Archive for December, 2006

Spike Jones and Wilbur Hall

Yazan: Jason | 30 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, videos

Tim Pearson recently sent me a link to this Wilbur Hall video. Check out Wilbur’s crazy shoes, and see if you can count how many quotes he throws in here:

New tabs – higher education and freelancing

Yazan: Jason | 29 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: blogging

Readers will now be able to see all of my posts on higher education and on freelancing by clicking on the appropriate tabs at the top of this blog. I plan on writing much more about these topics, so you will now be able to access all of these posts with the tabs. If you [...]

Interesting discussion in comments of CSO Bass Blog

Yazan: Jason | 29 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, blogging, orchestra news

There is quite a discussion going on in the comments for a recent post on Michael Hovnanian’s CSO Bass Blog. Michael mentioned that the Chicago Symphony has made their ‘Welcome Yule’ concerts a required part of the season rather than a “members of” optional service. This prompted many comments from people pointing out that the [...]

A big year for Google

Yazan: Jason | 29 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: technology

The Google Operating System blog recently reviewed the 12 biggest developments for Google in 2006. This is a great post that is definitely worth checking out. One of the most interesting aspects of this post is the way in which search results are censored in China. Here are the results you get if you type [...]

Wham – Last Christmas

Yazan: Jason | 29 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: videos

Here is a little mid-80s nostalgia for the holiday season:

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