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.
The streets were shining, low lingering clouds reflected the city lights and I kept stepping into puddles.
Miss you Sunshine, keep it coming x »
« 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... »
Date of comment: 2006-09-23 10:01 •« And not even a comment about the second track??? »
Date of comment: 2006-09-23 13:12 •« 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... »
Date of comment: 2006-09-23 20:30 •« I agree, stupendous.
Date of comment: 2006-09-23 16:33 •No delays, just a zest added to already very strong texts and pictures. »
« Right now I’m listening to ‘Les rivières Pourpres’ et c’est vraiment chouette...Means it does work, right?:-) »
Date of comment: 2006-09-24 01:55 •« Well, now, if you’re going to let tiny technical difficulties stand in your way... »
Date of comment: 2006-09-25 05:22 •« 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... »
Date of comment: 2006-09-26 05:41 •« C’est probablement parce que ton PC, il a pas de haut-parleurs...
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Date of comment: 2006-09-26 23:50 •