I know, it’s old. But you you must watch it anyway. It’s funny because it’s true, admit it.
Jan 162006
Jan 162006
Those readers outside the U.S. might not be aware that today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, a holiday (a “bank holiday,” to use the British term). So I’ve been enjoying a long weekend — I took Friday off as well.
It is worth remembering why we have this holiday. My daughter came home from school able to quote the “I Have A Dream” speech, this bit in particular:
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The Sunday Poem: The Frets
(Visited 5430 times) The Sunday Poem
Jan 152006
a love poem
Towards the soundhole they come closer together—
crunched at the high notes, hash marks
on mahogany. They lay there, unconscious,
limp under fretting fingers; the strings do all the work.
After a few million notes they wear down, melt
into the wood, develop smaller hash marks of their own,
calluses where I press their spines.
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Bicycles in January
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Jan 142006
Today I took the training wheels off of my daughter’s bicycle. Oh, she’s past due — she’s eight going on nine, and really should be braver about taking spills and learning how to ride for real. She got pretty good about jumping off right before it fell over, though.
But why she picked a chilly January afternoon, all overcast, right before it started raining, I have no idea. She and her friend Julia took over the cul-de-sac, and I split my time between chasing the bikes and going back inside to work on a little riff.
Well, the riff turned into a tune. Sort of a rough jam, really. Called “Bicycles in January,” naturally enough. Click play or download it — free music!
Patrick Curry is Brave!
(Visited 10677 times) Game talk
Jan 142006
Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design, the blog of the lead designer of Stubbs the Zombie, is posting a game idea every week on his blog. Forget NaNoWriMo…!
Now, if he were posting an actual game every week… 😉
