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Oz shop slaps browsers with $5 just looking fee
A specialty food store in the Australian city of Brisbane has erected a sign insisting it will charge $AUD5.00 ($US5.25, £3.46) to enter the store, refundable if you buy something. But if you leave the store without buying the store assumes you may be comparing prices to those available online and keeps the cash. The store in …
Anyone thinking about shopping there
Will now probably just wait for the closing down sale.
I can understand some brick and mortar stores getting the shits at people just browsing and going elsewhere, but hasn't that been going on since time immemorial? Nothing stopped people browsing at multiple shops before the rise of the internet (although I'll admit it's a lot easier now). Brick and Mortar stores DO have strengths and advantages over online stores , I can't help but think offering a free sample would encourage people to buy there (out of guilt, if nothing else) more than this sign would. Customer service also goes a long way (but I get the feeling this may be in short supply...).
Ultimately, if people don't buy your wares, putting up what is effectively a paywall to enter is NOT going to change that (in a positive way).
Re: Anyone thinking about shopping there
"...getting the shits..."
Considering the intestinal nature of the problem supposedly addressed by 'Celiac Supplies', that's funny. Extra points if it was intentional.
Re: Anyone thinking about shopping there
Also ironic that you made that comment with your ElReg handle.
Re: Anyone thinking about shopping there
"Will now probably just wait for the closing down sale."
Most certainly. Several stores in NYC have tried this tactic...they did not last long, either.
This type of policy leaves a bitter taste in customer's mouths - either real, current customers or even prospective customers. Its says "You are only good to us for your money" to passers by, and shoppers learn to say "Stuff off" back to the store.
Re: Anyone thinking about shopping there
I noticed a cafe the other day, with a sign in the window that non-customers must pay £1.50 to use the loo.
I can understand why the owners might need to do this in a high tourist area without adequate facilities, but this was an ordinary high street so I can't imagine more than a very small number of non-customers would even want to go there.
I'm sure too that if I was considering being a customer there for the first time, that sign would put me off and I'd take my business elsewhere.
Interestingly, in the next town a number of shops have signed up for a "community convenience" scheme, where they advertise that their loos are available to non-customers. I'm sure they do so because they think many of the extra people that come into their shop will become customers too.
Better to...
I would have thought the better solution would be to charge $10 for advice than to charge $5 just to browse.
Re: Better to...
Or just make the advice a feature that people actually come specifically for, run workshops, cooking classes etc, print leaflets. Try and control when people get that advice to some degree and remember some people are just twats who will come for free advice, but they might tell other people about the store. Not everybody has to buy for it to be worthwhile.
Plus if her pricing is good, get selling online and beat them at their own game. Have a forum on the site where people can exchange advice. Her solution is somewhat amusing but seems to be very counterproductive and indicative of a rather less than consumer friendly attitude.
Re: Better to...
Or, use the Microsoft/Adobe method which is give some fashionable clothing away to schoolkids on a regular basis, get them hooked on your product line and then once they earn a living stop the freebies and say u can have this dress based on a yearly hire cost but you're not allowed to let other people wear the garment or make alterations etc...
I guess no one would buy clothes under that crass way of doing business, shame about the idiotic managers out there that do this exact thing but with IT
I live about five minutes away from the shop in question, and have two friends with coeliac disease (as in actually have it, rather than being fashionable/conned into thinking they have gluten intolerance as so many people seem to). They have refused to shop there in the past due to, and i paraphrase 'customer service issues'.
I rather suspect their opinion will not be swayed by this latest development.
"They have refused to shop there in the past due to, and i paraphrase 'customer service issues'."
Maybe the customers walked out without buying something due to the owner's attitude?
The mind... It is blown...
Even the extremely mercenary attitude of Oz entrepeneurs to "All the Traffic Will Bear" pales by comparison..
It is very common but some local stores really do make it hard for themselves.
I try and use a local camera shop but they make it insanely hard price wise. Quite often their price will be full msrp+tax whereas buying from a reputable online store will be msrp-5-10%-rebates with no tax.
So local store for a 5dmIII is $3499+tax (plus amusingly enough, if they don't have it in stock they charge you for delivery)
amazon is $2949 (free delivery, tax sometimes).
Amazon \ Adorama \ B&H all also honor canons rebates which can take a decent chunk off (usually a few hundred dollars, more for multiple purchases) so it wouldn't be unrealistic to see another $1-200 off the amazon price, the local store refuses or cannot honor those rebates. Honestly I like supporting local but when you are 15-20% more expensive and not on cheap items, people will look elsewhere.
I can however understand her being pissed off a being used for free information, thats just wrong and how long will that free info be there if noone buys the products?. Plus she is probably close to the mark on price as more of her items will have postage as a higher % of their value than cameras.
This is very true. It's painful. We keep being told we should 'support small businesses', but when the local small business is significantly more expensive that the alternative it is hard.
A small markup I can take for convenience, but 15-20%+, which is what sometimes happens, even between B&M stores. Well, I'm not a charity, and more to the point, neither are they.
Exactly, and they all seem to do the same thing when the going gets tough, rather than find a way to add more value to a transaction, they take away the one of the main strengths they have, staff on hand with knowledge and replace them with salesplebs who only know % commissions. The other main strength being having things in stock immediately, however quite a few other companies will rush you a lens or camera body damn quick. Phasmiya also has an insanely good aftersales service that tends to have loaners in your hands inside of 24 hours which makes local stock less of an issue.
They could run a club where you pay a yearly fee and get a % of sales back, also maybe a free sensor clean or two etc maybe offer lens calibration. Something that would bring some volume in return for losing a little bit of money per transaction. As it is they have had to fall back on selling memory cards to tourists at silly prices. rather than differentiate themselves they screw themselves over. I don't buy local organic food just because it is local, I buy it because it's fresher and better quality than supermarket junk, if you want us to pay more, offer better.
@Rampant Spaniel
"they all seem to do the same thing when the going gets tough, rather than find a way to add more value to a transaction, they take away the one of the main strengths they have, staff on hand with knowledge and replace them with salesplebs who only know % commissions."
I would expect that most internet users will use the internet not only to comparison shop but also to do their product research. I have had salespeople tell me barefaced lies, and make up "information" on the spot; relying on a salesman, whether working on commission or not, is not exactly a wise course of action. So the it's rarely a question of the staff being knowledgeable or otherwise, or what commission they're getting on which items.
As for "adding value to a transaction": most people shop for price. I can't really imagine what kind of "added value" a shop could offer to offset a price that is higher than elsewhere; the one and only exception which comes to mind is that you get your item instantaneously, as opposed to waiting a few days for it to be delivered. But I would expect that for most people, it does not take enormous savings to make a few days' wait seem like a price worth paying in order to save a significant sum of money.
Re: @Rampant Spaniel
I think I did cover both those points :) I did say that previously salesfolsk in places like say Jessops were actually excellent and did know their stuff and would sell you what you actually needed irrespective of the price, they were then replaced with plebs who got kicked out of double glazing sales school for not having enough morals and we know how that ended up. The current sales experience is not indicative of what is possible.
As for adding value, not everyone shops by the exact same criteria. There is plenty of things they could do, like I mentioned having a membership club that would encourage people to do all of their shopping there in return for a reduced price. If my local store had sane pricing they would get 40k a year in camera bodies, lenses, lights and servicing, as it is they get zero. A few percent higher plus tax is fine, blatantly screwing customers is not. I did illustrate several different ways they could add value both in a camera shop and in the specialist food shop.
Bottom line is if people are coming into the store for advice, make that a selling point. It's obvious that not everyone is doing all their research online if they are coming into the store to ask so why not use that rather than dig yourself a deeper hole by alienating people.
Re: @Rampant Spaniel
"Bottom line is if people are coming into the store for advice, make that a selling point."
Celiac Supplies' point is that this has not been working.
Re: @Rampant Spaniel
Mine was they aren't doing it right or at least aren't trying hard enough :) What she is doing is tantamount to giving up. Seriously, run a cooking demo that only requires say $15 of ingredients, give everyone a taste then sell them the 'basket' of goods, maybe throw in a 10% discount for buying the entire basket or something, at least try something rather than throwing a hissy fit. Sure I could be wrong, she could suddenly make a fortune in $5 consultation fees :) It just seems to me like she picked the wrong way to do this.
Also if she is cheaper or the same price as online, get a whiteboard, take 10 items and list her price against the online stores and show people she is cheaper. Just update it each day. Our local organic farmers market & attached store is actually cheaper than buying online which shocked me but I go back there more and more. They also have a deli where they post their recipes and freely and happily give advice, but then again they seem to enjoy their jobs. If I walked in their and they were rude I probably wouldn't go back irrespective of price which given the comments above seems a far more likely reason.
Easily Understandable But Possibly (And Probably) Hopeless.
"That behaviour annoys her as she feels her expertise has value. Those who shop on price or pick her brains without making a purchase therefore forfeit a fiver."
I don't blame her in the least. I'm not sure that it's going to help her in the long run, but shopkeepers who need to pay the costs of having a physical store, and often have to charge sales tax to which internet retailers are not subject, really need to do something. Of course one can make a distinction between two things here: people stopping in to look at a price, and people stopping in to ask for advice; these are not exactly equivalent. Additionally, it should not be difficult to understand why a shopkeeper would want to function as a showroom for an online retailer.
But Celiac Supplies' cause might be hopeless...
Re: Easily Understandable But Possibly (And Probably) Hopeless.
If she actually had any expertise in areas that matter, such as people skills and marketing, she wouldn't need to be charging an entry fee to the shop (incidentally, how is she going to enforce that if people walk in and go out without paying their "rent"?)
This is another example of the sense of entitlement some merchants (movie and record industry, I'm looking at you too) have to earn a living without changing a damn thing. This daft woman deserves to go out of business - perhaps the clue-stick will bless her with a pummelling then. After all, Rampant Spaniel has come up with several good ways to increase footfall, sales, and - most importantly - loyalty in just a few minutes. It isn't hard, ffs.
A gluten free food Nazi.
How shocking.
Big Brother - because only HE knows how best to combat the vegan terrorist uprising.
Re: A gluten free food Nazi.
What's the connection between being vegan (a lifestyle choice) and requiring a gluten-free diet due to a potentially fatal food intolerance (cœliac disease)?
Re: A gluten free food Nazi.
Huh? Gluten-free isn't a "lifestyle choice", it's a serious allergy.
How Microsoftian
After all, how many common-allergen-free-food stores are in the area? I'm guessing not many.
"If you don't like our entry fee, you can always go to the competition, lolz."
If you don't want people shopping around, you really shouldn't be running a shop. Taking advantage of people who have to eat, but end up shitting through the eye of a needle at the merest sight of a wheat grain or the slightest drop of cow pus... well. See title.
As it is, at one job with a certain large UK computer retailer, I used to frequently give simple advice to people coming in with simple computer questions. Sure, they might not always walk out with a thousand pounds of the latest PC hardware. Was nice when customers came in specifically asking for me to serve them when they did want something though. Methinks this shop owner needs to think in terms longer than the next 5 minutes.
Re: How Microsoftian
I can't speak for Oz but it was noticeable in NZ before xmas that gluten free stuff and options were much more common than they are here in Blighty. A teashop in a flybitten town in Central Otago had GF quiches and a nice fruit slice. Try that in the Highlands.
Hell's Pizza there have been doing GF pizza for years and do a side in GF brownies to boot. Here in Dundee we have only this last month got the option of GF deliverable pizza. The youngest worked at a poshish burger joint that does GF burger buns. The supermarkets were full of a variety of GF breads that make Genius bread (very good btw) here look in need of inspiration.
Re: How Microsoftian
"I can't speak for Oz but it was noticeable in NZ before xmas that gluten free stuff and options were much more common than they are here in Blighty."
A large proportion of NZers have irish-derived ancestry and the coeliac rate in that country is the highest in the world. NZ isn't far behind, but awareness has only really been spreading in the last 15 years.
In the 1990s it wasn't that uncommon for companies selling foodstuffs to substitute wheatflour for cornflour if they were caught short - without changing the labelling. In extreme cases that can put people in hospital (one of my schoolfriends is an extreme case. Coeliac cost him a lot of bone damage and all his teeth
Ironically, given dairy products are the single largest export from NZ, it has one of the world's highest awarenesses of lactose intolerance. (it was research there which gave the realisation that lactose tolerance in adults is the mutation, not the norm).
Re: How Microsoftian
So right, if people can't shop around, they aren't going to find her shop in the first place. Any salesperson knows that not all pitches lead to sales, that doesn't mean you stop selling. If she establishes herself as the local expert and the word gets around that this is so, it's going to help her bottom line in the long run. Exactly the same as finding that one computer shop where the staff have half a clue and are actually interested in computers. Prices still have to be competitive, mind.
Seems a great way to lose business.
How does this stand legally, can one of our Bruce or Sheila cousins comment? Just curious if someone refused to pay would she then be able to call the police or pursue them for the money in other ways?
All in it seems a great way to destroy a business I'm sure she will no longer have those 60 queries a week but she may find a lot of her paying customers also stay away. What happens if you only go in for one item and it's out of stock? What if you are with friends and only one of you wants an item would she charge everyone? If it was me I just wouldn't bother taking the chance and would be far more likely to go to the supermarket or shop online.
Not convinced she has thought this through properly. I'm sure it is a pain to help people in selecting something that may benefit them only for them then to leave to go buy it at a supermarket or online. Welcome to retail in the 21st century. The way to differentiate and ensure customer loyalty is good customer service and clear expertise in your area. Even then some people will just go where it's cheapest but that's human nature good luck changing that.
Only way I can think she can collect the money is if she does it nightclub style with doormen collecting an entrance fee which is then refunded with a purchase.
Re: Seems a great way to lose business.
"Just curious if someone refused to pay would she then be able to call the police [...]"
My guess is that if you don't pay you'll be asked to buy something or get out.
Re: Seems a great way to lose business.
Not much of a leg to stand on. My guess it's similar to the bag search signs that many supermarkets tried on a few years ago. They have no right to search, they can only ask you to leave. If you refuse to have your bag searched and they use any physical means to try the search, it's probably assault. So the signs have mostly disappeared.
Not that it's an issue in this. Most people just won't enter, even if they intended to buy.
Queensland, customer service.Two different planets who's orbits rarely cross.
Guess they want to go out of business, because that's the only thing I can see happening.
People look, then shop online...
... so open an online store in addition to the bricks and mortar... then your wonderful reputation for being a people person will allow others who had only heard of you before to buy from far and wide.
Charging to come in is a waste of time since people who don't buy anything will probably never come back and how many arguments are you going to have with customers when telling them they must pay.
Understand the shop keepers sentiments, but she is just wrong in the solution.
Well played, Celiac Supplies, well played.
Now we all know there's a gluten-free shop in Brisbane, that they have knowledgeable staff on hand, and that their prices are comparable to those found online -- sounds like the Celiacatrix got a wodge of free advertising, no? Once the news cycle blows over the admission fee will come down and we'll have all learned there's still no such thing as bad publicity. Good job!
<-- I'm not celiac.
Re: Well played, Celiac Supplies, well played.
and that it's staffed by a grumpy loon who scares customers away :) As Adria Richards learned, there is such a thing as bad publicity :)
How on earth do they collect their $5 ?
- On entry a one-way turnstile with Credit Card reader?
- On exit a steel door / doberman?
Surely this is insanity.
Touch Call
My local running shop has a policy that if they give you advise on shoes & you try shoes on, but don't buy from, they charge you a tenner or so. If you do buy from them, there's no extra charge for the advice.
I can totally understand why the shop does it. At times, I've spent nearly an hour trying shoes and discussing my needs. That time costs them money. I've never bothered to see how much cheaper my shoes are online as I value the help & advice they give. I'm happy to pay extra for the service they give me.
But charging just for looking ? Hmmm, not sure.
Re: Touch Call
I'm sorry? You actually support a shoe-shop that charges you a fee to try shoes on????
My frst response is bit ad hominem, so let me simply rephrase it to recognise that it takes all sorts to make a world ...
Re: Touch Call
So what happens if nothing fits?
They would have to prise it out of my cold, dead hands. Do tell where it is so I and others can avoid going.
Surely they would have to prise them off your large, sweaty feet?*
Re: Touch Call
I wear size 12 shoes. The number of places that have shoes that fit me properly is minimal. If I go into a place and they dont have any shoes in my range, I will sometimes try on size 11's just in case they have a pair of slightly larger 11's that fit.
If my local shoe store decided to start charging a 10er just for asking them about shoes and trying a few pairs on, they wouldnt be getting my business again until such time as they started stocking large sized shoes.
Re: Touch Call
Whereas having found shoes that work for me and feet that don't radically change from week to week I go online and find the cheapest deal I can. I use the local running shop for small stuff I need now that is not worth the postage like double layered socks and tubes of drink tablets. They don't reliably stock the gel sachets I like so I get those by the boxfull online. Their clothing range and prices are ridiculous. I point blank refuse to pay £60 for a pair of split shorts.
Another option
One option may be for them to have some kind of membership/loyalty club. If you're not a member, all you get to do is buy, and ask no questions. If you are a member, you get to ask questions, and over the year, the cost of your membership is refunded against the cost of your purchases.
Internet destroys more jobs than it creates
As Jaron Lanier said in this book "Who Owns The Future" the Internet destroys more jobs than it creates and it will collapse the middle class faster than any other technological change will.
The only sort of shops that will survive the next decade sell stuff that can't be purchased on the Internet. Economies of scale mean that any product available on the Internet will be cheaper than that purchased in a shop.
They shouldn't be charging 5 bucks. They should be getting out of retail because retail is going over a cliff.
Re: Internet destroys more jobs than it creates
A look at the history of employment will show this happens ALL THE TIME.
To pull an example out of my backside: textiles.
Once upon a time your Southern cotton plantation needed dozens/hundreds(?) of slaves to harvest the crop. OMG all those slave are jobless now mechanisation means cotton crops can be harvested by a couple of guys on a harvester!
Then the cotton was packed onto sailing ships which required dozens of sailors to transport several hundred tons of cotton. OMG all those sailors are jobless now that ships with twenty crew can transport tens of thousands of tons of cotton!
Then the cotton was shipped off to mills and factories that employed 500,000-odd workers (including 200,000-odd children) and accounted for 40% of British exports. OMG, technology improvements meant fewer workers were required, then production began to shift to other countries as they industrialised, then production ended when Britain was no longer competitive and the huge mills of China can process cotton with few workers!
Then the products were shipped off to wholesale/retail establishments that employed a large number of service and warehousing workers. OMG all those workers were laid off as the products became cheaper and more commodified and were no longer an expensive/premium product that could justify personal full-service retail outlets!
The slaves aren't still jobless, they have found new employment. The sailors aren't still jobless, they have found new employment. The millers aren't still jobless, they have found new employment. The servers aren't still jobless, they have found new employment.
Repeat this process for EVERY industry from agriculture to heavy engineering, and from banking to publishing. This is the natural process for all industries when confronted and transformed by innovation, and the raging of the few isn't going to hold back the inevitable.
People will always lose their jobs, and it will ALWAYS be painful for the individual, but new jobs will also be created and in the long run it will sort itself out.
Self defeating policy
"Those people are simply not aware that our prices are similar to the other stores and we have products not available anywhere else"
And those people never will become aware, because they won't pay $5 to enter the store...
Re: Self defeating policy
EXAAAACTLY. If what she said was actually true, people would eventually become aware of it, and if the location is more convenient, should become a customer. Something stinks down under.
I often just walk into a shop I see just to see what they have that I may be interested in buying some time in the future, $5 for the privilege though? Just so not going to happen.
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Hippychick Hipseat - A Review
Advantages: Ease of use; Practicality; Comfort; Freedom;Disadvantages: Looks a bit silly with no baby sat on it; You still have to hold your baby;
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But Ive written it with a little background, just to show where I was coming from when I bought the Hippychick Hipseat, and how I feel it has addressed those issues.
I admit it; I bought the Hi ...
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Advantages: takes the weight off your back, can go buggylessDisadvantages: expensive
My son was quite a big baby, and grew out of his baby carrier at around 7 months. He seemed happy in his buggy, looking around at the world, for a few months, but then began wanting to be out with me again. I also wanted the freedom to carry him, being ab ...
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The Hippy chick child seat, more hip than hippy!
Advantages: Light, compact and easy to store.Disadvantages: Not enough padding and straps can slip down.
I always loved baby carrying and used various baby slings up until my little girl started walking. Suddenly I was finding that my little girl started to get fidgety in her sling and I started to get worn out with her wanting to get up and down all the tim ...
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The New York Times | December 04,2012WESTLAKE, La. — In an ambitious bet that the glut of cheap natural gas in the United States will last for many years, a South African energy company announced Monday that it would build America's first commercial plant to convert natural gas to diesel and other liquid fuels.
The company, Sasol, which is based in Johannesburg, has been a pioneer in a technology that has tantalized energy scientists for decades over its potential to produce liquid fuels without using oil, which has historically cost far more than natural gas.
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FREE Pattern - Totem Quilt by Michelle Engel Bencsko
|We love the visually textured beauty of this quilt! Time to brush up on your paper piecing skills and gear up for this wonderful project, provided free for you by Cloud 9 Fabrics. This quilt was designed by Michelle Engel Bencsko and with Linda Spridon's help, she put together an excellent pattern for us! More from Cloud 9:
"Bold, bright and beautiful! This quilt uses paper piecing for exceptional accuracy and perfect points."
View the original article here.
Finished Size: 46" x 64" (117cm x 163cm)
Skill Level: Intermediate
|What a beautiful table runner! We love this project from Karen Paschke of The Recipe Bunny, what a perfect look for any Holiday table! This project is good for any level of quilter and should be easy for you to slide in-between projects in your busy Holiday schedule. More from Karen:
"So, I must be thinking Christmas for more than just the blog hop that's coming up. My husband's aunt Sue's birthday was today (she also happens to be my boss) so I put together a table runner for her. I used some fabric from the stash that my mom brought me, she gave me a fat quarter bundle from Nancy's Notions in some great Christmas prints. I threw in some dark green from the stash that Aunt Sue gave me and I had the perfect amount of fabric for this table runner.
"I found a picture of this pattern on Google Images by searching for "table runners." You can find the link to the picture here. The post didn't come with a pattern, so I tried making one up.
"Here's the runner that I'll be using in the tutorial when I talk about fabric colors and pieces. The colors I use are red, green, brown and white. I've re-written this to hopefully make it more user friendly. If you notice any mistakes or have questions, please feel free to email or comment. I'm not always perfect, but I am always happy to help!"
Finished Size: 14" x 58" (36cm x 148cm)
Skill Level: Beginner
For today's video we'll sweep you away to Sydney, to the project room of Amanda Rolfe of 3 and 3 Quarters where she'll show us how to do the easy and beautiful Broken Dishes block! Be sure to stop by the article link for measurement and cutting instructions, and also be sure to check out Amanda's other videos, she's a wonderful instructor! More from Amanda on this block:
"Here's a great little block for all of you beginners out there! The Broken Dishes block is a classic traditional block made up entirely of HSTs*.
"Its design aesthetics are endless and it is insanely quick to make! So if you're looking for an easy block design that is the next step up from a Four Patch Block then you've come to the right place!! Happy Sewing Friends!"
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Skill Level: Beginner
Do you like this block? If so, click the Like button below.
|We love the Blue Storm collection by Laura Berringer for Marcus Fabrics and this quilt design by Jean Ann Wright is wonderful! This is a great project for any level of quilter, have fun with this one! More from Marcus Fabrics:
"Start with Laura Berringer's BLUE STORM, gorgeous prints that pair stylized paisley with batik-inspired coordinates, then use Jean Ann Wright's simple piecing, for a quilt you'll enjoy all year long. Its generous size moves from the bedroom to the living room to the back porch."
Finished Size: 73" x 90" (185cm x 229cm)
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|What an awesome gift idea! This project is presented by the Fat Quarter Gang of Art Gallery Fabrics, and was created by Rashida of I Heart Linen, and she did such a great job! If you've never done a project like this, Rashida has you covered: full descriptive text of every step and photos showing you exactly what to do! More from Rashida:
"Hi All! Rashida visiting again from, I Heart Linen land with my second tutorial for the Fat Quarter Gang! Today I've put together a super simple and easy tutorial for a manicure kit. Just in time for the holidays, I think it would make such a cute gift for a friend or loved one.
"It opens up with ample room for all the tools one would need to keep those fingernails looking lovely. (You know all that typing and texting can take its toll on the digits. ^_~) It then folds up nice and compact to be taken along with you. The design is pretty basic, but it's perfect launch pad to take the design and really make it your own. Let's take a look!"
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|What a gorgeous quilt! Make one of your own with this wonderful project from Jera Brandvig of Quilting in the Rain. This project is great for any level of quilter and Jera has done an excellent job with her comprehensive tutorial. We love your Corgis! More from Jera:
"This quilt is made up entirely of the 4-patch slice block. As I mentioned about a week ago, I was trying to figure out what to do with these charm squares I got in the mail a little while ago.
"I was sitting there staring at my design wall and all of a sudden an idea popped into my head! I remembered seeing a similar idea from here that I thought was really cool. Plus, I really wanted to try doing a block that used the "slicing" technique. So this is what I cam up with: I'm calling it the 4 patch-slice."
Finished Size: 72" x 60" (183cm x 152cm)
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|Know someone who uses the same old tired tree skirt every year? Or perhaps yours could use a refresher? This project is great for gifts or for your own decor and is good for any level of quilter! This projects was posted on Pattern Jam and was created by Brooke Sellmann of Silly Mama Quilts. More from Brooke:
"Hello, Brooke here from Silly Mama Quilts with a fun Christmas sewing project! Do you love sewing up Christmas projects either for your home or as gifts for others? I do! There is just something magical about sewing with red, green and cream or white, isn't there? Today we are going to make a tree skirt…let's get started!"
Finished Size: 43.5" x 43.5" (110cm x 110cm)
Skill Level: Beginner
|Add some Holiday charm to your next project with these redwork Holiday squares by Alex Anderson! We love the simple Christmas elegance of these designs, and she provides downloadable patterns for each square, as well as concise but complete instructions for the project. More from Alex:
"Can you believe the holiday season is upon us? Scrambling for a last minute holiday gift? It seems as if it was just January when I vowed to start my Christmas projects early. Yikes, how time flies! Given the time parameters between now and the holidays, I decided to create some red work patterns for all of us to enjoy stitching. These little patterns can be used for greeting card inserts, tree ornaments or given as a group of coaster sets."
Finished Size: 5" x 5" (12.7cm x 12.7cm)
Skill Level: Beginner
|We love the gem-like brilliance of the rich colors in the Watermark collection from Studio e used in this project. Isn't it gorgeous? Perfect for stars! They have done an excellent job on the pattern, and this project will be good for any level of quilter. Enjoy!
Finished Size: 70" x 70" (178cm x 178cm)
Skill Level: Beginner
|We've still got a couple weeks here before Thanksgiving, plenty of time for a quick and easy project like this! Add some fresh Thanksgiving color to your table this season with this cute table runner! The tutorial is complete but doesn't go into detail on required techniques so this is either for a more experienced quilter or for beginners who have a friend that can give pointers.
Please note that the template calls for Thangles for each size iteration listed. While we're sure they're a useful tool, they are in no way required in order to complete this project: they are a tool for making your triangles faster and with less waste. So this project is completely free for you!
Finished Size: 12" x 38" (approx.) (30cm x 97cm)
Skill Level: Intermediate
|Adding texture to your quilt blocks has been around forever but lately has been growing in popularity. Teresa of Sewn Up loves making textures you can feel with your eyes, and this project incorporates sixteen 4-patch blocks with beautiful tactile variety! Teresa also includes a link to her tutorial on her first textured quilt sampler, which is also a wonderful project. More from Teresa:
"This is a quilt that explores texture in fabric. The quilt builds on the skills I acquired while doing my first textured quilt sampler. This quilt has sixteen ten-and-a-half-inch blocks.
"The colour scheme is of reds, greens and creams. The fabric manipulation is made in a cream fabric or ribbon. The quilt is made with fabric scraps and ribbon and therefore the tutorial does not include exact fabric needs.
"This quilt is in progress."
Finished Block Size: 10.5" x 10.5" (27cm x 27cm)
Skill Level: Intermediate
Leah Day has a comprehensive video series on free motion quilting techniques as part of her Building Blocks quilt series, and today's video shows you how to add nice texture to your quilt in the form of pebbles and echoes. Learn how Leah applies this technique on her basket block. More from Leah:
"When quilting this basket block, I broke it up into three sections: the triangle basket, the background, then the handle. Filling the triangle basket with Pebbling will probably be the most time consuming part of this design. I didn't mark this part of the design because it was easy enough to free hand quilt and fill the pebbles organically through the space.
"I did mark the background and basket handle circles because these designs needed to finish exactly as they were drawn on the pattern. I definitely didn't want the background echoes to end up super wobbly as that would have been really noticeable around the basket shape.
"The trickiest part of the design will be the basket handle. Make sure to watch the video below to get tips on free motion quilting through this section slowly and carefully for the best results."
Do you like this tutorial? If so, click the Like button below.
|What a delightfully artistic block style! This quilt was originally designed by Michelle Freedman and her friend Cath of Wombat Quilts adapted the design for this tutorial, and we love it! Be sure to also check out Cath's free paper piecing patterns and assorted tutorials, she's got some great stuff for you! More on this project from Cath:
"To celebrate this years Pacific North West MQG Meet up our fearless leader, Michelle Freedman designed a fun modern block to celebrate… the Urban Chicken. During the Meet Up we did a charity sew day where chickens ran wild.
"This week I decided to dust off the pattern card and make my own Urban Chicken quilt… below is my plagiarized, annotated and updated version of Michelle's original pattern."
Finished Block Size: 12.5" x 12.5" (32cm x 32cm)
Skill Level: Beginner
|We know what we'll be doing with our scraps this Holiday season! What a wonderful project! These braided coasters are absolutely precious and will make excellent gifts. Julie Hirt of Six Two Seven Handworks created these little gems, and her tutorial is detailed, easy to follow, and has great photos to show you each step. There is also a video demo for the how-to! Be sure to make one to stuff in your own stocking! More from Julie:
"I've been wanting to make these for a while so I thought I'd put together a little tutorial. It's Jelly Roll friendly if you have any leftover strips lying around. The final result is a 5″ wide, thick, absorbent coaster.
"Here are a few examples of other fabric choices. The plaid shirting (middle pic) is the same on both sides, so I didn't have to worry about too much 'wrong side' showing on the braids. I really like these because they are thick, super absorbent, and fast to make. Happy stitching!"
Finished Size: 5" Diameter (12.7cm Diameter)
Skill Level: Beginner
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Making apache server index.php before index.html
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Making PHP mail work, as easy as possible
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To automatically run your linux containers, in Ubuntu 14.04 it is really simple. You just have to edit the configuration file for each container. For instance, if we have a container called test, we should edit the file /var/lib/lxc/test/config and add this lines: lxc.start.auto = 1 lxc.start.delay = 5 The first line is a simple boolean […]Continue reading »


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Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis, left, looks after New York Met's Curtis Granderson's sacrifice fly during the fourteenth inning of the baseball game at Citi Field, Sunday, April 20, 2014 in New York. The Mets defeated the Braves in extra innings 4-3.
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NEW YORK — Slumping newcomer Curtis Granderson hit a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning and the New York Mets outlasted the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Sunday to prevent a three-game sweep.


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Voters' Ideological Perceptions of 2014 Senate Candidates
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Recovering a Basic Space from the 2010 ANES
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Basic Space Transpose Issue Scaling Example: Presidential Candidate Positions on Vietnam and Urban Unrest
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Basic Space Issue Scaling Example: Presidential Candidate Positions on Vietnam (1968)
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Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted by your webmaster for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here.
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February 1909. Men's dormitory at the New York municipal lodging house. 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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This is Joe Manning. The best three books I've read on Hine so far are:
"Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor," by Russell Freedman and Lewis Hine
"America and Lewis Hine: Photographs, 1904-1940," by Walter Rosenblum, Alan Trachtenberg, Naomi Rosenblum, and Marvin Israel
"Lewis Hine in Europe: The Lost Photographs," by Daile Kaplan
I saw an excellent documentary last week on the Documentary channel called "America and Lewis Hine." It is being rebroadcast on 03/18/08, 04/02/08, 04/03/08, and probably more, because they replay programs often: http://www.documentarychannel.com/schedule/index.php
And there is a VHS copy for sale on Amazon.
Too bad I'm posting this relative to someone else's photo.
I neglected to mention Joe Manning! And here I am asking about Lewis Hine... duh.
Thanks, Joe.
The Dormitory is a remarkable foreshadowing of the Minimalist aesthetic and a number of other 20th century design trends.
On another note, let's not be dissing LWH, people. You would surely be forgiven if you found his work just a trifle tendentious and I, for one, am not overly fond of didactic art, but Hine clearly had another agenda and art was probably just an incidental. I don't know to what degree Hine considered himself an artist (or not), but it seems clear that his commitment to documenting child labor was nothing short of heroic. By way of illustration, the inquisitive may wish to have a look here.
Dave (or any of you kids in the peanut gallery), do you happen to know of a good biography of Hine? I think it would be difficult to spend any time around Shorpy and not be at least mildly curious about the man.
On a more general note, there is not a day that goes by that I don't appreciate the efforts of the photographers whose work populates these pages and the yeoman service done by Dave and Ken and such others as may populate the Shorpy ranks. The work done in presenting these photos (choice, editing, captioning, &c.) is the very definition of 'value added'. The window that this site provides on the past is of incalculable value. As some of the Anonymous (and otherwise, myself included) Tipsters continually demonstrate, we need a lot of help in seeing past our 21st century prejudices.
Well, the place looks immaculately clean. Lewis Hine would have loved it. Wonder if it smelled like formaldehyde?
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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's national security team acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that, when investigating one suspected terrorist, it can read and store the phone records of millions of Americans.
Since it was revealed recently that the National Security Agency puts the phone records of every American into a database, the Obama administration has assured the nation that such records are rarely searched and, when they are, officials target only suspected international terrorists.
Meanwhile, at a hacker convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the head of the NSA said government methods used to collect telephone and email data helped foil 54 terror plots - a figure that drew open skepticism from lawmakers back in Washington. "Not by any stretch can you get 54 terrorist plots," said the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
More than a decade after the terror attacks of 2001, the phone-record surveillance program has stirred deep privacy concerns on Capitol Hill, where Leahy said Wednesday during an oversight hearing: "If this program is not effective, it has to end," adding that, "So far I'm not convinced by what I've seen."
In the House earlier this month, lawmakers said they never intended to allow the NSA to build a database of every phone call in America, and they threatened to curtail the government's surveillance authority. "You've got a problem," Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told top intelligence officials weeks ago.
Sensing a looming shift in the privacy-versus-security cultural calculus, the White House responded: It has ordered the director of national intelligence to recommend changes that could be made to the phone-surveillance program, and President Barack Obama invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the White House on Thursday to discuss their concerns about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
A White House official says the top Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate intelligence panels will attend. So will Democratic Sens. Mark Udall of Colorado and Ron Wyden of Oregon, two lawmakers who raised the alarm about the NSA's sweeping domestic programs. Two others calling for more NSA oversight, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sensenbrenner, will also attend.
The administration has emphasized what it describes as oversight of its activities by the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, by congressional committees and by internal auditors. It has said, for example, that under rules approved by the court, only 22 people at NSA were allowed to approve searches of the phone database, and only seven positions at NSA, a total of 11 people, were authorized to disclose any results believed to be associated with persons in the United States.


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the presentation of the
Jerry Colangelo & Bobby Jones Awards
February 15th, 2014
New Orleans, LA
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Highlights from the 2014 All-Star Breakfast
Congratulations to our two honorees from the morning: Monty Williams, recipient of the Bobby Jones Award, and Dale Brown, recipient of the Jerry Colangelo Award. Both men were on hand to accept their award. The morning also highlighted Chris Broussard, ESPN Analyst and Shaquille O'Neal, formerly coached by Dale Brown at LSU.
Monty Williams was the first to accept his award after a brief introduction by Bobby Jones. Coach Williams shared stories of his faith, family, and life in the basketball world. He honored a single mother with a stack of Bible commentaries, explaining the impact they had made on his walk with the Lord and encouraging her to spend time reading them and teaching the content to her children.
Shaquille O'Neal was our next guest speaker. Having played under the coaching of Dale Brown, he shared funny stories from the first time they met and talked about what it was like to play for such a high level collegiate coach. Shaq shared about the dedication and commitment required by Coach Brown not just in practice and on the court, but in the classroom as well. He shared about a time he tried to skip class and instead woke up to Coach Brown in his room telling him it was time to run. This level of commitment and dedication to the lives of his players, made Dale Brown a great recipient of the Jerry Colangelo Award. Jerry Colangelo also shared briefly about Coach Brown and his coaching career before presenting him with the award.


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Employees continue to be overlooked as an IT security threat, despite the significant destruction they can cause, according to one white paper.
A white paper released in the US by Web filtering vendor SurfControl found that more than 80 percent of security compromises faced by companies came from within.
Charles Heunemann, managing director at SurfControl in Australia, estimates that about 90 percent of Australian companies' intellectual capital is held in digital format. Heunemann believes it's this which makes it a convenient target for unauthorised electronic transfer.
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Key West Townhome Rental Photos and Description
3 Bedrooms, 3 baths, Sleeps 6
'The Plantation' is a 3 bed 3 bath townhome located within the gated community of Truman Annex in Key West's Old Town area. In addition to the Master Bedroom, with its King Bed and private balcony, and the Guest Bedroom with two single beds, which can be converted to a King, and its own private balcony. This home also has a first floor Bedroom complete with a comfortable Murphy Bed 'Queen'. The highlight of this home, in addition to the spacious living quarters, is the large rear patio which is beautifully landscaped and is the ideal spot to for that morning cup of coffee. This home has all new furniture and also includes TVs, DVD Players, washer/dryer, Hairdryer, iron & ironing board, pots & pans, towels & linens, central air conditioning, parking, and access to the Associations pool. While staying here, you will have walking access to Duval Street (2 blocks) for dining and entertainment, Mallory Square (5 blocks) for the nightly Sunset Celebration, and Fort Zachary Park Beach (400 yds).
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- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
About Al Metty
My wife Carol and I are retired and live in Ann Arbor Michigan during the Summer and Key West during the Winter. I am a retired CPM or Certified Property Manager and as such, understand very well that a well furnished and maintained home results in a pleasent experience. Carol and I strive to make your stay as original as possible.
Al Metty purchased this townhome in 2004
Why Al Metty chose Key West
I was visiting a friend who's parents married during WWII in Key West. It only took one visit and the second day of that visit to know that Key West was a special place and where I wanted to spend time
What makes this townhome unique
Everything is within walking distance. You get great exercise without even feeling like it. A stroll down Duval is 1 mile each way, a walk to the Historic Waterfront and strolling back can be a couple miles, walk 4 blocks to Kelly's on the way to Mallory Square for Happy Hour. The list goes on and on. I take a car but I bet I do not put 50 miles on it the entire winter unless I am going to No Name Pub on Big Pine Key.


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|18 May 2013
Win7 Ultimate, BSOD when installing SP1 update.
I've just built a new computer. I've installed Windows 7 twice, both times during the SP1 update I got a BSOD and the computer rebooted.
There have been no other crashes or problems either before of after the BSOD. Both times the BSOD occurred before I install most of my software.
The system is not overclocked.
PS here is the error that showed up after rebooting:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000c2 (0x0000000000000099, 0xfffffa80255695f0, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 051513-13088-01.
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|18 May 2013
Start up
Keep less stuff at the start-up. Only anti-virus, this helps avoid driver conflicts and improves time to log in to windows.
Troubleshoot a Problem by Performing a Clean Startup in Windows 7 or Vista
How to Change, Add, or Remove Startup Programs in Windows 7
AppleCharger.sys Thu Oct 25 06:51:02 2012 (50888CF6)
Please uninstall the software with Revo Free:
Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE Public:Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE Public Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE\AutoGreen Public:Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE\AutoGreen Public Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE\ET6 Public:Start Menu\Programs\GIGABYTE\ET6 Public
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Download and install Revo Uninstaller free from here: Download Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Free and Full Download - Uninstall software, remove programs, solve uninstall problems
Opt for "Advanced Mode" and uninstall the software (also delete the leftover registry entries).
Basic checks: Please run these tests and report back the results
1. SFC /scannow to check windows for corruption - SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
2. Disk check for errors on the hard drive - How to Run Disk Check in Windows 7
3. Troubleshoot applications by a clean boot - Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
4. Memtest86+ paying close attention to part 3 - RAM - Test with Memtest86+
5. Hard drive test from HDD mfg website - Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure
If you have an SSD, make sure the following are up to date:
That's all for now.
Debug session time: Thu May 16 12:35:29.942 2013 (UTC + 6:00) Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Yusra\SysnativeBSODApps\051513-13088-01.dmp] Built by: 7601.18113.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533 System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:17.801 Probably caused by : USBPORT.SYS ( USBPORT!USBPORT_Core_iCompleteDoneTransfer+86f ) BugCheck C2, {99, fffffa80255695f0, 0, 0} BugCheck Info: BAD_POOL_CALLER (c2) Bugcheck code 000000c2 Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000099, Attempt to free pool with invalid address (or corruption in pool header) Arg2: fffffa80255695f0, Address being freed Arg3: 0000000000000000, 0 Arg4: 0000000000000000, 0 BUGCHECK_STR: 0xc2_99 PROCESS_NAME: System FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0xc2_99_USBPORT!USBPORT_Core_iCompleteDoneTransfer+86f MaxSpeed: 3500 CurrentSpeed: 3492 BiosVersion = F14 BiosReleaseDate = 08/22/2012 SystemManufacturer = Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. SystemProductName = To be filled by O.E.M. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨`` Debug session time: Thu May 16 12:34:11.644 2013 (UTC + 6:00) Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Yusra\SysnativeBSODApps\051513-13712-01.dmp] Built by: 7601.18113.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533 System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:18.503 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for AppleCharger.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for AppleCharger.sys Probably caused by : AppleCharger.sys ( AppleCharger+1a5b ) BugCheck 50, {ffffffffffffffd0, 1, fffff80002c93d9c, 0} BugCheck Info: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) Bugcheck code 00000050 Arguments: Arg1: ffffffffffffffd0, memory referenced. Arg2: 0000000000000001, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation. Arg3: fffff80002c93d9c, If non-zero, the instruction address which referenced the bad memory address. Arg4: 0000000000000000, (reserved) BUGCHECK_STR: 0x50 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT PROCESS_NAME: System FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x50_AppleCharger+1a5b MaxSpeed: 3500 CurrentSpeed: 3492 BiosVersion = F14 BiosReleaseDate = 08/22/2012 SystemManufacturer = Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. SystemProductName = To be filled by O.E.M. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
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|19 May 2013
I disabled the AppleCharger Service.
I uninstalled Autogreen and ET6.
SFC and Diskcheck showed no problems.
I did find that I am a step behind on my SSD BIOS. Unfortunately, the drive is encrypted and has about 100G of software installed on it.
I will run the memory test overnight.
From what I am reading, the AppleCharger.sys is the culprit.
Will continue to test and see what happens.
Thank you.
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|19 May 2013
Good luck, keep us posted.
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|22 May 2013
One of my programs (Sonar x2) is now locking up. I am going to backup and rebuild from scratch.
From reading here in the forums and goggle'ing it seems the proper install is:
1) Install Windows
2) Update Firmware. BIOS is current, need to update SSD's
3) Get drivers from the manufacture, i.e. download Intel drivers from Intel, not from Gigabyte
4) Install Service Packs for Windows
5) Install my external adapters, with their drivers and software
6) Install Software
7) Go over to a friends with a 12 pack so I can vent.
How important is #3? The last build, I just installed everything from the Gigabyte provided disk.
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|22 May 2013
Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
Personally for motherboard drivers I always use one from the manufacturers' site. Some of Intel's drivers have been troublesome lately and I suspect the OEM at least will have stable one.
Now go get started on the 12 pack.
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Sometimes, stylish star minds think alike. You decide: Who wears it better?
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[Gwen Stefani Instagram/ Grace Kelly in Rear Window]
It seems like Gwen Stefani's always had super-chic fashion instinct. The singer's uploaded an throwback video of herself in her prom dress to Instagram - and she looks both adorably young and totally stylish in it.
Gwen donned the floor-length monochrome look for a school event when she was 17. The frock had a black off-the-shoulder bodice and white full skirt with leaf detail. It was made by her mum and was inspired by Grace Kelly's iconic look from movie Rear Window. Yep, that's right, while we were all going through awkward fazes, Gwen was getting inspired by actual fashion legends.
'A special TBT for all you about to go to prom...,' wrote Gwen. 'This is the dress me & my mom made when I was 17, inspired by Grace Kelly's dress in the movie Rear Window.'
The video features a clip of Gwen spinning around in the dress in her living room. She's uber tanned and has a chin-length platinum bob in the footage. It's joined by a slideshow of snaps of Gwen, her mum and Grace Kelly as well as a photo of the singer holding the gown now. The Grace Kelly inspired flashback snap is perfectly timed, Grace Kelly bio-pic Grace of Monaco debuted at Cannes last week.
Gwen's not the only star to share flashback snaps of her prom night, the likes of Beyonce and Jessica Alba have all shared shots of themselves enjoying their special evening. Beyonce sported a halter neck printed dress with a split leg and cut-out waist for her prom. She teamed the look with groomed pin curls and cute date. Britney Spears went for the classic side swept up-do and sparkling gown combo and Taylor Swift had a bridal moment in a white strapless number.
None of their looks have anything on Jennifer Aniston's big hair or Jessica Alba's huge dress though.
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