text:
Slashdot Items Tagged "ubuntu"

Date / Time Story
Saturday August 29, 2015 @12:50AM Ubuntu Is the Dominant Cloud OS
Saturday August 22, 2015 @06:14PM Ubuntu Core Gets Support For Raspberry Pi 2 GPIO and I2C
Wednesday July 15, 2015 @10:57PM The Free Software Foundation's Statement On Canonical's Updated Licensing Terms
Wednesday July 15, 2015 @01:07PM The Free Software Foundation's statement on Canonical's updated licensing terms
Sunday July 12, 2015 @01:20PM Speed-Ups, Small Fixes Earn Good Marks From Ars For Mint 17.2
Saturday July 11, 2015 @09:16AM Lenovo will sell Ubuntu laptops in India
Friday July 10, 2015 @06:31PM Lenovo Will Sell Ubuntu Laptops In India
Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:42PM "Invite-Only" Ubuntu Mobile-Powered Meizu UX4 Goes On Sale
Thursday June 18, 2015 @09:11AM Shuttleworth Loses $20m Battle With S. African Reserve Bank Over Expatriated Funds
Monday June 15, 2015 @12:47PM Ask Slashdot: A Development Environment Still Usable In 25 Years Time?
Monday May 25, 2015 @01:49AM Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel
Sunday May 24, 2015 @12:38AM Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel
Monday May 11, 2015 @04:05AM Linux Mint Will Continue To Provide Both Systemd and Upstart
Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:34AM Ubuntu May Beat Windows 10 To Phone-PC Convergence After All
Thursday April 23, 2015 @12:34AM Intel 'Compute Stick' PC-Over-HDMI Dongle Launched, Tested
Tuesday March 10, 2015 @04:05AM Petition for Linux Clients from Blizzard reaches 2,500.
Friday March 06, 2015 @10:27AM Ubuntu To Officially Switch To SystemD Next Monday
Tuesday March 03, 2015 @09:52AM NVIDIA Fixes Old Compiz Bug
Monday February 09, 2015 @01:07PM Canonical Launches First Ubuntu Phone With Spain's BQ
Saturday February 07, 2015 @08:34PM The First Ubuntu Phone Is Here, With Underwhelming Hardware
Thursday December 11, 2014 @05:28PM $35 Quad-core Hacker SBC Offers Raspberry Pi-like Size and I/O
Tuesday December 09, 2014 @11:16AM Unity 8 Will Bring 'Pure' Linux Experience To Mobile Devices
Saturday November 01, 2014 @11:38AM Kubuntu 15.04 Will Be Based On KDE5
Friday October 24, 2014 @08:46PM OwnCloud Dev Requests Removal From Ubuntu Repos Over Security Holes
Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:46PM Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes
Monday October 20, 2014 @09:56AM Ubuntu Turns 10
Thursday September 25, 2014 @02:24AM Native Netflix Support Is Coming To Linux
Sunday August 10, 2014 @10:25PM Elementary OS "Freya" Beta Released
Sunday July 20, 2014 @08:18AM MicroxWin Creates Linux Distribution That Runs Debian/Ubuntu & Android Apps
Tuesday July 15, 2014 @03:27PM HP Claims Their Moonshot System is a 'New Style of IT' (Video)
Wednesday May 21, 2014 @09:03AM Jono Bacon Leaves Canonical For XPRIZE
Thursday May 01, 2014 @03:29PM Canonical (Nearly) Halts Development of Ubuntu For Android
Thursday April 17, 2014 @02:43PM Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr Released
Tuesday April 08, 2014 @02:17PM A Conversation with Ubuntu's Jono Bacon (Video)
Monday April 07, 2014 @11:15AM Not Just Apple: GnuTLS Bug Means Security Flaw For Major Linux Distros
Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:55AM Canonical Shutting Down Ubuntu One File Services
Wednesday March 26, 2014 @11:00AM Canonical's Troubles With the Free Software Community
Monday March 17, 2014 @12:58PM Shuttleworth Wants To Get Rid of Proprietary Firmware
Thursday March 13, 2014 @06:41PM Ubuntu's Mir Gets Delayed Again
Friday March 07, 2014 @03:30PM Ubuntu Gnome Seeking Long Term Support Status
Wednesday March 05, 2014 @08:40AM Canonical Ports Chromium To The Mir Display Server
Thursday February 20, 2014 @07:48PM Ubuntu 14.04 Brings Back Menus In Application Windows
Wednesday February 19, 2014 @01:09PM Two Ubuntu Phones Coming In 2014, Aiming For Top 50 iOS/Android Apps
Sunday February 09, 2014 @01:25PM Debian Technical Committee Votes For Systemd Over Upstart
Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:19PM Linus Torvalds: Any CLA Is Fundamentally Broken
Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:14PM Out-of-the-Box, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS To Support TRIM On SSDs
Sunday December 15, 2013 @03:50PM Ask Slashdot: How Would You Secure Your Parents' PC?
Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:36AM Mir Won't Ship Even In Ubuntu 14.04
Monday November 18, 2013 @04:46PM Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint
Saturday November 16, 2013 @07:29PM Dell's New Sputnik 3 Mates Touchscreen With Ubuntu
Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:46PM EFF Says Mark Shuttleworth Is Wrong About Trademark
Saturday November 09, 2013 @11:52PM Mark Shuttleworth Apologizes for Trademark Action Against Fix Ubuntu
Monday October 28, 2013 @06:10PM Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth Wins Austria's Big Brother Award
Tuesday October 22, 2013 @09:44AM Ubuntu Touch On a Nexus 7: "Almost Awesome"
Thursday October 17, 2013 @11:00AM Ubuntu, Kubuntu 13.10 Unleashed
Friday October 11, 2013 @10:46AM Shuttleworth: Apple Will Merge Mac and iPhone
Thursday October 03, 2013 @10:33AM Ex-Red Hat Employee Matthew Garrett Comments On the State of XMir
Wednesday October 02, 2013 @08:28AM Ubuntu 13.10 Will Not Ship Mir By Default
Tuesday September 24, 2013 @02:18PM Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu?
Sunday September 22, 2013 @11:38AM The Dash Is Now Anonymized In Ubuntu 13.10
Tuesday September 17, 2013 @08:50AM With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs
Monday September 09, 2013 @02:35PM Thought Experiment: The Ultimate Creative Content OS
Sunday September 08, 2013 @12:31AM Intel Rejects Supporting Ubuntu's XMir
Monday September 02, 2013 @06:24PM Kubuntu Announces Commercial Support
Thursday August 22, 2013 @10:35AM Ubuntu Edge Draws Nearly $13M, But Falls Short of Indiegogo Goal
Friday August 16, 2013 @08:26PM Ubuntu Edge Now Most-Backed Crowdfunding Campaign Ever
Thursday August 08, 2013 @06:43AM Finance Firm Bloomberg Goes In For $80,000 On Ubuntu Edge Project
Saturday August 03, 2013 @07:20AM Shuttleworth Answers FSF Call for Free Software Drivers on Edge
Thursday August 01, 2013 @09:39PM Using Kickstarter Data To Predict Ubuntu Edge's Success
Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:01PM Jono Bacon Talks About Ubuntu Phone Progress (Video)
Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:06AM Ubuntu Edge Smartphone Funding Trends Low
Friday July 26, 2013 @07:02PM Ubuntu Forum Security Breach
Monday July 22, 2013 @11:35AM Canonical Seeks $32 Million To Make Ubuntu Smartphone
Tuesday July 02, 2013 @02:00PM Microsoft To Add Ads To Smart Search
Thursday June 27, 2013 @12:27PM Canonical To Ship Mir Display Server In Ubuntu 13.10
Monday June 24, 2013 @06:45PM Xfce, LXDE, GNOME3 Desktops Running On Ubuntu Mir Via XMir
Wednesday June 19, 2013 @12:24PM Ubuntu Phone Carrier Advisory Group Announced
Wednesday June 19, 2013 @12:18PM Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group Announced
Tuesday June 11, 2013 @10:55AM First Look At Ubuntu Touch, the Smartphone OS
Friday June 07, 2013 @07:00PM Clearing Up Wayland FUD, Misconceptions
Thursday May 30, 2013 @03:26PM Ubuntu Closes Longstanding Bug #1
Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:37PM Ubuntu Developers Revisit Replacing Firefox With Chromium
Monday May 13, 2013 @12:13AM Ubuntu Touch: The Other Linux OS For Your Phone
Thursday May 09, 2013 @08:22PM Ubuntu Touch Developers Aim for Daily Phone Usability Before June
Thursday April 25, 2013 @09:00AM Ubuntu Releases 13.04, Sticks To 6-Month Release Rhythm
Wednesday April 24, 2013 @11:03PM Shuttleworth Calls Ubuntu Performance Art, Calls Out Critics
Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:48AM BeagleBone Black Released With 1GHz Cortex-A8 For Only $45
Saturday April 20, 2013 @11:37AM Ars Reviewer is Happily Bored With Dell's Linux Ultrabook
Saturday April 20, 2013 @03:57AM Ubuntu Touch Beta Images Available For Testing
Saturday April 06, 2013 @01:30AM Dell Offers Ubuntu Option With Alienware Gaming Desktop
Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:49AM Valve Starts Publishing Packages For Its Own Linux Distribution
Thursday March 21, 2013 @06:35PM Canonical and China Announce Ubuntu Collaboration
Thursday March 21, 2013 @02:49PM Chinese open source community is brought into the global Ubuntu community
Wednesday March 13, 2013 @09:14AM GNOME Aiming For Full Wayland Support by Spring 2014
Monday March 04, 2013 @03:33PM Canonical Announces Mir: A New Display Server Not On X11 Or Wayland
Thursday February 28, 2013 @05:21PM Ubuntu Touch Beats Firefox OS For 'Best of MWC' From CNET
Wednesday February 27, 2013 @03:34PM Ubuntu Developer Summits Moving to the Cloud
Wednesday February 27, 2013 @01:38PM Ubuntu Developer Summits Shifting Online, Increasing Frequency
Wednesday February 27, 2013 @09:30AM First Debian/Ubuntu Bootable ARM64 Images Released
Friday February 22, 2013 @08:00PM Ubuntu Touch Port-a-Thon
Friday February 22, 2013 @07:45PM Ubuntu Touch Port-a-thon
Wednesday February 20, 2013 @04:37PM Ubuntu For Tablets Announced
Monday February 18, 2013 @09:01PM Canonical Announcing Ubuntu Tablet Tomorrow?
Monday February 18, 2013 @06:36PM Canonical Announcing Ubuntu Tablet Tomorrow?
Monday February 18, 2013 @12:52PM Mark Shuttleworth Addresses Ubuntu Privacy Issues
Sunday February 17, 2013 @10:28AM KDE's Aaron Seigo Bashes Ubuntu Phone
Friday February 15, 2013 @07:15PM Ubuntu For Phones To Arrive Next Week On Nexus 4
Friday February 15, 2013 @02:00PM Ubuntu for phones to arrive next week on Nexus 4
Thursday February 14, 2013 @07:09PM Steam For Linux Officially Released
Thursday February 07, 2013 @06:38PM Ask Slashdot: Is there honestly a reason to use Ubuntu anymore?
Thursday February 07, 2013 @01:45PM CES: Jono Bacon Talks Up Ubuntu for Phones (Video)
Thursday February 07, 2013 @01:38PM CES: Jono Bacon Talks Up Ubuntu for Phones (Video)
Wednesday February 06, 2013 @12:43PM Linux-friendly mini PC fast enough for Steam games
Thursday January 24, 2013 @04:42AM Alan Cox: Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro," Switches To Ubuntu
Tuesday January 22, 2013 @05:11PM Love Ubuntu, but looking for something faster? Go Lubuntu
Monday January 21, 2013 @11:15AM Debian is used by 32.8% of all the websites who use Linux on January and growing
Thursday January 10, 2013 @08:59PM Canonical Intentionally Ignores Fix For Unity Shopping Lens Bug
Thursday January 10, 2013 @03:32PM Plasma Active, Sailfish, and Ubuntu Phone Developers Discussing Common APIs
Tuesday January 08, 2013 @01:50PM Hands On With Ubuntu For SmartPhones
Tuesday January 08, 2013 @11:01AM Hands on with Ubuntu For SmartPhones
Sunday January 06, 2013 @03:07PM Blizzard Reportedly Planning A Linux Game For 2013
Friday January 04, 2013 @05:58AM Quad-Core Stick PC Runs Ubuntu
Thursday January 03, 2013 @11:40AM Who Would Actually Build an Ubuntu Smartphone?
Tuesday January 01, 2013 @01:12PM Gnome Extension Offers a Shopping Lens We Can Live With
Monday December 31, 2012 @11:37PM Canonical ominously hints at product release
Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:56PM Ubuntu Focusing on Tablets and the Cloud in 2013
Saturday December 22, 2012 @04:17PM Arduino and MK802 Robot, Controlled By Phone
Thursday December 20, 2012 @05:26PM GarageGames Starts IndieGoGo Campaign To Port Torque 3D To Linux
Monday December 17, 2012 @09:53AM Raspberry Pi Team Launches Pi Store
Tuesday December 11, 2012 @09:17AM How To Use a Linux Virtual Private Server
Monday December 10, 2012 @03:05PM Ubuntu 13.04 Will Allow Instant Purchasing, Right From the Dash
Sunday December 09, 2012 @09:33PM Ubuntu Community Manager: RMS's Post Seems a Bit Childish To Me
Sunday December 09, 2012 @02:55PM Ubuntu Community Manager: RMS's post seems a bit childish to me
Sunday December 09, 2012 @02:28PM Mark Shuttleworth Answers Your Questions
Friday December 07, 2012 @01:48PM Valve Begins Listing Linux Requirements for Certain Games on Steam
Monday December 03, 2012 @05:41PM OTON - A new Ubuntu-based "Autonomous Game Console"
Saturday December 01, 2012 @07:51PM Why KDE Plasma Makes Sense For Linux Gaming
Thursday November 29, 2012 @04:42PM Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version
Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:29PM Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook goes on sale - for more than Windows version
Monday November 26, 2012 @10:10AM Ask Mark Shuttleworth Anything
Friday November 23, 2012 @01:41AM $250 Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux Is Very Fast
Friday November 16, 2012 @06:07AM Netflix can now run on Linux
Tuesday November 06, 2012 @12:12PM nVidia: new linux driver doubles performance, hints at imminent steam beta
Friday October 26, 2012 @07:18PM Ubuntu Now Available On the Nexus 7
Thursday October 18, 2012 @02:12PM Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Out Now; Raring Ringtail In the Works
Saturday October 13, 2012 @05:30AM Stallman on Unity: Canonical will have to hand over users' data to governments
Friday September 28, 2012 @10:11AM Canonical Adds Kill Switch After Ubuntu Privacy Row
Thursday September 27, 2012 @03:38AM Valve blog announces dates for Steam Linux external beta
Wednesday September 26, 2012 @11:50PM Steam gets first game on Linux
Monday September 24, 2012 @04:06PM Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus?
Monday September 24, 2012 @01:31PM Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed
Monday September 24, 2012 @10:46AM Shuttleworth: Trust Us, We're Trying to Make Shopping Better
Thursday September 20, 2012 @01:01PM Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04
Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:06PM Ubuntu NVIDIA Graphics Driver: Windows Competitive, But Only With KDE
Tuesday September 11, 2012 @12:39PM Why Are Operating System Version Names So Absurd?
Monday September 10, 2012 @02:55AM Ubuntu 12.04 a disaster?
Monday September 03, 2012 @10:01PM World's first Linux Ultrabook ships
Sunday September 02, 2012 @11:18PM Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 Arrives For Testing
Thursday August 30, 2012 @01:05PM GNOMEbuntu Set To Arrive In October
Thursday August 23, 2012 @10:26PM OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked
Monday August 13, 2012 @11:24PM Creating a School Computer Lab With Ubuntu For $0
Friday August 10, 2012 @06:45PM Ubuntu Delays Wayland Plans, System Compositor
Friday July 27, 2012 @04:36PM Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users?
Thursday July 26, 2012 @05:58PM OpenBSD's De Raadt Slams Red Hat, Canonical Over 'Secure' Boot
Friday July 20, 2012 @07:58PM Gooseberry Launches Android-based Raspberry Pi Rival
Thursday July 19, 2012 @02:08PM Canonical Unveils WebApps For Ubuntu
Thursday July 19, 2012 @12:31PM Canonical unveils WebApps for Ubuntu
Thursday July 19, 2012 @11:29AM Ubuntu Unity Ported To Fedora Using OpenSUSE
Wednesday July 18, 2012 @03:04PM Dell To Offer Ubuntu Laptops Again
Monday July 16, 2012 @03:51AM Intel Tackles Linux On UEFI (Secure Boot) Workaround
Tuesday July 10, 2012 @09:40AM Ubuntu Still Aims For Wayland in Quantal Quetzal
Monday July 09, 2012 @08:08PM Controlling Linux Using an Android Phone As Mouse, Keyboard, and Gamepad
Monday July 02, 2012 @07:27PM FSF Criticises Ubuntu For Dropping Grub 2 For Secure Boot
Friday June 22, 2012 @08:33AM Ubuntu Lays Plans For Getting Past UEFI SecureBoot
Friday June 15, 2012 @11:21PM Canonical Announces Ubuntu App Showdown
Thursday June 14, 2012 @09:43AM Ubuntu 12.04 Ported To the Allwinner A10 MK802 Mini PC
Wednesday June 06, 2012 @10:20AM Red Hat Clarifies Doubts Over UEFI Secure Boot Solution
Friday June 01, 2012 @07:43PM Making ZFS and DTrace Work On Ubuntu Linux
Friday June 01, 2012 @06:23PM Making ZFS and DTrace work on Ubuntu Linux
Thursday May 17, 2012 @03:55PM LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing
Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:47PM Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy
Sunday May 13, 2012 @03:13AM Google Talks About Its Ubuntu Experience
Saturday May 12, 2012 @12:50PM Google Talks About Ubuntu Experience
Friday May 11, 2012 @06:26PM Open Source Driver For Microsoft Surface 2.0
Friday May 11, 2012 @02:38AM Dell Designing Developer Oriented Laptop
Thursday May 10, 2012 @10:22PM Ubuntu Chief Mark Shuttleworth Opens Up About Software, Space and Sperm
Wednesday May 09, 2012 @05:47PM EA releases two games for linux
Tuesday May 08, 2012 @08:39AM Ask Slashdot: What's a Good Tool To Detect Corrupted Files?
Monday May 07, 2012 @07:40PM Ubuntu Will Soon Ship On 5% of New PCs
Friday April 27, 2012 @08:21AM Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance
Thursday April 26, 2012 @07:56AM Canonical releases Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin
Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:50PM Codename, Theming Update Announced for Ubuntu 12.10
Thursday April 19, 2012 @05:26PM The State of Debian's Relationship with Ubuntu
Thursday April 19, 2012 @10:04AM HP To Certify Ubuntu 12.04 LTS For Its Proliant Servers
Tuesday April 10, 2012 @12:42PM Kubuntu To Be Sponsored By Blue Systems, Rather Than Canonical
Wednesday April 04, 2012 @09:31AM MAAS Effect: Canonical dives into bare metal provisioning
Monday April 02, 2012 @08:53AM Linux on an 8 Bit micro
Thursday March 29, 2012 @01:33PM The world's slowest Linux PC
Saturday March 24, 2012 @09:55PM XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released
Tuesday March 20, 2012 @01:02PM Tom's Hardware Tests and Reviews Fedora 16 and Gnome 3


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Type: response

text:
Slashdot Items Tagged "vision"

Date / Time Story
Sunday July 26, 2015 @12:39AM Eye Drops Could Dissolve Cataracts
Monday April 13, 2015 @12:35AM UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness
Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:13AM Citizen Scientists Develop Eye Drops That Provide Night Vision
Saturday March 21, 2015 @01:34AM Excess Time Indoors May Explain Rising Myopia Rates
Friday February 20, 2015 @08:02PM Smart Rendering For Virtual Reality
Friday January 02, 2015 @12:42PM Ask Slashdot: Are Progressive Glasses a Mistake For Computer Users?
Saturday August 09, 2014 @05:49PM Enthusiast Opts For $2200 Laser Eye Surgery To Enhance Oculus Rift Experience
Friday January 18, 2013 @07:23AM Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity?
Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:42AM Curiosity Rover Being Upgraded With Autonomous Sensor Program
Friday August 31, 2012 @04:17PM Bionic Eye Lets Blind Woman Experience Vision
Thursday June 14, 2012 @10:29AM Adjusting Your PC Set-Up To Cope With Sudden Sight Loss
Wednesday February 15, 2012 @02:27AM Followup: Ultraviolet Vision After Cataract Surgery
Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:22AM DARPA Works On Virtual Reality Contact Lenses
Tuesday January 24, 2012 @01:17PM Embryonic Stem Cell Retinal Implants Seem Safe, So Far
Monday November 14, 2011 @07:00PM Ask Slashdot: Building an Assistive Reading Device?
Monday October 03, 2011 @05:55AM Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision?
Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:51PM Best Optical Illusion of the Year Contest
Friday July 09, 2010 @04:57PM Some Birds Can See Magnetic Fields
Sunday June 27, 2010 @09:23PM 3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children
Tuesday May 11, 2010 @05:50AM Seeing the Forest For the Trees
Monday April 12, 2010 @11:17AM Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies?
Thursday April 01, 2010 @07:05AM Computer Vision Tech Grabs Humans In Real-Time 3D
Thursday March 18, 2010 @03:49AM Solar-Powered Augmented Reality Contact Lenses
Wednesday March 17, 2010 @03:08PM Japanese Researchers Develop World's Fastest Book Scanner
Tuesday March 16, 2010 @09:17PM Blind Soldier Uses Tongue To "See"
Friday November 13, 2009 @11:45AM The Math of a Fly's Eye May Prove Useful
Wednesday September 16, 2009 @04:27PM Rome, Built In a Day

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2015-35
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for August 2015
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Installing and Configuring Lighttpd PHP-FPM and Mariadb on a 512 MB Linux VPS

I have a small 512 MB vps which I am using for my site and I decided to use lighttpd instead of Apache due to it’s less use of resource. Before you start the install please ensure you download and install the repos via this shell script. Versions Centos 6 64 bit Lighttpd Mariadb... Read More »

How to speed up PHP with Opcode cache like APC

How to speed up PHP with Opcode cache like APCWhat is  a Cache? A cache is a temporary storage area  where data can be stored for rapid access. Why Cache PHP? Compiling PHP every time a request comes in is a very resource intensive process and it is better to cache code rather than compile it every time. This not only reduces your  ram... Read More »

How to Install Nginx and PHP-FPM for WordPress via yum

This Configuration is for CentOS 6, it should also work on Centos 5 although I have not tried it. This guide is for those who have basic linux command line knowledge. I use atomic repo, as they have the latest updates, you can use epel, the choice is yours. But if there is any vulnerability... Read More »

PHP search using PostgreSQL

A simple search form to search  the db and display the contents via PHP and PostgreSQL Name the below as index.html
Search
 <form name=”search” method=”post” action=”search.php”> Seach for: <input type=”text” name=”find” /> in <Select NAME=”field”> <Option VALUE=”emailaddress”>emailaddress</option> <Option VALUE=”domainname”>domainname</option> </Select> <input type=”hidden” name=”searching” value=”yes” /> <input type=”submit” name=”search” value=”Search” /> </form> Name the below... Read More »


text:
Crossloop Raises $6 Million Series B

Next Story

Citizen presents world's smallest radio-controlled watch movement

crossloop-logo-2.pngSometimes you just need a little help from your friends. Investors are putting $6 million more into CrossLoop, the peer-to-peer IT help desk app. Venrock is leading the round, and previous investor El Dorado Ventures is also participating. El Dorado led the $3 million series A in December, 2007.

CrossLoop is a do-it-yourself tech support app that lets you take over someone else’s computer remotely to fix it or walk them through technical issues. Anyone can use the app (it comes in handy when your parents call and they can’t find the pictures of the kids you loaded on their computer the last time you visited). But it is particularly targeted to IT consultants and professionals whpo are beginning to use CrossLoop to do their jobs remotely. So far the service has 11,800 registered helpers in 130 countries. On average, they are charging $55 an hour and a typical session lasts about 25 minutes.  The service has helped one million users total, and has racked up 54 million cumulative minutes in help sessions, up from 300,000 users and 12 million cumulative minutes last December.

Currently, the helpers use PayPal to collect payments, but CrossLoop will eventually offer its own payment system and take a percentage of each fee. And while the company is 100% focused on the P2P tech support market right now, one day the application could be used for other customer support services as well.

blog comments powered by Disqus


text:
Liftopia: Because You’ve Always Wanted To Rent A Mountain

Next Story

ThingLink launches service for third party apps to tag anything with rich media

Finally, there’s a way for me to carve up the slopes with my pizza-wedge turns without having to endure the condescending smirks of strangers.

That’s because Liftopia, the startup gives you steep discounts on ski tickets and other snow-related activities, has just added a new feature: full-mountain rentals. Which means you can keep the slopes to yourself if you’re willing to spend enough cash, or, if you wanted to go with a more pragmatic route, you could bring 249 friends or coworkers along with you.

Depending on the resort, you’ll be able to rent an entire mountain beginning at $3,000. And if you don’t need to accommodate so many people, some resorts will let you rent out portions thereof (one venue will even let you rent a dedicated tubing hill). Liftopia is positioning the feature as a great idea for company off-sites or club snow days, which probably make more sense than my lone pizza-wedger fantasy.

So far available rentals include Plattekill Mountain Resort (NY), Mt. Abram (Maine), Whaleback Mountain (New Hampshire), and Camden Snowbowl (Maine), and more will be coming soon.

Liftopia, for those who haven’t used it, lets you order ski lift tickets ahead of time online, often with steep discounts (you can save up to 80% off the walk-up ticket fees at some resorts). It’s a largely win-win situation: consumers save money, and resorts can adjust their prices to suit demand, so they have fewer off-days.

The company launched back in 2006, but because of initial industry skepticism it wasn’t until 2008/9 that things started to take off. It closed a $1.3 million funding round last month, and the roster is now full of well-known ski resorts. In fact, the company is also announcing today that it’s added the four famous Aspen/Snowmass mountains to its catalog.

Here’s a breakdown on the pricing from the initial resorts for the full-mountain rentals, and more will be coming in the near future:

Plattekill Mountain Resort:
· Full-Mountain Rental for up to 250 people for $3,000

· Private Tubing Hill Rental for 75 people for $900

· Or a Full Mountain and Tubing Hill Rental for $3,600.

The full-mountain rentals are offered Mondays through Thursdays (non holidays) for the moths of January, February and March and is based on availability.

Mt. Abram:
· The Private Mountain Rental is available for $4,600 for up to 250 people

· Or exclusive private access tointermediate and expert terrain for 250 people with the Private Mountain Rental, Intermediate and Expert Terrain Only package for $2,800.

· The packages are offered Mondays through Thursdays (non holidays), based on availability.

Whaleback Mountain:
· Private Mountain Rental for 200individuals is $3,000

· Available any non-holiday Monday between 9AM and 4PM. Excluded Holidays are: Dec 26, 2011, January 16, and Feb 20, 2012. Reservations require 2 weeks advance notice, based on availability.

Camden Snow Bowl
· Private Full Mountain Rental for 250 participants for $5,000

· Available for four hours on Mondays and Tuesdays during non-holidays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., based on availability

Image by Rod Cook on Flickr


text:
Console gaming (XBOX, Playstation, Nintendo, etc) or PC gaming.

How can I prioritize online gaming with my router?

Brant from New York

Episode 1213

Brant has an issue that when he's gaming online, and someone else starts streaming Netflix, suddenly he gets a lot of latency. Leo says that's just because his bandwidth goes down because there's so much being used. One thing Brent can try is QOS (quality of service) where he can set his router to prioritize bandwidth traffic through the ports that gaming and streaming apps use.

How can I start making "let's play" videos on YouTube?

Matthew from Virginia

Episode 1192

Matthew wants to start producing "lets play" videos on YouTube like PewtiePie. Leo says that's just about every kid's goal now. There's a ton of ways to do it with software like FRAPS on Windows. The XBox One has a built in recording/broadcaster feature. OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) is an open source live broadcasting app that is very popular on And Twitch is where everyone is going.

How can I record images of games on my iPad?

Evan from Cary, NC

Episode 1188

Evan has a YouTube channel and he does video blogs. But now he wants to do "Lets Play" videos of video games. How can he do that? He's using an iPad Mini to play the games, but can he record at the same time? Leo says no. "Let's Play" videos are very popular. Could he jailbreak and do it? Leo says not to jailbreak the iPad. It will make it less reliable. In order for Evan to be able to record gameplay on the iPad, iOS would have to let two different apps talk to each other and Apple doesn't like that from a security point of view.

Can the iPhone talk to the Harmony Remote?

Episode 1185

Vincent from Fullerton, CA
Logitech Harmony Remote

Vincent's wife is blind and he's thinking of using a Harmony remote and the screen reading app on her iPhone to use it. How does that reader work? Leo says that's a great idea and some phones have free built-in infrared, making the phone a smart remote. The Harmony remote can talk to the phone via Bluetooth, though. The iPhone also has great accessibility features, if the app developers take advantage of them. But Leo says that the iPhone is the best option.

Why can't YouTube play at a better resolution on my PS3?

Episode 1173

Dave from Venice Beach, CA

Dave wants to know why he can't watch YouTube in higher resolutions through the PS3. He only gets 240. Leo says that's ugly. The issue could be bandwidth.

Dave may want to try using the YouTube app, and not the browser. He can download the YouTube App from the Sony Playstation store. That will always do better than the browser.


text:
Results 1 - 10 of about 435:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Facebook defeats shareholder suit that had alleged inadequate pre-IPO disclosures in 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals   —  Facebook defeats shareholder litigation over IPO  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said Facebook Inc officials including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg cannot …
Jul 24, 2015, 2:10 PMIn context
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Zynga must face lawsuit alleging fraud tied to IPO   —  (Reuters) - Zynga Inc must face a lawsuit accusing the online gaming company known for “FarmVille” of defrauding shareholders about its prospects before and after its December 2011 initial public offering.
Mar 26, 2015, 11:30 AMIn context
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Retail investor interest in Alibaba is much lower than it was for Facebook or Twitter IPO   —  Alibaba who?  U.S. retail investors not that interested  —  (Reuters) - When Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding revealed plans earlier this year to go public on a U.S. stock exchange …
Sep 8, 2014, 7:50 AMIn context
Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Drops Probe Into Facebook for Pre-IPO Disclosures   —  Facebook on Thursday said the Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its probe into the company over disclosures about advertising revenue ahead of its May 2012 initial public offering.  —  The SEC had been investigating whether …
Jul 25, 2014, 12:30 PMIn context
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook stock surges to a record high of $76 in early trading, doubling its IPO price   —  Facebook Shares Surge to Record as Mobile Ads Fuel Gains  —  Mark Zuckerberg is staring down naysayers who hammered Facebook Inc.'s stock after its debut two years ago, as shares surged to a record today.
Jul 24, 2014, 10:25 AMIn context
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
As more companies like Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb enter highly-regulated markets, tech must learn to work with regulators and participate in the public sphere   —  Tech's Toughest Battle Is Regulatory  —  For about a decade from Facebook's founding in February 2004 to Twitter's IPO last November …
Jun 29, 2014, 1:55 AMIn context
Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed:
Dropbox needs to uncover a winning mobile strategy if it's to score big with consumers   —  The Dropbox Conundrum  —  It was supposed to be next high-profile tech IPO, but now it's facing many of the same questions that Facebook faced before going public.  —  Stephen Lam / Reuters
Jun 7, 2014, 4:20 PMIn context
Arista Networks closes up 28% on its NYSE debut, now valued $3.51B after raising $226M in IPO   —  Arista Networks Jumps in Debut After Raising $226 Million in IPO  —  Arista Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-networking applications used by companies such as EBay Inc. and Facebook Inc. …
Jun 6, 2014, 11:20 AMIn context
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch:
Alibaba Is Not A Threat To US Internet Companies   —  Everybody loves superlatives, and it is definitely Superlatives Week for the tech press.  Alibaba's IPO will represent “surely one of tech's largest ever” Kara Swisher of Re/code intoned.  Heather Somerville and Brandon Bailey …
May 12, 2014, 5:45 AMIn context
Mercury News:
China's Alibaba files for IPO that could be tech industry's biggest ever   —  Chinese e-commerce colossus Alibaba on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering that is poised to be one of the largest in history and will create a mighty rival to Silicon Valley's tech giants.
May 6, 2014, 6:30 PMIn context

Sponsor Posts

Inclusive design isn't just polite - it's also good business  —  Microsoft exec Christina Chen talks inclusive design, apps for wearables and more.
Getting to the “Root” of Data Breaches  —  The scale of the data breaches that have been reported this is year is just simply massive — and all have one thing in common: compromised credentials.
Amazon Web Services:
Get free training and learn to run Microsoft Windows in the AWS cloud  —  The AWS cloud is optimized for running your Windows-based applications and workloads.  Visit us to learn more and get started.
Turn your crashes into solutions— Zoho Projects integrates with Crashlytics  —  If you are a business owner, you more than likely have an app or are planning to launch one in the future.
Startup Summit @dreamforce:
Startups: Think Big.  Think Dreamforce.  —  GO BIG.  Join Salesforce for a 2-day event for startups run in parallel with Dreamforce.  $300 for sessions, guidance + party.


text:
Welcome To TeenBeautyFitness!

Our website is 100% legal!  We do feature models aged 13 to 17 years old.  No lewd, obscene, vulgar or sexually explicit fotos allowed!  Just gorgeous young models who love posing for the camera in beautiful locations wearing stunning outfits.  You can find our legal information page here.

Legal Teen Modeling

Do NOT support piracy, support us!  In today’s day and age piracy has taken over.  Most teen model websites cannot survive because of it.  Read more about trusted membership bonus and piracy issues here.

Hate Pirates

Members get instant access to 3 new weekly updates and a huge archive of teen model content. You can also enter our Trusted Membership program!  It’s a thank you gift to all of our loyal fans. Without monthly supporters TBF won’t be around!  So signup now and support our models!

Signup Now

New models coming soon! We have an all star lineup of some of TTLModel’s most popular and beautiful teen web models along with some absolutely stunning new ones!  You won’t believe your eyes when you see how many gorgeous young models strut their stuff for their TeenBeautyFitness portfolio.  We appreciate your support over the next few months, over the past few years, and hopefully for many more years to come!  Don’t rely on pirated downloads.  Signup here at the source and you’ll be glad you did.

New Models

Still can’t decide?  Check out more promo pictures here.  TeenBeautyFitness is not just a new look, we’ve also implemented a new element to our updates with teen fitness!  You’ll see an example on the next slide.  Here’s hoping to see you soon in our Trusted Members Bonus Area!

More Promo Pics

We have three main ingredients to our website.  Teens, Beauty and Fitness!  Once a month we have planned out events for all of our models to attend, to take a fitness class, learn more about healthy foods and nutrition.  We post updates on TeenBeautyFitness for our members!

Gym 1

Our Newest Updates

Clarina – Handmade French Lingerie

Clarina posing for the camera on red heels in the living room ...

Date Added : August 31, 2015

Luisa – Stunning Sheer Bikini

Luisa is growing up!  Here she is in a new look in ...

Date Added : August 27, 2015

Tammy – Ruffled Undies Video

Tammy in the pool modeling in the shallow water showing a blue ...

Date Added : August 25, 2015

Mary – Red Sheer Rose

Beautiful Mary in a red sheer bra, red heels and a red ...

Date Added : August 24, 2015

Yeraldin – Two Shiny Photosets

Yeraldin modeling new fashion designs that glow and complement her skin color, one ...

Date Added : August 20, 2015

Mary – Black Rose Thong

Mary in the living room with her hair tied back showing her ...

Date Added : August 18, 2015

Browse All Downloads


text:
iPod Touch

Pocket-sized screens are in again: The rise of smartphone e-reading

By Chris Meadows
August 13, 2015 // 1 Comment

Everything old is new again. Jennifer Maloney at the Wall Street Journal has just noticed that more and more people seem to like reading on little tiny pocket-sized devices. Of course, those devices are now smartphones rather than Palm Pilots or iPod Touches, but the principle remains the same. A [...]

A speedier iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch in two minutes—and longer battery life, too

By David Rothman
August 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

The trick is to get rid of the system animations, which hog resources. I own an iPad Air 2, so I’m not sure it will matter as much as with older machines. But I’ve given this a try anyway. Steps: 1. Tap on your Setup icon. 2. Move down to General and tap on it. 3. Then choose Accessibility. 4. [...]

Own a recent iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch? Here’s how to make your Lightning cable last longer

By David Rothman
August 3, 2015 // 4 Comments

Here are a few tips from 9to5Mac for owners, er, victims, of the oft-troublesome Lightning cables 1. "As a general rule, legitimately Apple-authorized Lightning cables don’t sell for less than $8; apart from Amazon’s cables, relatively few are less than $10." 2. "Grasp the hard [...]

Requiem for the iPod Touch

By Chris Meadows
July 17, 2015 // 4 Comments

It’s funny how viewpoints change over time. Apple just introduced a new version of the iPod Touch the other day, with a faster CPU and better camera hardware. The price stays about the same, starting at $199 for 16 GB and topping out with a new $399 for 128 GB option. But the screen size remains [...]

Weekend Roundup: Used eBook site face lawsuit. Apple updates iPod Touch lineup

By Joanna Cabot
June 28, 2014 // 1 Comment

Used eBook Website Faces Lawsuit in Europe (The Digital Reader) The used ebook marketplace Tom Kabinet is only a week old but it is already facing legal challenges to its business model. *** Should Canadian Courts Get to Decide What the World Sees Online? (Michael Geist) The ruling provides the [...]

Polaroid mini-tablet offers Android iPod Touch alternative…though not a very good one

By Chris Meadows
January 23, 2014 // 2 Comments

I have mentioned more than once that Android lacks a real equivalent to the iPod Touch. Sure, there are plenty of smartphones, and there are more than a few mini-tablets, but the mini-tablets generally seem to be running version 2 of Android, which means they have no (legitimate) access to the Play [...]

Voice Dream reader app can now play audiobooks

By libertyc
December 8, 2013 // 1 Comment

The new version of the Voice Dream reader app, a superb iOS text-to-speech app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, can now play audiobooks, too. Even at $10, costlier than the typical app, Voice Dream is a Buy, capital B, at the Apple App Store. Voice Dream 2.9.2 can handle zipped MP3s as well [...]

Apple allows old iOS devices to install ‘last compatible version’ of newer apps

By libertyc
October 6, 2013 // 2 Comments

This is a slightly old story, but I thought it was worth following up on when I had the chance. A few weeks ago, Apple quietly added a new feature to its iOS app store. It used to be that when you had hardware too old to run the latest version of an app, and you lost the version of it you had, you [...]

Android still lacks iPod Touch alternative

By libertyc
September 12, 2013 // 11 Comments

Why is there still no good Android alternative to the iPod Touch? I last posed this question over two years ago, when Apple’s imposition of the 30% fee policies to apps with stores first caused me to question whether it was worth staying with the platform. At the time, there just weren’t any [...]

My Answers Expert Articles: E-Readers, iOS

By libertyc
June 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

One of the reasons I haven’t been writing as much lately here is that I have another part-time writing gig now that takes up much of my attention. I’m the “PC Expert” for Answers.com’s Experts program, contributing 500- to 600-word articles on subjects pertaining to computers, tablets, [...]

Pedestal Stand for iPad also holds your toilet paper?

By Charles Moore
February 10, 2013 // 2 Comments

One of the things I love about my iPad is that it liberates me from the constraints of my desktop workstation and the lousy body English of using a laptop sitting on one’s lap. I can use the iPad in a wide range of venues in my house and yard—pretty much anywhere within range of my Wi-Fi [...]

Apple apparently opens refurbished outlet on eBay

By libertyc
November 19, 2012 // 2 Comments

It’s not clear whether Apple is doing this or it’s just someone who’s cut a deal with them (both 9to5Mac and CNet asked Apple for clarification, but the company apparently hasn’t responded yet), but an eBay store entitled “refurbished outlet” has opened up, selling factory-refurbished [...]

Review: Kobo Glo with SleepCover

By libertyc
November 19, 2012 // 5 Comments

There’s a new e-reader in the house! I had been eying the Kobo Glo with some envy ever since it came out. It seemed like Amazon’s readers kept getting thicker and chunkier-looking, while Kobo’s kept getting smaller and cuter and faster. The glow light was what really sold me, [...]

Refurbished 4th generation iPod Touch on bargain sale

By libertyc
November 8, 2012 // 2 Comments

If you’re looking for a handily pocketable e-reader and wouldn’t feel dirty giving money to Apple, CNet points out that Apple is running a pretty good deal on refurbished 4th-generation (the model from two years ago) iPod Touch units. The 8 GB version is available for $129 shipped (it costs [...]

Review: Quotebook for iOS

By libertyc
October 11, 2012 // 1 Comment

Quotebook is an app that came to me via the Genius suggestions in my newly updated iPad’s App Store. It’s an app designed for clipping and storing favorite quotes for future reference. Unlike other iOS quote apps, it does not come with a library of quotes pre-installed. You are meant to [...]

1 2 3 9
wordpress analytics


text:
Steven Methvin began his role as Deputy City Manager – Chief Operating Officer in July 2014. He started with the City of Tempe in 2012 as the Chief of Staff for the offices of the Mayor and City Council. Prior to working with Tempe, Steven served for 14 years as Chief of Staff for the Office of the Mayor in Glendale, Arizona. Steven has also worked as a senior manager with the Arizona Department of Transportation, where he received the Governor's Spirit of Excellence award and as an executive with Ford Aerospace in Newport Beach.

As Deputy City Manager, Steven works closely with Mayor Mitchell, the City Council and City Manager to align Tempe's strategic priorities with operational efficiencies in Community Development, Community Services, Human Services, Public Works and the Office of the Internal Auditor.

Steven is a second-generation Arizonan.  He earned his Master’s degree from Northern Arizona University and holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in business from Arizona State University.


text:
Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network

I'm hoping to find anyone who can play early any day of the week?
Not rated, but guessing a 3 to 3.5. I have been playing 3 days a
week for aprox. 3 years. Happy Holidays!!!

Views: 94

Replies to This Discussion

hi.. I can play after 5:30 ..

Hi Stacie,

I would like to hit early during the days let me know when you are available.

Thank You.

Hi Stacie are you still playing? I've been playing for a few years and I'm self-rated 3.5-4.0.

hey are you still looking to play early any day? Let me know I need to find someone to hit with

Hi. I'm about 3.5 and can play weekday mornings Tues, Thur, or Fri.  I have a private community court in La Mirada, or can meet somewhere nearby.  I'm near Imperial and Beach.

Like Us!

© 2015   Created by Mark / The Mayor.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service


text:
Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network

Hi, always looking to maximize hours on the court - yesterday ended up playing for 6 solid hours

(not all in one stretch). Level 3.5 - 4.0...maybe consistently closer to 4.0 (definitely not a beginner).

Glad to play a match but also like the workout of just rallying for a solid hour.

I have some daytime hours free, and am glad to travel or extend invitation to Tam Heather (Morningside + 401 in Scarborough). I'm happy to cover court/guest fees.

Views: 76

Replies to This Discussion

I would love to play a mix match with you.  I am about the same level.  If you need a player, I am available daytime or evenings.  I can be reached at

Thanks John!

A few of us have trying to get doubles game together for a Thurs or a Fri noon or 1pm if that would work for you I can try to coordinate something.

Can we try for this Thursday or Friday noon?

HI I am intermediate and a hs tennis coach. I am in the neilson/401 area often so lets go hit the ball. I havent gone out yet for the season!

Anytime this Easter weekend would be great!

you wanna hit somewhere in Toronto ?

i have courts at yonge and finch and am looking for mixed doubles afternoons or evenings

i am 4.0 male

i'm up for a double during weekend, either RAmsden park north of Yonge/ bloor or anywhere accessible to TTC

Pls message me

Hi ... I am a 4.0 and have weekday daytime availability if you'd like to hit!

Still looking for hits?

I am a 4.5 love to play or rally.

I am at Yonge and Sheppard.

Like Us!

© 2015   Created by Mark / The Mayor.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service


text:
Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network

Carlos Flores
  • Male
  • Vancouver
  • Canada
Share on Facebook

Gifts Received

Carlos Flores has not received any gifts yet

Give a Gift

Carlos Flores's Page

Profile Information

I am a:
Casual Player
Favorite pro tennis player(s):
Rafael Nadal
My tennis skill (please check your NTRP if you know it):
NTRP 3.5
On the court, I am a:
rightie, singles player, two-hander, top-spinner
My favorite local courts:
The closest courts to my place are across Champlain Recreation Center
Relationship status:

Comment Wall (2 comments)

You need to be a member of Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network to add comments!

Join Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network

At 9:24am on September 1, 2012, Anthony said…

Hey Carlos, I used to play at Killarney but the courts there aren't that good. How are the courts at Champlain? Central Park has pretty decent courts though. I can play most evenings and weekends.

At 10:25pm on July 16, 2012, Mark / The Mayor said…

Hi, I'm Mark, the founder of Tennisopolis, the world's largest and most active tennis network. Please share Tennisopolis with your friends by supporting our Facebook page. Click here for a Guide to Meet Tennis Partners.
Have a look at our introduction page which will help you navigate the massive network which now has over 40,000 members and 600 local tennis groups.

Also, I recommend that you upload a profile pic; it can be of anything, but people with pics meet more players.

Friend me,
Mark, The Mayor of Tennisopolis

Like Us!

© 2015   Created by Mark / The Mayor.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service


text:
Friday, August 14, 2009

Lester speaks about the California budget crisis

rodney k said...

California budgie crisis?

K. Silem Mohammad said...

Rodney, I'm laughing way more than I should be at that.

mark wallace said...

Actually there is a budgie crisis, not only in California but in the rest of the U.S. Overbreeding for purposes of pretty colors have led there to be more and more ill and inbred budgies in the U.S., animals that live only three or four years instead of the 10-14 that's possible for the species. It's one of the reasons Lorraine and I no longer have budgies: it's increasingly difficult to find healthy ones.

Lester was not commenting on that in this particular photo, but he nonetheless does urge that anyone buying budgies be very careful about who they do it from.


text:
Posted by Dale's Plumbing Service Inc LMP on April 09, 19100 at 11:46:50:
In response to Re: RID-X
: What do you think about using this product monthly to keep my main sewer line from clogging up? I recently had a plumber come in to clean my drain pipe due to it being partially collapsed from tree roots.

If your line is particially collapsed from tree roots it should be changed. Rid -x will keep the roots out if installed to manufactures instructions. It won't fix the damage to your line.Dale's Plumbing Service Inc LMP

Replies to this post


text:
Re: Frozen sump pump line
Posted by Ken Court on March 16, 2004 at 12:41:45:
In response to Re: Frozen sump pump line
: My sump pump line seems to have frozen at the far end, rather than the basement end. When this happened last year, I had to use an auxiliary pump with a garden hose twice a day, but I would just as soon avoid doing that again. Is there some way of unfreezing the line from within the basement, or will I have to dig away lots of snow and ice to unearth the far end, which, cleverly, has it's outlet in the drainage conduit that goes under my driveway, about 2-3 feet in.

Replies to this post
There are none.


text:
Take the 2-minute tour ×
TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems. It's 100% free, no registration required.

Working on my phd thesis has become a nightmare since I tried to insert some very large (sideways)tables with many columns and cells all containing citations.

A complete compiling run with latexmk took more than 5 minutes. Before I inserted the tables, it was about 3 minutes which is still long enough.

As the tables contain references (\cite), they can not be handled as "static", as the numeric references might change with changes of the document. (Otherwise I'd typeset the tables in a separate document and insert the pdf with includegraphics.)

What possibilities are there to speed up compiling?

  • Is there a way to exclude parts of a document (similar to includeonly), so that I could normally replace the tables (which will normally fill an entire page) by a large rectangle?

Sure I could remove chapters I'm currently not working on, but it partially need them for cross-referencing and cross-checking information...

_and sure, I could compile less often, but to avoid mistakes and see what I'll get after small changes, I'd like to compile directly after making changes to the text, if possible.

Any ideas?

just an hint, in case someone else should have the same problem:

I tended to compile very often to directly see if my changes in the source document had the wished effect(s) and to avoid syntax error which could be hard to find later. This took me a lot of time.

Since I am using Emacs and auctex now for editing my source document and finally learn to use its features properly, there is the command on region command, which only compiles the selected region and so directly shows if changes have taken effect without compiling the whole document (or large parts of it). :-)

share|improve this question

4 Answers 4

up vote 4 down vote accepted

You can use the draft option to speed up things a bit, but using \includeonly is the only efficient solution that I am aware of.

Note that it is smarter than you think. In particular, it preserves cross reference. I cannot see any reason why not to use it while you are in the process of writing.

share|improve this answer
Thank you, Olivier! I don't like the draft option because then I don't see my graphics any more. (I'm having mostly vector images, embedded as PDF, so I think they are not as "problematic" as included bitmap graphics). –  MostlyHarmless Sep 26 '11 at 21:03

You can run a full compilation of your document and keep the pdf aside for reference, since you mention that you need this. Then exclude the parts you don't need and compile the remaining parts quickly. This way, all the references will be fine, too, since all the .aux files will be created.

Another cause of slowness could be many (and high resolution) images. If you can't afford the draft option, you may use lower-resolution ones while you work and incorporate the full-resolution ones only for final compilation. By keeping them in separate directories this could be very easy and error-free.

share|improve this answer

use the option -draftmode for pdflatex and delete this one only for the last run, which can then be done without using latexmk

pdflatex -draftmode <file>

it doesn't create a pdf but all the auxiliary files. That is a useful option.

To exclude some parts of your document use:

... to ignore ...
share|improve this answer

You could use the \ifdraft switch provided by the ifdraft package for this purpose:

%% \documentclass[final]{article}

  placeholder for draft document%
  stuff for final document%

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.


text:
Take the 2-minute tour ×
TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems. It's 100% free, no registration required.

How to set up beamer in a document so that frame titles are centered? Most of the themes seem to use left aligned frame titles.

share|improve this question
Duplicate: stackoverflow.com/questions/2365539/… –  Adobe May 25 at 7:55

1 Answer 1

up vote 14 down vote accepted

You can control the title alignment by using the second optional argument of the frametitle template (See page 75 of the beamer documentation):

enter image description here

share|improve this answer
Unfortunately this solution does not work well with some themes, like Rochester, which I use with the option height=\baselineskip. In this case the title frame height is completely ignored. –  Romildo Mar 9 '12 at 19:15
@Romildo: in this case, simply add \addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vspace{-1.6\baselineskip}} to my solution. –  Gonzalo Medina Mar 9 '12 at 22:10

Your Answer

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.


text:
Wife: Did you just..? Oh my God its everywhere, my eyes are burning! You asshole!

Husband: Behold the beauty of morning glory!
โดย luc richard mbah amoute 13 เมษายน 2009
To wake up and then have a bacon & egg sandwich with cheese and tomato sauce. The cure for a weary morning.
"I'm still tired"
"You need a morning glory."
โดย fastcatmiles 06 มกราคม 2014
a batched bowl of some sweet budd hit and enjoyed in the morning by all.
Yo pack me a morning glory bro!
โดย imsizzle 12 ธันวาคม 2010
Using the dreaded morning wood for good and masturbating first thing in the morning.
I hate having a morning wood, the only time it comes in handy is when I feel like having myself a quick "Morning Glory".
โดย Twunce 14 มีนาคม 2010
The act of waking someone up by ejaculating on their face.
"Dude, my roommate slept in and didn't give me a ride to work, so I have him a Morning Glory. For some reason, he's really pissed at me right now."
โดย 1-uptheguy 09 เมษายน 2009
Waking up with an erection and a huge need to pee.
"Dude, I hate morning glories, I am trying to sleep, I wake up one sec and I've got a huge fucking boner and need to pee."
โดย Soiled Undergarment 18 สิงหาคม 2003
Awakening in the morning after a very good dream, which results in sexual feelings. Also a song by Oasis, a British Indie band, which is about drugs and why people addicted need to "Wake Up" and realise that there is more to life.

Furthermore, "(Whats The Story) Morning Glory" is also an album by Oasis, released in Febuary of the year 2000. It is hailed by many as the greatest of its generation, with some amazing hits such as Roll With It, Champagne Supernova, Dont Look Back In Anger, and of course, possibly their most famous song of all timw, Wonderwall.
All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razorblade (Usually associated with sniffing cocaine)

Need a little time to wake up, Need a little time to wake up wake up, Need a little time to rest your mind? You know you should so I guess you might as well (Need to get real and realise that drugs arent everything, last line signifies that the person on drugs knows its wrong, and knows they should be off them, so why dont they just do it?)

Well.....Whats the story Morning Glory? (Signifies that drugs are an illusion to make you feel good)
โดย EchoPark 18 มิถุนายน 2005

กรอกที่อยู่อีเมล์ด้านล่างนี้เพื่อรับ ศัพท์ Urban ประจำวันฟรี ทุกเช้า!

อีเมล์ถูกส่งมาจาก เราจะไม่ส่งสแปมไปหาคุณเลย


text:
Sena Cases Magia Cover for Amazon Kindle Fire

I’ve gotten to review several Sena cases for my iPad and my MacBook Pro, and I can tell you that they are beautiful, rich, and protective.  Now, owners of the Kindle Fire can enjoy the luxury of a Sena Magia Cover with their Amazon tablet.  The Magia Cover is handcrafted of European genuine leather with a microfiber interior.  It has a two-position folding cover that serves as a horizontal viewing stand or a flat stand for typing.  The Fire attaches to the Magia case with Magic Tape ™ adhesive.  The Magia Cover is available only in black for $45.00.

Posted in: Android related, eBook Readers, News, Tablets, Ultra Portables

0 comments… add one

Leave a Comment


text:
Does Journal Writing Help You Heal From Divorce? Not Necessarily

expressive writing to help with break up or separation

Expressive writing or journaling isn’t always the best way to heal after a breakup. (Image by mrsdkrebs, flickr)

Sometimes journaling your feelings after a divorce or separation doesn’t help you heal. New research tells us when writing does more harm than good after a breakup.

“I think many, many therapists have a tendency to believe that journaling unequivocally is a good thing to do [after divorce or separation], especially when people are trying to figure things out in their head,” said psychological scientist David Sbarra of the University of Arizona. “This study is important because it challenges our notions about what might be the thing to do to promote healing after a divorce. It makes us reconsider the things we do to try to put our lives back together.”

Expressive writing or journaling has been shown in numerous studies to be an effective way for people to heal from divorce, separation, or other stressful life events.

However, it’s not always the best way for everyone to cope with a breakup.

If you’re struggling to move on after a divorce or separation, read How to Let Go of Someone You Love.

What This Research Shows About Divorce, Writing, and Healing

Journaling your feelings can leave you feeling more upset months later, especially if you’re prone to seeking deeper meanings for life events such as divorce or separation. These research findings surprised Sbarr; he initially set out to compare how two different styles of expressive writing affected the emotional healing of recently separated or divorced individuals.

Instead, he found that expressive writing of any kind can actually hinder emotional recovery for certain individuals. For them, non-expressive control writing might actually be a more effective intervention.

Sbarra studied individuals who had physically separated from a spouse on an average of three months before the start of the study. After completing an initial assessment to determine their emotional baseline, participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Members of one group were asked to journal their feelings about their relationship through traditional expressive writing. Another group was asked to practice a technique known as narrative expressive writing — to write about feelings but within the framework of a narrative with a beginning, middle and end, effectively telling the story of the marriage. The third, the control group, was instructed to simply keep a journal of basic daily activities, without writing about emotions or opinions.

Journaling feelings was especially ineffective for people who are “high ruminators” – they tend to brood over the circumstances of their separation or divorce, in search of answers. (That would be me! I ruminate about everything, including my past meals).

If you’re going over and over something in your head and then write down your deepest darkest thoughts, you will feel even worse. If you tend to ruminate, you’re more likely to heal from divorce by “control writing” (not journaling your emotions about the breakup).

What’s More Effective Than Journaling to Heal From Divorce or Separation?

“If you’re someone who tends to be totally in your head and go over and over what happened and why it happened, you need to get out of your head and just start thinking about how you’re going to put your life back together and organize your time,” said Sbarra. “Some people might naively call this avoidance, but it’s not avoidance; it is just re-engagement in life, and the control writing asks people to engage in this process.”

He also said that there aren’t many known interventions to promote adjustment and healing after a divorce or separation. I think it depends on you – how you bounced back from difficult situations in the past, how you overcame past problems, and what your personality and coping strategies are like.

Further research is needed, Sbarra said, to measure whether non-expressive control writing provides healing benefits over not journaling at all. But he can imagine how journaling about mundane tasks might be helpful to some.

If you’re newly separated or divorced, you may find What to Do After the Divorce Papers Are Served helpful.

Are you having trouble moving on after the divorce? Read How to Get Over Your Ex Boyfriend When You’ve Tried Everything.

What do you think – would journaling help you heal from a break up, divorce, or separation?

To read the full study, go to Post-Divorce Journaling May Hinder Healing for Some. This research study will be soon published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on twitterLaurie Pawlik-Kienlen on pinterestLaurie Pawlik-Kienlen on linkedinLaurie Pawlik-Kienlen on googleLaurie Pawlik-Kienlen on facebook
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Shalom! I can't give you advice, but please feel free to share your thoughts below. I'm a writer in Vancouver; my degrees are in Psychology, Education, and Social Work. I live with my husband, two dogs, and cat. We can't have children, and we trust in God's love, grace, and wisdom. Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28.

You may also like...

3 Responses

  1. Mari says:

    Laurie, Thank you for this interesting article. I’ll post it on my company’s Facebook wall and on my website. I feel the journal writing tool when adapted to an individual (like you did for you) will work. I suggest to my clients that they make a date with their Journal start a dialogue and ask it what method would work for them. WriteON!

  2. Laurie says:

    Thank you for your comment, Johanna! In my counseling class, I learned that narrative therapy can be an effective way to cope with separation and divorce. It’s story telling that can change how you view an event, and it can help you heal.

    It may also depend on how “fresh” or recent the divorce is. If you got divorced 10 years ago and are still emotionally raw, then journaling may not be helpful.

  3. Johanna says:

    I agree the effectiveness of journaling would likely depend on one’s personality and I can see how it could cause people to obsess over their hurt, annoyance, or anger rather than helping them to move on.

    As I began the process of dealing with my separation, I tried expressive writing for a while. Whenever an incident came up between me and my ex, I would write about it, but then I would only just end up vibrating with anger. I found that I was thinking about the interaction way more than it deserved. And it wasn’t helping me to understand it better. So I took a different approach.

    Rather than write about my feelings, I wrote about the thing that ticked me off in a neutral way. I pretended I was writing it for a judge, or some other person, who simply wouldn’t care how I felt and would only be concerned about the facts. That, more than anything, helped me to work out my feelings, detach, and excise blame from the experience. As a result, I’m less emotionally involved with my ex.

    I cannot imagine healing from separation and divorce when strong, negative feelings are left over. But, as with just about anything that involves individuals, there is no single way to heal that works for everyone.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


text:
Body found along levee in Donaldsonville

The body of a young black male was found along the Mississippi River levee in Donaldsonville on Thursday afternoon, Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies said.

Sheriff Jeff Wiley said his deputies are investigating but the cause of death and the young male’s identity have not been determined.

“We are treating this as a homicide,” Wiley said in a statement.

The body was found near the Elray Kocke Service Inc. cement plant in Donaldsonville, deputies said.

Separately, sheriff’s deputies have been searching this week for 15-year-old Brandon Augusta, who was last seen leaving his home in Donaldsonville and getting into a gray car about 1 p.m. Sunday.

Deputies have said they suspected Augusta, who is black, was in the Baton Rouge area. Deputies said Wednesday that Augusta was still missing.

A sheriff’s spokeswoman would not comment Thursday on any link between Augusta and the body.

Anyone with information may call the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office at (225) 621-INFO (4636) or text 847411 to the sheriff’s anonymous tip line or call Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-STOP (7867).


text:
County considering ID badges to increase security

August 21, 2013
Steve Schulwitz - News Staff Writer , The Alpena News

ALPENA- For the last year and a half the Alpena County commissioners have considered moving to a timecard/security system that would require employees to clock in and out with an identification badge. During Wednesday's Alpena County Finance Committee meeting Commissioners Mark Hall and Scot McKenzie presented their findings after the personnel committee researched the viability of the proposed system.

I am looking for:
News, Blogs & Events Web


text:
Review: Return To Earth ~ theatre notes

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Review: Return To Earth

I walked out of the opening night of Lally Katz's new play Return To Earth with my stomach in a knot. Readers, I have seldom seen a production which was so utterly wrong. It's wrong from the ground up, wrong from the first moment, and goes on being wrong all the way through to the end. Every flicker of life in this play is wrestled to the ground and throttled to death.

Any text, if it's at all interesting, invites a multiplicity of interpretation, and it's always possible merely to disagree with a take on a play. In this case, the wrongness goes beyond disagreement to a fundamental misunderstanding of the very being of the writing, to the point where the play itself is terminally obscured. It can happen to any play - I've seen it done to Shakespeare. It's as if a mistaken decision were reached early in the process, and every step afterwards led inexorably to doom. How this happened with the cast and production team that director Aidan Fennessy had to hand is a case study in artistic car crashes. On paper it's impeccable, some of the best talent that our theatre has to offer.

I should say that I am already familiar with this play. Back in 2008, I was one of three judges who unanimously gave Return To Earth a RE Ross Playwright's award for further development. The following year I saw it read in Hobart as part of Playwriting Australia 2009, and saw no reason to revise our judgment that this was one of Katz's best plays so far. Not that it's visible in this production; if I hadn't read the text, I might have thought it one of her worst.

Katz's early work, from the closely observed suburban absurdity of The Eisteddfod to the wildly theatrical dislocations of Lally Katz and the Terrible Mystery of the Volcano, created a riveting tension between a stern, even cruel emotional truthfulness and the dizzying vortex of her imaginative world. As her work has developed, from plays such as Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd to A Golem Story, the writing has become sharper: more theatrically crafted, less anarchic. But those desolating absurdities remain at the centre of the work: an obsession with death, loss and love, refracted through a self so splintered it can be scarcely said to exist. Katz is, crucially, a playwright of surfaces: her characters are performances of themselves, role-players in the most profound sense, and the emotional abysses that open beneath their emptiness and lostness can be vertiginous.

Return To Earth is an apparently simple fable that preserves Katz's unstable realities, but here locates it firmly in a - supposedly - naturalistic suburbia. There's not much in the way of plot. Alice (Eloise Mignon) returns home to her family after an unspecified time away, searching desperately for something real. Her parents Wendy (Julie Forsyth) and Cleveland (Kim Gyngell) welcome her home with claustrophobic solicitude.

Alice attempts to reunite with an old childhood friend Jeanie (Anne Louise Sarks), reconnects with her widowed brother Tom (Tim Ross) and her terminally ill niece Catta (Allegra Annetta) and has an affair with local car mechanic Theo (Anthony Ahern), a man whose skin is disconcertingly covered with shellfish. Alice finds she can save her niece's life by donating a kidney, but at the same time discovers that she is pregnant, which means the life-saving operation can't be done. Her niece dies, but Alice has her baby. Finally she tells her mother where she has been - in outer space, where she has lost her self but discovered the marvellous.

What counts is the slippages and ellipses in the texture of the play, how it lurches from apparently banal reality to strangeness in the space of a sentence. The result can be, as in Borges's story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, an increasingly disturbing feeling of the known world losing its moorings, becoming strange and perilous. In this production, we get quirky instead of strange, and emotional insight becomes mere whimsy.

Alice is played as terminally naive: there is no sense of interstellar alienation in her performance, no sense of almost irretrievably damaged adulthood. Her unvarying tone sets the pitch for the rest of the performances: somehow these characters, despite everything that happens in the play, are curiously static. The performances are generalised caricatures, rather than detailed investigations of emotional states. Claude Marcos's design, an abstract revolve mimicking a planetary system with a diorama of a night-time suburb in the background, exacerbates the problems: the actors all seem lost in the space. The set almost acts as a spoiler, leaving nothing to reveal about Alice's travels: we know from the beginning that she has been in outer space. Everything looks slick, but feels empty.

The major problem in this production is that the play's emotional realities have been flattened or simply avoided; certainly, I very seldom felt any emotional connection with what was happening on stage. Once or twice - interestingly, when the everyday realities were allowed to play without an overlaid theatrical self-consciousness - you could feel a flicker of life in the text, but otherwise its comedy and poignancies are all but destroyed. One feels that the MTC has tried to "make sense" of Lally Katz, closing up the centrifugal polarities of her work in the process, when her real gift is to use emotional truthfulness to destroy such enclosing rationalities. Without that truthfulness at its heart, the felt realities of loss and lostness, the play makes no sense at all.

Picture: Anthony Ahern and Eloise Mignon in Return To Earth. Photo: Jeff Busby

Return To Earth, by Lally Katz, directed by Aidan Fennessy. Set and costumes by Claude Marcos, lighting by Lisa Mibus, composition and sound design by Kelly Ryall. With Anthony Ahern, Julie Forsyth, Kim Gyngell, Eloise Mignon, Tim Ross and Allegra Annetta / Talia Christopoulos / Matilda Weaver. Melbourne Theatre Company at the Fairfax Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, until December 17.

DS said...

Given Lally Katz is famous for sitting in on most of the rehearsal process for the plays, it'd be interesting to know her thoughts on the sorts of decisions being made during rehearsals and at what point (if any) she felt it was all veering away from her idea of the play.

Alison Croggon said...

Critics can only guess from the outside. This happens to be the only Katz play of which I'd had foreknowledge, and I'm glad I did.

P.Dantic said...

"What counts is the slippages and ellipses in the texture of the play..."

I'm not entirely sure what the term "slippage" means in this context. Could you give me an example?

Alison Croggon said...

I mean slippages between an apparently ordinary reality and glimpses of the surreal, so that you can never take reality as straightforward. I don't have a script to hand, but one example is a seemingly straighforward scene when the lovers kiss, in which Alice realises that Theo's back is covered in barnacle-like shells. Her response is not surprise or shock, but just to pick out the shells from his skin, as if it were perfectly normal. These instabilities happen in a more complex way in the language too, which changes register constantly, but I'd need a script to quote them.

Emily Sexton said...

So interesting! I really enjoyed this show, and was completely emotionally engaged. I had two little weeps, in fact! But your criticisms Alison I have heard from others.

I was really happy to sit and accumulate a series of layers concerning what it means to 'betray' those who love you, by leaving. Structurally it made sense to me for this to be something that gathered its meaning slowly, compounded through introduction of each relationship (mother/father/brother/best friend/etc).

The betrayal was the main thought for me, and it was the most interesting; the "events" of the play (particularly the more melodramatic ones) - I was glad they were dealt with expediently. It really didn't matter to me where she had come from; it could have been space, it could have been the big smoke, it could have been doing a university degree, it could have been a relationship with someone others disapproved of. Whatever it was, it was a demarcation from her childhood and immediate loved ones, they saw it as betrayal, and now she was back, and an adult without much capacity to properly navigate her world (perhaps because she had severed essential relationships, or perhaps something else). But she was being forced to try.

Love that it can prompt such diverse responses!

Alison Croggon said...

Very interesting, Emily! I tried, I really did. I really wanted to like it. I don't mean, btw, that the melodrama of the play should have been melodramatic; but I had no sense of trauma underneath it.

And yes, that's theatre for you.

anoneemouse said...

It's a problem the mtc seem to have, whereby what might otherwise present as an opportunity to train up an audience into a world of strange or fantastic or adventurous or even 'different' - being outside the standard blue rinse comfort zone - where things make sense all the time and the sheer experience of being inside something only ever comes about through chance - is so often presented as dry, calculated, safe and unimaginative.

I loved that strange central character in this play, but that production lacked so so much. It didn't at any stage propel us outside of being a 'play'. And I'm not sure that kind of writing demands to be experienced as just 'a play'. It seems to me, especially when you get things like a guy covered in molluscs, and the girl talks about somehow getting pregnant, somehow, inexplicably... to have the world presented as so damn neat, ordinary, safe and predictable is a failure of not only what is possible (with the budget and the company and the team) but the writing and yes, the opportunity it provides to take people to a place they have never been before.

A safe production that fails through taking that approach. Better to go down swinging no?

Alison Croggon said...

Hello mouse - Yes, it does feel like a huge missed opportunity. Not saying that Lally Katz is easy to do - far from it.

Goosecap said...

It's simple really: Mr Fennessy is given a very interesting writer, the best cast possible, a team of terrific designers,a decent space to work in, an assured audience and the money he needs to realize his 'vision'. He then makes a brainless production which is a waste of money, talent and time. His production was an insult to both the writer and her audience. He gets paid to do this?

the scorpion said...

geez goosecap, harsh words! Perhaps it's just that some scripts are tough to get inside of. Perhaps it's many things that result in what might be considered (by you apparently) not a profound theatrical experience.

"He gets paid to do this?"

What sort of comment is that? Should he go and work somewhere and not be paid? Should we all then, only get paid if somehow the work we make 'succeeds'? That would suggest that those striking workers at Baida shouldn't be paid, because you don't like the chicken. Or the nurses shouldn't be paid because your myopism and elephantitis of the ego hasn't been satisfactorily cured.

That insinuation that he doesn't deserve to be paid is not only an insulting comment, it's also pretty bloody stupid. In fact, it has a level of stupidity attached to it that suggests you are either bitter, annoyed, or just simply an arse.

Hang on, how about we get your tick of approval before anyone is paid? Should we submit invoices and you can decide whether you want to pay the full amount, or mark the docket NO. Perhaps someone should go order you a big bloody rubber stamp so you can have each piece of artistic endeavour specially marked by your hand.

Stupid. Mean spirited. Small minded. Ill conceived.

Alison Croggon said...

Now, now children. Let's, uh, avoid the ad hominem and confine discussion to the work. Maybe check out the comments policy, handily available from the top bar.

Whatever my own disappointment in this case - and as you know I think mistakes were made - I don't believe failure is, or should be, a hanging offence.

Tim Wotherspoon said...

Whimsy, I feel, is not absorbed as invariably as it could be – and, if I were to be presumptuous, as it should be. An actor, whom I respect, told me the other evening that they did not ‘like whimsy.’ The phrase sounded very sad to me. A reviewer said the same to me on opening night.

I think it’s important to counter some of these less receptive critical interpretations of this production some more by insisting that this play will most certainly be deeply satisfying to a great many people. It is a rarer kind of MTC production, also...

The disparity of opinion (in my opinion) is either informed by differing aesthetic or perhaps by some stronger prejudice. Some may find the journey too inscrutable to enjoy it - what, precisely, is going on is not always evident. And I suppose my fundamental point is that this does not suggest artistic failure, but rather demonstrates a determination to sustaining a sense of a gentle but compelling ambiguity and an acceptance of the absurdity that is either always dancing on the fringes or swirling straight-through the middle of a sentence. I hear Lally Katz’s voice is coming through quite clearly, and it is a thrillingly whimsical and imaginative one.

Alison Croggon said...

Hi Tim - nice to see you here! I confess to a Dorothy Parker-esque distaste for whimsy per se, which for me is one step out from cute. I guess it depends what is meant. I'm not sure, for instance, what you mean: gentle ambiguity is not a problem for me, and neither is absurdity. And I certainly can't second guess the responses of others: in my experience, people have often enjoyed the things I haven't, and vice versa.

Tastes for whimsy aside, my specific problem here was that I felt the script was not whimsical, although it is certainly absurd, but was performed as if it were whimsical. To my mind, this was a considerable dimunition of its possibilities. In particular, I felt the loss of ambiguities...

Anonymous said...

I didn't get the link between Catta and Alice/Emily and feel that I missed something significant, e.g., was there anything significant about Catta and Alice/Emily sharing birthdays, what was the significant of Catta knowing the words to Eternal Flame (and Alice not knowing all the words)? Why did Catta refer to Alice as Emily when everyone else referred to her as Alice (whilst acknowleging that Emily was her previous name)? Am I looking for some connections that simply weren't explained?

Alison Croggon said...

Hi Anon - sorry, almost missed you there. There is a link - it seems to me Alice and Catta are versions of each other, perhaps Catta is the child who Alice wishes she was, or whom she has unwittingly killed. But very little seemed to be made of it.

Brunswick Beach said...

Hi Alison, I think this should have been a radio play. Lally injected such lyricism into the text that anything you do with it to direct it just kills it. I think Aidan's response just to leave it alone as much as possible and focus on the vocals, which I thought were incredible, especially Julie F and Kym G as the parents.

Basically I think this is a fine enough response from a director who's identified the strength of the play as its poetry.

David ? said...

I agree so much with the criticisms of this play.. It was the final nail in the coffin for me. I have been underwhelmed by the MTC season. Risible self-indulgence. The flat performances on the spare set were matched to my mood. I arrived in such high spirits having left a school party, to be dragged down by this sapping pointless dross. No more MTC for me...

Anonymous said...

I was very disappointed in this play. Even Julie Forsythe and Kim Gyngell couldn't save it.
I just thought it was too silly. There were moments that worked but the Alice character was just so annoying and ridiculously naive.
The last MTC I saw (Clybourne Park) was just so good.

Nick said...

I think everyone has missed the meaning of this play. Alice is touched by mental illness. She has a combination of borderline personality, bipolar and delusional thinking (perhaps schizophrenia). If you know anyone like that it makes a lot of sense. I loved the play. Alice lives in Wonderland.

Eugyeene said...

I trotted along to see it, quite excited, but, like everyone else, was disappointed. So much going for it- Lally Katz, years of development... I wonder if it's common knowledge or stage whispers but I heard that the team felt it unnecessary to push any further. Which disappoints me even more.

Brendan Paholski said...

There is a play wanting to get out here, but sadly not able to based on what I saw last evening. Katz may be talented and original, but the whole tenor of this production left me cold.

First time listener & first time caller said...

Some interesting and varied feedback that precedes me… As Nick observed, at times I did see suggestions of mental illness in the text, but too many of Alice's statements were confirmed by other characters, which for me ruled this out.

For me – a woman who has travelled the universe, left a small country town 10/20 years earlier, but still looks the same age as when she left, has seen amazing sights one could only dream of, has forgotten how to be 'human', returns knowing she is pregnant and craves the simplicity of humanity, should have been forged by a stronger central character – who despite her youthful looks, lack of memory of her past and lack of common human traits, is really working to a hidden agenda.

The fact she was portrayed as a wishy/washy, naïve, starstruck character, simply removed any underlying tension and softened any revelations and significant moments experienced by the audience. This sadly also flowed onto the other characters, who were constricted by a central character who spread a mist of vague ambiguity around the play, which given the smaller size of their parts, was impossible to break through.

As a previous post said whimsical layers and characteristics can add essential elements to a production, I'm left feeling they took on too central a role, reducing the impact and messages hold within the text.

Anonymous said...

Extremely confused and disappointed in this play. The reaction of the people in the audience around us was quite comical. There was disbelief and humour about how bad this entertainment was.

Yes I may have missed all of the meaning but as a simple person I won't waste my time attending another play written by Lally.

Alison Croggon said...

That's a real shame, because I am not alone in belieiving Katz to be one of most interesting new playwrights around. This production by no means exposes what's interesting about her work. She's well worth giving another go.

Brunswick Beach said...

...Although I think if you reduce her work to just entertainment, bad or otherwise, you are perhaps better off not seeing it. Go back to the television, it never disappoints on this front.

For me, the response from people is a curious 'welcome to the mainstream'. It suggests MTC's subscribers will not accept new and interesting writing, which does not bode well for 2013, as it is mainly composed of this very thing, with little in the way of extablished "brands" which Simon was so good at.

There is very little support for a writer who has been doing something different and amazing in her writing for years and years. This will, I fear, encourage Lally to move to more conventional playwriting. If this is the result of a foray into MTC, perhaps she should never have gone there.

But in the end, I think, how disappointing. This was not a bad play. Perhaps it was a failed attempt to meet the demands of a bold playwright. Perhaps as you suggest Alison, there is something missing, an emotional truth. More likely it is the result of trying to balance a subscriber base expecting to be entertained with what the play asks for, resulting in a watered down version of both. But whatever the reason, the outcome is a bit of a tragedy.

Anonymous said...

I saw this play last night and I have to say the omens were not propitious. The reviews had dampened my curiosity and having arrived at the theatre early to get in a quick fortifying sherbet with a mate only added to my pessimism as the foyer was funereal and populated only by a smattering of the last of the subscribers who seemed to have turned up only because the money had already been spent and it would be a pity to waste it.

I left exhilarated. The good will and love the parents show for their daughter but (oh my lord) its infantile register reduces such protean force to a Hall Mark declaration. The dying kiddie and wouldn’t we do anything for a dying kiddie because they are so innocent and so wise, look doesn’t she sum up everything by singing ‘Eternal Flame’ and isn’t she just the living incarnation of an unsullied excellence in the way she almost manages to place a golf ball in a cup not six inches from where she stands and is not her death redeemed in the birth of Alice’s afterthought. (And bang on Christmas to booot)

Is this not the mystery that is contained in a litre bottle of cottee’s cordial that actually does the same job as a rival’s two-litre bottle?

Oh and Alice/ Erica has found such joy in chewing slowly and has found refuge and dimension in a species of blissful idiocy or naivety that seems to have made peace with the demons that propelled her from her hearth (perhaps they were angels and not demons). An act of heroic forgetting or forgiveness, for the people around her hearth just aren’t up to too much reality but that doesn’t cancel your love for them.

There is a species of Australian chuckle. It’s a syrypy obscenity. The chuckle that accompanies every word when a topic might be veering off the weather into treacherous waters. Think of Peter Russell Clarke (no offense intended but his chuckle is the gold standard only to be followed by Don Burke’s). The chuckle is full of a suffocating matey vigour and indeed its cousin much loved by news readers and public service announcements made in airports is the voice with a lot of smile in it. You hear it, the uncalled for artifice of the tone and you just know in your bones that you are dealing with an hysteric just trying to keeps things nice. You know that that aint a chuckle or a smile it’s a warning ‘Don’t Go There (cunt).’ This play puts the chuckle under the knife.

I thought that Katz’s play was such a beautiful dissection of a particularly Australian manifestation of an existential constant, the challenge of navigating the demands of social conformity while maintaining authenticity. That last statement is so leaden because it’s a lot more dynamic for the fish is in the water and the water is in the fish. Even the scene changes had it, those brilliant strips of fluro blue split the space like a migraine.

I can see how the whimsy of the piece was evidently for many a failing strategy though for me I thought its application was if not ironic then certainly cautionary. Alice is not the heroine of this little community but a result of it, a weird diamond forged by the pressure of denial. To take her place she sniffs, she chews, she touches, she cuddles, she breeds, she embraces and revels in an animal spontanaiety (so why would barnacles shock, wouldn’t they thrill?). She doesn’t ask for an account, she doesn’t seek to explain, she seems to have made a blissful peace with ‘Don’t Go There.’ Even if it means she doesn't seem to think.

I thought the play and the production was tops. Still chewing it over.

Theatre Queen

Alison Croggon said...

Hi TQ - thanks so much for that. I will say that things can move considerably from the opening night of a play to the final night; to the extent where I sometimes think that opening nights are the worst possible time to review a production. But I'm glad you enjoyed the play.


text:
Wale Covers The Washington Post

Comments: 0  | Leave A Comment

With his third album dropping in two days, it’s Wale against the world on the front of today’s The Washington Post. Have yourself a “Wale moment” and read the full article here. Excerpt below.

He’s been goaded into far too many “Wale moments” here, engaging with anonymous trash talkers, confronting his critics, shouting down the faceless digital mob that lives inside his phone at all times. He can’t seem to go more than two minutes without looking at the screen. He says he turns it off only when he’s recording or sleeping.

“I wake up every morning to ‘I love you, you’re the greatest’ and ‘I hate you and wish you would retire,’ ” Wale says. “I’m looking for a little reality in there.”

How different would his life be if he didn’t have the ability to know what millions thought of him at any given instant?

He doesn’t hesitate: “I think I’d be one of the most successful rappers alive.”

If you’re in the DMV, be sure to check Wale out for his CRWN with YN at the Howard Theatre today at 5pm. Tickets here. Wale street corner freestyle below.

Join the Conversation! Share and Discuss!

Tags: »

Leave a Comment

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 121,561 other followers


text:
Recent friend

Displaying 1 to 2 of 25 example lines

  1. Unlike many of the best men you’ve probably encountered over the years – who were either old school friends or childhood friends of the groom – Paul and I actually met about six years ago. So not knowing an awful lot about his past, I made enquiries – at his local police station. I thought that would be a good place to start digging for dirt. But they had nothing to say… except that he was the perfect guest whenever he stayed over.

    Add to clipboard »

  2. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s very important to me to admit in public that everything vital in life that I’ve learned in the last four years, I’ve learned from Paul. So touched am I by the impression he’s made on me that I think those lessons are too good to keep to ourselves, so today I thought I’d share them with everyone here. Thanks Paul, I know that life is much more enjoyable if you’re prepared to deceive, cheat and lie to get what you want.

    Add to clipboard »

Next » Page 1 of 13