gregoa's blog

sound meets bytes

gregoa — 2008-12-17T18:54:57+02:00

I have a new toy: notify-send.
I need to pratice guitar playing more often.

so let's try to combine these points:

install needed software: notification-daemon, libnotify-bin (contains notify-send).
find an image.
set up a cronjob.

cronjob (wrapped over several lines for better legibility):

0 17 * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send \
        -t 0 \
        -u critical \
        -h "int:x:1680" -h "int:y:0" \
        -i /home/gregoa/data/sound/trio\ infernal/triologo_square_border_transparent.png \
        "Trio Infernal says:" \
        "Heute schon Gitarre gespielt?"

(for details check man 1 notify-send)

result (at the top right corner of my screen):

& yes, this is not my only use case for notify-send :)

felicidad

gregoa — 2008-01-13T21:17:50+02:00

after neglecting her for over four months I took "felicidad" (my western guitar) out of her case tonight. at the beginning of today's date she was quite "desafinado" but after a few minutes of tuning we started to have a nice session.

& it's amazing that my fingers (although they have lost the thick skin on the fingertips) still remember more or less what to do with the strings.

look (ferrara buskers festival 2007)
listen (last CD)

ferrara 2

gregoa — 2007-08-25T14:19:08+02:00

il sabato. il sole. il municipio. l'ultimo giorno.

ferrara 1

gregoa — 2007-08-24T16:02:48+02:00

la città. le donne. la musica. la pioggia.

arrivo subito

gregoa — 2007-08-20T03:00:50+02:00

the CDs are roasting, the web page is updated, the batteries for the {pre,mini}-amp are bought, the t-shirts are drying — this year's trip to ferrara is getting closer.

broceliande

gregoa — 2006-09-08T14:42:04+02:00

'broceliande' is not only the title of a fine piece for guitars but also the name of a french bus company.

life as a part-time artist

gregoa — 2006-08-25T23:56:21+02:00

we're sitting in the evening sun. chrisu's singing. klemi's harping. I'm smoking.

all my bags are packed ...

gregoa — 2006-08-23T00:06:03+02:00

... I'm ready to go, I'm standing^Wsitting here ... & tomorrow we'll go to ferrara again, in order to take part in the ferrara buskers festival. — after having finished all my preparations I'm now really looking forward to re-visit the awesome city & to experience the highs (& lows, probably) of playing music in public.

stay tuned (sic!).

diptera == enemy

gregoa — 2006-05-28T19:37:19+02:00

one of the guitar player's worst enemies: the order diptera. — WAAAAH!

memory

gregoa — 2006-05-25T22:43:28+02:00

sometimes I think the fingers have their own memory. though I haven't found out how it works (i.e. what they remember & what they forget).

btw: I'm talking about playing guitar (especially about rehearsing old songs) just in case you haven't noticed ;-)