Blog Archive 2012 Got my new and more ergonomic flute May 18 2012 International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail run May 06 2012 My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg Apr 21 2012 One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival Apr 16 2012 Why I Gave Up Coffee Yesterday Apr 13 2012 Two weeks after getting my first smartphone Apr 03 2012 What I did immediately after the National Day of Unplugging Mar 24 2012 Paradox? I will observe the National Day of Unplugging but just bought my first smartphone this week! Mar 22 2012 Flute update: celebrating Bach’s birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa nova Mar 21 2012 Remembering my Uncle Steve Mar 16 2012 For real geeks, today is not Pi Day, but Half-Tau Day Mar 14 2012 Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife! Mar 10 2012 Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goals Mar 07 2012 Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injury Feb 27 2012 Snowing means sambar at Coriander India Grill Feb 26 2012 When can you call yourself an expert at something? Feb 24 2012 Saying No in order to say Yes Feb 23 2012 Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in there Feb 22 2012 Pittsburgh Java Users Group: Get Going with Git on Java Projects Feb 21 2012 Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburgh Feb 20 2012 Why I have not posted many photos or videos recently: exploitation? Feb 19 2012 Pinterest confuses me Feb 15 2012 Flute progress report: day of reckoning approaches Feb 14 2012 Meditation is hard Feb 10 2012 Public shame: a great way to maintain a habit Feb 08 2012 On playing my first games of chess in a year Feb 07 2012 A strange winter hike in Frick Park Feb 06 2012 My favorite running workout: the Billat workout Feb 03 2012 2 new daily habits of mine in a distracting world Feb 02 2012 Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terror Feb 01 2012 Liebster Blog Award: 5 blogs you should check out Jan 29 2012 Learning about gardening from Grow Pittsburgh Jan 27 2012 Improving my breakfast and other meals: a paleo progress report Jan 26 2012 Discovering French traditional social dance in Pittsburgh Jan 23 2012 How to respond if a child asks you a science question you don’t know the answer to Jan 19 2012 How school made me hate computer science and programming Jan 16 2012 Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Machine Learning Jan 12 2012 Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Introduction to Databases Jan 11 2012 Starting the 100 Up (exercise for running) 30-day challenge Jan 09 2012 Finding and using my childhood flute books Jan 08 2012 Injuries from yoga are common: some tips on staying safe Jan 06 2012 How to enjoy treadmill running: treat it as a meditative practice Jan 05 2012 Ignoring branding: the double-blind test Jan 03 2012 New experiment for a new year: winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes Jan 02 2012 2011 Reflections on 2011 Dec 31 2011 Much progress playing flute Dec 20 2011 What topics do you want me to write about in 2012? Dec 19 2011 Fun at the East End Food Co-op Winterfest Dec 18 2011 Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball! Dec 17 2011 Today is Bill of Rights Day, the irony! Dec 15 2011 I love medicine balls: including a video review: Gaiam Fit Ball Workout Dec 14 2011 Video review: Dancing with the Stars: Cardio Dance (2006) Dec 13 2011 Why go to concerts by amateur music groups? Dec 12 2011 Learning another instrument: the tin whistle Dec 11 2011 Why everyone should learn computer science Dec 09 2011 Revisiting Knuth and McIlroy’s word count programs Dec 08 2011 Is brown rice healthy or not? Dec 07 2011 Global Day of CodeRetreat: Pittsburgh Dec 06 2011 Busy evening: performing at Phipps followed by rehearsal for another gig! Dec 05 2011 Why I am writing this week for CSEdWeek Dec 04 2011 Exploring creativity Dec 02 2011 I’m going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday Dec 01 2011 Bought a Baroque flute Nov 30 2011 Remembering Esther Allen (1918-2011) Nov 29 2011 Apologies for the technical glitch Nov 28 2011 Thankful for the free-range orange-yolked eggs Nov 28 2011 Happy Thanksgiving and a call to action Nov 24 2011 Every day is Thanksgiving Nov 23 2011 James Galway made me hate flute, but Emmanuel Pahud made me love it Nov 22 2011 The beautiful, melancholy Indian Summer of Chet Baker Nov 20 2011 I want to sing Nov 18 2011 Flute versus recorder: why do I play both? Nov 17 2011 Censored Nov 16 2011 On duets with dead musicians Nov 15 2011 My PowerBook 145B Nov 14 2011 Back to piano too Nov 13 2011 Starting a mini Digital Sabbath Nov 12 2011 On not reading concert program notes Nov 11 2011 Seeing the inventor of the abstract data type Nov 10 2011 Taking up flute again after decades?! Nov 09 2011 I don’t know if I should vote but I did Nov 08 2011 Why soda bans don’t work Nov 07 2011 The real reason for the CoffeeScript/JavaScript flame war Nov 06 2011 Daylight Saving Time should be abolished but here’s why it won’t be Nov 05 2011 Against just putting in the time Nov 04 2011 One of these breakfasts is not paleo Nov 03 2011 I don’t know whether to get a flu shot Nov 02 2011 Is time money? Nov 01 2011 Lower than the angels Oct 31 2011 Harder to play music in a group than alone Oct 30 2011 My favorite barber; fourteen years of haircuts and counting Oct 29 2011 When is something overpriced? 36 examples Oct 28 2011 Why I am not reading the biography of Steve Jobs Oct 27 2011 Open Spaces success at the Pittsburgh Java Users Group! Oct 26 2011 RIP, John McCarthy; but Lisp will never die Oct 25 2011 Every day is Food Day Oct 24 2011 Paleo diet experimentation Oct 23 2011 Happy 200th birthday, Franz Liszt! Oct 22 2011 One month anniversary of my blog Oct 21 2011 Improving navigation on my blog Oct 20 2011 Really taking up the challenge of minimalism Oct 19 2011 Disagreement on the use of time? Oct 18 2011 The Joys of Convict Conditioning: Bodyweight Exercising Oct 17 2011 Pittsburgh software developer communities Oct 16 2011 Snapshots of Pittsburgh From a 12-mile Run Oct 15 2011 Agile Anti-Patterns Oct 14 2011 Why Dennis Ritchie Is Important Oct 13 2011 I Love Trail Running in Frick Park Oct 12 2011 Communicating Through Dialogue Oct 11 2011 Is Mormonism a Cult? Oct 10 2011 Only in Pittsburgh: Lord of the Fries Oct 10 2011 Success Always Starts With Failure Oct 09 2011 My God It’s Full of Stairs! Pittsburgh Step Trek 2011 Oct 08 2011 Staying Excited About Learning By Being Flexible Oct 07 2011 Singing Through Traffic Oct 06 2011 I Cannot Imagine My Life Without the Influence of Steve Jobs Oct 05 2011 A Blast From the Past: C++ Abuse Oct 04 2011 My New Bass and Sopranino Recorders and Having Fun Oct 03 2011 I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now Oct 02 2011 Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet Oct 01 2011 Free to the People: Since 1895 Sep 30 2011 A Musician’s Best Friend Sep 29 2011 Staring at the Wall With Nowhere to Go Sep 28 2011 When jQuery Attacks Sep 27 2011 I Don’t Feel Like Practicing; but I’m Gonna Do It Anyway Sep 26 2011 Blistered but Blissful in the ‘Burgh Sep 25 2011 What’s a Nice Acorn Squash Like You Doing in a Pot of Spicy Lentils? Sep 24 2011 Roaring Like a Lion on a Saturday Morning Sep 24 2011 Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race! Sep 23 2011 Pizza With Fries Sep 22 2011 Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity Sep 22 2011 Starting a New Web Site Sep 22 2011
International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail run May 06 2012
Paradox? I will observe the National Day of Unplugging but just bought my first smartphone this week! Mar 22 2012