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Numbers games - 02/26/2010 07:33:49 PM
I’ve always had a feeling that judged Olympic events like figure skating were subject to certain nationalist pressures that seem rampant at such events, but the Freakonomics Blog has helped put things in perspective: In response to allegations of ... - [More]
 
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Thoughts on the Apple iPad - 01/27/2010 10:33:00 PM
Apple's iPad announcement is now history, and reactions from pundits of every stripe are now flooding the Web. The verdict is mixed at best. - [More]
 
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Guitar tips - 01/04/2010 06:48:22 PM
I was recently quoted by my cousin, who repeated two statements I made as axioms on the topic of learning to play the guitar. Both were offhanded comments, the product of my rumination on almost two years of guitar playing. The first was my take on an ... - [More]
 
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The orphaned song - 12/13/2009 10:50:08 PM
Attentive collectors of my recently remastered CDs, if there were any, would probably notice a conspicuous omission: my 1996 Christmas song, “Shut Up And Have A Merry Christmas.” It’s not on the remastered Sounds Like Music (the album ... - [More]
 
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Blogs as historical record - 12/08/2009 07:32:20 PM
Julie & Julia hit theaters a few months ago, telling the parallel stories of Julia Childs’ life as she works to revolutionize American cooking and the tribulations of self-proclaimed “government drone” Julie Powell as she cooks all ... - [More]
 
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Change over time - 11/25/2009 06:49:34 PM
The internet is in a tizzy about a recent study coming out saying that the number of people editing (i.e. presumably improving) Wikipedia is declining. The explanations seem to break down in to two categories. The first is that work is being completed. ... - [More]
 
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Pointless #12 - 09/27/2009 11:59:12 PM
Part 2 in my “Collaboration” series. - [More]
 
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09/22/2009 07:09:30 PM
Well, it’s done. Yesterday I listened through the latest test copy of the remastered Sounds Like Music CD, and I decided to call it final. Yes, I could always keep tweaking it, but at some point I have to overcome my obsessive tendencies and let it ... - [More]
 
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Moving On... - 09/17/2009 10:00:06 PM
Dear Readers, After a two year sabbatical from blogging, I have felt the desire to blog again. Earlier this year, I decided that I needed a fresh start, for the most part, though. I am no longer exactly who I... - [More]
 
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08/28/2009 10:31:16 PM
For some reason, today I was thinking about the dates of several events from my past, and I suddenly noticed something that I never noticed before. I don’t know why this is, but for some reason, important things have a tendency to happen to me ... - [More]