tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39405445549007791392024-02-20T19:34:07.149-05:00dazed and confusedprayer, meditation, spiritual transformation… and everythingpeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-72356476552863635802015-05-10T06:49:00.000-04:002015-05-25T05:48:27.395-04:00peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-16717058912603250872011-02-20T02:49:00.000-05:002011-02-20T02:50:30.544-05:00¡Ayude!<div><a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/spanishasasecondlanguage/1001nights/index.html"><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/helpiamtrapped.jpg" width="300" height="150" /></a></div><div> <br /></div><div>¡Ayude!<a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/spanishasasecondlanguage/1001nights/index.html"> ¡Soy atrapar en una obsesión! </a><br /></div><div>Empecé a reescribir 1001 noches [el versión de dominio público es 1885 ingleses y muy verboso] en inglés moderno y luego a español como part of mi español aprendizaje.<br /></div><div>¡Y. No. Puedo. parar! </div>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-51673325074854298842010-11-20T22:55:00.004-05:002011-02-17T11:18:45.208-05:00entropy<a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/entropy465w648h.jpg"><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/entropy200w279h.jpg" width="200" height="279" /></a><br />the web is becoming so entangled that it's becoming more unusable every day<div><br />don't even think about copyright 'owning' everything or the spammers, or the spyware, or that netflix is consuming 999 percent of the internet bandwidth.</div><div><br />how about this... </div><div><a href="http://www.mywot.com/">this place </a>reports the 'trustworthiness' of a website. </div><div>i investigated and found that one guy in england had generated millions of 'i do not trust this website'. i can be 'trusted' for $40-$400/year.</div><div><br />what set me off was this... </div><div>a brand new email address failed the 'i do not trust you' test due not being on a trusted whitelist. investigation showed that i could be trusted for $20 and a verification more intrusive than a TSA putdown.</div><div><br />they used to put people in jail for doing this.</div>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-42204427027984793862010-09-21T00:00:00.001-04:002010-09-21T00:43:30.298-04:00i couldn't resist thisDr. Ann de Wees Allen's name is a Federally Registered Trademark. It is illegal to use the name (Dr. Ann de Wees Allen) on any website or document without prior written permission. a quick google shows her name is in 137,000 places :)peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-48396097235495701242010-06-11T10:54:00.001-04:002010-06-11T10:54:48.633-04:00Lachrimae Antiquae<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowland">John Dowland</a> was court composer to Queen Elizabeth I @ AD 1600. This song is called, <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/DowlandLachrimaeAntiquae5part.mp3">Lachrimae Antiquae</a>. 5 parts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder">satb recorders</a>. I heart garageband!peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-43615436137748395992010-01-02T03:06:00.001-05:002010-01-02T03:12:02.171-05:00internet marketingIn June 2009, I set up a website for <a href="http://www.littleacademyfayesschool.org/index.html">Little Academy Faye's School </a>in Swaziland [South Africa]. The website has not been pulling in donations like the owners of the school expected, so one of the owners sent me an email and complained. <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/blog010210.html">read more....</a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-36311878694291277052009-12-13T06:47:00.002-05:002009-12-13T06:51:33.144-05:00public domain score & partslast week, a discussion came up in our early[renaissance] music group about public domain score & parts and where they were available on the internet. <br />here are 3 sites that offer free legal downloads for your personal library.<br /><a href="http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer.php">http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer.php</a><br /><a href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers">http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers</a><br /><a href="http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Renaissance_composers">http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Renaissance_composers</a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-88322957123186129122009-10-22T14:47:00.001-04:002009-10-22T14:53:42.488-04:00idiocracy"An assistant at a grocery store in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, was ordered by the Performing Right Society (PRS) to obtain a performer's license and to pay royalties because she was informally singing popular songs while stocking groceries" <br /><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/10/21/2319200/Singer-In-Grocery-Store-Ordered-To-Pay-Royalties?art_pos=11">read more....<br /></a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-71284668055941053232009-05-09T21:29:00.000-04:002009-05-09T21:30:08.614-04:00this is stupid.<img src="http://virtualberks.com/mbug.gif" width="56" height="50" /><br />i love it.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-54780899485360734972009-03-09T01:36:00.001-04:002009-03-09T01:36:55.911-04:00marguerite porette<img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/margueriteporette_Beguine_1489.gif" width="237" height="345" /><br />as counterpoint to the acim post a few days ago, i should probably tell you about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Porete">marguerite porette</a>.<br /><br />marguerite wrote a book "the mirror of simple souls" and refused to back down from her beliefs. she was burned at the stake by the inquisition in 1310. here's a 15 second summary of the book. nobility, in marguerite's vocabulary has to do with a soul's ability to resonate to the lord's love. when a soul is first birthed from god, it is cast like a bell during it's outflowing. some souls resonate more easily to god's love than others. annihilation refers to the death of the soul's own-willing, own-having, and own-knowing; to be replaced by god's-willing, god's-having, and god's knowing. a noble soul sees this death and resurrection as her natural place in god.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-9642385082428665292009-02-28T11:46:00.002-05:002009-02-28T19:55:56.437-05:00A Course In Miracles<img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/aCourseInMiracles.gif" width="233" height="394"> <br /> I have been hearing about A Course In Miracles for a long time and was curious, but not curious enough to read the whole thing. Following is a summary of the public domain version. The original is @ 600 pages and 300,000 words <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/aCourseInMiraclesSummary.html">This summary is about 3000 words</a> generated by the apple text summary wizard.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-11969664153538997302009-02-21T10:34:00.003-05:002009-02-28T11:49:49.846-05:00christine and baracktoday [saturday feb 21] we are headed up to boscov fifth street highway to do an all day photo shoot. the acor gallery has an art exhibit there, and we are part of the show - taking portraits of people with barack obama; who we borrowed from the reading library for the occasion. btw, this picture was taken with my pocket camera.<br /><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/christineandbarack_214h300w.jpg" width="300" height="214" />peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-68454671595559360612009-02-10T10:15:00.002-05:002009-02-10T10:20:31.853-05:00where's christine?christine has become ubergeek. it's easy to see why she becomes the maven whereever she goes. she fixed my blackberry to track her whereabouts. this picture is her google maps location at the philadelphia airport waiting for a flight to arkansas. a half hour earlier when i looked, it showed her on the highway on her way to the airport. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/whereschristine_400x400.jpg" width="400" height="400" /><br />peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-13017253283329892732009-02-09T11:59:00.001-05:002009-02-09T12:01:16.153-05:00Lord Forgive Metoday i did the unthinkable. i threw out a half-pound of <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/">starbucks coffee</a>. <br />i've been wondering lately why starbucks taste has gotten weak and bland. so finally i went berserk and trashed the starbucks.<br />then i went to the <a href="http://www.maxcremas.com/">local microroaster max crema</a>. <br />besides roasting every day, max creama's has heavy cream! mmmmmmm. <br />now i'm happy.<br /> <br /><br /> <img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/starbucksInTheTrash_640x480.jpg" width="640" height="480" />peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-53985295343927925292009-02-01T13:16:00.002-05:002009-02-20T13:52:57.685-05:00Melomanie2/1/2009 3:13:00 AM<br />CONCERT REVIEW: Ensemble musicians go for Baroque By Susan L. Peña Reading Eagle Correspondent<br />The ensemble <a href="http://www.melomanie.org/">Melomanie</a> has carved out a unique niche for itself, which it demonstrated in a concert presented by the Albright College Friends of Music in the college’s Center for the Arts.<br />Tracy Richardson played the harpsichord; Kimberly Reighley played Baroque and modern flutes; Douglas McNames played a 1708 cello; Donna Fournier played the viola da gamba; and guest Rainer Beckmann played recorders.<br />In every case they played with sensitivity and attention to detail; their choice of material was interesting and highlighted their many gifts.<br />Beckmann had his turn with "Blue Mosque for Bass Recorder" by Dutch contemporary composer Jacques Bank. The exotic sounds, produced by various extended techniques, called forth the calls of the muezzins of Istanbul. It was a tour de force unlike anything I’ve heard on a recorder.<br />Contact correspondent Susan L. Peña at entertainment@readingeagle.com.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-75152170837130472742009-01-31T14:25:00.004-05:002009-01-31T15:30:46.028-05:00volunteer petenmy friend matt peters has lived in guatamala for the last 10 years<br />a few months ago he was interviewed on bctv<br /><a href="http://www.volunteerpeten.com/bctv/"><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/mattpetersbctvpreview_440w246h.jpg" width="440" height="246"/></a> <br /><a href="http://www.volunteerpeten.com/bctv/"></a>in the last 10 years, he has built a school and a library, and created an ecological preserve. all with volunteer contributions and labor. go matt!<br /><a href="http://www.volunteerpeten.com/bctv/">http://www.volunteerpeten.com/bctv/</a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-69853065597759825672009-01-28T21:00:00.003-05:002009-01-29T04:42:27.869-05:00john dowland<img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/comeagain5part_400w172h.jpg" width="400" height="172" /><br /><br />a few years ago, when i recorded multi track music on a windows pc it was get the software, get an expensive firewire microphone interface and an expensive microphone, and a steep learning curve.<br />maybe i'm getting smarter, but on the mac and garage band, i had this song done in less than an hour. without ever having seen garage band before.<br />this is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowland">john dowland's</a> <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/comeagain5part.m3u">"come again"</a>. it's written for 4 parts, but i doubled the top part. i should probably mention it is played with soprano alto and tenor recorders.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-9189737674810090852009-01-21T16:34:00.000-05:002009-01-21T16:35:26.152-05:00mlk remembrancei videoed the mlk remembrance monday night<br />here is michelle post singing "People Get Ready"<br /> <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/michellepost/"><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com//blog092109michellevideo.jpg" width="436" height="255" /></a><br /> <br />and here is <a href="http://www.readingnaacp.org/">Robert Jefferson, President of the Berks Chapter of the NAACP</a> reading "I have a Dream"<br /> btw, the artwork is by <a href="http://www.acor-pa.org/artists_edterrell.html">ed terrell</a><br /> <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/ihaveadream/"><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com//blog092109ihaveadreamvideo.jpg" width="440" height="232" /></a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-25652018627555489172009-01-14T04:37:00.001-05:002009-01-14T04:38:36.969-05:00david dragonfly<img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/tattoo712_120h200w.jpg" width="199" height="119" /><br /><br />christine and i got matching tattoos at <a href="http://www.daviddragonfly.com/index.html">dragonfly studio</a> in west reading.<br />we both got a freckle tattooed on our right hands.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-6642241402079923932008-12-01T10:08:00.005-05:002009-01-14T04:36:23.079-05:00I reported <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/graffiti20081201/">this graffiti</a> to the city graffiti removal hotline on December 1, 2008. Check back to see how long it takes the city graffiti removal team to respond<br /><br /><img src="http://www.virtualberks.com/graffiti20081201/533CherrySt402_150h200w.jpg" width="200" height="150" /><br />Six weeks later, January 14, nothing has happened yet.peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-68813727236019771242008-11-28T04:46:00.002-05:002008-11-28T04:54:22.527-05:00angelica consortNovember 5, <a href="http://www.angelicaconsort.org/">Angelica Consort</a> played at <a href="http://www.oldtrinitytv.org/">Trinity Lutheran Church</a> in Reading. It's in 3 pieces because youtube doesn't like big files.<br />I like part 3 the best.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHEZWRJx9hQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHEZWRJx9hQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />and here are links to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzdEZKi8kWQ">part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYdXhwxNik">part 2</a> on youtube<br /><br />peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-18980521311966359462008-11-11T08:52:00.000-05:002008-11-11T08:53:14.959-05:00reading entrepreneur meetup groupwelcome the the new reading entrepreneur meetup group</br><br /></br><div style="text-align: center; width: 214px; font-family: tahoma, verdana, sans serif; font-size: 12px;"><embed src="http://www.meetup.com/swf/membership_badge.swf?chapterid=1319130" width="214" height="142" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><a href="http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/2157/?track=i3/mu_grmoqkrnp1">Click here to check out<br/>The Reading Entrepreneur Meetup Group!</a></div> </br>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-17210179618104461162008-11-04T08:27:00.000-05:002008-11-04T08:28:13.609-05:00meet karen lesniak<a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/karenlesniak/index.html"><img src="http://virtualberks.com/watermelonfarm.jpg" width="288" height="216" /></a><br /><br />i did a new website for karen lesniak, an artist at the goggleworks, and when we first sat down to talk about it, she handed me a powerpoint cd, and she said "it's all about preserving farmland in lancaster county" <a href="http://www.virtualberks.com/karenlesniak/index.html">take a look and see what you think</a><br /><br />if you like it, <a href="mailto:lesniakart@aol.com">email her and tell her</a>... and tell your friends!peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-83656662168594102982008-10-31T20:55:00.003-04:002008-10-31T21:07:39.561-04:00I had occasion to create a video tutorial and it took me 4 tries before i got it right.. The first 3 takes, i videoed the process and used final cut express to edit and add titles and stuff. but video recorders and computer screen do not get along well. Then i found <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/">snapz pro x</a> that does screen capture with voiceover. what a difference! and easy to use!! I'm happy.<br><br />Anyway, here is a short tutorial "Peter creates a blog"<br><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6CcWLQvZIhI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6CcWLQvZIhI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940544554900779139.post-48846208455768381902008-09-29T22:05:00.001-04:002008-09-29T22:09:22.335-04:00welcome to linuxa few days ago, someone asked me about free open source video editor software.<br />a short look around revealed <a href="http://kdenlive.org/">kdenlive</a>, <a href="http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page">pitive</a>, and <a href="http://cinelerra.org/">cinelerra</a>. <object width="213" height="172"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GZV1y1pOL6U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GZV1y1pOL6U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="213" height="172"></embed></object><br />i haven'tbeen in linux for a few years, so i downloaded and installed the latest <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">ubuntu</a>.<br />i really like ubuntu... it just works. and it's very mac like.<br />so i installed <a href="http://kdenlive.org/">kdenlive</a> from the ubuntu software update application, and it immediately crashed with a cryptic error message. when i tracked the error down, someone said "if you are getting this error, you must be stupid".. further checking revealed that kdenlive "was stable until 6 months ago, and it hasn't worked since then".<br />well, i thought, onward and upward.<br />so i installed <a href="http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page">pitive</a> from the ubuntu software update application, and it immediately crashed with a different cryptic error message. investigation revealed that maybe i would have better luck if i compiled it from source. forget that.... i'm just taking the tour.<br /><a href="http://cinelerra.org/">cinelerra</a> was not available from the ubuntu software update program... i would have to compile from source... :(<br />then i discovered that <a href="http://www.openmovieeditor.org/index.html">open source movie editor</a> was blessed by ubuntu.<br />it worked, but it's pretty primitive. you can see the results above.<br />but i have to tell you, i've been spoiled by <a href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/">final cut express</a>peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09341255588110361602noreply@blogger.com0