As promised in my previous post from earlier today, I sat down and thought about my “six month list.” The (realistic) list of things I would do if I knew I had only six months to live. So here it goes… Visit Tibet. I've had a hiking tour of Tibet on my list of dream … [Read more…]
I spent some time thinking about death the other day. Not because I have any desire to die or anything, I'm well past that stage, but just because I was curious about how I would deal with it. Would I want to know it was coming? Would I rather know nothing and have it be … [Read more…]
With the Summer NAMM expo opening tomorrow, this should hopefully be a busy weekend for music gear related announcements. One thing for certain, Ableton is having a press conference tomorrow, where they'll be unveiling Live 6. The only new feature they've talked about so far is heavy optimization of the software to help reduce it's … [Read more…]
So, I was chatting with my new friend Julie this evening, and the subject of how I got into Buddhism was brought up, and it's a somewhat amusing story, so I figured I'd share it… Anyone who knows me (really knows me) knows I have issues with depression, obsessive-compulsive, attention deficit, et al. I'm a … [Read more…]
I just noticed today that if you unplug the headphones from an iPod (the newest models at least) while it's playing, it detects that and automatically pauses itself. How cool is that? Clever, those Apple engineers.
Dreams are such a wonderful thing. You can do anything, be anything, go anywhere, and it doesn't cost a thing. I can dream of something as outrageous as seeing commercial spaceflight become affordable enough in my lifetime that I may one day walk on the moon, or even Mars. Or something as simple as hiking … [Read more…]
I had sworn to get a new DJ mix recorded at some point over the long holiday weekend, and I gave it a shot this afternoon. But, alas, it seems it was not meant to be. First, the plug kept falling out of the wall socket. This is a common thing in my apartment, where … [Read more…]