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My 13 year old neutered tomcat who has been as good as gold since kittenhood when it comes to lavatory habits has recently started soiling outside the dirtbox. I have the dirtbox in the downstairs toilet, the door is always left open when not in use but for the last week or so every night he has been doing his number twos on the floor at the bottom of the stairs or in the hallway. His stools are normal, as firm as they have always been so it's not as if he has a touch of the 'Ertha Kitts' and can't make his dirt box on time and nothing has changed in the house that I can put my finger on to make him start having these accidents all of a sudden. Any advice given would be greatly appreciated.
My older cat has begun to do the same thing. He is a bit arthritic in his hind end so I thought maybe climbing into the box was too painful for him so I bought a box with shorter sides. Unfortunately shorter sides also means he sometimes misses the box entirely when p'ing so now I have to put out puppy pads all around his box to catch that. I also moved his box closer to the bottom of the stairs. Since he is older and it takes him longer to travel down the stairs I think maybe he just can't hold it in as long so I thought I'd give him less of a journey. So far its been effective. His yearly vet visit is coming up but really I'm not one who thinks extrordinary measures should be taken to extend a pets life so there will not be much testing done to try to diagnose what his problem is. He is old, and old cats have problems. If there is something that can be done that is simple and non-traumatizing then I'm not against it but I just wont put him through multiple vet visits and a bunch of tests. He doesn't do well in a moving vehicle so just going to the vet is traumatizing for him.
Thanks for your input folks. The problem seems, touch wood, to have been solved. There have been no accidents for over a week. I have noticed a new tom on the manor that seems to be rather dominant. A colleague of mine mentioned that her cat started soiling when there was a threat on her territory so maybe that was the issue.

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I am planning to build two 4x4 veg. beds this spring to add to my current 2x4 bed. I have loads of Veg. seed and herbs to fit so am trying to plan my first sfg.
I've been looking up charts and conversions and trying to see if I can fit everything I want in my space. Does anyone know if it is possible to do small pumpkins and watermelons? Would it be better for me to try and do them in containers. I don't know if I can trellis, my toddler might undo them.
At any rate I will be growing: eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, beans, squash, cucumbers, lettuce and peas to name a few.
I'm also hoping to companion plant so I have to narrow down my varieties and space.
Any advice would be helpful.
Trellises for pumpkins and watermellons need to be very strong, so I doubt your toddler would undo them. Oh, and my little kids make great garden helpers. Just a thought.
Anyway, if you don't trellis, they're going to go everywhere. You can manage this by planting the corners of the beds with the big vining plants and let them sprawl out over the path or yard, moving them gently to make them go where you want.
As for all your plants fitting. Sure they will. You just have to plant limited numbers of plants. Your tomtato will take up tons of space (I like containers for those, the ones EG made). But if you map it out, you can get tons of plants in your 40 SF.
Good luck and let us know how it is going! And let us know how we can help.
Here is a link that might be useful: Sinfonian's garden adventure
I was able to grow little pumpkins (6") in my sfg last year. I only grew two, but that worked out perfectly: one for carving and one for pies at Thanksgiving. I think they're really lovely plants, too. I'm with Sinfonian! I love bringing the little guys into the garden. BTW: all their little pals from the neighborhood like to help in my garden, too. Here are the adorable girls from down the street.
Here is a link that might be useful: My garden helpers
Welcome floodthelast, I have been gardening for 50 years for about six months out of the year. I still dream/think about gardening twelve months a year though, donÂt tell my DW, she thinks I still dream about her. Once the bug bites you, there is no antidote. I am not a SFG purest, so I will let others input as to what you can fit. Even if everything fits though, plan on building more beds.
Here is a link that might be useful: Johns Journal
Thank you all for answering. Since checking the Engineered Garden blog today I have a new plan for my space. It looks like with three trellis' I can fit all but some of the peppers in the garden space. The only problem is I haven't left any room for flowers. I wanted so put some marigolds and maybe tall cosmos in there too. I'll have to draw up my new plan with the computer and then post it here to see what you all think.
My real problem is that this is going to be my first year Winter Sowing as well and I have tons more flowers than veg. I do have other spaces for the flowers, but I need more containers, soil, lumber etc.
Since fall I've been lasagna bedding the veg. garden space and will build my frame for the longer bed as soon as I get the lumber. The small bed is bordered with logs so it will just stay the same. It's already about 8" deep.
I saw your blog Sinf, what a lovely space to grow in. I'll have to check everyone else's blogs too.
Oh and I have a 4x4 area bordered with rocks 4" high for my new herb garden. I need to sfg it too.
My almost 2 yr old is convinced the trellis netting is a swing for her stuffed bunny. My 4 yr old boy also thinks it's a soccer net and bounced his ball off it a time or two. I think, however, that once the vegetation comes in and the netting is covered, they'll loose interest in the netting itself and move to pulling unripe vegies off the plants like they did while trying to help out last year.
I do some things in containers. I like to do some of the same items in the SFG and in a container elsewhere and compare results.
I'd make them if I had the branches. I made some short ones last year. I tried to sort of weave the branches together. I also tied them in a few spots, and zip-tied them in a couple others.
I did not have much choice on my branches, and they were not very tall, so they looked a little funny, but they held up all season. Once the plants grew up, you couldn't see them at all anyway.
Hmm, if cost is the issue, I swear my trellis cost under $30 for a 15 footer. I bought 4 2x4s, a trellis netting and attached them to the sides of my beds with some bolts. It worked so well I almost hated to take it down to set up my hoop covers for fall/winter.
I got 5x8 netting at one of the larger hardware chains for about 5 dollars. I got two of them and tied them together to make it long enough.
Granny posted pictures of peas growing on sticks earlier this past fall. You may want to look for those if you're interested.
I will have to take a look at Granny's page then. I have tons of the branches some of them quite long because we got a limb cutter on a stick last year. I was thinking Twig tee pee's for the beans Or a frame with twine Although come to think of it I could do one stick in the middle and make the tee pee out of twine and stakes. Hmm I like that idea. As for the rest I need a stronger trellis and will have to expiriment. I will be sure to post though. I did make myself a four foot arbor out of my twigs this year.
It's for him and some height for my Morning Glories.
floodthelast, The bean teepees work well. Especially if you make them big enough to set a little stool inside for the little ones to sit on, so they have their own "special" place! I made mine from an old ski pole this year, but it wasn't nearly tall enough. If I did it again, I think I'd use about 10'-12' poles!
Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden
I am definitely going to plant lots of beans. I have red noodle, asparagus, wax and sequoia. :)
I took a look at some of the limbs available to me last night. I have at least four that seem sturdy and maybe four to five feet long. How high should a trellis be?
Also Good news, my hubby said I can use the 2x8's left over from my son's room for the garden bed, so I just need two more for the sides. I would like to build with pressure treated wood. Will linseed oil help the ends to hold up as long?
Also I appear to have 7 buckets available to me so I think I will do the space consumers like Zucchini and pumpkins in those. That way I have room for more peppers and a few companion flowers in my sfg.
I suppose I need to make a chart for the herbs too. I just hate to figure out what won't fit. Maybe it will be a pleasant surprise though.
Ha new plan. One bed 4x10 ft. Yay for the space. I have the 2x6's I need. I do need to buy some linseed oil, and tonight I'll go get the pvc and rebar for the trellis. Oh and some netting maybe. They didn't have any I could find at lowe's last time but they did have it at home depot.
I've been making my plans on the computer with my own grids. Here's what I've worked out so far. I still need to organize the herbs.
Hi!! i know that trellis's are supposed to go "up" LOL i'm thinking of doing mine at an angle or something, another thing, i'm going to use cattle panels for my squash, cukes, maters, melons, well, any vine, and anything that needs to be supported. and the cattle panels will have to be supported somehow. but they are very strong, and i'm sure i can get them on freecycle. if not i seen where i can get them at one of those stores for like $15 so that's not bad. and if you lay them at an angle, then the fruit will come thru the holes!! LOL i read that in one of those gardening magazines. **grinn** ~Medo
Here is a link that might be useful: Barehanded Totally Nutso Gardener!! **Big Grinn**
I think you may have some crowding with your tomatoes and vining plants. I don't know exactly how eggplant and cantaloupe grow, but here's what I learned last summer.
These are my 4'x 10' beds empty, May 19. Pay attention to the one on the left. From 2008 Garden
Zucch.. Zucch.. tomato. tomato
Zucch...Zucch.. Tomato. Tomato
onion.. Cuke... Cuke... garlic
onion.. cuke... Cuke... scallion
This is how the near end of the bed was planned (with my stick trellises). I overplanted onions, but it didn't really matter in the end. I had one determinate bush tomato plant (4 sf). I think i ended up with 3 zucchini plants together (in 4 sf) and I think 2 or 3 cukes (4 sf).
Here's July 7. See the pretty onions, and the well behaved zucchini?? (BTW, I wasn't paying attention in my planning, and forgot the zucchini was a bush, so it didn't need it's trellis area at all, in fact it was quite in the way there) From 2008 Garden
And here it is Aug 12 From 2008 Garden From 2008 Garden From 2008 Garden
My poor onions, most of them didn't produce because they were completely overrun by the zucchini, cukes and tomato. I put WAY too much in that end of the garden. It was such a jungle. Now, my trellis was short (I had to take what I could get for free at the time) and not the most useful other than it supported and believe it or not, somewhat contained the plants, and my garden plan was different from yours, but I just wanted to show you what can happen very easily...
I'm going to TRY not to repeat that mistake, but I am planning to put a few types of vining plants together in a bed, so I may be planning the same error in a slightly different manner... guess we'll see...
I tried to put most of the heavy vine's in containers so they can grow out as much as they like.
The tomatoes are a favorite of mine and I have so many varieties to try this year. I do have cages I can use to try and separate the climbers with if I have to.
I did buy the pvc and supports last night. I had to go with 5' tall to conserve funds, ten footers cut in half. What is the clasp you use to attach the pvc to the bed? I couldn't find anything like it and didn't know the term.
I still need to buy netting but I did get zip ties to put it up with.
I am not leaning my trellis though I have heard that works well, "paul james". This bed is an island behind my garage so straight up is the ticket.
I do plan to use some of my fallen wood to make support beams though and hopefully that gives the vines a little more room. If I can get a deal on buckets I can put more in containers too.
I used c brackets or something that were made out of aluminium or some other rust proof material. They screw into the beds on either side of the PVC to hold it secure. Tell them that you need to secure the PVC to wood and they'll direct you where to go. Just make sure you get the same diameter bracket as your PVC.
I would be careful using pressure treated wood...there are chemicals in it to keep bugs from eating it and to slow natural decay. You probably don't want those chemicals to leach into your plants/produce.
You could use cypress or cedar wood, but it can be expensive. I used pine because it was cheaper and knowing full well I would have to replace it in a couple of years. Some people use cinder blocks or pavers.
Here is a link that might be useful: How my garden grows!
I bought straight pine as well. I need to get some linseed oil, I don't expect it to last forever.
C clamps huh, I think I saw those but they didn't have the size I needed. Maybe I should check home depot, I need to go there to pick up the netting anyway.
Thanks for the suggestions. I can't wait to winter sow some of my veg. Why is it still snowing?
you can use nylons, t shirt strips, to hold them up. it would prevent any tearing. and it would be great for them. :') ~Medo
Here is a link that might be useful: barehanded totally nutso gardener :'}
I used copper pipe hanger/brackets (a C shape with a flat edge on each end to screw it to the wood. I found them in a packet of 12 I think at HD for about $2 last summer. Lots cheaper than purchasing individually, as long as they are the right size for your pipe.
If you ask for c-clamps, you will get something different.
Sorry, I don't know what they're called, but my "c" clamps are what is designed to attach pipe to a flat surface. EG or one of our construction folks help me out here. Let me try this, they look like a wide brim hat from the side. Don't laugh, I've gotten what I need with worse descriptions.
My pvc isn't that big. Seems like there's another type of pipe strap that is just a strip of metal with holes every 1/2" or so. I wonder if that would work for you?
I may be wrong, but it seems like there was something like that holding plumbing in place in a house we used to own.
Sinfonian, I like the wide brim hat description. :-)
Granny, that's exacltly what I meant and used for my PVC.
GB, yeah, the flexible metal strapping would work well for a hoop cover application, though I'm not certain either will be strong enough for a trellis.
Flood, it may not be helpful, but I ended up using smaller clamps to attach larger PVC because I had them on hand. I just bent them a bit and used longer screw to attatch them. It worked for my needs. Or you can find the bigger ones locally or online. Good luck.
Grennbean, that would be plumber's tape. It's really strong...I used it in place of L brackets on my previous raised beds, but it's rather flexible and might rip. Maybe if you made three loops, top center and bottom of the frame, it would hold. It's real cheap, so might be worth a try.
Those conduit straps that I posted a link for come in all sizes, so you can get them for 1/2" and 1" PVC also.
Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden
Good if they are available somewhere, I will keep looking around here when I get the chance.
I have clay under the new bed and have a lasagne type pile of leaves and garden debris and coffee grounds on top at the moment. The plan is to work it into the ground come spring to help with drainage.
This part of the yard floods frequently so the raised bed is a necessity. Although I did put in that new ditch to help it along.
I am hoping to start the majority of my veg. by WS in a few months. Has anyone had success or difficulty sowing these veg. with WS?
Hey, Flood...if the veggies don't grow, you can use it as a tennis net! When I look at EG's trellises, I always wonder when he's going to jump those hurdles ;-)
Anyway, good job!
Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden
I was thinking volleyball, trouble is it's a bit close to the neighbors fence. :)
Yesterday my dog had company and in the joy of play fighting and running around they snapped my grid apart. I need to jury rig it somehow. I also came down with the flu so no planting out today.
Hey, I have just caught up with this thread. Looks like you are coming along quite nicely :)
I see 2-liter bottles in the above pic, are these mini greenhouses?
Here is a link that might be useful: Visit My Blog: GrafixMuse's Garden Spot


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I have a 24" GE profile series countertop microwave mounted under a 27" cabinet. Just doesn't look right, if I hadn't purchased the house on a short sale, I would have made the owners fix it. Will this trim kit mount under a cabinet and give a built-in appearance? The pictures show the kit in an enclose cabinet.
Kit came with appropriate amount of installation instructions ....fairly easy to understand. Cut out patterns would have been helpful if needed....
GE JX2027SMSS Stainless Steel 27-inch Deluxe Built-in Trim Kit for GE Countertop Microwave
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ITEM#: 13486388This custom trim kit is designed for GE countertop microwave models PEB2060 and JEB1860. Use this stainless steel trim to create a built-in appearance into a wall or cabinet over your counter.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Older, wiser, mellower?
This has been going around my stereo for the last six weeks which means it can't be at all bad. Infact once you get past the cover, which I thought resembled the set off of Teletubbies, there's some good stuff here. Catchy tunes and introspective poetry in abundance.
Opener 'Light Nights' has that 'Wickerman' soundtrack feel to it and works well as an intro...
Published on 2 Sept. 2008 by Dinga
3.0 out of 5 stars ALL WELLER AND GOOD(ish)
Paul Weller seems to be back in favour after spending quite a few years being hailed as the nations leading perveyor of 'dad rock'. His last album was a distinct return to form, and, with the single 'From The Floorboards Up' he also scored a major top ten single.
22 Dreams is Weller's 'White Album'. A sprawling collection that visits many genre's - folk, rock, pop,...
Published on 29 Aug. 2008 by Mr. Christopher J. Welch
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Older, wiser, mellower?,
Dinga "brotherleebell" (The Northlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
This has been going around my stereo for the last six weeks which means it can't be at all bad. Infact once you get past the cover, which I thought resembled the set off of Teletubbies, there's some good stuff here. Catchy tunes and introspective poetry in abundance.
Opener 'Light Nights' has that 'Wickerman' soundtrack feel to it and works well as an intro track, before '22 Dreams' kicks in like a brass heavy soultrain to throw you completely off the scent. Singles 'Have You Made Up Your Mind' and 'All I Wanna Do' are simply structured pop songs with those catchy little riffs that Weller and his band of choice always seem to capture so effortlessly. 'Push It Along' and 'Echoes Round The Sun' are soul/psych babies and it comes as little surprise that they have appeared on the single releases from the LP as extra tracks or B sides.
The other side of the sixpence includes the acoustic drenched 'Why Walk When You Can Run', the Style Councilesque 'Cold Moments' and the very esoteric poem 'God' (which features a slightly disturbing narration from guitarist Aziz Ibrahim who contributes to several tracks on the collection). Not everything here sticks in the head instantly but I think that is to be expected. After all, how much of the 'White Album' (to which this LP has been constantly compared to, albeit 'Weller's White Album') was considered to be garbage before the Beatles Renaissance declared everything touched by the hand of the Fab Four musically and artistically infallible? 22 Dreams, like The White Album, works because the tracks belong together on it, in it and around it and nowhere else.
This is a hotch potch of styles stuck together on an LP made by a man whose music has guided a million once angry young men into worldly and mellow middle age whilst picking up younger affiliates on the way. To me this sounds like the creation of someone enjoying their work and it does indeed for the most part...work! Give it a blast on it's own merit as opposed to judging it on what's been before. Shame to cut one's nose off to spite the face, wouldn't you say?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Weller's Best!,
Mr. M. T. Quinn "Lambretta Man" - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
It's been some time since I have put a new Weller album on my CD player and played it again and again - the last time was "Heavy Soul" and that was not as good as this new 22 Dreams delight!
I have got so used to being disappointed with new Weller albums - "As is Now" nearly restored my faith - although The Undertones are no doubt a bit peeved that "Come-on Let's Go" uses thier guitar riff from "Teenage Kicks" but then Weller always seems to get away with ripping off other's works and describing it as simply an "influence"!
Still this new one is quite superb! "Light Nights" is a good opener then we are hit with the incredible "22 Dreams" track - great Weller rockin' stuff! The wonderful - "All I wanna do (is be with you)" is a classic quality Weller track. "Have you made up your Mind?" is a real treat also. The tracks are excellent - with the odd instrumental - and I really like "Cold, cold, moments" a delightful echo from the best of The Style Council days. "Echos round the Sun", another rocker! "Empty Rings" reminds me of the lovely "Above the Clouds" track from my all time favourite Weller album - his first solo one! "Push it along" is Weller at his cool, hard best - The Jam cool dude sound that we all enjoyed so much.
Finally, "Sea Spray" is a light hearted ending which is a real catcher - though I do wonder whether it was "influenced" somewhat by the guitar riff from The Beatles' "Two of Us" from "Let it Be"? Anyway, this is a great album and at last something you can listen too as an antidote for all that shallow, schmoozy stuff that fills the music charts nowadays. Well done Mr Weller!
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I Like This One,
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This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
I actually bought the Deluxe version, but as I haven't listened to the second CD, I've decided to review the single disc edition.
I can understand the disappointment some have voiced over the first new Paul Weller album in three years, 22 Dreams. You always get hype with Weller releases; reading Mojo a couple of months back you would have thought this album was on par with Rubber Soul, Pet Sounds, Travelogue and other rock 'n' roll greats. Don't get me wrong it IS a little disappointing, but if it was perfect then Sir Paul would give up wouldn't he? And we wouldn't want that.
The range of musical styles on here is breathtaking; from ballads, full on rockers, garade/psych hybrids to mock-Italian restaurant background muzak.
The single, Have You Made Up Your Mind is great, especially the Phillyesque backing vocals in the chorus, strange as I remember reading a Weller interview where he called the Philly sound of the 70's "insipid" or something similar.
Other highlights are the Weller/Gallagher psych-monster, "Echoes Round The Sun". You may find it hard to believe that this is our Paul singing, but it is.
The title track is also a cracking tune, but I can't help singing "I had too much to dream last night", a classic from the Electric Prunes...just a coincidence, I'm sure.
Nice one, Paul.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 21 alternative ideas,
I. H. C. Mellor "mihcm" (Milton Keynes) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
Not maybe what we have come to expect from Paul Weller but maybe it is time he made an album that has so many diverse ideas and structures in it. Comparing this album to much of his early work it could almost be another artist performing here, but Paul has come up with what seems like a reinvention of himself. I imagine he has decided that the time has come to enjoy making an album of songs that allows him to try out a lot of new ideas along with the old ones and provide a selection of songs which show a wide variety of styles and sounds, from rock'n'roll to soul and ballad. A very enjoyable album to listen to and a good album to get if you have not been a Paul Weller fan up until now. Something for everyone I think.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Weller breaks free & delivers the album he's threatened to make...,
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
This album will alienate many fans who expect a Stanley Road or All Mod Cons, this is Weller doing what he should have done 3 albums ago.....which is indulge his own passions for the type of music he loves, and so here we have 22 dreams which skips 'literally' thru the seasons & along the way takes in inspirations from Mayfield,Mingus & Alice Coltrane not to mention forays into psychedelia & folk music aswell...I wont bore you with a run down on each track but would only add that nearly all songs on the album is something different from what you would expect of a more recent Weller outing & for a guy who's been around as long as he has this is a testament to his passion & a need to stay fresh when most if not all of his contemporaries have long faded away. Stand out tracks for me are Cold moments,All I wanna do,Push it Along,Have you made up your mind & Empty Ring.....the songs which will generally divide the few are obviously the instrumentals & I'm sure most people wouldn't enjoy sitting thru 111 on repeat!! But in the context of the album it does fit in & when 'Sea Spray' kicks in its all the more joyous & I can see the idea,the only let down for me is the spoken word track 'God' which I just don't get & should have been left as a scrap book poem....but for an album of 21 songs this is forgiven, in an age when `indie guitar rock' can irritate and bore even the most patient listener Weller is a breath of fresh air, as with All Mod Cons,Confessions of a Pop Group & Wildwood this album is another landmark in an amazing career.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars There's life in the old Mod yet,
Just William "blogs @ Just William's Luck" (Hertfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
I was too young to have been into The Jam but I was old enough to know that I didn't really like The Style Council so it was Paul Weller's solo work that initially caught my attention. The first two albums anyway. Then it all went a bit dad-rock and he kind of fell off the map for me. The last thing anyone was expecting was his latest album, an eclectic, creative and dare we say it, exciting opus with over 2o tracks.
The title track is a stomping number with blasting horns and bags of energy, not what one might expect from a man who recently turned 50. It's a good example of the vigour of proceedings which makes this album so impressive. Push It Along is another track bursting at the seams with organs and 'ooh-ah' backing vocals which sound like King Louis' cohorts from the Jungle Book have invaded the studio. Which isn't to say that there isn't plenty of what you might expect from the man they call the Modfather but it's all augmented by some interesting musical choices and the kind of wilful disregard for what people think which can produce really exciting results.
It's not always successful; Lullaby Fur Kinder sounds worryingly like hotel lobby music, the spoken piece God is a bit like being harassed by one of those evangelists on the tube and the instrumental (if that's the word for it) 111 is a little indulgent, but these are small prices to pay to get an album that includes influences from South American tango to English folk.
Sometimes it all comes together. Empty Ring sounds like Weller is being accompanied by The Avalanches whose cut-up all-sample Since I Left You was such an amazing album. Black River has a cheeky-chappy appeal. And Echoes Round The Sun is a reverb heavy number with film score strings that lend it bite rather than making it sound pretty. But there are equally impressive songs like Invisible and Why Walk When You Can Run which, with simple accompaniment, hit the right note by leaving Weller's matured voice to do the work.
I didn't think I'd find myself buying another Paul Weller album but if you've ever had a liking for his work I suggest you do just that. There's life in the old Mod yet.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect,
EC (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
Great album. Only 2 stinkers on it (for me), otherwise I'd have given it a 5. I reckoned those were God and 111 - but maybe I'm just not creative enough to 'get' them.
Given he was happy to collaborate with Ross Geller on 111, I wonder if the Modfather will now be reconsidering his famously terse rejection of the duet with James Blunt?
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Back to his best,
M. Shiel Dods "mshieldods" (North Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
Anyone with an eye on the music press will have seen the gushing reviews for 22 Dreams. Once an act reaches a certain level every new release is lauded as a return to form (Morrissey, Bowie....) and inevitably the reality is more than a little disappointing. So I approached the new Weller with a sceptical ear, his recent releases have had their moments but for someone brought up on the Jam and the Style Council they've been underwhelming for the most part.
I'm glad to say though that 22 Dreams isn't just a return to form, it's a return to the fire, passion and adventure which inspired his best work. This is really a companion piece to Sound Effects, Cafe Blue or Wild Wood in that it shows a spirit of open minded inquiry which has been sadly lacking from his recent work. It helps too that his voice is as good as it's ever been too.
If you've no interest in exploring the byways of popular music such as krautrock, folk or free jazz with Weller then you'd better stick to the tried and trusted britrock he's been peddling since Stanley Road. If you're at all curious in seeing where Weller's going then jump right in, it's an exhilarating and moving experience.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars summer dreaming,
R. Thomas "rickmt" (london) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
22 Dreams
This CD sums up the influences of Mr Weller, there is soul, jazz, folk and biting lyrics. This is a grand album, taking the listener on a magical tour of England, and all it offers, the songs roll into each other like chapters in a book, everyone will have a favourite, mine being "empty ring" a powerful song with sad lyrics set against an upbeat Curtis Mayfield style beat, this set is Weller at his best, taking chances and playing it like it matters, buy and play this with the knowledge that you will return to it time after time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars a flavour for everyone,
ModdyBoy67 (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 22 Dreams (Audio CD)
This has been variously described by others as a concept album, theatrical, self-indulgent and rubbish. I don't agree with any of those descriptions (and certainly not the last one!).
While I don't like every track on this album, there are more than enough great songs for anyone. I can understand that it's not everyone's bag, but let's face it, PW can't just keep on recording new versions of the changing man and peacock suit! We went to Paul's Bristol gig earlier this year where we heard lots of these for the first time. Sometimes difficult to hear a song for the first time, but you could still tell they were quality!
Have you made up your mind? is, for my money, an absolute classic, and one of the stand-out tracks on the album. But sea spray is my personal favourite. It reminds me of when I moved back home to the seaside and always brings a tear to me old eye! For that alone, thanks Paul. See you in November!
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I have thought this for a while and today really made it plausible in my mind.
Tobi is Danzo. The Madara bit is just a way of confusing Sasuke and controlling him. He even mentioned Danzo in his conversation with Sasuke to further the misdirection.
Why did Tobi's mask only have an opening for 1 eye and it is the same eye Danzo has keep hidden? And now Danzo reveals he just happens to have the Sharingan in the same eye?
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So, it's obvious that the Patent Office is looking at applications and not just stamping them through w/o checking a simple search first... So we get pissed off when they don't search and we get pissed off when they do?But Platt's playlist application also has a rejection history. It received an NFR on 17 November 2002, and a more serious Final Rejection on 14 June 2004. After further documentation was received, and extension granted, the application received another NFR on 11 December last year.
So if I develop a hardware stereo (i.e., totally implemented in hardware as opposed to software) with a novel set of knobs and switches, it's OK to patent that, but if I use software to display the interface on a screen instead and use a very novel scroll wheel it's suddenly not OK?
... maybe this will expose the stupidity behind the generic techno patent craze that's been going on the past 4-5 years.
Care to explain that?
By the way, there have been far dumber/worse patent snafus reported here. If they didn't expose said stupidity, what makes you think this rather benign instance will?
You've got to remember that there are tens of millions of computer programmers out there. The chances are for any user interface "solution" you come up with, the chances are someone else will come up with the same idea, and have the resources to implement it. By patenting it (and enforcing the patent), you're not creating something new and wonderful for the world to use, au contraire, you're denying the world something new and wonderful to use, or imposing limits on its use. You've taken something that would have existed anyway, and preventing others from using it.
Think I'm wrong? Take a look at this article, you know, the one we're talking about now. Some guy and Apple both independently created this "interface." They both did the R&D, they both would have done so regardless of whether patent laws existed, but one, at the end of this, is going to get a monopoly on producing stuff with this technology. How is that fair? And what benefit has this given to the rest of us?
That's why we don't like software patents. Come to think of it, generally I don't like patents, I just know that in a small number of cases, where the cost to develop something new is high, where it is highly unlikely two or more people will come up with the same technology independently, and where the inventor intends to publish the technology widely so people can understand and use it, it's justified. In software, this is exceptionally rare.
Technically, one doesn't patent software. What's really patented is the device the machine becomes while running said software. This casts "comptuers running software" into the age-old "methods and aparatus" framework that the patent office has been using since its inception. (Ask a good patent attorney if you don't believe me.)
... the software... nah. You shouldn't be able to.
Hence, the lump of plastic and metal that is the iPod becomes a portable music player while it is running its software. You seem to have a problem with that. Yet if I invent a portable music player that somehow does it all in hardware, you're presumeably OK with that.
Why should the inventor who chooses to make his life easier by using software to make a portable music player not receive the same protections as the all-hardware inventor? From the end-user's point of view, it's a portable music player: s/he doesn't care how it's implemented.
Why? You mean if there were tens of millions of hardware developers out there then portable music players implemented solely using hardware shouldn't be patentable? The number of people in the field is irrelevant.You've got to remember that there are tens of millions of computer programmers out there.
Of course you are. When and how you allow the world to use it is entirely seperate from the act of its creation. Anyway, the above would seem to apply equally to all patents. So then you presumeably don't want any patents on anything whatsoever.By patenting it (and enforcing the patent), you're not creating something new and wonderful for the world to use
That's precisely what a patent is for. If you want to invent something and let nobody use it, that's entirely your right. It's financially stupid of you, but you can do it. The smart thing to do is to license your patent to make money to recoup the time/money you invested on inventing in the first place.au contraire, you're denying the world something new and wonderful to use, or imposing limits on its use.
Now if you're some guy who doesn't want to spend the money to pay for the license, well then you're free to invent something new and better, and, if you're so philanthropic, give it away for free (but you'd be a fool to do so).
And how is this specific to software? Why couldn't this have been about two guys in different labs who invented some hardware device? The fact that it's software is irrelevant. A double-standard should not exist.Some guy and Apple both independently created this "interface." They both did the R&D, they both would have done so regardless of whether patent laws existed, but one, at the end of this, is going to get a monopoly on producing stuff with this technology. How is that fair?
As for this case, yes, it's seems unfair (but the unfairness has got nothing to do with the fact that it's software). Perhaps there could be something like a "co-patent" if it can be proven that two seperate, clean-room inventions were done. But that's far to problematic and lawyers would have a field day. Just like it's far simpler to say the legal drinking age is 21, it's far simpler to say he who files first, gets the patent.
I see no reason why any lump of plastic and wires that plays music should be patentable, regardless of whether it's functionality is implemented in hardware or software.
By that reason, nothing at all should be patentable, i.e., patents shouldn't exist for anything. That argument isn't even worthy of discussion.
can't remember ever hearing of a single software patent that I really think would be non-obvious to an experienced software developer.
The ones that make sense don't make the news.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the iPod interface just a refined and slightly extended version of the iTunes interface? It seems to me that Apple purposely designed the iPod interface to resemble iTunes so users would have a seamless user experience when going between the two interfaces. Apple released iTunes sometime in 1999 so it's likely that both patent applications were inspired by iTunes. Is implementing an existing interface on a
Well, because your software interface is already protected by copright and you have no inalienable right to any further monopoly on the idea. In any event you don't need the patent to make money from your knobs so there's no
Uhm where is that written down? Anyway, a UI is not copyrightable. Apple already tried to copyright a look-and-feel. It didn't work. Whether the software implementing the UI is copyrighted is irrelevant.Well, because your software interface is already protected by copright [sic] and you have no inalienable right to any further monopoly on the idea.
Two people with their own intellectual prowess create the same idea. Yet, the person that manages to get to the patent office first gets the patent. Which means that, in this case, ownership has nothing to do with the original creation of intellectual property.
That's not true. If the first person publishes/distributes first without patent, then it becomes prior art for the second patent that is then not granted because of the prior art (or is granted, but then thrown out). Hence, nobody gets a patent.Yet, the person that manages to get to the patent office first gets the patent.
Should not all fevered speculation over this issue cease due to the salient fact of the parent post, of which many of us were quite aware? The iPod itself, which has remained essentially consistent in interface from day one, serves as prior art. It is not as if anyone can contest the iPod's date of market origin. So where's the beef?
And this has what to do with the scenario I presented? Again, if the first person does not patent their invention, then what the second person does is moot. The second person can not file (or keep) a patent on the idea.Actually, you have a year to file a patent after publishing your idea.
Whether the first person might eventually patent his idea is irrelevant to my point.
I stand corrected.To be prior art it has to be published 1 year before the 2nd inventor files his app, or before the second inventor invents his device.
I never said anything about time so don't assume the scenario I presented happens within the 2-year window.The first inventor can go out and patent the idea up to 2 years after publicizing it.
They have: DRM, Large music base, their own portable MP3 player that's compatible.
Are they worried about people confusing Yahoo's or Mircrosoft's offerings with iTunes?
No. They're worried that they might lose a few cents to someone else in a market they believe God has granted to them alone.
Did Sony not patent the scroll wheel on the Clie? Has Sony not used this on cell phones, too? Those devices were introduced in the 90s, not 2002 as Microsoft's prior art patent claims.
They certainly have, it was used on the old Nokia 7100s too (one of my favourite monochrome screen phones)... and they certainly had hierarchical menus. What's more, as we all know, phones and 'media players' have converged anyway, so what's the ('technical') difference?Has Sony not used [the scroll wheel] on cell phones, too?
It would be nice if two people patenting the same thing at roughly the same time could be used as a test to indicate that neither patent is valid and both are obvious.
...but that would make sense.
Just because 2 people out of 6 billion think of something doesn't make it obvious.t would be nice if two people patenting the same thing at roughly the same time could be used as a test to indicate that neither patent is valid and both are obvious.
This isn't a final rejection, and certainly isn't as serious as the AppleInsider article makes it sound.
But Platt's playlist application also has a rejection history. It received an NFR on 17 November 2002, and a more serious Final Rejection on 14 June 2004. After further documentation was received, and extension granted, the application received another NFR on 11 December last year.
I don't know that it jeopardizes Apple in any way, but not only is it actually a final rejection, it's not their first fi
The rejection of Platt's patent would in no way invalidate it's use as prior art for invalidating a different patent. One of the great things about patent applications, even rejected ones, is that they form a trail of prior art that can be used to invalidate future attempts to patent ideas.
Are you referring to the Apple logo?
I know you can't be talking about the batteries.
This is very badly titled. They don't have this patent yet. It's their application that's in possible jeopardy.
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