It's been a bit of an off week. After posting ten things last week, life happened. Meaning summer in New York. I met up with friends. Stayed out later than usual. Slept in. I didn't make time to write. I returned to the gym after freezing my membership for three months.
Derek Sivers posted this in 2009. Kurt Vonnegut describes life like a line graph. Movies and books are roller coasters while real life is a pretty straight line.
Social media is our highlight reel. It gives us a chance to edit our lives for others to view.
"Oh did you see so and so's picture on Instagram? Always traveling. Do they even work?" A lot of the time they're traveling because they work so much and need to get away to keep from burning out1. Social media gives us the layers and brushes to hide and show what we want.
Andy Greenwald had Eric Ripert on his show to talk about 32 Yolks, Eric's memoir. In building software products, it's important to keep the user in mind2. The same goes for chefs.
People in love, you can see… even in the street you can see who they are. People in business, you know they are focused on the discussion and so on. It's our job to notice that. It's not that difficult but you have to pay attention.
They discuss art and craftsmanship. Chefs create art. Dali needed to learn the craft and how to re-create a clock. It's learned through repetition. The art is in having the imagination to melt the clock. Ripert doesn't think anything's wrong with excelling at cooking as a craft. But the steps beyond that are what interest him.
He's interested in creating beautiful and imaginative dishes. Then the craftsmanship comes back in re-creating the appearance and taste of pieces consistently. First you make an omelet. Then you mix ingredients together until three stars come out.
When Tim Ferriss asked about Seth's writing ritual, he didn't quite answer. This time, though, he shed some light on the nuts and bolts.
I don't think you need to wait until you're in the mood to write. But I do think having tools that give you a proustian boost that remind you of what it is to do your best work are critical. At least for me.
For Seth Godin, a lot of his projects require thinking and sharing thoughts through words. His box is a notebook.
For Twyla Tharp, her box is a box.
Looking at design sprints this way, the team has a giant box: the room. The group creates ideas and sketches. They stay on walls in the same room for a week. People leave the box for lunch and breaks. Everything happens in that giant box.
My programmers, a box is a new repo for bigger projects and a new branch for new subprojects.
I'll continue exploring different boxes for writing. Right now it needs to hold a spreadsheet and some docs.
One of these weeks, I'm going to experiment with creating screencasts. My favorite screencasts have been from egghead.io and Laracasts.
Early on, egghead had a minimal site (HN thread) with a killer Angular demo using Webstorm. I bought Webstorm pretty much right after and still use it. I used Angular for side projects and today I happen to work on a large Angular app.
Laracasts is fairly new to me. Vue seemed to be popping up frequently and I wanted to try it out. I really enjoyed Jeffrey Way's Vue tutorials.
My audience at Laracasts is a bit different: they're working professionals (at some level or another), who want to stay up to date on the latest tooling, techniques, and patterns. I think of Laracasts as eight-minute abs: just short bursts of knowledge for you to fit in whenever you have the time.
I want to try creating my own resources providing short bursts of knowledge. I'll follow some principles Tim Ferriss follows for his podcasts. He based his process on avoiding a pitfall other budding podcasters run into: after a few episodes, they're overwhelmed with the effort required to edit. Early on, Tim decided to stick to minimal equipment, long episodes, and minimal editing.
I've made a couple short screencasts before. Rehearsing and choreographing takes a lot of time. I want to try recording my screen for half an hour, pulling clips out, and skipping audio. Instead I'll write text to go with each video clip. I think it'll be easier to follow along, but we'll see.
I'm experimenting with a writing journal. Maybe if I have a decided place to put these thoughts on writing, I won't litter the rest of my posts with them. Also, I'd like for the other posts to be somewhat evergreen, with these being open to content or commentary on the week's events. Let's see how this goes.
Sunday — July 3: I started putting a spreadsheet together to track posts to mark statuses and things to do.
Monday — July 4: My friends did our big BBQ thing yesterday so I had a lot of time to write. Instead I spent it tinkering. I spent way too much time with the Hazel app trying to automate things. I'm happy with the result—I can add images to posts pretty quickly now.
I also had plans to start posting these things publicly (vs. just having them in a local Jekyll installation) around post #75. So that I wasn't feeling satisfied just talking about a goal. But I realized that if things aren't public, I never get them to a completely finished state. It seemed like half my posts had one link or image missing that I intended to fill in later. And it just adds up.
Tuesday — July 5: I'm starting to accept that this project—100 Posts in 100 Days (or OPIOD for short, or OPOD for shorter1)—will mostly be about writing. A lot of the material written about writing habits frame it for novelists. Since I'm not writing a novel, I guess my mind wandered until it had something to focus. And that seems to be writing about writing. Lately it seems like everything's been framed in terms of how it applies to writing.
Also, I spent like 20 minutes making this Cell GIF to represent compacting trash. Well, most of it was just reading DBZ wikis, not actually making the GIF.
I just found a backup of my old daily writing app in Evernote2. I will definitely be writing about this. 54 pages of my thoughts from February to June in 2014. I built a small web app to learn Angular and used Firebase as a back-end. I'm embarrassed to say how many results searching for "I will work at Google" brings up. Two years later I was involved in launching Firebase 2.0 at Google I/O.
Just saw that underlines get converted to <ems> which isn't great because all the links get italicized. Gonna go with a CSS fix for now. I might regret it later.
Wednesday — July 6: Yesterday, I wrote at Bryant Park and the New York Public Library (the main reading room was closed, likely due to ghosts). I finished up *book notes for *Save the Cat. I also opened up a new file and started outlining. This morning I'm sifting through that pile of garbage to see what I've got.
My math is wrong. I realized this today. I've had mid-August in mind. I forgot I started this project and then went pretty much two weeks without writing. So it's more like 100 posts in 86-ish days.
I have 47 days until I hit 100 days, and I still have about 65 posts left. I'm going to keep the original August 23 goal and push. For the next 17 days, I'll do two posts each day to catch up.
I think I can step up the book notes. I already read them, and that's the time consuming part. Maybe I can make screencasts to show some things. Or start doing photo posts. Anything that lets me create posts quickly while having some value.
It's time to double down on systems and structure. If that creates formulaic writing, maybe it's fine for now. I'll have to set up posts. That's where book notes and the Four Link Fridays can come in handy. Maybe I can think of a third template.
I have an idea. This journal was going to be part of the Four Link Fridays. But it's getting longer than expected. And the previous Friday Link posts (issue 01, issue 02, issue 03) are already some of the longest posts I have. This journal will be its own post. I'll think about making it a weekly thing.
Thursday — July 7: This schedule spreadsheet is actually working pretty well in helping me focus on one thing.
Green means it's done, blue means it's done but I need to push the changes, pink means it's today (aka focus on writing this one), yellow means it's done but I need to do non-writing things, and red means I need to write and edit.
I have an Ideas sheet where I add post ideas, but I also use Google Keep and random Google Docs. I should probably start thinking of a system for this.
Friday — July 7: The links post took longer to write than expected. Through the week, I collected links in a combination of pinboard.in and Google Keep. But putting the post together still took longer than I planned. Also, writing about interesting links means re-reading the content and that takes longer sometimes.
In Keep, I was adding a bunch of links about one topic in a single note3 and I'd open all the links then browse through them. Ten minutes gone, easy. In the future I'll try creating the excerpt there with enough context to write my thoughts without jumping around to different sites.
Saturday — July 8: I tried writing with UFC 200 in the background. Pro tip: don't do this. It makes watching not as fun and writing not as productive at all. So I stopped writing and enjoyed the last few fights. I haven't felt that invested in a fight event since Mayweather/Pacquiao. I knew I liked wrestling but I didn't know I cared about Brock Lesnar that much.
Sunday — July 9: I've mentioned that I use Focus@Will for different sounds for focusing and lately have been using Spotify to play ambient and classical music along with some white noise. This week some of that showed up in Discover Weekly. Not ideal.
A friend and I have a shared playlist called "edm novices" to try and share what we think kids are listening to these days. It's probably way off. But I'm listening to it right now and it seems to be good for workign without ruining my Discover Weekly.
Right now I'm at La Colombe. We have good iced coffee at work but I can't make a drink as good as this and I should take the time to learn. I can probably get 80% of the way there.
This week I got away from outlining and giving myself structure before sitting down to fill things in. I'm trying to learn a couple things that can sort of be separated: improving as a writer and posting regularly.
I've been listening to the audiobook version of Grit by Angela Duckworth. I just finished a chapter focused on deliberate practice. It was a good reminder that regular feedback is an important element of effective practice.
Improving as a writer: I'll need feedback on drafts and finished things. First, I'll need a body of work for people to read. Then some people better at writing than I am. (Narrowing things down 0%.) The harder part is getting them to read my writing and be willing to give feedback. I'll cross this bridge when I get to it. In the meantime, I'll just keep trying to find out what pens people wrote with.
Posting regularly: Now here's something quantitative that I can measure from my cabin in the woods/Dunkin Donuts. I can track how long it takes to write each post. And I can find where I'm distracted or wasting time.
This 100 Posts, 100 Days project will help me improve on the process and being consistent. Establishing that is a good step toward improving as a writer in a "gotta get the reps in" sense. Eventually I can combine quality and quantity and end the day by pulling my dentures out and sitting down to a chamomile tea.
Meanwhile, I'll just keep working through that spreadsheet a few scrolls up.
Here we go. I'm approaching 40 days. Posting every day is feeling more and more routine. I really look forward to writing every day now. There few days where I have to squeeze it in between the margins. With some focus on scheduling and tracking things, that kind of day is becoming a rarity.
I started a writing journal that I'll post on Sunday. Some of the meta dispatches that I would include in previous Friday link post we're getting pretty long so I made them even longer and moved them out to their own post.
I would wake up every morning and I would just put my fingers on the keyboard. Most of what I wrote was garbage. It mainly still is.
But when I powered through the garbage(sometimes the first 200 words), I ended up with gold. I figured if I was willing to produce enough garbage, I would come with just enough gold to meet all my deadlines and expectations.
I've been listening to The Unmistakeable Creative podcast lately, hosted by Srivinas Rao. He's mentioned that he writes 1000 words every day, and this post explains what he's learned through that routine.
Writing seems to be powering through garbage and then cleaning up the garbage. I'm not even at where I'm finding gold yet. I believe following the process will pay off. If I stop posting, then I probably have stopped believing that. But even forty days in, I've learned enough to know that something good is coming out of this.
In another post, Srivinas discusses the planning, organization, and tools for consistently writing 1000 words a day. He uses MacJournal for his distraction free writing tool. For the most part, I use Google Docs. Other times I'll use iA Writer. I looked at some MacJournal screenshots and it seemed familiar. Turns out I own a license from a 2009 MacHeist. I'll have to give it a go.
Tellers of stories with ink on paper, not that they matter anymore, have been either swoopers or bashers. Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that is just plain awful or doesn't work. Bashers go one sentence at a time, getting it exactly right before they go on to the next one. When they're done they're done. I am a basher.
Now I'm forgetting where I heard this concept mentioned. I have a feeling it was a podcast. So much for my memory. I'm trying to be a swooper. But I do notice that I can fall into a basher mode. I'll work on sentences too much. There's something to just getting things down. I've found that setting a timer is really helping.
It reminds me of something that Addy Osmani says about Programming: first do it, then do it right, then do it better. That mirrors closely writing systems wehre the first draft should just get ideas on paper as fast as possible, the second draft should fix organization and mechanics, and third draft should be where things sound nice.
Fred Wilson has posted every day since 2003.
I'd like for writing every day to be my thing also. I also don't really have a system for feedback. Which is currently fine because I also don't happen to have any readers. When I hit publish, I then go through 5 or 20 posts to make sure Jekyll compiled the site correctly. And that I didn't mistakenly upload a draft with [insert good story here] notes to myself.
The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day. You will be tempted to just peck at it or even skip it altogether, rationalizing that you need to save yourself for the much larger steak later that night. But this is a false economy, like refusing to drink water in the early parts of a marathon.
I love steak and this article made me want to visit Argentina almost strictly to try their beef out. But I'm linking to this mostly to point to all the things Maciej makes. He's the sole developer of pinboard, which I collect links with all the time. I've enjoyed Maciej's dry humor when responding to people on Hacker News. I learned that he has a pretty extensive blog where he writes mostly about food and travel and doesn't write very much about programming at all.
I didn't start this project thinking I would write about writing so much. Something I've really enjoyed is noticing all the people who write regularly who who don't consider writing their first job.
Here's a set of four links from the week. When I started this 100 posts in 100 days project, I knew I'd need some recurring posts to fill in some blanks. These link collections are supposed to be straightforward to write. Attacking my fear of using 'ironically' incorrectly head-on, they ironically take longer to write than other posts from the week. Here we go.
I want to write something longer about this conversation between Stephen King and George R.R. Martin, but I thought it'd be good to write something now while it's completely fresh in my memory. They take turns asking each other questions for an hour. Nearly all questions are answered with a great story from each author.
Martin: How do you write so many books?
King: When I'm working I do six pages a day.
Martin: And you usually hit six pages a day?
In this article, Cal Newport lays out actionable steps to taking the time to think and organize thoughts before a single key is pressed.
You type a little. You add a quote that makes sense. You glance at that little page count number in the lower left corner. You type a little more. Eventually you hit your magic page count. A couple quick editing passes and you're done!
Basically my current writing process. Lately I've been thinking about things that go into writing that aren't writing. Typing is the easy part. Similar to Gladwell saying most of the time spent writing a book is in thinking and organizing. At the start of this project, I've been focusing on the typing part, and I think that's fine. I'll slowly shift to thinking more deeply about subjects, but establishing the writing habit is important to me right now. Maybe I'll try a few walks home from work without a podcast or audiobook, just trying to organize thoughts to write about. Then I can dive into transferring those thoughts to different boards when I'm home. Anything I can do to stay away from a text editor.
In the morning, I'll wake up and fill in the blanks. It will be blissful.
How's that for an affirmation1?
Maybe these Friday Five posts can be summaries of future posts that I'll expand on. This week, I've run into a few links about the number of people looking at your work and how important they are.
Seth Godin: First, Ten. You can't market to anonymous masses anymore, so focus on finding ten people who trust, respect, need, and listen to you.
Kevin Kelly: 1,000 true fans. A creator needs 1,000 true fans to make a living.
Shawn Coyne: The ten thousand reader rule. Find 10,000 people who will read your book for free. Otherwise it will be impossible to find anyone willing to pay for your book.
I'd love to further compare and contrast the concepts behind these messages. Maybe that will help me find my first ten.
Bonus content that nobody was asking for. Again, this weekly post is inspired by Tim Ferriss and his 5-Bullet Friday newsletter.
This week I've been going back through Cal Newport's books and his blog. There's a lot of posts about writing, though they're about writing term papers. A lot of it seems applicable to the types of things I want to write.
When I lay it out, it's not exactly the next great American novel: I want to write blog posts with links. But I want them to be good. I want to practice organizing thoughts into narratives.
After all, I found Cal's blog post interesting enough to write about and share 8 years after it was originally posted. And 8 years later, he's still publishing books and churning out interesting blog posts. Cal doesn't use social media, but I'll continue trying to follow his example.
Amazon has a white Kindle again. It looks great in person (that picture is my girlfriend's). I also started using a big sketchbook with post-its to have a portable board. It's a good size for planning posts.
I've been listening to a lot of random "mozart piano" results on Spotify. Just to have something on when I'm writing or reading. I used to use Focus@Will, but I can't if I'm on the subway. By view count, my most successful writing was about design. A good portion of it was written while listening to various sounds coming from Focus@Will. The Spotify + Bit Timer combo has been serviceable lately.
I've been going through photos from recent travel. This one is from Sensoji Temple. Lots of beautiful lanterns. I shot this shortly after receiving a lukewarm fortune. Above is the full crop instead of the 1:1 version I posted to Instagram.
And here's a bonus picture for the 4th of July weekend.
Well, I certainly stole these link headings. I hope everything under the headings is enough of a spin.


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Man of La Mancha on Elizabeth Stewart's Art Talk radio show on KZSB AM
Scott White, Laura Dekkers, Marty Babayco and Stuart Crowner.
Nordhoff grad returned home from Broadway now stars in Man of La Mancha
Ojai captures a special place in your heart, especially if you grew up here, moved away and then wanted a better lifestyle for your children. This is what Laura Dekkers did after a career in New York and on Broadway; she returned home to raise her girls. Now she is back on the boards co-starring in "Man of La Mancha" at the Ojai Art Center Theater, beginning September 7 and running for five weekends.
"I was fortunate enough to grow up in Ojai," says Laura. "Of course, I didn't appreciate it as a teenager and left as soon as I turned 18. After having two of my daughters in New York City, it was clear their childhood was not going to be running in fields barefoot and climbing trees if I stayed. So, I chose to leave my career and NYC and move back home to Ojai. They are barefoot and free, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
Laura has performed on Broadway in the Original Broadway Cast of the Tony nominated musical The Woman in White by Andrew Lloyd Webber, under the direction of Trevor Nunn. Laura worked for The Roundabout Theater in New York on the workshops of Paradise Lost with Tony Winners Susan Stroman and Hal Prince, and on Red Sox Nation under the direction of Tony Winner Diana Paulus (Finding Neverland, Pippin and Hair). Some of her favorite roles include Laurey in Oklahoma, Polly in The Boyfriend and Magnolia in Showboat for which she won an Billie Award. Laura had the honor of performing for our troops in nine different countries around the world with the Department of Defense.
What attracted her to "Man of La Mancha"?
"I have dreamed of playing Aldonza for many years," said Laura. "Aldonza is nothing like the ingénues I spent most of my career playing. She's strong, courageous, brutally honest, and becomes her own hero. In the end, she saves herself by choosing hope.
"The second thing was the honor to work for our Producer Joan Kemper. She is an inspiration to me personally. I want to be Joan when I grow up. What Joan has done and continues to do for the arts in our community is immeasurable, I could never say no to Joan."
When not rehearsing or being Mom, Laura gives vocal lessons. Laura had her first taste of teaching in 2005 when she taught as a Liz Caplan associate and loved it; "helping singers find their authentic sound, and being free to sing any style they want, is thrilling and deeply rewarding."
Scott White stars as Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote de La Mancha
The powerful story of Man of La Mancha, the timeless quality of man's eternal ability to hope and dream, is told through two characters inside the same storyteller. Miguel de Cervantes, an utter failure at various careers including tax collector, sits in a Seville dungeon with his manservant, awaiting trial by the Spanish. The other prisoners set up a mock trial for this perceived enemy: if Cervantes is found guilty, he will hand over all his possessions. Cervantes agrees to do so and offers his defense in the form of a play. Producing a makeup kit, he transforms himself into an old man who calls himself Don Quixote de La Mancha.
"Playing Cervantes/Quixote is a "bucket-list" role for me," said Scott White who portrays this character in the Ojai Art Center Theater production opening Friday, September 7 and running for 5 weekends. "They're actually two distinct roles within the same play. Since they are 25-30 years apart in age, speech and mannerisms are quite different. This is challenging enough, but what makes it even more fun is the two share such common beliefs. Portraying their differences while also expressing those common beliefs has been a fantastic challenge."
A 25-year resident of Ojai, White is excited to star in this gem of a musical. He first studied voice at Indiana University before later becoming an engineer and pursuing a career in lasers and high-tech marketing. He keeps his artistic passions alive through musical theater, church and other performing outlets around Ojai.
What drew White to this role?
"It's message of hope. The world has many bad, dark, and terrible things happening, which we can either accept or try to change. Don Quixote chooses to see things differently, the positives and the potential, and above all aspires to change things to that better ideal. The story reminds us that each person has that power and can inspire others to create change as well.
"I want the audience to feel the emotion of the characters and be moved by the message of hope the story conveys. There are moments of extreme sadness and tears, likewise joy and laughter. It's said people remember feelings more than words. If we can help the audience feel that range of emotion, there's a great chance the message will be long-lasting— that we all can dream the impossible dream."
Building the "La Mancha" Dream Set
Two local masters of illusion are building the prison set that will transport theatergoers to the Spanish Inquisition era of 1605 for the beloved musical "Man of La Mancha," opening September 7 at the Ojai Art Center Theater. This will be one of the largest sets ever to grace the Art Center stage, stretching across the entire stage and proscenium.
Art director John Mirk and Production Designer Steve Mitchell have led a team of builders (five men and two women) to create a complex and eerie prison where Miguel de Cervantes creates the legendary Don Quixote. Director Marty Babayco says, "It is the ingenuity of Steve Mitchell's set design that will allow audiences to witness Cervantes' imaginative, resourceful storytelling of Don Quixote de la Mancha and his adventures bringing idealism to the soulless reality of life in a Spanish prison."
"I took my inspiration from Marty's sketch of what he wanted on the stage," Steve Mitchell says. "My goal was to make the director happy. After he viewed the model and made a few adjustments, we began creating the many pieces. Marty told me about the back story and that during the Inquisition, so many people were jailed that they turned unused buildings into prisons. Our vision is the basement of an abandoned church that was used as a stable with blacksmith shop. This gave us the ability to have the prisoners find tools, blankets, and more."
Set construction began in early July at Chaparral's auditorium, filling the space with cells, stairways, gates, bars, and more. Throughout the heatwave, the team continued building while the cast rehearsed at the Matilija Auditorium. Finally this week, the set was moved to the Art Center Theater where audiences will get to see it starting September 7.
Mitchell designed the set and Mirk created the detailed plans that allowed their team to build the prison. "They work beautifully together. Their skills dovetail in a most effective way," says Joan Kemper, Executive Producer. "These are guys with diverse backgrounds: Mirk is an architect and Mitchell an urban planner. Wait 'til you see what magic they've made!"
"Man of La Mancha" stars Scott White, Laura Dekkers, and Adam Womack. This rousing musical opens September 7 for 5 weekends.
Latest dream production going along at full tilt
The musical "Man of La Mancha" is coming to the Ojai Art Center Theater (OACT) for five weekends beginning Sept. 7, bringing its timely theme and inspiration with it.
OACT artistic director Richard Camp is the man responsible for bring "The Man" to Ojai. "A year ago, I had a dream. After inspiring director Marty Babayco with that dream, I approached Scott White — who has the most mellifluous voice. Without telling him my intention,
I asked what role he has always wanted to play but hasn't. He immediately said, 'Don Quixote.' After my goosebumps subsided, I shared this with Marty, who then put together a spectac- ular cast and crew. And here we are!"
Babayco said he was touched by the play's central philosophy. "Cervantes makes it clear that dream- ing the impossible dream is the only logical choice we have, so we tilt at windmills," Babayco explained. "The story still resonates today, con- trasting captivity versus freedom; love versus violence; and hope versus death, re- minding us to 'Try, when our arms are too weary to reach the unreachable star.'"
Playwright Dale Wasserman was intrigued with the Quixote character but knew the 915-page book was too enormous to be made into
a play, so he made it Cervantes' story. "I should like it noted that I am not, nor ever have been, an Hispanic scholar. I am a playwright, one of whose works, 'Man of La Mancha,' is enjoying performances in some 40 languages, and which seems to have gone into theatrical history as the first truly successful adaptation of the novel 'Don Quixote.' I consider this an unfortunate impression. 'Man of La Mancha,' strictly speaking, is not an adaptation of 'Don Quixote' at all. It is a play about Miguel de Cervantes."
Producer Stuart Crowner said he admires Wasserman's re-focusing of the story. "I saw the original Broadway production of 'La Mancha' in New York with Rich- ard Kiley and Joan Diener and it was visually and emo- tionally stunning. I can see why it won five Tonys —including Best Musical — and ran for 2,350 performances. Richard, Marty, executive producer Joan Kemper and I are pleased to bring this magnificent show to Ojai."

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Digit Raises $2.5m to Launch Cross-Platform Games
RMN Digital | January 31, 2013 | Consumer, Europe, Games, Regions | No Comments
Digit Game Studios, Ireland's leading games developer, has closed a $2.5 million Series A funding round led by Delta Partners, with participation from the other existing investor ACT Venture Capital.
"This latest funding round helps accelerate Digit in its goal of disrupting the industry with new cross platform technology and awesome games," said Richard Barnwell, CEO at Digit.
Founded in early 2012 by a team of games industry veterans, Digit has been busy developing its first game, Kings of the Realm (KotR). It is a massively multiplayer strategy game that works across any connected device – an approach called "Seamlessly Cross-Platform".
"Seamlessly cross-platform is a new way of playing games. It allows our games to be played on any connected device and our players can transition between them. Players can play on their browser in the morning, their smartphone on the train and on their tablet in the evening. They can also play against friends who are using a different device," said Martin Frain, CMO at Digit.
This funding round takes the total amount raised by Digit to $3.75m with both Delta and ACT, from the AIB Startup Accelerator Fund, previously investing in Digit's seed round.
Kings of the Realm is due out later this year, along with the first book in a series from Penguin. The announcement was made today, Jan. 31.
Tags:Digit, Games, Kings of the Realm
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Billionaire song artist. Travie McCoy: Billionaire ft. Bruno Mars [OFFICIAL VIDEO] 2019-02-18
Billionaire song artist Rating: 7,2/10 1350 reviews
10 richest recording artists in the world
The latter three, as , were responsible for the music, production and playing all the instruments on the track, but the bass. When is Prince ever in any of the lists discussing such topics? Proctor claimed he owned the copyright to the music and lyrics of the track since March 31, 2011, though the song was released a year before. The American oil magnate John D. Sean John Combs Diddy, Puff Daddy Sean Combs has gone through many stage names during his music career, but that hasn't impacted his earnings power. Her stats are the stuff of legend: an all-time record 18 1 singles as a solo artist, more than 200 million albums sold worldwide, five , and the status as the most wealthy living female musician. I think I just made it out the 'thousandaire' category.
Not a single billionaire among the world's 10 richest musicians
So during Trav's thing, I had a little bit more freedom to stay and hang around and be with my family. Archived from on 6 March 2013. Queen B headlined the 46-show Mrs. It features McCoy driving a Mini Cooper with Mars in the passenger seat, McCoy and Mars riding different , the former with 's riding on the back of his scooter. Yonce is also very involved in the fashion world: In October, Beyonce announced to team up with Topshop on an activewear line and she founded fashion line House of Deréon in 2004 with her mom. . On the week of June 26, 2010, the single reached its peak of number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Japanese Billionaire Invites Artists to Go With Him to the Moon
It's about being a good person and not necessarily using the fact that you're more fortunate than others and rubbing it in their face like a lot of people do, especially in hip-hop nowadays. As of 2018, there are over 2,200 U. Proctor claims he has exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the song. His ubiquitous works, which include Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera, continue to bring in bundles with theatrical stagings, soundtrack recordings, and film adaptations. Archived from on 6 March 2013.
Soundtrack Artists
Jay-Z is close because of all his business ventures outside of music. Nobody doubts that Prince is capable of making alot of money. The singer, songwriter and actress is notoriously close-lipped when it comes to her business ventures, but has endeavors in the world of fashion, children's books and movie directing. She does primarily via Dollywood, a theme park she bought and rebranded in 1986, and which draws millions to its gates each year. Archived from on December 5, 2010. His most notable and likely most successful endeavor has been his No Limit record company which pioneered the Southern Rap sound and has sold over 80 million records worldwide.
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The song has been re-recorded version by ; her version outperformed the original single by reaching number three on Billboard Brazil. His place atop our annual list of the wealthiest hip-hop artists. The record-setting solo artist 12 1 albums! Jay Z, according to the current front page of Forbes. He had other ventures like No Limit Films as well. Mars style of singing has also been compared to the one by Jack Johnson. British musician Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the Pyramid Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts near Glastonbury, southwest England, on June 29, 2013. Prince is never part of these discussions.
Kelsey Paine from described the video as to be in love with the summer. Prince was always business savvy in my eyes. Rizvi added she would like to see McCoy to do some philanthropic work as he promised in the song. Archived from on 6 March 2013. Real-time last sale data for U.
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And there's a selfish benefit as well - I bought a house five years ago that I barely got to stay in. No Limit put out so many fucking albums between 96-2001, I ain't surprised. But that's gross, not net. I see my name in shining lights, uh huh, uh huh, what else? There was a breakdown of his income pretty recently in Forbes, I believe. I did a search for it but so many things show up for anything related to phones or cell phones that I can't find an answer. After paying for the rights to be the first private SpaceX customer to fly around the moon, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced his project which seeks to invite 6-8 artists from around the world to join him on his mission in hopes of inspiring them. The song features talented American singer-songwriter.
List of songs written by Bruno Mars
The stylized title features a dollar sign and , which generally designates corporations. I've never heard about him being in debt. Before I get pounced on by the Purple Army, these ain't facts! When is Prince ever in any of the lists discussing such topics? I'm sure his LiveNation deal is sweet, but it's not making him a billionare. Prince spends his money, and from what we've seen, heard and read, often not very wisely. When most artists sign record deals, they give up these rights in exchange for an advance payment, a smaller royalty of 10-15% on music sales and the prestige of recording an album for a major record label. I think the end result reflects that. Juelz Santana — Run It! On the the track debuted at the top spot.


Is being an atheist an act of faith?
I mean, you have no proof that god does not exist, you believe god does not exist the same way religious folks believe in god without any evidence.
I think part of the problem here is the word "believe". It means different things to different people in various contexts.
For example, if I say "I believe the Sun will rise tomorrow", is that an act of faith? No, because it's based on an understanding of the motion of the Earth. If it doesn't rise tomorrow, there will be a reason for it, one subject to scientific investigation. But I still believe the Sun will rise tomorrow.
One of Paul's letters in the Bible describes faith as "the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen". Back in those days it was only possible to see things with the eye, but that is not the case today: we can detect and observe things invisible to the human eye, but that is still "seeing" in a wider scientific sense. So I know that I don't have faith by his definition, because there's a fundamental contradiction in it: if we can't detect or perceive something at all, how can we use the word "evidence" to describe it? Does Not Compute!
There is proof that god does not exist. There is as much proof that god does not exist as there is proof of anything. Every day that passes brings us more proof. For thousands of years believers have searched for gods. First, they saw them in rocks, in trees, in streams. But those gods vanished. Then they saw gods at the tops of mountains, and in the skies. Those gods disappeared as we explored the world. Then, gods re-appeared in the heavens, the divine realm. Galileo looked through a telescope and saw the heavens were imperfect. Centuries later Gagarin looked out into space, and reported no god. God, supposedly omnipresent, shifted to beyond time and space, and beyond evidence and reason.
Thousands of years of searching have shown nothing. A frequent response from believers is "you can't prove a negative". That statement is all the proof we need that there is no god, it's an admission of defeat, that is no evidence for god, and no other justification for belief.
If there was a god, there would be no need for prayer, no need for churches or mosques, no need for priests or Imams. God would be a real as your neighbour, as approachable as your friend.
Atheism is not an act of faith because there is nothing to have faith in, there is no evidence to reject to get to atheism, no miracles to wonder at to get to atheism, no holy words to reinforce belief, no sacraments or rituals. It's not being bothered by faith. It's having a lie in on Sundays. It's not needing a compass to find Mecca. It's being able to drive on the Sabbath.
Not at all. Disbelief is the only rational stance to take when those who proclaim the existence of something have so signally failed – and not just now, but over millennia – to produce any evidence whatsoever to support their claim.
How could you ever have proof that something doesn't exist? Proof that something exists is usually easy to find – if that thing exists. But how could you prove that any apparently imaginary thing doesn't exist? Does that mean we have to believe in everything if we don't want to resort to faith?
Most of us are "weak atheists" aka "agnostic atheists". We don't believe in any gods, but we're not saying strictly, "There are definitely no gods".
Wikipedia has a nice diagram describing this distinction.
We can only believe what makes sense to us from the evidence we've seen.
For atheists, the evidence for gods is so far lacking, so we cannot believe in them.
I disbelieve that unicorns exist, a unicorn being defined as an animal resembling a horse or goat that has a single large horn in the center of its forehead.
I also disbelieve in the existence of god, but it's a different situation, because I haven't come across a coherent definition of what this god is, and I don't think one can rationally discuss the existence of something without such a definition – the term "exist" doesn't apply.
Having said that, my position is different from yours in that I can find out if I am wrong. If, for example, I came across an example of some old-time biblical miracles (walking on water, raising the dead, etc.) and was convinced that I wasn't hallucinating or being deluded in some other way, that would force me to reevaluate my position. Though at that point Clarke's dictum probably applies ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"), so it's hard to tell the difference between powers that I'd call "godlike" and the actual appearance of a god.
Can you tell me what evidence would convince you that god doesn't exist? It's pretty arrogant to hold beliefs that can't be corrected if wrong.
Whatever God hypothesis you hold, it must be either testable or unfalsifiable, and in either event it is probably an incoherent idea.
The testable God is the one that answers prayers, heals the sick, etc. Well, there are no miracles. Prayers are not answered. So, if you define God as a being which answers prayer, there's proof in hand that this God doesn't exist. You can wiggle around and say that God answers prayers in its own way, but that brings us to the next problem.
If the presence of God is indistinguishable from its absence, then God is unfalsifiable. If you said that God answers prayers in its own way, you'd be saying that no matter what happens after I pray, goddidit. No conceivable outcome could possibly be inconsistent with the statement "God answers prayers". The problem then, is that there is no distinction between God answering prayers and God not answering prayers. If there's no difference between an answer to prayer and no answer, then we have two hypotheses explaining the same data, and we just pick the simpler one: there is no God.
Finally, we have the problem of an incoherent God. God loves us infinitely, but there is disease and suffering. God is omnipotent and omniscient, but we have free will. God is beyond human comprehension, but we may know it. The worst is to say that these problems are soluble only through God, in whom the impossible is possible. None of these claims make any sense! They are as self-contradictory as a triangle with four sides. I don't even know what it means to say that you believe any of these things.
Now then, where did the faith come in?
This is a classic case of what psychologists call "projection". Since you have faith, you assume that everyone else must have faith as well, whether or not they share your particular brand. However, the vast majority of atheists do not believe your god does not exist. They simply find it equally as unlikely as every other supernatural myth man has made up over the millennia.
While it is true that a small percentage of atheists actively believe in the non-existence of your god, they are the exception, rather than the rule. For the most part, atheists are that way for one of two reasons. Either: 1) No one ever indoctrinated them with religious dogma as a child, so they never had a reason to believe in the first place; or 2) They were indoctrinated with religion, but at some point took the time to think rationally about whether there could possibly be any way to prove their beliefs were true, abandoning them when they found none.
I do not believe in anything, I'm an atheist, I don't do that.
I'm a historian, I gather the all the evidence I can, check the sources, determine where the information is coming from and form a conclusion based on the veracity of the evidence available.
I also think the scientific method is an effective way of testing your ideas through rigorous experiment that can then be repeated by anyone also wishing to prove you wrong.
I gather that you are a Christian – from what I gather there are around at least 38,000 + denominations of your religion – do you not find it a bit odd that none of you can agree with what your deity does or wants out of it's believers?
Have you not looked into the history of your religion to see how it originated and what influenced it's creation and how it has evolved from the 1st Century to the 21st?
How about checking the historical worth of the book you derive your religion from – who wrote it, how many times it has been changed, how even the first full copy was made and who influenced it?
I have nothing but questions about your religion and that is why I have no faith in it – same as all the other religions – and I have never had any satisfactory answers or been shown any evidence.
I even find your question quite confusing – are you saying it is a good or a bad thing to believe in something?
I would ask you to read up on just what an atheist actually is and also, if you are interested, look up the history of your religion as I think it would help you understand why I do not believe.
I have confidence, not faith, that there is a high improbability that gods and the supernatural exist. I just do not bother with them or it, just like I don't bother with any other entity that could possibly exist, like an invisible dragon under my bed.
Most atheists are agnostics, we do not know if there is a god or not, but because of the lack of evidence we have no god belief. Additionally, the Christian god is an illogical concept, so if a god does exist it is not that one.
You are committing the logical fallacy of false equivocation. Lack of god belief is not belief in god; confidence based on lack of evidence or evidence is not religious faith based on personal subjective experience and fudged-together holy books.
You believe Thor does not exist.
You believe Zeus does not exist.
You believe Poseidon does not exist.
You believe Ahura Mazda does not exist.
You believe Xenu does not exist.
You believe Barney the Dinosaur does not exist.
You believe the Tooth Fairy does not exist.
You believe leprechauns do not exist.
You believe Quetzalcoatl does not exist.
Sure seems like you have an awfully large number of faiths. Unless, of course, disbelief isn't a faith, and doesn't require evidence.
If thinking or believing that something is true despite not being able to prove it 100% is faith, then we have faith in nearly everything we think we know and the term is meaningless. So yes, if you like, I have faith in some broad sense, but that doesn't mean it's on even terms with every religion. My faith is better supported than yours.
You believe despite a complete lack of evidence. I disbelieve because of that conspicuous lack of evidence. All the unambiguous evidence that should be all around us if there's an all-powerful god who wants our belief simply isn't there.
You have to explain away that lack of evidence by saying God is hiding His hand for some invented reason. I've got nothing to explain away – no verified miracles, no physical traces of anything Jesus did, no examples of irreducible complexity. So the world just as it is is consistent with the absence of any gods with no apologetic required.


The third tropical system of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season became a tropical storm early Sunday morning after initially forming as a tropical depression Friday afternoon.
A tropical storm watch remains in effect as Beryl churns some 240 miles or 380 kilometres east of Barbados.
Because the storm is so small - hurricane force winds extend just 10 miles from the storm's center - forecasters said it's too soon to tell what islands may get hit.
"On the forecast track, the center of Beryl will approach the Lesser Antilles today, cross the island chain tonight, and move south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Monday".
Earlier, the NHC described the storm as "Tiny Beryl" because of "its very small size".
It is forecast to drift towards the North Carolina coast and stall.
Storm conditions with wind-speeds between 39 mph and 73 mph (63 to 117 km/h) are possible within the watch area within the next 12 hours.
According to Moss, Chris appears to be strengthening, and it wouldn't be a surprise for it to become a hurricane by late Monday or Tuesday - but that doesn't necessarily mean the coast will be severely impacted. Deeper into the Caribbean, a state of emergency was declared in Puerto Rico, which Maria also pounded.
It said additional intensification could occur by the end of the forecast period when the cyclone moves northeastward away from the United States coast and interacts with a mid-level trough. Weakening is expected once Beryl reaches the eastern Caribbean Sea on Monday July 09.
While the storm is expected to dissipate as it nears the southern Caribbean islands, rain and winds are expects.


Andrew is a newly addicted golfer. He's young and strong, and his athleticism shows in his high-level tennis. He is pretty much a weekend golfer but likes to get some ball hitting in during the week. He has committed to taking a lesson every week or two this year, and this is our first go-round. I enjoy these lessons, as I must make up my mind as to where I want to start and how much I want to go into in the first lesson. Some people want a bunch of information about what their swings are doing and what needs to be fixed, especially those who are experienced in the game and have been through the taking lessons process. Others have no idea how to get better other than to play and hit balls, haven't taken any lessons, and once they decide to try to learn about what they are doing it is imperative that they get good information right off the bat.


I love to cook, but with hot summer temperatures I also don't want to spend too much of my time in the kitchen.
Here are some of my favourite salad recipes so that you can spend your weekends enjoying the heat from the sun instead of the heat from your kitchen.
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The Australian Government is bolstering Australia's anti-dumping system with a range of reforms to ensure Australian industry is in the strongest position to compete on a level playing field, while complying with international trade rules.
Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane and Parliamentary Secretary Bob Baldwin announced the reforms which will ensure that Australian manufacturers and producers have access to the assistance and information they need about the anti-dumping system.
"Australia supports free trade, but free trade should also be fair trade," Mr Macfarlane said.
"The dumping of goods from overseas is harmful to Australian businesses and action can be taken to prevent this behaviour under World Trade Organization rules. Where local companies are being injured by dumping practices they are able to seek trade remedies.
"The Government's reform package not only delivers on our election commitments but also introduces additional measures to strengthen the anti-dumping system and respond to industry concerns.
Mr Baldwin said the new measures would place a significant onus on foreign exporters to cooperate in anti-dumping investigations, provide a range of new support services for Australian companies who access the system and streamline a number of processes.
"One of the significant outcomes of these reforms is that overseas exporters who choose not to cooperate with anti-dumping investigations will face higher dumping duties and have interim measures imposed as early as possible," Mr Baldwin said.
"These include using the AusIndustry business hotline to triage enquiries, tripling the number of International Trade Remedy Advisers to better manage the increasing workload and establishing an Anti-Dumping Information Service to provide consumer information and undertake economic analysis of trends and trading behaviours across markets.
These reforms will be complemented by a range of technical amendments to modernise Australia's anti-dumping laws. This includes reforms to address practices where products are slightly modified to avoid the payment of dumping duties.
All the Government's reforms are consistent with Australia's obligations under the World Trade Organization.


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Ema teaches New American Kitchen cooking classes at the newly relocated Cook Coop Book near Yotsuya Station. The storefront is a specialty cookbook shop combined with a spacious professional cooking studio. The bookstore has a large selection of mouthwatering cookbooks in English and Japanese, perfect for browsing before class begins or grabbing to take home along with a cup of coffee after class.
Classes are available now as individual drop-in lessons (¥4,200, but due to increase to ¥6,500 from January), and there will also be economical packs of five starting in January. Each class starts with a brisk, thorough demonstration of the preparation of an appetizer, an entree, a side and a dessert, and then breaks into groups. Since each group works mainly on just one dish, it makes sense to take the series of classes if you'd like to be sure to try your hand at making each part of the meal.
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Other classes include the 50-minute Quick Lunch class (¥1,500), taught in Japanese, and the Farmer Chef's Kitchen (¥7,500)—a course that celebrates cooking with locally sourced, fresh vegetables. Bring an apron, a pen and, if you like, a camera. Cook Coop has separate food photography classes coming up, too, to maximize your friends' Instagram envy.
Open: Mon-Fri 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sat, Sun & hols 11 a.m.–7 p.m.


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The Conroy Report, the League of Ireland and Sustainability
by Declan Jordan
The League of Ireland is a remarkable entity. Supporters of its clubs criticise it harshly and frequently, but yet react strongly when criticism comes from others in the football community - especially the dreaded "barstoolers" who cheer at the screen as their (Premier league) teams' games are beamed via satellite. The league is the most competitive in Europe (8 different winners in 10 seasons) and at the same time reels from almost constant financial calamities (10 teams have gone out of business in the same 10 year period).
Almost as constant as the financial mishaps are the calls for reform of the league. This is despite the league going through significant changes every few years. The recent Conroy Report is the latest catalyst for soul-searching within the league. The report, prepared by Declan Conroy at the request of the Football Association of Ireland, is based on a wide consultation with clubs and stakeholders within the league. It makes for sober reading, despite the claims of strong brand recognition and a solid foundation for the league throughout. The report should be read by all who care about the sport in Ireland.
There is however a significant inconsistency that, in my view, undermines the key recommendations within the report. The most fundamental goes to the heart of the need for sustainability in the league. There can be no doubt that sustainability of the league (and member clubs) is the most important objective right now. This is why the proposed league structure would seem, at least to me, to work against clubs developing the medium to longer-term strategic plans necessary for their sustainability. Short-termism, rampant in football, is inconsistent with sustainability for an (at best) semi-professional league facing the circumstances of the League of Ireland.
The report recommends that the current two division structure should remain in place, with the exception that the two divisions should have 10 teams - rather than the current 12 team Premier and 8 team First Divisions. To facilitate this, in the 2016 division the bottom three clubs would be relegated (that is 25% of the clubs in the division) and the ninth placed club would play against the second placed team in the First Division in a relegation/promotion decider. That means potentially a third of the Premier Division teams could be relegated in one season. This creates a huge incentive for clubs to invest hugely (and potentially beyond their means) to maintain their status in the Premier Division in 2016. If they fail the consequences could be drastic, because of the huge gap in interest between the Premier and First Divisions. The report (on Page 16) provides data on attendances by Division for the last three full seasons. The table below shows this data, but includes a column dividing attendances by number of games to show average attendance per game.
Attendances per game in the First Division are less that a third of those in the Premier Division over the last three seasons. Clubs rightly see relegation to the First Division as a fate to be avoided at all costs.
As an aside, it's worth noting that if the current positions in the Premier Division were the same as at the end of the 2016 season (ignoring that one of these four will be replaced by Wexford Youths this year) the relegated clubs would be Limerick FC, Sligo Rovers, Galway United and Drogheda United - leaving no Premier Division team west of the Shannon and four of the clubs in the greater Dublin area. This also must be questionable from a sustainability perspective - though this is the nature of sporting competition.
The 10-team Premier Division in place from the 2017 season would also include a split between the top 6 and bottom 4, with the bottom club relegated and the tenth and eleventh teams playing in a round robin with second and third in the First Division. Two of those four clubs go up or stay up in the Premier Division. This means that each season 40% of Premier clubs are cut adrift from the top teams (with the prospect of losing revenue from games against top sides) and potentially 30% of clubs could be relegated. The top 6 clubs would be playing for the title and entry to the Europa League (with a play-off between teams positioned 3 to 5). On the other side, in the First Division, the 7 clubs not in the promotion round robin have little to play for in the latter parts of the season.
The motivation for this structure arises from the need to keep interest in league games through out the season. The report suggests attendance would be boosted by "more interesting games, more at stake, more 'occasions'" (page 17). There is a tension however between increasing the number of games with something at stake while at the same time encouraging clubs to develop a medium to longer-term strategic horizon - particularly where what is at stake is relegation to the nowhere land that is the First Division.
There are other approaches. On this blog I proposed an alternative MLS-style conference structure which increased the number of matches that had something at stake by introducing play-offs. This could be described as carrot approach rather than a stick approach. This would mean removing relegation - at least for a number of years - to provide clubs with certainty around the worst possible outcome each season. Each season would involve games against the top clubs but may not involve a play-off place. This means that clubs could plan appropriately, invest in structures including underage teams, player development, and grounds. In the current climate, League of Ireland clubs are not concerned about keeping themselves healthy - they are concerned with staying alive for the rest of each season. The only way to promote long-term sustainability is to provide clubs with some element of certainty and this means being more radical than the two-division structure suggested in the Conroy Report.


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Internet Technologies Wiki
Channel Ten Video
ABC iView
Foxtel Play
Capture Internet Video
SBS Video
Ninemsn Video
Australian Catch Up TV
CatchUpTV
There are numerous tools and approaches to (local(ly-storing)) saving/downloading/capturing a copy of a video that is playing in a web browser. These range from: browser extensions ; StreamTransport for Windows and other native apps like proxies ; as well as rtmpdump and other command-line tools.
See the "Background" (child page) for an explanation of how video is implemented by Macromedia/Adobe's (Shockwave-)Flash stack/platform of technologies. That page provides important information that will help you better understand the technical underpinnings/workings behind flash video that is embedded in a webpage (and viewed by a web browser).
web Inspector tool Edit
The Developer Tools that are bundled with web browsers (such as Chrome's Inspector) can be helpful in detecting any video files that are transferred from the host/server to the client/web-browser. In particular, use the Network activity pane(l)/window/box: this logs transfer events that take place between the server/host and client (browser/visitor). For Mozilla-based browsers, Firefox has its own built-in tools (which are analogous to the one built into Chrome/Chromium). Also, there is the Firebug extension.
copy as curl Edit
WebKit/Blink!-based Inspector (Developer) tools (that are bundled with Chrome and Safari web browsers) offer an option to "copy as cURL". To use this, go to the "Network" of the Inspector/ Developer Tool and find a video file among the list. Right-click on its entry among the list of transfer events. Among the items presented by the context menu, choose "copy as cURL". This will copy, to the clipboard, a fully-formed cURL command line that replicates (including all HTTP headers) the same request that the GUI browser made to the server to first obtain (download) that video file. Open a "terminal" window and paste that command line into the terminal (command-line interpreter / console). Running cURL with that command line that the Inspector tool provided, will simulate as if that request originated from the full graphical web browser (user agent). This is a thorough simulation that includes replicating the browsing context (referrer URLs, e-tags, tokens, etc.). Again, though, this will not (work) be much use for YouTube videos.
proxies Edit
native-apps / web Proxies provide (all?) the same functionality that the "Network" feature of a web browser's Developer/Inspector Tool provides. It allows the examination of all transfers (traffic) between client and server in an HTTP(S) connection.
There is a .NET app for Windows called Fiddler2. See wikipedia:Fiddler (software) ; also, the official homepage.
There are numerous open-source apps such as HTTP Ripper by Jonas Wagner. See its homepage.
Note however, that all the above tools only are capable of detecting transfers/activity that take place using the HTTP protocol. Any video that is sent over another protocol, such as RTMP, will not be detected by these tools/methods/means.
Also, those tools will not be able to identify a .mp4 (or webm or .flv) file that originates from YouTube (even though those transfers do take place in the HTTP application transport layer, and not R.T.M.P.).
Websites Edit
There are several websites on the internet that make it easy to download the actual video files that play from YouTube (and possibly other websites/domains as well, such as Vimeo, and DailyMotion).
N.B. Warning: Please be wary of visiting these websites with a computer that runs Microsoft Windows. Who knows what adware, spyware, or other malicious and questionable software may infect you.
SaveFrom Edit
e.g.: http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=55jmuORfNF4
It offers alternate domain names: sfrom.net/http://youtube.com/
and SSyoutube.com, Srapidshare.com
?This doesn't use any Java, right ?
I discovered this website because a FF extension that I downloaded, [1], which provides a button (when it detects a yt video) that , when clicked, simply opens up an AdFly URL (like, for example: http://adf.ly/2790808/http://en.savefrom.net/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6fnsawNjE).
browser extensions Edit
The makers of SaveFrom offer official web-browser extensions, to help use their website.
Mozilla add-ons homepage latest 2.36.
I am not including this in the below section "XUL" because all it really does is merely redirect (when clicking on the button that it provides) to the SaveFrom.net website.
There is also an extension for Chrome and Chromium-based web browsers.
see all-available including Opera (legacy, and "Next" (which is based upon Chromium and Blink!)), Safari, Chrome [2].
Save Media Edit
this one is less trust-worthy. Its usage requires a Java applet to run within your web browser. It advertises: http://VDownloader.com/
SaveMedia.com. Try adding "save" to the left of any YouTube video URL (e.g. www.youtube.com/watch?v= --> www.saveyoutube.com/watch?v= or www.SaveMedia.com/watch?v=.)
The website instructs: allow Java plugin to run in browser, instructional screen shot/capture
XUL extensions Edit
These extensions can be added to Mozilla software such as Firefox. Some may also work with SeaMonkey.
N.B.!: Often, YouTube makes changes that renders some of these browser extensions useless for downloading YouTube videos. This is undoubtedly an effort by YouTube to enforce their end-user terms-of-service that says, among other conditions, that video files hosted by YT should not be downloaded!
InBasic Edit
see profile on Mozilla Add-ons directory, which lists the developer's homepage (website) as: http://add0n.com/. Also: official homepage on GitHub
make of this great wonderfully-designed add-on: "Youtube Video and Audio Downloader" No Restart required to install!
add latest stable edition to Firefox
0.3.3 is the latest
It offers a nice Metro-style UI look. It offers downloads of "true" HD, including versions of the video that have no audio streams. <-- Does anyone understand this? Fleetwoodta (talk) 22:29, February 25, 2014 (UTC)
FVD Edit
Flash Video Downloader from FVD (username: pos1t1ve on the Mozilla repo). Download the latest .xpi.
Windows build from Download.com Edit
This extension is also featured on Download.com: "Flash Video Downloader Youtube Downloader for Firefox"
one reviewer, brianc123981 wrote: "full of spyware" (on 2011 apr 9).
Download.com distributes this software using a "Safe Download" .exe.
as well as the actual .xpi file (5.4.3).
I examined the contents of the .xpi file (which is a .ZIP (PKzip WinZIP container/archive/package file), essentially) and I see, within its folder/directory tree/structure, a folder: "modules/ffmpeg/" which contains Windows (win32) -only compiled binaries: .dlls and an .exe. However this is true only for the "FFmpeg" component of this software, it seems. The rest of the contents of the package/archive/extension should work with any Firefox browser, regardless of which OS (underlying platform) that it is running on (environment that the Firefox browser is running within).
Download Flash and Video Edit
Download Flash and Video Get the latest .xpi here. developer profile on Mozilla.
FNVfox.com website is not updated. Fleetwoodta (talk) 17:17, March 12, 2014 (UTC) Changelog: versions. Official website: downloads has not been updated since October 26, 2013. The latest release, on Mozilla's repo website is 1.51.
In my experience, this particular extension will (sometimes, under certain conditions, in certain cases) identify and allow downloading of the .swf files, but not the video files!
Yes, this add-on/extension is good at/for identifying and downloading (any/all) embedded .swf (Shockwave-flash) animation files (usually media PLAYERs) that are embedded in a currently-visited (viewable) webpage.
To use it, make sure that the Add-on/extensions toolbar is made visible in Firefox. A keyboard shortcut for doing this is Ctrl + / (forward slash).
The little (down-pointing arrow) icon should be visible on the right edge (end) of the add-ons toolbar. In other words, look for an icon in the bottom-right of your Firefox browser window. Once Firefox loads a webpage that has any detectable .swf embedded flash animations (whether ads or actual media/movie players), that icon will become red-coloured, which indicates that it recognised files that it can offer to download. Clicking on that down-pointing arrow button will present a list of any .swf files that it detected. However, it has not detected video files that play through flash animations. In order for the video file to be downloaded, it is necessary to first click play (in the .swf animation that serves as a player / transport control for the video playback) to start playing any flash video, and THEN, the video files should be visible , listed by this extension.
Video Download Helper Edit
official homepage (website)
Firefox extension page on AddOns.Mozilla.org
FlashGot Edit
The FlashGot extension features FlashGot Media section/feature/aspect.
www.flashgot.net/features
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220/
on Download.com InformAction, also makes NoScript, another popular and featured FF add-on. flashgot_mass_downloader-1.5.5.8-fx+sm+tb.xpi (XPI package/installer)
Graugon also featured XUL XPIs like Firefox Video Download Helper
SoftPedia offers a more up-to-date (in fact, perfectly up-to-date from upstream developer, latest stable release): [3] changelog flashgot-1.5.5.97.xpi
UnPlug Edit
UnPlug saves video and audio which is embedded on a webpage. This extension is provided by h2g2bob, who has a website of his own. Download the latest verson, which is 2.054. Is this based upon a PHP script?
Adobe HDS Edit
If, the browser's web inspector (web Debugger/Developer tool) (see above) lists files that bear a filename suffix/extension of ".f4f", which are between 1 and 2 MiBs in size -- that is a sign that ?DASH? Adobe HDS technology is being used for serving the video that is playing. These .f4f files are NOT playable (in VLC, Mplayer, etc.), as they are. These files need to be converted. Fortunately, there is a tool for that ...
PHP script for [4]
Additionally, the developer (K.S.V.) has benevolently also authored and released a wonderful Firefox (XUL) extension called "HDS Link Detector." This extension helps with the use of his PHP script for downloading and converting video that is embedded in a webpage using Adobe's H.D.S. technology. It detects any HDS (.f4f) video that is on the webpage and formulates a command line that can be copied and pasted into the command-line invocation of the PHP script. This is much easier than trying to figure out and plug in the right arguments / values (switches) when formulating the PHP script's command line.
This extension was discovered when reading this thread by [5].
HDS is Adobe's newer technology for deploying video on the web. Is it the same as DASH wikipedia:Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP ?
more Edit
Additional XUL .xpis can be found via this search for "video download" in the official Mozilla extensions repository website.
Chrome Edit
Google's Chrome browser does not allow any web browser extension that enables the direct downloading (capture) of the video files (.mp4, .flv, .webm) from YouTube (video postings). This is because doing so (by the end-user) violates YouTube's Terms of Service.
Find and install extensions for Chrome-based web-browsers from The "Chrome Store" (official online repository of browser extensions).
You can't use this to install (add) Chrome browser extensions to the Opera (15+) browser (unless the user-agent string of your Opera browser is spoofed to fool Google's servers into thinking that the browser that you are using is in fact Chromium-based.)
FVD offers an extension for the Firefox browser, as well as one for Chrome.
mirror of .crx download on SoftPedia ver. 5.6.5. [6] developer's profile page on Softpedia [7]
Opera Edit
In 2013, Opera switched from using their own in-house, closed-source technologies like Presto (layout/rendering engine) to basing the development of their web browser on the open-source Chromium codebase.
Opera maintains their own website (online repository) of web browser extensions.
search for "youtube download"
How many of those browser extensions (Only?) work for (or haven't been updated since the Presto-based generation 12) Opera browser (12, before the move to Chromium-base)? Fleetwoodta (talk) 17:46, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
Torch Edit
Torch is a web browser that is derived from the open-source codebase of the Chromium project. In other words, it's mostly the same as Google's Chrome browser. It has many nice features built-in, including a BitTorrent client, as well as "Download Media" [8]. When a page is loaded in the Torch browser that has video playing (whether through the Adobe Flash plugin (or not?)) and it detects this, the "Download Media" button on the toolbar will come to colour (life) and activate and allow the video file to be downloaded. I don't see options to choose which video file to download from YouTube postings -- only an .mp4 file seems to be
This browser is only available for Windows, right? Fleetwoodta (talk) 16:41, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
AvantBrowser Edit
"Avant Browser" (not spelled with an 'e': "Avante")
AvantBrowser features/has a "Video Sniffer" tool/feature/capability built-in/bundled. "Avant Browser can detect the videos in the web page you are browsing, and let you download them with just one click."
http://www.soft82.com/download/Windows/Avant_Browser includes md5 checksum/hash/digest, and links to older releases (builds / installation packages)
maker: Avant Force official homepage ; Soft82.com lists their apps/products
including "Avant Browser Ultimate Portable 2014 Build 2"
another mirror:
http://avant-browser-lite.en.softonic.com
Official download page mentions that the main basic release/edition/branch/version uses I.E.'s Trident engine, but the "Ultimate" edition actually uses 3: Trident, Gecko (Mozilla Firefox), and Blink! (Chromium). hmm, is that a good approach?
Avant Downloader Edit
Off-shot (app)? (separate from the web browser?)
http://www.avantbrowser.com/Downloader.aspx?uil=en-us
also features the Video Sniffer
"Inspired by FlashGot, not only does Avant Downloader come with full-featured built-in Download Manager / Accelerator, but also it gives users options to utilized other downloaders designed for IE/Firefox: BitComet, Internet Download Manager, Download Accelerator Plus, Download Master, FlashGet, Free Download Manager, Get Right, GigaGet, HiDownload, InstantGet, Internet Download Accelerator, Mass Downloader, Net Ants, NetTransport, Orbit Downloader, Star Downloader, Thunder Downloader, WellGet, WestByte etc."
see "Download Managers"
command-line Edit
Free open-source software:
This software does not require Adobe flash to be running in the browser. It is command line, which offers all of the benefits of cmdln, as opposed to GUI, including piping, scripting, etc. These are especially useful with GNU/Linux distros (open-source operating systems, Unix-like). The following programs can be found in your distros software repositories.
quvi Edit
quvi
documentation Edit
man page (manual, or online documentation reference, includes description of each switch)
on man-online.org
more resources Edit
homepage on SourceForge includes a library libQuvi
on Arch wiki
available for Debian Wheezy (current stable release/branch of the Debian GNU/Linux distro)
cclive Edit
Does cclive depend upon quvi to run? "clive Doesn't work with new quvi" bug report for ArchLinux package.
yt-downloader Edit
"yt-downloader" is a Python script by Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez. It works for videos on YouTube and many other websites, as well.
official page on GitHub, download it.
is available in the Sid branch of Debian (and not the current Stable, Wheezy, nor testing: Jessie) (I guess, because it is so new "(2013.12.04-1)".)
guide to running on Windows.
not HTTP Edit
If the video content is being transmitted over the HTTP protocol, one of the above browser extensions is likely to succeed in identifying (and allowing to save/capture) the video content (file). For the most part, those web browser extensions will only work if the Adobe Flash plugin is installed and the video is ?streaming? (playing) through it. This means that playback has started and has been triggered by clicking the play button on the .swf flash animation.
Additionally, FVD and Download Flash and Video will work for YouTube video postings even when no Adobe FlashPlugin is present.
RTMP Edit
Real-Time Media Protocol video that uses Adobe Flash technology sends the video content, not over HTTP, but instead over another port, using wikipedia:Real Time Messaging Protocol. (N.B. Don't confuse RTMP with RTSP which is a Real Media technology.).
rtmpdump Edit
There is an open-source software package called rtmpdump, which is actually a suite of several software apps (tools/utilities) including the namesake, as well as rtmpsuck.
Hint: search for (query:) rtmpsuck iptables. (another hint)
Windows Edit
For the Microsoft Windows platform: /RTMP#Stream Transport.
more Windows software from all-streaming-media.com
Enhance Firefox Printing (and Print on ArchWiki)
Firefox Add-ons on Arch wiki.
Related Edit
wikipedia: Streaming media#Protocols
In WikiPedia's article on "HDS", under its heading, <h1>"Technology"</h1>, there is mention of "HTTP Dynamic Streaming, Adobe's HTTP Live Streaming", yet there is no article to link to, yet.
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new work, new poems
I looked at my publications for 2016 so far and realized I kind of needed to do a blog post for them, as there were quite a few! Also, this way I get to give context which is always fun. Enjoy!
My Micro Fiction piece, In the Dark World, is up at Literary Orphans.
This piece was inspired by one of my favorite video games, Zelda: A Link to the Past. You know, the part where you go to the dark world? I've always been fascinated with the concept, the idea that we could have an alternate reality where all our darkest selves live. What would your dark self look like?
Powder Keg, my first speculative poetry sale, is up at Silver Blade Magazine
This publication feels important for me for several reasons. It's my first speculative poetry sale (!) and it's also part of a historical narrative poetic sequence book of poetry (say that five times fast) I wrote for my Master's thesis. The sequence tells the story of a character that becomes trapped in a cycle of reincarnation. It draws heavily from American history, as the soul travels between different periods in history. Because I wanted to include each aspect of American history, the character in this poem inhabits the life of a slave, after a previous life of freedom. In other lives, the character is a musician, scientist, civil war soldier, and revolutionary. A second poem from this project will be coming out soon, more info to be announced!
I did extensive research for this project, and the poem draws from poetry that was written at the time. A primary influence for the poem is the poet Adah Isaacs Menken, who was a controversial poet and actress, of African American, white, and Creole heritage from New Orleans. Adah died before her book could be published, but her work challenged many ideas of patriarchy at the time. I found Adah's work so fascinating, and her life so interesting, that I couldn't help but weave her work into this piece.
Behind the Glass and Other Poems is up at Sixfold Literary Journal
These poems are part of a book-in-progress I'm working on that center on non-traditional ideas of feminism and relationship. I often struggle with the idea of being a woman, a wife, a friend, but also a feminist. I see the things that confine me to these terms, and find myself wondering if it's possible to be all of the above. I think these roles intersect, overlap, but at times pull each other apart.
"Sheaves of Wheat," and "Break of Day" are up at Page & Spine
I'll let you draw your own conclusions about Break of Day, just to say that it's inspired by the Houston oil & gas complex.
Sheaves of Wheat is based upon a painting by Van Gogh, which I first viewed at the Dallas Museum of Art many years ago. It is part of a series of paintings on the same subject, concerning the relationship of nature and man. Here's what Van Gogh had to say on the subject:
"One does not expect to get from life what one has already learned it cannot give; rather, one begins to see more clearly that life is a kind of sowing time, and the harvest is not yet here."
EDIT: The Last Man on Earth is up at Urban Fantasist / Grievous Angel by Charles Christian
Sheesh, I wasn't kidding about this being a busy month! I just got news that my microfiction The Last Man on Earth is now live at Charles Christian's Urban Fantasist. Charles' kind words about this piece are little pieces of joy I plan on carrying in my pocket. Thanks Charles!
As always, I encourage readers to draw their own conclusions as they read. Poetry is interpretable, and that's the fun of it. I hope you may read these works and enjoy them.
the fee conundrum: via the top 100 lit journals for fiction
 This is a blog post I've been thinking about for a while, but in recent weeks it feels even more pressing. Last week I opened the e-mail newsletter for one of my favorite literary journals, Pulp Literature, who has published my work in the past, to find a hidden note about a new policy: Pulp Literature will now be charging a $10 submission fee.
My first reaction? Another one bites the dust. I felt a twinge, like every time I get a rejection letter. This was an outright rejection for me, before even submitting. As a new writer, I struggle with the submission fee conundrum as much as anyone else. I'm a broke poet who volunteers at a local writing center. My ability to pay submission fees is nil. For this reason, I don't submit to journals that require: 1. Only postal submissions 2. Any fee to submit 3. Most Contests (Don't even get me started on that subject). It's not that I don't value those journals, I truly do. One day, I may be able to afford to submit for a fee, but right now it's not an option.
Multiple writers have written about the quandary of running a small lit journal, where many of the editors are volunteers who don't get paid, versus the artistic dilemma of paying writers and the fact that many writers don't make enough money to afford submission fees. Even further, writers are often fighting a culture of exposure – when major publications like Huffington Post can get away with not paying writers. Lit journals argue that the fee is for the service, a "tip jar" so to say (putting aside the fact that most tip jars are optional). The argument can be made that journals have other options besides charging fees. They can choose to accept submissions via email, which requires no charge or just the cost of running their email box, which we can assume they would do anyway. Part of the issue may be the rise of Submittable, who charges fairly high costs for a service that is valuable, but let's be honest, a monopoly.
I realized no one ever really examines this subject on a detailed level. So I made a breakdown of the top 100 literary journals publishing fiction*. This list shows which journals charge a fee, how much that fee is, and whether they pay contributors. You can read below, and draw your own conclusions, if any can be found from this data.
*This list is graciously supplied by Clifford Garstrang, who gave permission for it to be reprinted in this form. This list focuses on literary genre journals who nominate for the Pushcart Prize, and can be viewed in its full glory at Garstrang's website.
The top 100 lit journals and their fees:
Note: Asterisks next to fees indicate journals that offer mail submissions as well. Question marks indicate no published information on the journal's submission guidelines.
A few thoughts I have on the list:
Glimmer Train's non-open period fees are $17. They have free periods about 2 months out of the year. Ouchy. Glimmer Train is one of the major lit journals out there winning awards, but this fee is so exorbitant. I can see a small token fee, like many journals offer, especially if the journal offers mail submissions as an alternative, and if the journal pays its contributors. Writers, if you're thinking of submitting and the entry fee is over $5 for a general open period – pause and consider whether it's worth the cost.
Magazines like American Short Fiction charge a fee but offer no mail submissions. This may be a burden for many writers. Mail submissions are an old-fashioned, but good alternative to charging a fee, at least as a back-up. You can fit 5 pages in an envelope and mail it anywhere in the US for the cost of a stamp (plus another stamp for your SASE). That's about $1, while these journals are charging an average of $3. You may say that's a small difference, but if you're submitting to all the top journals, it adds up. For fiction writers, the fee for Submittable might be worth saving the cost of postage, but not for poets.
Some magazines, like New England Review and Bellevue Review, waive fees for subscribers. I actually like this option, because it encourages writers to read the journal and get an idea if it is right for them. But, it is a bit self-serving.
I was surprised by the amount of journals that did not provide information on payment or whether they accept simultaneous submissions. I wish every journal was explicit with this info.
 The amount of journals not charging a fee is shrinking. I wish I had made this list last year, but I can tell you I recognize several journals that have added a fee. It is my hope that I can address this list again next year and see if anything has changed.
I'm planning a similar discussion on genre magazines, which is an entirely different category. Many genre journals go about this with a much wiser approach. The comparison between the two is fascinating, so I hope you'll keep an eye out for that post.
Until then, submit wisely my friends!


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League of Legends Champion Swap: Intervention – (Joey)
by Meng-Hsien | Nov 12, 2021 | Artwork #3: Intervene, Projects
Playing League of Legends: The Correct Way
My intervention idea was basically playing League of Legends without any constraints or without apply the community's norms when playing the game. League of Legends is a 5v5 competitive multiplayer game with 5 roles on each team where for each role, all the champions have implied role or roles. So, I would jump into a game of League of Legends and depending on whatever role I selected, I would pick a champion that would usually not be considered part of the acceptable champion pool of that role. So, for instance, the champion Irelia is considered to be a mid or top laner but playing her support is counterintuitive since her skill set is based on killing minions and stacking them whereas the support role usually does not kill all the minions.
During the process of coming up with an intervention idea, I really wanted to intervene in a community that I was part of and somewhat try to suggest new perspectives or ideas that would be considered unordinary, toxic, or confusing. So, I decided to intervene the League of Legends community by picking champions that were not necessarily in their correct position in the eyes of the community. I was really inspired by the phone game that was presented by Professor Curry and Gradecki and the Yes-Men where both of these interventions really tried to comment something about part of their community. The phone game explicitly showed the entire process of how an iPhone was made where the game showed the somewhat radical forced labor that goes through in other countries that makes the phones. This included child labor in Africa to mine resources for the phones. This game was only on phone game apps such as the Apple Store which speaks volumes towards how someone in another country can play the game and view these horrific real-life issues but still go on with having a phone. Also, the Yes-Men inspired me in a similar way where they created an obscene outfit that would definitely not be mainstream, yet people were still inviting them and asking them to talk about these outfits. Nobody considered them wrong at all and continued to take notes and listen even though this was complete joke. In a similar way, my intervention wanted to touch on the subject of toxicity and the rigidness of competitive games especially in team games where other players actions heavily influences the outcome of the games. I chose the role support and picked champions that would typically not be considered a support such as Irelia, Azir or Lee Sin. I wanted to see the reactions of my teammates from these unconventional picks and see what happens when I would do bad in game or well. I found that whenever I played better than my teammates expected, they didn't really have anything negative to say but whenever I did bad, the opposite happened. The community became toxic and start to question my choice. However, besides this comparison, most of the time, my teammates would already question these champions. I realized and asserted the fact that, maybe not as a whole, but gamers would be set on what is the norms in competitive games and whatever happens outside would be questioned unless done well. Especially the League of Legends community, unconventional ideas that don't fit what's right or normal causes doubt and toxicity.
A bundle of responses that I received from my teammates because of the champion that I played. Sometimes this was a mix of bad gameplay but for the most part, players would either or include all, leave the game before the game started, question my support pick, and criticize me because of my pick.
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