Poniendo las cosas en claro:

Por qué un usuario común y corriente debería mudarse a linux?

Hay miles de razones, ya sea filosóficas, económicas, etc etc etc, pero vayamos a la práctica, Windows es mas facil, no porque sea simple, sino porque toda la vida el 99,9999% de las pcs del mundo lo tuvieron. Si a un niño recién nacido lo pusieramos en un entorno donde solo se respira el aire de linux, es más que seguro que este se sentiría mucho mas cómodo en un escritorio Gnome que en "aero"(que mierda es esto?!).

Debido a que esto es posible que nunca pase, limitemos al usuario común a windows y listo, end of discussion, mientras que el que quiera seguir adelante deberá considerar esta mudanza como un desafío. Un desafío?, Si, un desafío.

Plantearselo

Aceptémoslo, si somos personas entusiastas de la computadora y toda la vida usamos windows, es posible que a esta altura lo conozcamos de arriba para abajo en detalle y profundidad.

Si queremos tener todo servido en una bandeja, quedémosnos con windows, hay programas hechos para lo que sea, vamos, piensen en todo lo que sea está para windows, el mercado está ahí. El mejor soft ya sea para entetenimiento u oficina está ahí, lamentablemente, el dinero mueve montañas, y al haber dinero de pormedio, hay grandes intereses y es ahí dónde la gente gasta la mayoría de su tiempo, en hacer dinero, por eso nacen las compañías. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!

La pregunta es, podemos resignar todo ese soft que siempre nos han atado y liberarnos al soft hecho por gente como uno, quién no recibe un centavo por lo que hace, sino que lo hace por pura pasión?

No es nada facil, linuxeros, disculpenme, pero Winamp es mi herramienta favorita, digan lo que quieran, que es una basura, que consume recursos, lo que sea... WInamp es winamp..., lo mismo digo de Microsoft Outlook, los juegos, etc. No es facil desatarse de los hábitos de siempre, es mucho mas facil moverse en dónde todos se mueven, cambiar a linux no es simplemente formatear el disco y "darle para adelante", es resignar hábitos a los que fuimos acostumbrados.

Entonces,

Estás dispuesto a resignar todo este soft para buscar soluciones alternativas?

Estás dispuesto a estrujarte la cabeza y quemarte las cejas buscando una solución a algo tan tonto como no lograr que firefox abra un torrent con cierto programa?

Todo esto depende de la disposición y el esfuerzo personal. Si realmente estás listo para subirte a un desafío e invertir tiempo en investigar, adelante.

Te lo advierto: Acá las cosas no están servidas en una bandeja.

Manos a la obra

Primero que nada, vamos a planificar. Creo que una buena manera es primero saber con que NO vamos a contar en esta aventura, por lo menos de entrada, mas adelante podremos emular algún software, pero por ahora nos limitaremos a las versiones nativas del soft.

Winamp, voy a extrañarte :(

iTunes, yo no uso este soft, pero si lo usás, olvidate de el.

Internet Explorer, se supone que parte de la

gracia es no volver a ver a este desgraciado y que nada, pero ningún click nos lleve por accidente a el, chau Explorer =)

Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc, adios, el que mas me dolió abandonar fue Outlook, todavía no encuentro una herramienta que se comporte como el para linux.

MSN Messenger, convengamos, es una herramienta de entretenimiento y trabajo básica, contaremos con Software que nos permitirá hacer uso de la red, pero seamos realistas, la mejor version de msn es la de Microsoft...

Windows Media Player, adios!

Ares, programa para descargar música, videos, etc.

uTorrent, excelente cliente para descargar torrents.

Juegos para PC, si, a uds también, tantas horas me hicieron pasar despierto, es hora de decirles adios (por lo menos por un rato :) )

Bueno, abran por última vez sus tan queridos programas, deseenles lo mejor, denles besos, y sobre todo diganles adios, hagan backup de todos sus archivos y adelante!

Elegir una versión de linux

Linux al ser un sistema operativo codigo abierto existen miles de versiones diferentes, unas mejores, otras peores, mas faciles de instalar, mas complicadas, mas customizables, etc, etc. En nuestro caso vamos a usar la versión de Linux mas simple y amigable de instalar, "Ubuntu".

Instalación

Me parece que no resulta práctico que detalle este método, considero que hay miles de guías en internet hechas por personas que lo explican mucho mejor que yo lo haría, por lo que voy a limitarme a ofrecerles este link que me pareció muy bien explicado: http://tuxpepino.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/instalar-ubuntu/

Instalando programas

En ubuntu podemos instalar aplicaciones de dos maneras: A través de "Applications->Add/Remove...

o a través de la consola ingresando:

sudo apt-get install programa1 programa2 etc etc

Programas recomendados

La instalación básica de ubuntu, es bastante "menos básica" que la instalación básica de windows: Contamos con varios programas que nos van a servir para sobrevivir a las tareas mas básicas (ni hablemos de drivers, si nuestro hardware es compatible, en la mayoría de los casos, es posible que no volvamos a pronunciar esta palabra :) )

Ya que anteriormente en un simple y humilde acto despedimos a todo ese soft que dejaremos de usar, ahora, les recomiendo un par de programas que nos ayudarán a que este olvido sea mucho menos doloroso (quién lloraría por perder explorer?! yo no =) )

Winamp y iTunes: Hay un sinfín de herramientas que cumplen su función, sin embargo, no he encontrado ninguna que me termine de convencer en comparación a Winamp. El que más me ha gustado es Amarok, tiene una interfaz bastante intuitiva y cuenta con herramientas de todo tipo. Para instalar debemos correr "sudo apt-get install amarok"

Internet Explorer: No hace falta que le haga mucha presentación a su competencia mas directa, a este punto es muy posible que ya lo uses :) Firefox, para instalarlo no hagas nada, ya viene en ubuntu =) Get firefox!!!

MS Office: La mejor version de este para linux es Open Office, quien viene también incluido.

MSN Messenger: Creo que esto es una de las cosas que mas en pañales está en linux, Pidgin es genial, pero no soporta Webcam, si quieren webcam, les recomiendo aMSN no es de lo mas lindo peeeero... bueno. Para instalar "sudo apt-get install amsn". Pidgin ya viene incluido en ubuntu.

Windows Media Player: Vlc o Videolan hace el trabajo de wmp mil veces mejor, no necesita plugins ni nada, simplemente anda como tendría que andar un soft de este tipo, para instalar "

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc"

Ares: El mejor reemplazo que se me ocurrió para este soft, que pocas veces uso, pero a veces sirve para bajar temas sueltos es limewire, para bajar "sudo apt-get install limewire-free"

uTorrent: Por default ubuntu trae Transmission, pero no me convence, es por eso que les recomiendo Deluge, para instalar "sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent"

Juegos: Este es el mas dificil... Hay muy pocos juegos que estén para linux Y windows, pero hay un par de cosas interesantes por ahí, un ejemplo es Nexuiz

Aceptar el cambio o tirar todo a la basura

Este post no pretende obligar las actividades de la computadora de una persona a linux, simplemente pretendo mostrar que el cambio es posible si nos lo planteamos como un desafio, sabiendo que no va a ser algo facil de hacer. Espero que les sirva :)

Voilà que Martin s'est donné tout ce mal pour faire un blog, et nos premiers stagiers n'en profitent même pas??? Donnez nous de vos nouvelles!!!!!! Comment est votre ville/pays? Vos premiers jours de boulot? Et tout ça accompagné de quelques photos... 

Gros bisous du Luberon ensoleillé ^_^

Por otra parte, parece que las búsquedas mediante apt-cache search suelen dan en general, bastantes mejores resultados que en el caso de aptitude search.

De todas formas, he encontrado un artículo donde se discute en mayor detalle el tema y que recomiendo a todo usuario de sistemas Ubuntu o Debian que se lean con atención.

Personalmente, tras leerlo, he decidido usar en adelante aptitude en lugar de apt-get.

Otros post interesantes sobre el tema en...

Be Linux My Friend

Un saludo

24 to 26 July 2008, Melbourne, Victoria

Thursday 24 July:

Conservation Workshop at the Centre for Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne
Workshop under the direction of Robyn Sloggett, Director of the Centre

Friday 25 July:

Site Visits to examples of historic decoration and conservation work in progress
Site visits, subject confirmation, to include the National Mutual, Mandeville Hall, Villa Alba, & many more

Saturday 26 July

Seminar at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Melbourne (lunch, morning & afternoon teas included)

Speakers include: Brian Andrews, Tracey Avery, Barry Cooper, Robert Griffin, Miles Lewis, Andrew Thorn, Ann Toy

Bookings may be made for the 25th and 26th only, or for the three days, subject to limited spaces available in the workshop.

For more information see the victorianinteriors flier or contact:

Professor Miles Lewis AM
Faculty of Architecture
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010

email milesbl@unimelb.edu.au
wk tel  61 3 8344 6402
wk fax  61 3 8344 5532

• Lo primero es editar el archivo que contiene la lista de repositorios.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

• Añadimos estas líneas para Gutsy:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lxde/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lxde/ubuntu gutsy main

• O estas otras si usamos Hardy:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lxde/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lxde/ubuntu hardy main

• Guardamos el archivo y actualizamos la lista.

sudo aptitude update

• Y ya podemos instalar el entorno LXDE con un simple comando.

sudo aptitude install lxde

NOTA: Para usarlo deberás cerrar sesión y elegir LXDE en las opciones de la ventana de entrada.

Enlaces:

• LXDE Wiki
  
• LXDE, nuevo entorno de escritorio

so another year older, but have i grown wiser. FUCK YES, more in the

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, Manolo Blahnik, Yves St Lauren,

shoes, designer shoes...no Italian shoes *drools*, pumps,super high stilettos you can barley walk in even if you've had ballet training like myself. . . mmmmm high insteps. . . stockings. . .) *pehaps ill put up one of those wish lists * apathy got me the radest early bday present ever!!! yup, a brand new imac. well what can i say its the best friggen thing you could give a geeky girl like myself. ( yup geeky not nerdy, and def NOT a dork! :] )

so i had plans to blog for sometime now, but ive been tattooing my ass off. did a portrait the other day. also got a few more to do this week cant wait to show ya'll. as soon as apathy gets some time im gonna have him get me some images. he took all kinds of rad photos of me tattooin and some of the stuff i've been doing the past few weeks. so its been just lil ole me workin on the site , but now ive got a few more bodies helpin me. so ill get those up soon and some newer stuff for ya and an easier layout for your eyes so you can view photos i'll put up for free for the time being :] im gonna work on keeping you more up to date on me day to day from tattooin' to masterbating, to fucking strangers, and getting punched in the ribs. . . mmmm. so yeah i promised pics of all the new COLORFUL tattoos. i got lots new work on my sleeve hope you like it as much as i do. ( yup thats a power up button in the works there) i think i have some video but i did a super clean up and organization on my hardrive digging through content i have from before i had bid ole bewbies! for the site overhaul. but if i find it found it!!!! you betcha it'll be put up for you soon. there will be more photos soon of this and an update page on mysite in the next few day

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

thinking of going light again. . . gotta do something to the hair friday is the day

_

407 Proxy Authentication Required

I'd already configured my proxy settings in apt.conf and my bashrc file, and had assigned the right values to the http_proxy and ftp_proxy variables, not to mention the fact that synaptic had been working okay earlier in the day with no problems so this came as a surprise. Just to make pin-point the problem, I dropped into the terminal and did a sudo apt-get update... worked fine. Tried installing something with apt-get... worked. Tried downloading something with wget... worked fine. Yet synaptic would still not work.

In the end, I tracked down the problem to gksu. When I launched synaptic like so

gksudo synaptic

The problem just disappears and synaptic works... weird. So I used the Alacarte menu editor (right-click on the menu icon and select 'Edit Menus') to change the entry for synaptic package manager from

gksu /usr/sbin/synaptic

to

gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic

I don't know what caused this problem and I probably should file a bug report somewhere...

Med kostmi in kožo

Akademija APT

Režija: Jurij Smrke
Nastopajo: Sara Atanaskovič, Teja Maksl, Eva Potrč, Nina Pugelj, Jurij Smrke
Glasbo izvaja: Matic Kastelec

fajn predstava ;)

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]]> http://arbolcharyou.wordpress.com/?p=667 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:55:17 +0000 DiS http://arbolcharyou.wordpress.com/?p=667 Hemos hecho muchas referencias aquí a Getdeb. Recordemos que es un portal de software para Ubuntu donde se encargan de facilitarnos las cosas creando paquetes .deb, los cuales nos servirán para instalar aplicaciones simplemente haciendo doble click en dichos archivos.

Podemos tener este repositorio en nuestro sistema y estar siempre a la última pero hemos de ser conscientes de que no es un repositorio oficial y, por lo tanto, corremos ciertos riesgos.

Para agregar el repositorio debemos editar el archivo /etc/apt/sources.list

$> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

y añadir al final del archivo la siguiente linea:

deb http://ubuntu.org.ua/ getdeb/

Después de guardar, actualizamos las listas de paquetes

$> sudo aptitude update

y listo.

Er stonden zes ritten op het programma welke - op één uitzondering na - allemaal afgehaspeld werden zoals voorzien in het rittenschema. De rit door de Verdon werd geschrapt wegens te verre verplaatsing en vervangen door een extra rit door de Lubéron.

Rit 1: Door de Lubéron.
124,17 km in 4.30.12 (27,573 km/u). 1780 hoogtemeters
col du pointu (499m), cote de sainte-anne (512m) & col de l'aire del masco (696m).

Rit 2: "Vlakke" rit.
99,54 km in 3.42.14 (26,874 km/u). 1360 hoogtemeters
col des trois termes (574m)

Rit 3: Signal de Lure
148,66 km in 5.47.41 (25,654 km/u). 2700 hoogtemeters
signal de lure (1720m), col de val martine (646m), col des quatre chemins (643m)

Rit 4: Mont Ventoux vanuit Sault
130.30 km in 4.54.49 (26,518 km/u). 2200 hoogtemeters
mont ventoux (1912m), pas du voltiguer (328m), col de veaux (386m), col de la liguère (998m).

Rit 5: Gorges de la Nesque - Fôret de Saint-Lambert
121,31 km in 4.38.13 (26,162 km/u). 1800 hoogtemeters
col de murs (627m), col blanc (373m), gorges de la nesque (739m), col faraud (678m), col de la ligne (756m).

Rit 6: Door de Lubéron deel twee
118,83 in 4.21.23 (27,277 km/u). 1700 hoogtemeters
col de montfuron (640m), cote d'auribeau (616m)
gewijzigd parcours tov rittenschema: apt - buoux - lourmarin - cucuron - st bastide de joucans - n100 - cereste - le boisset - auribeau - bonnieux - apt.

Hoogtepunten waren voor mij de 21 procent steile cote de sainte-anne vanuit la roque d'anthéron, de beklimming naar Signal de Lure (het kleine broertje van de Ventoux) en mijn beklimming van de Ventoux vanuit Sault waardoor ik nu alle drie de beklimmingen van de reus van de Provence op mijn actief heb staan. Ook het terrasje in Bonnieux met wijds uitzicht op de omgeving mocht er wezen.

De eerste twee dagen was het weer aan de wisselvallige kant met altijd dreigende wolken hoewel het enkel op dag twee een uur of twee regende. Vanaf woensdag werd het steeds warmer tot zo'n 36 graden op zaterdag.

Everytime I am surprised that people don't know that apt-get works on RPM-based distributions and works much better than the alternatives. Especially in a CentOS/RHEL environment where you have various distribution releases running, apt-rpm allows you to use the same apt version and the same apt features across CentOS/RHEL 2.1, 3, 4 and 5.

In an attempt to persuade you to try out apt, let me denounce some myths about the current apt-rpm:

• it can do multilib (coexist 32bit and 64bit)
• it does check GPG keys on packages
• it can work with repomd repositories (as used by yum)
• it does work a lot faster than yum
• it is being maintained (although could use more hands)
• it has python bindings
• is has a graphical interface (synaptics)
• it handles multiple repositories much better
• it allows to pin packages by version or repository (and manages cross-dependencies)

Now, because I can say it works great but you may not believe me, let me make it very simple for you to try it out on CentOS. Here is a quickstart guide...

First we start off installing apt from RPMforge. Follow the guide on the CentOS wiki to configure RPMforge for your system. Then do:

yum install apt

(or alternatively install the latest apt RPM package from http://packages.sw.be/apt/ for your distribution)

and then edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/os.list and add for CentOS:

repomd http://mirror.centos.org/ centos/$(VERSION)/os/$(ARCH)
repomd http://mirror.centos.org/ centos/$(VERSION)/updates/$(ARCH)
repomd http://mirror.centos.org/ centos/$(VERSION)/extras/$(ARCH)


This adds the official CentOS os, updates and extras repositories.

Now you can use it, for example do:

apt-get update

to update the locally cached metadata, or do:

apt-get upgrade

to upgrade your system with the latest updates, or yet, do:

apt-get install synaptic

to install a package named synaptic. Try:

synaptic

to start synaptic and use the graphical interface (also available from System > Administration > Synaptic Package Management)

There are a few commands that use the locally cached metadata, the following apt-cache commands are used most often:

apt-cache search keyword

to search the local metadata for packages related to keyword, or:

apt-cache policy package

to show the different versions of a certain package that is offered.

PS And let me also add that the project name is apt-rpm, not apt4rpm (a complete different project).

A record $1.5million prize pool, world-class luxury accommodation in an exotic surroundings

Join Team PKR on the trip of a lifetime as poker history is written in Macau! The first leg of the Tour in Manila boasted Asia's largest ever prize pool ($1million) and the Macau stop dares to go one better, breaking the record again with a $1.5million prize pool.

At least eight PKR players will win $7,700 packages (including $5,300 buy-in and $2,400 spending money) to the second leg of the Asian Poker Tour, taking place in Macau from 26 August. The $5,300 buy-in tournament, hosted by the fabulous Star World Hotel & Casino, will be attended by more than 400 of the world's finest poker players. With satellites running on PKR 24/7 and buy-ins ranging from $4.05 to the $150 Weekly Finals, there are no shortages of routes to this unique event.

Lot's of ways in!

PKR offer a huge variety of buy-ins and structures in order to reach the $150 Weekly Finals. Take the traditional route with Stage 1 and 2 MTTs or check out the three Last Chance Speed MTTs which run every Friday before each Weekly Final. You can also buy tickets to APT Stage 1, Stage 2 and the Weekly Finals in the PKR Shop.

Anyway... so, like I've said before, having this site has opened up the flood gates in terms of my creativity.  Of course, even I know that, as a person currently doing all this stuff solo, there's only so far I can go before I'll want to involve other people.  One of these avenues, of course, is my music videos. 

Some of the songs I write tell stories where I'm interacting with other people.  The problem is, at the moment I'm the only person starring in these videos, and the few people I know here in Atlanta seem to be camera shy (or, at the very least, opposed to appearing on YouTube, lest the whole world see it).  It sucks because I have all these great ideas for videos, but can't use them at the moment because I don't know anybody willing to help out...

Well, scratch that - I just found out today that one of the girls I work with actually got her degree in... well, I forget, but it involves casting, and she said she might know some up-and-coming actors looking to build up their resume by starring in my videos.  Which works great for me - I wouldn't have to pay them (though I probably would so they could put on their resumes that they were "paid" to be in a video), and I could expand my video-making capabilities!

In the meantime... so, I was going to shoot one video, but I really want to use another girl and guy in the video.  I'm going to try my darndest to get them; in the meantime, though, I thought of a GREAT song I could do this week.  It's a great idea because it involves me re-making one of the hottest beats currently out there, while at the same time talking about certain current events in this country.

I can't give too much away, but I'm pretty sure this song will end up being as big as "Erectile Dysfuction" is (currently at 11,000 views and counting!).  I know of at least one person who will like the song (I'm talking about YOU, Ms. Goff), which is enough reason for me to make it.  I haven't written the song yet, and the only thing I have so far is the chorus, but I have off all day Friday to make the song AND record the video.  (Well, that, and I'll probably catch a movie - can we say "Love Guru" AND "Get Smart" in the same day?!?)

Okay, that's it from me - I'll probably write more later this week.  Then again, maybe not.  Either way, definitely check back here Sunday!

-A.P.T.

Tyler Askew is graphic designer, writer and part founder of My Favorite Things, the eclectic monthly dance night at APT. What began as a party has parlayed in to a record label, merchandise, video interviews, and a slew of good music and DJ mixes on the web. After hearing his last Shibuya FM mix, we just went ahead and posted this because the last one was so fresh and the tracklisting is dope. It's still downloading...

Catch Tyler this week for My Favorite Things at APT with guests DJ Just One and Leroy Burgess.
........................................................................................................
Tyler Askew - My Favorite Things Radio 8

01 Kid Sublime / Pityful Times (Dopeness Galore)
02 Leon King / I Know (MFT)
03 Recloose / Catch a Leaf (Loop)
04 IG Culture / Girl U Need a Change of Mind (Freedom School)
05 Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Karma / On a Cloud (Ubiquity)
06 Sunburst Band / Our Lives Are Shaped (Z Records)
07 Hercules & the Love Affair / You Belong (DFA)
08 KZR / Floating (NDATL)
09 James Pants / We're Through (Stone's Throw)
10 Probe + Kaidi / Girl I'm Trying To Score (edit)
11 Nutmeg / Take Time (Neroli)
12 Reel People / Upside (Karizma mix) (Papa)
13 Audision / Red Sky (Roland Appel mix) (Clone)
14 Sabrina Malheiros / New Morning (Far Out)

Lo primero que descubrí en Debian es la ausencia de Synaptic. Esto me llevó a intentar instalarlo via Synaptic. Mi sorpres fué que Debian ni siquera trae un sorces.list digno: no tiene nada en él.

Bien, pues claro está lo primero es añadir repositorios. Aquí os dejo los que yo tengo:

Os explico:
Los unstable son los de sid, donde está la paqueteria moderna y que más se usa. Los testing son más antiguos, pero están más comprobados, por loq ue hay menos riesgo de fallos. Siempre que puedo yo uso estos. Los estable son ya muy obsoletos, pero para mi gusto no está de más tenerlos aunque sean practicamente inutiles. Los experimental son los que menos debeis usar, todo paquete que esté hay tiene garantizado fallos (podeis encontrar KDE 4.0 y CompizFusion 0.7.7-git, por ejemplo); obviamente son los más modernos, pero los más problematicos.

Despues de añadir esto al sources.list de esta manera debeis actualizar la lista con un

como root.

Tras esto podeis proceder a la puesta a punto de Debian. Lo primero: intalar synaptic con el comando

como root.

Una vez hecho vais a Synaptic (Sistema->Administración->Gestor de paquetes Synaptic) y en él debeis ir a Configuración->Preferencias->Pestaña "Distribución" y vereis esto:

Y en Preferir versiones de: poneis unstable. Aplicais y aceptais. le dais al boton recargar de la barra superior de Synaptic. Cerrais Synaptic, volveis a hacer

como root y aora sí porcedemos al paso más largo de la puesta a punto, que consiste en actualizar todos los paquetes manteniendo al coordinacion entre ellos. Para ello, un simple comando y paciencia, que tarda. Debeis escribir en una terminal como root:

Y comenzará la descarga de todos los paquetes nuevos y la actualización.

Una vez acabado, reiniciad y entrad en el nuevo kernel que os habrá instalado y ya podreis instalar vuestros programitas y demás.

Suerte ;)

but i m no longer
girl i used to be
heart too broken
eyes too tired to see
further than today
no more tomorrow
misty yesterdays
melted into sorrow

i love him now
heart old & worn
too tired to hope
wry comic forlorn
'silly goose' he once called me
how apt how true
this little clown has seen
pain she never knew

i know he doesn't care
i don't ask for recompense
my love is given freely
all i have all i am
who knows when the winds
will take me far away
but now let me love him
for just one more day

----

it is kind of you to offer to whisk me away, i am touched but i cannot go with you becos my heart will not follow me if i do... and all you will have is an empty broken shell... forget about me dear, let me just be a hazy distant memory

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Asking RM140K

Interest, pls call 012-2338525

Anyway... so, I did the first record for my new song last night, and have to make the video for it between now and Sunday.  Unfortunately, it just dawned on me that, aside from today and Saturday morning, I will (tentatively) be working full days for the remainder of the week!

In short, that means I have to shoot most of the video today.  I already had plans made for today (most not really important - getting a haircut, cleaning my place up, etc.), but I like having busy days because... well, it's better than sitting around doing nothing!

The song is so new, I haven't even memorized it yet.  Luckily, the concept for the video doesn't require me to mouth the words to the song.  It will consist mostly of... HEY! Wait a minute! I can't give away TOO much!  Guess you'll have to wait until Sunday!

Okay, I will say this much - this will the the first video where the majority of it will NOT take place in my apartment.  It's nice weather outside, and I live right next to the park.  The only thing I have to worry about is the occasional purple lines my camera films when it gets too much sunlight in the shot.  I promise you, once I get a little more money, the first thing I'm doing is upgrading to a REAL digital camera, instead of my current method of using my Kodak picture cam's video capabilities (which, while good, isn't as high of a quality as I'd like).

Okay, I'm off to make some breakfast, then map out my filming schedule.  I have plans at 5 PM today, and it's 8:30 AM right now, which gives me 8-1/2 hours to film something.  It's a good thing I get up at 6:30 every morning - with no alarm!

-A.P.T.

http://www.aptsongs.wordpress.com

http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/

deb http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ hardy main universe restricted multiverse
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Organised by Australia ICOMOS in association with APT Australia Chapter, DOCOMOMO Australia, ICOMOS ISC20C, RAIA and UIA, this conference will be held at the Sydney Masonic Centre in Sydney, Australia from 7-10 July 2009.  APT Australia Chapter members are involved in many aspects of the coordination of this conference.

Preliminary details are available on this flyer, a conference website is being established, and further information will be circulated in due course.  APT Australia Chapter members will be eligible for the member registration rate at the conference.

I draw your attention to the call for abstracts – these are due by 28 September 2008.

The technical strand is being coordinated by David West and Elisha Long, and the sub-theme on “Managing 20thC obsolescence” is being coordinated by Peter Mckenzie and Jacqui Goddard.  Please contact any of us if you have an interest in presenting a paper at this conference.

There is already considerable interest in this conference from overseas, and we are optimistic that it will attract some prominent speakers from the US and Europe.

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting conference.

Introduction
The rural landscape to the north west of Sydney was once populated with impressive timber structures built for the purpose of housing produce, equipment and animals. These barns and rural outbuildings are disappearing at an alarming rate for want of care and understanding of their significance, and the skills to conserve them. This two-day event aims to raise awareness and elevate technical knowledge about conserving the surviving vernacular timber and iron structures of the Cumberland Plain.

Day 1 | technical symposium| Friday 4 July | 9am – 5pm
A technical symposium exploring the traditional construction methods and conservation techniques for slab barns and timber outbuildings on the Cumberland Plain.

The day’s activities include a demonstration of timber working by craftsmen from rural Victoria and an inspection of the rare group of outbuildings at Rouse Hill House & Farm.

Speakers include: Professors Ian Jack (University of Sydney) and Miles Lewis (University of Melbourne) and local conservation practitioners specialising in structural analysis, timber technology, roofing systems and conservation works.

Day 2 | tour of sites| Saturday 5 July | 9am – 5pm
A tour of significant sites includes an early slab-built vernacular house, timber barns in the Hawkesbury District and demonstrations of vernacular timber working at the new Hawkesbury Regional Museum in Windsor.

Rouse Hill House & Farm | General $130  Conc/Members $110 | Includes course notes, lunch and coach transfers on Day 2 | Bookings essential T 02 8239 2211

For more detailed information about the content of this symposium, contact Donald Ellsmore on 0411 165 011.

Donald Ellsmore
Convenor, APT Australia Chapter 

Well, another week is coming to a close.  Thank goodness! 

I had 3 full days off work this week, and I used those days to make as much headway into my various projects as possible.  OH, you didn't know I had a life outside of work?  Well, let me assure you, I am a VERY creative guy!

I spent the 3 days getting some much-needed personal errands run - paying bills, cleaning (and re-messying up) my place, grocery shopping, etc... but the BIG thing I did was to revamp my website for my book!

Oh, you didn't know I had written a book?  Well, I did!  I actually wrote it 4 years ago, and even sold a few copies of it back in 2006 for $39.99 each... but up until a few weeks ago I didn't really know how to advertise for it.

Then, I read Tim Ferriss's book, "The 4-Hour Workweek" and figured out how to do it!  But, before I go and place a link on yahoo or Google for the site, I figured the website I made for the book 2 years ago needed a touch-up.  And so, that's what I did - it's about 85% complete now, and I'll be putting a link up for it on Yahoo and/or Google sometime next week!

With all the stuff I did involving my other site, I still remembered that I have to put a video/song up on this one for Sunday!  The video I'm putting up this week is for a HILARIOUS song I wrote!  I thought of the chorus for the song while at work one day, and just KNEW I had to complete it! 

I'll give you more insight into the song come Sunday. Truthfully, I shot the video for it LAST week, but due to some file errors (read: I. HATE. WINDOWS. MOVIE. MAKER.)  I wasn't able to publish it.  So, I'll be spending the majority of Saturday re-editing it, but once it's done, I think you all will definetely appreicate it!

Okay, that's all for now - see you Sunday!

-A.P.T.