This one is bookended by “MacCrimmon’s Lament”. This is a tune I used to work into Scottish-inspired sets when I played church music in Malibu. The first version is by award-winning fiddler Alasdair Fraser. “Paddy Fahy’s”, etc. (Tim O’Brien) – Great tunes. Tim O’Brien’s take on them are slightly different (I wouldn’t pick the same […]
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After years of operating in Europe, Spotify launched in the US in the summer of 2011 on an invitation-only basis, much like the way Gmail and Google+ began, before later becoming open to all who want to sign up. I had resisted Spotify for several months. I had so much invested into iTunes over the
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This is a long time coming. But it might just be way too late. Unfortunately, it’s not a universal app also optimized for iPad, so I’m not going to be getting rid of BlogPress anytime soon. You can get the new Blogger app from the app store. P.S. I used it to post this.P.P.S. The
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There’s like this weird vibe on Facebook now. It seems like people can’t share what’s on their minds anymore, since what’s on their minds has suddenly become political. If they say anything they limit it to shallow topics. But there is one side that remains presumptively loud. I think it can be traced to events
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Tomorrow’s a big day. This week’s a big week. My replacement iPad is due to be delivered tomorrow, so I’ll be an iPad owner once again, after having owned an iPad for two days and then been without one for a week. I’m also expecting to hear some news regarding a house I made an
Downloading BlogPress was my last-stitch effort to save my Blogger blog. So much of my online activity revolves around my iPhone that my blog has suffered in recent years, since Blogger doesn’t have a mobile version. I can post drafts via email, but they always end up with funny line breaks, and emailed pictures have
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My dad caved in and got an iPhone 3GS when the price dropped to $50. So, I thought I had better get him a list of my favorite apps to keep him from drowning in the endless chasms of the app store, and someone on Facebook asked me to share the list, so here it is.
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As someone who does web design for iPhones and Android devices, I enjoyed this article from 8164.org on web design for the iPad. He includes this Regular Expressions trick: Zip Code: Whee…
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The new update for the Trillian iPhone app will let you stay signed in for up to 7 days!
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Crossway just released the ESV for the iPhone. I have stuck with their web-based mobile-optimized version because it’s better than any of the other native iPhone versions in the app store. But this new one is amazing and elegant.
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