2 updates in 2 days - holy moly!

As you can tell from the posts below, have been working on the coveritlive.com web based app - and I have to say, apart from the lack of visual adjustments that the user can play with (it has to be said, that there are ways you can reskin the app. but it costs moeny), I am overly impressed by the easiness of the set up and the options available - video, google translate, web cam(bit laggy to be expected) and the general speed of the feed. Of course to do with the upload speed of the connection.
So, whereas, all the engine room components worked a treat, it was the look that let it done. I have been in touch with the company and got an email back within an hour (good service) - here is there reply -

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Hi Marc,

Thanks for writing with your question. The Viewer Window (the window that your readers see) can be resized. You can click here for more info and instructions.

However, the Writer’s Console (where you administer the event) is one set size. If that’s too small for your monitor then you could try either changing your browser’s settings (increase the text size/ zoom in by launching a browser window outside of the console and adjusting the settings through the browser menu – Safari instructions below) or you can change the monitor’s screen resolution.

I hope this information is helpful to you.

Best regards,
microphoneRachel Metzger
Customer Service, CoveritLive

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and then I also wrote about them on Twitter, and of course they are searching their own name daily to gauge what is being said and I got a reply through there aswell - talk about service!! So, tomorrow, going to look more into skinning this app.

Was also talking about media servers and if a live feed such as coveritlive.com could be delivered through a media server onto a big screen. i was told that there is one type of server, called Hippotizer - which comtech does not have (they use Catalyst and Pandoras Box) at the moment - they have bought two which will be going straight out on tour with TV2 when they arrive, so won't be able to play with them until after - and by that time it will be the summer. But anyway, what hippotizer does that other media servers don't is a function called "screen theft" where it captures what is happening from another computer. The server itself does not display real time feeds like a twitter feed and so has to capture it from another "server" i.e. another computer. This is only an issue if you are also displaying other media types on different screens. I think I will look more closely at this in the coming weeks.

I am also doing some scans at the moment and am going to try an experiment with them using Aftereffects that I would like to see on a big screen - yippee! could be quite trippy!

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2nd test for coveritlive.com

so, since the other live event, the window was too wide for my blog, I am making anther one, so that I can see the full window, scroll bar, etc.

here is the code (viewed in the html mode at the backend of course)

and does the live event have to be saved in the control panel before this post with the embed code can be published??





and just to see what I can do below the window with some text and just to see what I can do below the window with some text and just to see what I can do below the window with some text and just to see what I can do below the window with some text and just to see what I can do below the window with some text

test for coveritlive.com

coveritlive is a real time live blogging tool. I have read the documentation and so I am going to give it a go here to see what happens. If, for some reason google and thus blogspot don't allow this embedding, then I will try it on my own site.

 According to the docs. it is simply a matter of creating the blog and copy/pasting the code into a page or post (like this one).

so here is the code

internship - update...!

because of varying reasons, the internship is only starting to take real shape now - have a desk at the office but the noisy computer is not only an annoyance for me and others in the room, but also shutting down more often than usual - which, if it happens once, is too many times.

So, working on the twitter idea - have the LiveTwit theme working at my sandpit site on the web. need to figure out how I can window this off so that the browser is not shown.

Also looking into Coveritlive  - but this seems to be more of a live blogging tool - a little more complicated so will take more investigation.

hope to be able to work off of some big screens soon and maybe get into the media server stuff too - will see. I envisage the twitter feed as part of a more comprehensive interface. Will make up a couple of mockups to illustrate this.

spo3podcast19

A new vibe going on in my head and so a new podcast - made this mix last week and only getting to uploading it now - I know, I know - how bloody selfish of me to keep my grand view of the musical world to myself and not share it with you at the earliest possible opportunity. Apologies, sincerely...

The Lovecats - CallMeKat
Revelation - Love
Milk Thistle - Conor Oberst
Auckland CBD - Lawrence Arabia
First I look at the purse - The Contours
Safety in Numbers - The Adverts
The Howling - The Phantom Band
Three to the Floor - Lars and the Hands of Light
Stop - People Press Play
Clap and Whistle and Walking - Cornelius
Two Steps, Twice - Foals
Par Avion - FM Belfast
Some Boys - The Bird

Not that many tracks on it you may think, but the Love track is just under 20 minutes so the length is the normal 1hr10mins. Injoy!

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spo3podcast18

It has been a couple of weeks since the last podcast and after listening to this one last night, it seems that I might be a little out of practice in choosing tracks that compliment each other. Some great music here; in fact, not a bad track on the list (imho), but getting it to go together... well, I will let you decide. I don't be put of by the Status Quo number - be pleasantly surprised.

Pump - FM Belfast
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - The Ramones
Please Little Baby - Thee Headcoats
Scenic World - Beirut
i just want to see your face - Serena Maneesh
Blues for a muse - The incredible String Band
Lazarus - The Boo Radleys
You're Just What I Was Looking For Today - Status Quo
Mississippi Momma - Adam Klein
Summertime - Booker T and the MG's
The Happy Song - The Aliens
Preservation - The Kinks
A Hard Days Night - Peter Sellers
No one is there - Nico
Daniell in the Sea - Jonsi and Alex
Go Long - Joanna Newsom
Philidelphia - The Kissaway Trail
Fascination Street - The Cure

Stream or Download here and negoy!