IE9, W3C, and SVG

Preview what's coming in in IE9 and the W3C.

Google Apps Educational Project

I found this awesome Google Apps site on a Ning network site Google Apps for Education.
Since joining this group about a month ago it has proved to be a popular site, growing from 14 to 70 members.

The 32nd Everglades Bluegrass Festival

The weather was windy and turned cold after a heavy thunderstorm driving most of the tent campers home. The normally packed Saturday night show was rather sparse as performers did their best to keep their hands warm and flexible. By Sunday the weather had cleared and warmed up nicely and the crowd was dancing to the tunes of The Oldtimejammers closing out the festival.

Gene Christian was one of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass boys. He was instrumental in developing bluegrass in South Florida and did regular gigs for the Black Angus Restaurant chain for over 20 years along with being a South Florida Bluegrass Association member and performing without compensation for many of their events.

Gene was friends with Johnny Cash and Ervin Rouse, composer of the Orange Blossom Special. Cash invited them on one of his shows, took the song and made it a big hit. At one time the State of Florida was considering changing the State Song to "The Orange Blossom Special."

This link is to a memorable performance and information spanning over 60 years and the 40 years of the existence of the South Florida Bluegrass Association.
Gene Christian and The SFBA Reunion Band

The video is too dark, the stage lights were aimed too far towards the back of the top of the tent. When I tried to lighten up the video it would not render in .avi nor .mp4 format. I did not take the footage, I had to take a five hour A+ Final Exam and crammed for it all night. I got to the festival at the end of the set. Fortunately a banjo player from Canada I knew, shot the video on a JVC hard-drive recorder. I spent a day finding software to convert the JVC .mod file so I could edit it in Premier Pro and then trying in vain to lighten the video before I ran out of time. If any of you all know a solution to this I surely would appreciate it.

Analogous to Digitalus

It's that time of year again when the sweet sounds of that little four stringed instrument, affectionately known as the fiddle, analogously fills the Miami Beach air.
Yep, it's the 32nd Annual Everglades Bluegrass Festival at Haulover Beach. Another glorious weekend of capturing that wonderful analogous sight and sound and turning it into everything imaginable, digital media. Not to mention the real reason for being there, FUN!

It has been an honor to provide my services over the past two years as The South Florida Bluegrass Association's webmaster, the longest continuously operated organization of it's kind in North America.

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