2nd November, 2003

A few changes

Filed under: Random Mumblings, — bsag @ 03:12 PM

p. an example of shadowed textAn email from “D. J. Nightingale(diachrony)”:http://cgi.synchrony.plus.com/blog/ about my blog design prompted me to make some minor but long overdue changes to the design of the page. He pointed out that I could position my images a bit more cleanly using CSS rather than the clunky vspace and hspace attributes I used because I was in a hurry. So, I’ve finally pulled my finger out and got on with it. Things should look a bit neater now. The row of ‘wings open wide’ thumbnails was also in a mess and had been irritating me for ages. Finally, while I was rummaging around in the style sheet I set up shadowed text for the date header above each entry. If you don’t have Safari 1.1, you won’t see it, so I’ve provided the screenshot above to show you folks what you’re missing!

Various Artists - Voices of the Real World

Filed under: Music, — bsag @ 03:11 PM

p. Cover of Voices of the Real World I don’t often buy compilation albums, but I stretch a lot of rules where the Real World Records label is concerned. I have a few of the albums featured on this compilation, but it has also prompted me to get albums by some of the artists I hadn’t previously heard, like Geoffrey Oryema and Yungchen Lhamo. The album—as the name suggests—focuses on the vocal talents of the artists. A huge variety of vocal styles are represented, from Tibetan singing, through Georgian table music to some amazing Sardinian tenore signing.

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