August 2011
1 post
What is Debt? – An Interview with Economic... →
Totally fascinating history of debt, which comports well (I think) with theories about the origin of social institutions in cooking.
April 2011
2 posts
Sometimes I'm a geek
February 2011
1 post
December 2010
2 posts
“Mathematics is not about answers, it’s about processes.”
– From an essay called “What Math?,” which discusses the problems in math education. I think it gets at the central problem with our math education: math should be taught as a way of looking at the world (similar to great literature or philosophy), and instead it’s taught as a...
“If you cook, your family will eat dinner together.
If you cook, you will...”
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November 2010
2 posts
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I’ve decided to start learning how to make...
I Found the Perfect: Like it's my job →
ifoundtheperfect:
I’ve decided to write this blog because I’ve got a feeling that I’m missing out on something good. I love art, music, theater, and literature, and I’ve had a great time experimenting with all these things at some point in my life. I’ve been wondering lately, though, why I can’t say the same about…
I’m going to be helping with this project, and I’m excited...
October 2010
2 posts
More Hipster Dinosaurs →
I really like these quite a bit.
September 2010
1 post
May 2010
5 posts
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Minute of Music: Pivot
It appears that it’s time to stop posting music for a little while. The project started to get me thinking about music and writing music regularly, and that it did. However, I want units of music more than a minute now, and the self-imposed push to have something to publish is causing me to make progressively worse tracks — and lately, to make no tracks at all. It’s also preventing me...
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It wasn’t supposed to be this way. But...
April 2010
1 post
This is very much a draft of a song — I have a...
March 2010
4 posts
Tech Tuesday: Virtual Worlds →
On of my favorite former professors, Matt Kirschenbaum, was on Kojo talking about the archival challenges of video games. It’s a fun listen.
Having fallen off the music-making wagon because...
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This may be the deepest bass tone I’ve...
February 2010
3 posts
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This track is more like my stuff I had been doing...
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January 2010
6 posts
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It’s been a whole year! The format of my...
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There’s not a ton to say about this one;...
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It’s a full song! Not just a minute of...
December 2009
17 posts
Cthulhu Ski Mask →
The picture is worth several thousand unspeakable, sanity-destroying words:
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My guest singer has returned to great effect in...
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Snow, the photogenic meteorological phenomenon
It’s been a good weekend for photos; I broke my camera out yesterday and shot some macros, then went on a photo safari this morning. All in all quite productive.
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This is the first track I’ve done in Ableton...
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It’s rough again, but that’s what...
How saying no lets you start saying yes →
I’ve had a stong interest in time management for years. This post stresses something important: sometimes, you just have to drop tasks.
I decided to give last night’s track another...
November 2009
7 posts
5 tags
This is supposed to be a minute of music, but...