SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling
SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling – notes from his customary keynote at the end of the Interactive portion of SXSW titled “The Future: History that hasn’t Happened Yet.” 1st half – normal cantankerous recap Some quotes...
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iTunes Match – fixing “Waiting” and un-downloadable songs
I like the idea of Apple’s iTunes Match service but I’ve had some issues getting it to work the way I think it should, especially with the copies of CDs that I own that...
book notes: Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont (Malazan)
There are at least 15 books in the Malazan world. From all I have heard, they are quite complex. So that I do not forget plot points or people, these are the reading notes...
book notes: The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
The long wait for the return to Osten Ard is almost over. I was grateful to be given an opportunity by Tad Williams and his wife Deborah Beale to read an advanced copy of...
book notes: Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons
I honestly thought I had read all of Dan Simmons works, but was proved wrong when I stumbled upon Fires of Eden. Written in 1994 (just before Endymion was released, the third book in the...
Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary
About a 45 minute drive from where we are in Tomball north toward Montgomery is the Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary. We did not know about it at all until this past Saturday when they...
course notes – Reinventing the Piano (Dr. Dan Trueman, Princeton) on Kadenze: Session 1
Reinventing the Piano is a course available through Kadenze which put the first session up on September 13. The subject is of course the piano, and the course goes through how it is built,...
McKinney Falls State Park
McKinney Falls State Park is about 6 miles from downtown Austin and 3 miles from my son’s apartment. We hiked there on a sunny September Sunday. (For links to our other State Park hikes,...
book notes – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: The Great Pedestrian of North and South America by Donald E. Chipman
The subtitle of this book on Cabeza de Vaca says it all. From the summary on the back cover: Between 1528 and 1536, explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca trekked an estimated 2,480 to...
Race Report: Pikes Peak Ascent 2015 (better late than never)
This race report for the 2015 Pikes Peak Ascent is late. The race was August 15…of 2015. Since then we’ve driven back from Denver, fixed a leak in the ceiling and recovered. Almost a...