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911 days ago

Microsoft have released a new version of Windows Live Writer, the desktop application that makes it easy to publish rich content to your blog. Having created this post immediately after a smooth upgrade installation, first impressions are good. Some of the new authoring features include: Comprehensive table creation and editing tools Auto spell checking as you write Improved hyperlinking and image insertion Full synchronization between online and offline applications Paste Special - Plain Text or HTML (Embed Tags, YouTube etc) Support for categories, Blogger labels and back-dated posting Excerpts and extended entries Writer can now publish to Windows Live Spaces, Sharepoint, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Moveable Type, Community Server, and other weblog services. Customization With just a mouse click the feel and look of the application can be changed instantly to any color you like using the new colorize button on the menu bar. New image ...

Videos of Harp Guitar Performances

926 days ago

Three videos of harp guitar performances by Andy Mckee, Don Alder and the late Michael Hedges. Andy McKee - "Gates to Gnomeria" Don Alder - "Sayonara Calm" Michael Hedges - "Because It's There" More Recordings YouTube has a selection of harp guitar performances by several exponents of the instrument. Recordings of these performances under Creative Commons licenses are rare but Swedish composer/guitarist Thomas Almqvist ( right) is sharing a cool live recording of a 16-string harp guitar at MacJams.com called Embla. Thanks Thomas! Albums on Amazon Andy McKee - Art of Motion Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries Reference Guitar Tools Lens Wikipedia: Guitar Performance Techniques Tags: acoustic guitar, Andy McKee, Don Alder, harp guitar, guitar, guitarists, Michael Hedges, music, videos, ...

Free Cartoons and Webcomics from XKCD.com

934 days ago

xkcd is a webcomic created by former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe. His drawings are published under a Creative Commons license and you need no permission to reuse them for non-commercial purposes, just provide attribution to xkcd.com. New comics are published on the site at midnight every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Here are some samples from the collection archives, click on the images to visit the source. Digital Rights Management "If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control." Content Protection "How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity" Lessig. XKCD Linkage There's more info about the characters, themes and content style (Nerd/Romance Humor) at Wikipedia xkcd You can also find lots of ...

Ourmedia Relaunches with Channels of Creativity

949 days ago

Ourmedia has relaunched with a minimalist look and new focus on media channels. There is now more emphasis on the social interaction around media and ways to draw attention to the good stuff. Here are some of the features available. Channels @ channels.ourmedia.org Channels are media streams categorized by subject or interest that include content such as music, podcasts and video. People can highlight media hosted anywhere on the Web and group media together into themes. Ourmedia members can now easily create their own social broadcast networks and post items to their channels using the special browser tools mentioned below. Each item is a bundled document of media data; on posting you simply enter the relevant details into the template fields and click submit. The fields include: Media URL Media Page URL (source) Thumbnail URL Screen Shot URL Artist Name Artist Homepage URL Comments URL License (option menu) Player (type) Here's an example that ...

Convert RSS Feeds to Banner, Javascript or PHP

996 days ago

Blog Signature Generator allows you to create a dynamically updating news banner (signature) that links to the original feed source. It also generates a Gravatar connected to your email address - "an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites." RSSConverters.com has an online wizard that converts RSS news feeds and podcasts into Javascript or PHP code. The wizard can batch convert multiple feeds and apply blanket customization features for display options and style. Mash and Grab RSS Feeds You can find a good selection of RSS feeds via the Mediaspheres Grazr - Right click on any list title to grab the feed (copy shortcut). You can also grab a selection of pre-mashed RSS feeds via Dave's FeedRaider. Each single-page aggregator has RSS, OPML and Embed options at the bottom of the page. The FeedRaider RSS feeds can be pasted into the Grazr address ...