A recap of Week 1 submissions:

Most Interesting – Sharkman. What a twist. Good job on giving us a plot in 300 words.

Most Original – Dale. The first thought regarding ‘distrust’ would be romance. Good job on going beyond that. Good job too on subtly dissecting the otherwise mundane experience of a cab ride.

Most Cleanly Written – Chenyl. Congratulations on her first Workshop submission. Her command of the language shows. Her piece reads smoothly, glidingly, as her opening line shows: She drummed her fingers on the table, biding her time, the glass cold under her touch.

Now that the rust is shaken off, on to Week 2.

Write a story with a letter in it. Due Dec 11.

I’m giving everyone 2 weeks for this. 2 weeks, because there’s a reading assignment. This is a MUST.

For Esme, With Love And Squalor by J.D. Salinger.

http://www.freeweb.hu/tchl/salinger/squalor.html

No word count limit on this one.

As promised yesterday I am going to post about the rug I made on Sunday from raw fleece and Icelandic wool but before I kick things off just a quick reminder.  There is now only one adult and child place left in either the morning or the afternoon workshop here at Clasheen on Saturday 5th December and if you want to join me this coming Saturday and learn how to make a felt vessel using a resist please email me asap. 

Now for the low down about the hearth-rug that I made on Sunday.  Basically I was trying to experiment combining raw fleece with carded wool using the ‘Heart Rug’ project in Dutch Felt as my guideline.  It was a little bit like following a cookery recipe because author Ria van Els-Dubelaar recommends using a long fibred fleece but I really wanted to experiment with the Icelandic batts which are now available from my new Etsy store!  In the rug from her book she uses merino to back the fleece and silk fabric as a stabiliser for the final layer on the back.  I decided to use my beautiful Jacobs fleece (a present from a kind neighbour), Icelandic wool for the base and a middle layer of some cotton fabric that Mehmet Girgic packaged my Turkish rug bases in, waste not want not! 

Firstly I needed to decide which colour batts to compliment the cream and dark chocolate brown fleece, I went for my favourite apple green although I did have a bit of a toss-up with turquoise as well!  The deciding factor was that I didn’t know exactly how much wool I would need and I knew I had plenty of the green but not so much of the turquoise, oh what an exact science I make of things!  Selecting which parts of the fleece I would use was fun, I had about 4 different bags with some gorgeous sections of Jacobs and some dirty dags mixed in as well.  Once my choice was made the raw wool was laid on bubblewrap with the shorn side uppermost, sections were pulled apart by hand a little and silk tops and silk hankies inserted in these gaps.  I also laid some silk around the outside edges of the fleece and then covered the whole thing with a one layer of Icelandic wool.  At this stage I lightly wet out the entire and pressed the soapy water through the wool.  Anywhere I saw the colour of the raw fleece through the green wool batts I topped up the green wool before laying my cotton on top of the bundle.  The second layer of Icelandic wool went on next and then I wet the whole package and started the felting process. 

Pictures of work in progress and completion the rug to follow tomorrow!

Estão abertas as inscrições para o novo Workshop da ABTM – Workshop de Teatro Para Cantores Líricos. Segue abaixo o flyer de divulgação com informações gerais sobre o workshop.

Para conferir o conteúdo na íntegra, é só acessar o site www.abtm.art.br.

Pada tanggal 24 Nopember 2009 jam 9,  saya memenuhi undangan panitia Workshop Penelitian dan Pengabdian Vokasi LPPM Unnes. Hadir sebagai penyaji dalam workshop ini adalah Ibu Yeni dan Ibu Isti. Ibu Yeni dari IPB memaparkan cakupan penelitian dan pengabdian konservasi yang dilatar belakangi kondisi indonesia dan dunia saat ini. Ibu Isti memaparkan tentang pengembangan proposal dalam wilayah penelitian dan pengabdian konservasi. Workshop ini dilakukan untuk menunjang deklarasi Unnes sebagai Universitas Konservasi.

Pada hari senin tanggal 23 Nopember 2009, saya mendapat undangan dari Asosiasi Dosen dan Guru Vokasi Indonesia untuk mengikuti workshop perintisan dan penulisan untuk Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi dan Kejuruan. Hadir pada kesempatan itu Prof. Soesanto, Prof. Sugiyono, Prof. Pardjono, Prof. Hermin. Prof Dadang dan dedengkot vokasi yang lain.

Pada tanggal 21 Nopember 2009 saya diminta oleh panitia workshop dari Teknik Elektro Unnes untuk memberikan materi pembuatan web untuk masing-masing Dosen di lingkungan Teknik Elektro Unnes. Peserta workshop sangat luar biasa aktusiasnya, sehingga dalam sehari terbentuk sekitar 25 web personal dosen teknik elektro. Sukses. Selamat Berkarya Bapak/Ibu Dosen Teknik Elektro Unnes.

Are you missing the vital bit for the Christmas Fair?

There will be a bonnet and mop-cap making session this coming Thursday morning, running from 09.10 in the Dining Hall at school. It’ll last no more than 2 hours, and any of you who are coming in for the assembly at 10.15am might consider coming along for a bit before or after? The more, the merrier!

Those who made these before will know that they look brilliant, but are surprisingly simple to make (as long as you follow the instructions ..!)

Also, if anyone has any spare material that they could donate for this, that would be great! White cotton is best for the mop caps (got any old pillow cases or sheets that you no longer need?) and any coloured medium-weight material i.e. felt or stiff cotton would be fine for the bonnets. Even if you can’t come to the actual session, just donating the material would be a huge help – please give it to Nicola or me tomorrow or Thursday

Please come along with a needle and thread. There will be tea/coffee and biscuits available.

Soldiers search bus passengers along the Northern Highway, 1980

Documentary Photographer

Susan Meiselas

Portfolio Review
Sunday, December 6
10am – 4pm SFAI
$100 (sliding scale fees available) Reservations Required

Lecture
Monday, December 7
6pm Tipton Hall
$5 general | $2.5 students/seniors/sfai members

The Santa Fe Art Institute is pleased to bring you award-winning documentary photographer, Susan Meiselas as part of our 2009 Visiting Artist & Lecture season, Memory: Shadow and Light | Art as individual/collective memory. Join us for her lecture on Monday, December 7th where Meiselas will talk about how her work is, by its very nature, charged with the sometimes antagonistic ideas of memory versus history. You can also come by the SFAI between 9am – 5pm M-F through December 31st and see two of her photographs in our Memory: Shadow & Light exhibition.

Susan Meiselas is an American photographer best known for her work covering the political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s and 1980s. Meiselas’ process has evolved in radical and challenging ways as she has grappled with pivotal questions about her relationship to her subjects, the use and circulation of her images in the media, and the relationship of images to history and memory. Since the 1970s, questions of ethics raised by documentary practice have been central to debates in photography. Perhaps no other photographer has so closely and consistently represented and participated in these debates than Meiselas. Her insistent engagement with these concerns has positioned her as a leading voice in the debate on contemporary documentary practice.

You can see her work and learn more about her projects at susanmeiselas.com

1. Fulfilment at Your Finger Tips: the Mudra healing has been combined with ‘Living with Awareness’ techniques here, to achieve a goal or objective.

http://healbymudra.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/fulfilment-at-your-finger-tips/

2. Expand your life with Jupiter Mudra

http://healbymudra.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/jupiter-mudra/

3. Life is all about having a continuous movement. Do this Mudra to move forward in life. Avoid Traffic! Feel Fresh!

http://healbymudra.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/movement-mudra/

4. You may want others to understand you! You are afraid to face some confrontation that you expect! You want to know to whether your business or life partner is genuine or not! Then read the flowing post to find out how you can do that:

http://healbyanimalspirits.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/make-your-communication-effective/

5. The forgiveness pact you can make with your spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends and relatives:

http://findlifeanswers.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/forgiveness-pact/

6. Is there is one mantra, which will appease all gods?

http://healbymeditation.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/one-universal-mantra/

7. Give 100% to your work to get job satisfaction, get a better raise and avoid any future salary cuts:

http://healbymindbodymessages.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/give-100-to-your-work/

Roughly 120 days from now I’m teaching a workshop in Peru.

My planning has already begun. You might find that a little surprising, but it’s very true. And while this might seem like a lot of prep time, let me assure you, it isn’t. Not by a long shot.

And when I say planning, I don’t mean dragging out my suitcase or beginning to prepare lecture notes. Those will come, in time. I mean, one of the basic questions is which camera will I take – my Leica or my Hasselblad?

At the moment, I’m beginning to prepare the logistics of my photographs. My personal introspection of what I’d like to make while in Cusco for the first time – what I’d like to make while there, not what I’ll be teaching. In fact, this note is somewhat of a primer on what we will be considering while there.

You see, in many ways, I’m in a similar position to the students who will be attending the Peru in Book Form photographic workshop. I’ve never been to Peru. I’ve never witnessed Easter in Peru. I’ve never seen Cusco. I’ve never been to this hotel. I’ve never flown through Lima. So, it is difficult for me to know exactly what will happen, which is what is so exciting.

(For those curious why the heck I’m teaching a workshop in a city I’ve never visited, I’m working with the producer of the PhotoExperience workshops who specializes in photography in Cusco. Between the two of us, we’ve got it covered.)

I think one of the most difficult things about doing an event like this is fighting the urge to preconceive what will happen or what I will see. More seasoned photographers might stand over my shoulder: “been there, done that“ trying to share the easiest solution with me, but again, my mind is telling me otherwise. I have grand visions, but there is always a catch.

In my editorial and newspaper days, assignments NEVER appeared like the concepts I’d preconceived. On the one hand this was frustrating. My visions were always incredible, and often times the visuals in front of me were not. I’d find myself cursing the assignment editor or saying to myself, “Gotta make chicken salad out of chicken sh%$.”

But on the other hand, arriving at unexpected things was fantastic, kept me on my toes, challenged me, and in the end made me a far better photographer. Heading into unknown territory with my camera became second nature, which has helped me tremendously when it comes to shooting weddings or even portraits. I don’t get rattled.

So today I find myself dreaming about Peru and also trying to figure out how I’m going to “design” my photographs – better yet, create my story.

I don’t know what I’m going to see in Peru. I could go online and look up Easter and try to find something specific, and part of me wants to do that, but I’m fighting the urge. Perhaps I don’t really want to know. I want to see with fresh eyes, knowing that what I see has never happened before. Each year brings something new, something I learned from photographing Sicilian Easter over a four-year period. I would return to the same towns, shoot the same events and see different things each time.

I’m thinking about other aspects of my images: how do I want them to look? In what format? Color or black and white? What size prints will I make? Will the prints be digital or traditional? Am I shooting for more of an editorial look? Gallery look? Or a book?

The specific goal of this workshop is to photograph Easter in Peru with the idea of producing a book from the material. What size book? What format? Will this be a commercial book? A personal book? A limited edition? Softcover? Hardcover?

What if I shoot two different ways and make two different books? Can I even do that? Will it water down the images if I try to do two things at once? Should I research previously published books on Peru? Of Easter?

Okay, by now it is evident I just finished my morning coffee, and that perhaps I’m a little fixated on this issue. Guilty as charged.

But this is my reality. You see my “design” on my images changes. I’ve got more than one look, and I’m trying to predict the future.

The easiest thing to do is shoot my Leica and Tri-x. I’ll love it. I know because I’ve done it so many times, in so many places. But I could also use the Hasselblad, which I love for portraits. Maybe I could shoot the action with the Leica and the slower stuff with the Blad?

It would be so great to board the plane with two small bodies, two lenses and a small bag of film. Light, easy, simple. But my mind tells me I can do more, make more, but this might just be another trick.

But in the end I can’t allow the concept of a book, or what a gallery might like, overpower the basics of light, timing and composition. I need to put myself in the best position to make the best photographs that are most reflective of me as a photographer.

It’s so easy to get lost in the “design”.

So, today my planning and designing continues. Soon I will work on lecture notes, slideshows, etc. I will curse myself for losing at least half of my Spanish ability. But I will also relish the idea of what will happen 120 days from now. I will dream about the moments and the happiness we will experience.

Like a fire burning inside, keeping us creatively warm, until that moment when the starter gun says,” Go!”

www.santafeworkshops.com
www.photoexperience.net
www.milnorpictures.net

När kunderna visar sig vara svårflörtade kan det vara läge att överväga workshopande som ett bra komplement till traditionellt ”sälj”. I denna veckas editorial går vi igenom lite idéer och vad du bör tänka på om du vill köra en kundworkshop som leder till nya uppdrag.
Att bjuda in till en workshop eller leda ett seminarium inom ditt område är nog bland de mest effektiva sätten att marknadsföra dig på. Och eftersom du själv är huvudattraktionen behöver det inte kosta mer än din tid – och lite gott kaffe förstås.
Fördelarna är uppenbara. Du kommer ifrån det traditionella säljmötet och kan dessutom slå flera flugor i en smäll såtillvida att du inte bara talar med en kund utan många på en gång. Dessutom kommer du att uppfattas som experten inom ditt område om du gör ett bra jobb. Något som kommer leda till ringar på vattnet i form av att du med största sannolikhet kommer på tal nästa gång ditt ämne diskuteras ute hos kunderna.

Förberedelserna är rätt enkla men viktiga.

- Börja med att bestmma dig för ett ämne där du känner att du besitter en specialistkompetens och kan påvisa tidigare framgågnar. När du sätter ”titeln” för din workshopp välj en rubrik som är spännande, aktuell och säljande. Använd uppmaningar och förklarande underrubriker som tex ”Få din hemsida att leva! – en workshop för dig som vill lyfta ditt företags webbnärvaro” osv. Undvik för mycket buzzwords i titeln men använd dig gärna av nya teknologier eller företeelser om de är relevanta och du känner att du behärskar området. Det finns ett stort värde i att kunna förklara tekniska nyheter och spjutspetstänk på ett bra sätt. Trots allt är den största anledningen till att företag går på seminarier och workshops just att de vill bli inspirerade. Och då måste du oftast ha en del nytt att komman med som inte är allmän bekant i din bransch. Kolla gärna igenom den senaste facklitteraturen eller webbsajterna inom ditt gebit. Där finns oftast en hel del vinklingar du kan låna och använda dig av.
Ett hett tips är också att kolla på sajter som säljer böcker online (tex amerikanska Amazon.com) och kolla deras ”bestseller-listor” vad gäller affärsrelaterad litteratur. Då ser du vad som faktiskt säljer just nu.
Var heller inte rädd för att behandla ämnen som redan avhandlats av andra. Om folk är har ett intresse av ämnet kommer de ändå.

- När du vet vad du vill avhandla i din workshop ser du till att samla in material och research som du kan använda för att backa upp det du säger. Använd källor, tidningar och magazin som uppfattas som nytänkande (tex Wired mfl) eller branschledande om du vill styrka specifika fakta (McKinsey Report mfl). Tänk på att det alltid är mer intressant att lyssna på talare som har en bestämd åsikt om något än sådana som avhandlar ett antal lösningar utan att ta ställning. Bestäm dig därför innan exakt vad du tycker i frågan. Det kan vara självklart för en del men inte för alla. Förbered även case och exempel från tidigare kunder eller projekt där du använt dig av din/ditt företags kompetens. På så sätt kan du snabbt bygga ett förtroende för de delar av publiken/gruppen som inte länner till vad du gör och vad du kan sedan tidigare. Överdriv dock inte detaljrikedomen utan se till att fokusera på dina mest relevanta uppdrag. Skryt inte men var inte heller rädd för att berätta vad ni är faktiskt gjort bra. Fokusera på de resultat du/ni uppnått hos tidigare kunder i första hand. Det är alltid det bästa indirekta säljargumentet och fåt kunden att föreställa sig vad ni kan göra dem framöver.

- Gör seminariet levande. Använd dig gärna av grupparbeten om ni inte är alltför många. Det finns nästan inget effektivare sätt att få igång kreativiteten hos människor än att presentera ett antal problemställningar när man precis tillhandahållit verktygen till att lösa dem. Ju mer kunderna involveras och deltar aktivt i problemlösningen desto bättre är dina chanser att de ser behov inom området. Något som ofta leder till att nya uppdrag initieras. Gruppövningar med gula lappar och liknande gör att dina åhörare tvingas se både möjligheterna med att angripa probelmatiken och riskerna med att ignorera dem. Se därför alltid till att du får med orsak och verkan i dina resonemang. Ställ frågor som ”Vad skulle det innebära om ni kunde uppnå xxx”, ”Vad händer om ni inte når dit?” eller ”Hur mycket skulle det vara värt om ni lyckades fördubbla er exponering?” osv. Genom att höra hur grupperna resonerar i problemlösningen får du också tillgång till värdefull information om var behoven finns i organisationen. Plötsligt talas öppenhjärtigt om behov och problem som aldrig hade kommit på tal om du tex träffat en av företagets chefer i en traditionell säljsituation. Lyssna med stora öron och hjälp kunden organisera och konkretisera sina utmaningar. Gör du detta på ett bra sätt kommer din sammanställning efter dagens slut att vara mer eller mindre en kravspec på ditt nästa uppdrag.

- Skapa ett flyt i det praktiska. Se till att du genomför din övning i inspirerande miljö. Ju mer olik ett kontor miljön är destom bättre. Bjud gärna på lunch om du har en budget för det. Du kommer bli förvånad över hur många som anmäler sig för att få en chans att komma ifrån kontoret på ”legitima grunder” en eftermiddag. Ha bordsvatten och kaffe tillgängligt och ta många pauser. Interaktionen mellan deltagarna har ett värde i sig och uppfattas ofta som extra positivt om du lyckats får dit människor som har ett äffärsmässigt intresse av att lära känna varandra. Det finns faktiskt företag vars huvudsakliga affärsidé är att leda betalseminarier i syfte att få branschfolk att träffas på förutsättningslösa premisser.
Kolla tekniken på plats i god tid innan du sätter igång och se till att skicka runt en namnlista i början av din dragning. Särskilt om du bjuder in många är detta det effektivaste sättet att samla in uppdaterad kontaktinfo.

- Ett bra sätt att få bredd i ett seminarium kan också vara att gå ihop några stycken med kompletterande kompetensområden för att på så sätt få mer bredd och samtidigt skapa bättre ekonomi vad gäller eventuell lokalhyra osv. Genom att ni är flera talare blir det dessutom ofta roligare för åhörarna med variation på schemat. Ni kan också på ett bättre sätt avlasta varandra med det praktiska.

Text: George Samuelson

Fondazione A. Pomodoro apre le iscrizioni per il Workshop Backstage di un’Immagine che verterà sulle tecniche d’incisione. Corso a cura di Rosanna Pellicani, tecnico didattico presso l’istituto di grafica dell’Accademia di Brera.

Il laboratorio intende approfondire tecniche e procedure calcografiche a più livelli di abilità. Ogni incontro prevede l’alternanza costante tra teoria, attraverso la proiezione di materiale audiovisivo, e pratica, nella realizzazione di stampe originali. I più esperti o “arditi” potranno proseguire i propri lavori autonomamente, in ogni caso la docente garantirà la dovuta assistenza. Alla fine del workshop verrà rilasciato un attestato di partecipazione a ogni iscritto.

Il corso si compone di un ciclo di 6 incontri teorico-pratici nelle giornate di sabato dalle ore 11.00 alle 13.30:

28.11.09 Xilografia

12.12.09 Calcografia: tecniche dirette. La puntasecca e il bulino

19.12.09 Calcografia: tecniche indirette 1. L’acquaforte

9.01.10 Calcografia: tecniche indirette 2. La ceramolle

16.01.10 Calcografia: tecniche indirette 3. L’acquatinta

23.01.10 Litografia e rilievo a stampa alta

Per partecipare è obbligatoria l’iscrizione con pagamento anticipato.

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, 28 novembre 2009 – 23 gennaio 2010, Via A. Solari 35 – Milano

Aprono il 5 novembre 2009 le iscrizioni al seminario tecnico organizzato dall’Agenzia regionale Sardegna Promozione in vista del workshop internazionale sul turismo attivo che si terrà in Sardegna nel 2010.
Il seminario tecnico si svolgerà il 3 e 4 dicembre 2009 negli spazi del Geovillage di Olbia. La partecipazione è aperta a tutti gli interessati allo sviluppo del "turismo attivo" (operatori, territori, enti locali, strutture ricettive, associazioni, università).
Per "turismo attivo" si intendono tutte le tipologie di fruizione turistica del territorio come cicloturismo, trekking, golf, canoa, vela, kitesurf, windsurf, kajak, diving, arrampicata, equitazione, deltaplano, paracadutismo, parapendio.
Istruzioni per l’iscrizione
Gli interessati possono aderire compilando la scheda di adesione che si scarica da uno dei link qui sotto e spedendola all’indirizzo di posta elettronica

turismoattivo.sarpro@regione.sardegna.it entro il 25 novembre 2009.
Scheda di adesione – Enti e associazioni [file.pdf]
Scheda di adesione – Operatori economici [file.pdf]
Scheda di adesione – Strutture ricettive [file.pdf]
Avvertenze per la compilazione della scheda di adesione

Informazioni:
Agenzia Sardegna Promozione viale Trieste, 115 – Cagliari
turismoattivo.sarpro@regione.sardegna.it
tel . +39 070 606 93157
dal lunedì al venerdì dalle 9 alle 13; il martedì e mercoledì anche dalle 15.30 alle 18

S.P.

A lot has happened since I last posted, so I’ll show the pictures with details to follow …

The pictures pretty much tell the tale, but I want to say that I am happy with the way the dresser is coming along.  I cut the pieces for the drawers on Saturday and got the sides edge sanded and banded.  Still lots to do, but it feels good to be working on the drawers now.

Dad was putting on the second coat of spar varnish this afternoon and will have it wrapped up this week.  He put a lot of time into this project and he did a good job.  I’m proud of him.

Yesterday was the first day in about 10 days that it hasn’t rained.  I took the opportunity and did some log splitting in the afternoon and brought home half a cord of nice cedar and balsa fir.  Norie, the kids and I got it stacked just as the rain started and it hasn’t stopped yet.  It looks like we’re in for another wet week, so that means shop time

Douglas BOWMAN(http://www.dbowman.com/) 의 홈페이지를 들여다보면 간혹 다시MT로 되돌아갈 생각이 떠오르지 않음에도 불구하고 미련을 충돌질 하는 프로그램 중 하나가 ‘Photo Gallery Templates’가 대표적이지 않을까 싶다. 마지막 버전이 나온지 2년이 되어가는 프로그램으로 더 이상의 업그레이드나 업데이트 조차 없이 이전 그대로 버티고 있을 뿐이다. 굳이 MT 기반이 아니거나 다양한 plugins 의 요구에서 벗어나길 원할 경우 그냥 zenphoto정도로 만족할 수 있겠지만 그럼에도 나름 괜찮은 포토매니저임엔 이견이 없는 듯 하다. 여기서 잠시 ‘Photo Gallery Templates’ 의 요구사항들을 점검해 본다. 참고로 Templates과 Templage Module의 경우 MT버전에 따라 제한적인 기능을 그대로 지니고 있다는 점이다. MT의 경우 버전3.x대를 구하기도 그렇지만 최근에 다운받을 수 있는 4.0(Free Download_Personal License)의 경우 PHP 4와 5 양쪽 모두를 지원하는 점이 약간의 잇점이라면 잇점이겠다.

These templates currently require Movable Type version 3 or higher, and support on your server for PHP.

The templates assume data for each photo exists as its own entry, with data belonging in specific fields. The perfect combination of tools for Mac users is Apple’s iPhoto and the iPhoto export plugin, Photon. Photon enables automatic creation and upload of images and thumbnails, plus configurable export of all photo data directly to MT.

The style sheet provided with these templates assumes a default 4:3 (or 3:4) ratio for all photos. If your camera shoots at 1024×768, 1600×1200, 2272×1704, or some other equivalent 4:3 ratio, you’ll be fine. The included style sheet supports 480×360 (landscape) or 360×480 (portrait) for regular-size images, and 90×68 or 68×90 for thumbnail-size images. Other ratios or sizes require changes to style sheet values.

워드프레스 설치시 서버에 따라 발생하는 문제점으로 한글이 깨지는 현상이 발생한다고 한다.
이는 이는 MySQL Collation의 설정에 문제가 있는 것으로 보인다. 특히, utf8의 경우는 서버가 64비트를 지원하는 경우에나 효과를 볼 수 있다고 하니…

cat.7 규격의 케이블 효과는 어느 정도나 될까 ? 기대만큼 빠른속도를 위해 사용할 주변 장치들이 모두 갖춰진 것도 아닌 상태에서 왜 비싼 돈을 들여 구입하는지 이유를 몰랐다. 솔직히 선재만 교체한다고 별다른 차이가 있겠는가 싶었다. 하지만 단지 고급스런 재료가 들어가 사용한다기 보다는 이에 따른 부가적인 효과, 가령 예를 들면 사운드쪽의 잡음이 한결 줄어들게 되어 랜 고유의 속도향상의 주된 목적과는 별개로 부가적인 효과에서 큰 이득을 챙길 수 있단 점에서 추천할만 한 선택이라 할 수 있다. 그동안 시스템 내/외부에 의한 전기적 간섭에 불안정했던 사운드가 제대로 자리를 잡았다고나 할까. 그런면에선 전자파 유입에 의한 차폐의 효과에 대해 다시금 생각케된 좋은 기회가 되었다.

우선 K2 theme의 경우 외부적인 인상은 언급할 필요없겠지만 내부적으로 프레젠테이션 위젯에 너무 많은 과욕을 부린듯한 느낌을 갖게된다. 실제로 K2자체의 사이드바 위젯을 통한 사이드바 설정화면시 그래픽이나 이미지가 깨져서 설정자체를 할 수 없는 경우도 발생한다. 물로 IE6 브라우저에서 대부분 그렇지만, 이같이 가장 신경을 많이 쓴 부분에 대한 버그도 버그지만 결정적으로 특정 카테고리의 Archive 검색결과에 대한 결과값이 아주 형편없을 정도라는 점을 들 수 있다.
유독 특정 카테고리의 Archive에서 이러한 결과가 발생하는가 싶어 포스팅된 서버의 DB서버도 의심해보고 호스팅자체도 의심해 보았다. 하지만 의심의 실마리를 찾기전에 강구해본 몇가지 차선책은 다른 테마로의 변경등이다. 테마를 K2에서 벗어나 타 테마로 적용시 K2에서 나타나는 특정 카테고리의 Archive검색시 발생하는 이상현상(=구체적으로는 A카테고리의 Archive검색시 결과화면에서 B 또는 C 카테고리에 소속된 포스트까지 같이 검색해서 쏟아놓은 이상한 짓을 한다는 점이다.)은 발생하지 않는다는 사실이다. 이같은 중대한 버그만으로 K2 RC1, RC3의 사용은 아직까지 유보해야할 이유가 될 듯 싶다. 3 Released 까지 되었음에도 개선의 여지는 없어 보인다. 향후 버그가 잡히기만을 기대할 따름이다.

Thursday,  February 4, 2010, 10:00am – 1:00pm; Registration begins at 9:30am.
Provinces Branch – AACPL, Severn, MD
(Snow date: Thursday, February 18, 2010 at the same time and location.)
 
Libraries are facing critical shortages in funding and resources at the federal, state, and local levels.  Learn how to successfully advocate for your library system.  You will gain knowledge and understanding of how the State of Maryland operates and will use this knowledge to effectively get your message heard by the right people.  Learn how to use Capwiz, the latest tool that makes contacting your elected officials easy.  Learn tips and insider information on being an effective advocate for your library system.
 
Advocacy 101 is perfect for Directors, Trustees, Library Staff, Friends and Community advocates.  This program is sponsored by the Maryland Library Association’s Legislative Panel and will be presented by the Legislative Panel’s officers: Mary Baykan, Mary Hastler and Natalie Edington.
 
This program is worth 3 contact hours of continuing education.
 
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