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<title><![CDATA[Ett bra exempel]]></title>
<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/ett-bra-exempel/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Korrekt och väldigt stram kvinna med barsk ton säger till mig:
- Jag tycker att det är riktigt ri]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Korrekt och väldigt stram kvinna med barsk ton säger till mig:</em></p>
<p>- Jag tycker att det är riktigt riktigt dåligt att ni aldrig sätter ut priser på er frukt!   <br />- Jo, vi gör det, men det händer ofta att kunder på ett eller annat sätt råkar ta bort skyltarna.    <br />- Ja, det låter som en otroligt dålig ursäkt, få människor skulle av misstag riva bort skyltar…    <br />- Du har till exempel en skylt som har fastnat på din kapp-ärm som säger att dina äpplen som du har där i påsen kostar tjugoen och nittio kilot.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Swiss Chard and Onion Quiche]]></title>
<link>http://greencolander.wordpress.com/?p=31</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kitchengirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://greencolander.wordpress.com/?p=31</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We had a little party for our 5 new baby chicks last night - they are one month old and getting read]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a little party for our 5 new baby chicks last night - they are one month old and getting ready to move out to their new digs in the garden, so we called it a "coop-warming party" and invited all our friends. Everyone was quite entertained by the idea - one couple, who it turns out also has 3 chickens of their own, thought it was the coolest party they'd ever been to: proof that other "normal" people have chickens too. </p>
<p>In addition to tours of the just completed chicken coop and plenty of time for everyone to pet and play with the chicks, we served up a buffet of summer patio fare: in addition to the obligatory brats and whole grain rolls, we had salad of watermelon, feta cheese and red onions, grilled tricolor bell peppers, zucchini and yellow squash, grilled polenta cakes, orange cream cheese frosted brownies, a <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/WHITE-BALSAMIC-CUSTARD-TART-WITH-FRESH-BERRY-TOPPING-109726">white balsamic custard tart </a>with fresh fruit that went over very well indeed, and cream cheese with fresh chives and garlic from the garden stirred in. The most popular item of the evening, though, appeared to be the chard and onion quiche (I'd made two in the hopes that we'd have generous leftovers to enjoy this week - both were polished off in their entirety, so we will have to cook again tonight - too bad).</p>
<blockquote><p>1 pie crust</p>
<p>large bunch chard, stems trimmed off and chopped separately, leaves roughly chopped</p>
<p>red onions, sliced - I used several small ones, but I'd say 1-2 large ones would work</p>
<p>grated Pecorino-Romano cheese (again guesstimating, I grated about a saucer full)</p>
<p>3 eggs, lightly beaten</p>
<p>1 cup milk (I used 1%)</p>
<p>1 cup cream (I used table cream that was left over in the fridge)</p>
<p> a few toasted pine nuts</p>
<p>salt, fresh ground pepper, dash nutmeg and dash cayenne pepper</p>
<p><strong>Directions</strong>:</p>
<p>preheat oven to 400 degrees</p>
<p>Saute chard stems in olive oil until softened; set aside</p>
<p>Saute chard leaves in olive oil, seasoning occasionally with salt and pepper, until wilted and tender; set aside</p>
<p>put onion slices in pan with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and a generous dash of sugar; over medium heat let them cook until well softened and beginning to caramelize; try not to stir much to allow the caramelization to begin to take effect</p>
<p>line a pie plate with pie crust and fold over edges</p>
<p>fill bottom of pie with onions</p>
<p>layer chard stems and leaves on top of onions</p>
<p>sprinkle most of the grated cheese over the chard</p>
<p>mix together cream, milk, eggs and season with salt, pepper, cayenne and nutmeg</p>
<p>pour egg mixture into pie crust</p>
<p>top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with pine nuts</p>
<p>bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes</p>
<p>lower heat to 325 and bake for 35 more minutes, until golden brown and slightly crusty</p>
<p>let sit for a while before serving - at least 30 minutes, but quiche will taste fabulous hours later or the next day</p></blockquote>
<p>I was paid the highest compliment on this quiche when a native French woman had some and pronounced it truly excellent; she commented on people's tendency to overbake theirs until the eggs turned runny, and on the excellent flavor of the vegetables. You might as well just call it "garden quiche," because it could just as well have had any other combination of greens and veggies in it; this is just what was ready for the taking yesterday. I can see by my fast-growing vines that we will soon have the opportunity to try cherry tomato and zucchini quiche, for example. Any good cheese and any tasty combination of vegggies, sausage or other kinds of meat would surely be just as wonderful. Let your imagination run on this one - as long as you have the basic base down, you can't mess up a quiche!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Appuntamenti per il Burkina Faso a Fucecchio...]]></title>
<link>http://unpodimondo.wordpress.com/?p=117</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>unpodimondo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://unpodimondo.wordpress.com/?p=117</guid>
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foto Bagordi by Conanil - flickr

Continuano le cene e gli eventi di beneficenza di cui vi ho parla]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1415/1442054831_a649a67a2a.jpg" alt="boccale" /></p>
<p><em>foto Bagordi by Conanil - flickr<br />
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<p>Continuano le cene e gli eventi di beneficenza di cui vi ho parlato anche in <a href="http://unpodimondo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/a-cena-fuori-ovvero-mangiar-bene-per-aiutare-gli-altri/" target="_blank">passato</a>. Il <strong><a href="http://www.movimento-shalom.org" target="_blank">Movimento Shalom</a> </strong>vi invita ai seguenti appuntamenti che si terranno la prossima settimana a <strong>Fucecchio</strong>.</p>
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<li><strong>9 Luglio ore 21.30</strong> <strong>c/o la bottega del commercio equo e solidale </strong><strong>"Il mondo in Vetrina" </strong>in via Donateschi 33 per l'iniziativa "<strong>Sapori dell'altro Mondo</strong>", ovvero assaggi gratuiti di prodotti del Commercio equo e solidale.</li>
<li><strong>12 Luglio </strong><strong> c/o La terrazza della Coop</strong> in via Fucecchiello per <strong>"Festa d'estate"</strong> che comprende: <strong>ore 20.00 Grande cena  di beneficenza</strong> a buffet (€13 adulti - gratis i bimbi sotto i 10 anni)  - <strong>ore 22.00</strong> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/moquettes" target="_blank"><strong>Moquettes</strong></a> in concerto. - ore 23.00 <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/balubashake" target="_blank">Baluba shake</a> </strong>in concerto.  Dopocena entrata gratuita e <strong>Birra equa e solidale per tutti!!!</strong> L'incasso sarà devoluto ai progetti di Shalom in <strong>Burkina Faso</strong>.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Strawhat braucht Verstärkung!]]></title>
<link>http://noushisubs.wordpress.com/?p=87</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>noushisubs</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kopiert von http://strawhatsubs.wordpress.com
Team braucht Verstärkung! Wir suchen genau dich!


Wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Kopiert von <a href="http://strawhatsubs.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://strawhatsubs.wordpress.com</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Team braucht Verstärkung! Wir suchen genau dich!</p>
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<p>Wir dürfen euch schon das erste neue feste Mitglied präsentieren: [SGX] äh -SGX-. Herzlich willkommen im Psychoverein.</p>
<p>Nachdem wir einen Translator gekickt haben, (CCCP_Fish) da von ihm nichts kam. (Solche Leute brauchen wir nicht). Und ein Ersatz Translator der überhaupt nicht auf Itazura na Kiss steht, brauchen wir einen neuen Übersetzer für Itazura na Kiss und vielleicht für Folgende Projekte.</p>
<p>Vorausetzungen sind:</p>
<p>- Englischkenntnisse, man sollte ein gewisses Verstehen dran legen.<br />
- Mittlere Deutschkenntnisse, wir wollen auch nicht jeden Satz korrigieren,  Rechtschreibfehler sind total erlaubt Gramatik sollte aber einiger maßen liegen.<br />
- Wie immer mit uns Verrückten arbeiten können.<br />
- Wenn möglich das Itazura Projekt zu Ende bringen, also 24 Folgen bleiben.</p>
<p>Ausserdem suchen wir immer noch einen Editor und mehrere QCs, Editoren brauchen gewisse Englischkenntnisse und gute Deutschkenntnisse. Um den Text gewissermaßen umzuschreiben. ( Der Text der von den Translatorn kommt )</p>
<p>QCs sollten gute Deutschkenntnisse mitbringen. Die gucken den Sub eigentlich vor allen anderen, müssen halt nur nach Fehlern suchen, die im Sub sind. Pro Projekt arbeiten bis zu 3 QCler bei wichtigen noch mehr, wenn nicht die ganze Gruppe als QC agiert. (huh ^^)</p>
<p>Wie immer darf man auch in mehreren Gruppen arbeiten, man sollte nur eine gewisse Zeit für beide aufbringen. ( Also für beide Zeit haben ).</p>
<p>Email an: strawhatsubs@googlemail.com oder einfach mal im IRC vorbeigucken. ICQ: 190407127 oder MSN: trippod@hotmail.de damit erreicht ihr Trippley.</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Vagnfel]]></title>
<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=908</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
<guid>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=908</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vad är meningen med nästan skjuta in vagnen på sin plats? Ni vet vad jag menar? Vagnen körs fram]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vad är meningen med <em>nästan</em> skjuta in vagnen på sin plats? Ni vet vad jag menar? Vagnen körs fram till sin plats och istället för att köras ihop med vagnen framför överges den vid första vagnberöring...</p>
<p>Det betyder att jag, vid första bästa lucka, måste springa upp och skjuta in alla vagnar i varandra för att andra människor dels ska komma fram och dels för att oreda skapar mer oreda (<em>de flesta i det här skedet av handlingen är fullt fokuserade på att komma ut och hem att de gör som alla andra gör och har gjort</em>).</p>
<p>De som gör så här med vagnarna måste vara:<br />
1. Lata<br />
2. Oempatiska<br />
3. Ouppfostrade<br />
4. Stressade<br />
5. Förvirrade<br />
6. Alla ovanstående</p>
<p>Varför inte bara ge vagnjäveln en extra liten push, jag förstår verkligen inte. Loggar de här människorna <em>nästan</em> ut när de har betalat sina räkningar via internetbank, tappar de <em>nästan</em> ut diskvattnet, låser de <em>nästan</em> dörren när de går hemifrån?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[And so it ends]]></title>
<link>http://ucengineer.wordpress.com/?p=96</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan V</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last Friday morning we finished our scheduled field work for the trail mapping project for Washingto]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ucengineer.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/em_rec_hm.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-102 alignright" style="float:right;" src="http://ucengineer.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/em_rec_hm.jpg?w=235" alt="" width="235" height="192" /></a>Last Friday morning we finished our scheduled field work for the trail mapping project for Washington Department of Natural Resources. The past two weeks we were in beautiful Tahuya State Forest right on the doorstop of Olympic National Park. The views in the park and in the surrounding area were great, snow capped mountain peaks and pristine lakes. This forest was A LOT easier given the great weather we had and the gently sloped terrain. Don't get me wrong, we still punched in 11-12 hour days 5 days a week, so it wasn't a walk in the park (no pun).  Tahuya was about a quarter the size of Capitol State Forest, more like a rain forest, and the trails were mostly 4x4 accessible which made biking a lot easier.</p>
<p>There wasn't as much wildlife in Tahuya, but we managed to spot a mother black bear and her cub about 45 yards from us one evening. I also did a stupid thing with nature, while throwing rocks at a squirrel I missed the squirrel and got a bees' nest. And we know the end of that story, but I only got stung once. As for biking well I went over the handlebars twice in one day which probably added up to about 8 bike falls in the two weeks there, so not bad for me. Most importantly I never had to go to the hospital, if you really know me that will leave you shocked.</p>
<p>I won't say we didn't have any setbacks, we endured my companion breaking her bike on the second day and it took us until the fourth day to get it fixed. But all in all it wasn't like two flat tires and pouring down rain, but it was still something to overcome and still find a way to stay on schedule. We both learned that scheduling ahead of time is not always going to lead to a easy job. Its like baseball, pitchers and batters are always adjusting to keep up with the competition. Fail to adjust, and well you get demoted to AAA or get traded. I still tell people climbing Mt Rainier was easier than biking Capitol State Forest.</p>
<p>Right now we're in the process of reviewing our data and using ArcGIS software to edit some of our data to we can present it to our client this week. Essentially, we're preparing an overview of what the client will get from us in our final report. Meeting with the client at this phase is beneficial in many ways. They can offer suggestions now that can be changed easily, it allows them to know our progress in each forest, and helps keep both sides completely in the loop.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[&quot;J&auml;ttelyftet&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://alvlycke.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/jttelyftet/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alvlycke</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alvlycke.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/jttelyftet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just nu är det inte kul. Albin är mammig, han vill inte sitta, inte ligga, bara vara i min famn. K]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just nu är det inte kul. Albin är mammig, han vill inte sitta, inte ligga, bara vara i min famn. Kanske lite gulligt men jobbigt för min rygg. Visst jag skulle kunna sätta honom på golvet och höra hans skrik, men nä tack, det vill jag inte, jag får stå ut lite till. Det är ju "bara" en period.</p>
<p>Kvällarna här har varit, är jobbiga, hur ska man få ihop det? Tiden räcker ju inte till! Albin är ju så himla trött redan vid halv sex, (kanske pga perioden/tänderna vad vet jag!?)</p>
<p>Vi har börjat med välling för han är för trött när han ska äta sin gröt. Trött och hungrig ingen bra kombination. Men han är inte helt övertygad om att ta vällingen, men det kommer väl. </p>
<p>Oså ska vi hinna äta innan han ska få mat, hur? Eller så får vi äta middag vid 19-tiden och hur kul är det? Inte kul. Nä, det ska gå på nåt sätt.</p>
<p>Men över till nåt annat. Jag fick ett brev på posten idag från Coop´s nya vd. Han ville ha en dialog med alla medarbetare så han kommer att skicka ut brev till alla lite då och då för att man skulle få en uppdatering om vad som händer inom företaget.</p>
<p>Dessutom skrev han om "jättelyftet", en fest till oss till hösten. Tack det låter ju trevligt. Men varför ska han skicka ut ett speciellt brev till alla. Det blir onödigt mycket papper. Tänk på miljön! Det hade väl räckt med ett mail till varje butik istället. </p>
<p>Jaja det är Coop i ett nötskal, hahaha! Kan jag skriva så? Jo, det kunde jag :-)</p>
<p>/ Challe </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing ]]></title>
<link>http://asmallrole.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>asmallrole</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asmallrole.wordpress.com/?p=16</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;m growing a bit frustrated with the chickens as their current living situation is no longer]]></description>
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<p>I'm growing a bit frustrated with the chickens as their current living situation is no longer suitable and their next living quarters will not be occupy-able until next week.</p>
<p>Currently, the four chicks, loud, half-feathered, skittish, are housed in a cage in my front living room. I do not spend much time in this area, so they are not in the way, per se. There is a door to the room to keep the dog out. They are placed under a window to receive natural light (we removed their heating lamp a couple weeks ago) and any breezes that might roll through.</p>
<p>I mentioned before, though, that their messes are increasing in proportion to their size and it is time they were moved outside. We have converted an old rabbit cage that will serve as the chicks' home while they continue to grow. Ultimately, they will move into their rather fancy coop which Stephen built,  kitted out with cozy nesting boxes, ornate perches and fancy ladders to get from level to level.</p>
<p>They scratch and peck like crazy, destroying their daily lining of newspaper and taking every bit of their daily allotment of hay and somehow managing to move it to the floor outside the cage. But it's their poop, quite frankly, that's the big bother. Rather, its constant flow. I know it is good for the compost. I know.</p>
<p>But . . . it's time for them to go outside.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Så nära]]></title>
<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=903</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
<guid>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=903</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Om det hade varit en potatis mindre skulle jag kunna ha uppfyllt min femårsplan redan nu:

(handlar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Om det hade varit en potatis mindre skulle jag kunna ha uppfyllt min femårsplan redan nu:</p>
<p><a href="http://konsum.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/kvitto12349.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-904" src="http://konsum.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/kvitto12349.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="61" /></a></p>
<p><font size="-2">(handlar om <a title="Femårsplan" href="http://konsumbloggen.com/2007/12/10/femarsplan/">det här</a>)</font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dagens]]></title>
<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=901</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
<guid>http://konsum.wordpress.com/?p=901</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Folk som säger &#8220;Nu ska du få jobba lite&#8221; när jag för ett ögonblick har vågat kliva]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folk som säger "<em>Nu ska du få jobba lite</em>" när jag för ett ögonblick har vågat kliva ifrån ifrån kassan (för att genom att röra på benen i någon minut kanske kan skjuta upp den stensäkra blodpropp som stillasittande kassaarbete kommer bringa mig) just när de är på väg för att betala.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Tuesday]]></title>
<link>http://tbl2.wordpress.com/?p=378</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brran1</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tbl2.wordpress.com/?p=378</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Sorry I&#8217;m late posting this Lauren &amp; Coop!)
This past Tuesday, Lauren, Coop and I met up ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Sorry I'm late posting this Lauren &#38; Coop!)</p>
<p>This past Tuesday, <a href="http://laurenisonlyhuman.wordpress.com">Lauren</a>, <a href="http://coopdujour.wordpress.com/">Coop</a> and I met up at <a href="http://www.sugarhillatl.com/">Sugarhill</a> for the Tuesday Night Jam. The event is one big jam session backed by a house band, and hosted by the ever so beautiful Joi (you know, Big Gipp's baby mama/wife). In addition to this past Tuesday being the night for Tuesday Night Jam, it was also a BET Awards viewing party, an album listening party for Anthony David's new release which is entitled 'Acey Ducey' (I hope I spelled that correctly...) and an album release party for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Beach-Recordings-presents-Unwrapped/dp/B0019M839S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1214550092&#38;sr=1-1">Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped, Volume 5.0: The Collipark Cafe Sessions.<!--more--></a></p>
<p>Needless to say, it was a busy night. We got there a little after 8, and the place was already crowded. It started off pretty slow with 102.5 (which is my favorite radio station) broadcasting live from the spot. It was a pretty chill event. Anthony David came out and performed a couple tracks, and then, some of the guys from Hidden Beach (which included Mike Phillips who KILLED it!) took to the stage, and performed some of the tracks off the CD for us. I'm definitely gonna have to go out and buy all 5 albums because the music was on point.</p>
<p>A little while later, they cut on the B.E.T. Awards. Coop, Lauren &#38; I were chatting it up, laughing and just enjoying the atmosphere. I turned around to see what was happening on the BET Awards, and here's what I noticed:</p>
<p>T-Pain looked like he finally escaped from Wonderland.</p>
<p>All that air humping Chris Brown was doing was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. When I say it caught me off guard, it truly did. However, I will say that Ciara could drop it down on me anytime she wishes (Yo Ciara, hit me up on e-mail for my phone number...). Note to Chris Brown: Lauren has an eye on you. You'd better watch yo back bruh. LOL</p>
<p>Everything was going well when the Al Green tribute came on. I was watching the screen when I saw this guy walk onto the stage. Since they showed it from a wide shot, you couldn't really tell who it was, but with me being farsighted as all hell, I said "Hey y'all, that looks like Maxwell...". And sure enough... As soon as it was clear that it was in fact Maxwell, every woman in the place started swooning and fanning themselves. I busted out laughing. Lauren and Coop immediately picked up their phones and started texting whoever and I shot an e-mail to Sixty just to give her a heads up (b/c she's Maxwell's Number 1 Fan), although I had a feeling that she was already watching it.</p>
<p>Around 11, the Jam Session started, and let me say, Joi came on stage and did this funky version of The Eurythmics's 'Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This'. Everything Joi performed was on point. I found myself getting down to the music and just enjoying myself.</p>
<p>During the intermission, Algebra walked in. I bought her album off of iTunes a few months back, but I listened to it for the first time while en route to Atlanta. With the album being as good as it was, I was shocked to see her there (Lauren pointed out that she's at Sugarhill all the time). I was still shocked because back home in Baltimore, you don't see too many celebrities out and about at various nightspots. I had my little 5 seconds of being starstruck and I was ready for her to jump on stage and perform. The DJ put on Afrika Bambaataa's 'Planet Rock' and the whole place started dancing. We ended up having a lil breakdancing battle with the ladies at the table next to us. I had to let 'em know "I might be a big dude, but I can still get down." LOL</p>
<p>Joi came back out (and performed Coop's song 'Lick') and I was minding my own business, just vibin' and enjoying the atmosphere when I heard Lauren and Coop talking about somebody. I was looking around trying to see who they were talking about, and I saw this:</p>
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<p><em>(picture courtesy of Lauren and laurenisonlyhuman.wordpress.com)</em></p>
<p>What the Hell!?!?!?!? I shook my head and turned around, and Lauren and Coop just laughed. Looking at that was traumatizing to say the least.  Why the hell would you leave the house looking like that?</p>
<p>As the night went on, some amateurs came on stage and performed with the band. At this point, I was waiting to see Algebra. One after the other, after the other came on stage. The last straw for me was D'Maestro. Dude was trying to hit the same high notes that Joi had been hitting that entire night. Lauren said that he looked like a bigger version of Cee-Lo, to which I replied "You think he'd perform Closet Freak?" I will admit, dude can sing.</p>
<p>After he left the stage another amateur came on, and the three of us made our exit. I wanted to see Algebra perform, but at this point, it was almost 1:30 AM, and the 3 of us had to be at work in a few hours. I definitely had a ball, and I will be back before I leave. Hopefully Algebra will be back the next time. I had fun chillin with Lauren &#38; Coop, and i'm pretty sure that we'll do it again soon.</p>
<p>Random Thought of the Moment: "Lemme take my ass to bed before I end up dozing off while at work tomorrow."</p>
<p>The Song of the Moment: "Lick" by Joi</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Hengelo Cultuurluk</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Andre Manuel, muzikant, cabaretier en acteur, selecteerde portretten die geschilderd en getekend  z]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0;"><span class="normal"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Andre Manuel, muzikant, cabaretier en acteur, selecteerde portretten die geschilderd en getekend  zijn door Paul Citroen. Deze werken stonden in het depot (de bunker in Paasloo) van het Zwolse museum De Fundatie. Adams en Eva’s; portretten van Paul Citroen is de titel van de expositie.</span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext;font-family:Verdana;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span class="normal"><span style="color:windowtext;">In het voorwoord van de bijbehorende publicatie zegt hij o.m. hierover: “Adam en Eva. Een scheppingsverhaal. Kijk ze maar eens in de ogen. Is dat hun eigen verdriet of is het de Citroen. Ze huilen. Allemaal. Omdat het bedacht is. En er in geknepen is”.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color:windowtext;">Het is de tweede tentoonstelling in de reeks 'Cultuur op Onverwachte plekken' (COOP), een initiatief van de bibliotheken van Almelo, Hengelo, Raalte en Olst/Wijhe en KCO uit Zwolle. Deze vroegen landelijk bekende gastconservatoren hun favoriete voorwerpen uit de depots van Overijsselse musea aan het publiek te laten zien. De expositie is vanaf 8 mei tot en met 8 augustus 2008 te bekijken in Bibliotheek Hengelo Beursplein.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color:windowtext;">Wie nog meer werken van Paul Citroen wil bekijken kan in het najaar van 2008 de unieke overzichtstentoonstelling van het werk van kunstenaar Paul Citroen (1896-1983) bekijken bij De Fundatie. Stukken uit de eigen collectie geven samen met vele bruiklenen een uitgebreid beeld van Citroen’s brede oeuvre.</span></span></span></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Det är hundrade gånger hon kommer fram till mig och smyger sitt ansikte nära mitt, så nära att ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Det är hundrade gånger hon kommer fram till mig och smyger sitt ansikte nära mitt, så nära att alkoholistillusionen om att en minttablett döljer spritlukt drabbas av svår skam och tar en långhelg. Hon slirar lite på S:en när hon säger:</em></p>
<p>- Någon borde gå igenom frukten, det är fullt – FULLT – med ruttna persikor och nektariner och äpplen och apelsiner och plommon.   <br />- Ojdå, jag får gå igenom dem snart, det är bara det att nu så här mitt på dagen måste vi plocka upp varorna, för efter fyra blir det för mycket folk. Vi brukar gå igenom frukt-och gröntdiskarna då, det har ju du och jag pratat om förut.    <br />- Jojo, men jag är här nu, och jag vill inte se en massa rutten frukt när jag kommer in hit.    <br />- Nej, det är klart… jag går på en gång och plockar bort de dåliga.    <br />- Ja, jag vet inte varför jag kommer hit och handlar, jag blir lika arg varje gång jag ser de där ruttna frukterna!    <br />- Nej, inte jag heller.</p>
<p><em>Jag går till fruktavdelningen och förbereder mig för att fäktas med flugor och mögel, jag har till och med hämtat ett par plasthandskar. I mitt huvud har jag redan lagt upp stridsordningen: nektariner / persikor / plommon / biggaråer / apelsiner / äpplen.</em></p>
<p><em>En persika.</em></p>
<p><em>Det ligger en ynka persika och gosar sig på en egen mögelkudde, i övrigt är allt glänsande friskt och fräscht. </em></p>
<p><em>Jag tänker ut hämndrepliker i nära en timme.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Us! and them, too. Deal with Ethiopian coffee co-op makes popular beans available to local roasters and helps growers in Africa]]></title>
<link>http://activistnotes.wordpress.com/?p=88</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>activistnotes</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[[I have a couple issues with the title of this recent article, but I love Just Us! I enjoyed an It]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#666666;">[I have a couple issues with the title of this recent article, but I love Just Us! I enjoyed an Italian Roast at their Wolfville cafe last night while reading my favorite novel, <em>Things As They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams</em> by William Godwin. ...Ian Hussey]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#666666;">Deal with Ethiopian coffee co-op makes popular beans available to local roasters and helps growers in Africa</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#1e1e1e;font-family:Verdana;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#666666;font-family:Verdana;">By KEVIN KELLOWAY and MARTHA WILSON, The Chronicle Herald</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#1e1e1e;font-family:Verdana;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#666666;font-family:Verdana;">Sun. Jun 22, 2008 - 7:47 AM</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">IN CASE you haven’t heard yet, Ethiopian coffee is hot. The beans everyone is chasing now are Harar, Yirgacheffe and Sidamo, from renowned coffee-growing areas in </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Ethiopia</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> — and demand is definitely outstripping supply.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">So the folks at Just Us! Coffee Roasters were delighted last month when their co-operative became one of the first to sign a trademarking and licensing program with Ethiopian coffee farmers. The Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Co-operative delivered 18,144 kilograms of beans to Just Us! early in June.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">"We’re proud to be one of the first coffee companies to sign on to this agreement, which will bring major and positive changes to the lives of the coffee growers," Jeff Moore, CEO of Just Us!, said in a recent interview. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">The agreement was signed last month at the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s annual conference, which the </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Grand Pre</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> company always attends.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">The conference, held this year in </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Minneapolis</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">, offered coffee-roasting, brewing and espresso-tasting labs, along with discussions about sustainability and biodiversity. For Just Us!, the conference offers new ways to build on core strengths: a passion for quality and a dedication to social justice.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Just Us! got off the ground in 1995, when </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Moore</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> headed to </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Mexico</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> to see what he could figure out about importing, roasting and selling coffee — a business he knew absolutely nothing about. (His background was in social work.) But he had experience with running a non-profit organization, and he wanted to do something in the developing fair-trade movement.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Moore</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">, unable to speak Spanish, went to </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Mexico</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> without a translator. He dropped by the coffee shop of a coffee collective he had read about in a magazine article, and a customer was fortunately available to translate as he chatted with the person in charge. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Back in </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Nova Scotia</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">, he told his wife, Debra, that he thought they had found a viable business. He was convinced there would be a market for organic coffee offered at a price that would give the growers a decent income.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">But to move forward they would need to place a substantial initial order: a container load, or 37,500 pounds of green coffee beans. And they would have to borrow against their house to do it. The </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Moores</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;"> decided to go for it. Their success has borne out the wisdom of that choice.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">SOME VALUABLE BUSINESS LESSONS JUST US!</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">It’s possible to run your own business, make a profitable living and work for the greater good. Some suggestions:</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">1. Let your company embody your philosophy.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">If there are issues you feel passionate about and you want to use your company as a vehicle to create change in that area, then, like Debra and Jeff Moore, you might want to begin with the philosophy and move from there to the product or service. In effect, you flip the starting process back to front. Rather than ask, for instance, "How can I make money selling widgets?" you ask, "What can I do or sell in order to bring about change in this particular area?" </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Experiment with ways of asking and answering these questions. Read widely and find out what others are doing. Look to other countries and other groups. Many processes are emerging that meld profit with social change; investigate as many organizations as you can. Websites such as Springwise show new business models, often based on social change and sustainability, which entrepreneurs around the world are trying.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">2. Find ways to match your idealism to business reality.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">The best company in the world will go under if too little money is coming in. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">If you are starting a business that’s an offshoot of your hopes for larger change, be doubly sure that you’ve done your homework. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Do a lot of research on costs and profit projections; don’t let your enthusiasm tempt you into an overly rosy assessment. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Allow for flexibility and enough time to change your strategy, if necessary.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">3. Be alert to new avenues for expansion.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Just Us! has expanded into fair trade sugar, tea and chocolate, as well as fair trade tourism. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">Keep coming back to your core strengths and to your brand identity. Is the new opportunity compatible with your company’s purpose? Is it a natural fit or are you hoping you can force the pieces together? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.9pt;"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;">When you can find seamless ways to integrate your best ideas, you’ll expand your potential to keep growing.</span></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In tarda mattinata al Senato si vota sul Decreto sicurezza. Per l’occasione assisteremo alla prima]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="post" src="http://static.blogo.it/polisblog/coop2.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="250" height="188" align="left" />In tarda mattinata al Senato si vota sul <strong>Decreto sicurezza</strong>. Per l’occasione assisteremo alla prima fiducia richiesta dal Berlusconi quater, indispensabile per abbreviare i tempi e aggirare l’ostacolo dei <strong>circa 500 emendamenti</strong> presentati dall’opposizione.</p>
<p>Dei contenuti <a href="http://markoblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/approvata-la-finanziaria-vi-spieghiamo-la-manovra-in-10-punti/" target="_blank">vi abbiamo già parlato in modo dettagliato</a> nei giorni scorsi; dovrebbero invece emergere alcuni provvedimenti nuovi, stando alle voci che si rincorrono in queste ultime ore. vediamo quali.</p>
<p><strong>Coop e Robin Tax</strong>. Della Robin Tax sappiamo tutto, ma per riassumerne lo spirito, l’aliquota Ires salirà dal 27 al 33% per tutte le aziende bancarie, assicurative e petrolifere; inoltre per queste ultime vigerà l’obbligo di mettere a bilancio gli stock a prezzo di mercato e non a prezzo di acquisto (solitamente molto più basso). La novità invece potrebbe essere rappresentata dagli <strong>aumenti di tassazione alle Coop</strong>, per equipararne in qualche modo il regime fiscale alle aziende concorrenti, con incremento dal 12,5 al 20% di tassa sugli utili e obbligo di destinazione di un ulteriore 5% dei guadagni al <strong>Fondo per i più deboli</strong>, cioè la famosa carta sociale allo studio per pagare alimentari e bollette.</p>
<p><strong>Innovazione e banda larga</strong>. La banda larga e gli impianti wireless vengono equiparati alle opere di urbanizzazione primaria e in quanto tali godranno di facilitazioni burocratiche, come il principio del silenzio-assenso nei rapporti con la pubblica amministrazione, di fronte alla quale sarà sufficiente effettuare una denuncia di inizio attività. Tutto questo per favorire lo sviluppo tecnologico in un settore chiave della comunicazione.</p>
<p><strong>Istituzione tetti di spesa</strong>. Le amministrazioni centrali saranno soggette a tetti di spesa che dovrebbero portare un risparmio immediato di 5 miliardi (14 nel triennio), cui aggiungerne altri 20 da pubblico impiego, finanza decentrata, sanità e previdenza. Il risparmio così ottenuto servirà necessariamente anche a contrastare l’aggravio di spesa derivante dall’aumento dei costi previdenziali determinati dal quadro demografico.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[via: polisblog.it]</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. <strong>“Katarr”</strong> – istället för “<em>tackar</em>”     <br />2. <strong>“Godagis”</strong> – istället för “<em>goddag</em>”    <br />3. <strong>“Hundskydd”</strong> – istället för “<em>mynt</em>” *    <br />4. <strong>“Fästmön… mitt stöd i livet”</strong> – istället för “<em>käpp</em>”    <br />5. <strong>“Precis vad mor skickade med”</strong> – istället för “<em>det har jag råd med</em>”</p>
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<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/resultat-frn-en-knslig-omrstning/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nu är omröstningen nedan stängd, och resultatet är uträknat. Jag tänker inte ge något svar, i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nu är omröstningen nedan stängd, och resultatet är uträknat. Jag tänker inte ge något svar, inte ens en liten vinkning om åt vilket håll det mest rätta svaret ligger.</p>
<p>Det verkar vara så att jag bör inneha en snippa i alla fall, och om så inte är fallet vore det troligt att det inte spelar någon som helst roll. Det känns bra.</p>
<p>Det som gjorde hela omröstningen verkligt intressant var alla fina och kloka kommentarer från er. Ni är bäst!</p>
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<dc:creator>likeomgcooties</dc:creator>
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Fan Girl Squee
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where can i get one, dammit?!?!
and can i cus]]></description>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoursournotes/2567479755/">Fan Girl Squee</a></p>
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<p>where can i get one, dammit?!?!</p>
<p>and can i customize it to say " ;) of course you're my boo." on the back?!</p>
<p>this is one of those times where i wish i was like, steve jobs or oprah, hell, i'd take lindasy lohan, so i could get my personal assistant [assistants if you're oprah, or jesus] to be like "GET ME ONE OF THOSE SHIRTS STAT,BITCH!!!" ya dig?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[20.06.08 | New Home To Stop Pennbury]]></title>
<link>http://robparker.wordpress.com/?p=197</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Rob Blog @ robparker.org.uk</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The offical home of the Campaign to Stop the Co-op Eco Town has a new home - and it&#8217;s really a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The offical home of the Campaign to Stop the Co-op Eco Town has a new home - and it's really a pretty good site! Have a look at this superb size, especially with such a superb message!</p>
<p><a href="http://robparker.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/stop_ecotown_200608.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-198" src="http://robparker.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/stop_ecotown_200608.png?w=300" alt="Stop The Eco-Town" width="300" height="225" /></a><br />
<a href="http://robparker.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/140208-stop-leicester-eco-town/" target="_self"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://robparker.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/140208-stop-leicester-eco-town/" target="_self">View my Eco-Town posts &#62;&#62;</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.stopthecoopecotown.org" target="_blank">View the offical website &#62;&#62;</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The Rob Blog @ <a href="http://www.robparker.org.uk/">robparker.org.uk</a> </strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Glad midsommar!]]></title>
<link>http://konsum.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/glad-midsommar/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>konsum</dc:creator>
<guid>http://konsum.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/glad-midsommar/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Dagens som sådan - en kreativ en ]]></title>
<link>http://supergirlsdontcry.wordpress.com/?p=723</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Angelica</dc:creator>
<guid>http://supergirlsdontcry.wordpress.com/?p=723</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Efter att jag varit på Bolaget (3 plattor bärs, 2 personer, 2 dar - tror ni det räcker?), Coop (2]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Efter att jag varit på Bolaget (3 plattor bärs, 2 personer, 2 dar - tror ni det räcker?), Coop (2 fläskfiléer och potatissallad och en märklig händelse), på mammas jobb och lämnat beställningslistor till Oriflame och lämnat Oriflame-varor till Verre på ICA så promenerade jag hunden i åska och regn. Skrotade tankar på datanördande och bar ner alla smyckesgrejer på altan.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Så jag har pillat och pillat. Alltså.. Det är att komma på hur ett smycke ska se ut som är det svåra, inte att sätta ihop det. <a href="http://BravidaNordh.bilddagboken.se/p/dayview.html?directlink=1&#38;t=1213740001&#38;id=225767219">Här</a> kan ni se vad jag gjort (: Allt går (som det står) att beställa via mail. De som ligger där ska ut på Tradera, antagligen imorn, så håll koll på anan0509 ;)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Näe, nu ska jag sova. Världens huvudvärk! Ska bara uppdatera <a href="http://supergirlsdontcry.wordpress.com/smycken/">prislistan</a> först.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[18.06.2008 "ThaiRiver Experimentalphase" mit "Möbelhund" und "Was ist bitte eine Fishloft"?]]></title>
<link>http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/?p=1312</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PeterPan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Heute bekam ich via XING eine Nachricht. Ich sah nach und las den Text im Forum der &#8220;Aquaristi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heute bekam ich via XING eine Nachricht. Ich sah nach und las den Text im Forum der "Aquaristik". Dort fragte jemand, ob ein Forenmitglied schon mal etwas von <span class="photo_container pc_m">"<a href="http://www.fishloft.de/" target="_blank">Fishloft</a>"</span> gehört hätte. Ich fragte mich: "Was ist das denn? Eine Dachwohnung mit Ausblick für Fische? Keine Ahnung." Ich klickte den Link an und sah mir verwundert die Bilder an.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.fishloft.de/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2590422841_5194a95d49.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="203" height="308" /></a></p>
<p>Bei <a href="//peterpanch.wordpress.com///Fishloft">"Fishloft"</a> handelt es sich um ein durchsichtiges Plexirohr, das in einen Teich gestellt wird. Die obere Seite wird verschlossen. Dann pumpt man mit einer Vakuumpumpe - z.B. eine Schlauchbootpumpe - die Luft aus dem Plexiglasrohr. Der Wasserpegel steigt und füllt das Rohr bis zur Oberkante. Und nun? Was soll das? Die Fische im Teich können nun in das Rohr schwimmen und aufsteigen! So geniessen die Fische die Aussicht über den Teich ohne zu ersticken! Oder: Die Katzen können sich die nächste Mahlzeit direkt präsentieren lassen :-)</p>
<p align="center"><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://paradisexpress.blogspot.com/2007/09/variante-du-fishloft.html" target="_blank"><img class="pc_img" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2590545737_053132475b.jpg" alt="Fishloft rund" width="410" height="330" /></a></span></p>
<p>Oben eine Variante mit einem Goldfischglas vom <a href="http://paradisexpress.blogspot.com/2007/09/variante-du-fishloft.html" target="_blank">Blog "ParadisExpress</a>". Das Ganze sieht nicht nur genial aus, sondern ist eine ganz einfach umzusetzende geniale Idee. Sofort dachte ich daran, wie ich das nun bei uns zu Hause einsetzen kann. Zum einen im Garten: Dort kommt irgendwann ein Holztrog oder mittig durchgesägtes Barriquefass unter den Regenablauf der Terrasse. Oder in einem der Aquarien: Ja, mittlerweile habe ich drei gebrauchte kleinere Aquarien günstig erstanden. Also notierte ich "Plexiglasrohr suchen" im Hinterkopf.</p>
<p>Nach der Arbeit fuhr ich zum Einkaufen ins "Letzi". Ziel: Im "Jumbo" nach Quarzsand für meine Aquarien zu kaufen. Nur wenige Kaufwillige befanden sich im Einkaufszentrum "um die Ecke". Ich wanderte zum Baumarkt "Jumbo" und schlenderte durch die Regale Richtung Gartenbedarf im Aussenbereich.</p>
<p align="center"><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpanch/2590260517/" target="_blank"><img class="pc_img" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2590260517_b60b066f72_m.jpg" alt="Thairiver_00008" width="240" height="180" /></a></span></p>
<p>In einem Regalgang stolperte ich förmlich über flache "Rollwagerl". Eigentlich heissen die Dinger im Jumbo aber "Möbelhund". Wie im Beitrag "<a href="http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/17052008-local-river-oder-anregungen-fur-einrichtungsideen/">Thairiver</a>" bereits beschrieben, stört mich an den gängigen Aquarieninstallationen, dass die Teile einmal aufgestellt einfach nicht mehr zu bewegen sind. Der "Möbelhund" kam mir also gerade recht; denn die Tragfähigkeit liegt bei 500 kg! Grösse: 60x30 Zentimeter. Kostenpunkt: 37 Franken pro Stück. Ja, ich nahm gleich mal zwei mit, um die "Rollwagerl" gleich zu Hause unter einem der kleineren Aquarien zu testen.</p>
<p>Dann ging ich hinaus in den Aussenbereich, suchte und fand "gewaschenen Quarzsand im Beutel zu 25 kg" (7 CHF), wuchtete einen Sack in den Einkaufswagen und schlenderte zum Abschluss noch durch die Holzabteilung. Dort fand ich Styroporplatten als Unterlage für die Aquarien. Fertig! Dann ging ich zur Kasse und lud die Ware in den Boxster.</p>
<p>Da ich noch Zeit hatte (bis zum Anpfiff der EM-Fussballspiele), wanderte ich zurück ins Einkaufszentrum. Im "Pfister-Einrichtungshop" stehen viele Artikel zum "Ausverkaufspreis". Ich durchsuchte den Laden nach Brauchbarem für die "<a href="http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/?s=Waterworld">Waterworld-Projekte</a>". Glasvasen mit verschiedenen Grössen und Formen standen in den Regalen. Ich fand runde Behälter mit schräg abgeschliffenen Öffnungen. Die Preise entsprachen allerdings nicht meinen Vorstellungen. Kurz vor dem Ausgang kam ich dann an der Plexiglas-Deko-Abteilung vorbei. Und fand: Ein einseitig verschlossenes Plexiglasrohr!</p>
<p align="center"><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpanch/2591095410/" target="_blank"><img class="pc_img" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2591095410_0d1046ed76_m.jpg" alt="Thairiver_00006" width="180" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpanch/2591095038/" target="_blank"><img class="pc_img" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2591095038_b487973fff_m.jpg" alt="Thairiver_00007" width="240" height="180" /></a></span></p>
<p><span class="photo_container pc_m">Eigentlich handelt es sich dabei um einen "Schirmständer". Aber den Zweck als "<a href="http://www.fishloft.de/" target="_blank">Fishloft</a>" konnte es allemal erfüllen. Ich fotografierte den Schirmständer für mein externes Gedächtnis und speicherte den Preis, sowie die Bestellnummer ab.</span></p>
<p><span class="photo_container pc_m">Dann kaufte ich im Coop noch ein paar Lebensmittel ein und fuhr anschliessend nach Hause. Mike half mir beim Ausladen und ich erzählte ihm von den Fundstücken. Dann testete ich sofort einen der "Möbelhunde" und stellte eines der Aquarien darauf. Die Masse passen ideal - das Aquarium besitzt ebenso die Grundfläche von 60x30 Zentimeter.</span>
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<p align="center"><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpanch/2591094846/" target="_blank"><img class="pc_img" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2591094846_2ed510ae08.jpg" alt="Thairiver_00009" width="440" height="330" /></a></span></p>
<p><span class="photo_container pc_m">Nun lässt sich das momentan nur mit etwas Wasser gefüllte und mit zwei Zyperngraspflanzen bestückte Aquarium ganz leicht bewegen. Gefällt mir das aktuelle "Ensemble" vor dem grossen Süd-/Ostfenster nicht, so wird einfach umgestellt. Links unten steht übrigens "<a href="http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/10052008-projekt-waterworld-oder-wie-ein-fisch-im-glas/">Waterworld I</a>", jedoch mit Garnelen ausgestattet. Auf dem Elefantenhocker tummeln sich rote Neon und das Kampffischmännchen in "<a href="http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/27052008-projekt-waterworld-ii-oder-garnelen-im-glas/">Waterworld II</a>". Und rechts daneben auf dem "Möbelhund" - das dient momentan als "<a href="http://peterpanch.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/17052008-local-river-oder-anregungen-fur-einrichtungsideen/">ThaiRiver-Experimentalprojekt</a>". Im kleinen schlanken Glas teste ich momentan eine Artemiakultur.</span></p>
<p><span class="photo_container pc_m">Links zum Thema:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://www.fishloft.de/" target="_blank">www.fishloft.de</a></span></li>
<li><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a title="Fishworld" href="http://www.patentwert.de/patentwert_produktdetails.php?id=893" target="_blank">Fishloft bei Patentwert.de</a></span></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Something for Yasser]]></title>
<link>http://juannavarro.wordpress.com/?p=908</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>juannavarro</dc:creator>
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off of COOP&#8217;s Flickr, some incredible water decals by Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8217; Roth
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<p>off of C<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157605594959854/">OOP's Flickr, some incredible water decals by Ed "Big Daddy' Roth</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Linux all'Ipercoop]]></title>
<link>http://alessandrobottoni.wordpress.com/?p=35</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alessandrobottoni</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La prima volta che ho installato Linux mi sono detto che ci sarebbero voluti vent&#8217;anni prima c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La prima volta che ho installato Linux mi sono detto che ci sarebbero voluti vent'anni prima che Linux potesse diventare un prodotto di massa. Era il  1994 o 1995 e la “distro” in questione era una Softflanding Linux od una Slackware (ora non ricordo) su 80386 con OpenLook (OpenWindows), NCSA HTTPD e NCSA Mosaic usati soprattutto “provare” Internet sul lato server e per far girare <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATAN">Satan</a> di Farmer e Venema. A quel tempo Linux mostrava tutte le potenzialità di un “vero” Unix ma mostrava anche tutti i limiti di un progetto artigianale, a partire dall'assenza di un meccanismo per caricare moduli software (soprattutto i driver di dispositivo) a run time. Questo obbligava a ricompilare il kernel per caricare qualunque nuovo driver  e, in pratica, faceva in modo che Linux fosse utilizzabile solo da un ristrettissima cerchia di specialisti provenienti dal mondo Unix. Non che gli altri Unix (e gli altri sistemi operativi) fossero messi meglio, peraltro. La concorrenza era rappresentata da Windows 3.11 (16 bit...), Coherent Unix di Mark Williams (bello ma... non ci girava sopra quasi niente...), MacOS (niente preemptive multitasking e costi tripli rispetti a Windows/Intel....) e le cosidette Workstation (IBM RISC/6000 con AIX, Sun con SunOS, SGI con IRIX e via dicendo. Funzionalità: come una attuale console Nintendo. Costo medio: come una automobile).</p>
<p class="western">Per molti anni ho pensato che il punto di svolta si sarebbe avuto quando Linux fosse arrivato, preinstallato sull'hardware, sugli scaffali dell'Ipercoop, al pari di un normale PC Windows o di un MacIntosh. A quel punto Linux avrebbe potuto essere considerato un prodotto “maturo”, adatto al mercato di massa, ed il lavoro dei molti “supporter” come me avrebbe potuto considerarsi concluso.</p>
<p class="western">Ieri, con qualche anno di anticipo sul previsto, ho avuto modo di vedere un ASUS EEE PC con Linux sugli scaffali dell'Ipercoop di Ferrara. Per 299 euro (che sono il 50% in più di quanto costa lo stesso oggetto in USA) chiunque può portarsi a casa, installato e funzionante, un Linux del tutto equivalente a qualunque Windows ed a MacOS X. Potete leggere un articolo della Coop su Linux qui: “<a href="http://www.servizi.novacoop.e-coop.it/portalWeb/consumatoriHome.portal;jsessionid=IsWy2b1s1v5d2zztZmin1jApFftZcCjyU2euNrLo7ARxpKmjnK90!98853546?_nfpb=true&#38;_pageLabel=consumatoriHomePivot&#38;cm_path=/CoopRepository/CONSUMATORI/CoopItalia/documento/doc00000054607&#38;ID_PIVOT=4282&#38;ID_SEZIONE=32&#38;PATH_ANTICIPAZIONE=/CoopRepository/CONSUMATORI/CoopItalia/anticipazione/ant00000054643&#38;ID_NUMERO=30&#38;ID_EDIZIONE=0">L'etica dei computer</a>”.</p>
<p class="western">Per quelli come me, è ormai tempo di cambiar mestiere (anche se, ovviamente, supportare Linux NON è il nostro mestiere ma solo una attività “politica”).</p>
<h1 class="western">Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, etc.</h1>
<p class="western">In realtà, questa novità era già stata annunciata da tempo. Da circa un anno a questa parte si susseguono gli annunci delle principali case produttrici di hardware. Ha iniziato Dell, circa un anno fa, dopo aver subito una serie di pressioni molto forti da parte degli utenti sul proprio sito <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideastorm">IdeaStorm</a>. Dell ci ha messo un bel po' prima di arrivare veramente a distribuire macchine desktop basate su Linux ed alla fine si è decisa a farlo <em>solo</em> sul mercato USA, grazie ad un <a href="http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?i=1972312">accordo</a> con Canonical (Ubuntu). Potete vedere i modelli offerti sul <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&#38;cs=19&#38;l=en&#38;s=dhs">sito di Dell USA</a>. Nonostante questo, Dell è stata la prima grande azienda a iniziare la distribuzione di macchine con Linux preinstallato. Sono seguite a ruota Acer (potete vedere un suo <a href="http://compraonline.mediaworld.it/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomProductDisplay?&#38;productId=555324&#38;langId=-1&#38;catalogId=20000&#38;storeId=20000&#38;WT.vr.rac_dc=DEM&#38;WT.vr.rac_pl=1&#38;WT.vr.rac_of=Acer_5315&#38;WT.vr.rac_de=Acer_5315&#38;WT.vr.rac_ma=recall_EeePC&#38;WT.vr.rac_mp=09_mag_08&#38;WT.mc_id=RC0001">modello</a> con Linux in vendita <em>in Italia</em> grazie a ComputerWorld), ASUS (con il famosissimo EEE PC che potete vedere sugli scaffali dell'Ipercoop) e Lenovo (ex-IBM). Purtroppo, anche Lenovo ha il pessimo vizio di distribuire i suoi <a href="http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/Info/08/Linux">modelli con Linux</a> solo sul mercato USA.</p>
<p class="western">In realtà, in Italia c'è un italianissimo produttore che offre PC con Linux preinstallato seguendo la vera logica del mondo OpenSource: <a href="http://shop.mambasoft.it/openmamba-computers">MambaSoft</a> (che monta la italianissima ed ottima distro <a href="http://www.openmamba.org/">OpenMamba</a>).</p>
<p class="western">Come che sia, al momento è effettivamente possibile comprare dei PC con Linux preinstallato prelevandoli dallo scaffale di un ipermercato od ordinandoli online. L'importanza di questa svolta non può sfuggire nemmeno agli osservatori più distratti.</p>
<h1 class="western">A denti stretti</h1>
<p class="western">Come potete vedere, <em>tutte</em> le grandi case costruttrici di hardware vendono Linux molto, ma proprio <em>molto</em> malvolentieri. Non solo lo vendono quasi sempre <em>solo</em> sul mercato USA ma addirittura, anche quando lo rendono disponibile sul mercato europeo, pretendono di farlo allo stesso prezzo di una macchina Windows (come se Linux avesse un costo di licenza) e di applicare un assurdo cambio paritetico tra dollari USA e Euro. Non ancora contenti di questa assurda guerra intestina ad un <em>loro</em> prodotto, presente sul <em>loro</em> catalogo, accompagnano questa <em>loro</em> offerta commerciale con frasi come:</p>
<p class="citazione-western">“ACER consiglia Windows per le attività quotidiane con il computer”</p>
<p class="western">Ce ne sarebbe abbastanza per affossare qualunque prodotto. La ragione di questa apparente antipatia per Linux è ovvia: Microsoft fa sentire il suo enorme potere contrattuale dietro le quinte.</p>
<p class="western">Nonostante questo, la strada ormai è segnata. Se uno dei grandi produttori immette sul mercato una macchina con Linux preinstallato, gli altri devono fare altrettanto per non perdere quote di mercato. Dato che ormai i grandi produttori che si sono imbarcati in questa avventura sono almeno tre o quattro, il meccanismo è chiaramente arrivato oltre la soglia di non ritorno.</p>
<p class="western">Microsoft stessa riconosce che il tempo dei Sistemi Operativi commerciali sta per finire. Lo fa quando dice, per bocca di Steve Ballmer, che <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2008/02/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/microsoft5/pubblicita-pubblicita/pubblicita-pubblicita.html">il futuro di M$ sta nella pubblicità</a> (e quindi non più nel software).</p>
<p class="western">Se si è arrivati a questo punto, nonostante la strenua autodifesa di M$, vuol dire che la richiesta di un sistema operativo libero non può più essere ignorata. Il mercato (o il “popolo”) lo vuole e le aziende produttrici sono costrette a concederlo. Questo la dice lunga anche su quanto sia realmente amato Windows dal mercato (specialmente dopo l'avvento di Windows Vista).</p>
<h1 class="western">Android, LiMo, OpenMoko</h1>
<p class="western">Il brillante futuro di Linux però non è ancora iniziato. Lo vedrete con i vostri occhi nel 2009 e 2010, quando arriveranno sul mercato i primi smart phone ed i primi PDA basati su <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko">OpenMoko</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMo_Platform">LiMo</a> e <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android">Android</a>. Queste piattaforme software per telefoni cellulari di tipo “open” hanno già raccolto il consenso ed il supporto di gran parte delle case produttrici, a partire da Motorola per finire a Samsung ed a Nokia. Questo vuol dire che nei prossimi anni certi chiusissimi gioielli, come l'Apple iPhone e gli HTC, dovranno fare i conti con prodotti molto appetitosi ed <em>aperti</em>.</p>
<p class="western">Come avrete notato, gli smart phone ed i PDA stanno affiancando da tempo i laptop e rischiano di sostituirli in molto compiti. Il vero futuro dell'informatica sta nei gingilli come iPhone, non nelle macchine da tavolo. E Linux è già lì, pronto a combattere con Windows e Symbian ad armi (almeno) pari.</p>
<h1 class="western">Automotive Linux</h1>
<p class="western">Come se non bastasse, esistono dei progetti anche per sostituire alcune piattaforme proprietarie (come <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnx">QNX</a>) con Linux nel mercato automotive ed aerospace. Potete vedere qualche recensione qui:</p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6531324140.html">Driving Mr Tux</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?i=2293637">Intel vuole Linux sulle automobili</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://www.embedded.com/columns/specialreports/165702017?_requestid=369641">Automotive Telematics</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://blogs.windriver.com/parkinson/2006/10/callup_for_linu.html">Linux in aerospace and defense</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://blogs.windriver.com/bruggeman/2006/10/linux_and_autom.html">Linux in automotive</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://cdn.windriver.com/it/press/pr.html?ID=4787">Linux va nello spazio</a></p>
<p class="western"><a href="http://www.lynuxworks.com/solutions/milaero/milaero.php3">Linuxworks</a></p>
<p class="western">In buona sostanza, nei prossimi anni troveremo Linux <em>dovunque</em>, anche sotto il cofano dell'auto.</p>
<h1 class="western">L'annosa questione dei driver</h1>
<p class="western">Anche l'annosa questione dei driver è in via di risoluzione. <a href="http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html">ATI</a> ed <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html">Nvidia</a> sembrano già essersi rassegnate a rilasciare le informazioni necessarie allo sviluppo di driver open source e/o a fornire driver proprietari di buon livello per Linux. A questa (lungamente attesa) disponibilità, si aggiunge un progetto comunitario per lo sviluppo di driver come il <a href="http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view">Linux Driver Project</a>. Con grandi nomi come Dell, Acer, Lenovo e ASUS nella lista delle aziende da supportare è solo questione di tempo per avere i driver Linux anche per l'hardware che finora aveva resistito ad ogni tentativo di integrazione.</p>
<h1 class="western">L'annosa questione degli utenti</h1>
<p class="western">Resta invece irrisolto l'annoso problema degli utenti. Questo però è un problema che condividiamo con Windows e con MacOS X. Gli utenti che si trovano in difficoltà con Linux, in realtà si trovano spesso in difficoltà con i computer in senso lato, non importa quale sia il sistema operativo.</p>
<p class="western">Qualunque distribuzione <em>decente</em> dal punto di vista della usability (e quindi NON Ubuntu con Gnome) è ormai quasi indistinguibile da Windows, esattamente come lo sono i suoi principali programmi, come OpenOffice (“clone” di MS Office), Thunderbird (“clone” di MS Outlook) o Firefox (“clone” di Internet Exploder).</p>
<p class="western">Quando tengo dei corsi su Linux, a volte mi diverto ad iniziare con una prima lezione di circa 20 minuti in cui elogio Windows e MS Office. Alla fine della presentazione faccio notare ai presenti che il software che ho mostrato loro fino a quel momento era in realtà una versione adeguatamente”carrozzata” di Linux (<a href="http://vixta.sourceforge.net/">Linux Vixta</a> o simili). Ovviamente, non sempre e non tutti ci cascano ma è sorprendente quanta gente che pensava di conoscere bene Windows cada in questo semplice inganno. Cose simili le fanno anche alcuni miei amici con certe versioni di Linux “camuffate” da MacOS X, come <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamlinux">DreamLinux</a>, <a href="http://www.unixteam.net/">Linux Tiger</a> o come quella che si può ottenere in questo modo: <a href="http://www.taimila.com/?q=node/11">Taimila</a>.</p>
<p class="western">La realtà è che quasi sempre chi dichiara di ritenere “troppo difficile” o “non abbastanza potente” Linux, solitamente non lo ha mai usato in vita propria. Spesso, queste persone non sono in grado di reinstallare da soli il loro amatissimo <em>Windows</em>. Le loro rimostranze riguardo alla difficoltà di installare Linux sono quindi prive di fondamento. Il loro problema è l'<em>installazione</em> (di qualunque sistema operativo), non Linux. Nello stesso modo, spesso queste persone sono in grado di usare il PC per scaricare musica, per fare CD o per scambiare posta elettronica ma devono ricorrere all'amico per <em>qualunque</em> compito di amministrazione, anche semplicissimo come la configurazione del client di posta. Il loro problema non è quindi la presunta complessità di Linux ma la loro limitatissima conoscenza dell'informatica in generale.</p>
<p class="western">Non ha quindi nessun senso tentare di convincere questi utenti a passare a Linux. Questi utenti passeranno a Linux quando qualcuno dirà loro di farlo <em>dall'alto</em>. Lo faranno senza capire e senza discutere, come hanno fatto nel momento in cui sono “passati” a Windows da MS/DOS o da carta e penna. Non sono questi gli utenti di cui preoccuparsi, ormai.</p>
<h1 class="western">Firefox3, KDE4 ed altre bucce di banana</h1>
<p class="western">Piuttosto, sarebbero da evitare certe bucce di banana come il rilascio frettoloso di KDE4 (decisamente orrendo) e di Firefox 3 (che sembra contenere ancora dei bug piuttosto pericolosi). Linux deve gran parte della sua fama alla sua sicurezza ed alla sua stabilità. Vedere il browser che si pianta, vedere il desktop finito a metà o venire a conoscenza di bachi pericolosi in programmi di larga diffusione rischia di mettere Linux ed il suo software (Firefox, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, etc.) sullo stesso piano di Windows. Questo diventa un pericolo piuttosto serio nel momento in cui si cominciano a mettere vari interpreti di linguaggio dentro ai programmi, ripetendo la manovra azzardata di M$ con <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_for_Applications">VBA</a> dentro Office.</p>
<p class="western">Al momento, Linux è ancora un enorme passo avanti rispetto a Windows sul piano della sicurezza. E tale deve restare.</p>
<h1 class="western">Oltre Linux</h1>
<p class="western">Come che vada, Linux è ormai qui per restare. La stragrande maggioranza delle persone non lo adotterà finché non ci sarà costretta (esattamente come non ha adottato Windows finché non c'è stata costretta) ma Linux è ormai una solida realtà di mercato. Le grandi aziende lo sanno e questo è quello che conta.</p>
<p class="western">Per quanto riguarda i linuxari come me, è tempo di godersi una vacanza. Non c'è più nessuno (di “convincibile” o di “importante”) da convincere. I decision maker e gli opnion leader sono già ampiamente convinti della necessità di dare largo spazio al pinguino. Gli altri seguiranno.</p>
<p class="western" align="right">Alessandro Bottoni</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Han slirar fram till kassan och försöker hitta mig med en otroligt berusad blick. Han misslyckas fatalt och beslutar sig för att öppna munnen och prata istället. Det går nästan. Han sluddrar fram:</em></p>
<p>- Vet du vad jag tycker, och nu ber jag om ursäkt men jag måste få säga det här, vet du vad jag tycker?<br />
- Nej, vad tycker du?<br />
- Jag tycker det är fördjävligt att ni inte sätter upp extraprislappar på alla varor som är på extrapris, det är ju skitdumt för jag köper inte någonting om det inte står ett pris på det.<br />
- Nej, jag håller med, det är jättedumt men våra skyltar har kommit bort i leveransen och nya kommer imorgon.<br />
- Det är ingen ursäkt!<br />
- Nej, det är en förklaring.<br />
- Jag skiter i vad det är för vet du… jag köper ingenting som inte har ett utsatt pris och vad händer då? Alla de här grejerna blir kvar, och vad betyder det?<br />
- Att jag har jättemycket mat kvar…?<br />
- Att du är dum!<br />
- Och mätt…<br />
- Alla grejerna kvar eftersom det inte finns pris på dem…<br />
- Jag säger ju att jag håller med om att det är dumt.<br />
- Du är dum. Det är <em>du</em> som är dum, inte jag.<br />
- Va?<br />
- Pfff, så dum så dum. Sätt ut pris för fan.</p>
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