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CONGRATS VINNIE
200th Post...
Letter from a friend...
I had one of the worst days today that I've had in a very long time. Work was atrocious - and ended in tears. I set off to the gig I was going to by myself with a very long face and for once wearing no smile. But then, i got to the gig - a band I've liked since I was 11 - and the music got me - and the rhythm filtered through my blood and ran through my veins to every part of my body - and i moved, I danced, i went for it like there was never going to be a tomorrow. When the music gets me - I'm a girl possessed. and my smile was back. Bigger than the face it lives on. They rocked. they truly went off. they made me want to marry the music - sell my soul to the devil. But then, two encores and they were finished. But i wasn't. Ipod back in. And the party continued. I danced on the tube - the steely faced Londoners still didn't dare smile - even though i beamed at every one of them. 'Nutter' was clearly running through their mind. But why have any inhibitions. I wasn't drunk, i wasn't doing anything wrong. Simply spreading the love. At the train station the guard asked me to teach him to dance as i moved without limit, my whole body snaking around like i was being charmed. The train arrived and I danced the way home - around the pole - using all the space - totally moving like i was in the middle of a club. people stared, some looked stern, others smiled and looked intrigued. And i, well I was having just the best time possible. I had music. i had happiness, and I had an appreciation for life which they could only dream of. Now I'm in bed - the music still in my ears. The love still in my veins, the smile still splitting my face. Life's good.
Hope you can feel the love - it comes from a crazy girl, who's rambling yet again after midnight. but it'll make your toes taps and the corners of your mouth turn up. Enjoy it.
Mixed feelings...
Started my day with one of my elderly clients looking for her address book. She has two address books on her computer, the one in her email program and another, in pdf, that she has kept since the dawn of time... Once upon a time she printed it out and so today, mid flap about it being lost, she brought out her printed copy to show me incase it helped to find it. The printed copy was loose leaf and loked a lot like something that had been printed out just after the doors of noahs ark were closed. Well, we found her address book and she wanted to learn how to modify a few entries... so we went through it and looked up a few contacts - what really hit me was when she went a bit quiet and I turned to lok at her, she had a sad face on and was going through her contacts one at a time, "DEAD".....and this one, "DEAD".... another one, "Oh, she's alive, he's "DEAD"... she said the word DEAD with such contrast and it somehow sounded so final, which I guess it is... but it was a sad moment, like she expected to be amongst these people at some stage, soon. Life can be taken so suddenly.
It's coming! 24 Hours of Flickr: A global Flickr community eventWhat happens around the world in one day? In a word – life. Here on Flickr, our members are sharing the world that they see: snapping daily moments, recording history, telling stories, capturing beauty.To celebrate this global community, we invite you to join us in 24 Hours of Flickr, a day-long global photo project. On May 5 2007, grab your camera and whatever else you need, and chronicle your day in pictures.Join the 24 Hours of Flickr group to get ready for the big day. After the big day, post your best photo to the group. We'd love to see the group photos on a map as well, so make sure you add your photos to the map using the Organizr.Remember! We want the photos here to illustrate one day in the life of the Flickr community — May 5, 2007 — so, you can only submit a photo taken on May 5. (You'll have until May 21 to add your photo.)The event will be commemorated by a companion 24 Hours of Flickr book, which will contain a selection of photographs chosen from the group. Additionally, the group's photos will be featured at Flickr events around the world this summer.By adding your photo to this group, you understand that it may be selected for publication in the 24 Hours of Flickr commemorative book and/or displayed at a Flickr-sponsored event this summer.
600 is a nice number
600 People have visited since I put the counter on, on April 11.. thanks for reading, now, it's your turn: Question o'clock - Jinny has tried this with interesting effect... Ask two questions, anything, I will try my best to answer.. anything..
Some places for you to go
My Flickr
My Reviews
My HomePage (where it all starts)
The Grid
Started using flickr for my pics again, nice and tied in with blogger... anyways, easy to upload pics and do stuff... here's stuff..
GOOD LUCK SIMONE!
Go check out Simone at www.simoneweb.it he is playing in a charity game tomorrow with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti footy squad... good luck mate
Diana and Dodi inquests: key dates
Below is a list of the events leading up to inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
· August 31 1997: Diana, Dodi and their chauffeur Henri Paul die when their car crashes in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris after leaving the Ritz Hotel....[continued: click here muppet]
I found this a really interesting read, now, what do you lot think - was Di killed, or was it an accident... theories please... Suse?
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight (announced today) is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in that supports rich media delivery over the web. But how do you create the rich media in the first place? Expression Media Encoder is one key element of the workflow: providing encoding, annotation, watermarking, and custom skins.
See the video HERE
See the website HERE
Sometimes you cant make it on your own...
always make sure you tell your parents how much you appreciate them.
So, over on Tobes blog there is his facescan results... but I can't see how they can be right, i mean... everytime I put mine in, they came out like this
(so I knew the system was working)
But everytime I uploaded a picture of Tobes I got a VERY different pic to what he has displayed in his blog posting... Thoughts??
Dave started it!....
...I finished it! (Dave is 5' nothing... poor boy had to get someone else to get it down for him)...See, dave started taping peoples stuff to the ceiling and to chairs and to walls, hell, he taped my office door shut...so I popped his bike up as you can see and the poor fella wasn't tall enough to get it down!... funny (for me) except his is muscly, so I may get beaten up! 
Office dares
Richard Leonard says "I thought you might enjoy this picture. Bonus points for international newspapers - although being near a university or airport might reduce the scoring on these. Alternative "weighting" could be based on the currency of the newspaper, or inclusion of the victim's favourite footie team on the sports pages."
Starbucks to Give Ethiopian Farmers Their Fair Share
Starbucks to Give Ethiopian Farmers Their Fair Share
Each year, coffee companies make billions of dollars. Starbucks alone earned almost $5.8 billion in net revenues during the first three quarters of 2006.
Yet, for every cup of coffee Starbucks sells, poor farmers in coffee-growing countries like Ethiopia earn only about $.03.
Even worse, while Ethiopian farmers grow some of the finest name-brand coffees in the world - think Harar, Yirgacheffe, and Sidamo - they don't see the premium profits those names command among consumers.
Oxfam and a coalition of allies are asking Starbucks to sign this agreement. According to one coalition member, control of the name brands could increase Ethiopia's coffee export income by more than 25 percent - or $88 million annually. This money could go a lot way to help lift millions of Ethiopians out of poverty.
So please, help us convince Starbucks to sign this agreement with Ethiopia. Poor farmers deserve a fair share of the profits.
Fiver Film Club
Hello everyone,
Hope you're enjoying the lovely sunshine today. I'm emailing with some exciting news - the first screening of the first bit of my nuclear film.
I'm sure everyone already knows the story but just to recap, I went out to southwestern USA in February to film with the Navajo Indians about their experiences of uranium mining for the nuclear industry. This material will hopefully find its way into my longer documentary on nuclear power but in the meantime I have cut it down to a stand alone short film.
I will be showing this along with the Oscar-nominated 1979 film The China Syndrome at the launch night of a new regular film club I am setting up in conjunction with Balham Baptist Church. This will be an opportunity for people to see what I've been doing as well as raising further funds for the project. I would be really pleased if lots of people can make it down to support the event.
The details are as follows:
When: Saturday 19th May, 7.30pm
Where: Balham Baptist Church, 21 Ramsden Road, London SW12 8QX
Cost: £5 or £4 in advance 
If you'd like to get your ticket in advance you can do so by clicking below - once I've received the payment I'll email you a ticket to print out and bring along on the night.
Please forward this onto anyone else you think would be interested and it would be great to know if you're thinking of coming along, even if you don't want to buy a ticket first...
Thanks and hope to see you on 19th May.
Vickix
www.reviewsofeverything.com
So, reviews of everything is live... it's a spot for reviewing things you love or drowning things you hate... either way - send your reviews to reviews@reviewsofeverything.com with a pic if possible!...
Right, speaking of reviews... going to review my bed
W3rd
(what's wrong with my BUNG EYE)
Elbow wars?
Elbow wars over precious armrest space could become a thing of the past for flight passengers as airlines consider a new seating layout which would have some travellers facing the back of the plane.
British company the Premium Aircraft Interiors Group (PAIG) has developed a "ying-yang" seating pattern in which neighbouring seats face in opposite directions.The new layout removes the need to leave a gap between seats for an armrest under the traditional shoulder-to-shoulder seating plan.Instead, one person's shoulders would be in line with the neighbouring passenger's knees and each would have their own armrest.Passengers who find the thought of spending hours unable to avoid eye contact - and conversation - with their neighbour have also been considered.A privacy screen can be pulled out from the seat in front at eye level.
How well travelled?...
 You Are Extremely Well Traveled in the United Kingdom (88%) You Are Very Well Traveled in Australia (63%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Eastern Europe (40%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Western Europe (36%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Southern Europe (33%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Africa (25%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in the Middle East (25%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Canada (20%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Scandinavia (20%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in the Western United States (16%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in the Northeastern United States (14%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Latin America (7%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Asia (4%) You Are Untraveled in New Zealand (0%) You Are Untraveled in the Midwestern United States (0%) You Are Untraveled in the Southern United States (0%) |
BA...what a way to fly
was reading an article on BA, britains airline, it was about a pilot who was tired, too tired to fly - so all the passengers had to stay in a hotel and they didnt have enough beds some some people had to sleep together despite not knowing each other, etc... A: sleep on the floor?... B:refer to a? C: dirty stop outs...
Anyway... this was alongside the article (starbuckets, old brompton road, there's a bit missing out of your paper - sorry!) 
How to clean your digital cameras sensor (CMOS)
When any dust or other foreign matter sticks to the image sensor, it may show up aso a dark speck in images. To avoid this, follow the procedure below to clean the image sensor.
The image sensor is a very delicate component. If possible, you should have it cleaned at a Canon Service Centre. (so we can charge you a load and have your camera for a couple of weeks!)
Attention : Use the AC Adapter Kit ACK-E2 (sold separately) or a sufficiently charged battery to avoid having the power cut off while cleaning the sensor.
Attention : During the sensor cleaning, never do any of the following that would turn off the power. If the power is cut off, the shutter will close and it may damage the shutter curtains and image sensor.
Attention : Do not turn the power switch to <>
Attention : Do not open the memory card slot cover. 3) Do not remove the battery.
Set the camera's Mode Dial to one of the "Creative Zone" modes before cleaning. When a "Basic Zone" mode is set, [Sensor cleaning] (Step 4 below) will not be displayed in the menu window.
1. Detach the lens from the camera.
2. Insert the DC coupler attached to the AC adapter or a fully charged battery into the battery compartment.
3. Set the power switch to <> and press the <> button to show the menu window.
4. Select the following from the menu shown in the image below:
Press the <> button to jump to select the tab below.Then turn the Quick Control Dial to select [Sensor cleaning] and press the <> button.When the Mode Dial is set to the "Basic Zone" mode, [Sensor cleaning] will not be displayed. Set the Power switch to <> once. Change the Mode Dial to one of the "Creative Zone" modes and then restart the procedure from the step 3 above. If the battery is exhausted, a warning message will appear. In this case, recharge the batteries or use the DC coupler.
5. When the dialog box below appears, turn the Quick Control Dial to select [OK]. Then press the <> button.
The mirror will lock up and the shutter will open. [CLEAN] will blink on the LCD panel.
6. Use a rubber blower (commercially available) to carefully blow away any dust on the surface of the CMOS sensor.
Important: To avoid damaging the CMOS sensor, please note the following points.
NOTE:Do not insert the blower tip inside the camera beyond the lens mount. 2.) Do not use a blower that has a brush attached. 3.) Never use canned air or gas to clean the sensor.
7. When the dust has been cleared away, turn the power switch to <>.The shutter will close, and the mirror will come down.
Set the power switch to <> again. The camera is now ready to shoot.
The image sensor cleaning is now complete.
Wolfy wants to stay...
A few posts ago, i was talking about how Paul "Wolfy" Wolfowitz had a few people emailing "fire wolfy" emails around... well, looks like he wants to stay - the bank has lots of important work to do - including, but not limited to... paying him and his girlfriend loads? covering his didgy tracks?.. loaning money to countries that have none and then storming in to "get paid"... hell, just take the oil Wolfy... anyway... good luck to him! I mean, who ever really knows the whole story?
Wolfy | Got to go?
I just joined in signing a petition calling for Paul Wolfowitz to be fired.... Why?... Should someone sign a petition to have me fired? (very possibly!)
Please join me in signing:www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz
The petition will be sent to the global media and the World Bank board as soon as we reach 50,000 signatures--and sent it again every time we add another 50,000.The initiative was organized by Avaaz.
Read more HERE from the FT
Go have a look at www.avaaz.org -> especially sign the petition taking action to close Guantanamo Bay prison
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