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On July 5, 1973, Footwear News featured a sexy Manolo Blahnik high-heel sandal on page one, calling it "the most talked-about shoe in London." It was the fledgling designer's first big splash in this publication.
Nearly four decades and many FN covers later, the now-fashion legend still has everybody talking.
"I've never really thought about my success, but I guess it's true. I have been going for a while," said Blahnik, who is known for his humility as much as for his humor. "Suddenly, people seem to really like my shoes again. But you know, those furniture shoes were fashionable for three or four years. I did platforms in the 1970s, so that wasn't new to me. I've never followed trends or gotten into the frenzy of doing the 'right' shoes."
Blahnik has been doing it his own way since the beginning. Fiercely creative and constantly curious, the designer has built a world-famous brand by sticking to a surprisingly simple formula: designing feminine, elegant, high-quality footwear season after season. He has always been much more concerned about crafting the perfect shoe than courting the "it" celebrity.
"It's about the love affair between Manolo and his shoes. That's never changed," said longtime business partner George Malkemus, president of Manolo Blahnik USA.
The designer, 68, still creates every single shoe himself. He's an ardent supporter of made-in-Italy and spends the bulk of his time at his factories there, overseeing the production of the label's hand-made designs.
"I'm never satisfied. I always find something wrong, and I'm really difficult to work with in that respect," said Blahnik, who noted that even the smallest flaws still send him into a tailspin. "Just today, I was looking at a shoe [here in London], and there was a fault, so I called the factory and told them to do it again."
While he's a self-admitted perfectionist about his designs, Blahnik doesn't get consumed by the details of the business. He's never been interested in tracking sales or hatching expansion plans — and he's refreshingly unaffected by money and fame. He often shuns the spotlight and self-promotion, preferring to focus on what really matters to him.
"I love three things: reading, doing my shoes and seeing movies. Those are the things I could never do without, never get bored with," Blahnik said a few weeks ago. He excitedly discussed his silent-movie obsession and ticked off his current reading list, which includes a new book about Diana Vreeland, the renowned Vogue editor who encouraged Blahnik to become a shoe designer after admiring his unique sketches for the first time in 1970.
Forty-one years have passed since that fateful meeting with Vreeland, but Blahnik said it often feels like he just started.
"I've never been able to capture the essence of time. I really enjoy what I do, so what's the point of saying how long I've been doing it?"
While his vision has remained unchanged, Blahnik has noticed a dramatic shift in the luxury-footwear business. It's never been hotter, he explained, and everyone seems to want a piece of the action. But the landscape was much different when he first arrived on the scene.
"In many ways, Manolo started the designer shoe business. That's very powerful," said Karen Katz, president and CEO of The Neiman Marcus Group. "He set a new standard and forced the design and aesthetic of shoes to a new place. And for the past 20 years or so, everybody has been rushing to catch up to him. It took a couple of decades for people to recognize that this was a business. They could just design shoes and not have a big house of names. Manolo gave them the courage to do that."
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Indeed, Blahnik helped get shoes in the spotlight long before they were considered must-have items.
"I loved what Manolo was doing so much that I asked him to work on shoes with me for the runway [in the 1980s]," said Calvin Klein, one of the many major ready-to-wear designers Blahnik has worked with over the years. "I would show him sketches and fabrics and colors, and he always created shoes that caught the essence of the clothes. He was fantastic at doing that. We just worked together for a few seasons, but we had a lot of fun. The shoes were perfection."
Nothing was more perfect than Blahnik's star turn in "Sex & the City," which helped catapult him to superstar status in the American market. While the designer said he never really understood all the hype, he continues to benefit from the buzz surrounding the series — which is attracting a new, younger audience with its television reruns and the recent films.


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- 2 pound(s) red potatoes
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- 1 cup(s) parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup(s) crumbled blue cheese
- 1/2 cup(s) panko bread crumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) dried italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil
- 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a 2-quart square baking dish; set aside. Scrub potatoes; cut in 1-inch pieces. In large saucepan cook potatoes in lightly salted boiling water 12 to 15 minutes or until tender; drain.
- 2. In a 12-inch skillet cook and stir garlic and thyme in butter over medium heat for 1 minute; add potatoes. Coarsely mash potatoes. Stir in buttermilk, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper. Fold in fontina cheese, half of the Parmesan, and the blue cheese. Evenly spread in baking dish.
- 3. In small bowl combine remaining Parmesan, panko, Italian seasoning, and oil; toss with a fork to combine. Evenly sprinkle over potato mixture in dish. Bake for 20 minutes or until bubbly and top is golden. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley.
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His Williams team mate Nico Rosberg may have been in the running for a podium, but Kazuki Nakajima endured a frustrating ninth-place finish in Singapore. To make matters worse, the Marina Bay race marked a full year since Nakajima last scored Formula One points. With the FW31 acknowledged as one of the strongest cars on the 2010 grid, it was an inglorious anniversary.
This weekend Nakajima is back home to race at Suzuka. With his enthusiastic and knowledgeable Japanese fans urging him on, and in such dire need of results that his very Formula One future may be at risk, the 24 year-old will be out to impress. But is he really up to the task?
A superficial glance at his progress this season might suggest not. Rosberg has racked up Williams first fastest lap since 2006, finished 10 races in the top eight, taken two fourth-place finishes and, most importantly, has scored all 30.5 of the teams points. Nakajima, meanwhile, has finished in the top ten on just three occasions - and never in the critical top eight. It really has been a tale of two seasons.
Looking back through their post-race comments, the differing fortunes of the duo are stark. Whilst the Germans quotes contain more than a few mentions of happy, fantastic, and pleased, Nakajimas are littered with disappointments, difficulties and frustrations. Down the whole length of the grid you wont find two team mates with more contrasting results.
And in the cut throat world of F1 racing, being so far adrift of your team mate - a man racing in identical machinery - never bodes well for your future. This year Toro Rossos Sebastien Bourdais and Renaults Nelson Piquet have both been ousted after failing to meet expectations. Williams, however, have been publicly supportive of Nakajima, and with good reason too.
True, his F1 debut was far from auspicious - running over your mechanics after a botched pit stop, as he did at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, is not ideal - but over the course of last season he slowly and surely justified the teams decision to hire him. Unflappable performances in Australia, Monaco and Singapore secured him nine points and bagged him a contract for 2009.
Nakajima is well aware of the links between his Williams drive and the teams engine deal with Toyota (he remains a member of the Japanese companys young driver programme). He also knows Rosberg remains Williams star turn and a driver many tip as a future world champion. He is, however, one of the hardest workers on the grid, with enough modesty to accept his flaws and enough determination to set them right.
Over the 08/09 winter his efforts went into resolving the weaknesses that had let him down during his debut year. Qualifying had been a sticking point and he made great strides in getting more out of one lap - he qualified fifth at Silverstone, setting the quickest Q1 lap in the process at Silverstone. Qualifying that well at one race and then starting as low as 18th at another (Belgium) may smack of inconsistency, but its worth bearing in mind that the FW31s performances also fluctuated between circuits.
Nevertheless, it seems that as the season has progressed Nakajima has found qualifying tougher and tougher. And when he struggles on Saturday, the 2009 field is so close that his poor grid slot often leaves him hamstrung in the race. Sandwiched in the chasing pack in Spain and Germany, he was involved in first-lap collisions, while in Monaco and Hungary he was constrained by surrounding traffic.
Often Nakajima has had the pace, but for a variety of reason things simply havent worked out. At Silverstone he was clearly quick in qualifying, but the lap that secured his career-best P5 grid slot also cost him an additional laps worth of fuel. So come Sunday he got caught behind heavier cars after his first stop and failed to score. Then in Turkey, in what Nakajima described as the best race of my career so far, his second pit stop was ruined when a wheel nut became stuck. He finished 12th.
Indeed, he does seem to have suffered more than his fair share of bad luck. Though the FW31 has been a lot more reliable than its predecessor, Nakajima has born the brunt of any issues. In China a transmission problem caused him to retire, as did an oil pressure issue in Bahrain, while in Valencia a puncture wrecked his chances. Rosberg, meanwhile, is yet to record a retirement.
Of course Nakajima cant be completely absolved of blame for his lack of points - there have been critical mistakes too, like his error at the season opener in Australia. His team mate took full advantage of the Williams pace to finish sixth, but he ran wide and span into a high-speed crash. Its slip-ups like this that show Nakajimas clearly still learning the ropes, and its arguably this inexperience that is proving his biggest problem.
Where does it leave him for 2010, in a driver market just freed up by the confirmation of Fernando Alonso at Ferrari? With veteran drivers hoping to return to a revitalised Formula One, reserve drivers keen for some race action, and young drivers hoping to make their debut, the teams are spoilt for choice.
At Williams, test driver (and recently crowned GP2 champion) Nico Hulkenberg is snapping at Nakajimas heels. As one of the few reserve drivers to test a 2009 car, the team clearly set a lot of stall by the young German. The rumour mill has Rosberg considering a move elsewhere and Williams eyeing old hand Rubens Barrichello as a worthy replacement. And with the British team also set to ditch Toyota power for 2010, Nakajima looks to be on even shakier ground. On the plus side, Toyota have made no secret of the fact that they are considering driver changes, which could yet provide another option.
As his own harshest critic, Nakajima knows full well that time is running out for him to prove his worth. He needs results now and hell certainly be trying everything to eek something out of his home advantage and his extensive knowledge of Suzuka this weekend. Will it be too little too late, or it could it just secure his Formula One future? Heres hoping its the latter.


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The Deep Water World is a glass tunnel that provides a chance to literally walk through the sea and rub shoulders with sting rays and sharks. The HMS Sub Tropical allows a leisurely peek at tropical fish, deadly piranhas included, through the submarine's portholes, while The Seahorse Rodeo houses a flourishing community of the curiously small equine creatures.
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Former Canaries boss Paul Lambert was on the brink of being given the freedom of Norwich before a change of heart by councillors.
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The controlling Labour group at Norwich City Council changed their minds about giving former Carrow Road boss Paul Lambert the Freedom of the City, it has emerged.
According to former city councillor Roy Blower, a long-standing Canaries fan and founder of the recently wound-up Independent Norwich City Supporters Club, the council had been on the brink of handing Mr Lambert the accolade.
He said: "I had one to one meetings with Mr Lambert when I was a councillor. He seemed quite surprised that we were thinking about those lines. I knew he would leave eventually, but I thought he was worthy given his achievements at taking us from the bottom of League One back to the Premier League.
"I talked to him about it over a period of time, including after I stopped being a councillor in 2011, as it was me who started the ball rolling.
"The Labour group had voted on it, but I think certain people at higher levels got together and were not convinced.
"The complexion of the group changed and they did a u-turn, so it never made it as far as the council as a whole."
Given Mr Lambert quit Carrow Road in the summer to join Aston Villa, the decision not to award him the honour, meant Norwich was spared the embarrassment of what happened in Portsmouth in 2008.
The south coast town decided to bestow the honour upon Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp after he guided the club to victory in the FA Cup.
But just days before he was due to receive the honour, Mr Redknapp quit the club to join Tottenham. So when he arrived to have the owner bestowed upon him, he was met with boos and cries of 'Judas'.
Norwich City Football Club itself already has the freedom of the city. It was awarded in 2002 - the club's centenery year, in recognition of their continuing contribution to the city. the lives of its citizens and their promotion of the city both nationally and internationally.
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Just as well cronyism\sycophancy can be fitted with brakes, Blower. What is needed is a one-man Hall of Infamy. Built on the Halvergate marshes or within the Saddlebow incinerator.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Panto season is coming, oh it seems to be here already. It would be interesting to se "the owner bestowed" on PL as it seems nearly happened to Harry Redknapp.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
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What's new in ResonicThe version history shows you what's been added, improved, or fixed in recent versions of Resonic. A list of shortcut keys in Resonic is available here. |
Alpha 0.58 (999)Released January 22, 2014New features
Fixed and improved a large number of usability and performance features
Drag & Drop directly from the file list to other applications
like Windows Explorer, DAWs, audio and video editors, other players, etc. Drag & Drop of multi-selections is supported. This feature is still experimental. Overall interface performance improved, e.g. file switching
Overall disk performance improved and optimized
Several visual improvements and fixes for
themed and non-themed Windows XP, themed and non-themed Windows 7 (Aero, Aero Basic, and especially Classic). Faster application start-up,
especially for users with (many) browser bookmarks and multiple hard disks. Much faster application exit,
which also improves the occasional seconds-long exit delay experienced by some users. When Resonic takes a little longer to start up it is probably attempting to access a slow location on an external, sleeping, or network drive, e.g. your last played folder/file. If this happens a lot to you consider disabling the start-up resume feature. Files can now be pasted directly into the active folder with CTRL+V,
or via the file list context menu. When files are successfully cut or copied (CTRL+X or CTRL+C) to the clipboard
a message is now shown for a brief moment New Select + Deselect Files feature,
lets you select (ALT+NUM+) and deselect (ALT+NUM-) multiple files at once. Press the shortcuts twice to quickly apply the mask and close the dialog, e.g. press ALT+NUM- twice to quickly deselect all files. You can do multiple selects or deselects to refine the current selection. Wildcards (* and ?, e.g. *.mp3) are supported, but are optional: without wildcards any filename that contains the entered text matches. Introducing frequency analyzer styles,
starting with a minimalistic Outline style (see Menu | Visualization). A-B repeat area now stays intact when the Maintain position feature (">|>" button)
is enabled and you switch from one playing file to another, restarting the loop from the beginning. This opens up new possibilities, e.g. for comparing parts of mixes. A-B repeat region can now be set while playback is paused.
The A position can also be set while playback is stopped, i.e. the region will start at the beginning of the file (suggested: LopDog) Ogg-Opus output gain now defaults to 0dB, ignoring any Replaygain tags,
and reproducing the audio as-is (reported: Andreasvb) Visualization area (e.g. waveform) can now be toggled via Menu | Interface or with CTRL+F12.
When hidden the F12 key will first turn it back on, then cycle as usual. Note that this also hides the level meter. Waveforms are still being scanned even when the visualization area is hidden, but the level meter does not use up any processing time. Compact volume bar option.
To enable it right-click the volume bar and select Compact. New method to quickly seek in the current audio file:
Use the mouse wheel over the playback time display (next to loop and A-B buttons). Playback time display can now be hidden via Menu | Interface
Mouse wheel now also controls volume while the mouse cursor is over
the header bar, information bar, transport bar, or footer bar. Explorer context menus:
Hold down the SHIFT key and right-click a file or folder to show the Windows Explorer context menu instead of the Resonic context menu. Note that this currently only works for single files and folders, not for multi-selections. New Dismiss and Deselect item in file list popup menu closes the popup menu
and clears the current multi-selection. New column: Rating.
Resonic now reads and displays ID3v2 ratings as 0 to 5 stars. When a rating is unavailable - is displayed. Ratings written by other software like Windows Explorer, Windows Media Player, iTunes, Media Monkey, are interpreted intelligently for compatibility. Ratings written by foobar2000 are also supported. New and updated file list icons:
Stereo: big square, Mono: small square, Multi-channel: four squares. Icon colors remain the same: Blue: lossless files (e.g. wav), Orange: lossy files (e.g. mp3), Green: music files (e.g. xm). Double-click a folder to open that folder and start playback at the first file
Right-click stop button for an experimental Stop with fade-out feature
New Properties item in file list popup shows a single file's properties
like Explorer does (ALT+ENTER). New experimental feature: Focus indicators.
They show you which main part of the application currently has the input focus and can be enabled via Menu | Interface. This feature might be removed in a future update though. Improvements
Smoother level meter
Show in Explorer now also works for file list multi-selections
Menu button usability improved:
menu button now toggles when clicked (thx Martin) Improved ESC key behavior:
When file list is active ESC clears the current selection. When file list is not active ESC sets the input focus to the file list. Startup resume feature now also restores paused state.
To try this pause a track, then close down Resonic and restart it. Reworked serveral parts of how the file list reacts to user input
File list selections now stay intact during automatic track changes,
and also when you click the next/previous buttons. Improved file list right-click and multi-selection behavior
Smaller rescan button, text removed in favor of icon
Slightly bigger splitters, which makes it easier to grab and resize both
the waveform and the side-bar panel Scanning performance greatly improved for module music (mod, xm, it, etc.)
when Events visualization (F12) is active. Playback buttons now only respond to right-clicks when there is a menu to show
Loop button now correctly disables both the Stop after current button
and the visual stop indicator (vertical red line) at the end of the waveform Several theme color changes
You can now press the UP key at the top of the file list to jump to the last file,
and the DOWN key at the bottom to jump to the first file. Double-click a folder to open it and start playing its first file.
The focus is now set to the file list so you can immediately use the arrow keys (i.e. UP and DOWN) afterwards for navigation. When active file in list is not selected it will be selected on first click,
then restart playback on subsequent clicks. When active file in list is selected, will always restart playback. In Random playback mode the active file is now automatically centered
Removed left padding in browser for a little extra space
Fixed and improved right-click behavior with file list selections.
Also, right-click will no longer accidentally start playback. Fixed Resonic being unable to play files that reside in hidden folders.
When you play files inside a hidden folder Resonic will now list the folder's contents while keeping it hidden in the browser. Expect an option to show hidden folders and files in a future version. This fixes the issue where files received in Skype could not directly be opened with Resonic. Fixed incomplete waveforms being saved when closing Resonic while a file
is still being scanned (reported: M. Tofall) Fixed clickable area of playback time display in transport bar (reported: mrfox)
Fixed mouse click not always triggering properly on playback time display
Fixed random play mode not working properly with taskbar controls
Fixed Play not restarting properly when Maintain position feature is enabled
Fixed file list selections affecting playback order.
The next/previous file will now always start at the active/playing file, even if the current selection is somewhere else. Fixed SHIFT and arrow keys not selecting files
Unsupported drives and external devices are now hidden in browser
Fixed some notification messages being visible for brief moments only
Fixed right-click in both file list and browser not properly selecting items
Fixed white header overlapping waveform on startup when
Remember window position option is enabled (reported: Andreasvb) Fixed several other small issues
Fixed crash with certain large-pattern module music files
Fixed issue with certain module music files where error messages kept popping up
This is the final Alpha of Resonic Player
Alpha 0.5 (840)Released April 17, 2013New features
Waveform scanning now about twice as fast, also for multi-channel files
Meta data listing fixed and now also several times faster, especially
for files with incomplete tags (thx Martin) Introducing the notification and status bar, which replaces most of the
annoying message popups. It sits at the bottom of the main window and shows various kinds of messages in the colors green, yellow, orange, and red. Number of files in current folder and total size now shown in status bar
Customizable columns (right-click file list header).
Column settings, sort column, and direction are all saved and restored. Option to 'Avoid horizontal scrollbar, if possible' (right-click file list header),
which is enabled by default. This feature will try to maximize the main column, and right-align all other columns so that the scrollbar is never shown. When the user resizes the main column (filename) tis option is automatically disabled, and a message is shown. If it's not possible to avoid the scrollbar a message is shown. Sort column and direction remembered when changing folders
Sort column background now highlighted
It's now possible to sort by columns that contain information which is not
immediately available, like tags or audio properties. Depending on the sort column Resonic might sort the file list again when all the required information is available. It's now possible to sort by the little colored squares that describe
the kind of content in the audio file, i.e. blue for lossless, orange for lossy, or green for music. Click the column header to sort by the colored squares. Full multi-monitor support for any combination of screen sizes and arrangements
for saving and restoring window position and size. If the window is more than half of its width or height out of either side of the multi-monitor setup it is automatically recovered. With Remember window position enabled you can now safely move Resonic, for example, to a second screen, maximize it there, and have it saved and restored there. Resonic can now also span multiple monitors. Volume presets (right-click volume bar)
Save and restore user volume (right-click volume bar)
Slimmer transport bar and slightly smaller playback controls
Added Explore and select folder to context menu in browser (suggested: PHM)
File listing speed improved on Windows 8, especially for folders containing
thousands of audio files Mouse cursor can now automatically be hidden when on visualization
(see Menu | Visualization). You can now middle-click the waveform to pause/continue/start playback
New shortcut: NUMPAD+1 jumps to the beginning of the file
New shortcut: NUMPAD+2 jumps to the middle of the file
New in file list context menu: Refresh (F5) and Refresh browser (CTRL+F5)
New in browser context menu: Refresh browser (CTRL+F5)
Confirmation dialogs that are displayed when Resonic wants to open the web browser
now also show the web address that is about to be opened New icon in the lower left corner shows the state of the sidebar (left panel)
and lets you toggle it when clicked (same as F4) Improvements
Overall performance improvements
Window restores slightly faster
Playback advances to next track slightly faster
Volume context menu (right-click volume bar) is now aligned
Analyzer accuracy (not resolution) doubled for sampling rates above 48 kHz,
which takes a little more processing power. Vertical analyzer scale slightly adjusted for musicality.
Note that an accurate mode as well as vertical zoom is planned for all analyzers in Resonic Pro. Improved stability of analyzer code
Numerous color theme and graphics adjustments
Left-click the filename in the header to browse to its folder
CTRL+click the filename in the header to select the file in Explorer
Build date in window title now only shown once on start-up, then hidden
Selected sleep timer method now shown in menu (Menu | Sleep Timer)
New behavior: The Play button now continues playback when paused, or restarts
playback from the beginning when stopped or already playing. This also applies to the taskbar controls (reported: BTGbullseye) Corrections
Fixed Error state not always being shown for non-playable or broken files
Fixed occasional overflow bug when playing the first file with analyzer active
Corrected analyzer sometimes peaking way too high, a side effect of making
low peaks more visible. This will further improve in updates. Fixed analyzer being completely off for sample rates other than 44.1 kHz.
Also the upper frequency was off, values shown were always representing 44.1 kHz, and the frequency display was cut off for rates lower than 44.1 kHz. All these issues were fixed. (reported: BTGbullseye) Fixed wrong frequency values being shown with sample rates above 96 kHz
when mouse-hovering the linear analyzer. Fixed show/hide footer menu item not following state (reported: R. Johnson)
Fixed the NUMLOCK key accidently toggling mute.
Note that mute can always be toggled with the PAUSE key. Windows XP: Color fixes when running with classic design (reported: Andreasvb)
You can click and drag some of the free spaces in header bar, transport bar,
and status bar to move the main window. Web: Beta and pre-release testing forum up at forums.resonic.at.
Apply only if you're serious. Alpha 0.41 (706)Released March 9, 2013Corrections
Temporary fix release for some users having the browser glitch.
To reduce chances of it occuring please reduce the visualization panel to its minimum size by grabbing on the lower edge and dragging it up. The next update will fix this issue. Alpha 0.55 (910)Released October 14, 2013New features
New button for Stop after current (red line symbol),
which was originally part of the playback mode button (sequential, random). When enabled a vertical red line at the end of the waveform indicates that playback is about to stop the current file has finished. Additionally – on Windows 7 and 8 – a Stop after current indicator is shown as part of the Resonic icon in task bar when large task bar icons are enabled in Windows (which is the default). New start-up resume feature, see Menu | Playback:
Saves folder, file, and play position when you close Resonic, restores folder, file, and play position when you restart Resonic. Hold down the CTRL key while Resonic is starting up to prevent start-up resume. New A-B repeat feature:
During playback left-click the A-B button once to set the start position (A point), left-click it again to set the end position (B point), your selected A-B region is now highlighted and will loop indefinitely. To clear the A-B region left-click the button a third time, or right-click the button any time. The minimum length of an A-B region is one second. Hint: You can seek in the audio file before you set the end position. New Maintain position feature (">|>" button):
Maintains playback position when switching from a playing file to another file, continuing at the exact position where the first file left off. Very useful for both audio professionals and occasional music listeners, this can for example be used to: Compare various versions of bounces, mixes, masters. Preview whole albums or sets of tracks with only a few clicks. New waveform style selection (see Menu | Visualization) with
four preset styles to pick from: Classic – Resonic classic waveform (default) Interlace – simple version of the classic waveform Plain – single-color waveform with outline Outline – waveform outline only; as minimal as it gets Volume bar reworked from scratch: faster, more reliable
Volume bar now shows the current volume level in percent while in use.
Caption is automatically hidden after a couple of seconds. Resonic Pro will show the level in decibels by default. Volume bar now does smooth transitions when changing volume via left-click
New advanced option: Disable waveform cache.
With the waveform cache disabled each time you play a file the waveform is rescanned and no cache data is written to the hard drive. Most users should leave this option untouched. Header filename can now be right-clicked for a menu
New shortcut: ALT+WHEEL on file list play-scrolls through the files,
which can be used to quickly preview lots of smaller audio files New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+WHEEL on file list plays a random file
New shortcut: SHIFT+TAB switches between visualizations (like F12)
New shortcut: CTRL+L toggles looping (like NUM+/)
Information bar: Now shows whether files are variable bitrate (VBR)
Overall performance improvements
Core player completely rewritten for sbetter stability and future functionality
Core event handling overhauled for better UI performance
Slightly improved tag scanning speed
Waveform: Improved digital silence detection and visualization
Waveform: Dotted lines are now hidden when it's of no use to show them,
e.g. when channel heights too small Muted state and mute volume are remembered and restored.
To try this mute volume, close Resonic, restart it, and then un-mute. Mute, un-mute, and dim now smoothly change volume
When muted the volume bar now visualizes its previous value, grayed out.
Time display reworked from scratch: faster, aligned
Improved browser refreshes for smoother updates
When you try to start playback without an active file (e.g. after start-up)
Resonic now plays the first file in current folder. Updated logo graphic in upper right corner
Slightly smoother header/label updates when switching files
Improved support for Ogg-Opus tags
Improved tag parsing of corrupted FLAC files
Removed Alternative waveform option in favor or waveform styles
Fixed level meter flickering at low volumes
Important problem fixed where sometimes tagged files refused to play on the first
attempt (red error message) when switching between files really fast Fixed filename column splitter not being clickable (reported: Andreasvb)
Fixed duration label showing wrong popup menu
Fixed level meter having a top padding, which is reserved for peak value display
and peak hold in Resonic Pro (reported: M. Lapierre) Fixed ended files not restarting from beginning when clicked in file list
Fixed undesired fade-in dampening the first transient in audio files
when clicking stop, then play. This is an important fix if you're working with loops (reported: M. Lapierre) Fixed filenames passed via command-line being case-sensitive
Fixed occasional weird behavior when pressing ALT repeatedly (focus was lost)
Information bar: Now updated only when visible, which reduces overhead
a little bit when files start to play Icon for playback mode Random updated.
Expect a proper Shuffle playback mode in a future release. Fixed interface not updating properly when looping module music files
Fixed volume occasionally not going back up when playing from beginning
with loop mode enabled (reported: M. Drabik) Alpha 0.42 (755)Released March 12, 2013New features
Waveform painting now up to a 100 times faster, depending on the waveform
size and requires much less processing power, and thus less battery life on laptops as well. Window position can now be saved and restored.
See Remember window position option in Menu | Interface. New default waveform, similar to original one.
You can use Alternative waveform in Menu | Visualization to toggle the lower, shaded half of the waveform. New option to disable the translucent color overlays shading the played
area of the waveform in Menu | Visualization. Enabling this option is mainly a design choice, but it can also help reduce processor usage quite a bit, depending on the waveform size. If you're in for performance over visuals make sure you enable this. Note that in any case the overlay is only drawn up to a certain waveform height, and is not drawn for very short sound files. Support for Ogg-Opus tags
Improved file switching speed
Clearing the waveform cache now only takes a couple of moments.
See Clear waveform cache in Menu | Advanced. Waveform cache now uses a little less hard drive space.
Since the cache format has changed Resonic will have to rescan your audio files once you start playing them. New option Use remaining playback time added to sleep timer (Menu | Sleep Timer).
This will set and start the sleep timer using the time left in the currently playing track. Several color theme changes once again
Fixed issues that caused severe visual glitches, effectively making the folder
browser unusable and the interface non-responsive to most user input, especially when trying to change folders, until playback is stopped. This problem only occured with users on lower-spec systems. Fixed occasional crash when trying to read tags from inaccessible files
This is an important hotfix release.
Alpha 0.4 (700)Released March 8, 2013New features
Improved and much more reliable fade-outs, e.g. on stop
Play position indicator (vertical line) with sub-pixel accuracy
Clicking a playing file now restarts it from the beginning, like ENTER
New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+H toggles the header bar, i.e. everything above the
waveform can now be hidden using CTRL+ALT+H and CTRL+ALT+I. New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+F toggles the footer bar
Support for chained Ogg-Opus files, and faster scanning
Support for SoundTracker MOD music files
Resonic now closes down faster and more reliably
Numerous smaller cosmetic changes
Extended keyboard navigation behavior (see remarks)
Faster toggling of elapsed/remaining time (left-click on time display)
Loop on/off shortcut changed to NUMPAD+/ to be DAW-compatible
Updated graphics for a couple of transport buttons
Bottom part of waveform now softer and blended
Played area now translucent
Loop button symbol replaced with something that better describes what Resonic
is doing when this buttons is pressed: loop the current file, seamlessly, not repeat, as in repeat the playlist. An actual repeat playlist feature will follow in a future release with its own dedicated button and a different symbol. Visualization painting performance more stable, CPU usage further reduced
Reworked analyzer painting
Completely reworked file list internals, paving the way for playlist and .cue support.
Please send or post a bug report if something's off now! Tray icon hint now shows the name of the playing file
Fixed an occasional bug when trying to close Resonic where sound went silent,
CPU usage went up, interface didn't go away (reported: M. Tofall) Fixed an important bug where Resonic sometimes took several seconds to stop
playback, which could happen when pressing Stop, when stopping playback via right click, when closing down the application, or when trying to play another file via command-line in single-instance mode. This should also fix the main window sometimes disappearing when the application is minimized in tray and an audio file is passed via command-line. Level meter no longer uses CPU time when hidden (CTRL+ALT+L)
Fixed played area flashing up for a brief moment at a wrong position
after stopping playback and immediately seeking to a different position Fixed occasional crash when seeking in damaged .ogg files
Windows XP: Some cosmetic fixes, hover colors and font corrected
for both file list and browser Remarks
When the browser is focused UP and DOWN navigate folders,
CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN navigate the file list, ENTER plays the selected folder. When the file list is focused UP and DOWN navigate the file list,
CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN navigate the browser, ENTER plays the selected file. Reminder: TAB switches focus between browser and file list
Windows 7 and 8 might be throttling your processor and graphics performance
when there is little work to do (like running Resonic) and your power plan is set to Balanced, which is the Windows-default. If you feel like Resonic's animations, including the analyzer, seem a little too jittery try setting the power plan to High performance, in Control Panel under Power Options, which might make a big difference in smoothness, depending on your system. |
A full list of changes is always included with the latest download. |


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I should echo only names of files or directories with this construction:
ls -Al | while read string
ls -Al
output :
drwxr-xr-x 12 s162103 studs 12 march 28 12:49 personal domain
drwxr-xr-x 2 s162103 studs 3 march 28 22:32 public_html
drwxr-xr-x 7 s162103 studs 8 march 28 13:59 WebApplication1
for example if I try
ls -Al | while read string
echo "$string" | awk '{print $9}
then output only files and dirs without spaces. If file or dir have spaces like "personal domain" it will be only word "personal". PLEASE, help! I need very simple solution. Maybe there is better solution than awk. Need very simple!


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Bison Leather Sportsman's Duffel
- Product Review (submitted on October 20, 2011):
- I have seen the bison series bag and it is amazing! If it looks good on the website, multiple that by 10 and that's what you'll get. The leather feels like it would wear well and last a lifetime or two. The color of the leather is beautiful.


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Sleep and Weight Loss
by Toby Amidor in Healthy Tips, January 30, 2012After giving birth to three kids in less than 5 years, I never had much time to sleep. Like most folks, I savor those nights when I can get 6 or 7 hours of shuteye. Now numerous studies tell us that getting our zzz's also helps with our weight loss efforts.
The Studies
A 2011 study published in the International Journal of Obesity found that folks trying to shed at least 10 pounds were more likely to achieve their goal if they slept between 6 to 8 hours a night and had lower stress levels.
A 2004 study by the Stanford School of Medicine found that the less you sleep, the more weight you'll gain. They found that not getting enough sleep leads to higher levels of appetite-stimulating hormones and lower levels of the hormones that tell us when we're full. Furthermore, lack of sleep was associated with a higher body mass index (BMI).
There are also numerous theories that find sleepless nights can lead to weight gain. One theory says that when you're tired, you become less physically active during the day which can lead to weight gain. A second theory says that when you're sleep deprived you don't care as much to make conscious food choices—which can lead you off your healthy eating plan.
Modeling Good Behavior
It's not only about adults sleeping well. Modeling proper behavior to our children and enforcing proper bedtimes is important. Allowing kids to stay awake past their bedtimes in order to watch TV, play video games and raid the pantry can lead to terrible habits and result in weight problems.
Some important guidelines for parents to remember:
- Turn off TV, video games and cell phones when it's time for bed.
- Create a routine about 30 minutes before bed to help soothe kids such as listening to quiet music, talking with them or reading.
- Enforce bedtimes.
- Model proper sleep behaviors to kids.
Bottom Line:
Getting enough shut ye is part of your overall healthy life. Adults should aim for 6 to 8 hours each night.
TELL US: Do you get enough sleep every night?
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »
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Lead transportation security officer at newark international airport pleads guilty to stealing from travelers
February 24, 2011 |
NEWARK, N.J. – A Lead Transportation Security Officer employed by the Transportation Security Administration at Newark Liberty International Airport admitted today that he and his supervisor regularly stole from travelers during security screenings, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Al Raimi, 29, of Woodbridge, N.J., pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jose L. Linares to an Information charging him with theft by a government officer.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From October 2009 to September 8, 2010, Raimi was a Lead Transportation Security Officer at the B-3 security checkpoint for Terminal B at Newark Airport. During that time, Raimi stole between $10,000 and $30,000 in cash from travelers. Raimi would then "kick up" a portion of the money he stole to Michael Arato – his immediate supervisor at the checkpoint. In exchange, Arato allowed Raimi to continue stealing.
Arato pleaded guilty before Judge Linares earlier this month to accepting bribes and kickbacks from Raimi, admitting that he did so in exchange for not reporting the thefts to their superiors or other authorities. Arato also admitted that he regularly stole from passengers traveling through the checkpoint.
The charge to which Raimi pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Raimi and Arato are scheduled to be sentenced on June 6 and May 24, 2011, respectively.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Gregory K. Null for the Northeast Region, and detectives and officers of the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey, under the direction of Superintendent Michael A. Fedorko, with the investigation leading to today's guilty plea.
The government is represented by Assistant United States Attorney Eric Kanefsky of the U.S. Attorney's Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.
Defense counsel: Philip Karasyk, New York


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Date Posted:11/18/2004, 5:00PM
Head Coach: Stefanie Pemper (6 years, 134-31, .812)
Leading Returners: Eileen Flaherty (10.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Justine Pouravelis (7.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.5 bpg), Alison Smith (5.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg), Erika Nickerson (7.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg), Vanessa Russell (5.6 ppg, 2.8 apg)
Key Losses: Lora Trenkle (13.9 ppg, 4.0 apg), Lindsay Bramwell, Kristina Fugate, Courtney Trotta, Beth Damon
Newcomers: Marisa Berne, Amanda Leahy
2003 RECAP: Under normal circumstances, a 30-1 campaign would be considered an unmitigated success for a college basketball team. But the 2003-04 Bowdoin women's basketball team was truly extraordinary squad. 30 straight victories followed by a loss in the NCAA title game left a sour taste at the conclusion of an incredibly successful season. The team grabbed the first-ever number-one ranking in the history of the program and won their fourth straight NESCAC Championship. The Polar Bears extended the nation's longest winning streak to 44 games and reached their first Final Four. 2004 PREVIEW: The Polar Bears will look to defend their NESCAC Championship and return to the NCAA Tournament with one of the toughest schedules in the country. The NESCAC, as always, will provide a tough test for Bowdoin as will a non-conference slate that includes in-state rival Southern Maine (in Brunswick, Nov. 30). The Polar Bears will open their season on Friday, November 19 at the University of Rochester Tournament against the College of New Jersey and will travel to play in a tournament in Arkansas over the holiday break.
Bowdoin returns four of five starters in Vanessa Russell, Eileen Flaherty, Justine Pouravelis and Alison Smith in addition to top reserve player Erika Nickerson. Flaherty will look to improve on her NESCAC Rookie of the Year season, while Pouravelis fills the stat sheet in nearly every category.
Katie Cummings will look to run the show from the point guard position this season with guards Julia Loonin, Lauren Withey and Ashleigh Watson all a threat to score from anywhere on the floor. Marisa Berne and Amanda Leahy come to the team after successful high school careers and with guard-like skills in six-foot frames, will pose match-up problems for opponents.
DID YOU KNOW: Junior Justine Pouravelis, the 2004 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, became the first player in Bowdoin basketball history to rack up at least 70 blocks and 70 steals in a single season, swatting 77 shots and swiping 76 steals in 2003 -04.
COACH PEMPER SAYS: "Lora (Trenkle) was the total package, no question about it; but I've said all along that this year's team has as much talent as last year's. Like all teams we need a great defensive effort and we need people to step up and score the basketball. The thing I'm the most pleased with is our practice intensity, our selflessness, and our camaraderie. Alison Smith and Erika Nickerson have set the bar for our team and have practiced the same way and for three years. I've looked forward to the day where those two led our team. The team's camaraderie and selflessness this early in the season i could have never predicted. I really enjoy working with this group."


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"So where are you staying?" the woman on the other side of the Avis counter asked as she processed our car rental. My husband and I had just arrived in Portland, Maine after a red-eye from San Diego followed by a botched connecting flight in Philadelphia. We were more than ready for our vacation to begin.
Cream of White Asparagus Soup
Last year about this time when my husband and I were preparing for our trip to Europe, I busied myself with finding recipes that might be typical of the region we would be in so I could try them at home. I was able to share a few of these before we left, but neglected to share the Cream of White Asparagus Soup I made.
Catching up with a bit of this and that
Well hello.
I hope this finds you well, and enjoying the spring weather everyone has longed for. I know many who live in other areas of the country and understand this past winter was relentless. For us, it meant only that winter never arrived at all. My Iceberg roses in the patio planters, pruned in November, were blooming by January. I believe there were only one or two weeks we closed all the windows in the house, and the heater turned turned on perhaps twice just to take the chill off the family room downstairs in the evening while we talked about our respective days. I made peace with Mother Nature over this warmer than usual and alarmingly dry winter, promising not to complain too loudly, wanting and hoping for the rain we so desperately need. Instead I've patiently looked forward to our annual dose of May Grey and June Gloom, when skies are endlessly covered with a thick marine layer and the air chilly enough to require sweaters. Unfortunately, we've had more heat. A few weeks ago temperatures rose to nearly 100 and after a bit of a break for a week, I braced for heat again. Sadly, our Santa Ana winds accompanied the heat wave and fires burned thousands of acres of the parched brush taking many homes in the process.
We need rain.
My days are relatively quiet and slow moving, at least until I realize it's 3:30 and I've accomplished next to nothing. Wanda keeps me company while I continue to write — my novel a work in progress for a year and a half now. Clearly, I'm not in a hurry even though my mother routinely reminds me that seeing it published is on her bucket list. I've adjusted to a new writing corner downstairs and vacillate over whether I want the blinds down so I can concentrate, or up, so I'm able to admire my potted plants and the hummingbird that visits daily, hovering just on the other side of my big window as if to ask why I'm inside instead of pottering about on the patio. At this point in my writing, I feel I'm up and about more than sitting in front of my Mac, each lull an excuse to stretch my legs and do something productive while I'm thinking. Often, I'll get my camera to take a few shots of something that catches my eye — something I'll use as and excuse later to procrastinate about moving forward with my story. Thank goodness for photography and gardening. Housekeeping? Not so much.
My husband has finished yet another busy season; I've lost count of how many there have been. But now that he's home much earlier, the daylight is with us longer and weekends free, we've been down to the beach to walk, or buy sandwiches at a local deli to take with us and enjoy the sunset on a grassy spot above the bluffs. It's especially pleasant on a week night when there are fewer people milling about and with the sea fairly flat the last time we were there, quiet. We could see otters bobbing in the kelp, their flippers breaking the surface of the ocean as they lay on their backs, relaxing. It's a nice break in the day when we decide to take advantage of it and each time we do, we promise we won't wait so long before we go again, chiding ourselves over it all. It takes less than 10 minutes to get in the car and drive down the hill, so we're never sure why this isn't an every day routine at this point in our lives.
We thought we might be celebrating a graduation this month — that of our youngest who is close to finishing college. Alas, another semester is needed which means I will enjoy his company most of the summer again. He's an easy to be around soul and because he'll be 22 this summer, I indulge myself every bit of time I can spend with him, looking forward to the work he has most recently completed and brings home to share with us. I'll confess I'm relieved not to have had to organize a family entourage to San Francisco for his graduation. That gives me a year to tackle it at this point. And please know, fingers are crossed that he find employment. That would be excellent.
Have I cooked?
To some extent, yes, but very little of what I've prepared has been made from any particular recipe and even less has been photographed; omelets, stir fry, salads and soup have been our standbys. Perhaps a braise now and again. Only occasionally something baked. I think I miss that the most, but my midsection cannot deal with more than a taste, and I refuse to bake something and then toss it. That's what bakeries are for — indulgences minus the waste.
I do occasionally post something to Instagram if you're interested in following. I'd love to see you there. It's an easy, creative way to see what others are up to, and I find it relaxing. I also still upload photos to flickr and enjoy getting a burst of creative inspiration from the talented photographers I find there. More than anything, they leave me with wanderlust, and this month, especially so.
A year ago, my husband and I were preparing for a trip to Europe to enjoy Paris and Bavaria. How quickly times passes, doesn't it? As I sift through my photo library, I see a number of recipes I made with that trip in mind and wonder why I never mustered the energy to share them. Perhaps the let down of returning from such a trip and being left with recipes reminiscent, but only photos to remind me I was actually there. Ah well. I'm so glad I've been once.
This year, we're headed to Maine. We've rented a house and I plan to do quite a bit of kayaking and working on a small farm that grows produce for a local restaurant. There will be some boating as well, perhaps hiking, a visit to the Farnsworth so I can finally oogle Winslow Homer's mesmerizing work I've loved for so long. A lobster bake is on the agenda to be sure. Of course, there will be photos.
In the meantime, I believe you can count on my being here once a week — perhaps twice. Who knows what I'll bring to the table — because recipes are a challenge these days — but I'll be here, trying to make sense in this space I've kept for seven years now.
In the dog years of the web, that's a very long time.
Thanks for reading, and I'll be back soon, schedule in hand.
I promise.
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Set your clocks.
Another New Year for You and I
It's about 7:30 pm west coast time and my youngest son, husband, and I are together in our family room doing not much of anything but enjoying a relaxing evening. Another son will come at a promised 8 pm with his sweetheart and we'll indulge ourselves in food that hasn't been planned for or prepared carefully. That would make it appropriate for us in celebrating the dawn of a new year.
We're all about crackers and spreadable cheese on this particular night, and the boys swear it's not a party unless Lit'l Smokies smothered in barbeque sauce are on the menu. I think I've always gone along with it because by this time, I'm more than tired of cooking and cleaning up, and so welcome my husband's offer to go to the store with a list of what to purchase. Tonight's fare includes a loaf of French bread (the fluffy kind from the grocery store) which will be split in half lengthwise, then slathered in pizza sauce, sprinkled with cheese, and finished with pepperoni slices.
Let's review: processed everything. It's an only once every often proclivity. I promise.
Earlier this evening I asked my husband how often we've gone all out to celebrate the new year and decided it was once every five years or so. That's quite enough. And when we consider that last year we were in Las Vegas to celebrate just to say we were, well, we're due for "back to our regularly scheduled programming" this year.
I spent some time today going through my iPhone photos choosing many I had taken throughout this past year to make a collage. As always, I can never choose a few because so many memories are attached to each. But I did notice that very few were of food. When I consider that the whole point of this site's existence is to share stories and photos of food, clearly something has changed. I've sort of fallen out of love with food.
I thought about writing one of those melodramatic goodbyes months ago. Deleting everything posted here crossed my mind more than once. But time does work its wonders and because of that, I'm thinking I might be able to find a place for writing here occasionally. No schedule. No plans. Enough to make anyone who thrives on organization and a solid routine to run crazed for the hills. At this point in my life, I know more than anything that I have to do what I want when I want to do it if creating something is involved. You may shake your head in disappointment and think, "How self-indulgent," and I would agree. But I've learned when my heart isn't involved in an effort, then I'll be reminded each time I look at the end product.
I like that when I sit to put words in a space, I can just write. I also like to share my photos, but I also realize that forcing myself to only shoot photos of food is incredibly limiting and that writing about food keeps me from writing about other things. You know what is said about moderation. I guess that's what I've been attempting to do with time and distance to help me succeed.
So here I am, apologizing for disappearing, yet thinking of how to move forward.
No plan, no organization. Simply a will to create.
I'd say that's a step in the correct direction.
For me.
Happy New Year to you and yours. May the next year present wonderful opportunities for you to relax and enjoy the tiny things in life that go unnoticed when we're running around like chickens with our heads off.
Tribute to the Queen of All Daring Bakers, Lis.
The past two days, I've spent quite a bit of time remembering much of what I enjoyed most about blogging — the community, the camaraderie. I know it's been three months since I've written here, but often, things change. Sadly, sometimes they change forever.


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Thief repents as Telstra lifts its game
PUBLISHED: 27 Jul 2010 00:07:00 | UPDATED: 10 Feb 2012 16:53:51PUBLISHED: 27 Jul 2010 PRINT EDITION: 27 Jul 2010Digital life
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On Sunday, Telstra upped its offering, announcing that what was 25 gigabytes a month for $100 would henceforth be 200 gigabytes a month. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
My days of pilfering broadband from my neighbours are drawing to a close. Come the end of this month's billing cycle, I plan to stop using my neighbour's Wi-Fi connections altogether, and they can expect such a sudden, inexplicable downtick in their broadband consumption that they'll be wondering what didn't hit them.
They'll be taking their computers back to the shops, complaining that for some reason the computers just aren't downloading as much data as they used to. But, no, dear neighbours, do not adjust your sets. It's not an error. It's just little old me. Or, rather, it's not little old me. Not any more.
And to what do my neighbours owe this largesse?
Well, for one thing it was getting harder to hack into my neighbours' Wi-Fi networks anyhow. The days of completely unsecured Wi-Fi networks seem sadly to be behind us, and even networks running WEP security (which doesn't work) are getting hard to find. When I scan my airwaves these days, it's all WPA this and WPA2 that, and paying online hacking services $30 a pop to crack those security protocols was frankly getting to be a little expensive. Not to mention self-defeating, when you consider the goal is to get a free ride on other people's broadband.
But mostly my neighbours have Telstra to thank for their unexpected good fortune. It was BigPond's measly broadband plans that had forced me to turn to my neighbourhood for my monthly bandwidth top-up.
I've written about this more than a few times. About the evil monster (BigPond) which has been lying all but dormant on the sea bed, feeding off the occasional customer who swam too close to the beast.
BigPond's broadband pricing has been so uncompetitive that no one in their right mind would willingly go near the thing, and anyone who was forced into its maw (like me) lived in constant fear of having their bandwidth throttled due to over-consumption of their meagre monthly ration. My monthly allotment of 25 gigabytes never lasted more than three weeks, leaving me with a week of scrounging bandwidth.
But something or someone awakened the Kraken at the weekend.
On Sunday, Telstra announced that what was 25 gigabytes a month for $100 would henceforth be 200 gigabytes a month. Overnight, the company upped its offering eightfold. Eight! If 25 gigs lasted me three weeks, that means I now have 24 weeks of bandwidth to use up every month, before the (no longer) dreaded throttle (never again) gets applied to my connection. What on earth am I going to do with it all?
Well, the first thing I am going to do is give back to the community that for so long (and unbeknown to it) supported my internet addiction.
That's right, rather than break into my neighbour's Wi-Fi connections and steal their bandwidth like a thief in the night, I'm going to set up a free Wi-Fi hot spot and share my bounty with everyone in range.
How liberating it will be to no longer have to stay in the closet, ashamed to admit that I'm a BigPond customer, lest my neighbours think I am an idiot, lest someone put two and two together and realise it was me who was sponging off them all this time.
I'd even out myself, and call the free hot spot "BigPond and proud!", except I don't think you should put exclamation marks in Wi-Fi IDs.
I have even installed some special software on my Wi-Fi router, to capitalise on my new-found generosity. It's called AnchorFree, and when the new 200 gigabyte plan kicks in, I hope to use it to subsidise some or all of the cost of my BigPond account.
AnchorFree (which may or may not be a little bit dodgy, depending on your point of view) is a hot spot affiliate system which inserts an extra layer of banner advertising into any browsers using the hot spot, and shares the advertising revenue with the owner of the hot spot.
I think you have to reach some threshold before the revenue share kicks in, meaning you may never get paid if there is not enough traffic on your hot spot. But I am confident many of my neighbours will be keen to use my free hot spot, especially once I hack into their Wi-Fi routers and change their WPA passwords. (You do learn a trick or two when you're a BigPond customer).
So I will be doing my neighbourhood a double service. I'll be providing it with free broadband, and I'll be supplying it with a catalogue of new and interesting products and services that people may like to purchase. Really, after all their generosity over the years, it's the least I can do.
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Notice is hereby given that the Department of Environmental Protection, acting in accordance with M.G.L. c. 21E, will hold public hearings on proposed amendments to 310 CMR 40.0000, the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP).
The proposed MCP amendments, part of MassDEP's Regulatory Reform Initiative, are intended to enhance program efficiency while maintaining a high standard of environmental protection. Specifically, the proposals:
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