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Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2014 - 02:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, sale
The only thing better than a new SSD is one you picked up on sale and The SSD Review would like to help you with that. They have put together a list of SSD sales that have already kicked off, from the lovely price of $370 for a 960GB SanDisk Ultra II SSD which might not be the fastest on the market but is a great bargain to a Samsung 840 EVO 1TB at $360 for those who are willing to run the restoration tool to ensure they don't experience a slow down in performance. They also list M.2 drives for those wanting to use the new interface. They have their own Amazon affiliate code which I am sure they would appreciate you using but don't forget that PC Perspective does as well so please consider sharing the proceeds from your purchases ... or not, up to you.
"It's that time of the year again, when online retailers are dropping prices on products left and right. Over the past few days there have been some okay deals when it comes to SSDs in anticipation of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, today there are some very good deals on drives from all the big boys in the industry, mainly Samsung, SanDisk Crucial, and Intel."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- The TR Podcast 166: Reader questions, Asus answers, and our mobile recs
- Windows 10 To Feature Native Support For MKV and FLAC @ Slashdot
- Lenovo reportedly to start producing wearable devices soon, says report @ DigiTimes
- NVIDIA GRID Review; Game Streaming Gets a Makeover @ Hardware Canucks
- BlackBerry will pay you $$$s to be its friend and dump that iPhone @ The Register
- UK boffins: We'll have an EMBIGGENED QUANTUM COMPUTER working in 5 YEARS @ The Register
Only 1920x1080 or better need apply
Subject: Mobile | November 27, 2014 - 05:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: 1080p, Chillblast, Prestige i5-4200SH, dell, Inspiron 17 7000, hp, Beats Special Edition, Lenovo, Yoga 2 13, toshiba, Satellite S70-B-10U
Sick of the standard laptop screen resolution of 1366x768, especially on a laptop with a 17" screen? The Register has collected five laptops which have a 1080p resolution, several of which feature touchscreen capabilities for use with Win 8.1 and range in screen size up to 17.3". There is a variety of quality, the lower cost HP notebook does not feature an IPS display and so is not as sharp as some other models but then again it is not as expensive as the other models either. There is not much in the way of benchmarks but it is not too hard to estimate performance based on the components which are inside these laptops as they are common among the current generation of laptops. This review focuses on the screen, much like your eyes do.
"For the more discerning eye, that's just not enough, and while we'll be looking at the more expensive HiDPI laptops soon, full HD laptops are certainly more affordable these days, especially if you're prepared to trade having a high-performance CPU or a speedy solid-state drive for a crisper, higher resolution image instead."
Here are some more Mobile articles from around the web:
- Silverstone Noble Breeze NB05 Notebook Cooler @ eTeknix
- Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Tablet Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Nvidia Shield Tablet Android 5.0 Lollipop @ eTeknix
- What's MISSING on Amazon Fire Phone... and why it WON'T set the world alight @ The Register
- Hudl 2 @ The Inquirer
- Moto 360 smartwatch @ The Inquirer
- SuperTooth HD VOICE In-Car Speakerphone Review @ NikKTech
Windows 10 Will Support Many New Codecs Natively
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2014 - 10:20 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: windows 10, windows, mkv, microsoft, hevc, h.265, flac
Native support for audio and video codecs is helpful for a platform. Software will be able to call upon the operating system's built-in functions, rather than integrating a solution. Of course, some will continue to roll their own, and that's fine, but it is obviously helpful for the foundation to have its own solution (especially in cases where licenses and royalties are required).
Windows 10 is expected to increase its platform support to include FLAC, MKV, and HEVC (h.265), and more may be coming. The tweet from Gabriel Aul suggests that this will be available starting in the next preview build, which will land in early 2015. Hopefully these additions include both encoding and decoding support, possibly allowing audio and video editors to take advantage of these formats.
The next build of Windows 10 Technical Preview is expected for early next year. The full OS is said to launch late that year.
Uplay Black Friday Sale: Buy One, Get One Free
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2014 - 10:03 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ubisoft, black friday
Another quick Black Friday post, this one on Ubisoft's Uplay service. At least in Canada, if you purchase one title of a selected list, you will get a choice of one from a second list, for free. While the headliners are Ubisoft's first-party titles, there are a few from EA, Sega, Telltale, Deep Silver, Bethesda, WB Games, Capcom, Square Enix, and Kalypso to round out the "Buy" list (every free bundle game is from Ubisoft, though).
The list of "Buy" (full price) games are:
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
- Far Cry 4 (PC, 360, Xbox One, PS3 – Not PS4???)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (PC)
- Alien Isolation (PC)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (360, PS3)
- Tales from the Borderlands (PC)
- Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PC)
- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PC)
- The Evil Within (PC)
- Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse (PC)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)
- FIFA Soccer 15 (PC)
- The Sims 4 (PC)
- Football Manager 2015 (PC)
- Rocksmith (2014) (PC, 360, PS3 – Xbox One is listed by not available in the store???)
- Just Dance 2015 (360, Xbox One, PS3, Wii)
- Escape Dead Island (PC)
- Tropico 5 (PC)
- Shape Up (Xbox One)
- Metro: Redux Bundle (PC)
Purchasing one of the above allows you to get one of the following PC titles:
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Far Cry 3
- Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition
- Watch_Dogs
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry
- Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
- Anno 2070
- Might and Magic: Heroes VI (Complete)
- Rayman Legends
Of course, the first thing that pops into my mind is the AMD "Never Settle" promotion. It is interesting that game publishers are also considering a "build your own bundle" initiative, breaking from the "these two games are shrink-wrapped together" model that was previously dominant. Perhaps this will be something that Valve considers for one of their future promotions?
If you were considering paying full price for one of the first list of titles, than purchasing it through the Ubisoft store might get you an extra game for free. Personally, I've been considering Far Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has been given a lot of good publicity. The sale started on the American Thanksgiving season and runs until December 15th, so you have a little time to think.
Well done virtual 7.1 surround from Corsair's H1500
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2014 - 04:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: audio, corsair, H1500, gaming headset, 7.1 headset
Corsair's H1500 Dolby 7.1 headset has a pair of 50mm drivers with a response of 20Hz to 20kHz which uses software to emulate 7.1 and 5.1 Dolby surround as well as simple 2.0 audio. The headset comes with software but not a dedicated soundcard which is why they were able to keep the price to $70. Benchmark Reviews used the headset in Battlefield 4 and found it quite useful in preventing enemies from sneaking up from behind them with a knife though the stiff padding and narrow head band did tire them out after a while. Music and movies also sounded great after a little tweaking of the equalizer and the noise cancellation feature on the microphone was effective at reducing background noise while speaking into the mic. Overall if you want a good set of surround headphones are on a bit of a budget the H1500 are worth adding to your short list of possible purchases.
"Longevity is very important in any industry. It is extremely likely that, when the longevity moniker is affixed to an organization's label, consumers can buy with confidence. Corsair is one of those labels that can has been doing it well since 1994 and in this industry, 20 years is a VERY long time. Whether you are buying a power supply or a gaming mouse, you know that if it wears the Corsair logo, it is a quality device that will withstand the test of time and perform brilliantly."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Corsair Gaming H1500 USB headset @ Kitguru
- Corsair H2100 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset @ Benchmark Reviews
- Noontec Zoro II HD Mobile Headphones @ eTeknix
- Creative Sound Blaster ROAR SR20A Bluetooth Portable Speaker Review @ NikKTech
- Ultimate Ears BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Review @ NikKTech
- LUXA2 Groovy Duo Wireless Speaker @ Benchmark Reviews
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Chooses IBM and NVIDIA for Two Supercomputers, Summit and Sierra
Subject: General Tech, Systems | November 27, 2014 - 08:53 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, IBM, power9, Volta
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been interested in a successor for their Titan Supercomputer. Sponsored by the US Department of Energy, the new computer will be based on NVIDIA's Volta (GPU) and IBM's POWER9 (CPU) architectures. Its official name will be "Summit", and it will have a little sibling, "Sierra". Sierra, also based on Volta and POWER9, will be installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Image Credit: NVIDIA
The main feature of these supercomputers is expected to be "NVLink", which is said to allow unified memory between CPU and GPU. This means that, if you have a workload that alternates rapidly between serial and parallel tasks, that you can save the lag in transferring memory between each switch. One example of this would be a series of for-each loops on a large data set with a bit of logic, checks, and conditional branches between. Memory management is like a lag between each chunk of work, especially across two banks of memory attached by a slow bus.
Summit and Sierra are both built by IBM, while Titan, Oak Ridge's previous supercomputer, was developed by Cray. Not much is known about the specifics of Sierra, but Summit will be about 5x-10x faster (peak computational throughput) than its predecessor at less than a fifth of the nodes. Despite the fewer nodes, it will suck down more total power (~10MW, up from Titan's ~9MW).
These two supercomputers are worth $325 million USD (combined). They are expected to go online in 2017. According to Reuters, an additional $100 million USD will go toward research into "extreme" supercomputing.
Microsoft and Yahoo Want to Be Apple's Default Search
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2014 - 09:29 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: apple, safari, google, yahoo, bing, microsoft, mozilla
After Mozilla inked the deal with Yahoo, the eyes turned to Apple and its Safari browser. Currently, the default search engine is Google on both iOS and OSX, although Bing is the primary engine used for other functions, like Siri and Spotlight. Until early 2015, they are tied into a contract with Google for those two browsers, but who will get the new contract?
Apparently Yahoo and Microsoft have both approached the company for the position, and Apple is not ruling any of the three out. Probably the most interesting part is how Yahoo is genuinely taking the search business seriously. The deal with Mozilla is fairly long-term, and with Yahoo approaching Apple as well, it probably was not just charity on Mozilla's part because no-one else wanted to be Firefox's default. Yahoo would probably need some significant monetary backing for an Apple deal, which suggests the same for their deal with Mozilla.
If both Mozilla and Apple leave Google, it will take a significant chunk out of the search engine. Power users, like those who read this site, will likely be unaffected if they care, because of how low the barrier is to change the default search engine. On the other hand, even the most experienced user will often accept default settings until there is a reason to change. The winning party will need to have a good enough product to overcome that initial shock.
But the money will at least give them a chance when the decision comes into effect. That is, unless the barrier to changing default search engines is less than the barrier to changing default web browsers.
Google will always be default on Google Chrome.
Telltale's Game of Thrones Launches December 2nd
Subject: General Tech | November 28, 2014 - 04:27 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: telltale, game of thrones
Oh they're coming. The dragons are on their way. They're gonna be amazing. They'll be here soon. Actually, Telltale's Game of Thrones will be here on December 2nd. The game will be the first of a six-episode season, spanning the TV show's timeline from the end of Season 3 up to some point just before the start of Season 5.
According to the ESRB, they will keep their robes on at all times.
Of course, the most interesting part about this release, to me, is its M rating – specifically, one that makes zero reference to sexuality or sexual content. While the ESRB allows modest sexual content, with Duke Nukem Forever being just about the most extreme, permitted example, you would probably get nowhere near what is allowed on HBO into retail distribution, any console, and probably not even Steam. This would limit the game to a PC release that is distributed on their company website, GoG, and maybe Amazon. The same issue was faced, in some regions, with South Park: The Stick of Truth, where a handful of scenes were censored out of certain versions of the game because they were too graphic (one of which being an alien abduction).
That tangent out of the way, Game of Thrones will launch on December 2nd.
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Jan. 4, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) appointed Chicago Ald. Manuel Flores (D-1) to replace Charles Box (D), a former Rockford mayor, as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), which regulates the state's utilities.
Box served as Rockford's mayor from 1989 to 2001.
Flores, according to a press release by the governor's office, "brings to his new position a deep understanding of public service, a record for advancing pro-environmental initiatives, and a commitment to expanding broadband Internet access throughout Illinois."
Quinn's choice of Flores has been applauded by consumer groups, including the Citizens Utility Board (CUB).
CUB Executive Director David Kolata responded: "Ald. Flores has proven to be a strong, independent and fair voice for consumers during a career of public service. He has made consumer issues a top priority, and has been a strong supporter of renewable energy and energy-efficiency initiatives that are key to controlling turbulent energy prices."
Box, whose term was to expire in January 2009, has been chided by consumer groups for often siding with utilities. He has served as ICC chairman since 2006 after being appointed by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D).
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In Senate race, Maine's King is critical of GOP
Angus King is keeping people guessing whether he would side with Democrats or Republicans as a U.S. senator.
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Angus King is keeping people guessing whether he would side with Democrats or Republicans as a U.S. senator.
But Maine's former two-term governor, running as an independent to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, calls the GOP budget plan "a disaster" and the party's position on women's health "a mistake. He's also supporting President Barack Obama's re-election.
"I want to keep `em guessing," King told The Associated Press on Monday, the day he formally opened his state headquarters. "I think I can be much more effective by not making that decision and by postponing it as long as possible. I'd like to postpone it forever."
Speaking to hundreds of supporters who clogged his Brunswick office, King promised that Maine voters, not partisan politics, would guide his decisions on Capitol Hill. But he repeatedly criticized key Republican policies during the AP interview, suggesting that he is ideologically aligned with Democrats.
The state GOP seems to think the guessing game is over. It's attacking King for his former wind power company's loan guarantee. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has already produced a negative Web video suggesting that King's candidacy is the result of a "smoke-filled back room deal."
The state's best-known Democrats have declined to enter the Senate contest for fear a divided Democratic electorate would allow for a Republican victory in a state that leans distinctly left. Snowe, a moderate Republican, has represented Maine in the Senate since 1995.
The Senate has 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans and two independents who caucus with Democrats. Control of the Senate will probably be decided by a handful of races in November.
King supports Obama's health care overhaul, which is under Supreme Court review, and he supports abortion rights. While he likes to highlight his vote for George W. Bush in 2000 and his decision to veto the majority of Democrat-sponsored bills while governor, he is critical of the current GOP.
"The shift of the Republican Party to the right, particularly on the social issues, is disturbing," he said. "It's somewhat ironic to me that people who wrap themselves in the Constitution are so prepared to put the government in people's bedrooms."
King opposes GOP-led efforts to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood. He agrees with Obama's policy that forces insurance companies to cover contraception for employees of religious-affiliated institutions.
He saved his most heated comments, however, for the Republican budget plan - often known for its architect, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. - that would effectively transform Medicare into a voucher program.
"It's a disaster. In a finite number of years, seniors will be back to where they were in 1955, which is sick and unable to get treatment," King said. "I don't know what they're thinking. Except, I think that proposal represents a strain of thinking that goes back to - they want to get rid of Social Security and Medicare."
Despite his vocal criticism of some Republican policies, King is promising to run a positive campaign. With control of the Senate at stake, he says he expects the campaign to get nasty.
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He's calling for more civility in national politics.
"It's about meeting in the middle," he said. "And yes, it's about compromise."
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Use the kabana or cabanossi to create circles (noughts) on four or the pizzas and crosses on the remaining five pizzas (I always liked crosses best!).
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden.
Options for serving are many – noughts to one half of the family, crosses to the other and play a game on a large platter; place all on a big platter in a 3 x 3 game pattern, or just let the kids choose which one they'd like… "I want a cross, no I want a cross…"
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Above all else, Candyland deserves an award for being South Florida's longest-running annual electronic music festival. Yeah, uh, "festival" - that's what they're called now, to avoid that pesky "rave" word. Make no mistake, though. In its late-'90s heyday, Candyland was indeed one of the highest ... More >>
The Masking Tape Film Festival. The Lifeguard Stand Film Festival. The Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Film Festival. Until these are formed, the Bicycle Film Festival is the weirdest and coolest niche film festival the world has yet invented.Started nine years ago by Brendt Barbur, a New York City resid ... More >>
In the ongoing spirit of philanthropy that seems to have taken over Miami's dance music scene (with recent charitable events like "The Vagabond for a Cause" with John Digweed and "Dance for a Cause" featuring Chris Fortier at Electric Pickle) Technique Miami presents "Get Funk'd Up" at Soho Studi ... More >>
Next Wednesday, LIV is hosting the 10,000-LB Hamburger Tour featuring A-Trak, Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers. But before everyone shakes it to the ground at Dirty Hairy, we've been told that Rye Rye will be making an appearance at Just Add Water Sunday at Blade at the Fontainebleau. The party is free, ... More >>
So you wanna be a hotshot DJ with your own hip record label? It's not as easy as you might think. But it can be done. And if you're Nick Catchdubs of Fool's Gold, it can be dynamite! New Times caught up with the ever-explosive head-spinner on the eve of another Winter Music Conference blow-out and a ... More >>
A-Trak, Catchdubs, and downtown hotties. Need we say more?
Few local DJs in any genre have such a scarily deep and broad knowledge of music as Alex Caso. Able to wax poetic on and dig deep into any genre from psychedelic garage nuggets, to Jamaican rocksteady, to robotic electro, Caso's consequently spun everywhere from straight-up raves to hipster hotspots ... More >>
Photo by Logan FazioCandyland 13Soho Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 27, 2008Better Than: I expected.The Review:Culture and other similar promotions groups, in an effort to shrug off the nasty mainstream perceptions of the Nineties dance scene, like to call their large-scale events music festivals. ... More >>
As the name of this event, and the fact that it's followed by a numeral, might suggest, the epic December party Candyland started out in the golden age of the Florida rave scene. In the Nineties, it was a guaranteed good-time on the party calendar, one of several large-scale annual events that inclu ... More >>
Treasure Fingers: the man with the magic fingers. Tonight, Fool's Gold Records invades White Room to celebrate the release of its two-disc Scion A/V compilation Fool's Gold Remixed. Last time the Fool's Gold DJs -- Nick Catchdubs, Nacho Lovers, Treasure Fingers and Jokers Of The Scene -- gave the d ... More >>
We feel it. It's going to to be one of those weekends -- you know, the ones where you see the sunrise every night. Why? Because there is so much to do this weekend that we had a hard time condensing it to this list. Tonight, all the way from London comes Rory Phillips. Phillips, who has spun at the ... More >>
Click the flier for full view. Last time the Scion A/V Tour came to Miami, it brought with it Frankie Chan and Drop The Lime to celebrate the release of the IHEARTCOMIX compilation. We attended the party , but don't ask how it was; many drinks were consumed to the point that we made as much sense a ... More >>
He's got your Money $hot.
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A special guest speaker arrives in Ponyville to teach Cheerilee's class about the inner workings of Equestria's government. And, well... it's Prince Blueblood.
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4w, 5d"An Outsider's Perspective" Featured at the Royal Canterlot Library!0 comments · 58 views
Hey, you know that announcement I've been talking about? This would be it. I'm thrilled and honored to say that the guys over at the Royal Canterlot Library enjoyed "An Outsider's Perspective" so much that they decided to feature it, along with an interview of me. And man, I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of blown away by the praise they gave the story. I knew they liked it, sure, but there are some incredible compliments in there, and it's entirely possible that my ego will now inflate to the point that Rainbow Dash becomes identifiable and sympathetic.
So, that's the biggun! Go check it out, and while you're there, check out the interview they did with fellow Outside Insight mid-rank placee, Carabas, about his entry "Moonlight Palaver." His story was definitely my favorite of the finalists--and, bonus points, I started reading Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" like two days before his piece went up. Woo, coincidence.
Now, then, I'm going to get back to leading my cyborg legions towards the conquest of an alien planet, so that we can build a portal back to Earth and, uh, "emancipate" all the squishy meatbags back home. Resistance is futile.
5w, 2dHey, so, Flutterspy!10 comments · 81 views
Guess what story I just finished after more than two years of writer's block?
No, not Prince of Ponyville. Probably never Prince of Ponyville.
Nope, it's a story that I feel holds up a lot better, and really deserved an ending: "Flutterspy!"
After rewatching all of the Sirens' songs from Rainbow Rocks an embarrassing number of times, I really felt compelled to write something. Since I decided that I couldn't write a proper story about the Sirens without also putting together a band to write and play their songs (music is sort of integral to their awesomeness), I took a look at my old notes for the final chapter of "Flutterspy" and decided I'd start writing and see how things shook out.
Not terrible, in my opinion. I'm going to give it a thorough proofreading and maybe rewrite one or two bits before I email EQD and tell 'em they can finally mark this thing complete.
This wasn't the announcement I'll be making in a few days, by the way. It was just a thing that resulted from too much glorious evil-chick rock. And apparently I'm not alone in thinking the Sirens were amazing, seeing as how their songs are topping the "Best Rainbow Rocks Song" poll at EQD by a wide margin. (Don't know how Trixie's song is in fourth, though. "Rainbow Rock" is pretty damned fantastic, too, and easily the best non-Siren tune. I blame Sethisto.)
So, yeah, see you in a few with some news. In the meantime, given that it's been two years since the first two chapters, I'd recommend goin' back and rereading all of "Flutterspy" if you're inclined to give it a shot. That way, you can see how much better I was back then, and then mourn my eventual loss of quality. I'm basically The Simpsons.
5w, 4dI'm late to the party, here, but Rainbow Rocks...4 comments · 70 views
I just finished watching Rainbow Rocks, and I have to write down my immediate reaction.
That reaction is: I just watched Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny's kid sister movie. It was freaking amazing.
Actually, let me backtrack and bit and get the nitpicks out of the way. As much as I love the Mane Six, the story here almost seemed hampered by them having to be the stars. Sunset Shimmer was the heart of the film, and I think some of the screentime devoted to Pinkie Gags(tm) and Rainbow Dash being Rainbow Dash could have gone to her, and would have made the story stronger. She was the most compelling character on Team Good Guys by a long stretch; in an ideal world, the writers would have been free to focus on her while relegating the primary girls to a secondary role.
That said, the most compelling characters overall were indisputably the Sirens, who may have just unseated Diamond Tiara as Best Villain. Kazumi Evans turned in a great performance as Adagio, coupled with her constant, awesome, "everything is going to according to my evil plans" expressions and body language. Sonata was fun in the same way Brittany from Glee was (back when I could still stand that show); funny, oblivious, dumb as a rock and yet still kind of evil. Aria... well, okay, maybe they weren't all memorable and compelling. But I really liked her mane.
But the music! Especially the Sirens' songs. Holy crap. Maybe I'm just a sucker for female rock vocalists (one look at how my Pandora station has evolved will tell you that), but every time they started singing, they brought the house down. Dark, sinister, creepy, yet kinda sexy. (They're ancient succubi banished to an unsuspecting mortal realm by history's greatest wielder of the eldritch arts, so it's not weird to use that term. Right?)
I hope some intrepid writer's been giving some thought as to how the Sirens would have fit into the history of EQG-Earth. They'd have been around since the viking age, after all. I wonder what they got up to? I'm already picturing a musical montage set to "Sympathy For the Devil." (You can pick which version it is; I always preferred the Guns N' Roses cover; the Devil in that one sounds like he's having so much more fun.) "I rode a tank, held a general's rank, when the Blitzkrieg reigned and the bodies stank... "
And the ending? Well, that's what primarily drew my comparison to The Pick of Destiny. Because it was gloriously, goofily metal. It would have fit right in with Brutal Legend. I'm not sure that words can do justice to its glory, and so I'm not going to try.
Anyway. Done rambling now. If you've been on the fence about checking the film out, let me give you my hearty recommendation. They're showing it on the Hub Discovery Kids now, and it probably won't be long until it's out in retail form. It's also, undoubtedly, available from other sources. Go check it out!
I'll be checking back in in about a week with another announcement. See ya then, folks.
8w, 4dLadies and gentlemen, I give you... beauty.11 comments · 158 views
12w, 2dClip takes sixth!5 comments · 93 views
I'm thrilled and honored and all-around just kinda happy to report that my submission to EQD's "Outside Insight" contest placed sixth, out of 109 entrants! And that means that someone with artistic talent and creative genius will have to draw a picture of a tentacled, amorphous mass of eyes and mouths getting a makeover from Rarity. Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
I know there was some debate among the judges as to how literal the contest's prompt ("write a story about ponies from a non-pony's perspective") was to be interpreted. I'm very glad to have managed to rank in the top ten despite my (apparently) loose interpretation of the guidelines. Honestly, if I had taken it literally--had I written a story entirely about ponies, just told from a third party's perspective--I don't think I'd have even entered. The little zap of creativity that hit me when I came across the contest might not have sparked if I'd felt more constrained in what sort of story I was allowed to tell.
Thankfully, my Neutral Good alignment shaded my perception of reality, and so I sat down and wrote a story containing the line "because you're the harbinger of the apocalypse, sweetie," and people liked it! Hooray for loose interpretations of the rules!
Anyway, I'll probably go silent again for awhile until I can share with you all the undoubtedly awesome piece of artwork I'll be getting. Keep on ponying, folks!
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dude, that was awesome. I would very much enjoy doing a audio version of this.
Your writing style is very enjoyable and easy to follow but with good inquisitiveness.
I would very much enjoy a sequel to this story; i would be in the front seat waiting.
Very interesting and excellent story telling, keeping to plot, i look forward to more.
I wanna know what happens to blueblood in the forest and see how he changes
It's a good story
Thank you, all!
I'm piecing together a sequel in my head. Honestly, I didn't expect the story to end as it did, but poor, depressed Blueblood kinda took it in his own direction.
I'm pretty sure the next one will involve Zecora. Beyond that, still brainstorming.
That was very well written. I, like the others above, demand a sequel.
I couldn't say exactly what made it good. It simply had the right touch to make a great story.
Keep up the good work.
I. Love. This. This was a great story that kept my attention. I loved the way the characters all retained their personalities. I loved how all the details were neccessary. I just loved it. So much.
I am impressed. I was expecting something else from this story. Keep up the good work.
At first I was like... Not HIM!
Then I was like... What the?
But when the end came I was like... NO! DON'T GO IN THERE!
SEQUEL >.> i know were u live sorta kinda somewere you currently on the left half of the hemasphere
^Died a lil' of laughter right about that part...
And just finished...
Well then.
Often times, writers will go through a maturity process with a character through something very deep, emotional, and full of angst.
You did it with a schoolroom full of bright-eyes foals and a pompous prince.
Some breakthrough writing here. Well done, well done.
I made someone laugh so hard that they made a screencap comic!
I'm honestly grinning like an idiot right now. Glad you enjoyed the story
Excellent! All of the characters were well written, including and especially the secondary characters like Scootaloo and Big Mac. And I'm glad to see that there is a sequel in progress. I will have to give it a look!
Only at when Cheerilee came back into the room, and I absolutely love it at this point.
The farmer regarded him silently for a moment. And then, to Blueblood's surprise, he flashed an easy grin. "Don't worry, buddy. You'll find a filly. Yer alright."
The prince stared after him in shock.
Awww... fanon Mac is one of my favorite background ponies.
And that was some of the best writing for a ponyfic I've ever seen. After reading every 6-star fic and many of the others, I really mean it.
Back to editing fics! :P
I'm guessing there are no big banks in the Everfree Forest.
Wonderful little piece here. (Is this where I yell "Bravo!"? I never could get the hang of those fancy protocols.)
I came here expected a story about Blueblood being an idiot. I got that... and a touching story about Blueblood's character. Well done.
Also, Cheerilee reminds Blueblood of Celestia. Both are voiced by Nicole Oliver. I see what you did there!
Huh, interesting take on Blueblood's character. It was a very satisfying read, and I have this sudden image of Blueblood running into Zecora and having some sort of character-building misadventure with her.
After taking exactly 3 steps into the Everfree Forest, Blueblood was pounced by a manticore and devoured.
Fluttershy was at first horrified by what her forest friend had done, until she saw who the remains had belonged to. Then she gave the manticore a medal of honor.
And Celestia totally never missed Blueblood at all. In fact, she kinda forget he ever existed.
The End!
Huh. I expected a dumb-but-passably-funny, forgettable comedy about Blueblood being Blueblood. Instead... this wound up being pretty good. Blueblood was hilarious, and actually learned a lesson that apparantly set him on a life-changing journey. The foals were equally hilarious and believably in-character. And (a big pile of icing on the cake) we got some CheeriMac! That doesn't happen anywhere near often enough, in my experience.
So, good stuff. Thumbs-upped, and I'll defintely read the sequel ASAP.
Wow, thank you! That's a massive compliment. Some of those six-stars are flat-out phenomenal. I'd better put on a hat so my head doesn't swell too far
There might have been banks, once. Hrm. That was a missed opportunity for a gag...
Haha, yeah. Was wondering when someone would point that out. But then again, crushing on Cheerilee because she sounds like his aunt...man, poor Blueblood has enough issues without throwing in an Oedipus complex.
Well, not exactly, but things don't go a lot better...
You know, it's ironic that the show's one obvious attempt at ship building has been largely ignored, while basically the entire fandom's agreed that Lyra and Bon Bon are a thing. Nothing wrong with that, just odd.
>>818089 Ohhhhhh...
So he gets eaten by a hydra instead of a manticore.
Yep! The hydra just snaps his spine in half with one bite, so he barely even feels his guts being ripped out. If the manticore had killed him, he'd have still been aware of everything until he finally bled out.
It's a fun story. I'm gonna submit it to EqD with an "Everyone" rating.
>>818196 Wow! That sounds amazing! I'll bet it'll hit 6-star in 10 seconds flat!
The jungle is dark and full of diamonds, Blueblood. Unfortunately, that particular tale ended in disaster.
I'm with Poptard on the Cheerilee/Celestia reference. When Blueblood compared Cheerilee to Celestia, I leaned back and said, "That's so meta."
The story is well written, but personally I find the nerverending stream of hatred for Blueblood to be disappointing.
He was written the way he was to make a point. He was a deliberate gender reversal. He expected everything of Rarity that the traditional prince-loving fangirl expects of a prince. Expecting Rarity to pay for him? Standard thing for girls on a date to do. Expecting her to put her cloak on the puddle for him to walk over? Cliche thing for a guy to do. Just like the cliche of a girl sitting and waiting for a guy to open a door for her.
The point to all this was not to paint him as a bad pony, but to point out how ridiculous it is for women to expect these things from men, by showing how ridiculous it looks when a man does it.
Bashing Prince Blueblood for being a jerk is completely missing the point of his character.
Well, I don't know about that. I think you're definitely onto something--he's a gender reversal of the typical helpless damsel archetype--but he's also an example of the classic snobbish, detached-from-reality noble. I mean, this guy didn't even know who Rarity was. She helped save the frickin' world, and he was so wrapped up in himself that he thought she was just another hanger-on. So in addition to the gender-oriented aspects of his character, there's a bit of good, old-fashioned "down with the aristocracy" classism taking place as well.
Plus, look at the show's primary audiences: kids and young adults. A lot of those young adults are male. And I think it's safe to assume that a lot of those males are pretty nice dudes who couldn't imagine treating a date like Blueblood did. Hence, he gets the same kind of hate piled on him that a jerk linebacker treating his cheerleader girlfriend like crap would.
Not that I'm trying to change your mind, here. Just explaining what my own impressions of the character were.
Loved it! The writing style is very easy to follow, the banter from the CMC was funny, and I like the characterization of Blueblood!
Off to the sequel I go!
There was at least on fic where he was a jerk to Rarity because Luna was trying to 'help' and gave him horrible advice.
And another where he was deliberately trying to get her to buzz off because he was sick of annoying fan-girls like her.
Excellent story. It was very well written and I had a great laugh out of the disruptive class scene, right before cheerilee tossed the two trouble makers out. I could CLEARLY imagine that scene.
I'd like at least two sequels and maybe a prequel. First sequel would be of him facing the everfree forest and changing for the better, or facing that his failure is down to his nature and he cannot really change that. Sorry, I'm a cynic. Anyway, the second sequel (maybe an epilogue?) would have him return as a better pony as we get to see his changed life. If, along these lines, there's still very little details on background going on him, (how he got his life like that in the first place) I'd like a prequel explaining some of it.
Well, you're no Santa I know. I know. And by no means think of this as a list of demands or whatever. I just liked it soo much, I'd like to see planty more
I think the "children are so honest and candid that talking to the right one works better than a trained psychologist aren't they adorable and innocent bwaaaa" is done in a sort of cliche way. Although it's still funny at the beginning when they're calling his bullsh*t and slowly tearing him down. As for Blueblood himself, this is a really original take. The idea that he was once next-to-useless, now rendered TOTALLY useless by circumstances outside his control, and he's totally aware of it.
I'm also praying that the follow-up doesn't ship him with Zecora. It's already up, so here goes!
Well, that episode also had the lesson 'Don't try to force two ponies together, even if you think they're perfect for each other', so maybe that had something to do with it.
Very nice piece of writing, I do always like these Blueblood redemption fics and this maybe my favourite
My heart absolutely broke when Dinky started crying though
This was very good, and it felt like an actual episode! Redemption and Self-Actualization are always excellent topics for fan fics.
I've been a teacher before, and I can tell you that you nailed a room full of children excellently. They are cruel, never-tiring, ever-curious and always wanting more. If they see you squirm it's already too late to recover. I particularly liked his interaction with Dinky Doo, that was just darling. This could've been a very awkward stream of self-loathing, but you made it into a nice build up and although this was VERY dialogue heavy-- I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Big Macintosh was surprisingly stoic, and frankly that made him as a character in this story. He could've made a mean face, said nothing, and gone on. That would've been the end of that, and I would've thought nothing of it. Of course he would threaten the Prince away from his mare-friend, right? Well no, you took the higher road with him and that showed a real level of understanding for Big Mac as a character. The words you chose and the actions he took gave him a lot more staying power than I can usually conjure in the mostly-mute stallion.
I will CERTAINLY be reading the next bit of this series, and I'll give my thoughts as I go! You've got me hooked.
~Aegis Shield
P.S. I've written a blog about this story, and am sending some of my readers your way. Expect an influx of comments soon. :)
Thanks To Aegis Shield, you have a new follower. I had initially written off this story since I never thought much of Prince Blueblood other than he was a complete jerk. As I read through this, you transformed his character from being completely pompous and self-centered to somepony that hopefully get a second chance at that all important first impression. I really like your writing style and look forward to more of your work.
Wow! Thank you for the compliments and the recommendation I'm thrilled that the story's turned out so well-loved. When I wrote it, I definitely didn't expect it to spawn two 25k+ word sequels, but Blue just turned out to be a fun guy to write about. Though I've taken him to some darker places than some folks were expecting...
Thank you for the kind words Hope ya enjoy the sequels, too; I tried to stretch my writing boundaries with them, and they go in some odd directions, but I've had fun writing them and I hope that shows in the work.


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Southern Garrett High School, the largest educational facility in predominately rural Garrett County, Maryland, strives to provide students with a variety of educational experiences to meet their individual needs. By providing successful school experiences, we prepare students to become life-long learners. We challenge students to strive for personal excellence and responsible citizenship as they develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically.
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We want your cans!!!!
The National Honor Society is conducting its annual canned food drive for the House of Hope. Our school-wide goal this year is to collect over 1000 cans for our local food pantry. The first period class that collects the most nonperishable items will win a donut and juice breakfast!
Starting next Monday December 1st, bring your cans to the main lobby where a National Honor Society student will be waiting to collect your cans and start your first period on the road to a donut breakfast!
The canned food drive ends on Friday, December 12th so start gathering your cans now!
Financial Aid Workshop
A financial aid workshop will be offered Monday, December 8 at 7pm in the media center for seniors and their parents. Financial Aid Directors from Frostburg State and Garrett College will explain item by item how to complete the FAFSA form as well as answer questions about financial aid. Seniors planning to attend any school after graduation are encouraged to attend.
College Representative Visits during RAMS--Interested students are to sign up in Guidance.
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The annual RAM Rumble will be held on Wednesday, November 26. The schedule is as follows:
8:25-8:35 Period 1 for attendance
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It is extremely important for you to check your child's head on a regular basis. Visit the centers for disease control webpage for more information http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/ . You can also contact your child's school nurse with questions.
The best way to prevent transmission of head lice:
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*Stay home when you are sick and keep sick children home from school if they are ill.
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National Honor Society to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
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Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side of the planet, Landsat 8 pivots to point at the moon. It scans the distant lunar surface multiple times, then flips back around to continue its task of collecting land-cover information of the sunny side of Earth below.
Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side of the planet, Landsat 8 pivots to point at the moon. It scans the distant lunar surface multiple times, then flips back around to continue its task of collecting information on Earth.
Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
These monthly lunar scans are key to ensuring the land-imaging instrument aboard Landsat 8 is detecting light consistently. For this, engineers need a consistent source of light to measure.
And while there are some spots on Earth – like the Sahara Desert or other arid sites – that reflect a relatively stable amount of light, nothing on our planet beats the moon, which lacks an atmosphere and has an unchanging surface, barring the odd meteorite.
We really wanted something we could trust for Landsat 8," said Brian Markham, leader of the calibration team for Landsat 8, which was built and launched by NASA and is now operated by the U.S. Geological Survey.
"We do have Earth sites we look at for calibration. But the precision with which you can track things by using the Earth, because of the atmosphere, is not as good as the moon."
Landsat 8's Operational Land Imager, or OLI, collects information on the visible, near infrared and shortwave-infrared light reflecting off Earth's surface. Each wavelength of light provides information about the ground surface below.
OLI has 14 detector modules, each of which contains hundreds of individual detectors that record different spectral bands. The calibration team at Goddard and the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS facility in South Dakota is tasked with making sure each of those detectors register light consistently over time.
Aboard the spacecraft, lamps provide light to calibrate OLl's detectors, but the lamps aren't perfect. On the Landsat 7 satellite, the lamps started to fade before the detectors did. Another option, solar diffusers, which use indirect sunlight, can darken as well.
"Everything else we've tried to use to monitor the stability of our instruments has often not been as good as the instruments themselves," Markham said. But the moon is a steady, not-too-bright light in the sky. "As long as we know what its illumination conditions are, we can trend our instrument performance to it because we trust its stability."
So Landsat 8 planners designed this latest satellite to image the moon as a baseline calibration. If, during these lunar tests, the OLI detectors indicate that the moon is getting slightly duller or brighter, then the Goddard scientists will know the instrument –not the moon – is off. With that data, they can adjust the algorithms that calculate land cover information during Landsat's regular Earth-observation orbits.
It's a fairly complicated operation to scan the moon each month, said Susan Good, a flight dynamics engineer at Goddard who works with Landsat 8.
"There are 14 detector modules," Good said, "each of these has to scan the same path along the moon, so that you collect exactly the same data on each sensor."
The flight dynamics software determines precisely where the spacecraft will need to point during a lunar calibration. The timing is set for just after the moon is completely full. Then, as Landsat 8 passes over Antarctica and heads north in Earth's shadow, the spacecraft maneuvers to the precise location to start the first scan across the lunar surface.
It executes tiny and precise scans to take seven or eight passes across the moon – each one angled so that a different detector is centered on the moon. This takes about 18 minutes, by which time the spacecraft has almost reached the Arctic. So it maneuvers back to point at Earth, and complete its day-lit imaging. Then, Landsat 8 pivots to face the moon again, completing additional passes to test the remaining detectors. After two orbits, the lunar calibration is complete.
In Landsat 8's first year, the lunar calibration tests show that the detectors are stable, Markham said, within a fraction of a percent. If the lunar calibrations and other tests show the detectors are off, the scientists can adjust the calculations that turn the raw Landsat data into information on land cover brightness, maintaining their accuracy.
Since the regular checks on Landsat 8's performance, Good jokes that she will never look at the full moon the same. "I think oh, we're having a lunar calibration," she said. "I always know what Landsat' 8's doing when the moon is full."
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Across languages, children with developmental dyslexia are known to have impaired lexical phonological representations. Here, we explore associations between learning new phonological representations, phonological awareness, and sensitivity to amplitude envelope onsets (rise time). We show that individual differences in learning novel phonological representations are related to individual differences in both rise time categorization and rise time discrimination when non-verbal IQ and short-term memory skills are controlled. This is consistent with the developmental claim that difficulties in the basic auditory processing of rise time cause difficulties in setting up the phonological lexicon from infancy, leading to impairments in phonological awareness.
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- Title
- Learning novel phonological representations in developmental dyslexia: associations with basic auditory processing of rise time and phonological awareness
- Journal
Reading and Writing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , pp 453-473
- Cover Date
- 2010-05-01
- 10.1007/s11145-009-9167-9
- Print ISSN
- 0922-4777
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0905
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Amplitude envelope
- Developmental dyslexia
- Neighborhood density
- Phonological representation
- Rise time
- Authors
- Jennifer M. Thomson (1)
- Usha Goswami (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Larsen 322, 14 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- 2. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK


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I have a Red that's been in the bottles for coming up on 4 weeks. There is no sign of carbonation (it's been sitting at 65-68 degrees). I'd like to excersize some patience and wait it out another week, but if there is still nothing fizzing by then, is it ok to pour what I have into a keg and force carb it? I'd imagine there is some risk of contamination, but aside from there is there any reason this is not a good idea? Thanks!
Contamination wouldn't be an issue (you'd sanitize the keg), but oxidation would be a huge issue. Opening and pouring would aerate the heck out of it.
You could try opening each bottle and adding a pinch of yeast (like one grain) if you think that's the issue. I assume it was primed in the usual way, with priming sugar?
Somewhere around here, there's a thread a lot like this one. Oxidation will certainly be your primary concern, but a few HBT'ers claim success with kegging bottled beer. I don't recall that they took any huge precautions - they just carefully poured the bottled beer into their kegs.
I think if I was going to attempt this, I would open the bottles and pour them slowly in a bottling bucket, making sure I held them as close to the bottom or top of the surface of the liquid as possible, then I would run a tube from the spigot to the bottom of the keg and fill the keg.
Definitely primed with dextrose as normal. I really don't want to bother with more yeast, so I will try the bottle-bucket-keg method. The Red is one of the beers being given to my Groomsmen as gifts, so it'd be nice if it wasn't flat. Thanks for the tips.
sounds like time is of the essence!! It seems a lot of homebrewers incorporate their hobby into their wedding. I am planning on putting a few bottles with a fancy label on each table as party favors.
i have done this before with no ill effects. I basically just took a beer pitcher i had handy and emptied the flat bottles into the pitcher as easy as possible. Then i poured it into the keg by the pitcher in an attempt to reduce the number of times i was "sloshing" beer into the keg.
Worked fine for me.
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