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Sep 23
   Vintage! This is a random post. The year was 2006...

Well since these are geeky days, I’m temporarily experimenting with streaming music directly on the blog. You will have noticed the simple controls at the top just below the main menu. I’ve set the music to begin playing automatically for now, to attract attention to it and cause your feedback, but it probably will become an option, no more. You can stop the music or skip tracks with the controls on the left, and change the volume by dragging the scale on the right. Limited music selection for now. The XSPF player is a great Flash-based application created by Fabricio Zuardi; I simply adapted the colors a little. Comments welcome; does it work well, or slow down page load, or bug you to death?

Update: 6:30 am the following day. Ok, it was already bugging me, so I killed the autostart. If you’d like nice music to have a nice time while you read this nice blog, just click the nice play button. ;-)

 

2006-09-23 00:45 • Posted in Bits and pieces:

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  • 1 - Sigrid says:

    « Wow, there’s an interesting concept. I don’t know how your thingy works. But blogging is all about conveying the mood of the moment, and what translates a mood better than specific music. If there was a piece or song attached with each different posting, then you can really put your readers in the exact mood you were in, see what I mean? The experience would be this much more intense...Very interesting... »

  • 1.1 - Vince answers:

    « And not even a comment about the second track??? »

  • 1.2 - Vince answers:

    « Oh, and yeah, yours is a great idea: a different track per post. Just no very practical when you have hundreds of posts piling up in your archives... »

  • 2 - Anonymous says:

    « I agree, stupendous.
    No delays, just a zest added to already very strong texts and pictures. »

  • 3 - NewYorkangel says:

    « Right now I’m listening to ‘Les rivières Pourpres’ et c’est vraiment chouette...Means it does work, right?:-) »

  • 4 - Sigrid says:

    « Well, now, if you’re going to let tiny technical difficulties stand in your way... »

  • 5 - Sigrid says:

    « Ok, finally saw the « second track » but hey, sur mon PC, la musique, a mache pas! :( Tout semble ok mais pas de son qui sort. Sur Mac ça allait... »

  • 5.1 - Vince answers:

    « C’est probablement parce que ton PC, il a pas de haut-parleurs... ;-) »

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We now go back to current chronological entries:
Apr 25

)arrow The streets were shining, low lingering clouds reflected the city lights and I kept stepping into puddles.













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2005-04-25 10:18 • Posted in Photoblogs:

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  • 1 - shop tart says:

    « WOW - you sure can make those night lights in a cool rainy city look attractive.
    How fitting that the Bank of Montreal neon sign is so central in your city skyline.
    Are the green lights in the stairwell (pic4) and the purple lights real or imaginary (ie enhanced)? »

  • 1.1 - Vince answers:

    « Thanks! And all the lights were as is, I didn’t enhance anything even though I sometimes do...

    [Reply posted on the road from a cafe via my wi-fi PDA; I love the 21st century! ;-) ] »

  • 2 - PJ says:

    « I’m travelling through QC for the first time - through your eyes - and loving every minute of it :-) Miss you Sunshine, keep it coming x »

  • 3 - R2D2 says:

    « I love rediscovering my city through your eyes. I want more !
    And don’t forget my river and my mountain, you southerner ! »

  • 4 - Jacob H says:

    « Great work with the lights. As an aspiring photographer, I am in awe of your ability to control the exposure to make your shot come out just right. Great work. I’m jealous. »

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