Archive for August, 2005

Bye-bye Bessie…

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Bye-bye Bessie…
My old Vauxhall Corsa; Bessie parked at the car lot after I traded her in. Bye-bye Bessie….
Uploaded by tptboy on 18th August, 2005.

This is Bessie, my beloved old Vauxhall Corsa, who I traded in yesterday after years of happy motoring. I hope she finds a good home and [...]

Week 1 of HTML and XHTML for CSS now available

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

The following has been reproduced from a message sent to the WSG Announce List.
It’s been a very long time, but Westciv are finally running their
free courses again. Week 1 of HTML and XHTML for CSS is now online.
http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html
This course gives a solid theoretical and practical foundation to
standards based markup, covering such subjects as

the theory behind [...]

Cephalotrumpetably!?!

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

When reading this article about ways to find good domain names the other day, I was directed to a great web page featuring the Dislexicon; a tool for creating new words from a familiar root word.
I entered the word “Trumpet” and following are the results I received. I particularly enjoy the pronunciation guide and the [...]

First Impressions…

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

I got the new mouthpiece on Saturday morning and my first impressions?
Fan - ******* - tastic!!!
It sounds great and, although a little different to get used to, feels much easier to play. The response is great, articulation noticeably clearer and the sound is more colourful in all registers. The high register sounds great and [...]

What will the PRANA hold?

Friday, August 5th, 2005

When I was in New York back in May, I finally bit the bullet and ordered the new “PRANA” version of my Trumpet mouthpiece. I’ve been playing Monette pieces (specifically the B1-5L) since the summer of 1997. Despite the high initial outlay, I’ve never looked back. They simply are that good!!
When Dave Monette announced the [...]