If your video camera operator (thanks to Linda) has turned their apparatus sideways, the resulting portrait styled video works better uploaded to facebook and embedded than it does on youTube. As discovered over on http://andyroberts.me/havering-folk-club/the-rowan-tree-song-at-haverfolk-for-cloudstreet-guest-night  

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Another floor spot, this time for a fabulous night out with Cloudstreet as the Guest Artists at Haverfolk. Cloudstreet are an Australian Folk couple who combine beautiful harmony singing with clever instrumentation, all very well rehearsed and slickly executed. Right from the start when the sang “The Broar And The Rose” It became one occasion when I could just sit back and appreciate the lovely music with a big smile on my face. For my one song, I considered going along with the Australian theme and playing Mondura Dam but in the decided to go along with what I had planned which was to fill in the song missing from Loughton last month, The Rowan Tree    

Mid May Time Capsule with Australia Garden at British Museum Greylag Geese and Goslings and The Orbit Tower http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2012/05/15/mid-may-time-capsule

Magical Spelling http://usefulwiki.com/page/Magical_Spelling

Here's the mid May time capsule including photos from the Kew temporary garden outside the British museum, goslings at Alexandra Lake, Wanstead Flast and the London Orbit Tower.

Australia Garden at British Museum

Australia Garden at British Museum Taken May 12, 2011 at 9:51 am

Greylag Geese and Goslings

Greylag Geese and Goslings Taken May 13, 2011 at 11:42 am

Greylag Goose Tongue

Greylag Goose Tongue Taken May 14, 2011 at 11:23 pm

The Orbit Tower 12th May 2011

The Orbit Tower 12th May 2011 Taken May 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm

The Orbit Tower 12th May 2011

The Orbit Tower 12th May 2011 Taken May 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm

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Andy Roberts Podcast Song Lists Episode 41 to 50 http://andyroberts.me/weekly-podcast/song-lists-episode-41-to-50

WordPress Child Themes Installed in One Click? http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2012/05/14/wordpress-child-themes-installed-in-one-click

Andy Roberts Podcast 51 posted on Posterous http://andyroberts.posterous.com/andy-roberts-music-podcast-episode-15

I’ve been requested to make a tutorial about how to install WordPress child themes so here goes. WordPress Child Themes Explained A WordPress Child Theme is a Theme which inherits some or most of its workings from an existing theme on the same installation. It’s like your own copy of another theme, a fork, a duplicate, but still relying on the original theme for many things. Why you need a Child Theme The reason why you need a child theme is so that you can make changes to the theme files, such as editing the stylesheet or adding code into the Header or Footer files, which won’t be overwritten if and when the Parent theme is upgraded. If you understand Cascading Stylesheets ( CSS ) you can make changes and additions to the stylesheet which customise or improve the appearance of your site. You may also need to add bits of code into the header or footer files in order to call a script which can’t be done with a plugin, like Tynt or Crazy Egg for example. Or you might know just enough PHP to be able to go through the main files reducing the number of database calls to speed up your site by replacing the generic with the specific. If you don’t use a child theme then you run the risk of losing all your customisations when the parent theme is updated, or else getting stuck left behind with an out of date version of the main theme’s code. How to do it To make it as easy as possible I’m suggesting the use of a plugin to create your child theme, but for now, I don’t believe there is a way to do everything ( including the creation of new theme files) entirely within the WordPress dashboard yet, so you may still need to complete one or two simple steps using either the filemanager in the cPanel dashboard at your webhost or using FTP. The plugin is called One-Click Child Theme and you can find it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-click-child-theme/ Install the plugin, activate, and then navigate to Dashboard, Appearance, Themes With the theme you wish to create from active, you should now see an additional Option next to Widgets and Menus called Child Theme – see screenshot below:

  So now you click on the link “Child Theme” which creates and activates your new child theme for you, after asking you for a name and description. Your new child theme will also have the link “Child Theme” but don’t click on that ever, or else you’ll create a grandchild, not really a good idea. If you now go into the WordPress theme editor, Dashboard, Appearance, Editor you’ll see that there are only two files available with the new child theme – rtl.css and style.css These are stylesheet files that call back to the parent theme, and it is by editing these files that you can add your own cascading styles for altering the appearance of your site and much more. If you need to change other files such as header.php and footer.php, then you need to copy the parent files into the folder which has been created on your WordPress server at /content/themes/ Make a note of exactly what your child theme folder has been named, then go down into the original themes folder.

Select the file you need to copy, eg footer.php in the example in the screenshot below, then select the “Copy” action at the top. In the destination path box, overtype the parent name with the child name and press Copy. The copied file will now appear in the list of available files in the theme editor, where you can begin your customisations.

  There are other plugins available, some of which claim to offer file copying options during the child theme creation process, but none have ratings and are untested by myself. If you have had success with any of these or any questions, please leave a comment below.   Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogWordPress Child Themes Installed in One Click?

Podcast 51 http://andyroberts.me/havering-folk-club/poscast-51-haverfolk-3

This is the third in a series of low-fi podcasts put together from the audio backup recordings made during the Andy Roberts night at Haverfolk on January 25th 2012. Podcast #51 comprises of the first half of set two, after the break, so here are the shownotes, the setlist: Here is the download podcast link, file details show notes and set list for podcast number 51: Subscribe to the podcast RSS or get it from iTunes Download MP3 to save – 32.85 Mb in size, playtime 23 minutes 52 seconds :- 51 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 51.mp3 Andy Roberts Podcast #51 Shownotes Show Notes for Podcast 51

Back In The Field Cormorants Underneath London Bridge Yellow Boat The Rowan Tree The Last Nail

Haverfolk Andy Roberts

Videos for Podcast 51, from Haverfolk 3

There’s a bloody great helicopter Warship moored in the Thames at Greenwich! When I surfaced at Greenwich on Thursday, there were two remarkable  ships on view. The newly reburbished and reopened Cutty Sark is looking great now, with all the scaffolding and stuff gone, so you can see the glass building that surrounds the bottom half of the hull as it should be seen. With a slight lengthwise curve to the roof, the old ship has an impression of movement, more like she’s back sailing on the water than when it was just sunk in a darkened concrete hole of a dry dock. Lynx helicopter And out on the river Thames itself,  before embarking the motor cruiser to see the Cable Car Crossing and the Thames Barrier, the scene is dominated by an enormous grey warship. From the waterside, the shape of HMS Ocean is disorientating. The superstructure is asymetrical, and the main hull looks like it’s been sliced lengthways, revealing two big holes at the side. Seeing the platform jutting out on the port side, it looks a bit like a traditional aircraft carrier, but it isn’t. It’s a helicopter ship, carrying eight Lynx helicopters there to patrol the no fly zone during the London 2012 Olympics. HMS Ocean at Greenwich According to information I looked up later, there are both Army and Navy Lynx helicopters onboard, as well as serving as a base for anti terrorist units during the period of the Games. Greenwich is used to seeing large Navy ships moored in the Thames, such as HMS Illustrious last year.     Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogHMS Ocean Helicopter Warship at Greenwich

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Pod on a Barge at Greenwich.

http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2012/05/11/london-cable-cars-crossing-the-thames London Cable Cars Crossing The Thames

Canary Wharf http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/sets/72157629668040066/

London Cable Car http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/sets/72157629667975412/

Queen Elizabeth 2nd http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2012/05/09/queen-elizabeth-2nd