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Mystery Ruins of the Desert – Llano Del Rio Socialist Colony

The desert holds many mysteries. One of these mysteries is Llano Del Rio.

This grain silo is part of the 100 year old ruins of Llano del Rio Colony, a socialist utopian community, established in SE Antelope Valley in 1914. Llano del Rio was founded by Job Harriman, a young lawyer who almost won a bid for mayor of Los Angeles in 1911, obtaining over a third of the votes. Not trusting the political system to enact social change, Harriman founded the community out in the desert north of Los Angeles.Â The cooperative thrived, its population exceeding 1000, until their water supply was diverted by an earthquake fault. They had one of the country’s first Montessori schools, hosted a fertile intellectual and cultural climate, and had innovative low-cost housing, Social Security, minimum-wage pay, and universal health care services that predated the rest of the country by decades. Although Llano del Rio is today considered Western American history’s most important non-religious utopian community, there is unfortunately no protection for the site despite being a California Historic Landmark.

If you climbed inside the grain silo, and, ignoring the remains of a bonfire and the broken glass, laid down on your back and peered straight up, this is what you would see. I take these risks so you don’t need to, and that’s very sweet of me.

Please click on the photo to view it larger and more clearly!  Thanks!

The colony’s local economy was almost totally self-sustaining. Their economy included agriculture, orchards, a paint shop, a print shop, and a fish hatchery. Despite the desert climate, their farms succeeded, their farmers using purchased water to create fertile farmland, and growing alfalfa, corn, and grain, stored here in this grain silo. By 1916, Llano Del Rio grew ninety percent of the food they ate. A world class rabbitry provided the colonists with their main source of meat; and a large stable complex just outside the colony could house up to 100 horses.

Llano Del Rio opened on May Day of 1914, its first inhabitants members of the Young People’s Socialist League. In the beginning, only the community center had been constructed, and during much of the colony’s existence, very few permanent structures were ever built. Many people lived in canvas tents, able to do so because of the warm desert climate.

Llano Del Rio held a parade, dances, and had a champion baseball team and other sports. They also had a drama society, staging black-face minstrel shows. And Llano were chivalrous and gentlemanly, not allowing f-bombs in the presence of women and children. Liquor was not allowed unless granted permission by a doctor.

Equipment:  Nikon D7000, Tokina AT-X 116, Feisol tripod.

You can see more of these photos here  on my Ken Lee Photography Facebook Page (poke your head in, say hi, and “like” the page if you would, uh, like). We discuss long exposure, night sky, star trails, and coastal long exposure photography, as well as lots of other things, so I hope you can join us!

And you can go to the Ken Lee Photography website, which has more photos from Ken Lee.  Thank you very much for visiting!

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Small Wars, by Sadie Jones

December 21, 2009

Review copy from Knopf Canada -- click cover for excerpt

While she has only published two novels, British writer Sadie Jones has already staked her claim in a strangely under-populated section of the literary world. Her books are just a little bit too “literary” to categorize her as a “popular” novelist. Yet, they are just a little bit too popular for her to be included in the literary set. Her first novel, The Outcast (a post-WWII coming of age story), was heavily promoted as a Booker contender, but failed to make the longlist. It did win the Costa first novel award and, more important in sales terms, was a Richard and Judy Summer Read (for those of us in North America, that is about as close to being an Oprah book as they have in the UK). Sales were most impressive.

Small Wars can be planted in the same literary territory. Set in 1956 Cyprus, where the Greeks, Turks and imperial British are engaged in a three-way civil war, the central characters are a young British major and Sandhurst grad, Hal Treherne, and his wife Clara and their young twins. On the literary side, it is an exploration of terrorism, responses to it and the effect those excessive responses have on those directly involved — a topic of immense contemporary relevance. On the popular side, however, it is also the story of a deteriorating marriage. While the global aspects of the book may be driving that deterioration, both the narrative style and focus of the realtionship aspect of the novel are more in the tradition of the popular, rather than literary, novel.

Here’s a representative sample from the opening pages:

Hal had been promoted to major, and transferred from his battalion in Germany to this one, alone, not knowing anybody. Everything had been new to him. He had set about the business of leadership and his new rank with steadfast energy, and was rewarded by a smooth transition. Sleeping alone in that house for a month, as he had, he missed the company of barracks, and the isolation was grating.

The Limassol house was narrow, in a cobbled street, with no outlook to speak of and barely a lock on the door. It made Hal uncomfortable to think of it, the unsettling lack of security, and that you couldn’t see anything from the windows other than the crooked windows of other houses. If someone were to approach, or set a booby-trap, there’d be no stopping them. A few months before, in Famagusta, an EOKA terrorist had lobbed a bomb through the open window of a solider’s house as his wife was putting the children to bed. Hal knew his instinct — his agony of responsibility — must be tempered and that the Housing Officer was doing everything he could to get him married quarters in the garrison.

Those two paragraphs do a good job of summarizing the challenge the author has set herself. The training of career military men, even at Sandhurst, has been for conventional war — this generation of soldiers is dealing with anything but. The Empire is in its final stages of withdrawal and the “enemy” doesn’t wear uniforms. They wander from safe house to cave to the crowded streets of the city; “offensives” involve explosions packed into pipes and ordinary tin cans; targets are not just armed soldiers, but their wives, children and even animals.

That is obviously a highly relevant contemporary theme and Jones deserves full credit for returning to the Cyprus of the mid-1950s to explore it (with the even more useful reminder that the Cyprus conflict has not been resolved in the half-century since). Predictably, the young British soldiers (Hal at 30 is one of the most senior officers) respond with excess and military discipline breaks down, sometimes completely. That increases the danger not only to them, but to all those around them.

Jones develops that part of her story through the experience of Lawrence Davis, a National Service recruit who, because of his classical education, is serving as a translator with the special intelligence unit. Davis gets to translate the opening parts of interrogations — when it comes time to get rough, including a primitive version of water-boarding, he is politely dismissed from the interrogation room. He is fully aware of what happens after he leaves; he is equally aware that this Dick Cheney approach (sorry for the anachronism) represents a rejection of everything that the British side is supposed to represent.

Inevitably, Hal’s experience at the garrison — and the internal conflicts it provokes — start to play out in how he treats his wife. Again, Jones deserves high marks for introducing a very contemporary issue into the novel. We tend to forget that the troops we send off to fight wars on our behalf are very young. They are still trying to figure out how to configure life; facing that challenge in a war zone (let alone a kind of war that one has had absolutely no preparation for) brings unresolvable tensions and conflicts.

I would break Small Wars roughly into thirds: the first introduces and develops the global issues, the second focuses on the pressures that puts on the marriage, the final third concentrates on how Hal responds. Throughout, the narrative is fast-paced and the prose straightforward (Richard and Judy will like that if considering the book for this summer — last year’s Booker jury again left Jones off the longlist).

Alas, for this reader, the resolution is simply too tidy. While I salute Jones for addressing a complex and important issue, I found she only explored levels one and two of a conundrum that probably has at least eight or ten, even with the restrictions she has placed on her plot. She does an excellent job of setting you thinking; but leaves that thinking unsatisfied by wrapping a conclusion around it far too soon, with too many side issues simply not explored.

Having said that, Small Wars does a good enough job of raising and defining the questions that the time invested in reading it was definitely worthwhile. I may not like the author’s resolution; I do appreciate having my thinking set in motion.

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Silence Or Violence

The lefts attack on Free Speech has reached epidemic proportions.  The acts of violence, property damage and lawbreaking has reached the level where leftists will do anything to silence Americans First Amendment Rights.  If you disagree with the left, they will seek to destroy you by any means necessary. That is their battle cry to silence people they disagree with, “By Any Means Necessary!”

The left has even attacked their own out of pure fascism to silence free speech.  A college in Connecticut, Middlebury College, invited an author Charles Murray to speak about his new book “Coming Apart“.  Murray also co-authored the book “The Bell Curve“, and was invited by the student-run “American Enterprise Institute” club.  Allison Stanger, the Middlebury College professor was the host for the event.

A few items to point out: Charles Murray is a Never Trumper. He’s a political scientist and W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.  Allison Stanger is a leftist professor at Middlebury. The American Enterprise Institute is a conservative group.  The book was about the changing classes between 1960-2010.  The book discusses how the economic differences have created a divide between Upper and Lower Classes that involve religion, industriousness, family and other economic and social issues.

Enter the Southern Poverty Law Center: this is a far left fascist organization.  They accused Charles Murray of being a “white nationalist”.  They offered no proof, no evidence, they just made the claim against the professor.  Social media on the college spread and student gathered to disrupt the event.  At first they shouted down the speaker in the auditorium.  So they moved the event to another, smaller room, to continue the event.  The students followed and then started attacking the speaker and the college host.

Charles Murray was roughed up by the leftist students, and Allison Stanger was yanked by her hair and thrown to the ground, where she suffered a concussion.  The violence didn’t stop there.  Several audience members were also beaten by these leftist students.   So out of a false accusation by a radical leftist fascist organization, a riot took place to shutdown a persons’ right to Free Speech and Assembly.  Note also that fellow leftist professors at Middlebury encouraged the students to riot and disrupt the event.

The same thing happened at another university infected by leftism at University of California-Berkeley where a controversial speaker, Milo Yiannopoulos, was to speak. Except the student beat people in the streets, burned down and destroyed businesses and parts of the college.  Again, at the behest of liberal professors fanning the flames of fascism.  Meanwhile, like Middlebury, the campus police stood around with their thumbs up their asses and did nothing. NOTHING!!!

This has been a growing pattern at colleges and universities around the country.  The infection of leftist fascism has poisoned academia.  How does anyone pay for a $60,000 a year tuition and expect to graduate into the working community? The answer is, they will not survive.

The worse part, the host of the event, Allison Stanger, wrote that she understood and excused the students that she said she feared for her life. She is a true believer in fascist leftism to excuse this unlawful behavior.  This is who the left is: violent, intolerant, ignorant.  Read Allison’s response and more here.

This is what happens when American leadership is eroded by leftist politicians.  Eight years of the Obama regime has cultivated evil in this country and overseas.  The first black President is also the first leftist fascist president.  His accomplishments are spreading anti-Americanism in the education system. Promoting class warfare, gender warfare, and class envy.  A privileged uppity negro that his parents abandoned to be raised by his white mother’s parents.  Granted all the luxuries of privilege to the best schools and afforded opportunities he never earned.  A community agitator and a student of Saul Alinsky, Obama embraced socialist values and ideals.  Destructive and vile ideas.  This is the base of the democrat party today.  They no longer believe in America, they believe in fascism.

Take for example at a Grand Rapids, Michigan high school, students harshly suspended for supporting President Trump.  Students at another school admonished for wearing patriotic clothing, the Red, White and Blue colors, at a game.  It’s bad enough the schools don’t teach American civics, and are either actively rewriting or removing historical events in American history, because some illegal immigrant might find the content offensive.  Schools that promote this leftist ideology should be stripped of their Federal funding.  They do a disservice to the students and their academic future.

Leftist have emboldened themselves to believe their actions are without any consequences.  Their shrillness and increasing acts of threats of violence against conservatives, Trump supporters and even the President himself are getting bolder.  On social media, and in the entertainment industry, polemics have prevented good people from serving in public life because of threats against themselves and their families.   When good people are prevented from serving because of their personal safety, then we are truly living in a fascist state.

The leftist media ignores these atrocities against conservatives.  If any conservative conducted themselves like the fascist left does openly, there would be howls of protests broadcasted daily.  Yet, the media is more than happy to praise the throngs of pussy-hat and vagina costume wearers as some legitimate demonstration, and not the clown show that it really is.  America is getting tired of this juvenile decorum.

Final words: It should be noted that Trump is neither a Republican, nor a democrat, but a Populist. It just so happens that Trump ran as a Republican and won. Not because of conservative principles, but for a populist message. Trump is the working man’s President. He’s rich, but he’s not a elitist that has infected both parties.  Trump is the ultimate outsider and in just his first 50 days in office, he’s accomplished more good for the country since President Ronald Reagan.  Like President Reagan, he was subject to ridicule by both parties.  I see parallels in the vitriol and discourse of establishment elitist politicians that don’t care about their constituents, but their own power and narcissism to get elected again and again.  The parties had better wake up and start listening to the people.

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Verna- 15 November 2011

Rini, Nic and I went to the bush (secondary forest) to see our base camp where we are going to do another gardening experiment in the bush. There we made a table and a bench. After that we came home and water the plant.

Nic- 21st Nov 2011

Did some work such as cleaning up around Rini’s house. Dig some holes for Bora.

Water the plants. Made beds for flower plants.

Came back to work at three o’clock. Sun was really hot. Rest a while. Started to water plants then went meeting.

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Posted by: Laura | March 26, 2008

Hello, Old Friend

I’ve been on a West Wing kick of late. Jermaine’s in a crunch time at school so he needed a somewhat quiet area to work on his website so I went into the craft room and plopped in front of season two. While watching it, I pulled out an old friend–Courtney’s Wedding Quilt.

As you can probably already tell, I’m hand quilting it. I don’t know what I was thinking when I thought that would be a good idea. Hand quilting a baby quilt=cute. Hand quilting a queen size quilt is quite a different story. It’s about 60% done. I made some resolutions this year as far as crafts were concerned and I aim to have this done by Courtney and Dwayne’s 2 year anniversary. [-O<[-O<[-O<

It is quite satisfying to hand quilt something. It takes close to forever to do

Piecing the blocks

CTW quilt

Piecing the blocks together

Making the quilt sandwich–backing/batting and top

Marking quilt pattern on sandwich
Finally quilting the quilt

It’s very laborious but I love this process because there are so many steps. It’s good to get back to. Don’t think I’ll handquilt a QUEEN sized again but it’s a nice change of pace.

  1. Wow, that is a beautiful quilt. Really spectacular!

  2. Amazing! It’s gorgeous. You did a great job with the colors–if I could make something like that I’m pretty sure I couldn’t bear to part with it!

  3. Wow, that is beautiful. I really want to learn quilting!

  4. WOW. it looks amazing. but by hand? you’re nuts! 🙂

  5. Seriously, that is a stunning quilt. I mean seriously. You should be SO very proud of your self for accomplishing that, because it really really rocks. Next up: you get to make a queen sized quilt for ME. (Hey, thanks!) 🙂

  6. It’s gorgeous! But all that sewing would definitely make me insane. Then again, that’s why I don’t quilt! But I can certainly appreciate the beautiful work of others. 🙂

  7. […] Courtney’s and Dwayne’s Wedding quilt. It’s been in the works for about two years. […]

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House Elves & Racism or Discussing Racism, but Not Really

So I’m not gonna lie, I absolutely loved Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but I was probably more critical of this movie than most other movies I’ve seen recently. I tend to hold the Harry Potter franchise to a higher standard because I love it so much. In essence, the Harry Potter franchise, like many others, has always been incredibly problematic; I was just too young and privileged to notice this when I first started reading the books. I’m now an adult watching Fantastic Beasts, and there are still aspects in the worldbuilding that we at this blog have criticized before and that others have criticized as well, so it’s a wonder that J.K. Rowling—or even Warner Bros—hasn’t attempted to fix some of these issues yet.

There is plenty to discuss about the recent movie, but today I want to focus on the house elves and how they were a stand-in for the period-era racism that Black people faced (but, you know, there weren’t actually any Black people in the movie). Once again, the Harry Potter franchise finds itself discussing racism without actually discussing racism.

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Oh, My Pop Culture Religion: Do Droids Have Souls?

Last week, Lady Geek Girl asked whether it was ethical to keep droids as servants, in the Star Wars universe. Her answer centers around the idea of souls, and whether droids might qualify as soul-bearing beings. Ultimately, she concluded, it doesn’t matter if they have souls, these machines need to be treated with dignity and respect.

BB-8I’d like to expand on the idea, because it’s a good one. If we assume souls exist and are part of what makes us fully human, then we have to deal with the question of non-human beings that exhibit traits that philosophers like to assign to souls. Our favorite geeky genres are a great place to experiment with a lot of these ideas, with all sorts of beasts and beings with all kinds of abilities. So if you’ll indulge me for a few moments, I’d like to take a look at how droids are basically the Harry Potter house-elves of the Star Wars universe, and what that could mean about their place in their own universe.

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The Giant of Earlswood

Drama St Marys

Sunday 1st December to Tuesday 3rd December   at 7.30pm

Tickets:  £8/£5 concessions (including students)

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Drama St Mary’s proudly present for your delight and delectation the life and times of the one, the only James Henry Pullen, idiot savant, friend of royalty,  admiral of the fleet, carpenter extraordinaire, and the undisputed genius of Earlswood asylum.

Join us for an evening of songs, sketches, jokes old and new as we at once uncover the story and celebrate the life of James Henry Pullen who  for sixty six years was both a patient at Earlswood and one of the most remarkable artists of his age.

Tickets are £8/£5 from 0333 1212 300 or via Drama St Mary’s Theatre, St Mary’s University on


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Chic, stylish and utterly covetable, offers more than standard birth announcement cards or personalized baby shower invitations. From the excitement of expecting to the joy of arrival, it empowers shower organizers, moms and savvy shoppers to choose how their budget is spent while guaranteeing vibrant, fun and fabulous stationary suitable for any occasion.

Website visitors are offered a range of beautifully designed cards, given a selection of personalization and printing options and then invited to pay for the card of their choice or get their preferred design for free by dragging and dropping a selection of discountdownload (1)coupons or ads on the back of the folded card. The coupons are printed on the back of each invitation for family and friends to redeem at their leisure, with the mom or baby shower host given free rein to pick the offers most relevant to their circle of guests. Adding a coupon reduces the price of the card, with mom in sole control of how many coupons are used and whether the card is paid for in part, in full or not at all. is the vision of entrepreneur Melissa Minahan and combines money saving prowess with designer panache. As a mom and expectant mom, Mrs. Minahan has made it her mission to transform baby card invitations in to something everyone can afford. . She said, “Our goal is to provide new moms with the opportunity to share their experience with friends and family at a very low cost or even free. Most of our sponsors are small companies started by moms. They all have a great product and are excited to be able to help.”

Each card on the site has been created by an experienced designer, giving a boutique stationary feel that can be personalized with the addition of photos, a different color palette or a new font. Cards can also be custom designed. After personalizing and selecting which coupons should be included, the online proof can be shared on Facebook before the order is placed. This means friends can also give their input on the design before the cards are printed and dispatched. Designs can be saved and accessed around the clock, while at home or on the move.

Each free baby card invitation is printed using the latest digital printing technology on to thick cardstock for lustrous colors and a luxurious feel. Cards are delivered in a beautiful box with matching envelopes, leaving nothing to do but decide on the guest list.

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Obama’s Tearful Reaction to to School Massacre

US President Barack Obama Friday said the US needs to take “meaningful action”, regardless of politics, to prevent more tragedies in the wake of a deadly shooting spree in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

In an emotional statement at the White House briefing room, Obama repeatedly wiped away tears as he spoke, saying the nation was “heartbroken” over the deaths of so many innocent children. The country has seen too many shootings over the years, he said.

“The majority of those who died today (Friday) were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of five and 10 years,” Xinhu quoted Obama as saying. “They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.”..Click Here

New visa norms make travel easier between India, Pakistan

India and Pakistan Friday operationalised the new visa norms, paving the way for easier travel for the people between the two countries.

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The agreement to liberalise travel between the two countries was signed in September when the then external affairs minister S.M.Krishna paid official visit to Islamabad and signed the accord with Pakiastani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.

Under the new visa norms, the number of touristic destinations have been increased from three to five… Click Here

Jeev Milkha Singh honoured with lifetime award in Brunei

Dec 15 Jeev Milkha Singh, the first Indian professional golfer to join the European Tour in 1998, celebrated his 41st birthday in advance as he was honoured with the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jeev was in the august company of 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus and eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner Colin Montgomerie of Scotland.

The award was given out on the eve of the sixth edition of the Royal Trophy between Asia and Europe, which began Friday in the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei.

“This is a massive recognition for something that I have absolutely loved to do for the past two decades,” said Jeev, who turns 41 Saturday…Read More

Glamorous roles also require acting talent: Deepika Padukone

She has done glamorous as well as non-glamorous roles but Deepika Padukone feels sad when people think a glamorous role does not require hard work.

“I think the role is more important. It is a misconception that a glamorous role doesn’t require acting talent. It’s a bit strange, because I think at the end of the day, any kind of film — whether it is glamorous or ‘de-glam’ (non-glamorous) – requires acting. Acting is acting,” Deepika told IANS in an exclusive interview…Read More

Katrina Kaif secret is not secret anymore

The desi girl who earlier resided in a foreign nation Katrina Kaif has rubbished claims that her overseas upbringing has ever been a hurdle in her career in the star studded Tinsel Town.

Interestingly, the long limbed 28-year-old actor has said that this has rather worked in her favour as she has become more adaptable with time she has spent from going places to places.

Throwing a light on the revelation, Kat says that she had roamed in around 8-9 countries around the globe during first 12 years of life. “This has made me exceedingly easygoing.”… Read More

Salman makes crew groove on ‘Hud hud dabangg’

Bollywood star Salman Khan not just knows how to keep his audience entertained, but also the members of his films’ crew. Recently, he made everyone on the set of “Dabangg 2” groove to the hit number “Hud hud dabangg”.

The 47-year-old jumped up for an impromptu jig on the song from the 2012 blockbuster “Dabangg”… Andhra Reporter

Government wins FDI vote in Lok Sabha

The Manmohan Singh-led government saved itself some possible embarrassment Wednesday when it comfortably won the vote in the Lok Sabha on foreign investment in multi-brand retail that is seen as important step in its reform process. It also won another motion on amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to facilitate its initiative.

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Both the motions had been moved by the opposition. The first, main, motion on the government’s decision to allow 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail that would allow global supermarket chains to set up shop in India was moved by the BJP and the CPI-M. The second one opposing amendments to FEMA was moved by the Trinamool Congress.

20 years after Babri razing, India has moved on

Twenty years after the Babri mosque demolition sparked off the worst communal clashes after the subcontinent’s partition in 1947, India has moved on. But analysts and politicians say there has to be a constant secular vigil.

20 years after Babri razing, India has moved on

Despite the then government’s pledge, the razed 16th century mosque has not been rebuilt. On its ruins now stands a makeshift shrine for Hindu god Rama, guarded by hundreds of heavily armed security personnel… Andhra Reporter


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The software lawyers use is often just regular productivity software, used by lawyers. But some, like practice management software, is specifically designed for lawyers.

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We’ve got lots of tips, tricks, and tutorials for popular legal software:

Frequently Asked Questions about Legal Software

Before you choose any software for your firm, check out the legal software bill of rights. We have lots of legal software reviews, and if you don’t see something right away, use the search box.

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We could, but you probably wouldn’t listen. But in case you mean it, here is our legal technology shopping list for new solos.

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Can I use cloud-based software?

Yes. In fact, you probably do already. Here’s more on the cloud.

Should I use a cloud file storage/sync service?

Probably, if you have more than one device and you want to be able to access the same files from all of them. Here are some of the most popular options:

Do I need backup software?

Yes. A thousand million times yes.

Which backup software should I choose?

There are plenty of options, but we think you should just get CrashPlan.

Should I get practice management software?

If your firm has more than one person, you really should consider practice management software to keep track of everything. If you are solo, you could probably get by without practice management software, but you will probably want it anyway.

Which practice management software should I choose?

Our user guides will help you figure out which practice management software might be a good fit for your firm.

For information about other options, browse all our practice management software posts or use the search box to find what you are looking for.

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Which accounting software should I choose?

There are basically two options:

(N.b., FreshBooks is not accounting software, despite its “cloud accounting” branding.)

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If you need to track your time and bill clients (and if your accounting software doesn’t handle your billing), then yes. Here are some great timekeeping and billing software options.

Or if you just need timekeeping, here are some ways to track of your time.

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Ten-Second Takeaway

Xanadu, a new home decor and lifestyle store on Lavelle Road, offers one-of-a-kind upcycled furniture, lightings, home linen, and more.

Home Sweet Home

While the newly-opened lifestyle store, Xanadu {just over a week old, in fact} might appear to be a fancy home decor store from outside, there’s more to it than meets the eye. So, step in, and don’t be surprised if it feels almost like entering a home. Think spaces arranged with a dining table {set with crockery}, a living area with comfy sofas and chairs, and even a four-poster bed with a dressing table and cupboard in a nearby corner! Ask Susanna Chandy {a freelance writer by profession}, who runs the store with her cousin, Susan George {city-based stage actor} about this interesting setting and she’ll tell you about the unique, homely experience that they wanted to offer to visitors. From the one-of-a-kind upcycled furniture pieces to the handpicked linen, everything in the store is a personal favourite of the two ladies. And, they stick to classic, elegant pieces, steering clear of kitschy options.

Function Meets Design

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Taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan, Xanadu is described as a ‘stately pleasure dome’ and the 2,000 square foot store may not be too far from being the same – a space of little pleasures to do up your home. While they make pieces from scratch, they also source vintage pieces and redo them, keeping it timeless yet contemporary. So, you’ll see pieces like an old mahogany record stand which is now a bar, vintage chairs done up with plush velvet upholstery and a distressed chest of drawers with bursts of colours.

While you’re there, don’t forget to take a look at the chandeliers and lights, all picked up on the duo’s trips to China. We loved the French-inspired bird cage chandelier just as much as the industrial design lights made with reclaimed pipe {one even included a bicycle wheel!}. Some of the delicate crockery you see around are from Kerala’s Tata Ceramics, the only company that makes fine bone china in the country. They also stock leather goods from The Leather Boutique {our favourite is the butterfly seat}.

Artsy Picks

The store also houses products from artistes. There’s handworked linen from Namrata Singh, children’s illustrations by Pallavi Nopani and painted tiles by Paul Fernandes, among others. Look out for the furniture made by Pondicherry-based artiste, Tejaswini, whose style involves natural edged pieces in organic shapes {made with single planks of wood}. We spotted an entire log of wood which was carved out to create an interesting glass-top end table. Also on offer are fitted sheets and bolsters for babies, jewellery {from three different brands}.

Stock up on their clay mugs, glass water bottles and beer mugs.

Where: 2nd Floor, The Guild, 55, Lavelle Road

Price: INR 250-90,000

Timings: 10am – 9pm

Contact: 080 22210387

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Lucene EuroCon Day 1 – Opening keynote speech

Grant Ingersoll started the conference with a keynote on search + big data “it’s still all about the user“. A refreshing talk on keeping the end users needs, both internal and external, in mind rather than fixating on specific technologies / technical band wagons.

Up front there were some interesting quotes on data being digital air – a source of sustenance and pollution at the same time. Also the fact that Bitly aim to reduce data so they can analyse it – therefore they have to capture a lot of data in the first place.

Evolution of search

Grant then dived into the evolution of search:

  1. documents
  2. queries
  3. content relationships
  4. user interaction – clicks, social graph etc.

These were presented as sets where the intersection of these sets is currently on the cutting edge.

Search – Discovery – Analytics cycle

Some people get that by analysing and understanding the behaviour of their users they can create a more compelling offering. However, whilst this can be achieved by combining different open source projects, it needs to be more integrated and easier to consume at the open source level.

When it’s done right it brings great benefit to users and the business.

  • scalable search with near real time
  • large scale cost effective storage
  • distributed processing
  • machine learning

Of course a lot of this can be done with the usual suspects in the Lucene/Hadoop ecosystem, however there are some other projects (see below) that you may want to check out.

Grant likened this to the missing piece from most puzzles and some use cases are trail blazing new territory.
The goals and tooling were presented in two slices: online & offline analytics.

For end users

Offline (batch) analytics (Mahout/Hadoop)

  • link analysis / search trails
  • recommendations

One of the projects to look at is Storm from Twitter or S4

What to analyse: trends/stats; social/personal; location

For internal users

Offline (Hadoop, pig, hive, Lucid Works Enterprise)

What to analyse: Top X results; zero results; MRR, MAP; user segmentation; location, conversions; ad hoc analysis

What to analyse: Trends; Operational alerts (e.g. queries per second)

Making it accessible

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows” as there is some glue missing in the ecosystem.

This is where you/we (the community) can help out – Grant gave a call to action for contributions to getting glue code for:

  • Lucene index -> Pig/Others
  • Mahout -> Pig/Others
  • Mahout -> Lucene/Solr
  • Logs -> Pig/Others

It was also said that it would be nice to have more in-index functionality such as relational database functionality such as aggregation; arbitrary stats; complex joins.

The core message was summarised by a sports quote from a basketball coach:
You can have the data, but you need to communicate it to people so that they can utilise it.

The key takeaway was a reminder to know your data, “get the data in your mind” – so you can instinctively aid the end users.

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How to load mp3/pdf files onto mobile devices

If the mp3 and pdf files are zipped to zip files, with option 1 and option 2 you need to download the zip files to your computer and unzip them before you can put them onto your devices. With option 3 you can load the zip files directly to your mobile phone or tablet.

Option 1: Dropbox (recommended)

Dropbox works for all devices – it is simple and free.

Download one of my zip files onto your computer and unzip it or open it like a normal folder and copy the folders inside out of the zip file.

Then go to the website:

download the program and install it on your computer. After the download and installation there will be a Dropbox folder on your computer (a normal folder) and everything that you copy into this folder (files or folders) will be copied to all your other devices where you also have Dropbox installed.

Now install the Dropbox App onto your mobile phone. Everything that is in the Dropbox folder on your computer will be copied into your Dropbox App on your mobile phone automatically.

The Dropbox on your mobile phone or tablet has already a pdf reader and an mp3 player installed. So just go to your Dropbox app, wait until the folders and files are downloaded and then open them.

Option 2: iTunes

With iTunes (only if you use an iPhone/iPad)

iTunes is not the best option because it is a little complicated but if you want to try it anyway, please follow these steps:

For the MP3 files:
You can use iTunes to copy the mp3 files onto your iPhone/iPad.

Please note that you need to unzip the zip files first or copy the folders (which are inside of the zip file) to another place!

Open iTunes, click „File“ (Datei) in the main menu and select „Add Folder to Library…“ (Ordner zur Mediathek hinzufügen …), select the unzipped folder on your computer. It doesn’t work if you just open the zip file and select the folders inside!

Click the image to enlarge it:

After that click „Done“ (Fertig), connect your iPhone/iPad and synchronize it with iTunes.
Then open the „Music app“ on your iPhone/iPad, the files should be there.

As to the PDF files:
Open iTunes and connect your iPhone/iPad.
Click on „books“ (see picture) not the link „books“ farther below which shows you what is on your iPhone/iPad.

Click the image to enlarge it:

Go to „File“ in the main menu and select „Add File to Library…“ (Datei zur Mediathek hinzufügen …)

Click the image to enlarge it:

Select the pdf file on your computer that you want to have on your iPhone/iPad.
Make sure you check the box so that it will be synchronized.
Then click „Done“ (Fertig) and synchronize your iPhone/iPad with iTunes.
The pdf should be in your „iBooks App“.

Option 3: iZip App

The iZip App works for all devices – it is simple and free.

There is a third way if you want to put the zip files directly on your mobile phone or tablet.
There is a free app (also available for Android) called „izip„.

iZip for iOS devices (Apple)

iZip for Android Devices

If you have this app installed, you can download zip files directly to your mobile phone and use them. The app is cool because it shows you the mp3 and pdf files of each folder in the left sidebar. Now you can click on an mp3 file and a player will appear and you can start to play the mp3 file. Then you can click on the corresponding pdf file and a pdf reader will open. Now you can listen and read my files at the same time. Really cool, right?

Here are the instructions step by step.

Install the app on your mobile phone (the one that I mean is: „iZip – Zip Unzip Unrar Tool“ by ComcSoft (there is a free version).

Make sure you opened the app and it is running in the background on your mobile phone.

Now click a link to download a zip file.

After clicking the link it will probably take a little time until something happens.

After some time a little window will open and will ask you „open in…“ (on the left) and probably „open in iZip“ on the right). Use: „open in iZip

If „iZip“ isn’t suggested on the right, then you have to click „open in…“ and select „iZip“ afterwards.

It can take time again, but eventually the program „iZip“ will open and will ask you „Would you like to extract all files?“. Click the „OK“ button.

The download process is already starting in the background, unfortunately there is no sign that tells you that. And it depends how fast your Internet connection is! Just be patient, even if it takes a few minutes!

Now you have all files which were in the zip folder in the left sidebar and you can click an mp3 file and listen to it. Then click the corresponding pdf file and you can read at the same time while the player is still playing. Isn’t that cool?

However, I would recommend printing out the pdf files. In the beginning it is easier to handle the text with a print out. After a while, when you have done a few repetitions you can read and listen just with your mobile phone easily.

I hope that helps 🙂

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What started as a glass factory in Iittala, Finland, today celebrates generations of essential objects that are made to enrich people’s everyday lives. In the beginning of the 20th century dinnerware was decorated with a variety of ornaments. Iittala was one of the first companies to make the transition from decorative dinner sets to functional, aesthetically pleasing objects infused with progressive Scandinavian design.

As a company based in Finland, where quality, aesthetics and functionality are important values, Iittala believes objects should be distinctive, combinable and multi-functional, with lasting design that inspires individual use and expression.The progressive philosophies of its design heroes, Kaj Franck and Alvar Aalto, still inspire the company to keep Iittala forever relevant.

Iittala doesn't just create beautiful objects. Iittala believes in timeless design that will never be thrown away.

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TBRainbow Alert #4

For those of you who feel like you’ve already read every LGBTQIAP+ book in existence, not to worry – there’s plenty still to come! Every TBRainbow Alert will have a mix of five LGBTQIAP+ titles to make sure are on your radar, along with three reasons why you should know them. If you missed the earlier alerts, you can check out those titles here. And now, the final TBRainbow Alert for 2016!

Title: Cherry (August 16)
Author: Lindsey Rosin
Genre/Category: Contemporary YA
Rainbow details: one of four MCs is bi
Why put it on your radar?
1. It really is a YA version of American Pie for girls
2. The friendships and honestly and awkwardness and all of that is so killer
3. This is the kind of book that has only just started getting queer POVs (see Tumbling by Caela Carter, Winning by Lara Deloza) and it’s so, so great. The romance is adorable and it has multiple on-page sex scenes between girls and even that elusive discussion about what constitutes sex between girls.

Title: Keeping Her Secret (August 23)
Author: Sarah Nicolas
Genre/Category: Contemporary YA Romance
Rainbow details: f/f
Why put it on your radar?
1. Contemporary f/f YA Romance! Sorry, is that not an auto-add for you somehow?
2. This seems like a book with kissing. I am a fan of such things.
3. You can read a delightful excerpt from it here!

Title: Bad Boy (December 6)
Author: Elliot Wake
Genre/Category: Contemporary
Rainbow details: trans male MC
Why put it on your radar?
1. Trans lit by trans authors is super rare and desperately needed, even more so by trans guys
2. Contains characters from author’s earlier works, so if you’ve been looking to see what they’re up to…
3. Wake has a solid track record of having books with the only rep of their kind on brick-and-mortar shelves.

Title: Overexposed (September 20)
Author: Megan Erickson
Genre/Category: Contemporary NA Romance
Rainbow details: m/m, LI is demisexual
Why put it on your radar?
1. Demisexuality on the page! Demisexuality on the page!
2. I love this series of Erickson’s, so it’s all instabuy to me.
3. Appalachian Trail setting and recurrence of a familiar character from Out of Frame

Title: Interborough (October 24)
Author: Santino Hassell
Genre/Category: Contemporary Romance
Rainbow details: m/m, one MC is bi
Why put it on your radar?
1. Contains the same characters as Sunset Park, which ordinarily wouldn’t be my thing, except…I’ve read Sunset Park. Yes. I will take another book of them, thanks. (And of course, if that is your kind of thing, this is a dream come true.)
2. I love this series of Hassell’s, so it’s all instabuy to me. (And yes, if that looks familiar above, you may be not at all surprised to learn their coauthored series is also instabuy to me. #sorrynotsorry)
3. On-page rep in m/m romance other than Gay is tough to find, so I love this series in particular for having bisexual Raymond, among others.

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Andong Mask Dance Festival

September 27- October 6, 2013

We went to the mask festival in Andong on Saturday and had a really great time. The festival has a few different sites and it was tough to pick just one. We chose to go to the smaller festival at the Hahoe Folk Village. It’s a village full of Korean traditional homes, called hanok. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Before entering the park, we were greeted by a large group of students that were so excited to practice their English with us.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

After buying tickets, we stopped off at the information booth to pick up some information about the festival. The woman spoke really great English and she marked on our map where the festival would take place. It was a 1km walk to the festival site, but we opted to take the free shuttle.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

The first thing we noticed after being dropped off by the shuttle was the dried up lotus flowers. This would have been absolutely gorgeous in July!

Andong Mask Dance Festival

We decided to take the path by the river, rather than going into the village right away. It’s a really lovely walk.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

Andong Mask Dance Festival

On the way to the mask dance stage we passed by a recreational area with games and huge swings. It looked like lots of fun!

Andong Mask Dance Festival

Andong Mask Dance Festival

Andong Mask Dance Festival

We got to the stage just in time for the 2:00pm mask dance. There was a big crowd already waiting for the show to start.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

We had to sit on the ground so it was difficult to take photos over the heads of those in front of us. The performance was interesting, but it was all in Korean so you couldn’t tell exactly what was going on. The part we understood best was when a bull came on stage and started peeing on the audience.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

Then the masked man came out with a knife and a large hammer.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

It was bad news for the bull. He masked man killed him with the hammer and then cut out his heart….

…and testicles!

The show ran for a full hour and featured several interesting characters.

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There was a taekwondo show immediately after the mask dance show. These kids were pretty impressive!

Andong Mask Dance FestivalAfter the show we walked around the village.

We hadn’t eaten since breakfast so we had to make another really difficult decision: stay for the fireworks show or leave and have dinner. We chose to leave. There are places to buy food in the village, but I really wanted to try jjimdak while we were in Andong.

Andong jjimdak

We ended up taking the shuttle back and eating at the restaurant across the street. We had two of Andong’s famous dishes: Andong style jjimdak and Andong style bibimbap. We sat outside and the weather was perfect and the food was delicious!

We heard that accommodation in Andong was difficult to find so we opted to stay in Daegu instead (about halfway between Andong and Ulsan). You could probably find a love motel to stay at, but we prefer to have something booked ahead of time. It’s definitely close enough (to Ulsan) to drive back, but we enjoyed the break.

Transportation to Andong:

By car: You can plug Hahoe into your navigation system and it should list the village. From Ulsan, the drive took us about 3 1/2 hours. We paid 2,000 won to park at the Hahoe Folk Village and about 10,000 in tolls each way.
By train: The Mungunghwa trains run to Andong. Check out the Korail site for timetables.
By bus: Bus times to Andong vary by city, but I found a really helpful resource with timetables of buses leaving Andong (click here).

If you’re going to the main festival, it will take about 15 minutes by taxi (from the bus terminal). Ask your driver to take you to Tal-choom-goeng-won (탈춤공원).

To get to the Hahoe Folk Village, you can take bus number 46. The stop is across from Andong Intercity Bus Terminal. Get off at Hahoe Ma-eul (하회마을).

Admission to the main festival is 7,000 per person or 3,000 for the Hahoe Folk Village (prices are lower for children).

You can visit the official website for more information.

Main Festival Address: 239, Yuksa-ro, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

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  3. The first mask looks like an Asian version of the V for Vendetta mask. Kind of creepy! Did you ever find out what the “purpose” of the festival was? I wonder why they chose that story to portray.

  4. Lovely photos. I’ve always wanted to go to the mask festival but now I don’t know if I want to go because I can’t think of anything worse than sitting through an hour long play in Korean. I think I would get SO bored! Where you able to make a mask yourself? I have read that there are mask making activities.

  5. Great pictures, as usual 🙂 I particularly liked the one of the kids performing taekwondo… good action shot!

    That story about the bull had me laughing out loud. I guess he got what was coming to him for peeing into the crowd o.O

    Thanks for sharing!

  6. I’m often tempted to do more cultural stuff, but watching a play in Korean might be difficult. At least there was some humor though and you got some good food! I’m heading to the beef festival in seoraksan this weekend, so we’ll see how that goes.

  7. I was in Seoul pretty much going which ever way the wind blew me. I had just bought some fruit from a street vendor and noticed the park across the street and decided to check it out. I sat for awhile and then took a walk around the park. I noticed a woman and a little girl, who I assumed was her daughter, fumbling with some droopy sunflowers. I inched closer and closer desperately trying to see what they were doing. She looked over at me and smiled and then handed my sunflower seeds, she and the little girl were eating. I smiled in amazement. I’ve had sunflower seeds before, of course. It’s just never been this fresh. That was an amazing moment for me. I stood there even after the two left. A few elderly women were tending the garden and one came over, she said, “macheesoyo?” I smiled and nodded.

    • We plan a lot of our trips around festivals. I love how there’s a festival almost every single weekend in Korea… and some of them are really good! The area around Andong is really beautiful so this festival was one of our favorites. We were able to see a lot of really cool stuff in just one trip.

  8. Oh my gosh! They cut off his… testicles!? haha I guess I wouldn’t expect anything less from a Korean mask festival. This looks amazing, though. I’m on Nathan’s side with the Taekwondo picture – great job keeping the camera so still! I have trouble with that.

    • Thanks! The key for freezing action is a really high shutter speed, otherwise things get too blurry. We shot this with a 70-200mm lens, which is REALLY heavy so I let Dave (my boyfriend) do most of the camerawork that day. The show was pretty interesting, but it was definitely a sad day for the bull.

  9. Another festival on my list that will have to wait for next year! Looks really interesting. I would honestly be the most excited about the andong jjimdalk and the andong soju!! I’ve had imitations of the jjimdalk and thought it was delicious, so I look forward to eating the real stuff. And i’ve heard the andong soju is the strongest, did you try it? 😉

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Hiroshi Hara is not only known as an architect but also as an author on architecture and cities, amongst other the essay “Discrete City”. YET is a chronological survey of all of his projects since the early sixties conceived but not yet realized. Starting in 1965 with his conceptual model displayed at the Environment Exhibition called the World of Yukotai followed by The Hole in 1969 at the Biennale of Paris, his 80s projects in Paris for the Parc de la Villette and the Opera de la Bastille. Included are his Studies for Discrete City shown in 1997 at the Tokyo University Museum showing sketches used in his retirement lecture.

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the amd-64 jidgo IMAGES are wrong!

Hello all,
of course my previous message was mis-subject-ed.
The jigdo _program_ does work, whereas there is something wrong in the
.jigdo image files I mentioned.

Nobody else noticed???

I wrote:

> Dear all,
> being an AMD64 user, I'm really glad to know that the new unofficial
AMD64 > sarge was released (reading posts around, it seems that is
"nearly" an
> official version).

> I tried to download with jigdo, but sadly neither the first image
> (debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-1.iso) nor the second
> (debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-2.iso, both from the "official"
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/jigdo-dvd/ )
> correctly downloaded ;-(((
> Both ends "as usual": Aaargh - xxx files could not be downloaded.
> (BTW, xxx=278 for the first and xxx=137 for the second)
> and none of the common suggestions from
> http://www.nl.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ (use of different mirrors, use of
> rsync, or mounting the image and re-download) work. It seems to me like
if > an update was released, but it is not in the sarge-amd64/jigdo-dvd/
path. > Any suggestion? Have I to (re)-download the entire image from
> ftp://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/iso-dvd/ ?? If
> this is the case, it would be better to remove the jigdo-dvd/ folder
from > the sarge-amd64 directory, to avoid other waste-downloads.
> Bye,
> ;David

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Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote:
> my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4.
> with a 17' ADC flat panel

You've got a nice boss. :)

> I think I will order the following:
> biG4  1.25GHz
> 1Gb   SDRAM
> 2 UltraSCSI 72 Gb
> ATI Radeon 9000
> SCSI card
> I want to now about the Xfree support of the radeon9000 (I don't want
> a nvidia card)
> As far as I understood the Xfree documentation, the radeon familly is
> supported. am I correct, or should I order an other card

Well, the 9000 series is the third generation of Radeon cores, and AFAIK
it might be different enough to the earlier generations for it not to
work out of the box. However, ATI has already submitted a patch to
XFree86 to add support, it should be in 4.3.0 and could probably be
backported if necessary.

Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

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On this site we have shared many of our stories. I (Clare) am happy to share some exciting news. I have been appointed to be the Director of Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Studies at the University of Toronto.

ICSICS has a tripartite mission to bring together graduate teacher education in a 2-year Master of Arts Program, exemplary educational practices in the Laboratory School, and leading multidisciplinary research in child development at the Dr. R.G.N. Laidlaw Centre.

Faculty, lab school teacher-researchers, and staff are dedicated to setting the highest standards for children’s education and development. By connecting research, training, and practice, Jackman ICS leads the way as Canada’s foremost teaching and learning environment, with an international reputation for leadership.

Housed in an old mansion on the university grounds ICS is an outstanding educational institution. There are so many outstanding educators/researchers at ICS including Yiola who is a regular contributor to this blog. By coincidence the principal of the lab school, Richard Messina, is a former student teacher of mine. My appointment begins November 1, 2015.

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Daily Covet: Glass Table Lamps

I am nesting.  But not in the nursery department.

I also have Spring Fever, which makes me want to liven things up around my house.

My living room has been a tough room for a long time.  It’s always felt “unfinished.”  I have finally decided to pay some attention to it.  I started with the easy part.  Pillows!

We added an adorable little chest, which we painted bright turquoise against our paler blue walls.  It’s got gold accents, which look great against our straw-colored sofa.

Now, I’m wanting to update lighting.  I want something a little more modern to juxtapose with our mostly French-style antiques.  I think after scouring site after site for lighting that is fabulous, but also affordable (really?  $700 for lamps?!), I have finally found what I’m looking for… enter Pepita glass lamps from you’ll never guess where!

Daily Covet: Bathrooms you’d love to live in

The bathroom in our basement is a hot mess.

Guests who see it for the first time always exclaim, “It must be so nice to have that big Whirlpool tub!”

First of all, we NEVER use it. It’s two floors away from our bedroom. Secondly, aren’t Whirlpool tubs kindof 80’s, like having an outdoor, free-standing jacuzzi in your back yard?

Moving on.  The tile, which covers much of the walls around the infamous Whirlpool tub, is a sortof pink-ish, beige-ish color with a sea green wash to some of the trim tile.  I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be Southwestern or Tuscan…

It’s a great-sized bathroom, but the space is wasted as it really functions as the “powder room” because there is no guestroom down there either.

The vanity is oak, and kountry with a “k.”  Think craft fairs and wooden shelves full of knickknacks and gimcracks.  Sock dolls and wooden hearts hanging on rope.  To add insult to injury, the pulls are brass.  Not cool brass – like flowery, also kountry brass.

Above the ugly vanity is a mirror that I put up because I had no other place for it.  That I like, but it does not match in any way, shape or form the “disco” sconces that hang on either side of it.  I can’t fully explain these enough, so I must include this picture…

Throw in scuffed up, pale vanilla walls and cream-colored toilet and countertops, and you’ve got yourself one fugly bathroom.

I think I’d prefer it look a little something like this… because if it did, you wouldn’t get me out of it!

Daily Covet: Living Room Makeover

I just said to my husband, literally less than 12 hours ago, that I wished I had 2 loveseats facing eachother, and a rectangle coffee table in my living room.

As it stands, my living room looks like this.  Pretty, but uninspiring and mostly filled with beautiful, inherited furniture I did not pick out myself.

But I’m thinking that since my living room is long and narrow like the one pictured here (ok, not as long and much more narrow),  I’d like it to look like this instead:

Living Room by Howard Bankston & Post; Image from Houzz.com

So now I’m on the hunt for the pieces that would help me recreate this look in my own home.  I’ll need 2 of these sofas from Restoration Hardware.

Laurent Salon Bench, Restoration Hardware $1270

A gaggle of beautiful throw pillows with a hint of turquoise, my favorite color….

Random Throw Pillows, shopping info on Polyvore.com

A distressed wood coffee table that I wouldn’t have to worry much about, and with the bottom shelf for my design and fashion books.

Trekker Coffee Table, Ethan Allen $999

An ottoman in matching Danish linen for extra seating and bonus! extra storage.

Castered Tufted Storage Ottoman, Ballard Designs $471

And of course, 2 beautiful bronze & crystal chandaliers for some much-needed overhead light.

6 Light Crystal Chandelier in Bronze, http://www.plumbersurplus.com $538

Unique Furnishings and Pops of Color

I love painted furniture in bright poppy hues and am always looking to add those statement making pieces to my own house.  While my bank account doesn’t include many of these items procured by designer Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz on GILT.com, I do like to virtually browse for ideas that better fit into my budget.  Here are some of my faves…

Junk in the trunk

I’m always looking for space savers and places to store all of the things I think we need, but probably don’t.  I was looking at trunks for the storage/coffee table purpose, and came across this upright trunk instead.

What a unique piece of furniture for virtually any room.  I’m in love with the fact that it marries mirrors and leather.  I can’t say that I’ve ever seen one quite like it.

Goog thing it’s so inexpensive…. sigh.

Daily Covet: Hob Knobbing

My bloggy friend Lauren, from Baylorsays.blogspot.com, has inspired me to reinvent a piece of furniture.  It’s this cute, little chest with clean lines and an almost Asian feel.

My mom found it somewhere, and we are going to clean and paint it, and put new knobs on it.  I’ve been looking around at knobs this morning, hence the title, and have found a few different options from Anthropologie that I just love!

I will post the “before” and “after” when I get around to actually working on the piece (it’s at mom’s still.)  But I’m very excited to see how my new little table is transformed.

Molten Spectrum Knob in Warm Speckles, anthropologie.com $8.00

Mercury Glass Melon Knob, anthropologie.com $8

Mother-of-Pearl Knob, anthropologie $14

Bubbled Glass Knob, anthropologie.com $8

Molten Spectrum Knob in Aqua Swirls, anthropologie.com $80

Daily Covet: Chests and Tables and Rugs, Oh My!

Joss & Main did this fabulous color story inspired by the hues of Mardi Gras, which by the way, is just days away!

And there are some fantastic pieces, especially for a girl that could use some shades of straw, yellow and gold in her living room.

Here are my top three covet-worthy pieces:

Hooker Sanctuary Chest, jossandmain.com $580

Henzler Lamp Table, jossandmain.com $200

Sphinx Ventura 8' x 10' Rug, jossandmain.com $470


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Falling for Seasonal Décor

It’s suddenly turned cold here in Middle America and it has me considering how I might mix things up when it comes to my home décor. My color scheme is pretty light with pale blues, greens and a creamy white the rest of the year. However, overcast skies, cool rains and dropping temperatures make me want to make things a little cozier inside.

So how do I do this without trading in all my light-colored furniture and accessories for deep, rich colors and plush fabrics? Luckily, I have a few ideas that won’t break the bank or force me into redecorating my entire home.

  1. Throw pillows. Why not pull all my polished cotton and linen-covered throw pillows in turquoise and green, and swap them out for plush velvet or even silk with some embellishments?
  2. Fall tablescapes. Green sprigs, Satin ribbons, brilliant fall fruits and plenty of candles are all good ways to transform your home for the season. If you’ve got a set (or two or three!) of inherited dishes packed away like I do, pull out the ones with the gold bands or festive apples on them to use for the season.
  3. Welcome mat. Welcome friends and family with a fall or holiday-inspired mat at your front door.
  4. Faux fur throws. Make sure there is the plushest of covers draped across your favorite reading chair or a sofa you love to stretch out on. It should be convenient enough to grab if a chill suddenly comes on.
  5. Blooms. Mums or any other fall flowers in deep reds, oranges and gold are perfect for your front porch or your dining table. You can always create a really dramatic arrangement for your mantle too. Combine them with gourds, pumpkins and apples for even more color and texture.
  6. Candles. Choose tons of white pillars in multiple heights or light a single holiday-smelling candle in your kitchen. You can also put a bunch of tea lights out in a variety of candle holders – notice the cored out apples!
  7. Indoor rugs. Your everyday rugs might be very expensive or hard to move, but if they aren’t or you just want to swap out some of the smaller rugs around, this is an easy way to add fall shades to your home. Places like HomeGoods have rugs of all shapes and sizes at affordable prices. You may even want to keep them out all year  ’round.
  8. Outdoor spaces. Use your porch or a sunroom as an extension of your home’s square footage. You can always add throws, pillows and rugs to those areas, as well as pretty potted plants in seasonal containers. Plus you can show them off to all the neighbors too!

Hopefully, I’ll tackle some of these in the next few weeks. How about you? What do you do to get your home ready for colder weather? Share some of your favorite ways to welcome the new season into your home in the comments.

Green with Envy

Without selling out my beloved turquoise, I find myself drawn to all things green right now. Rich velvet couches, cute sneaks and emerald-colored clutches are all on my list of Daily Covets.

I’m starting to notice a smattering of all shades green in couture collections, home decor sites and at most of my favorite retailers these days too. Is this the next big color?

Every season benefits from the freshest hue on earth. From Springy rebirth to the evergreen hue of a Christmas tree in Winter, there’s no shortage of green all year ’round.

Kitchen Remodel

Kitchen Remodel
After months of searching (years really), we finally decided that while there are bigger houses in our neighborhood, there are none to be found that we love nearly as much as our little Tudor.
We’ve put off investing any real time, effort and money into updates on our house that weren’t absolutely necessary because we thought we’d have moved into more space by now.
However, I’m happy to report that we have officially dug in and started renovating our kitchen to make it better accommodate our growing boys. We’ve finished most of it (more on that later) but here were the plans for our new space.

It was important to us to maintain some of the traditional character that runs through the rest of our house while incorporating some more modern elements for aesthetics and convenience.

I absolutely love what has transpired thus far!

O’Hara Living Room 2.0

O'Hara Living Room 2.0

Loomed rug

Jonathan Charles Fine Furniture brass accent table
$2,410 – sweetpeaandwillow.com

Nailhead furniture

Tufted footstool

Nailhead furniture

Leather console table
$910 – alexanderandpearl.co.uk

Daily Covet: Interior Makeover

There are days – especially this time of year – when I get sick of looking at the same, old stuff every day.

These cold, gray days just make me want to toss everything in my house and start from scratch. Or maybe it’s the tent full of plastic balls, the BatBot or the stack of school papers…

It’s a good thing I have Polyvore, where money is no object and I can find virtually anything I need and want in my dream room. So here is what I’ve been working on.

Some favorites? Those Louis loveseats covered in Belgian linen and the glass console table with blue “X” stools tucked underneath.

Like some of these items or want to see other rooms I’ve spent winter days “mocking” up? Check out my Polyvore page here.

Daily Covet: Organic Matelassé Duvet Cover

A white duvet cover?

So what, why is she telling us this?

Well, let me tell you why I’m telling you.

Have you tried to find a non-100-percent cotton duvet cover lately?

I googled “cotton blend” and “polyester blend” and came up with either cotton or polyester… not both. But several years ago, my mom turned me on to cotton percale sheets that she said wouldn’t wrinkle like my cotton sheets did. Cotton-percale is also incredibly soft without the price tag of their Egyptian-cotton sisters with one billion threadcounts.

To rewind, my current all cotton Tiffany-blue duvet cover has seen better days. I bought it when we moved into our house. It’s been just shy of nine years. It’s wrinkled, discolored, faded and generally looks like crap.

I decided to convert to white because then my duvet cover can’t fade and washing it in my go-to OXY will keep it nice and crisp.

Long story short, when I ran across this Matelassé duvet cover in cotton-percale at WestElm.com I was thrilled.

And although “organic” was not a stipulation of said duvet cover, it can’t hurt right? Also, I love that it’s in a traditionally-French quilted design called Matelassé because… well, because I love all things French.

Daily Covet: Safavieh Logan X Side Chair

The Safavieh Logan X Side Chair is a modern-day replica of the most popular cafe chairs of Europe. Small-ish in size, these dining chairs were popularized by Thonet’s 19th Century Brentwood aesthetic. My favorite part of these chairs is where the curved metal “X” meets the seat of the chair.

I currently have a farmhouse-style kitchen table set on casters that is slightly longer and slightly narrower than most dining tables. I would love to update the upholstered bench and two farmhouse chairs that surround my beloved table. The distressing makes them rustic, and the basket-weaved seats that are slightly more cush than a solid wood seat.

So while I’m replacing furniture, why not a makeover? I’m also loving these Philippe Starck sconces!


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In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912032047110.902-100000@alpha.random>, Andrea
eli writes:
| then. It's a namespace issue. If I put my inode in my directory it must
| not finish into /tmp after some time by somebody that has nothing to do
| with me.

"Namespace issue"? Perhaps you should learn some Unix before declaring how
its filesystem namespace works.... The primary namespace is <dev,inumber>.
Directory entries map names to those (dev being implicit), and the only
reason it's got any restrictions is that you can't write an fsck that can
cope with e.g. hard links to directories.

You don't "put" inodes in directories. You link to them --- implicitly by
creation, or explicitly with the link() syscall --- and unlink from them.
But inodes are not dependent on directory entries; that's how
unlink-after-open works to create anonymous temporary files which will stick
around as long as *any* reference to them (link, open file, current
directory, etc.) exists.

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