Monday, January 17, 2005

Syniad da iawn

by Suw on January 17, 2005

Mae Pat wedi cael syniad da iawn iawn – podcastiau yn y Gymraeg! Athrylith ydy o. Felly dewch 'mlaen, recordiwch eich podcast nawr!

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Wicipedia yn y wasg

by Suw on January 17, 2005

Ar ôl cael cinio efo Jimmy Wales cwpl o weithiau llynedd, I ended up yn siarad â newyddiadurwr arlein o'r enw Robert Andrews. Mae o wedi sgwennu erthygl am yr Wicipedia Gymraeg a'i le mewn dyfodol yr iaith (mae'r erthygl yn yr Saesneg). Dw i'n teimlo tipyn bach fel fraud o achos dw i ddim wedi treulio digon o amser yn gweithio ar y Wicipedia rîli. O'n i eisiau trio annog pobl o Glwb Malu Cachu i gyfrannu i'r prosiect, ond mae distributed cyfiethu'n anodd i drefnu.
Ond dw i'n hapus i weld Wicipedia yn cael gwasg dda. Prosiect pwysig am yr iaith ydy o, dw i'n meddwl, felly os ti'n siarad Cymraeg, plîs meddwl am gyfrannu. Mae un erthygl am dy hoff fand yn well 'na dim byd o gwbl. Dw i'n meddwl am sgwennu am rywbeth mwy gyfarwydd i fi, fel blogio neu llyfrau. Dim byd fawr, jyst petha bach. Efallai dw i'n gallu repurpose petha o'r wefan CMC? Bydda i ddim yn poeni am safon fy iaith – mae rhywun arall yn gallu fy nghywiro fi. Beth bynnag, bydda i'n trio.
(Summary: I was interviewed last year by Robert Andrews about the Welsh Wikipedia. You can read the resulting article on PingWales. I really do need to work more on the Welsh Wikipedia – maybe I'll try to repurpose some of the content from CMC.)

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Duran links and stuff

by Suw on January 17, 2005

Just collating a few links and stuff to do with the Duran Duran gig at the Hammersmith Palais last week.
Photos from duranduran.com (warning, site plays music on load)
Photos from duranduran.at (warning, site plays music on load)
Two video clips and one audio clip from duranduran.no (warning, streaming only)
Set list:
1. Finest Hour
2. Hungry Like the Wolf
3. Hold Back the Rain
4. Want You More
5. Union of the Snake
6. What Happens Tomorrow
7. Chains
8. Astronaut
9. Ordinary World
10. Save a Prayer
11. Bedroom Toys
12. Notorious
13. Reflex
14. Nice
15. (Reach Up For The) Sunrise
16. Wild Boys
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17. Girls on Film
18. Rio
The show is going to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 January 29 from 9.30 – 10.30pm.
And finally, a plea. If you went, and you have video clips from your phone, please send them to me. I would love to collect and make available these clips in a true Creative Commons, share-and-share-alike manner. Streaming video is so un-CC.

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Entirely unprepared

by Suw on January 17, 2005

I am so going to freeze my ass off in Boston. I just looked at the weather forecast and was surprised at how mild it was, until I realised that Americans do the temperature thing in degrees F instead of C. I reckon they only do it to make the weather sound warmer – somehow, 20F sounds better than -7C.
Anyway, I am entirely unprepared. I have no warm clothes, so am going to have to wear layers instead. I have no appropriate footwear, and the coat I am taking is a very attractive but not particularly thick fur-trimmed frock coat (it's the warmest one I own). At least I have a hat, gloves and several scarves, though, so I will look cool, but my god it's going to be brass monkeys.
Ergo, a short message to my friends in Boston. Do not expect me to go out, unless it is in a nice, warm car. Do not expect me to walk anywhere, unless it is from the house to the car, or the car to pub. I am barely prepared for British winters, where it's a cold snap if it gets as low as 32F/0C, let alone a Boston winter.
Oh, and crank the heating up too – I feel the cold something rotten.

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