New Blog Features

After a long day of surfing, hacking, and tweaking, I have put some really cool new features into my blog that I think people will enjoy. The first new feature is above this post in the address bar of your browser. I have installed a Bass Page favicon (the bass clef...

Blog Redesign – now using Blogger Beta!

Yesterday I clicked the big blue button I had been staring at for the last few weeks in my Blogger Dashboard and switched to Blogger Beta. I am loving it so far. I have written two previous posts comparing Blogger Beta to other platforms. You can check them out here...

IRIS Chamber Orchestra on CD and iTunes

I recently discovered that some IRIS Chamber Orchestra recordings are available on iTunes. Search the iTunes Store for the Gliere Horn Concerto and you will find a recording that we did a few years ago with Eric Ruske.There are four great audio clips of IRIS that you...

IRIS Chamber Orchestra – experimenting outside the box

The IRIS Chamber Orchestra does not operate like a typical symphony orchestra. It reminds me much more of a summer festival atmosphere (like Aspen or another such festival). We perform approximately one concert a month during the regular season (September through...

Google for Educators

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...