Thursday, June 26, 2008
MUTASI SISWA KELUAR DAN MASUK
KE KOTA CIMAHI
Setelah diberlakukan Nomor Induk Siswa Nasional (NISN) Oleh DEPDIKNAS PUSAT JAKARTA maka untuk proses mutasi siswa sebagai berikut :
Dari Kota Cimahi keluar Kota Cimahi, persyaratan sebagai berikut :
1. Foto Copy Kartu NISN
2. Foto Copy Raport
3. Surat Keterangan Pindah dari sekolah
4. Surat Keterangan Bukti Mutasi Siswa dari DEPDIKNAS (Bisa diperoleh dari bagian ICT Dinas Pendidikan Kota Cimahi)
Dari Luar Kota Cimahi masuk Kota Cimahi, persyaratan sebagai berikut :
1. Foto Copy Kartu NISN
2. Foto Copy Raport
3. Surat Keterangan Pindah dari sekolah asal
4. Surat Keterangan Bukti Mutasi Siswa dari DEPDIKNAS (bisa diperoleh dari bagian operator NISN Dinas Pendidikan Kab/Kota Asal)
5. Surat Keterangan Pindah dari Disdik Kab/Kota asal dan Provinsi asal (untuk mutasi siswa antar Provinsi)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Film #60: Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula, the man who produced To Kill a Mockingbird and directed, among others, All The President's Men and The Parallax View, wrote and directed this majestic, extremely faithful adaptation of Pulitzer-Prize-winner William Styron's stunning semi-autobiographical novel. In it, Peter MacNichol endearingly plays Stingo, a young 40s-era Southerner who journeys to "a place as strange as
Film #60: Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula, the man who produced To Kill a Mockingbird and directed, among others, All The President's Men and The Parallax View, wrote and directed this majestic, extremely faithful adaptation of Pulitzer-Prize-winner William Styron's stunning semi-autobiographical novel. In it, Peter MacNichol endearingly plays Stingo, a young 40s-era Southerner who journeys to "a place as strange as
Film #59: Of Unknown Origin
Greatest rat movie ever made? Forget Willard! Fuck Ben! Don't even think about mentioning Ratatouille! Check out Of Unknown Origin, the rat extravaganza to beat all! George Pan Cosmatos (Tombstone) directed this 1983 Canadian production starring Peter Weller as a successful white-collar executive with a hot wife (Shannon Tweed), a little tyke, a new brownstone, and a helluva problem. When
Film #59: Of Unknown Origin
Greatest rat movie ever made? Forget Willard! Fuck Ben! Don't even think about mentioning Ratatouille! Check out Of Unknown Origin, the rat extravaganza to beat all! George Pan Cosmatos (Tombstone) directed this 1983 Canadian production starring Peter Weller as a successful white-collar executive with a hot wife (Shannon Tweed), a little tyke, a new brownstone, and a helluva problem. When
Another useful bash scrpt
- This bash script strips the ping loss percentage figure which you can use for graphing purpose in MRTG, RRD or other graphing products.
#!/bin/sh
#Date: 25-Jun-08
#Author: info[@]roshankarki.com.np
#Purpose: Strip Ping loss percentage to fed into RRD
host="google.com"
cnt=6
file="/tmp/ping.txt"
ping -c $cnt $host > $file
line=`grep "packet loss" $file`
line1=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f7`
loss=`basename $line1 %`
echo $loss
#END
Suggested Modification
- Use low byte like 1byte data while pinging.
- If RTO occurs then it will take long time to execute script so better use less time to wait.
- Insted of ping use fping
Has Digg gone mad?
Has Digg gone mad or is it me?
I tried logging on Digg but it said the password is not matching. I tried with all the passwords I have ever used in my life but couldn't succeed on logging. So I tried to reset the password using the password reminder.
I put my email there and surprisingly it said it doesn't have any user with that email.
I tried few time and also with all my Hotmail, Yahoomail, Gmail emails.
No, nothing worked so I tried to create a new account under the same email address and oops! It says an account with that email already exists.
Tried again NO!
I copied the email and pasted it in password reminder form and it says there isn't any account with that email.
Wow, The same email address when used in the password reminder says account doesn't exists and the same email address when used to create a new account says account already exists!!!
Has Digg gone mad or is it me?
P.S. I tried with support@digg.com and they said that my account was banned. Couldn't they tell me that when I logged in? It just wasted my time and yours while reading this. Indeed Digg has gone mad.
I tried logging on Digg but it said the password is not matching. I tried with all the passwords I have ever used in my life but couldn't succeed on logging. So I tried to reset the password using the password reminder.
I put my email there and surprisingly it said it doesn't have any user with that email.
I tried few time and also with all my Hotmail, Yahoomail, Gmail emails.
No, nothing worked so I tried to create a new account under the same email address and oops! It says an account with that email already exists.
Tried again NO!
I copied the email and pasted it in password reminder form and it says there isn't any account with that email.
Wow, The same email address when used in the password reminder says account doesn't exists and the same email address when used to create a new account says account already exists!!!
Has Digg gone mad or is it me?
P.S. I tried with support@digg.com and they said that my account was banned. Couldn't they tell me that when I logged in? It just wasted my time and yours while reading this. Indeed Digg has gone mad.
OpenGEU 7.10 Luna Nuova
The power and flexibility of Ubuntu and Gnome.
The magnificence and beauty of E17.
Perfect and fast even for a Virtual Machine.
Finally a fully functional Enlightenment Desktop.
OpenGEU: when a Gnome reaches Enlightenment.
Click here
The magnificence and beauty of E17.
Perfect and fast even for a Virtual Machine.
Finally a fully functional Enlightenment Desktop.
OpenGEU: when a Gnome reaches Enlightenment.
Click here
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The beginnings of my Web TV career
Well, since it's now history, I should include the three clips of me on The Latest Show on Earth, Joe Hendel's now kaput web TV program. Joe, it turns out, just didn't have the energy for an almost daily talk show (it IS a lotta work), so it's permanently on hold. It's too bad, but I'll continue onward, and probably launch a web TV thing of my own soon enough. RIP The Latest Show on Earth. But
The beginnings of my Web TV career
Well, since it's now history, I should include the three clips of me on The Latest Show on Earth, Joe Hendel's now kaput web TV program. Joe, it turns out, just didn't have the energy for an almost daily talk show (it IS a lotta work), so it's permanently on hold. It's too bad, but I'll continue onward, and probably launch a web TV thing of my own soon enough. RIP The Latest Show on Earth. But
Film #58: Foolin' Around
One of the ultimate "Saturday Afternoon" movies for me is what looked to me to be a waste of time at first glance--and this was when I was 15 or so! I know. Foolin' Around looks terrible. But I was quite smitten with HBO back in 1981 or so, and would watch anything they showed. And I'm glad because I love Foolin' Around. It's a dumb li'l movie following Texas architechture student Gary Busey
Film #58: Foolin' Around
One of the ultimate "Saturday Afternoon" movies for me is what looked to me to be a waste of time at first glance--and this was when I was 15 or so! I know. Foolin' Around looks terrible. But I was quite smitten with HBO back in 1981 or so, and would watch anything they showed. And I'm glad because I love Foolin' Around. It's a dumb li'l movie following Texas architechture student Gary Busey
Film #57: The Verdict
Paul Newman delivers a career-best performance in this comeback film from director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Prince of the City, Network). In it, he plays Frank Galvin, an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing lawyer whose recent string of lost cases has put him in a desperate situation. He's given one last chance at a moneymaker by a working class family who're suing a powerful, Catholic-run hospital
Film #57: The Verdict
Paul Newman delivers a career-best performance in this comeback film from director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Prince of the City, Network). In it, he plays Frank Galvin, an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing lawyer whose recent string of lost cases has put him in a desperate situation. He's given one last chance at a moneymaker by a working class family who're suing a powerful, Catholic-run hospital
Film #56: They Live
Scaremeister John Carpenter called the shots on this massively entertaining (and overlooked) variation on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme. World Championship Wrestling staple "Rowdy" Roddy Piper stars in They Live as an L.A. drifter who uncovers an alien takeover of earth after stumbling upon a pair of glasses that allows the wearer to see both the aliens and the Big-Brother way they've
Film #56: They Live
Scaremeister John Carpenter called the shots on this massively entertaining (and overlooked) variation on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme. World Championship Wrestling staple "Rowdy" Roddy Piper stars in They Live as an L.A. drifter who uncovers an alien takeover of earth after stumbling upon a pair of glasses that allows the wearer to see both the aliens and the Big-Brother way they've
Film #55: Sharky's Machine
All Atlantans of a certain age have a soft spot for this Burt Reynolds movie that, like it or not, remains one of the best ones ever shot in the ATL. I think it's a lotta fun and probably Reynolds' finest directorial outing. It's adapted from Georgia author William Diehl's best sellerabout Tom Sharky, an Atlanta homicide detective obsessively tracking a local mobster (a slimy Vittorio Gassman).
Film #55: Sharky's Machine
All Atlantans of a certain age have a soft spot for this Burt Reynolds movie that, like it or not, remains one of the best ones ever shot in the ATL. I think it's a lotta fun and probably Reynolds' finest directorial outing. It's adapted from Georgia author William Diehl's best sellerabout Tom Sharky, an Atlanta homicide detective obsessively tracking a local mobster (a slimy Vittorio Gassman).
Film #54: The Secret of NIMH
Former Disney animator Don Bluth was so fed up with how the pre-Little Mermaid animation department was going that he broke away and formed his own animation studio, with The Secret of NIMH being their first offering. At a time when Disney animation seemed dead--the early 80s--Bluth's first solo effort was an extremely welcome pleasure that trumpeted a new force in the animation field. But,
Film #54: The Secret of NIMH
Former Disney animator Don Bluth was so fed up with how the pre-Little Mermaid animation department was going that he broke away and formed his own animation studio, with The Secret of NIMH being their first offering. At a time when Disney animation seemed dead--the early 80s--Bluth's first solo effort was an extremely welcome pleasure that trumpeted a new force in the animation field. But,
Film #53: One on One
This is one of those "Saturday Afternoon" movies I like so much--sort of funny, sort of dramatic, a little romantic, not too demanding but not totally stupid either. Just real breezy and simple. Star Robby Benson co-wrote this likable story of a pampered high school basketball star who gets a scholarship to play with UCLA, but finds himself overwhelmed by a backbreaking practice regimen, a full
Film #53: One on One
This is one of those "Saturday Afternoon" movies I like so much--sort of funny, sort of dramatic, a little romantic, not too demanding but not totally stupid either. Just real breezy and simple. Star Robby Benson co-wrote this likable story of a pampered high school basketball star who gets a scholarship to play with UCLA, but finds himself overwhelmed by a backbreaking practice regimen, a full
Film #52: The Naked Jungle
Producer George Pal rarely strayed out of the fantasy/sci-fi genre. He pioneeered animated shorts by creating the Puppetoon series of stop-motion animation shorts (he adapted two Dr. Seuss stories into shortform: I Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street and The 500 Hats of Batholomew Cubbins). His films won four Oscars for special effects (The War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, The Time Machine
Film #52: The Naked Jungle
Producer George Pal rarely strayed out of the fantasy/sci-fi genre. He pioneeered animated shorts by creating the Puppetoon series of stop-motion animation shorts (he adapted two Dr. Seuss stories into shortform: I Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street and The 500 Hats of Batholomew Cubbins). His films won four Oscars for special effects (The War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, The Time Machine
Monday, June 23, 2008
Film #51: Muertos de Risa (Dying of Laughter)
Muertos de Risa (Dying of Laughter) is wildman Spanish director Alex de la Iglasia's raucous comedy about an Abbott and Costello-esque comedy team (expertly overplayed by El Gran Wyoming and Santiago Segura) who shoot each other dead on live TV, then are eulogized by their manager (Alex Angulo, the priest from de la Iglasia's equally accomplished Day of the Beast). Through flashbacks it's
Film #51: Muertos de Risa (Dying of Laughter)
Muertos de Risa (Dying of Laughter) is wildman Spanish director Alex de la Iglasia's raucous comedy about an Abbott and Costello-esque comedy team (expertly overplayed by El Gran Wyoming and Santiago Segura) who shoot each other dead on live TV, then are eulogized by their manager (Alex Angulo, the priest from de la Iglasia's equally accomplished Day of the Beast). Through flashbacks it's
Film #50: The Killing Fields
British documentarian Roland Joffe made his narrative filmmaking debut in 1984 with The Killing Fields, a devastating and suspenseful film about a real-life friendship. Sam Waterston plays Sidney Schanberg, an obsessive New York Times reporter stationed in Cambodia during the last days of the Vietnam War. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, in an Oscar-winning performance, plays Dith Pran, Schanberg's trusted
Film #50: The Killing Fields
British documentarian Roland Joffe made his narrative filmmaking debut in 1984 with The Killing Fields, a devastating and suspenseful film about a real-life friendship. Sam Waterston plays Sidney Schanberg, an obsessive New York Times reporter stationed in Cambodia during the last days of the Vietnam War. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, in an Oscar-winning performance, plays Dith Pran, Schanberg's trusted
Film #49: The Hudsucker Proxy
1994's The Hudsucker Proxy is still Joel and Ethan Coen's gentlest, most magical movie. Its fairy-tale ambitions mix tastefully with good ol' Capra-corn and the Coens' own brand of hyperkinetic filmmaking, resulting in a gigantic comedy with philosophical musings on time and fate. Tim Robbins plays bumbling mailroom nebbish and aspiring inventor Norville Barnes. After mere hours on the job at the
Film #49: The Hudsucker Proxy
1994's The Hudsucker Proxy is still Joel and Ethan Coen's gentlest, most magical movie. Its fairy-tale ambitions mix tastefully with good ol' Capra-corn and the Coens' own brand of hyperkinetic filmmaking, resulting in a gigantic comedy with philosophical musings on time and fate. Tim Robbins plays bumbling mailroom nebbish and aspiring inventor Norville Barnes. After mere hours on the job at the
Film #48: The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg's unique take on the 1958 sci-fi staple The Fly stands as one of the few remakes that actually improves upon its predecessor, chiefly because of its superb lead performances and the infusion of Cronenberg's singular, biology-obsessed worldview into the story. Jeff Goldblum expertly portrays eccentric scientist Seth Brundle, whose invention of "telepods" goes horribly awry when he
Film #48: The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg's unique take on the 1958 sci-fi staple The Fly stands as one of the few remakes that actually improves upon its predecessor, chiefly because of its superb lead performances and the infusion of Cronenberg's singular, biology-obsessed worldview into the story. Jeff Goldblum expertly portrays eccentric scientist Seth Brundle, whose invention of "telepods" goes horribly awry when he
Film #47: Dragonslayer
This Disney/Paramount co-production was almost completely overlooked when released in the summer of 1981--it was eclipsed by a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But it deserves an unearthing, and a nicer DVD release that acknowledges its quality. In it, then-newcomer Peter MacNichol plays an inept sorcerer's apprentice who takes on the responsibility of slaying the massive
Film #47: Dragonslayer
This Disney/Paramount co-production was almost completely overlooked when released in the summer of 1981--it was eclipsed by a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But it deserves an unearthing, and a nicer DVD release that acknowledges its quality. In it, then-newcomer Peter MacNichol plays an inept sorcerer's apprentice who takes on the responsibility of slaying the massive
Film #46: Coal Miner's Daughter
Sissy Spacek rightfully won an Oscar for her portrayal of country music legend Loretta Lynn in this smartly-produced bio-pic directed by British filmmaker Michael Apted (the man behind the 7 Up series of documentaries). The film follows her from her life as the oldest of a brood of kids belonging to a Kentucky coal miner and his wife, to her marriage at 14 to a self-assured WWII vet named
Film #46: Coal Miner's Daughter
Sissy Spacek rightfully won an Oscar for her portrayal of country music legend Loretta Lynn in this smartly-produced bio-pic directed by British filmmaker Michael Apted (the man behind the 7 Up series of documentaries). The film follows her from her life as the oldest of a brood of kids belonging to a Kentucky coal miner and his wife, to her marriage at 14 to a self-assured WWII vet named
Sunday, June 22, 2008
> /dev/null 2>&1
Seen this? You will ask either of the following question:
1) What is it?
2) I know it is input/output redirection but how is it working?
Now the answer for both of you.
In *nix world STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR are three common things that you must know.
Standard Input i.e. STDIN or 0 is something like keyboard.
Standard Output i.e. STDOUT or 1 is something like Monitor
Standard Error i.e. STDERR or 2 is something like ERROR
You can manipulate them. For eg,
Instead of typing from keyboard you can input from other medium using input redirection.
Like print < /file
Instead of displaying to monitor you can output to other medium using output redirection. Like echo something > /otherfile
You can use >> to append
Instead of displaying error to standard error you can use error redirection.
Like cat somefile 2> /dev/null
cat somefile 2> /somefile
Here /dev/null is something like dustbin. If you don't want your error to be seen then simply redirect it to the dustbin.
Now let me answer the second question
> /dev/null 2>&1 redirect both output and error to /dev/null
> /file 2>&1 redirect both output and error to /file
Explanation:
> redirects output to /dev/null
2>&1 redirect error to where > is redirected
So error also gets redirected to /dev/null
1) What is it?
2) I know it is input/output redirection but how is it working?
Now the answer for both of you.
In *nix world STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR are three common things that you must know.
Standard Input i.e. STDIN or 0 is something like keyboard.
Standard Output i.e. STDOUT or 1 is something like Monitor
Standard Error i.e. STDERR or 2 is something like ERROR
You can manipulate them. For eg,
Instead of typing from keyboard you can input from other medium using input redirection.
Like print < /file
Instead of displaying to monitor you can output to other medium using output redirection. Like echo something > /otherfile
You can use >> to append
Instead of displaying error to standard error you can use error redirection.
Like cat somefile 2> /dev/null
cat somefile 2> /somefile
Here /dev/null is something like dustbin. If you don't want your error to be seen then simply redirect it to the dustbin.
Now let me answer the second question
> /dev/null 2>&1 redirect both output and error to /dev/null
> /file 2>&1 redirect both output and error to /file
Explanation:
> redirects output to /dev/null
2>&1 redirect error to where > is redirected
So error also gets redirected to /dev/null
Friday, June 20, 2008
Select pattern in Nautilus
We all know that OS other than Microsoft is for productivity. Just take a case in point, today I used a data recovery software to recover data from my friend's hard disk. Well the recovery went smoothly and produced around 100 folders scattering my home folder. If it had been Windows then it would have been a pain in *** to select all those folder manually. But Windows users are habituated with it, so they wont notice that they are wasting their time in something we Linux or Mac users do in few clicks.
Go to Edit
Click select pattern
Type the pattern that you would do with ls or cmd command.
I had to select all the folders that begin with recup and having extension 01,02.
So I type recup* and Bingo all the recovered folders were selected.
I look at its size tar them and send it to my friend.
Go to Edit
Click select pattern
Type the pattern that you would do with ls or cmd command.
I had to select all the folders that begin with recup and having extension 01,02.
So I type recup* and Bingo all the recovered folders were selected.
I look at its size tar them and send it to my friend.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Planetary Roundup
Three major planets are well placed for viewing. This chart of Jupiter and the Moon and Sagittarius shows the changing view of the trio as the Moon moves across the sky the evenings of June 18 and 19. Jupiter and Sagittarius will remain in close proximity over the summer with Jupiter being the brightest beacon in the sky each night. Over the summer Jupiter will gradually become visible earlier and earlier in the evening. Saturn and Mars are slowly slipping into the evening glare but remain visible for a short while after sunset. Within the next month they will entirely fade from view, so catch a glimpse and enjoy the show of these two wanderers in the midst of Leo the Lion.
Side Orders #3
Okay, this isn't really an opening to a movie I like, but it does feature a favorite opening song of mine---I mean, it rocks, and you can't get it out of your head!! A real earworm. Anyway, this is sort of a fan vid for a movie called The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (El sheriff y el pequeño extraterrestre in Italian!). I have an interesting little story about this movie under my belt, but for
Side Orders #3
Okay, this isn't really an opening to a movie I like, but it does feature a favorite opening song of mine---I mean, it rocks, and you can't get it out of your head!! A real earworm. Anyway, this is sort of a fan vid for a movie called The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (El sheriff y el pequeño extraterrestre in Italian!). I have an interesting little story about this movie under my belt, but for
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
presentation on manually removing virus leftouts
Temporarily removed. Please comment and I will upload it again. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Bet 100 on The Flaming Nose
This is the intro to a ten-part series I'm contributing to The Flaming Nose, the web's premier website devoted to television. With each of my introductory articles, I'll be covering my very personal choices for my 100 favorite TV series of all time. I'm about to post #70-61, so if you haven't checked all three previous articles out, do. And make time for everything else TV-related at The
Bet 100 on The Flaming Nose
This is the intro to a ten-part series I'm contributing to The Flaming Nose, the web's premier website devoted to television. With each of my introductory articles, I'll be covering my very personal choices for my 100 favorite TV series of all time. I'm about to post #70-61, so if you haven't checked all three previous articles out, do. And make time for everything else TV-related at The
Friday, June 13, 2008
screen and graphics in Hardy
If you have upgraded to Hardy then you must be wondering where is Screen and Graphics option.
You may want it for certain reason or you may want it to setup your monitor or display driver or graphics driver in ubuntu. In some caseses you may want it to see your currents driver.
If its so then you can enable screen and graphics option in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy by
1)Right click your Main Menu
2)Edit Menus
3)Others
4)Check Screen and graphics
After doing so you can find it on other submenu of the Main Menu.
Alternatively you can run it by typing gksu displayconfig-gtk in Run application box(ALT+F2)
You may want it for certain reason or you may want it to setup your monitor or display driver or graphics driver in ubuntu. In some caseses you may want it to see your currents driver.
If its so then you can enable screen and graphics option in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy by
1)Right click your Main Menu
2)Edit Menus
3)Others
4)Check Screen and graphics
After doing so you can find it on other submenu of the Main Menu.
Alternatively you can run it by typing gksu displayconfig-gtk in Run application box(ALT+F2)
Monday, June 9, 2008
view windows remote desktop from ubuntu
Softwares like VNC works great but once in a while you encounter problems like not being able to pass ALT+CTRL+DEL to windows remote machine to bring login dialog box. Also Windows doesn't comes installed with it. Instead it comes with handy utility remote desktop. So how can you use remote desktop of windows from your Linux machine? Well the answer is simple.
Press ALT+F2
type rdesktop windows_client_ip
Its very nice and small utility.
Press ALT+F2
type rdesktop windows_client_ip
Its very nice and small utility.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Southern Sky
As I write this entry, I am in Melbourne, Australia on a business trip. Melbourne is approximately 38 degrees south of the equator and I have always likened this to San Francisco which is approximately 38 degrees north of the equator. I think of these two coastal cities having similar climate and similar sky conditions but in exactly the opposite way. Being 38 degrees north of the equator San Francisco is heading toward the summer solstice. The days are getting longer and the sky, as always, appears to pivot around the north star which is (by no coincidence) 38 degrees above the northern horizon, with the Sun and planets moving in a long arc across the southern half of the sky.
Melbourne presents a mirror image of the sky in many ways. The Sun does in fact still rise in the east and set in the west, but the Sun and planets move in a long arc across the *northern* part of the sky. The days here are short and getting shorter and Australia and other southern hemisphere countries prepare for the onset of winter in a few weeks. The mirror image of the sky in the northern hemisphere is visible in that the sky appears to pivot around the southern point of the sky. There is no bright star near the southern point of the sky so we don't have exactly the same scenario (ie. no south polar star like Polaris in the northern hemisphere), but the motions are similar -- in the opposite direction.
For example, in the northern hemisphere the Big Dipper moves around the north star in a large sweeping circle in a counter-clockwise direction, but in the southern hemisphere the southern constellations pivot around the south "pole" in a large *clockwise* circle every 24 hours. The Big Dipper and other star patterns and constellations near the north star are visible all night in the northern hemisphere and are called circumpolar stars, but are not at all visible from my location here in the southern hemisphere. Similarly, the circumpolar stars in the southern sky are not visible at all from San Francisco. Hence we never see the Southern Cross or Alpha Centauri (one of the nearest stars to Earth) or the Magellanic Clouds (nearby galaxies) from the northern hemisphere.
The early travelers setting sail across the seas and around the globe noted these changes in the sky and learned some valuable rules about celestial navigation. Although we don't depend upon these markers to tell us where we are on the globe anymore, I enjoy looking out for these changes in motion in the sky as I travel from time to time far north of San Francisco or in this case far south. The Southern Cross is a beautiful sight from here, even though the sky has been too overcast to see much else.
Melbourne presents a mirror image of the sky in many ways. The Sun does in fact still rise in the east and set in the west, but the Sun and planets move in a long arc across the *northern* part of the sky. The days here are short and getting shorter and Australia and other southern hemisphere countries prepare for the onset of winter in a few weeks. The mirror image of the sky in the northern hemisphere is visible in that the sky appears to pivot around the southern point of the sky. There is no bright star near the southern point of the sky so we don't have exactly the same scenario (ie. no south polar star like Polaris in the northern hemisphere), but the motions are similar -- in the opposite direction.
For example, in the northern hemisphere the Big Dipper moves around the north star in a large sweeping circle in a counter-clockwise direction, but in the southern hemisphere the southern constellations pivot around the south "pole" in a large *clockwise* circle every 24 hours. The Big Dipper and other star patterns and constellations near the north star are visible all night in the northern hemisphere and are called circumpolar stars, but are not at all visible from my location here in the southern hemisphere. Similarly, the circumpolar stars in the southern sky are not visible at all from San Francisco. Hence we never see the Southern Cross or Alpha Centauri (one of the nearest stars to Earth) or the Magellanic Clouds (nearby galaxies) from the northern hemisphere.
The early travelers setting sail across the seas and around the globe noted these changes in the sky and learned some valuable rules about celestial navigation. Although we don't depend upon these markers to tell us where we are on the globe anymore, I enjoy looking out for these changes in motion in the sky as I travel from time to time far north of San Francisco or in this case far south. The Southern Cross is a beautiful sight from here, even though the sky has been too overcast to see much else.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Film #45: The Celebration
The Dogme 95 film movement was the brainchild of Danish directors Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who, on a spring day in 1995 Copenhagen, penned a filmmaking "Vow of Chastity" as a laugh and a liberating gesture from the expensive technologies and tired formulas that plague many filmmakers. Then, along with fellow Danes Soren Kragh-Jacobsen and Christian Levring, they created Dogma 95,
Film #45: The Celebration
The Dogme 95 film movement was the brainchild of Danish directors Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who, on a spring day in 1995 Copenhagen, penned a filmmaking "Vow of Chastity" as a laugh and a liberating gesture from the expensive technologies and tired formulas that plague many filmmakers. Then, along with fellow Danes Soren Kragh-Jacobsen and Christian Levring, they created Dogma 95,
Film #44: Straight Time
Since 1972, Dustin Hoffman had been obsessed with making Straight Time, an adaptation of ex-convict Ed Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce. It was meant to be the actor's directorial debut but, concluding that directing and performing were chores too big for him to handle in tandem, he brought in British director Ulu Grosbard to helm things behind the camera. Good move, because in 1978's sadly
Film #44: Straight Time
Since 1972, Dustin Hoffman had been obsessed with making Straight Time, an adaptation of ex-convict Ed Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce. It was meant to be the actor's directorial debut but, concluding that directing and performing were chores too big for him to handle in tandem, he brought in British director Ulu Grosbard to helm things behind the camera. Good move, because in 1978's sadly
Film #43: Trans
Florida filmmaker Julius Goldberger's Trans splashed down at 1999's Sundance festival like a minor post-French New Wave masterwork unearthed decades after being inturred, mysteriously, near the swampy Everglades. Plainly influenced by Truffaut's The 400 Blows -- Goldberger obviously wanted more after Antoine Doniel reached the ocean tide -- Trans follows juvenile prison escapee Ryan Kazinski (
Film #43: Trans
Florida filmmaker Julius Goldberger's Trans splashed down at 1999's Sundance festival like a minor post-French New Wave masterwork unearthed decades after being inturred, mysteriously, near the swampy Everglades. Plainly influenced by Truffaut's The 400 Blows -- Goldberger obviously wanted more after Antoine Doniel reached the ocean tide -- Trans follows juvenile prison escapee Ryan Kazinski (
Film #42: Sisters
This is the first in a promised series of shorter posts, for those of you who don't have no durn time...Made back when De Palma’s Hitchcock-cribbing packed more charm than it did in later years, Sisters stars Margot Kidder as surgically-separated Siamese twins, one of whom is degenerating into a knife-wielding killer. Jennifer Salt is the newspaper columnist who witnesses one of Kidder’s murders
Film #42: Sisters
This is the first in a promised series of shorter posts, for those of you who don't have no durn time...Made back when De Palma’s Hitchcock-cribbing packed more charm than it did in later years, Sisters stars Margot Kidder as surgically-separated Siamese twins, one of whom is degenerating into a knife-wielding killer. Jennifer Salt is the newspaper columnist who witnesses one of Kidder’s murders
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Compiz and Windows Rules
Compiz is very popular for its fancy graphical effects. But there is another very useful feature in Compiz. It lets you put window on top, skip taskbar, skip pager, always below, sticky, non movable, resizeable, minimizable, closabe and so on. You must be telling so whats new you can make window sticky or always on top by right clicking the title bar and selecting always on top. Yes you can but with that you have to do so every time you open the window, with Compiz it is just one shot.
For case in point look at my audacious. It automatically starts on the bottom corner and is always on top and I can control my music whenever I want.
Go to System, Preferences, Advance Desktop Effect Settings, Window Management and Window Rules.
I dont want it on taskbar so Skip Taskbar
I dont want it to see on pager nor when Scale(alt+shift+UP) so Skip Pager
I always want it on top so Above
I want it on all the desktops so Sticky
I dont want it to minimize nor do so accidently so Non minimizable windows
For case in point look at my audacious. It automatically starts on the bottom corner and is always on top and I can control my music whenever I want.
Go to System, Preferences, Advance Desktop Effect Settings, Window Management and Window Rules.
I dont want it on taskbar so Skip Taskbar
I dont want it to see on pager nor when Scale(alt+shift+UP) so Skip Pager
I always want it on top so Above
I want it on all the desktops so Sticky
I dont want it to minimize nor do so accidently so Non minimizable windows
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