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Removing the redundant “google doodle” in Chrome

Posted on November 17, 2013 by admin

Sometime this fall Google pushed out a change that puts the google logo/search bar in the tabs home page. Clicking on the search bar in the middle of the page is just a dirty trick, it redirects you to the … Continue reading →

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Robert Fulghum

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

I don’t normally repost other people’s work, especially in full, but we were lucky enough to have Robert Fulghum speak at my middle school near Seattle back in the mid-90s. It’s rare that someone says something you remember from a … Continue reading →

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Couch to 5k

Posted on June 11, 2011 by admin

I don’t weigh that much. Not as much as I weighed at the end of 2009. I would guess 165. At one point I was under 9% body fat. I’d like to be there again. God bless the internet and … Continue reading →

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day 4, 5 of mexico

Posted on March 20, 2011 by admin

got up with the plan to head to oaxaca. the night prior I ran into a total dive bar with a live rock band and a bunch of college kids who were also musicians and played me a song on … Continue reading →

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Macroblogging

Posted on May 31, 2010 by admin

That’s macro, not micro-blogging. i.e. the antithesis of twitter. Something longer than 140 characters and conveys a complete thought. I just “spent” two and a half “tweets” describing this idea on twitter: is there an anti-twitter? i realize twitter is … Continue reading →

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Harmonica tabbing (incl. 12 Bar Blues)

Posted on March 2, 2010 by admin

Let’s see, today we have Harmonica tabs, guitar strings, guitar pedals, and DIY tube amps. You’ll need a D harmonica to play this one. It’s called Spokey Dokey, written by one of the premier harp players in Japan Ryuichiro Senoo. … Continue reading →

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Learning to play Harmonica

Posted on February 18, 2010 by admin

So I got this email from my buddy this afternoon. I wanna learn blues harmonica (like there is any other kind). Give me the top 3 steps to doing so. Also assume I have step one -get a harmonica Ninety … Continue reading →

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Building a Balsa Violin, pt 1

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

Really this could have been included in the last post, but it was getting long and I wanted pictures of my own work above the cut.(edit: here is part 2, a year later.) So here are the first progress shots … Continue reading →

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Building a Balsa Violin, pt 0

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

I know. I’m certifiably insane. The guy who came up with this idea and implemented it has a) roughly 45 years experience building violins b) has roughly 45 years experience building performance rowboats of similar design and c) comes from … Continue reading →

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Balsa Wood Violins

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

I’ve had an on again, off again fascination with balsa wood violins. I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in their mid 20s that reads the paper copy of the New York Times. Anyways, the NYT ran an article about research on … Continue reading →

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