Tom Champion: Up Close and Personal

[pbockelman.livejournal.com]

Local celebrity Tom Champion, known as “the Voice of Somerville,” will make a special guest appearance Saturday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. when the Somerville Community Chorus closes its 25th anniversary year with a special year-end concert at the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. He will narrate a cantata of Christmas music. 

Champion achieved minor celebrity status when, as director of public relations for the city, his voice was featured on automated telephone calls informing city residents of snow emergencies and other urgent news. His authoritative and reassuring voice earned him a Facebook fan club, inspired a series of haikus, and was sampled in a techno dance piece.

The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church is at 155 Powder House Boulevard. Suggested donation is $15, $10 for seniors, and $6 for children under 18.

 

 

Dec 1 robbery on Wallace St

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

Woman attacked, robbed on Wallace Street
On December 8, 2010, in Latest News (the Somerville News)
By George P. Hassett

A woman was attacked from behind and robbed as she walked down Wallace Street on Dec. 1, police said.

The woman was walking toward Leonard Street from Holland Street at 5:29 p.m. when she was attacked. The suspect forced her purse out of her arm and ran down the street, police said.

Police described the suspect as a light skinned black male, late teens to mid twenties, short hair, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and wearing white sneakers.

Quick media conversion gig (paid!)

[waaronw.livejournal.com]

Hi All,
I'm a bit of a lurker here on LJ, but I've got a quick paid gig I need help with today, and thought one of my fellow DSers might like the extra pocket money coming into Christmas.

I have 32 CS4 FLA files with animations. Some have sound. I need these exported to MOV/M4V with h.264 encoding. The problem is, Flash is not great at exporting these and keeping the sound in sync - the sound will need to be re-synced in video editing software for the files that have sound. (I have found the sound track simply needs to be repositioned on the timeline) I estimate around half have sound.

I need this completed by tomorrow AM. I can provide the files via download and a place for you to upload your finals. I will need your agreement via email to an NDA that will cover the content of the FLAs. I will need you to complete one file ASAP so I can verify the work just to make sure we are on the same page as to output format, etc.

I know this is on all these kinds of posts, but I do have this kind of work come up all the time. I'd like to find someone I can go to with it regularly. We are an established local design firm specializing in iPhone and iPad apps with a great track record, so you can be comfortable that you will be working with professionals.

I'm paying $175 for converting all files - which should work out to a nice hourly rate if you are proficient at this kind of work!

Hit me up at aaron@dinostudios.com if you are interested!

Two Serious Pounds

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

Shaw's has apparently stopped carrying the 32-ounce blocks of Cabot cheese, and now only has eight-ounce blocks.

Since the lifespan of an eight-ounce block of Cabot Srsly Sharp is more properly measured in hours rather than days in our household, this is pain in the ass. What's the closest place to Davis/Porter that still has the two-pounders?

(To my surprise, I can't find a "groceries" tag, or even "food.")