10 November 12, 2007 THE CAPITAL TIMES
Andre Leon Talley: fashion innovator, guru and leader
By SHARNICE BARNET!'
Columnist
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An idol for many fashionistas and
a key to any designer's success,
Andre Leon Talley has led Vogue,
one of the world's most prominent
magazines, to the top and kept them
there for years.
Born in Durham, N.C., Talley was
raised by his grandmother, Bennie
France Davis.
She taught him about the "simple
luxuries" of life such as ironed
towels and hand washed clothing.
Talky grew up appreciating the
precision of threads in fabric and
the coordination of accessories.
He credits his grandmother, Vogue
and Sunday church services for his
fashion sense as he recalls seeing,
"...beautiful images of women,
beautiful church hats and gloves.
These were not people of great
means and wealth, but they had the
most wonderful style especially
on Sundays."
Growing up in the segregated south,
Talley's life was not as alluring as it
is today.
In fact he would not have known
what Vogue was
had he not run across a copy of it in
the library.
He admits that no one in his family
had a copy of a magazine until it
Geek corner:
By MAT!' MAHONEY
Columnist
MLMSO39©PSU.EDU
New Mac OS Leopard not so Mac
exclusive
By now Mac users across the globe
have begun to rejoice that the new
operating system Leopard has been
released. Here in the Geek Corner,
I can admit that I am a closet Mac
lover. I really love what they do and
how pretty they look, but if I could
afford one, that would also mean I
could afford drinks at the bar. Sadly I
remain sober and Mac-less.
The new OS has one very awesome
feature. It contains a system restore
feature, which unlike Windows,
happens in real time with every
change that is made. It's an excellent
built-in tool that can save a lot of
aggravation.
In the first weekend alone, it sold two
million copies, according to the men
and women of Macintosh. While this
suggests a rise in Mac users, the boys
and girls of the lovely apple empire
can keep it in their pants for now. The
Mac user base is still only six percent
of the market.
On top of this, some very resourceful
hackers have found a way to make
the new operating system run on any
PC. The advantages to this means a
computer can be custom built from
PC components but take advantage of
Mac operating systems and Mac-based
programs like iEverything, Steve
Jobs' attempt at global domination.
While the plans are far too lengthy for
this column I will say that unless you
Customizing your
By OLIVER EISLER
Columnist
OPESOOO@PSU EDU
It is a general consensus that
although the third installment of
Activision's popular Guitar Hero
series had some nifty new features, it
failed to meet the high expectations
of garners all over the world. So
instead of going into a depressing
review of how this game fell short,
I am instead providing you with
instructions on how to enhance
your old Guitar Hero II game with
customized songs.
The first thing you will need is a
Play Station 2 capable of playing
burned discs. This is not illegal, but
it will end your service warranty, so
keep that in mind before you decide
to do this. You will, of course, also
need a copy of Guitar Hero 11.
First, insert the Guitar Hero 11 into
the DVD drive on your computer.
Then, copy all of the files into an
became his hobby to read
them. After Sunday service,
Talley would wash the dishes
and run to the "white section"
of town to buy a copy of
Vogue and Harpers Bazaar.
Talley would go on to
graduate from Brown
University with a master's in
French studies.
His aspiration as a child was
to become a French teacher
like his junior high teacher
and role model,
who he also credits for his
career success
After college, Talley moved
to New York City
and met many important
figures that would go on to
mold him and America.
Among these people were
artistic geniuses including
Andy Warhol and Diana
Vreeland who served as
editor-in-chief of Vogue from
1962 to 1971.
Vreeland became a mentor
to Talley while he worked as
an assistant and protégé to
her. Though
Talley encountered
discrimination throughout his
endeavors to the top, he managed to
overlook and ignore them due in part
to the morals and values instilled in
him as a child.
have an advanced knowledge of how
programming works, get a friend who
does understand it to do it for you.
The plans can be found free online, so
Google that thing my fellow geeks.
Halo movie not so tanked
Halo fans around the world dreaded
it, but I think we all saw it coming.
The studio and everyone involved
pretty much backed out of a Halo
movie due to ballooning production
costs. While this is a strong source of
dismay for the millions of Halo fans
out there, I'm sure there is a girlfriend
or two that is happy at the thought of
actually getting some attention from
their man.
But on the horizon, not all hope is
lost! Peter Jackson and Bungie are
still working together on an unnamed
project that is definitely Halo-related.
For a taste of what we can only hope
it looks like, check out the live action
trailers available for free on Xbox live
or, of course, You Tube.
Google enters the mobile market
Internet search engine giant Google
has just announced their intention
to enter the mobile phone business.
Before anyone jumps into the streets
screaming accolades of joy about
getting a new gPhone, realize that
Google is not entering the business
ith any physical device. Rather,
Google is creating an open source
software package that they will
distribute for free to cell phone
carriers around the world.
Here in the states, you can keep your
eyes peeled for a Google software
loaded smart phone around the end of
2008 from Sprint and T-Mobile, both
easy to reach folder.
Next, go to a Web site
that provides the note
charts necessary to play
the song of your choice.
The note chart will come
in a .mid format and
will include information
such as the MP3 length,
song name and offset.
After you have done
that, download the free
program, Guitar Hero
explorer. Under the file
menu, select load archive
and navigate to the GEN
folder. Now select the
file, MAlN_O.ark. Once
you have done this, the
main game-play data
will be loaded into the
program.
Once you've selected tile that you have downloaded and difficulty levels. Next, right click
a song to replace, right click on select it. The program will import on the .vgs file under the song name
the .mid file under the song and the note chart under the appropriate and import it. Then find the MP3 file
then click import. Find the .mid
Andre Leon Talley drew inspiration from his childhood in the south to create fashion masterpieces. He now leads Vogue
magazine.
He has held many influential
positions in the fashion industry
throughout his career. These titles
consist of fashion editor for the
Paris edition of W, where he was
this week's technology advancements
of whom have accepted Google's new
software package.
This won't really affect anyone that
loves their Razor (or variant thereof).
It's being built for only smart phones
like the Blackberry and other Web-
surfing phones.
Google plans on making money by
selling ad space within the browser
function the same way they sell ad
space within their search engine.
Same business model. Different
medium. It'll be interesting to see
what happens here. Of course, I am
speculating about a company whose
name has become a household verb
Guitar Hero to play your fay. jams
promoted to Paris bureau chief from
1995 until 1998.
Andre Leon Talley is by far one
of the most essential people in the
fashion industry as a whole.
when surfing on the net. People will
Korean game makes leap to US
Web browsers
One of the best acclaimed MMOs
in Korea is set to come to the US in
May 2008. GranadoEspada is an
MM() that sets itself in a colonial
existence among the new continent,
Granado Espoda. The graphics are
nothing grand, but in today's market,
it is pretty nice to not have to spend
$2,000 in upgrades, then pay $5O for a
game and a monthly $l5 fee to play.
The appearance is interesting to
say the least and the game play adds
He carries with him experience and
history.
He has shook the hands of some
of America's top men and women
and worked for some of the world's
.4- .4
some very interesting feature. Your
character can spawn an entire family
of playable characters. Players can
also do trade functions to the point
where they can build their own towns
and villages and even run for public
office.
Yes, you can now be president and
overlord of a bunch of digital ones
and zeroes in happy, fluffy chibi land.
While it is not set to be a WoW
killer there has been no official
announcemtnt of pricing or of what
expansion will accompany the release
in the US. I'll be holding out for the
hopeful "translate all this Korean into
(make sure you own the original CD
that the song is from). A window
will come up with your song, and
some information will be requested
of you. Under the drop down menu
for BAND L and BAND R, select
track 0 and track 1 respectively. The
soundtrack will be loaded into the
program. Continue these steps until
you have replaced all of the songs
you want.
Now for the burning process!
Gather the following programs: CD/
DVD generator, Apache 3 and your
favorite DVD burning program.
You will also need very high quality
DVD-R discs.
Load up DC/DVD generator.
Choose to create a master DVD
disc. In the folder where you saved
the Guitar Hero data, click and drag
each folder and file one by one into
the program. Then select to create
an IML file. Next, open Apache 3.
Find the option to convert to ISO
and select the IML file that you
top newspapers and magazines.
Currently sitting on the board of
trustees at the
Savannah College of Art and
Design, he proves that his ability
and influence exceeds the fashion
industry alone.
He is dedicated to mentoring
young talent and helping to shape
their views of life.
Talley is now known for his front
row seats at major fashion shows,
spanning from Italy to Japan.
He has a permanent seat alongside
Vogue Chief Editor and long time
friend Anna Wintour at the fashion
shows of powerhouse designers
such as Chanel,
Prada and Christian Dior. Talley
has also helped designers like
Stephen Burrows create a path in
the industry and brought a more
diverse population of models onto
the runway.
He styles many famed celebrities
and moguls.
In fact, chances are he styled any
person you can name at some point
for a red carpet event.
Furthermore, I'm pretty sure they
looked fantastic.
He emphasizes being fabulous
and mixing personal style with the
trends in order to make the look chic
and unique.
Andre Leon Talley is the epitome
of style in every form.
English for my non-bilingual ass"
button.
Star Trek bridge crew set with
double dose of Vulcan
By now any trekkie worth their
pointed ear molds or Klingon Batlik
has taken note of the Star Trek cast for
the 'upcoming 2008 movie. A quick
glance at the IMDB page reveals
one oddity though. Leonard Nimoy
has been casted to reprise his role as
Spock as well as Zachary Quinto, of
Heroes, to play the character Sylar.
Knowing Star Trek, this could mean
some time vortex issue is going on,
but I'm hoping it all leads to some
serious Klingon ass-kicking action. I
mean, this is some serious old school
Star Trek. It opens a whole host of
possibilities, excluding all the crappy
writing that went into the show
"Enterprise."
While Karl Urban from "Pathfinder"
and "Bourne Supremacy" may have
a hard time adjusting to the role of
Bones McCoy, I'm looking forward
to seeing how "Shaun of the Dead"
and "Hot Fuzz's" Simon Pegg does
in the role of Scotty. A fair warning
Mr. Pegg, I will not be fooled into
thinking your English accent can pass
as Scottish, but I do know I can count
on some awesome comic relief from
This movie is not Kirk-less either.
While no one can fully replace "The
Shat," Chris Pine from "Smokin'
Aces" is set to man the helm of the
most famous captain's chair in geek
history.
Go boldly, sir. Go boldly where no
man has ever gone before.
created. Then simply load the ISO
file into your DVD burning program
and burn the disc.
Congratulations! You have now
customized your Guitar Hero II
game. Now remember, in order
for this to be legal, you absolutely
MUST own the original game and
the songs you use.
Also understand that once you have
modified your Play Station 2, your
warranty is null and void. Above all,
it is illegal for you to distribute the
modified game you create.
Even sending the file to friends is
illegal. This must be for your own
personal use and enjoyment.
The Capital Times newspaper is
not responsible for any misuse of
the information provided above, as
it is intended to be used for purely
legal entertainment purposes.
Lastly, just to be on the safe side,
check any applicable laws in your
area of residence and make sure you
are not in violation of any of them.