"Ah, for future reference, if any of you are ever planning on spending eight hours on a Saturday, ah, locked in a room with 300 nerds taking a multiple choice test, ah, I just wanna strongly advise against it." -Jove, Swarthmore 4.20.96
Saw a guy named Chris Dye play with the ever-awesome Ian Moore downtown at Thee Parkside. He played an omnichord like an absolute pro (as well as guitar and flute synth).
Hunched over a slab of plastic, kindof strumming over a metallic sensor, he made it sound like an orchestra with a simple set of volume and delay pedals.
What a treat - check them out!
Benjamin Butterfly gave his PhD defense this morning. I watched it via live video stream from the Media Lab. This was his ending slide - a stylized butterfly.
Congratulations, Ben!
Tuning into the radio early this morning on my way down, I listen to The Declaration of Independence, as read by the folks at NPR.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident"
King George III of England wrote in his diary of this day, 227 years ago, "Nothing of importance happened today."
