Archive for October, 2006

BIG BOTTOM sails into the sunset

Yazan: Jason | 26 October 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, blogging

Dale Cruse has decided to retire his excellent bass blog BIG BOTTOM. His blog has been a really excellent resource for electric and string bass players and it will be missed. I have enjoyed contributing to his blog over the past several months, and if Dale starts any new bass projects in the future I [...]

Fond Memories

Yazan: Jason | 25 October 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor

I am not usually an Elton John fan, but I do like this song (Almost Famous used this song very well). Tiny Dancer I host a lot of audio files (about 270 total) on Odeo. They are a great service with a lot of cool features, including the ability to embed audio in websites like [...]

Net Neutrality, Ask A Ninja Style

Yazan: Jason | 25 October 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, technology, videos

This is from a couple of months back, but it is a great description of net neutrality:

Google for Educators

Yazan: Jason | 24 October 2006 | No Comments
Categories: education, technology

This week’s Podcast for Teachers describes a great new service from Google designed specifically for educators. Google for Educators amalgamates all the Google services that are of use to teachers, including Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Blogger, Google Page Creator, Picassa, and Google Books. Click here to listen to this most recent Podcast for Teachers. None [...]

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Bass Section 1998

Yazan: Jason | 22 October 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, photography

Believe it or not, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago used to advertise in Time magazine. Here is an ad from 1998 featuring the bass section. I am the second player from the right. One of my favorite things about this picture is the obvious empty stool in the middle of the bass section. Some guy [...]

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