tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post114866520472607316..comments2023-09-07T08:13:32.442-07:00Comments on Powellhurst: The Sound of MusicMartinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1151963441433800082006-07-03T14:50:00.000-07:002006-07-03T14:50:00.000-07:00"I began to distance myself ever further from bein..."I began to distance myself ever further from being a participant in the music that I had once so loved, leaving it to the people who really were good at it."<BR/><BR/>The same thing happened to me and my piano. When I realized that my fingers would forever be playing "Hot Cross Buns" while my mind was playing Alice Cooper... well, it was just too much for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1149903719827113902006-06-09T18:41:00.000-07:002006-06-09T18:41:00.000-07:00Leslie - Thanks & yay ceramics! I've always though...Leslie - Thanks & yay ceramics! I've always thought that (and also pottery) sounded fun to do. Maybe one day... Good for you for doing something you've always wanted to do!!!!Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1149878605654298952006-06-09T11:43:00.000-07:002006-06-09T11:43:00.000-07:00I really loved this post too! You are SO right an...I really loved this post too! You are SO right and it was very inspirational. Coincidentally, I'm signed up for a beginning ceramics class this summer, which I've always wanted to do. Yay!Leslitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705519804326410713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1149441372398410742006-06-04T10:16:00.000-07:002006-06-04T10:16:00.000-07:00Thank you, Holger, and thanks for visiting. It's f...Thank you, Holger, and thanks for visiting. It's funny how we become so absorbed with being good as we get older and our egos kick in. The irony is that it is when we stop worrying about how good or bad the results are that we usually actually do acheive something. Art is not a test, and it's definitely too subjective for there to be a formula for success. Rules might help a person learn, but once you know them, it's the playing despite them that makes things interesting. Life IS much better when we rediscover the idea that one CAN and SHOULD do things simply because they are fun. Kids sure have that down. Paulo Coelho has a great quote about three things that adults can learn from children (I was just talking about it with Jen yesterday, but now, of course can't remember it...), this sense of play (or something like it) has to be one of them, though!Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1149440467891312782006-06-04T10:01:00.000-07:002006-06-04T10:01:00.000-07:00Chris: Yes, me atechnichal! My glee was at being a...Chris: Yes, me atechnichal! My glee was at being able to access the internet from the back porch and not so much because my eyes glaze over with longing at the sight of a gadget. I know enough to get what I want (or find someone who can get it for me), but beyond that I don't care enough in my heart to be truly technical. :-)Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1149403530065078132006-06-03T23:45:00.000-07:002006-06-03T23:45:00.000-07:00Very much enjoyed reading this posting. I loved to...Very much enjoyed reading this posting. I loved to sing, as a young boy, especially in a choir. That ended abruptly when my voice broke. There were other things I could've continued and didn't because I felt I wasn't good enough. It took me so long to realize one can do stuff for the fun of it and then it doesn't matter how good or bad the results are. I had to break free from a rigid art evaluation system that my parents still practice. Life is better now :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148999838704684682006-05-30T07:37:00.000-07:002006-05-30T07:37:00.000-07:00Thanks, man! I want to tweak the colors a bit, but...Thanks, man! I want to tweak the colors a bit, but I'm liking it (though I do think your flamey picture looked better against the old black).Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148967112415706912006-05-29T22:31:00.000-07:002006-05-29T22:31:00.000-07:00I meant to tell you, I like the new layout here at...I meant to tell you, I like the new layout here at Powellhurst!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998413591822017096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148928716649389952006-05-29T11:51:00.000-07:002006-05-29T11:51:00.000-07:00As I'm romance, not germanic, I probably ought to ...As I'm romance, not germanic, I probably ought to know this. After two years of Latin when I was 11 and 12 years old, Mr. Binns asked me to carry on with it because in the end of year exam I was 6th out of over a hundred pupils. "Yes sir, I came 6th with a mark of 24%. Sorry, but I'm off to do English Lit."<BR/><BR/>I'd plump for "magna opera" or "opera magna", though that's probably no more than 24% correct.<BR/><BR/>You atechnical? After your glee at your new wi-fi, broadband laptop? Much higher techiness than anything I have.<BR/><BR/>I ran HTTrack again and this time it ran for 41 minutes, four minutes less than the first time but that's probably because everybody is on holiday today on both sides of the Pond so the internet is faster. I was expecting the program not to need to get the whole site again but for BlogSpot that doesn't seem to work. Still, it's an easy-peasy, dead useful little utility.<BR/><BR/> Chris<BR/> <I>XXX</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148923850300180792006-05-29T10:30:00.000-07:002006-05-29T10:30:00.000-07:00Magnum opus? That sounds much fancier than the ram...Magnum opus? That sounds much fancier than the rambleriffic ramblings of a rambly person!<BR/><BR/>Your download program sounds very handy (even if words like Linux and Open Source fill me with atechnical dread). It sounds time efficient, which my own surfing is definitely NOT. I think I might miss reading blogs in their native environment. I like the clickability factor and that I could end up who knows where just by going from link to link to link. <BR/><BR/>Of course, not everyone has a magnum opus like I do. I think perhaps magnum opi? optera? opoppotomi? are special and demand reading without serialization. Did you know that Merriam-Webster lists the plural of "opus" as "opera" (alternately, opuses, which sounds far more mundane)? Until a few moments ago, I did not, but I'm not sure that was my point here. Frankly, I'm not sure I even HAD a point.<BR/><BR/>So, in summary I say 1) Yay techy Download Thing!, 2) Five half started e-mails? WOW!, and 3)Well, I really don't know WHAT to say for three, so I'll just say bye for now!Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148837208631361992006-05-28T10:26:00.000-07:002006-05-28T10:26:00.000-07:00I'm posting this here because it might be of inter...I'm posting this here because it might be of interest to web log type people (hi Jen and y'all), and it means the "write to Mari" to-do list won't lengthen on the same day I said I'd shorten it.<BR/><BR/>A while ago I came across a program called HTTrack which can download whole web sites, not just individual pages. I've used it only a few times, for taking copies of manuals and tutorials for offline reference. I always intended to use it to grab the entire Powellhurst magnum opus, enabling me to catch up with reading it all. I arrived at this blog late, the author not telling me about it during its first nine months, apparently some kind of gestation period.<BR/><BR/>I held off the magnum download because I assumed that I would have to spend a lot of time tweaking HTTrack to fetch the right bits. It follows certain links in order to get the contents of other pages, so in theory it could try to download the entire world wide web. Rather than retrieving too much, I thought it might miss some things I wanted, notably the pictures and the "comments" on log entries due to the way that these are linked in BlogSpot. If I had to fetch each of those manually, it would take a very long time. Expecting to have to do some adjustments later, I started by typing http://powellhurst.blogspot.com/ into the list of sites to capture, and telling the program to go get.<BR/><BR/>And that was all I had to do because HTTrack got everything I wanted first time! That really is impressive. The comments and pictures are all there, no effort at all required. Altogether, 15 Mb of data were downloaded in 45 minutes, an excellent speed for dial-up. Now I can read the whole log from the start, perhaps even copying it to my laptop to take to bed with me.<BR/><BR/>What happens when the site is updated? If I understand correctly, I will just run the program again and it will only pick up the parts that have changed, so it should only take a few minutes, not another 45.<BR/><BR/>HTTrack is Open Source, which is the very best kind of <B>free</B>, and is available for Linux and Windoze. You can find it, not surprisingly, at http://www.httrack.com/<BR/><BR/> Cheers,<BR/> ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148808151098497052006-05-28T02:22:00.000-07:002006-05-28T02:22:00.000-07:00I have five, five, half-started emails to you save...I have five, <I>five</I>, half-started emails to you saved in my outbox, each on a different subject, plus one non-email special that I've been intending to put together for six months. That's not an exhaustive list but it's enough to show which way our communication culpability imbalance is tipped, though it might also tell you that you are often in my thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Another thought, yet to be implemented, is that I might impose a rule that every day I write to at least one person to whom I owe mail. That way I might clear the backlog in about four months. For you, I'd have to set aside an entire week.<BR/><BR/> C<BR/> <I>XXX</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148776718486053412006-05-27T17:38:00.000-07:002006-05-27T17:38:00.000-07:00Comments! Yay! What a great reward for the afterno...Comments! Yay! What a great reward for the afternoon I have diligently spent sifting through boxes of old crap to either throw out or donate to Goodwill or Loaves & Fishes for their annual garage sale. The things in my possession amaze (and in the case of some ancient sheet music for an Eddie Rabbit song - shame) me. On the up side, I did not find any further copies of Dracula to add to the ones for which I am already trying to find a good home.<BR/><BR/>Jen: Sweet sounding indeed! They would make a good epitaph and you're right about the need to get over one's self!<BR/><BR/>Chris: I've been thinking about you and wondering where you'd gone. I will have to write you a proper e-mail soon. Thanks for the quote, maybe I'll change the title of my post. I was having trouble finding one.Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919215971601240222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148772070887355012006-05-27T16:21:00.000-07:002006-05-27T16:21:00.000-07:00"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badl...<B>"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."</B><BR/><BR/>So wrote G.K. Chesterton, part of his meaning being the same as yours, though the way you said it was much more inspiring.<BR/><BR/> Love,<BR/> C<BR/> XXXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037641.post-1148770461575202712006-05-27T15:54:00.000-07:002006-05-27T15:54:00.000-07:00I love this post. You are so right! SO RIGHT! (...I love this post. You are so right! SO RIGHT! (aren't those some of the sweetest words in the english language? hee hee)<BR/><BR/>I think getting over yourself is one of the most crucial but underreported stages of growing up, which is weird since it's returning to a more child-like state. Maybe I mean it's one of the most crucial stages of Becoming Yourself, which is way more fun than growing up.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998413591822017096noreply@blogger.com