The "Adventures from a mythic shore" area of my website just got a major update (because, whenever I'm a bit ill - and thats what I'm atm -, I use the time to curate my pictures :D).
Nearly 2000 CC-BY-SA low-res photos for you to discover. Now with random function.
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Pink Floyd Plays in Venice on a Massive Floating Stage in 1989; Forces the Mayor & City Council to Resign
Waters proclaimed, “a spent force.” After releasing solo projects in the next few years, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright soon discovered they would never achieve as individuals what they did as a band, both musically and commercially.
Interested in #FOSS but haven't taken the time to explore it? Or familiar but wanting to dive deeper? Have no idea what that is, but are interested in decreasing your reliance on evil corporations?
If any of the above, check out the #30DayFOSSChallenge. In April I will be posting all about it, and encouraging others to join me. Hope you come along for the journey.
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Punk Dulcimer: Hear The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated Played on the Dulcimer
Sam Edelston can rock the duclimer. On his YouTube channel, he writes: 'Dulcimers are natural rock instruments. In fact, I even say that dulcimers are among the world's coolest musical instruments, and they deserve to be known by the general public - the way that everybody knows guitars and ukuleles.
The Free Music Archive @fma, originally started by @WFMU Radio, has 1000s of tracks of music for royalty-free download. Many genres including: classical, jazz, hip-hop, electronic, and more.
📣 Check out the newest episode of #OpenCulture Voices, Episode 29!
In this episode we hear from Pierre El Khoury, the Deputy Dean at Sagesse Law School in Lebanon, about all the ways open access to cultural heritage benefits academics and educators. This episode is in Arabic 🇱🇧
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The Physics of Playing a Guitar Visualized: Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Seen from the Inside of a Guitar
Give it a chance, you won’t be disappointed. While the first 30 seconds of the video above may resemble an amateur iPhone prank, it soon becomes something unexpectedly enchanting—a visualization of the physics of music in real-time.
We're delighted to announce that @everythingopen#EverythingOpen, Australia's grassroots open source community conference, is being hosted in the beautiful #Gladstone, led by long-time community contributor @xrobau
📅 April 16-18 2024
📍Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
#CfP will open 14 October 2023. Start thinking about what you would like to talk about, or see.
25 more California community colleges advance their #OER training at CC bootcamps funded by The Michelson 20MM Foundation. Got your #CCCert? Calling all educators, librarians & #OpenCulture/#GLAM professionals to register now: https://loom.ly/fGooI3Y
Tune in in about 1/2 hour! 👁️ Why are we building an initiative for an global recommendation on #OpenCulture? Find out with CC’s Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara and Connor Benedict at #Wikimania2023 online or in Singapore 6:55 UTC/14:55 SGT Fri 18 Aug: https://loom.ly/H0bFXY8
Tune in in less than 1 hour! 👁️ Hear why tackling climate change needs both #OpenScience and #OpenCulture from CC’s Monica Granados and Brigitte Vézina at #Wikimania2023 online or in Singapore 3:15 UTC/11:15 SGT Fri 18 Aug: https://loom.ly/LwHt7J0