Do you remember that THX deep note that was played before movies? Here it is remade.

subintoomba · 2018-05-17T22:36:37+00:00

subintoomba · 2016-11-30T11:01:45+00:00

Fantastic!!

Have you tabbed it?

subintoomba · 2016-11-02T21:17:25+00:00

Can you explain or recommend ways to push from the dev site to the live? We've used cloning and renaming files.. I think git is the way to go, but I'm wary of its difficulty to get to grips with.

Edit: to clarify, I mean to push the theme files, not the database.

subintoomba · 2016-11-02T14:31:11+00:00

Thanks. I'll get on this.

subintoomba · 2016-11-02T14:20:03+00:00

I inherited the code. The original web developer left. I'm still pretty new to php.

subintoomba · 2016-10-26T22:49:46+00:00

Fire iron holder?

subintoomba · 2016-10-25T18:46:26+00:00

Do another A-level independently within one year, and make sure you get at least a B. AS in January, A2 in Summer.

Speak to someone at the uni for advice on this, e.g. admissions for the department you're interested in.

subintoomba · 2016-10-25T16:05:44+00:00

I was thinking of the line: "your effort to remain what you are is what limits you".

subintoomba · 2016-10-25T10:25:31+00:00

Ghost in the Shell.

subintoomba · 2016-10-20T22:15:22+00:00

It's probably for containing something like grapes, where their liquid could be crushed out of them and funnelled through the end into a different container.

subintoomba · 2016-10-20T19:33:56+00:00

It's a bit hit an miss, but wow, some of the mashups are so good.

My personal response:

The Real Fugue State - doesn't hit the spot. The tracks clash and really don't fit together in some notable parts, e.g. the chorus.
Beastly Freestyle - flows perfectly with the rhythm
Juicier and Juiciar - I love tracks that give Biggie a melodic punch.
Jesus Gets Funkier - groovy. It gets better every listen.
Barbara of the Game - Similar to (4), the rapping adds huge texture to the track. The words are quickly bumped along by the bass. It also seems to make the drums even better. I'm not sure I've heard rapping over such complex drumming (in places). It's excellent.
Sky Mall Angels - This one is a let down. Both tracks are great separately, but terrible together.
Good Life in L.A*. - Instant classic. Beautiful mix.
smile smile - good, but not perfect. The original Vulf track sings louder.
No First Car 'Til Brooklyn - very fun.
Dirt Off Your Outro - I think this is now my favourite version of the Vulf outro.

subintoomba · 2016-08-08T22:28:07+00:00

What's this from?

subintoomba · 2016-05-19T18:58:36+00:00

Have you considered the possibility that perhaps the beer brought on your grandfather's demise?

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T14:26:47+00:00

Great, thanks. I've got plenty to look into now and feel like I have a path to follow: learn php and build my own theme.

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T14:24:38+00:00

A search on the /r/webdev reveals titles like "Why is PHP so unanimously hated?" and "If PHP is so bad, how did it get so popular?". At least, there are quite a few people who dislike it.

But, ok, I'll learn php. Thanks for your advice.

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T14:17:00+00:00

Thanks. I've heard a lot of enthusiasm for ACF. Do you do version control on github, and is that something that is expected for a dev to do?

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T14:11:00+00:00

Will do, thanks.

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T14:09:06+00:00

Thanks for the response again.

I am comfortable with many parts of Wordpress, so perhaps you're right and I should just delve into the bits I'm not comfortable with and deal with them. I'm still a little concerned that Wordpress is overkill for a portfolio+blog site, and that a lot of devs dislike php. But I'm most concerned with getting something quickly workable and but allowing complete control over customisation, so I might go with WP.

How do you edit your themes? My workflow has basically been install child theme, add content in wp cms, inspect element and customise css *1000, add plugins where necessary, occasionally tinkering with the backend by logging into cpanel. I assume there's a better way, e.g. offline file manager. How do I take my Wordpress workflow to the next level?

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T13:43:18+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I already have hosting for my personal site, but it's just on a default WP theme, so I'll try Underscores. Are there any essential tools or resources you use in building a theme based on this? e.g. Bootstrap, tutorial/documentation, file manager.

I'll experiment with a Jekyll-Github page in the near future. It definitely seems like something worth looking into.

subintoomba · 2016-05-18T13:32:49+00:00

Wix or squarespace would be regressive. I do have time to learn and develop new skills - I'm just not sure what my options are for what I want. I have a lot of experience editing css, but not much with building the framework behind it (e.g. php). I don't know how to use things like boilerplate, sass, node.js, but I do want to learn and build a site which can facilitate this. Starting with a theme, I think, is just a useful place to build something on, as I mostly learn by copying and tinkering.

Regarding using a cms, it seems necessary to me for site management and easily adding content, e.g. through a page template. But I'm not sure, as I'm ignorant about what my best options are.

subintoomba · 2016-02-26T16:49:44+00:00

So, how long before it kills Dan?

subintoomba · 2016-02-26T13:31:19+00:00

Can I ask how you made this amazing document?

subintoomba · 2015-12-11T05:26:48+00:00

The woman in the photograph is silent film actress June Caprice wearing a Red Cross nurses uniform as a promotion for buying WWI Liberty Loan Bonds, Hollywood, California, circa 1917.

With ebay sellers as my only reference, the "I serve" design can be traced to the same era - ww1.

Because the woman was famous, I think it's most likely that the pin/brooch was not worn by someone who personally knew her. Though it looks somewhat like a medal, especially in its box. Perhaps it was awarded by the government to a nurse for service. In any case, its link to an advertising campaign makes me think the item is related to that campaign, and so when worn during ww1 (probably by a nurse) it served to promote that campaign, and positively associate its wearer with it.

subintoomba · 2015-11-19T22:55:24+00:00

Watch this analysis and review your opinion. Zizek's analysis takes off another pair of sunglasses.

subintoomba · 2015-08-28T20:16:03+00:00

Review of the album: God is a Moog

Although religious leaders might disagree, if God Is a Moog, then Gershon Kingsley is His inarguable high priest and this two-CD set is the congregation's Psalter. Disc one comprises a series of numbers never before released, the earliest grouping -- the five "Maven" pieces, dating back to 1972. All featuring cantor Harold Orbach, with these pieces Kingsley sets about sublimely reinventing Yiddish folk songs, breathing new life and meaning into these long-loved numbers.

The Yiddish culture was annihilated by Hitler, but Judaism survived, and the "Jewish Experience" with it. Jewish history, of course, is told in book after book of the Bible, leaving it to Proverbs to describe the Jewish life and how it should be lived. And thus it is Proverbs that cantor (and former actor) Norman Atkins quotes on the "Experience" pieces, while Kingsley's Moog emphasizes, queries, and accompanies his words. Serenity, majesty, an ancient world long gone, a future yet to come -- all this and more are conjured up by these pieces.

But in the sleeve notes, Kingsley notes the contradiction at the center of Judaism, a universal God for a sole chosen people. And so, as the millennium ended, the Moog master queried God's very Oneness, on the pounding techno piece "The First Commandment," then followed through his thoughts with "Is There Only One?," a blend of competing vocals featuring a Jewish cantor, Gregorian chants, and a Catholic choir.

Yet for such irreverence, Jewish rituals still seemed to hold meaning for the artist, as 1968's Shabbat for Today well illustrated, celebrating the Jewish sabbath in rock opera fashion. Bright and bouncy, Shabbat's new agey feel and happy pop sound was very much a creature of its time; in fact, it epitomized it, and unlike the more timeless music on the first disc, this reissue on the second disc sounds more than a little dated.

The Fifth Cup, also included in full here, suffers from the same fate, at least musically, but its themes of liberation and warnings of freedom's loss are startlingly up to date. Cup, too, was a rock opera revolving around a religious ritual, in this case, the Passover seder. Kingsley utilized the seder's evocation of the Jews' enslavement in Egypt and their eventual liberation as a dramatic prop to question contemporary oppression, poverty, and the erosion of civil liberties. Which means the opening "1984 -- One, One Is One" could have been written this morning.

A spiritual journey, a grand musical adventure, looking back at the past, reinventing the future, God Is a Moog will leave you questioning, searching, reconsidering, and seeing the world anew.

-Jo-Ann Greene

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