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Setting basic poetry in WordPress

by Richard Elen 12 August 2010

It would appear that one thing that WordPress isn’t naturally good at is setting poetry. The default WordPress action is that hitting Return inserts a line break, which is fine for prose articles but not for poetry, where you want a bunch of lines with hard returns but no space between them. Leona has this [...]

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Queuing Theory and radio playlists

by Richard Elen 12 June 2010
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To meet licensing regulations, internet radio stations mustn’t play the same artist or album too many times in a three-hour period. Can you use Queuing Theory to work out how many artists you need in a playlist to meet this requirement? I wish I knew.

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On Delia Derbyshire for Ada Lovelace Day

by Richard Elen 24 March 2010
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Today, March 24 2010, is Ada Lovelace Day, the day when we celebrate women in science and technology and their achievements – typically by blogging about them. So today, I’m talking about Delia Derbyshire, a supremely talented producer in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from 1962 to 1973.

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Connect or Die: New Directions for the Music Industry

by Richard Elen 22 March 2010

Marta Kagan of marketing agency Espresso presents some powerful arguments about how artists can survive in the new world of “Music 2.0″ I don’t think she has all the answers but there are plenty of useful starting points and cogent observations here.

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The Digital Economy Bill: an engineer/producer’s view

by Richard Elen 20 March 2010

The Digital Economy Bill now being rushed through the UK Parliament is, in my view, a disaster area of lack of understanding of the issues, and will damage, rather than support, the building of a Digital Economy in the UK.

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Time to start work to save the BBC

by Richard Elen 2 March 2010
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The BBC is under threat, proposing to cut its own throat at the demand of the Conservatives and their big commercial media backers. Here’s what you can do to to try and stop the emasculation of the Corporation and to show your support. There are also links to the Strategy Review and to the Online Consultation where you can make your views known, along with my own entries to the online questionnaire.

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Celebrating Brigit/Bride’s Day, Fire & Well Goddess: 1st February

by Leona Graham 1 February 2010

This website is dedicated to Brigit! We honour Her and What She Signifies, The Healing of Our World Last night, on the 31st January, the Eve of Brigit’s Day, I moved into action, re-invigorating a very ancient tradition of honoring the ancient ‘Celtic’ fire Goddess Brigit: Her name may be spelt variously, especially as regards [...]

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Join Us for this Findhorn Workshop: ‘Paths to Inner Guidance’

by Leona Graham 12 January 2010

Join us at the Findhorn Community in NE Scotland for a workshop, ‘Paths to Inner Guidance’ 5-11 June, 2010. Presented by Leona Graham and Rhiannon Hanfman.

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In Memoriam: Florence Boyd-Graham

by Leona Graham 29 November 2009
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An obituary for Leona’s mother, who passed away on Tuesday November 24 at the age of 95.

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Ballet mécanique in Cambridge

by Richard Elen 25 November 2009
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Sunday 22 November saw the performance of a seldom-performed avant-garde composition from the 1920s – George Antheil’s Ballet mécanique, a cacophony of electric bells, sirens, aircraft propellers, percussion, piano and one or more synchronised player pianos. This occasion featured the version for single player piano, performed by Rex Lawson on the Pianola. Here’s some of the background to the piece and the performance.

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