Skype is my preferred method of communication these days. I use it more than the phone, more than email, more than real-life. If you need to get in touch with me, this is by far the fastest, most synchronous real-time way to do it. If you are on skype already great – just add me as a friend. If not, download the free app – they have it for windows, mac, iphone, ipad, android, etc.
My skype id is: ben.shoemate
Base22 team hard at "work" on Base22 Day (the 22nd of every month at 2:22pm we do some team building, in this case a Rubix Cube competition).
This bug affects every content management system using FCKeditior. Please pass on to everyone writing content on the web
If your using Firefox and Skype (almost everyone is), then most likely you have a Firefox extension that was installed with Skype that messes up content in the portal (and all other content management systems you post to).
If you look around the web there are currently 22,000 calls for help on this issue. It looks like this in your content:
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If you’ve seen this and wondered where it came from, its because you inadvertently have been adding it.
Please stop!
Here is how:
1) open Firefox
2) in the top menu (files, edit…) click Tools then Add-ons
3) in the add-ons window click Extensions
4) Find "The Browser Highlighter" and uninstall it
What is it: its a piece of unwelcome, poorly implemented software that ebay built and released with skype. It does things like look for Skype numbers on the web page and highlight them. You wont miss it I promise.
The basics of communication presented in this 1953 introduction to "the era of communication" (aka the information age) are still true in 2003. Transmission, noise, redundancy, distortion… misunderstanding. Charles and Ray Eames were husband and wife, not brothers. They were not initially architects. Ray was a visual artist. This is a classic Eames film and a great introduction to their creativity that spanned many industries.
Since your first day of kindergarten when you sang your “ABC’s” educators have used music to teach the otherwise boring lists, numbers, patterns and history of our world and universe. I don’t know if it is actually easier to memorize when put to music or simply more rewarding so you try harder – after all, it is very impressive to name all 192 odd countries in the world in 60 seconds to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance (see number 5).
#1 The periodic table
I would love to be able to memorize this song, but even I’m not that big of a geek.
#2 The Pi Song
This could have been horrible if it was not sung so well. This is another song I have little interest in actually learning but its always fun to know PI to at least 10 places…just incase.
#3 The Universe Song – Monty Python
I really love this song and sing it all time to remember how big the universe really is. This version is sang by Clint Black (I am from Texas you know, plus the original lacks such quality visuals).
#4 The Universe…Again
A catchy tune and inspiring version, but since it lacks the numeric information of the Monty Python version it will always live in its shadow.
#5 The Nations of the World
This is one of my favorites. I have the first 2 sections memorized, but I loose it when he gets to Africa. Unfortunately, like most of these songs the information is increasingly out of date.
#6 I am the very model of a modern major-general
While not necessarily conveying a lot of scientific or practical information (that’s kind of the point of the joke), this famous scene for the play the “Pirates of Penzance” does have a lot of historical perspective on what he nerds of the 19th century where talking about. From a time when things like “beings animalcules” (microscopic organisms) were first discovered. The late great science fiction author Isaac Asimov wrote an essay about this song where he identified the meaning behind every strange and forgotten word. If you’re into retro steam punk, you’ll enjoy this vocabulary lesson.
Ok look, here’s the deal. I saw a new service on the web and decided to try it. The gimick of “plinky.com” is they ask you a question and you answer it. At first I dreaded the question, then rolled my eyes, 3 “road trip songs” how cliche, I thought. But as I answered, and realized how the site was drawing me in my autosearching for the cover, then asking “why?” it was kind of fun – hope you enjoy my answers:
This is the definitive road trip song. I think it is actually required by law in some states including Texas that if you use the word “road trip” you must play this song. Willie’s other great road anthem – “City of New Orleans” – although it’s about trains and a little more contemplative in mood is also a good song, but the who tape can’t be Willie or it wouldn’t be a mix! So for quite contemplation we turn to another classic…
When the mood settles down, and everyone is drawn into quite contemplation of the world beyond the window, this song reminds and reinforces the fact and the feeling that the world is a miracle. No song is better at conveying that sense of wonder that is necessary to truly be in the moment. Great conversation will follow.
