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Karlheinz Stockhausen "Helicopter String Quartet"

John Cage "4′33"

John Cage – Water Walk

Times Square Sound Sculpture by Max Neuhaus

sun ra – space is the place

SUN RA "Calling Planet Earth"

According to the Wikipedia article on Sun Ra his birthday is coming up on May 22. I hereby declare May 22 Sun Ra Day.

I recently installed CHDK on my camera. Here is a time-lapse movie of clouds from my back yard. Not terribly original, I suppose, but I liked the results nonetheless.
clouds_go_by

Dave Arneson, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, is dead at the age of 61. His influence went beyond D&D to include computer games.

I don’t know what the real name of this plant is, but when the plant dries up in the summer, the little seed pods stick in your socks when you go hiking.

1. The Crisis of Credit Visualized
2. All the videos on the Marketplace Whiteboard
3. The Giant Pool of Money
4. Our Confusing Economy, Explained

In spite of the name, this is not political. I typically name my songs after phrases that pop into my head when I’m making them.

stimulus-package

I was sitting in the Hip Boss’ office with my back to the window. He says, “Cool sunset.” I look, yeah, it’s cool. He says, “You should take a picture of that.” I look again, and realize he’s right. There’s a really odd cloud formation, and the sunset is casting shadows from the lower clouds to the higher ones.

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Went walking with the Hip Friend, Jeff, in Santa Monica, and saw these light sculptures in a window.

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Some pictures around work on a wet day. I especially like the way the shot down the escalators turned out.

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A closeup of my cat’s whiskers.

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Noisy Windmill 1

Noisy Windmill 2