I currently have a .command file saved to automatically start the PHP file that submits my music listening habits to last.fm. Until now I’ve been unable to find a way of closing the Terminal window once the command is run.

I found the following way to achieve this here. Basically it goes like this:

1. Open a Terminal window and set the preferences to close the window on execution of the script.
2. Save the current window as a term file.
3. Open the term file in a text editor and change the
   ExecutionString
   to
   ExecutionString
/Users/username/script.command;exit
   The exit will close the window

That looks a lot tidier.

The O.H. and I went to the Big Chill this weekend. We pitched our tent on Thursday so as to bag a spot in quiet camping. Unfortunately when we went back the next day there was no room left in quiet camping parking so we ended up in general parking, that meant a good 25 minute walk to our tent. Each morning we drove home for a shower and some breakfast, this probably worked out quicker (and cheaper) than waiting in line for a shower on-site. When we returned from breakfast on Sunday we managed to park in family parking which shaved a good 15 minutes off our walk.

This was my first festival and just about my first time camping so I wasn’t sure what I’d make of either. The atmosphere was great, everyone was friendly and surprisingly it didn’t rain the whole weekend.

Bands/acts we saw

Friday

• Kate Rogers - fantastic, her Seconds album gets heavy play on my iPod so this was an awesome way to kick off the festival for me.
• The Bad Plus - their Aphex Twin cover was so cool.
• Richie Havens - his slot seemed to get moved when Mika didn’t show. The man is a legend. He played at Woodstock.
• Chilled By Nature - really nice listening to this up on the highest stage at night.

Saturday

• Cortney Tidwell - pretty good but I’m having trouble remembering this one to be honest.
• Piney Gir - really good country type stuff, I downloaded the album from eMusic as soone as I got home.
• Mr. Scruff - a standard Big Chill staple. Really good plus had his own cool little animation on the big screens.
• Ulrich Schnauss - I was really disappointed with his set. It sounded like some crap indie band, it was basically a dirge. We left half way through.

Sunday

• Hafdis Huld - amazing, featured the pink flying-V ukelele
• Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra - this one was really popular, couldn’t even see the screens let alone the stage. Did a beatbox cover of Paul Simon’s Call Me Al that was genius.
• Isaac Hayes - what can I say about this guy, huge star, truely excelent.
• Biosphere - this was the last stage show of the festival, it was the one I really wanted to see. We sat in effectively the front row.

I learned some useful stuff one my first festival:

• Take something padded to sit on, the ground gets very hard at one in the morning.
• Wear lots of sunblock.
• Wear a hat.
• Wear good walking shoes.
• Camp fairly near the toilets (but not too near), it’s a long walk at four in the morning.
• Try not to camp on a hill.