death.
I guess torture only exists when it's being done by someone else to us. I'll believe it's not torture when Cheney himself is subjected to it a public video and the procedure is done with all the embellishments performed on any of our prisoners. If it's good enough for him, I would agree that it's good enough for them.
We are what we do, not what we believe, not what we promise, and not what we dream. If we allow ourselves to become our enemies, we deserve their fate.


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Raks Odalisque performs, March 30-April 1
Posted March 23, 2006; 10:37 p.m.
Princeton University's Middle Eastern dance troupe Raks Odalisque will perform its annual spring semester show, "Unveiled," at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 30-April 1, in the Frist Campus Center theater. A matinee performance is scheduled for 2 p.m. April 1.
The show will include a solo by guest dancer Alexia, a collaboration piece with Princeton's Sympoh Urban Arts Crew, and performances by Princeton alumna Yana Krasteva, Princeton Bhangra and Naacho.
Tickets are $6 for students and $10 for others. They are available online or through the Frist ticket office, (609) 258-1742.


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SOUTHAVEN— The Southaven Board of Aldermen has agreed to review and get public input on a proposed plan for citywide on-street bicycle and pedestrian paths.
The Commercial Appeal reports City Planning Director Whitney Choat-Cook presented the plan to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen during Tuesday's board meeting.
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis said the plan to put the bicycle and pedestrian paths on streets throughout the city would take several years and "millions" to complete.


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Picked up the new C++ Network Programming Volume 1 - Mastering Complexity with ACE and Patterns by Schmidt and Huston yesterday. I knew about ACE but I'd never really looked into it too closely. Now I think I might. I'm always much happier to use a third party library if I know about the "philosophy" behind it. I'm always pretty cautious about adding dependencies on third party software to Suneido. It really is a "dependency" - if they have bugs or don't support what you need you can be in trouble. Even if it's open source, that doesn't mean you've got the time or understanding to fix it yourself. But at the same time, leveraging off other people's work can have major benefits. Suneido uses Scintilla for source code editing. We could have rolled our own, but we got a lot nicer component for a lot less effort. Of course, something like that is not too serious a dependency - it could be replaced fairly easily. If I rewrote Suneido's networking to use ACE, that wouldn't be so easy to change. My other concern is size. ACE is large! I don't want to double the size of Suneido just to get a little better networking! I'll have to play around and see what kind of size increase it would entail.
The other nice part about getting a "good" computer book is that it tends to really motivate me, not just in the area of the book, but all over. Maybe because it's "inspiring" to read about other people doing a really excellent job. It makes you want to raise your own standards, do better work, improve stuff. I started thinking about multi-threading Suneido's database server - something I've always been nervous about. And I thrashed out how to clean up the database history mechanism to be cleaner and more complete.
I spent a little time playing with VMware the other day. I really like the idea of being able to run multiple operating systems without re-booting. It would be really useful for testing. And it would let me run Linux as well as Windows. (Too much of my work is Windows based to run Linux most of the time.) In fact when I recently got a new computer I deliberately put more memory (512mb) and more disk (80gb) in order to have space for VMware. But ... as soon as I installed it, Windows XP started to act flaky. Strange delays, networking problems, video problems. All intermittent and unrepeatable. So, much as I like the idea, VMware had to go - Windows is flaky enough as it is. Besides, how much use would it be for testing if it's flaky? Who knows what the source of the problems was, but I don't have the time to try to track it down. Maybe it isn't fully compatible with Windows XP? Or my hardware? Another aspect that scares me away is that there doesn't seem to be any way to "turn it off". Even when you're not using it, it's got all kinds of stuff running - yuck! I wonder if using Linux as the host OS would be better? Maybe I'll give that a try at some point. It's too bad, the idea is cool.
I wonder if I'll ever make Master on Advogato? Without sounding too egotistical, I think my experience, expertise, and investment in open source is as great as many of the other people rated as Master. But I don't know anyone "important", and I'm not working on a highly visible project. (I know that "major project" is part of the criteria, but many of the masters don't seem to be working on "major" projects.) I guess in a way it's a weakness of the rating system - people have to know you. Of course, it doesn't really matter - it is just an ego thing - everyone likes recognition :-)
Enough thinking out loud - time to do a little work!


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