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Friday, December 5, 2008

Media Chart (Week 2008/49)

I suddenly noticed that my media chart project needs at least some attention to reflect my taste changes :-). Well, posting about each one of the chart icons was a nice idea but I'm pessimistic about that promise.

Media Chart 2008:

My ranking of some shows/events/journalists and everything else.

Use the Media Chart tag for the list of all related updates or press the names to get the specific related latest updates per subject.

BEST:


Name

Home base

External links

"60 Minutes"

CBS

EN

Andy Rooney

CBS, "60 Minutes"

EN

TOP GEAR

BBC

EN1, EN2

"תיק תקשורת"

Israeli Educational TV

HE

Ehud Yaary

Channel 2 News, Israel (HE)

HE

"המילה האחרונה"

Galei Zahal (HE)

update 2008.12: לא מפספס אף תוכנית! אברי, ג'קי, אורי ורונה. מרתק, משעשע, מעצבן, ולפעמים מתסכל. לא, אני לא מסכים ב-100% עם אף אחד מכם, במיוחד לא עם רונה, אבל הצורה שאתם מביעים את דעותיכם היא הסיבה למיקום התוכנית במצעד. נ.ב. כשמארחים את ערן סבג - זה לא תופס! ניסיתי כמה פעמים, הקשבתי, בחרתי: לא! הוא - לא!


Avri Gilad

Channel 2 (HE, EN), Galei Zahal (HE)

EN, HE

"מונית הכסף"

Cashcab

Channel 2 (HE, EN)

HE

WORST:


Name

Home base

External links

"לרדת בגדול"

Biggest Looser

Channel 10, Israel (HE)

HE

Dana Weise

Channel 2 News, Israel (HE)

HE

Rina Mazliah

Channel 2 News, Israel (HE)

HE

"מפרץ האהבה"
Channel 2 News, Israel
update 2008.12: ממש זבל

WATCH LIST:


Name

Home base

External links

Yair Garbuz

Various

HE

Roni Daniel

Channel 2 News, Israel (HE)

HE

Amnon LeviChannel 10, Israel (HE)
update 2008.12: moved from the "Worst" to Watch list. The presentation is maybe not suits my taste, but I think he does what he believes is right. This makes the difference in my chart!
HE

Roni Daniel

Channel 2 News, Israel (HE)

HE

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Beyonce Knowles - I Am... Sasha Fierce


In the new double-disc album “I Am... Sasha Fierce”, Beyonce Knowles reveals her talent once again. It is now on the top of my list and it would stay there for a long time. I like especially the first “I Am” part with great vocals and reach sound. One of the songs, “Halo”, I’ve listened so many times that now I feel addicted and trying to switch to something else, so I’ll keep enjoying when I listen again this song. BTW, the album sounds fantastic on my brand new AKG-240 MKII headphones with 0202 EMU.
Beyonce links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am%E2%80%A6_Sasha_Fierce

Archive old files with ANT

The question was "How to move all but latest five files to an archive folder using ANT?".
Simple, is it not? But the answer was not so easy to get. I was trying avoiding codding this in java or anything else to keep the configuration simple and portable. Reading the ANT manuals was helpful but sometimes disappointing (thanks for the <reverse> example, but what is happened with documentation of <difference>?). It took a while but eventually the solution was found! No contribution java code, no scripts, 'simple' ANT:
<
target name="_archive_old_data" description="Archive all files except the X newest">
<!--
The next part takes a difference (exists in A but don't exists in B)
between two sets and moves it to the destination directory.-->
<
move todir="${arch.dst_dir}" failonerror="yes">
<difference>
<!-- Set with the all files in dir -->
<fileset dir="${arch.org_dir}" />
<!-- Set with the X newest files in dir -->
<first count="${arch.num_keep}">
<sort>
<fileset dir="${arch.org_dir}" />
<reverse xmlns="antlib:org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators">
<date />
</reverse>
</sort>
</first>
</difference>
<!-- <mapper type="glob" from="*" to="*.bak" /> -->
</move>
</target>