I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
museum was soon...

Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697

(works on most macs and pcs)

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

On 15 feb, 14:35, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
> that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
> information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
> pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
> painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
> museum was soon...
>
> Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697

Tomorrow's painting - "Still life with kroket"

B;

<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 15 feb, 14:35, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
> > I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
> > that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
> > information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
> > pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
> > painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
> > museum was soon...
> >
> > Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697
>
> Tomorrow's painting - "Still life with kroket"



It's a stunning painting. I don't remember noticing it last time I was
there. The sexual allusion is a bit passé I think, but I love the play
with light.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:35:40 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
>that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
>information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
>pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
>painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
>museum was soon...
>
>Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697

Potato eaters next?

Tate gallery website is/was good for pictures.
--

Martin

On 15 Feb 2007 05:38:37 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>On 15 feb, 14:35, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>(*)) wrote:
>> I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
>> that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
>> information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
>> pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
>> painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
>> museum was soon...
>>
>> Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697
>
>Tomorrow's painting - "Still life with kroket"

and "That's life with a kroket and a Dutch cap"
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:35:40 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
> >that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
> >information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
> >pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
> >painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
> >museum was soon...
> >
> >Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697
>
> Potato eaters next?
>
> Tate gallery website is/was good for pictures.

Which Tate, or do you mean all of them?

You can pretty much get any painting from any major museum online now- I
just like the whimsical nature of the widget- I suppose if another
gallery does it, I'll try that one too.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

David wrote on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:35:40 +0000:

DHt> Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen
DHt> Coorte, 1697

DHt> (works on most macs and pcs)

You might have given the URL for the download tho' it was not
all that hard to find;
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nieuwsenagenda/widget?lang=en

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:35:40 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
>that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
>information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
>pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
>painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
>museum was soon...
>
>Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697

I was thinking of getting it, but it looks as though I'd have to
download a 10mg yahoo widget manager first. 10mg takes a hell of a
long time to download by dialup.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:35:40 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >I downloaded the Rijkswidget a week or so ago now. My initial complaint
> >that you had to go to the webpage to get more than the few paragraphs of
> >information on a painting has subsided a bit. It's amazing how much
> >pleasure you can get even out of a small digital image of a great
> >painting. Each new day's picture has made me wish my next visit to the
> >museum was soon...
> >
> >Today's painting- "Still life with asparagus"- Adriaen Coorte, 1697
>
> I was thinking of getting it, but it looks as though I'd have to
> download a 10mg yahoo widget manager first. 10mg takes a hell of a
> long time to download by dialup.

I forget how big the widget itself is. Maybe 1MB. Widgets are
automatically supported by Mac OS X 10.4.x, so no extra downloads there.
It's kind of scandalous that some parts of Europe (including the UK)
still don't have ADSL service. I was talking to someone who works in
that business recently, and he said that for the most part, it's inertia
and laziness that prevents a lot of the companies doing it.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:55:52 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>I forget how big the widget itself is. Maybe 1MB. Widgets are
>automatically supported by Mac OS X 10.4.x, so no extra downloads there.
>It's kind of scandalous that some parts of Europe (including the UK)
>still don't have ADSL service. I was talking to someone who works in
>that business recently, and he said that for the most part, it's inertia
>and laziness that prevents a lot of the companies doing it.

In Italy, they claim that the cost of running the wiring to hilltop
communities is prohibitive given the low population density in these
areas. Apparently some of these communities have very archaic
switching systems, which would have to be replaced as well.

When I last checked, Telecom Italia claimed that 85% of the population
had access to ADSL and seemed to think that this was sufficient.
However, given that 85% of the population lives in a limited number of
large cities, this leaves huge areas of the country completely outside
the coverage area. The inland communities of the Adriatic coast were
particularly underserved. They're slowly starting to remedy the
situation, both because people are beginning to rebel loudly and
because alternative systems are being set up by some towns.

--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

Let is be knownst that on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:54:00 +0100, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:55:52 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>I forget how big the widget itself is. Maybe 1MB. Widgets are
>>automatically supported by Mac OS X 10.4.x, so no extra downloads there.
>>It's kind of scandalous that some parts of Europe (including the UK)
>>still don't have ADSL service. I was talking to someone who works in
>>that business recently, and he said that for the most part, it's inertia
>>and laziness that prevents a lot of the companies doing it.
>
>In Italy, they claim that the cost of running the wiring to hilltop
>communities is prohibitive given the low population density in these
>areas. Apparently some of these communities have very archaic
>switching systems, which would have to be replaced as well.
>
>When I last checked, Telecom Italia claimed that 85% of the population
>had access to ADSL and seemed to think that this was sufficient.
>However, given that 85% of the population lives in a limited number of
>large cities, this leaves huge areas of the country completely outside
>the coverage area. The inland communities of the Adriatic coast were
>particularly underserved. They're slowly starting to remedy the
>situation, both because people are beginning to rebel loudly and
>because alternative systems are being set up by some towns.

Barbara, can you regive me that link to the society which is trying to
get adsl to people here? I lost it.
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:55:02 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Barbara, can you regive me that link to the society which is trying to
>get adsl to people here? I lost it.

I think it was this one I sent you:

www.antidigitaldivide.org

Here is a nonprofit group that is setting up broad band service in Le
Marche. As I understand it, it's not really ADSL, although this
article uses the term. Their representative told me at a meeting in
Corinaldo that it's not asynchronous, which would make the "A" in Adsl
inaccurate.

http://tinyurl.com/y46wm7
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

Let is be knownst that on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:29:25 +0100, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:55:02 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Barbara, can you regive me that link to the society which is trying to
>>get adsl to people here? I lost it.
>
>I think it was this one I sent you:
>
>www.antidigitaldivide.org
>
>Here is a nonprofit group that is setting up broad band service in Le
>Marche. As I understand it, it's not really ADSL, although this
>article uses the term. Their representative told me at a meeting in
>Corinaldo that it's not asynchronous, which would make the "A" in Adsl
>inaccurate.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/y46wm7

That's what I wanted, thanks!
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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In article <1htkx87.1bbxwqv11t8wlnN%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

> > Tate gallery website is/was good for pictures.
>
> Which Tate, or do you mean all of them?
>
> You can pretty much get any painting from any major museum online now- I
> just like the whimsical nature of the widget- I suppose if another
> gallery does it, I'll try that one too.

Does it just put up a random painting of the day?

One thing you could do is fill up a folder with digital photos of
paintings and then have those pics cycle randomly as your screensaver.

Main advantage would be that the screensavers would be full-screen.

In article <[email protected]>,
B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

> I think it was this one I sent you:
>
> www.antidigitaldivide.org
>
> Here is a nonprofit group that is setting up broad band service in Le
> Marche. As I understand it, it's not really ADSL, although this
> article uses the term. Their representative told me at a meeting in
> Corinaldo that it's not asynchronous, which would make the "A" in Adsl
> inaccurate.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y46wm7

Repubblica has a Mondo Mac section!

There's problem with rural areas in the US not getting broadband.

Ultimately the solution may be wireless technologies, either mobile or
something like WiMax.