Cat playing the theremin

I’m feeling the urge to get a theremin after seeing this video. I remember how fascinated my cats were by Lyric Opera bassist Andy Anderson’s lion’s head scroll. Just imagine how insane they’d get upon encountering this fascinating...

My Brand New Macbook!

I’m writing this blog post from my brand-spanking new Macbook! I’ve been planning a move (back) to the Mac side of things for quite some time now, and I’m really digging how this device improves my workflow. I wrote a post about my big and clunky...

Early Music Interview Series Part IX – Thomas Schiegnitz

The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy! Contrabass Conversations and the...

Everybody mocks my Windows computer!

As a blogger, podcaster, and all-around new media guy, I have found that most people assume that I am on a Mac.  I frequently have people ask me if I’ve installed Leopard yet, how to perform a specific task in iMovie, or tips on assembling podcasts in...

Windows Vista is just… so… cool!

….at least, that’s what this internal Microsoft video would like one to believe.  Microsoft has a decades-long reputation of releasing utterly inane internal videos.  I hope that they were kidding with this one, but they probably weren’t....