What is Stellarium?
Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX. It renders the skies in realtime using OpenGL, which means the skies will look exactly like what you see with your eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope. Stellarium is very simple to use, which is one of its biggest advantages: it can easily be used by beginners.
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Friday, May 05, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
A parade of stars at Wednesday's 'Prairie Home' premiere
StarTribune.com
Last update: May 02, 2006 – 3:29 PM
Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin will be on parade in downtown St. Paul Wednesday evening. Those are just three of the actors in "A Prairie Home Companion" who will ride to the movie's premiere at the Fitzgerald Theater in horse-drawn carriages.
In all, 10 carriages will carry cast and crew, including director Robert Altman (of "M*A*S*H" fame) and of course Garrison Keillor, who wrote and co-starred in the film, based on his radio show. Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen and John C. Reilly also are expected to attend, along with "PHC" regulars Tim Russell and Sue Scott.
The carriages will leave from Rice Park at 6:10 p.m. The best star-gazing spots will be on Wabasha Street between 5th and Exchange Sts. The carriages are scheduled to reach the theater at 6:25, at which point the occupants will walk down a 100-foot-long red carpet to the private, invitation-only screening, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. A private party will follow at Landmark Center.
The movie, filmed primarily at the Fitzgerald (with a couple of additional scenes at Mickey's Diner), opens nationwide June 9.
JEFF STRICKLER
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Last update: May 02, 2006 – 3:29 PM
Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin will be on parade in downtown St. Paul Wednesday evening. Those are just three of the actors in "A Prairie Home Companion" who will ride to the movie's premiere at the Fitzgerald Theater in horse-drawn carriages.
In all, 10 carriages will carry cast and crew, including director Robert Altman (of "M*A*S*H" fame) and of course Garrison Keillor, who wrote and co-starred in the film, based on his radio show. Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen and John C. Reilly also are expected to attend, along with "PHC" regulars Tim Russell and Sue Scott.
The carriages will leave from Rice Park at 6:10 p.m. The best star-gazing spots will be on Wabasha Street between 5th and Exchange Sts. The carriages are scheduled to reach the theater at 6:25, at which point the occupants will walk down a 100-foot-long red carpet to the private, invitation-only screening, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. A private party will follow at Landmark Center.
The movie, filmed primarily at the Fitzgerald (with a couple of additional scenes at Mickey's Diner), opens nationwide June 9.
JEFF STRICKLER
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Monday, May 01, 2006
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
Gala Movie Premiere Parade
May 3rd, 2006 6:00 pm
The Highland Park Senior High marching band will lead 10 horse-drawn carriages carrying the stars. (Garrison Keillor, Robert Altman, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C Reilly, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin are expected to attend.)
The public is encouraged to line Wabasha Street between 5th Street and Exchange Street for best viewing and a chance to help welcome the stars back to St. Paul.
6:10 pm: Depart Rice Park
6:15–6:25 pm: Travel on Wabasha Street
6:25 pm: Arrive on Exchange Street in front of the Fitzgerald Theater for red carpet.
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Gala Movie Premiere Parade
May 3rd, 2006 6:00 pm
The Highland Park Senior High marching band will lead 10 horse-drawn carriages carrying the stars. (Garrison Keillor, Robert Altman, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C Reilly, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin are expected to attend.)
The public is encouraged to line Wabasha Street between 5th Street and Exchange Street for best viewing and a chance to help welcome the stars back to St. Paul.
6:10 pm: Depart Rice Park
6:15–6:25 pm: Travel on Wabasha Street
6:25 pm: Arrive on Exchange Street in front of the Fitzgerald Theater for red carpet.
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HOW TO - Set Up Your Own Personal Wikipedia
Gina writes: "The software that runs Wikipedia, called MediaWiki, is freely available for anyone to install. Today we�ll set up MediaWiki on your Windows PC and get started with a video demonstration on how to add, edit and compare page revisions in your new, local personalpedia."
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T-Mobile's 20Mbps 3G service to replace home broadband
By Tony Glover Technology Editor
30 April 2006
GERMAN-owned mobile operator T-Mobile is planning to enter the broadband price war launched by Carphone Warehouse two weeks ago, The Business has learned.
T-Mobile intends to take on the UK operators by using its mobile network to offer internet access over a souped-up 3G system at speeds equivalent to fixed-line broadband. This will dispense with the need for a fixed line in the home.
Although mobile phone customers will pay £8.50 (E12.33, $15.22) for unlimited data use, T-Mobile believes it can still undercut UK operators as customers will not need to pay a fixed phone line rental, although they will still be able to retain the sort of phone number currently used for fixed line.
A T-mobile spokesman told The Business: “A key opportunity for mobile is to displace the fixed line phone. If you have a fixed line phone, you’re typically paying over £300 for line rental and broadband access, before you make a single call. Say, over £400 a year with relatively modest call volumes. Customers have a choice whether to continue paying this or to redeploy the money on to mobile. It has always to be their choice; but providing high-speed mobile broadband clearly removes one big reason for ‘having to have’ a fixed line.”
According to T-Mobile, more than 12% of UK households do not have a fixed line phone. So far the trend is mostly among the young, who have grown up with a mobile and see no reason to have one.
Earlier this year, T-Mobile, which is owned by European telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom launched its T-Mobile@home service enabling contract customers to have a fixed line number that can be reached via a mobile phone while in their home. T-Mobile has plans to launch a similar service in the UK together with a high-speed broadband connection. UK customers will be able to have an extra number which has the same suffix as a fixed-line number on a designated mobile that will be able to transfer calls to mobile phones owned by other household members.
UK fixed line operators such as BT believed they had cornered the broadband internet market when they developed DSL software to turn copper telephone wires into broadband pipes. But T-Mobile believes a new technology, high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), a souped-up version of 3G, will enable it to leapfrog the fixed-line operators. HSDPA can be used with a wireless box to allow PCs to access the internet.
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30 April 2006
GERMAN-owned mobile operator T-Mobile is planning to enter the broadband price war launched by Carphone Warehouse two weeks ago, The Business has learned.
T-Mobile intends to take on the UK operators by using its mobile network to offer internet access over a souped-up 3G system at speeds equivalent to fixed-line broadband. This will dispense with the need for a fixed line in the home.
Although mobile phone customers will pay £8.50 (E12.33, $15.22) for unlimited data use, T-Mobile believes it can still undercut UK operators as customers will not need to pay a fixed phone line rental, although they will still be able to retain the sort of phone number currently used for fixed line.
A T-mobile spokesman told The Business: “A key opportunity for mobile is to displace the fixed line phone. If you have a fixed line phone, you’re typically paying over £300 for line rental and broadband access, before you make a single call. Say, over £400 a year with relatively modest call volumes. Customers have a choice whether to continue paying this or to redeploy the money on to mobile. It has always to be their choice; but providing high-speed mobile broadband clearly removes one big reason for ‘having to have’ a fixed line.”
According to T-Mobile, more than 12% of UK households do not have a fixed line phone. So far the trend is mostly among the young, who have grown up with a mobile and see no reason to have one.
Earlier this year, T-Mobile, which is owned by European telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom launched its T-Mobile@home service enabling contract customers to have a fixed line number that can be reached via a mobile phone while in their home. T-Mobile has plans to launch a similar service in the UK together with a high-speed broadband connection. UK customers will be able to have an extra number which has the same suffix as a fixed-line number on a designated mobile that will be able to transfer calls to mobile phones owned by other household members.
UK fixed line operators such as BT believed they had cornered the broadband internet market when they developed DSL software to turn copper telephone wires into broadband pipes. But T-Mobile believes a new technology, high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), a souped-up version of 3G, will enable it to leapfrog the fixed-line operators. HSDPA can be used with a wireless box to allow PCs to access the internet.
read more | digg story
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