Italian Satirical Poetry

Monument to the poet Trilusso, in Roman dialect. Piazza Trilusso, Rome

For some fun political puns, look here

In the Shade

While I read my usual paper,

Sprawled in the shade of a [tree]

I see a pig and I say to him: “Goodbye, swine!”

I see a donkey and I say to him: “Goodbye, ass!”

Perhaps these beasts won’t understand me

But at least I have the satisfaction

Of saying things as they stand

Without fear of ending up in prison.

Learn Italian in Song: Donne

Recorded by Neri per Caso.

Donne

Women

Donne in cerca di guai Women in search of trouble(s)
Donne a un telefono che non suona mai Women at a telephone that never rings
Donne in mezzo a una via Women in the middle of a street
Donne allo sbando senza compagnia Women out of control without company
Negli occhi hanno dei consigli In their eyes they have advice
E tanta voglia di avventure And much desire for adventure
Se hanno fatto molti sbagli If they have made many mistakes
Sono piene di paura They’re full of fears
Le vedi camminare insieme You see them walking together
Nella pioggia o sotto il sole In the rain or under the sun
Dentro pomeriggi opachi Within opaque afternoons
Senza gioia né dolore Without either joy or pain
Donne pianeti dispersi Women, dispersed [lost] planets
Per tutti gli uomini cosi’ diversi For all men so different
Donne amiche di sempre Women, friends forever
Donne alla moda Fashionable women
Donne contro corrente Women [who go] against the current
Negli occhi hanno gli aereoplani In their eyes they have airplanes
Per volare ad alta quota To fly high
Dove si respira l’aria Where [you can] breathe the air
E la vita non vuota And life is not empty
Le vedi camminare insieme… You see them walking together…

Notes: Videoblogging Session at CLS West

Problems

video is slow (text can be skimmed/absorbed more quickly)

Flash is not portable

hosting

curation and findability

video quality

language

transcription/search indexing

legal releases (someone was going to send us an example to use?)

Want More Info About

What makes good video?

screencasting/capturing softare demos

streaming

filming presentations

video on the web

post-production

covering events

extending reach

teaching

Solutions/Tools

Parleys.com (especially good for tutorials)

Animoto

Adobe Captivate

optical zoom

Slidecast

iShowU

Camtasia

Digital Tipping Point

archive.org

Reel Director in iPhone

what is TED doing for transcription/translation? Can we learn from them?

Making Better Video

don’t be static – move the shot

break up long video into segments/chapters

be a videographer, even if you aren’t

use Google Wave for annotation

Managing Grid Engine Clusters

Dan Templeton leads a master class in Managing Grid Engine Clusters. Filmed in May, 2008, at the Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference.

download for iPod:

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

part 6

part 7

Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, the world, and now Australia